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Magazine of Erdington Methodist Church Station Road - November 2015 1

Contents Minister’s Letter Christmas Travellers Thanks Vision report for November 2015 Health Alert Wild Geese by Mary Oliver What a Hoot!

Monument de Font Bruno David Suchet reads the Bible On a repair shop door Searching for the Holy Ghost !!!

Moses Time on the water badge Celebration The Tale of the Glens Bridging the Gap between intention and outcome Edith Cavell Twenty facts about Edith Cavell that you might not know Time for Remembrance The most productive nightmare of all time?

November Regular Meetings Coffee Mornings Tuesday Club Sunday Worship Weekly Church Activities

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Minister’s Letter Dear friends They say Christmas comes earlier every year, so you might not thank me for mentioning it already! I first saw Christmas puddings on sale in August, and cards in September. Most people say Christmas starts too early and is too commercialised – that we’ve lost the true meaning of Christmas.

If you ask people what Christmas is all about, most will say it’s about having time with family and friends, and children especially.

For us as Christians, of course, the central Reason for the Season is the birth of Jesus. For many people, though, Christmas is also a big headache. It costs a fortune, we don’t know what to buy for people who seem to have everything, and we end up stressed and exhausted and glad it’s all over on Boxing Day! And for too many, it isn’t over even then because they still have to pay off the debts.

Although the birth of Jesus is the main thing, the way we spend our time and money suggests otherwise. We get pressured into buying and giving, as if the amount of money we spend on people shows how much we love them. Could we do it differently? Is it possible to have family parties, presents and all the paraphernalia without it costing too much? Could you agree with family and friends that you’re just going to exchange inexpensive gifts carefully chosen to be meaningful and personal, rather than expensive? That when the family come round, it won’t be for another gut-busting banquet but so you can spend some quality, fun time together – perhaps with some nice nibbles?

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Could we gently proclaim the birth of Jesus through the type of cards we send and the decorations we put up? Jesus said we can’t serve God and Mammon. Can we reclaim Christmas from Mammon? It’s certainly not too early to be thinking about that!

Your friend and minister Rev Paul

Christmas Travellers On the 1st of December the Travellers (Mary and Joseph wooden statues) will be ready to start their journey around the church families. There will be a list on the notice board to fill in a date that suits your hospitality. On that date someone will bring the travellers to your home and share refreshments with you. The following day , you will take the travellers on their journey to the next person's home on the list and the same takes place at each house. Please join in and make Mary & Joseph’s journey a special time for everyone.

Thanks I would like to thank everyone for their help and donations for the McMillan Coffee Morning on September 26th. The final total was £206.62 Well done and thanks again to you all Sue Turner 4

Vision report for November 2015 We are fortunate that money is still coming in and our total is now £260,000. This is amazing, since the thought of raising £245,000 seemed almost impossible and we weren’t sure how much of the project we would be able to complete. The truth is that we will be able to complete all that we set out to do – and MORE! At the beginning we asked for your ideas of what was wanted. We have covered most of those in some form. New chairs for the church were mentioned but put aside for a while. A new carpet for the church also cropped up but was virtually dismissed as being, financially, a step too far.

Recently these conversations were reopened. This was partly because the floor at the back has a very discoloured patch from a leakage from the storage of items for the path, but also because we learned that a new carpet didn’t mean taking up the floor with the obvious expense. So we began to look seriously at this. New carpet for the dais was already included so we were looking at a large amount of carpet but relatively low labour cost. We have quotes within our reach and now need permission from the Church Council to proceed. Unfortunately, their meeting isn’t until October 27th so at the time of writing for Contact, we wait for permission to proceed. We will then get samples for you to look at.

Windows in the hall and new back doors are planned and costed and should soon be a reality.

There have been two main activities in October. The concert on 10th by the Birmingham Repertory Opera Company led byEthan was wonderful. It really was professional entertainment – 5

beautiful voices and great acting! Huge thanks to them for putting this on, especially to raise money for Vision - £353.

The Photography Competition has been and gone, and hopefully was a great success. Our thanks to Irene, Bob and the Fircone Photography Group, for doing the judging and running the kitchen. We made £116 on the entries but don’t know the final total at this time.

Still to come in 2015 - Peter and Margaret’s House Group are running the coffee morning on November 7th. December 19th is our Christmas Festival. More information about this elsewhere.

Hilary - for the Vision Group

Health Alert Calling all men over 65!

Did you know that you are entitled to an aneurism screening i.e. an ultra sound scan of the abdomen to detect an abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) which is a dangerous swelling of the aorta.

80% of men with a ruptured AAA either die before they reach hospital or don’t survive surgery. It’s free, painless & may save your life. To book an appointment phone 424 3612

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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and excitingover and over announcing your place in the family of things

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Mary Oliver, born September 1935 into a Catholic family, spent much of her formative years repenting. Her childhood was very unhappy. This poem affirms her belief that guilt is of little use to any of us. Repenting may be helpful, but not for years on end. We should let go of past concerns and, like the wild geese that fly through the clean blue air, live the life that we wish to live. Free our minds for The world offers itself to your imagination. It is calling us, like the wild geese.

Her poem 'When Death Comes' ends ... I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.' This one line is the essence of 'Wild Geese'.

Barbara Rawson

What a Hoot!

During the school holiday, the Cubs ventured in the wilds of Birmingham in search of some exotic owls . . . we went Big Hoot Hunting!

We had a great time, we were out for about five hours and walked miles, and found about 50 owls in locations as varied as the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Cube. None of us had been to the top of the Cube before, and we all loved the view of the city.

Ewan had this to say: “The Hoot Trail was an amazing experience. My favourite owl was called G'owl'd found inside the museum and art gallery. Scarab beetles and hieroglyphics had been painted on it. Thank you for taking me.”

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Monument de Font Bruno Remembrance Day will shortly be with us and with that in mind I want you to come with me into the Black Mountains in Central Southern France within the Haut-Languedoc Regional National Park.

We drive up narrow, steep, winding roads with terrifying hairpin bends deep into the sinister but beautiful forest – where on earth will we end up? Suddenly we come upon a huge monument over 20 metres high isolated, majestic and silent amongst the trees. It is the Monument du Corps-Franc de la Montagne Noire, Font Bruno dedicated in July 1947 to the brave men who belonged to the Resistance Corps-Franc of the Black Mountains who died in the fighting in World War 2 in July and August 1944.

Around the cross are 12 marble slabs engraved with the names of the guerrillas who died in combat. The top of the monument is the Cross of Lorraine with the 4 horizontal pieces pointing in different directions indicating the areas where the Corps-Franc fought.Â

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Behind the monument we climb down to the entrance to the crypt where there are 13 tombs of the men killed in battle. What a sobering and deeply moving place this is. These brave men who I dare say most of us have never heard of, willingly gave their lives during World War 2 so that we might be free.

We will remember them Marion Griffin

David Suchet reads the Bible Actor David Suchet has recorded the whole NIV Bible for Torch International. It is for people with sight loss, and is now available on Megavoice and DAISY. David Suchet commented: "In the preparation of my reading my eyes were opened because I couldn't pick the Bible up and just read it, because that would have been immature and wrong. So I had to study each book as to when it was written, who may have written it, what was its purpose, who were they writing for, and putting it into its context before recording one word of each book.

So I gave myself a complete Bible course as well as recording it."

Further information is available from info@torchtrust.org

On a repair shop door We can repair anything. (Please knock hard for entry – bell broken)

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Searching for the Holy Ghost !!!

The other day I was only half listening to the news but my attention was caught when I heard someone talking about ‘finding the Holy Ghost.’ What! Is this a preview of a new Dan Brown book, I wondered? Further discussion sounded as if it was a skeleton that had been found.

I was really puzzled. There can’t be more than one Holy Ghost, and that one can’t be found by digging it up! Numerous questions flitted through my mind. People find God on a spiritual journey, but I had never heard of anyone finding the Holy Ghost. Maybe mythology was completely confused – not unlikely – but I thought I was clear on the Trinity, three persons in one, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I gave up; it was too early in the morning!

Well, of course, I had missed vital information. They were talking about the Holigost, one of Henry V’s ships. So I looked up a few details. Google had quite a lot of information and I have quoted some of it.

“Deep in the oozing mud of the river Hamble, visible only at the lowest tides as a U-shaped ripple on the surface, possibly lies a ship that was one of the glories of Henry V’s navy.

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Historian Ian Friel, who has devoted decades of research to Henry’s navy, believes it is the Holigost, built for the king in 1415 by recycling the hull of a captured Spanish warship, the SantaClara.

He had spotted it 30 years ago but didn’t have the money to do anything about it. Not an inch now shows above the surface, but Friel – whose book on Henry’s navy is published on Monday – has convinced Historic England to commission work including sonar surveys of the seabed, drone photography of the site and possibly wood sample dating.

The site is being considered for a protection order to defend it from treasure hunters, although it would have been stripped of any valuables when it was laid up. Most of Henry’s navy comprised hired-in ships or privately owned merchant ships pressed into service, but the Holigost was one of the four ‘great ships’ commissioned by the king.

The ship was laid up in a specially built dock in the Hamble in the years after Henry’s death in 1422, and in its last years afloat, was crewed by one man who had the unenviable responsibility of pumping and bailing day after day to keep the water out. Stripped of its mast, contents, and timbers from the superstructure including the cabins, it probably finally sank when the dock collapsed due to lack of maintenance, and has lain there ever since.”

Hilary Price

Moses Why did Moses wander through the desert for 40 years?

Because even back then men wouldn’t stop and ask for directions!

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Time on the water badge

The Beavers of the 177th Erdington Methodist Colony at Blackroot Pool, Sutton Park on Wednesday 15th July 2015. They are waiting to go Kayaking and spending time on the water and playing games to get their time on the water badge.

Many thanks to the leaders who give up their time so that the Beavers can do this activity.

Lynn & Paul

Celebration I am having a celebration for my 90th birthday at church on Sunday 17th January 1916. Anyone is welcome to join us for light refreshments sometime between 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm on that day.

No presents please. All welcome.

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The Tale of the Glens We rounded the shoulder of the hill to be confronted by the spectacular landscape. Enfolded between the embracing hills lay the fertile glen, lost in its secluded and tranquil beauty in the mellow autumn sunshine.

Bracken and heather steadily striding down the hill to meet up with the lively burn, chuckling its erratic way to larger streams.

Birch and alder fringing it with larch adding its soft dangling fronds to the scene.

There was no sound as we stopped to gaze at its beauty save the music of the burn and the softly whispering breeze telling its secrets to the swaying trees, its gentle energy little disturbing the tranquillity - an occasional bleat of a sheep and the mew of an approaching buzzard. ‘How peaceful is this?’ we thought.

Yet it hasn’t always been as isolated as it appears today. There were communities of more than one hundred crofters making a living from the land with a small low stone, mud and turf dwelling, the roof constructed from tree branches and thatched with heather and bracken.

Probably no window, a door and a central hearth with possibly a small hole in the thatch to allow some of the peat smoke to escape.

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other. Bear in mind that winters were exceptionally cold with heavy snowfalls, animals were not only being kept safe overnight, but providing additional warmth.

Cattle, of which there were many, lived on the hill year round. These communities were widespread throughout the glens and each house boasted a small plot of land for cultivating a few oats, some turnips and anything else which would survive the harsh conditions, enclosed by a low stone wall.

Commenting on the rocky outcrops along the length of the glen, we suspected them of being the detritus of long gone glaciers, but there was a shape and pattern to the way they had fallen and we realised these were no ordinary rocks. In fact on every facet of rock and stone, history was crying out to tell its story to whoever would listen, for that history is of the brutal and barbaric ethnic cleansing of The Highlands of Scotland known as The Highland Clearances.

Following the Battle of Culloden in 1746 when Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highland Clansmen were severely defeated by ‘butcher’ Cumberland, the Clan Chieftains, enjoying gambling and prostitution in the vice dens of London, discovered their land could be made more profitable by renting to tasks men (shepherds) who would graze their sheep, bringing in a handsome income instead of the meagre rents collected from tenant farmers, most of whom had lived on the land for generations and were members of the clan.

The Chief was regarded as ‘Father of the Clan’.

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They fought battles on his behalf without question. While they were away on such quests, the Clan Chiefs enlisted help from stewards or factors prepared to do their brutal bidding issuing notice to all tenants in the glens to evacuate, sometimes giving only a few hours in which to gather up whatever they could, and flee.

Some were offered alternative land on the coast but on their arrival found the land unsuitable for farming, their only industry. They could supplement their income with fishing but they had no knowledge of the sea, its tides and dangers and were reduced to scrabbling around the rocks and shores for shellfish.

They had to set about building homes and creating a living of sorts.

In the glens homes were burnt and plundered of anything worthwhile, cattle rounded up and sold. Many, on reaching the coast, found there was no alternative but to be transported to Canada, America and Australia in the most appalling conditions.

Many died during the voyages. We can only imagine the conditions on the vessels over many months. Others were driven out mercilessly taking refuge wherever they could find. Some sought sanctuary in the church, but the parish minister told them this was their punishment for sin, and many churches were razed to the ground to prevent folk from sheltering.

They were driven into the snow, some perishing from starvation and the freezing temperatures.

Clan Chiefs were oblivious to the atrocities happening to their ancient tenantry. Their main aim was to install thousands of sheep and make fat profits.Â

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This disgraceful period of history ran for a hundred years from 1775 and it is no wonder that so many glens still lie deserted. They may be beautiful but each has its own tragic history to relate if only we will listen. The following poem depicts it all so well: A Tale of the Highland Clearances Soon from glen to glen, from hut to hut, The hated factor came with arrogant strut And harsh imperious voice, and at one stroke, Of house and home bereft these hapless folk, Bidding all inmates to come forth in haste: For now shall their poor dwellings be laid waste, Their thatch be fired, walls levelled with the leas, And they themselves be shipped far o'er the wide, wild seas.

Thus through his grasping steward bids the chief.

In whom hereditary, fond belief Honours the proud head of their race - the man Whose turbulent forbears their devoted clan Had served in bloody wars, nor grudged to yield Their lives for them in many a battle-field: But in these latter days men's lives are cheap.

And hard-worked Highlanders pay worse than lowland sheep.

Written by Mathilde Blind 1886 Dedicated to Captain Cameron whose glory it is to have thrown up his place rather than proceed in command of the steamer “Locheil” which was to convey the police expedition against the Skye crofters in the winter of 1884.

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This was inspired by the images on TV of refugees endeavouring to make their way to Germany through the cold, the mud and rain through a soaked landscape, signs of snow lying at the edge of their path, and of an article attached to an email I received.

Ann Tomes

Bridging the Gap between intention and outcome My husband and I have just updated our wills. Our children are grown up, and it was time to revisit wills that were made when our son and daughter were financially dependent upon us, and would have needed guardians if the worst had happened. Happily, the worst didn’t happen, but we had the peace of mind of knowing that if it had, our children would have been cared for by trusted and loved family members in our absence.

We really should have updated our wills some time ago. The people we appointed executors are now quite elderly and would struggle to cope with the work involved. Someone we had left a gift to has died. We’ve also been saying for a long while that we want to leave gifts to some of our favourite causes.

A recent survey of charity donors revealed that my husband and I are not alone in wanting to include gifts to charities in our wills.

Nor are we the only people who take our time getting round to it.

Many of us intend to make or update our wills, but often don’t before it is too late.

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Here are some things to consider:

• If you have a will, have you checked it lately? Does it still reflect • •

your wishes, and are all of the details – names, addresses, particular gifts – correct?

If you haven’t got a will, do you know what would happen to your estate? Can you be absolutely sure that your wishes will be fulfilled and your loved ones will get what you want to receive?

Remember that in order to leave gifts to friends and favourite causes, you will need to include this in your will.

Don’t leave it until it’s too late. Having an up to date will is important, to give you peace of mind and to safeguard your loved ones. Think of it as an insurance policy – you wouldn’t drive without having proper insurance, would you? So why would you leave the security of your whole estate to chance?

This November, Solicitors around the country are offering to make a basic will in return for a donation to Will Aid. The money raised supports nine charities, including Christian Aid. You can find out more by visiting www.willaid.org.uk, where you’ll also find a useful will planner, or calling 0300 0309 558.

Alison Knight Alison Knight is a senior Regional Legacy Officer for Christian Aid. You can contact her at aknight@christian-aid.org or call Christian Aid’s legacy team on 020 7523 2177.

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Edith Cavell Edith Cavell has been in the news recently, the centenary of her death. She was born in 1865 as the eldest daughter of the Vicar of Swardeston, near Norwich. She attended Norwich High School for Girls. Then after a period as a Governess, including a spell in Brussels she enrolled as nursing student at the London Hospital.

By 1907 she had been recruited as the Matron of the newly established nursing school in Brussels. Three years later she launched the nursing journal L’infirmiere. Such was her success it is claimed that she stands with Florence Nightingale as one of the movers and shakers within the development of nursing – compassionate and caring.

The outbreak of World War 1 found her in Norfolk visiting her mother. She returned to her hospital in Brussels, which had been taken over by the Red Cross. Her ethos was that all should be treated equally. However her work at the hospital also enabled her to assist many service personnel to escape and return to active service.

She is credited with helping about 200 escapees. Her work as a nurse with the Red Cross gave her a legitimate reason to work within German territory. However aiding escapers does not have the same protection.

Eventually she was caught in a ‘sting operation’ and charged with treason. Her trial created an international outcry and the American Legate in Brussels tried and failed to obtain clemency. After 10 weeks in solitary confinement she was shot by a firing squad in the 22

early hours of 12th October 1915. Such was the outcry in the UK at this treatment that her face appeared on recruiting posters.

The Daily Telegraph saw an opportunity and launched an appeal to form the Cavell Trust founded to assist nurses in need. This came into existence in 1917 with assets of £12,500 (about £500,000 today).

In 1927 the National Garden Scheme was launched to raise money for the Trust. In its first year 600 gardens were open and they raised about £8,000. Today the garden scheme includes 3,500 gardens and raises about £3m annually for nursing and caring charities.

Recently the plot around Edith Cavell has thickened. Stella Remington has suggested that apart from assisting service personnel to escape and fight again it is likely that she was either actively engaged in espionage or was happy for those around her to be so engaged. Using all manner of means, information came back about trenches, ammunition dumps and aircraft. If that is true it is not surprising that her final message to the Anglican chaplain, who saw her the night before her execution, was ‘Patriotism is not enough, to love one’s own people one must also love all men and hate none’. This was too strong a sentiment for a post war United Kingdom but no doubt reflected the Christian love that she had learned as a child in Swardeston.

Peter Farley

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Twenty facts about Edith Cavell that you might not know 1. She enjoyed ice skating on frozen Norfolk rivers.

2. Watercolour painting was a favourite pastime.

3. She painted greetings cards to raise money to build a Sunday school room in her village.

4. She gave an 11-year-old runaway her brother’s suit.

5. In the early days of the Davis Cup, Edith was an accomplished tennis player.

6. She was confirmed by the Bishop of Bath & Wells when at school near Bristol.

7. She learned to speak fluent French at school in Peterborough.

8. Her first employment was as a governess.

9. She wrote a book about caring for dogs.

10. She trained as a nurse in the hospital that had been home to the Elephant Man. 11. The matron at the London Hospital said in a report that Edith was ‘not a nurse that can altogether be depended upon’.

12. The only medal she received was awarded by the people of Maidstone to Edith and about 250 nurses who had been sent to help contain a typhoid fever epidemic in 1897.

13. She took four children to St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex to convalesce after a typhoid epidemic.

14. When sitting with a patient for 36 hours after an operation on his spine, she painted a spray of apple blossom on the flyleaf of his Bible.

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15. Because she could speak French and had been trained in the Florence Nightingale style of nursing, she was recruited to start a nurses’ training school in Brussels, Belgium.

16. She was in England when the First World War was declared, but left to return to her nurses’ training school.

17. She hid an escaping soldier in a barrel of apples.

18. Her two dogs, Don and Jack, were adopted strays.

19. She gave a home to a 13-year-old girl who had run away from a travelling circus.

20. One of the spies whose snooping led to her capture had an injured foot which she treated. from the Parish Pump Website

Time for Remembrance If you would like to pay your own personal tribute to the soldiers who died during the First World War, then why not consider participating in a very easy project being run by the British Legion?

Not only is it commemorative, but it is one which will yield big results for your garden next year! It is the Centenary Poppy Campaign, in which the Royal British Legion has joined forces with B&Q to encourage the public and local authorities to plant Flanders poppy seeds on their own land. The Flanders poppy seeds can be purchased from B&Q, where a donation of £1 will go towards the work of the Legion. Just visit your B&Q for more details.

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The most productive nightmare of all time?

1600 years ago, Europe’s top scholar was an Italian called Jerome; he loved the works of Cicero. One night he dreamt that he had died, and reached the gates of heaven.

The gate-keeper spoke to him, “Who are you?”

“Chistianus,” replied Jerome. “I’m a Christian.”

“No,”said the gatekeeper, “You’re not a Christian. You’re a Ciceronian!”

He went onto explain: “You see, here in heaven we judge people by what they were most, when on earth. And you dedicated everything to the classics and the works of Cicero. So we judge you not to be a Christian, but a Ciceronian. You cannot enter.”

Jerome woke with a start, and made his resolve. Not only did he begin truly to follow Christ, but he bent his academic ability into translating the Bible into the common language of Europe, Latin.

It took him years. His translation became known as the Vulgate version. The bible served Europe for a thousand years. With the Bible’s message becoming the foundation of European civilization, its culture became united. Take Christianity and the Bible out of Europe – and all that we would have left with is a collection of squabbling, heathen tribes. It’s time for Europe – like Jerome –to be woken again. (taken from St Columba’s Church Magazine – submitted

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November Regular Meetings Coffee Mornings Each Saturday 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Tuesday Club Every 4th Tuesday in the month at 2.30 pm

Sunday Worship All worship starts at 10.30 am unless stated otherwise below.

1st

ALL SAINTS DAY - Rev Gerald Hainsworth including HOLY COMMUNION Alpha Course - 5.00 pm

8th

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY - Rev Paul Dunstan Alpha Course - 5.00 pm

15th

PRISONS WEEK - ALL AGE WORSHIP - Clive Thursfield Alpha Course - 5.00 pm

22nd

WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE SUNDAY - David Hewitt Alpha Course - 5.00 pm

29th

ADVENT SUNDAY - Godfrey Higgins CHRISTINGLE Service - Rev Paul Dunstan - 4.00 pm

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Weekly Church Activities Sunday

10.30 am

MORNING WORSHIP and Young Church

Tuesday

9.30 - 12.30 pm 2.00 pm

Pre-School : Karen Homer Tuesday Afternoon Meeting : Margaret Hillman (2nd)

Wednesday

9.30 - 11.30 am 9.30 - 12.30 pm 12.30 pm

Stay and Play Pre-School : Karen Homer Luncheon Club - (1st and 3rd)

Thursday

9.30 - 12.30 pm

Pre-School : Karen Homer

Friday

9.30 - 12.30 pm 5.00 - 6.15 pm 6.15 - 7.45 pm 7.45 - 9.15 pm 7.45 - 9.15 pm 5.30 - 6.30 pm 5.00 - 6.30 pm 7.30 - 9.00 pm

Pre-School : Karen Homer Beavers : Lynn Turner Cubs : Elizabeth Baizon Scouts : Lisa Porter Explorers : Lucy Porter Rainbows : Debbie Barnett Brownies : Lesley Carter Guides : Helen Rainsford

Saturday

10.00 - 12.00 noon 10.30 - 11.30 am

Coffee Morning : Lesley Morgan Church open for prayer : Margaret Curzon

Please hand any items for the December/January CONTACT to any of the Editorial Team (Peter Farley, Christine Rankin, Ann Tomes & Nick Riley) by 15th November 2015 at the latest please or alternatively email me: nickriley@blueyonder.co.uk with the word ‘CONTACT’ in the title.

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