We mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day with a poignant story from an 11-year old girl, and Anna Pitt, Executive Director of the Association of English Cathedrals, presents The Big Table team at Peel Cathedral with the Cathedral Volunteers of the Year Team Award, national recognition of their voluntary work producing a 3-course community lunch each Monday.

Kiran Wimberly is a Presbyterian minister living and working in Ireland where her husband leads the Corrymeela Community - Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation organisation. She's developed a valuable music ministry blending the Psalms with traditional Celtic tunes - assisted by The McGraths - and their story is here!

Why is Manx-born Robert Burdett living and working in Illinois ? What has drawn him and his wife Kathleen back to the Island ? What are the benefits of 'twinning' two churches? And why does Bishop Tom Demby from Sierra Leone believe he's found his spiritual home on the Isle of Man? All the answers are in this week's programme!

Rev'd Dr Inderjit Bhogal OBE is a minister in the Methodist church and a leading theologian and campaigner for peace and reconciliation. He was the first person from a minority ethnic background to be appointed President of the Methodist Conference and it was in that capacity he first visited the Isle of Man in 2000. 25 years later he's back on the Island with very definite views on the real path to peace.

26 July to 30 August is St Maughold's Week - with a huge programme of different events to celebrate the heritage of the Isle of Man's patron saint. Historian and Anglican Priest, Rev'd Dr Ian Faulds, explains why he's organising this - plus it's Beach Mission time in Peel and Port St Mary - and we've got the details!

An interview with Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, who visited the Island recently as part of his Lord's Prayer Tour - and the Alpha Course raises its game - to meet the needs of the quiet revival!

One church but two vicars for St Ninian's in Douglas; Scripture Union invite you to a family-friendly thanksgiving and we visit a major flower festival at St Andrew's United Reformed Church in Douglas.

AFD Software - the Ramsey-based Postcode People - are famous for their high level of support for local and global charities, including the purchase of an aircraft for Mission Aviation Fellowship, the world's largest humanitarian air operator. David Dorricott - Managing Director of AFD Software, talks about the new plane and the difference it will make to some of the world's most disadvantaged people.

Matt and Katrina Baptist are based in Peel, and are planting a Vineyard Church on the Island - the full story is here! And there's music too - and another packed notice board.