smaller islands including , , , , Brecqhou, and PRAYING FOR THE WORLD . ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME English is the main language in the islands, and French is used “God so loved the world…” shouldn’t we? for administration. also has several historical Norman-French dialogs used in various country districts. Guernsey Guernsey’s climate is temperate with mild winters and warm, Information compiled by Ai Elgersma sunny summers. Guernsey has been a tourist destination since at least Sept 8, 2019 the Victorian days, with the first tourist guide published in 1834. The Source: CIA World Factbook use of the roadstead in front of St Peter Port by over 100 cruise ships a http://www.societe.org.gg/planetguernsey/ year is brining over 100,000 day trip passengers to the island each https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/discover-guernsey/ten-things-you-didnt-know/ year. The country’s highest speed limit is 35mph.

Economy: Financial services accounted for about 21% of employment and about 32% of total income in 2016 in this tiny, prosperous Channel Island economy. Construction, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Financial services, professional services, tourism, retail, and the public sector have been growing. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular offshore financial center. Religion: Protestant (Anglican, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist), Roman Catholic

Prayers of Thanksgiving and petition: • Guernsey is a beautiful, tourist-y country, with a prosperous economy. Its life expectancy at birth is 82.7 years (9th highest in comparison to the world)

• As a small, island country, Guernsey’s climate is heavily influenced CAPITAL: by the global climate change. A number of new climate records were set in 2014. It was the highest annual mean temperature, LOCATION: Western Europe, islands in the , which was 0.3 C higher than for any other year, due to an almost northwest of France complete absence of cold snaps during the winter months. Population: 66,697 Biological changes are already happening, such as hummingbird hawk moths are now regular migrants from the Mediterranean; Overview: The of Guernsey is a self-governing British crown plants are flowering earlier; and the avifauna is changing-- little dependency that is not part of the . However, the UK egrets, once a great rarity from further south, are now common in Government is constitutionally responsible for its defense and the islands. international representation. Guernsey and the other represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy, which • Also as a result of the climate change, coastal erosion and coastal held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only flooding became more frequent; other environmental hazards British soil occupied by German troops in World War II. The Bailiwick of include the declining of biodiversity due to land abandonment and Guernsey consists of the main island of Guernsey and a number of succession to scrub or woodland