1. Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
November 2013

2. HAYES FREE CHURCH
111, Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Kent BR2 7HU
Sunday Services. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
We are a member of the United Reformed Church.
We believe in Justice and Peace.
Principal Contacts
Minister:
Church Secretary:
Fabric Steward
Rev. Sue Powell
Mrs Mavis Righini
Mr. Chris Wood
Tel: 020 8462 2212
Tel: 020 8462 1168
Tel: 020 8462 2444
Treasurer:
Lettings Secretary:
Mr. Simon Narracott
Mrs Undine Connolly
Tel: 020 8462 2004
Tel: 020 8776 0108
Caretaker:
Mr. Ian Jones
Tel: 020 8313 1556
Church Website
www.hayesfreechurch.com
Catalyst
Editor:
Mr Richard Brown
Contents : - Items not covered by the diary of events.
Our Vision Statement;
Sunday Services
2
Church Notices
3-5
An Inspirational Quote
4
Choir Practice
5
Money Money Money
6
Compassionate Friends Service 7
Catalyst Needs You
9
Notice Board
10 - 11
Kent Association for the Blind
12
Christmas Tree Festival
13
Extra Notice Board
14 - 15
Website of the Month
16
The way things once were
17
Our Mission Statement
20
Church Organisations
IBC
This month’s website: This month, it is the Normandy Veterans’ Association.
2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which is of
special significance to the NVA.
The website is www.normandyveterans.org.uk
Now, turn to Page 16 for more details.......
Ed
Copy for the December 2013 - January 2014 edition needs to be
handed in by Sunday, 10th November.
Please submit items in good time.
You can leave copy in the “B” Pigeon Hole for Richard Brown to collect,
or hand it directly to him on a Sunday morning.
You can also e-mail copy to richardmbrown6@gmail.com
Thank You.
Editor

3. Letter from the Minister
Dear Friends,
November, and the dark nights and dampness of
autumn are here. Curtains are drawn, fires are
on, and we snuggle happily in our comfort.
Advent will soon be upon us – are we ready? Advent is a time when
we prepare for the coming of Jesus. We look to the past as we
celebrate the birth stories found in Matthew and Luke; we
consider the present; and we look to the future as we remind
ourselves to watch for all the times that Jesus comes to us in our
everyday lives. The “advent” or arrival of Jesus is what the four
weeks leading up to Christmas are all about.
In Matthew 11, when John the Baptist was in prison, he sent his
disciples to Jesus with the following question, “Are you the One
who is to come or should we look for another?” Instead of saying
“yes” or “no” Jesus turns the question back upon John’s disciples
and ultimately, upon us. Jesus says, “Go and tell John what you
hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the deaf hear, the
dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.”
Jesus suggests here that the Realm of God is the kind of place
where lives are changed. And he offers some concrete examples
for us to recognize the changes in our midst. As I look at Jesus’
examples I am reminded of the work of the church, of our vision
and mission statements (to be found within this magazine!) and the
promises we have made to be God’s people in this place.
As Advent approaches, let us all be prepared to spread the Good
News of Jesus, invite others to our church, encourage others to
be involved, to take part in outreach activities, and make Advent a
wonderful time for us all.
May God bless us richly this Advent.
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4. Our Vision Statement
W = Worship together through Jesus Christ
E = Explain the Gospel
L = Love
C = Care for our neighbours
O = Opening the doors to the community
M = Minister according to our gifts
E = Encourage discipleship
Please turn to Page 20 for the HFC Mission Statement.
Sunday Services
November 2013
3rd
10.30 am - Morning Service - Margaret Smith
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
10th
10.30 am - Church Parade - The Minister
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
17th
10.30 am - Morning Service - Dr Clive Timehin
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
24th
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Glynis Hill
December 2013
1st
10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
Some notes on the visiting preachers.
v
Mrs. Margaret Smith is a Methodist Lay Preacher. She has led
services at HFC on a number of occasions. This time, she will be
accompanied by a puppet.
v
Dr. Clive Timehin is a local preacher who comes from Bromley
Methodist Church. He is a member of the Methodist Council
Medical Committee. He has conducted Sunday worship at HFC
on previous occasions.
v
Glynis Hill is the wife of the Rev. Paul Hill. The Hill family is involved
with the Haiti Hospital Appeal.
v
Jim Holman is a Methodist preacher. He has lead services at
HFC in the past.
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5. News of the Church Family
Announcements are welcome :BMD - Changes of address, etc.
Announcements
Thank you for the flowers with everyone’s love and
good wishes for my wife, Flora, who had heart
related pains in October. Flora has recovered well, but needs to take
things steadily. Richard.
Your prayers would be appreciated for: Marjorie Curry, Ruth Rees, and Jessie Martin.
Church Meetings
The next Elders’ meeting will be on Tuesday 5th November at 8.00 pm
in the small hall.
The next Church meeting will be on Sunday 24th November at 12.00
noon after the morning service.
Women's Contact Group
The Contact Group will meet at 8.00pm on Monday the 4th of
November at Jean Ritchie’s home, 25 Burford Road, Bickley. We will NOT
be meeting in December.
Sylvia Mack
Tuesday Prayer Meetings for November
Held at 10.00am at the following homes:5th Betty Coster’s.
12th Martin Nunn’s.
19th Brenda Cordingley’s.
26th The Church.
Then in December: 3rd Martin Nunn’s.
Please address any queries to Martin Nunn.
Saturday Fellowship
The next meeting, which will be the last one for 2013, will be on the
2nd of November at 2.30pm at Barbara Jones’ home. Martin Nunn
will be leading a Bible Study. You are welcome to join us.
Men's Group
We will be meeting in the small hall on Thursday 21st November at 8.00
pm for a Bingo evening organised by Bruce Tannock.
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6. Ministry of Flowers
Thank you to those who will be providing flowers in November 2013
3rd - Dorothy
10th - Mike Duke
17th - Linda Michie
24th - Mavis Righini - i.m.o. Mum & Dad
Lorna & Gilbert Plater
A big thank you to those who kindly arrange the flowers when needed.
After the Sunday evening services, the flowers are distributed to
members and friends, bringing joy to the recipients.
Mavis Righini
Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
We welcome all babies and children under school age, accompanied
by their parents, grandparents or carers, to our club on Friday
afternoons between 2 and 4pm during term time. The fee is £1 per
family – tea, squash and biscuits are provided.
This is a time when adults can meet up, while the children in their care
are busy playing with toys and activities in the company of other
children.
There is no meeting on November 1st during the half term break.
Our CHRISTMAS PARTY and last meeting for this term is on December
6th at 2.15 pm.
Tickets priced £2.50 per child will be on sale from November 22nd.
We look forward to seeing you.
Judith Stoner
- Secretary.
Bible Study Group
The Bible Study group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each
month at 2.30pm in the small hall.
Worship Group
The Wednesday Reflections Group meets at 6.30pm on the 4th
Wednesday of each month.
Linda Michie
An Inspirational Quote
Don't make life too stressful. Always find time to laugh.
It may not add years to your life, but it surely adds
more life to your years.
Abiodun Oladipupo
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7. Notice Sheets - November & 1st Sunday in December
3rd
Joan Smith
8462 3920
10th
Joan Smith
17th
Daphne Cummings 8777 2487
24th
Daphne Cummings
December
1st
Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
If you require items to be included in the notice sheets, please
contact the appropriate person by the previous Tuesday.
Women's Fellowship
M
eetings are in the small hall at 2.00 p.m., unless otherwise stated,
on Tuesdays and finish about 3.30 p.m.
The November meetings will be: 5th
Hedgehogs!
12th
Bromley House Cat Rescue Centre(tbc)
19th
Our Favourite Book or Author
26th
Outing
Then on: 3rd December
Emmanuel Women’s Fellowship Tea
MINI-AMBULANCE
Members who use the mini-ambulance are asked to phone
Marion Swanborough on 8462 3981 by 9.00 am on any Tuesday when
they are unable to come to the meetings.
As always, we welcome all ladies to our meetings. Please come along for a
pleasant afternoon. We do have a very varied programme with plenty to
interest everyone.
Sue & Marion
Choir Practice
The choir is curently preparing for the Candles by Candlelight service
which takes place on the evening of Sunday, 15th of December.
Martin Nunn , the choirmaster, is looking for volunteers to join the choir.
If you are interested in taking part as a chior member, please contact
Martin who will welcome you & advise of rehearsal dates and times.
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8. Women’s Contact Coffee Morning
There will not be a coffee morning in November because
the Christmas Fair falls on the day we would have held it.
We will be holding the next coffee morning in the Small
Hall from 10.00am to 12.00 on the 14th of December, 2013.
We are continuing to raise monies to contribute to disaster
relief funds in different parts of the world.
We hope to see you at the Coffee Mornings, and why not bring a
friend?
Please note that the monies raised from the coffee mornings are
separate from those raised through the refreshments trolley after
Sunday morning services.
Barbara Jones
The Fairtrade Sunday Stall
We hold a fair trade stall after the morning service on the 2nd and 4th
Sunday of each month.
In November the stall will be held on the 10th will be very limited in
scope as we will have had a stall at the Christmas Fair on Saturday
the 9th. There will be a normal stall on the 24th.
We are placing a bumper order for the Christmas Fair. This year, there
are beautiful new Christmas card designs, and some great seasonal
foods in the catalogue. A selection of these have been included in
the order, and will be on the stall.
Please continue to support your fair trade stall. Thank you.
Richard and Barbara.
Money, money money!
I am pleased to say that I was able to send £140 for McMillan
charity’s “Big Coffee Morning” appeal. That amount was raised
from Contact Saturday coffee mornings and Sunday morning
coffee. Also, from Sunday morning coffee donations, £8.75 has
gone to the Leprosy Mission and £15.30 to the Bible Society.
Thank you to everybody who supports our giving by eating cake
and drinking tea and coffee. Long may you continue to do so!
Barbara
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9. THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
ARE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL SERVICE OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR BEREAVED PARENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES
AT
HAYES FREE CHURCH, PICKHURST LANE, HAYES
ON SATURDAY 21st DECEMBER
AT 6.00 P.M.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
GILL WOOD
ON 0208 462 2444
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED AFTERWARDS
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10. For more information about these events, please contact
the organisers: Pamela Collison for the Charity Christmas Card Sale
Chris Wood for the Christmas Fair
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11. Catalyst Needs You!
This page will be kept for YOUR contributions - NOTHING ELSE will go on this page.
Hopefully, you will be inspired to share some pictures, poetry or stories.
From: The Common Room,
Sackville College,
East Grinstead
There is so much good in the worst of us
There is so much bad in the best of us
That it does not become any of us
To find much fault with the rest of us.
Contributed by Joyce Egan.
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12. NOTICE
Subscriptions for Catalyst
Subscriptions for 2013 are due in December. The cost is
£6 if you wish to receive Catalyst via the pigeonholes at the
back of the church. Please let Judith or David Stoner have this
amount as soon as possible. There is an envelope attached to
this issue of Catalyst for you to use.
If you wish to have the magazine sent by post, the cost is £11
and you should send your subscription to:
Judith and David Stoner
113 Bourne Way
Bromley BR2 7EX
Cheques should be made payable to Hayes Free Church.
It would be helpful if subscribers who no longer wish to receive
Catalyst by post would let us know.
If you would like to receive Catalyst on-line, you will not have to
pay a subscription. Kindly email the editor if you wish to
use this service, and advise Judith & David of this.
Saturday 14 December 2013
Due to their previous success the
Bromley Rock Choir are returning to
Hayes Free Church, this time to raise
funds for our friends at Nash College
which relies on charity to carry out
their very worthwhile work for students
with disabilities aged between 17
and 25 years
The gig will start at 8 pm and tickets are
available from Margaret Tannock
@ £10 which will include mulled wine
and mince pies.
If you didn't come the last time let me
encourage you to support this
fund raiser,
Thanks
Margaret
I am pleased to
announce that with the
help of a good team £225
was made for Church
Funds at the Harvest Lunch.
It was nice to see so many
folk there enjoying the
friendly atmosphere and
with good appetites on
such a miserable day
Thanks again
Margaret Tannock.
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13. BOARD
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2013
Can you Help?
-------------A number of our blind friends from KAB wish to attend the
concert to be given by the Beckenham Concert Band.
Would you be prepared to give a lift to the Christmas Tree
Festival on the evening of Saturday 7th December for
them: q A lady plus guide dog from Mayfield Avenue, Orpington
q A gentleman from Darwen Close, Farnborough
q Two ladies from Hawes Lane, West Wickham
q A lady from Eden Way, Eden Park.
Please contact John Moren if you can give a lift.
Catalyst
Jewellery & Boxes
It is that time of year again
when I ask you to look out
any priceless pieces of
jewellery, or even just the box
it is lying in, for my stall at the
Christmas Fair.
- for the visually impaired Catalyst is now available as a Word
Document which can be read out
loud by a computer adapted for
the visually impaired.
If you know anyone who would like
to receive this version by email,
please tell the editor.
All types of jewellery are
acceptable - no diamond is
too small!
The Mission Tea
Thank you everyone who
attended the Mission
Tea. We raised £200 for
the Leprosy Mission, and
£45 for Church funds.
Dig out those boxes as well.
Thank you
Barbara
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14. CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL 2013
This year the Church has chosen the Kent Association for the Blind as
the charity for our Christmas Tree Festival.
KAB supports sight impaired people to live independent lives.
The charity feels that anyone who has a sight impairment should be
able to live a fulfilled, healthy and safe life, exercise selfdetermination and make informed choices, and achieve their own
personal goals. The charity makes this a reality by providing
comprehensive support services to people of any age and at any
stage of the sight-loss journey. KAB works in Bromley, Bexley, Kent,
and Medway.
Registered charity: 1062345.
Editor’s footnote.
KAB was the website of the month the April 2013 edition of Catalyst.
Working with KAB
I recently met with Karen Osborne, the chief executive of the Kent
Association for the Blind, and I asked Chris and Gill Wood to come
with me.
We asked for some of the proceeds of our festival to go towards the
funding of a computer expert who trains the blind to use a computer
and also a telephone.
Gill is currently being taught to use a special type of computer for the
blind, but regrettably there is not enough money to fund the trainer,
Mike Peak, who teaches a number of blind people in this area for the
long term.
Possibly we also hope to fund a weekend break for some blind friends
for a long weekend at the Torch Trust in Sussex. This would be in
conjunction with the Hayes Community Bus. Torch Trust helps newly
blind folk and their carers come to terms with their situation and to
offer help and advice.
John Moren
Now, please turn to Page 11 for an appeal for help with lifts on
the 7th of December.
Also, don’t forget that Catalyst can be emailed to our
visually impaired friends for them to read it on their computers.
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15. HAYES FREE CHURCH
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
IN AID OF KENT ASSOCIATION
FOR THE BLIND
FROM FRIDAY 29th NOVEMBER to SUNDAY 8th DECEMBER
The Festival will be open each day from 2.00 pm from December 2 to December 7.
The Church will be open at service times each Sunday (10.30 am and 6.30 pm)
Programme of Entertainment for the Festival
November
Friday 29th
Opening Concert
7.30 pm
Saturday 30th
Film The Snowman
2.30 pm
Followed by Tea for Children
Saturday 30th
Film It’s a Wonderful Life
James Stewart and Donna Reed
7.30 pm
December
Sunday 1st
Pickhurst Junior School
6.30 pm
Monday 2nd
Bishop Justus School
7.30 pm
Tuesday 3rd
Friends of the Allegri Singers
7.30 pm
Wednesday 4th Wandle Ringers
7.30 pm
Thursday 5th
Orpington Rock Choir
7.30 pm
Friday 6th
Christmas Quiz
7.30 pm
Saturday 7th
Beckenham Concert Band
7.45 pm
Sunday 8th
Churches Together in Hayes with musical
6.30 pm
accompaniment by the musicians from
Hayes School
Admission charges: All money raised will go to
THE SNOWMAN - Children £2.00
the Kent Association for
Adults £4.00
the Blind
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Adults £4.00
HAYES FREE CHURCH
CHRISTMAS QUIZ - £2.00 per Person
111, Pickhurst Lane
(Bring your own drinks & nibbles )
Bromley BR2 7HU
Tables of 8. Form a team or we will
www.hayesfreechurch.com
make up a team if you are on your own.
Tickets for the films and quiz from John Curry Tel: 020 8249 3663
Cheques should be made payable to: HAYES FREE CHURCH TREE APPEAL
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16. extra NOTICE
Justice and Peace group
We are reviving the Justice and Peace group and
would like to invite you to join us.
We’ll be exploring ways, as a church, that we can
support poor people in the world. You don’t have
to be an expert to join the group, just willing to do
your bit to help.
We are planning to hold our first meeting in
November.
If you’d like to come along, please contact David
at davidw.hawthorn1@btinternet.com,
or Tel: 020 8249 7188.
Ignatian spirituality group
Alison and I will be starting an Ignatian spirituality
group in the New Year.
Ignatian spirituality aims to help us connect our faith
with our everyday life.
We will be meeting from 8 to 10 pm on the second
and fourth Thursdays in the month – venue to be
confirmed.
To provide a sample of what the group will be doing,
we’re planning to holding a quiet morning in the
church from 10.30 to 12 one Saturday in November.
If you’re interested in coming to the quiet morning
or would like to know more about the group, please
contact David at
davidw.hawthorn1@btinternet.com,
or Tel: 020 8249 7188.
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17. BOARD extra
Bible Society Update
-------------The civil unrest in Egypt has resulted in the burning and
total destruction of two bookshops in Southern Egypt,
as well as churches being the target of violence
I have sent a donation of £20, collected from the
Sunday Coffee Morning collections to help rebuild
the bookshops.
Please pray for the protection of Christian
communities, may they be witness to God’s love,
grace and forgiveness in their local areas.
Betty Coster
B.S. Representative
The Bible
There is to be a ten-part drama series entitled
“The Bible” telling the story from Genesis to
Revelation, and to be broadcast on Channel 5
later this year.
It has already been a hit in America.
More information is available from: biblesociety.org.uk Search for the term “bibletv”.
And from the “Word in Action” winter issue.
Betty Coster
B.S. Representative
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18. Website of the Month
The Normandy Veterans’ Association
(Wording taken from the Norwich Branch website.)
The object of NormandyVeterans.org.uk is to obtain
and provide information of events which occur over
and around the period leading up to the 70th
anniversary of the Battle of Normandy, for those
Normandy Veterans, friends, families and supporters
who are unable to obtain the information for themselves.
Norwich and District was the third national branch .... to be formed
and has been going since 1981. We are part of the National
Association that was the idea of Arthur Foldman.
Since its formation we have enjoyed the camaraderie and support of
numerous people and organisations.
However, in this modern age of technology, we are eager to
encourage the younger generation to learn about the efforts given
by those involved with the Normandy campaign. Many children
have grandparents who were involved and we are keen to express
“that there is no glory in war”. Our Schools initiative is an example of
our efforts in this.
© Copyright Normandy Veterans 2013
From Bromley Council website....
Normandy Veterans Association Planned Pilgrimage
The Normandy Veterans Association (South Eastern Branch) is trying to
raise funds to help Veterans make their last pilgrimage to Normandy
in 2014 to pay respect to the comrades they left behind on the
battlefields. There are currently (as at Sept 2012) four Veterans living
in Bromley who would like to attend this event and the Association is
raising funds to enable them to relive some of the events that took
place and they were part of.
If you would like to make a donation or would like some further
information, please contact Mrs Frances Stone, Branch Secretary, tel.
no. 020 8462 4591 or e-mail francesstone39@btinternet.com
The Normandy Prayer
"Oh Eternal Lord God who has united together all the
Veterans of the Normandy Campaign
We beseech you to grant your Blessing and give strength to
carry on our work to bring aid and common purpose
throughout our Association.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, whose courage
never fails. Amen"
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19. Are you a Grandparent?
If you are, why not treat your grandchildren
to see the film “The Snowman”
on Saturday, 30th November
at 2.30 pm
followed by tea for children.
Tickets - children £2.00 Adults £4.00
From John Curry. Tel: 8249 3663
This film is part of our Christmas Tree Festival.
Ed’s footnote - The film is fabulous. If you haven’t seen it, you really
don’t know what you are missing.
The way things once were
This year’s theme covers sayings or poetry from the First World War
The following poem was written by Robert Graves (1895-1985)
in France in November 1915
1915.
I've watched the Seasons passing slow, so slow
In the fields between La Bassée and Bethune;
Primroses and the first warm day of Spring,
Red poppy floods of June,
August, and yellowing Autumn, so
To Winter nights knee-deep in mud or snow,
And you've been everything.
Dear, you've been everything that I most lack
In those soul-deadening trenches - pictures, books,
Music, the quiet of an English wood,
Beautiful comrade-looks,
The narrow, bouldered mountain-track,
The broad, full-bosomed ocean, green and black,
And Peace, and all that's good.
Part of the Robert Graves Collection held by the University Archives at
the State University of New York at Buffalo; 420 Cappen Hall; Buffalo;
New York State; 14260-1674; USA
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20. November 2013
1st
Fri
2nd
Sat
3rd
Sun
4th
Mon
5th
Tue
6th
Wed
7th
Thu
8th
9th
2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship
Page 3
10.30 am - Morning Service - Margaret Smith
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
8.00 pm - Women’s Contact Group
Page 3
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship
8.00 pm - Elders’ Meeting
Page 3
Page 5
Page 3
Fri
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting
2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
Page 4
Page 4
Sat
10.30 am - Christmas Fair & Charity Card Sale
Page 8
10th
Sun
10.30 am - Church Parade - The Minister
Followed by Fairtrade stall
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
Page 6
11th
Mon Remembrance Day
12th
Tue
13th
Wed
14th
Thu
2.30 pm - Bible Study Group
Page 4
15th
Fri
2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
Page 4
16th
Sat
17th
Sun
18th
Mon
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship
Page 3
Page 5
10.30 am - Morning Service - Dr Clive Timehin
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
"You are blind and I am deaf and dumb, so let us touch hands and
understand each other."
Kahlil Gibran
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21. November 2013
19th
Tue
20th
Thu
Page 3
Page 5
Wed
21st
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship
22nd Fri
23rd
8.00 pm - Men’s Group
Page 3
2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
Page 4
Sat
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
Followed by Fairtrade stall
12.00 Noon - Church Meeting
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Glynis Hill
Page 6
Page 3
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship
Page 3
Page 5
24th
Sun
25th
Mon
26th
Tue
27th
Wed
6.30 pm - Worship Group
Page 4
28th
Thu
2.30 pm - Bible Study Group
Page 4
29th
Fri
2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
7.30 pm - Christmas Tree Festival - concert
Page 4
Page 13
30th
Sat
St. Andrew's Day
2.30 pm - Christmas Tree Festival - film
7.30 pm - Christmas Tree Festival - film
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Page 13
December 2013
1st
Sun
10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister and
Pickhurst Junior School - Christmas Tree Festival Page 13
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
29th Nov - 8th Dec - Christmas Tree Festival
21st Dec
6.00 pm - Compassionate Friends Service
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22. Our Mission Statement
We will Worship together through Jesus Christ by:
communal viable teaching in Spirit led Sunday Worship, throwing new light
on the nature of God; encouraging each other and others in prayer; by
looking for new ways to offer worship opportunities to those around.
We will Explain the Gospel through:
our Sunday teaching and sermon and the sharing of prayers, hymns and
songs. We will hold House groups to help each other to understand the
Gospel teachings and also live our understanding of the Gospel through
our actions and our lives
We will Love by:
showing our love of God through practical action and care; talking and
sharing with each other and others, offering time and understanding to
those around us.
We will Care for our neighbours by:
acknowledging who our neighbours are and accepting people into the
fellowship; by keeping in touch with our local community and supporting
local charities.
We will Open the doors to the community through:
ensuring the building is suitable for use by all, including the disabled, and
ensuring that all are warmly welcomed; offering alternative worship
opportunities (Wednesday evening service, Compassionate Friends);
updating for extended use the Youth Site in Mounthurst Road and using the
church building for Youth and Children’s work, (Uniformed Organisations,
Nursery, Mother & toddlers); working with the elderly (Women’s Fellowship,
Holiday from Home); sharing our activities (coffee mornings, fairs, Tree
Festival, Concerts, outreach opportunities [Royal wedding, Olympic
Games]); opening the building to the community through outside ‘lets’
(Cocaine Anonymous, Slimming World, etc.); extending the use of the
building for conferences.
We will Minister according to our gifts by:
recognising and encouraging gifts within and without the congregation
and allowing them to be used to the greater glory of God.
We will Encourage discipleship in:
others outside the church by openly and honestly engaging in conversation
with those who seek to know more about God and the Christian faith and
in those within the church through friendship and house groups.
Our Current Mission Priorities: Children’s Work; Church Growth; Pastoral Care.
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23. CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
Day
Organisation
Contact
Phone
Sunday Club
Mike Duke
8462 5103
Jayne Carvell
07913 299773
Brownies
Cubs
Women's Contact
Group
Sarah Humphrey
Brenda Petts
Sylvia Mack
8249 9982
8325 3956
8462 1938
10.00am
Prayer Meeting
Martin Nunn
8462 5918
2.00pm
7.00pm
Women's Fellowship
Scouts
Sue Powell
Paul Hasling
8462 2212
3236 0083
3.30pm - 4th
Messy Church
Sue Powell
8462 2212
5.00pm
6.00pm
6.30pm - 4th
8.00pm
Rainbows
Beavers
Reflections Group
Explorers
Jenny Longman
Brenda Petts
Bill Michie
Tom Strachan
07730 574962
8325 3956
8658 4167
07745 813 295
2.30pm - 2nd, Bible Study
& 4th
5.30pm
Brownies
Sue Powell
8462 2212
Stevie Blair.
8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45pm
Senior Guides
Georgina Chappell 07983 471308
8.00pm - 3rd
Men's Group
Bruce Tannock
Sunday
10.25am
Weekdays
9.15 -12.15pm Pre School Group
12.15 -12.45pm P/School lunch club
Monday
5.45pm
6.30pm
8.00pm - 1st
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8325 6264
Friday
9.00 - 12.00pm
2.00pm
Coffee morning during term times
Mothers & Toddlers
Judith Stoner
8462 3023
6.30pm
Guides
Teresa Cheyne
8777 6042
Saturday Fellowship
Martin Nunn
8462 5918
Saturday
2.30pm - 1st
NOTE: - Some of the organisations meet once or twice per month.
This is indicated by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. The numbers relate to which
week day of the month, NOT the calendar date.

24. Final Thought
We see signs of summer’s passing in golden leaves,
shortening days, misty mornings, autumn glow.
We sense its passing in rain that dampens,
winds that chill, Harvest’s bounty placed on show.
Creator, God of both green shoot and hoar frost,
sunrise and sunset,
we bring thanks
for seeds that have grown,
harvests gathered,
storehouses filled,
mouths fed.
And, as your good earth rests
through winter’s cold embrace,
we look forward to its re-awakening
when kissed by spring’s first touch.
John Birch