If you would like to read more about the Lifeline Expedition please visit www.lifelineexpedition.co.uk There is also a new website with a short compelling film at www.yokesandchains.com where you can also see some press reports.
David has sent this extract from his recent press release:
March of the Abolitionists 2007
The second stage of the March of the Abolitionists starts again on Monday June 4th. Following the successful first stage of the March, a 250-mile walk from Hull to Westminster which took place in March, the walkers, led by community member David Pott, will set off again from Deptford in south-east London on Monday June 4th for the second stage, called the Sankofa Reconciliation Walk. This stage will last until July 11th and will link former slave ports, including London, Bristol, Plymouth, Liverpool, Lancaster, Whitehaven and Glasgow as well as visiting many other cities and towns such as Birmingham, Manchester, Derby and Leicester.
“Sankofa” is an increasingly popular word from the Akan language of West Africa and means “we must learn from the past to build for the future.” David comments, “This will be a journey of discovery to learn about the way the Atlantic slave trade has impacted our society right up to the present time. We see the walk as a priestly activity, seeking to heal the land in relation to Britain’s involvement in the slave trade. As the priests carried the ark, leading the slaves out of Egypt and as Jesus carried his cross through the streets of Jerusalem so we too carry the yoke on our shoulders to bring reconciliation and freedom. We invite people to join us and pray for us as we aim to bring an apology of substance, seeking reconciliation and the way forward for future generations.”
More information about how to join and a prayer diary will be available on the website. There is also a 5 minute film in downloads where you can see some highlights from the first March from Japanese TV!
An Appreciation
“We of African descent home and abroad thank you for your remembrance of the suffering of our fore-relatives who were put in chains as animals and used as machines. True repentance is in the demonstration and this is what you have done. Thank you.” Archbishop Paul Hackman
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Lifeline Expedition
In the autumn of 1997, David Pott woke up one morning with the image of the snake on the pole from the book of Numbers in his mind. When he asked the Lord what it meant, the pole turned into the Greenwich meridian line (zero longitude) and the snake into a path weaving along the line with people from different nations walking along it. David, who with his wife Pam has been associated with the Northumbria Community since 1996, had led a number of reconciliation journeys before, but those few waking moments have already led to many more miles of reconciliation journeys under the overall title of the Lifeline Expedition. The first major initiative was the Jubilee 2000 Lifeline Walk in England and during the course of that time walking with people from meridian line nations such as Mali, Togo, Ghana and also a slave descendent from Martinique, it became clear that the major reconciliation issue was that of the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade.
2005 Caribbean
2006 West Africa (using former slave trade routes from the interior to the coast)
2007 England (for the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade).
Lifeline Expedition Latest - May 2005
A colourful report of the momentous USA tour last autumn is now avaialble called 'The Lifeline File.' If you would like a copy please send a minimum donation of £1.50, unless you would like to sign up to pray and give regularly under the Friends for the Journey support scheme, which also includes receiving a DVD of the Lifeline USA highlights and news clips! Cheques can be made out to Lifeline Expedition or to Fountain Gate Trust if you wish to covenant a gift.
It is disappointing that we have had to cancel the Netherlands expedition, but perhaps this will take some pressure off as there is a great deal to plan for the Caribbean (see above.) It does seem that the churches are not ready in the Netherlands and maybe also the nation itself is not ready for us to come. Perhaps we need a small team to visit and pray there, ploughing the land as we did twice in France before we could have a full expedition. I am open to the possibility of still going to pray in late June. If any of you are interested in coming on a prayer journey please contact me by this Wednesday May 18th - I will then decide whether to go or not.
Contact Details
David Pott, The Lifeline Expedition, 58 Geoffrey Rd, LONDON SE4 1NT.
Tel: 020 8694 2220
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