The Bible tells us that the apostles were celebrating this festival when the Holy Spirit descended on them. It sounded like a very strong wind, and it looked like tongues of fire. The apostles then found themselves speaking in foreign languages, inspired by the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). 
In addition to the Holy Spirit being depicted in the form of flames of fire, it is also depicted as a dove. We see this in the account of the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17).
The book of Galatians 5:22-23, in the New Testament, describes the Fruit of the Spirit as: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. My hope and prayer is that some of those attributes are evidenced in my life.
Not very long ago, Prof. Dennis Douroumis' research
group at the Centre for Innovation in Process Engineering and Research (CIPER),
University of Greenwich (Medway) was carrying out cutting edge research on 3D printed
medical devices using state of the art 3D printers. 
Right after the lockdown started in the UK, Prof. Dennis arranged a video conference with his research group about this
current Covid-19 crisis and he discussed his initiatives with one of his collaborators
from St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, UK. He also suggested to his team about
the design of a mask and face-visors which can help the frontline NHS workers. His
research group took this idea of manufacturing PPE and promptly started working
on the design and optimisation of the 3D printing process. It took about two
weeks to optimise a complicated 3D printed manufacturing process and source all
other consumables for the face mask and visors. 
Till now, 350 pieces of 3D printed
PPE have been delivered to the hospital authority and manufacturing is still
active to meet future demand. In order to scale up the manufacturing process,
Bruce Hassan, a senior technician on the Medway Campus used their 3D printers to full capacity for us to deliver the desired number of face mask and face visors
to St Peter’s hospital. 
"I’d like to say a big thank you for the free food donations, I know they have been greatly appreciated by myself and other students on campus especially during this difficult time. I’m also pleased to see that instead of the food being thrown away, it is being donated, it’s a nice thing to do and I’m grateful." Cerys, UK
"Hi. My name is Keegan and I was one of the unlucky ones to have caught the virus. I have suffered for two months straight and my underlying health issues did not help. However, all that you have done for me and the students definitely has helped. You’ve saved me several trips to the grocery store, not to mention quite a bit of money, and what student wouldn’t be grateful for that. So, to everyone who donated the food and helped Lynne, our Chaplain, to help us ... and of course especially Lynne herself ... a big, heartfelt thank you from an eternally grateful student. I can only hope to pay your kindness forward." Keegan (India)
"My friends and I are a group of international students. Because of covid-19, we reduced the number of times we went shopping. Since we have no means of transportation, the amount of things we can buy and carry is very limited. So, we are very grateful for the food you donated, which has helped us a lot. Thank you." Nanjun (China)
One of the very best things about my role as Campus Chaplain, is the degree of contact I have with students (and staff) from around the globe. You don't have to be around me very long to realise how much I love to travel and experience new lands.
Give a food
package to a family in need.
Cook a meal or bake some
cookies for a neighbour.
Tell FIVE people what
you appreciate about them.
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| 2014 Party Our audience was from India, Sri Lanka, Russia, Egypt, Lithuania and Brazil |
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| 2016 Party Our audience represented: Lithuania, Egypt, Mauritius, France, Vietnam and Cyprus |
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| Party 2017 Our audience is made up of folk from Malaysia, Egypt, Syria, Lithuania, Italy, Cyprus and Romania |
