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May 2016
Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
Copy for the June 2016 edition needs to be handed in by
Sunday, the 15th of May.
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
Principal Contacts
Interim Moderator: Rev. Dr Peter Stevenson Tel: 020 8462 2212
Church Secretary: Mrs Mavis Righini Tel: 020 8462 1168
Treasurer: Mr. Simon Narracott Tel: 020 8462 2004
Lettings Secretary: Mrs Undine Connolly 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.
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.
This month’s website: -
This month, it’s the turn of a magazine which is read by Church
members and friends - Reform .
Their website is reform-magazine.co.uk
Now, turn to Page 14 for more information. Ed
Sunday Services;
Notes on the Preachers; 2
Church Notices 3 - 5
A word to the Wise 4
Which Way to Heaven? 5
Editor’s Notes 6
Cart Marking photographs 7
CHARS; Christian Aid Week 8
Your page 9
Notice Board 10 - 12
Ecumenical Cocktail 13
Website of the Month 14
Peace;
The way things once were 15
Bees in Amber poems 16 - 17
Closing prayer 20
Church Organisations I B C
1
Letter from the Church Secretary
Dear all,
How special is each new day.
That is a statement not a question. Each new day is a gift from God
and it is up to each one of us what we do with it.
Colin and I have just had a few days away at a Warner's Leisure
Centre and each day was great, with perfect weather and 1st class
care.
It is so much easier to be up and doing when we feel well, or are with
people we love and we are enjoying what we are doing.
If we were celebrating and partying all the time it would no longer be
special. So where does that leave all the other days? When
we look out at dreadful weather, when people are on our back
demanding we do something we really would prefer not to do but
need to do. When we feel unwell or everything seems to go wrong
and you wish you hadn't got out of 'the wrong side of the bed'.
What do we make of all those 'other' days? If we can look back at the
end of each day and say 'Yes, I didn't waste today' that would be
great.
So let's see what we can do with those ordinary days :- phone a lonely
person, send a cheerful card, smile at the people we meet or if all
those ideas are just one step too far, then pray to the one God who
loves us all and pray not just for yourself but pray for somebody who is
worse off than you. If you find praying difficult then remember
God is your friend and He is longing to hear from you.
With Christian love to you all,
Mavis
2
Sunday Services
Some notes on the visiting preachers.
v Martin Wilcox represents Child Aid, a charity which is transforming the
lives of children and young people in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and the
Ukraine.
v Keith Nye is one of the readers from St. Mary’s Church at Plaistow Green.
v Jim Holman is a Methodist preacher. He has conducted services at HFC
in the past.
v Alan Kienlan is well known to us. He was church secretary and an elder
at HFC. He is an accredited Lay Preacher from Emmanuel URC.
v David Stoner is well known to us. He is a member of various groups at
HFC.
v Bryn Thomas needs no introduction to many of us as he was a former
organist and choir master at HFC. He took early retirement from teaching
to become an ordained minister and still lives in West Wickham.
v Mrs. Marion Bayley is a Lay Preacher and an Elder from our sister church
in Beckenham. She regularly leads our services.
All of the evening services will take place in the Elders Vestry
which is accessed from side door in Hilldown Road.
May 2016
1st
10.30 am - Morning Service - Tony Russell
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Judy Davies
8th 10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye
15th Whit Sunday
10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Alan Kienlan
22nd 10.30 am - Holy Communion - David Stoner
29th 10.30 am - Morning Service -
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye
June 2016
5th
10.30 am - Morning Service - Rev'd Bryn Thomas
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Marion Bayley
3
News of the Church Family
Announcements are welcome :-
BMD - Changes of address, etc.
Deaths
We regret to announce that Joyce Egan passed
away last month. Our thoughts and prayers are
with her family and friends.
Change of Address
Pam and Alan Hotten have moved to Orpington. Their new address is
41 Haileybury Road, Orpington BR6 9EZ. Tel. 01689637946.
Your prayers would be appreciated for: -
Please give the editor announcements in good time.
Church Meetings
The next Elders’ meetings (Tuesdays) will be at 8.00 pm in the small hall
on the 3rd of May and the 7th of June.
The next Church meeting and AGM will be after the morning service
at 12.00 noon on the 22nd of May.
Women's Contact Group
The contact group will hold their monthly lunches at the Tea Room in
Hayes on Mondays at 12.30 pm. We will be meeting on the 9th of May.
All ladies are welcome.
Sylvia Mack
Saturday Fellowship
We will meet at Barbara's home on 7th May at 2.30 pm, when we will
continue to look at the Book of Psalms. The leader is Martin Nunn.
You are welcome to join us.
Tuesday Prayer Meetings for May
Held at 10.00 am at the following homes:-
3rd Martin Nunn’s. 10th Betty Coster’s.
17th Brenda Cordingley’s. 24th The Church.
31st Martin Nunn’s.
Then in June
7th Martin Nunn’s.
Please address any queries to Martin Nunn.
House Church
At present, we are not meeting. Please listen out for announcements
about when we restart.
Barbara
4
Men's Group
The next Men’s Group meeting will be on Thursday 19th of May in the
small hall at 8.00 pm and will be a Bingo Night organised by Bruce
Tannock.
Ministry of Flowers
Thank you to those who will be providing flowers in May.
A big thank you to those who kindly arrange the flowers when needed.
After the Sunday morning 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 ÂŁ1 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.
We close for half term on the 3rd of June.
Wendy Smith
Messy Church
This meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month in the church from
3.30 - 4.30 pm, and children from 2 to 12 years are welcome.
Book Club
We will be meeting at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 4th of May and then
on Thursday, 2nd of June.
1 - 8 - Gill Bran
15 - David & Undine Connolly -
i.m.o. our fathers
22 - John & Janet Moren
29 -
A Word to the Wise
v Patience is the companion of wisdom. - Saint Augustine
v Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress,
no matter how slow. - Aristotle
5
Notice Sheets – May
1st & 8th Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
15th & 22nd Joan Smith 8462 3920
29th Pamela Collison 8658 0748
Then in June
12th Pamela Collison
If you require items to be included in the notice sheets, please
contact the appropriate person by the previous Tuesday.
Women's Fellowship
Meetings are in the small hall at 2.00 p.m., unless otherwise stated,
on Tuesdays and finish about 3.30 p.m.
For May: -
3rd Gentle exercises with Pat Marshall
10th Dr White Update on Romania
17th Martin Nunn will talk on Estonia
24th Mary Moore will show Holiday slides
31st Outing with tea
Then in June: -
7th Tootswood Singers
MINI-AMBULANCE
Members who use this service 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.
Marion
Which Way to Heaven?
Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he
arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a
letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When
the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If
you'll come to the Baptist Church this evening, you can hear me
telling everyone how to get to heaven."
The boy replied, "I don't think I'll be there... You don't even know
your way to the post office."
6
Women’s Contact Coffee Morning
We will be holding the next coffee morning
from 10.00am to 12.00 noon in the Small Hall
on the 14th of May.
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 Morning, 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.
The stall will be held on the 8th and 22nd of May.
Do pop by and check what we have for sale. There are some
appetising snacks, along with the usual food and non-food lines. We
now some new lines of cake available.
Please continue to support your stall.
Richard and Barbara.
Editor’s Notes
Correction In the Rotary Club feature in March, the header said that it
was Beckenham Rotary whereas it was all about Langley Park Rotary
club. John Moren is in Beckenham and David Connolly is in Langley
Park, the latter being the one involved in the Antique fairs.
Back cover photograph in April. This should have printed in colour, as
seen in the electronic version of Catalyst. The hearse was seen at the
Annual Cart Marking ceremony held at the Guildhall, London. The
event is free and well worth attending.
If you wish to attend, take a folding chair, refreshments and water.
The 2016 event takes place during July - day (a weekday) to be
confirmed.
Cart marking arose from the requirement for commercial vehicles
setting down passengers or delivering goods in the City of London to
be licensed.
Richard Brown
7
Cart Marking in 2013
8
CHARS
-----------
This is a list of friends and members of HFC who recycle items or give
vouchers and tokens to worthy causes.
This list will next be published in July.
-----------
Ă» Ink cartridges for Deaf Access - David Connolly wishes to thank
church members and friends who have been collecting and
donating their old printer ink cartridges for Deaf Access.
Unfortunately the people who bought them from us no longer
purchase them so we have had to cease collecting them.
ĂŒ Sainsbury’s School Vouchers - Brenda Petts - Hand to her at
Church Parade – Details to be provided by Brenda.
ĂŒ Whitechapel Mission clothes collection - David Connolly - Tel
8776 0108. Through the Rotary Club of Langley Park, I collect old
clothes for men and especially under pants for them.
We have a member who volunteers there and he takes them up
for us regularly. Underwear, even worn, is really needed as they
get through 70 pairs of pants a day!!! If anyone has clothing they
can donate, I will be happy to take them on a Sunday.
-----------
Please give details to the Editor if you wish to be included in the next
list.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - 15-21 MAY
HFC has received its usual allocation of roads for the annual house to
house collection but the known number of people willing and able to
undertake a collection is now severely depleted. If anyone is able to
step forward to do a road, please give me a ring or speak to Barbara
Jones. Alternatively if you are able to just deliver envelopes for others
to collect, this would increase our coverage. Last year, volunteers
from HFC managed to raise ÂŁ785.80 from the house to house
collections, so it is worth making the effort. Please let me know if you
can help.
Barbara will be hosting a coffee morning to raise funds for Christian
Aid on Thursday, 19 May from 10.00 am. Donations, both financial
and edible, would be much appreciated.
Kathryn Strachan
Tel: 8656 9609
9
Your Page
CHANGING THE WORLD
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do
everything, but still I can do something, and
because I cannot do everything, let me not refuse
to do the something that I can do.
Edward Everett Hale
As one person I cannot change the world. But I can
change the world for one person.
Amen
From the book The Gift of Friends written
and compiled by Marion Stroud
Submitted by Ruth White
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.
Christian Aid coffee morning
Barbara Jones will be holding a coffee morning
at 133 Pickhurst Lane with a Bring and Buy table
on 19th May
from 10.00 am - 12 Noon.
All proceeds will go the Christian Aid
10
NOTICE
SUPPORT AT HOME
If you are living independently at home, but getting
older and would like help with household tasks, meals,
shopping or transport; or would like help using your
computer, pursuing indoor interests or getting out by
wheelchair or by car; or would like to give a break to
someone who usually looks after you; or would like
help with something not mentioned here - please get in
touch with me. My goal is to maintain your independent
way of life with a kind and committed service.
Christopher White 020 8658 5886
or pjm741-rose@mybtinternet.com
(please note - new number and email address!)
A Wealden ramble
will be held
on both of the Bank Holidays in May.
We will set off from the Rosary car park at 10.15 am on
each day - Monday 2nd, and Monday 30th of May.
People of all ages are welcome to join us.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Storm Katie had moved away by the time the Easter
Monday ramble took place.
As a result, the ramble was blessed with good weather.
It was an enjoyable outing.
Martin Nunn
11
BOARD
Gift Aid - keep your tax position under review.
--------------------
Many Church members allow the Church to reclaim Gift Aid
on the donations they make during the year. This is the
scheme whereby the Government adds 25% to the value of
the donations. As the end of the tax year has just passed, I
thought I would prompt you to think about Gift Aid - wheth-
er you can sign up if you haven't done so already, but also
whether your personal circumstances allow you to continue
in the scheme.
Once you have signed a Gift Aid declaration, confirming
that you have paid income tax of at least the amount of tax
being claimed on all donations (not just to the Church), it
stays in force until you withdraw it. If you find that you are no
longer paying enough tax, please tell me so I stop claiming
Gift Aid on your donations.
On the other hand, if you have not signed up for Gift Aid and
are willing and able to do so, please contact me as Treasur-
er for a declaration form .
Simon Narracott
(hayesfreetreasurer@gmail.com)
Saturday 14th May 2016
ROCK CHOIR at HAYES FREE CHURCH
Price ÂŁ10 includes a glass of wine
Time: 7.30 pm
Raising funds for Local charity
Nash College
A national specialist college for young adults
with exceptional needs.
Tickets from Margaret Tannock
12
NOTICE BOARD
HO
LIDAY
AT HO
M
E 

.


is com
ing
up


and
w
ill be
from
the
1
—
4
August.
Please
publicise
it
to
anyone
you
think
w
ould
be
interested
—
and
to
bring
a
friend.
W
e
have
not m
anaged
to
book the
Hayes
m
ini-bus
this
year so
w
e
are
looking
for
offers of help
w
ith
transport to
get people
to
and
from
the
C
hurch.
If you
w
ould
like
to
com
e
and
join
in
the
activities
or help
w
ith
transport
please
contact Joan
Sm
ith
(8462
3920)
or Pat M
arshall (8462
3111).
Outing
By Hayes Horticultural Society
Saturday 16th July outing
to
M
t Ephraim
Gardens near W
hitstable, then onto
the
private
garden Copton Ash.
Cost: ÂŁ32.00 and
includes coach travel,
entrance
fees and
a
garden tour of M
t
Ephraim
Gardens.
Brenda
Cordingley has details which
can also
be
sent to
you by e-m
ail.
13
Ecumenical Cocktail in the right Spirit
---------------------
The local clergy fraternal was challenged to a new depth of
friendship by one of its members.
‘I think we should show our trust in one another by confessing our
weaknesses and secret longings,’ he said.
They agreed, and the Anglican Vicar began: ‘My weakness,’ he
admitted, ‘is drink. I have to keep a careful watch or I could
become an alcoholic.’
The Roman Catholic Priest was equally frank. ‘I miss female
company,’ he said. ‘I would love to take out an attractive girl for
a meal and a chat but, of course, I dare not risk it.’
The Methodist Minister was encouraged to unburden himself too.
‘I’m so hard up,’ he said, ‘and my pay is so pathetic that there are
times when I feel I would like to take twenty or thirty pounds out of
the collection to buy myself a pair of shoes or something.’
By this time, a fourth member of the group was getting very
agitated, shuffling his feet and glancing at his watch 'Must go,
must go' he Said, but the others insisted that before he departed
he should also declare his weakness. 'Well', he said, 'since you insist.
My problem is that I am a great gossip and, quite honestly, I can't
wait to get out and tell all my friends the things I've just heard.’
From Bishop's Brew
compiled by Ronald Brown
14
Website of the month: -
Images & words from the website.
15
Peace
by Rupert Brooke
(The first of his sonnets in the 1914 sequence.)
Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour,
And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping,
With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power,
To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping,
Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary,
Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move,
And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary,
And all the little emptiness of love!
Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there,
Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending,
Naught broken save this body, lost but breath;
Nothing to shake the laughing heart's long peace there
But only agony, and that has ending;
And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.
The way things once were
The food theme continues this year with recipes from the First World
War. Hopefully, a useful collection will develop throughout the year.
The source of the recipes is the “Win-the-war” cookery book.
Editor
Turnip Puree
Four medium-sized turnips.
One dessertspoonful of brown sugar.
One and a half pints of milk.
One dessertspoonful of butter or margarine.
Half a cupful of maize, rice, pea, or barley flour.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Peel the turnips and cut them into dice.
Boil them for twenty minutes in a pint of water to which have been
added the butter or margarine, sugar, pepper, and salt.
Mix the flour with the milk, and add to the other ingredients.
Bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Simmer very gently for five minutes.
-----------------------------------------------
At the foot of the page: -
A WASTEFUL COOK IS THE ENEMY OF HER COUNTRY
16
BEES IN AMBER
On this page, and the next, are items taken from this little book.
The author, William Arthur Dunkerley, wrote under his own name, as
well as the nom-de-plume John Oxenham. His works include hymns,
novels and verses. During the First World War, he self-published poetry
books including Bees in Amber.
Publication details
A LITTLE BOOK OF THOUGHTFUL VERSE
BY JOHN OXENHAM
PUBLISHED BY METHUEN & Co. LTD. 36 ESSEX ST. LONDON W.C.
MDCCCCXIII
NO EAST or WEST
In Christ there is no East or West,
In Him no South or North,
But one great Fellowship of Love
Throughout the whole wide earth.
In Him shall true hearts everywhere
Their high communion find.
His service is the golden cord
Close-binding all mankind.
Join hands then, Brothers of the Faith,
Whate’er your race may be! —
Who serves my Father as a son
Is surely kin to me.
In Christ now meet both East and West,
In Him meet South and North,
All Christly souls are one in Him,
Throughout the whole wide earth.
17
QUO VADIS?
Peter, outworn,
And menaced by the sword,
Shook off the dust of Rome;
And, as he fled,
Met one, with eager face,
Hastening cityward.
And, to his vast amaze,
It was The Lord.
"Lord, whither goest Thou?"
He cried, importunate;
And Christ replied,—
“Peter, I suffer loss.
I go to take thy place,
To bear thy cross.”
Then Peter bowed his head,
Discomforted;
There, at the Master’s feet,
Found grace complete,
And courage, and new faith,
And turned — with Him,
To Death.
So we, —
Whene’er We fail
Of our full duty,
Cast on Him our load, —
Who suffered sore for us,
Who frail flesh wore for us,
Who all things bore for us, —
On Christ, our Lord.
18
May 2016
1st Sun
10.30 am - Morning Service - Tony Russell
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Judy Davies
2nd Mon
May Day Bank Holiday
10.15 am - Wealden ramble Page 10
3rd Tue
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
8.00 pm - Elders’ Meeting Page 3
4th Wed 7.30 pm - Book Club Page 4
5th Thu Ascension Day
6th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
7th Sat 2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship Page 3
8th Sun
10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox
Followed by Fairtrade stall Page 6
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye
9th Mon 12.30 pm - Women’s Contact Group Page 3
10th Tue
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
11th Wed
12th Thu
13th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
14th Sat
10.00 am - Women’s Contact Coffee Morning Page 6
7.30 pm - Rock Choir Page 11
15th Sun
Whit Sunday
Christian Aid week starts Page 8
10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Alan Kienlan
16th Mon
17th Tue
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
18th Wed
19th Thu
10.00 am - Coffee Morning Page 9
8.00 pm - Men’s Group Page 4
20th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
19
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
5th May Polling Day for GLA Elections
30th May - 3rd June Half Term
5th June Church Anniversary
7th June 8.00 pm Elders’ Meeting
June 2016
1st Wed
2nd Thu
3rd Fri
4th Sat
5th Sun
10.30 am - Morning Service - Rev'd Bryn Thomas
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Marion Bayley
May 2016
21st Sat
22nd Sun
10.30 am - Holy Communion - David Stoner
Followed by Fairtrade stall Page 6
12.00 Noon - Church Meeting & AGM Page 3
6.30 pm - Evening Service -
23rd Mon
24th Tue
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
25th Wed 3.30 pm - Messy Church Page 4
26th Thu
27th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
28th Sat
29th Sun
10.30 am - Morning Service -
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye
30th Mon
Spring Bank Holiday
10.15 am - Wealden ramble Page 10
31st Tue
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
20
Closing Prayer
----------------
On the 3rd of April, Tony Russell closed the service he led with the
following prayer: -
You are the Body of Christ.
Go and be hands:
Reaching out to the needy;
Holding the friendless;
And willingly receiving God’s love.
Go and be feet:
Walking the extra mile;
Striving for others;
And humbly letting Jesus wash you.
Go and be tongues:
Speaking the good news;
Welcoming all;
And allowing God’s Spirit to speak to you.
You are the Body of Christ. Praise God.
CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
Day Organisation Contact Phone
Sunday
10.25am Sunday Club Mike Duke 020 8462 5103
Rest of the week
9.15 -12.15pm
12.15 -12.45pm
Pre School Group
P/School lunch club
Jayne Carvell 07913 299773
Monday
5.45pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 020 3539 8113
6.30pm Cubs Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
8.00pm - 1st Women's Contact
Group
Sylvia Mack 020 8462 1938
Tuesday
10.00am Prayer Meeting Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918
2.00pm Women's Fellowship MarionSwanborough 020 8462 3981
7.15pm Scouts - 1st troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083
Wednesday
3.30pm - 4th Messy Church Mavis Righini 020 8462 1168
5.30pm Rainbows Jenny Longman 07730 574962
6.00pm Beavers Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
7.30pm - 3rd House Church Barbara Jones 020 8325 5619
8.00pm Explorers Tom Strachan 07745 813 295
Thursday
5.30pm Brownies Stevie Blair 020 8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45pm Rangers Georgina Chappell 07983 471308
7.15pm Scouts - 2nd troop Julia Hart 07518 361038
7.30pm - 1st HFC Book Club Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
8.00pm - 3rd Men's Group Bruce Tannock 020 8325 6264
Friday
9.00 - 12.00pm Coffee morning during term times
2.00pm Mothers & Toddlers Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
6.30pm Guides Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042
Saturday
2.30pm - 1st Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918
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.
A PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS
The year keeps moving swiftly, Lord,
The weeks all slip away,
Please help us always make the most
Of each and every day.
The springtime gives us light and life
As all our hopes renew,
The summer brings the sun and rain
And we give thanks to you.
The harvest brings the golden grain
And autumn paints the trees,
The winter gives us time to share,
Bright moments we must seize.
So thank you for the seasons, Lord,
Whatever they may bring,
The colour, beauty, love and life,
And thanks for everything.
Final Thought

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2016 may

  • 1. May 2016 Catalyst THE MAGAZINE OF HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
  • 2. Copy for the June 2016 edition needs to be handed in by Sunday, the 15th of May. 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 Principal Contacts Interim Moderator: Rev. Dr Peter Stevenson Tel: 020 8462 2212 Church Secretary: Mrs Mavis Righini Tel: 020 8462 1168 Treasurer: Mr. Simon Narracott Tel: 020 8462 2004 Lettings Secretary: Mrs Undine Connolly 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. 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. This month’s website: - This month, it’s the turn of a magazine which is read by Church members and friends - Reform . Their website is reform-magazine.co.uk Now, turn to Page 14 for more information. Ed Sunday Services; Notes on the Preachers; 2 Church Notices 3 - 5 A word to the Wise 4 Which Way to Heaven? 5 Editor’s Notes 6 Cart Marking photographs 7 CHARS; Christian Aid Week 8 Your page 9 Notice Board 10 - 12 Ecumenical Cocktail 13 Website of the Month 14 Peace; The way things once were 15 Bees in Amber poems 16 - 17 Closing prayer 20 Church Organisations I B C
  • 3. 1 Letter from the Church Secretary Dear all, How special is each new day. That is a statement not a question. Each new day is a gift from God and it is up to each one of us what we do with it. Colin and I have just had a few days away at a Warner's Leisure Centre and each day was great, with perfect weather and 1st class care. It is so much easier to be up and doing when we feel well, or are with people we love and we are enjoying what we are doing. If we were celebrating and partying all the time it would no longer be special. So where does that leave all the other days? When we look out at dreadful weather, when people are on our back demanding we do something we really would prefer not to do but need to do. When we feel unwell or everything seems to go wrong and you wish you hadn't got out of 'the wrong side of the bed'. What do we make of all those 'other' days? If we can look back at the end of each day and say 'Yes, I didn't waste today' that would be great. So let's see what we can do with those ordinary days :- phone a lonely person, send a cheerful card, smile at the people we meet or if all those ideas are just one step too far, then pray to the one God who loves us all and pray not just for yourself but pray for somebody who is worse off than you. If you find praying difficult then remember God is your friend and He is longing to hear from you. With Christian love to you all, Mavis
  • 4. 2 Sunday Services Some notes on the visiting preachers. v Martin Wilcox represents Child Aid, a charity which is transforming the lives of children and young people in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and the Ukraine. v Keith Nye is one of the readers from St. Mary’s Church at Plaistow Green. v Jim Holman is a Methodist preacher. He has conducted services at HFC in the past. v Alan Kienlan is well known to us. He was church secretary and an elder at HFC. He is an accredited Lay Preacher from Emmanuel URC. v David Stoner is well known to us. He is a member of various groups at HFC. v Bryn Thomas needs no introduction to many of us as he was a former organist and choir master at HFC. He took early retirement from teaching to become an ordained minister and still lives in West Wickham. v Mrs. Marion Bayley is a Lay Preacher and an Elder from our sister church in Beckenham. She regularly leads our services. All of the evening services will take place in the Elders Vestry which is accessed from side door in Hilldown Road. May 2016 1st 10.30 am - Morning Service - Tony Russell 6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Judy Davies 8th 10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye 15th Whit Sunday 10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Alan Kienlan 22nd 10.30 am - Holy Communion - David Stoner 29th 10.30 am - Morning Service - 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye June 2016 5th 10.30 am - Morning Service - Rev'd Bryn Thomas 6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Marion Bayley
  • 5. 3 News of the Church Family Announcements are welcome :- BMD - Changes of address, etc. Deaths We regret to announce that Joyce Egan passed away last month. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. Change of Address Pam and Alan Hotten have moved to Orpington. Their new address is 41 Haileybury Road, Orpington BR6 9EZ. Tel. 01689637946. Your prayers would be appreciated for: - Please give the editor announcements in good time. Church Meetings The next Elders’ meetings (Tuesdays) will be at 8.00 pm in the small hall on the 3rd of May and the 7th of June. The next Church meeting and AGM will be after the morning service at 12.00 noon on the 22nd of May. Women's Contact Group The contact group will hold their monthly lunches at the Tea Room in Hayes on Mondays at 12.30 pm. We will be meeting on the 9th of May. All ladies are welcome. Sylvia Mack Saturday Fellowship We will meet at Barbara's home on 7th May at 2.30 pm, when we will continue to look at the Book of Psalms. The leader is Martin Nunn. You are welcome to join us. Tuesday Prayer Meetings for May Held at 10.00 am at the following homes:- 3rd Martin Nunn’s. 10th Betty Coster’s. 17th Brenda Cordingley’s. 24th The Church. 31st Martin Nunn’s. Then in June 7th Martin Nunn’s. Please address any queries to Martin Nunn. House Church At present, we are not meeting. Please listen out for announcements about when we restart. Barbara
  • 6. 4 Men's Group The next Men’s Group meeting will be on Thursday 19th of May in the small hall at 8.00 pm and will be a Bingo Night organised by Bruce Tannock. Ministry of Flowers Thank you to those who will be providing flowers in May. A big thank you to those who kindly arrange the flowers when needed. After the Sunday morning 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 ÂŁ1 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. We close for half term on the 3rd of June. Wendy Smith Messy Church This meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month in the church from 3.30 - 4.30 pm, and children from 2 to 12 years are welcome. Book Club We will be meeting at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 4th of May and then on Thursday, 2nd of June. 1 - 8 - Gill Bran 15 - David & Undine Connolly - i.m.o. our fathers 22 - John & Janet Moren 29 - A Word to the Wise v Patience is the companion of wisdom. - Saint Augustine v Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. - Aristotle
  • 7. 5 Notice Sheets – May 1st & 8th Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867 15th & 22nd Joan Smith 8462 3920 29th Pamela Collison 8658 0748 Then in June 12th Pamela Collison If you require items to be included in the notice sheets, please contact the appropriate person by the previous Tuesday. Women's Fellowship Meetings are in the small hall at 2.00 p.m., unless otherwise stated, on Tuesdays and finish about 3.30 p.m. For May: - 3rd Gentle exercises with Pat Marshall 10th Dr White Update on Romania 17th Martin Nunn will talk on Estonia 24th Mary Moore will show Holiday slides 31st Outing with tea Then in June: - 7th Tootswood Singers MINI-AMBULANCE Members who use this service 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. Marion Which Way to Heaven? Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If you'll come to the Baptist Church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to heaven." The boy replied, "I don't think I'll be there... You don't even know your way to the post office."
  • 8. 6 Women’s Contact Coffee Morning We will be holding the next coffee morning from 10.00am to 12.00 noon in the Small Hall on the 14th of May. 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 Morning, 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. The stall will be held on the 8th and 22nd of May. Do pop by and check what we have for sale. There are some appetising snacks, along with the usual food and non-food lines. We now some new lines of cake available. Please continue to support your stall. Richard and Barbara. Editor’s Notes Correction In the Rotary Club feature in March, the header said that it was Beckenham Rotary whereas it was all about Langley Park Rotary club. John Moren is in Beckenham and David Connolly is in Langley Park, the latter being the one involved in the Antique fairs. Back cover photograph in April. This should have printed in colour, as seen in the electronic version of Catalyst. The hearse was seen at the Annual Cart Marking ceremony held at the Guildhall, London. The event is free and well worth attending. If you wish to attend, take a folding chair, refreshments and water. The 2016 event takes place during July - day (a weekday) to be confirmed. Cart marking arose from the requirement for commercial vehicles setting down passengers or delivering goods in the City of London to be licensed. Richard Brown
  • 10. 8 CHARS ----------- This is a list of friends and members of HFC who recycle items or give vouchers and tokens to worthy causes. This list will next be published in July. ----------- Ă» Ink cartridges for Deaf Access - David Connolly wishes to thank church members and friends who have been collecting and donating their old printer ink cartridges for Deaf Access. Unfortunately the people who bought them from us no longer purchase them so we have had to cease collecting them. ĂŒ Sainsbury’s School Vouchers - Brenda Petts - Hand to her at Church Parade – Details to be provided by Brenda. ĂŒ Whitechapel Mission clothes collection - David Connolly - Tel 8776 0108. Through the Rotary Club of Langley Park, I collect old clothes for men and especially under pants for them. We have a member who volunteers there and he takes them up for us regularly. Underwear, even worn, is really needed as they get through 70 pairs of pants a day!!! If anyone has clothing they can donate, I will be happy to take them on a Sunday. ----------- Please give details to the Editor if you wish to be included in the next list. CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - 15-21 MAY HFC has received its usual allocation of roads for the annual house to house collection but the known number of people willing and able to undertake a collection is now severely depleted. If anyone is able to step forward to do a road, please give me a ring or speak to Barbara Jones. Alternatively if you are able to just deliver envelopes for others to collect, this would increase our coverage. Last year, volunteers from HFC managed to raise ÂŁ785.80 from the house to house collections, so it is worth making the effort. Please let me know if you can help. Barbara will be hosting a coffee morning to raise funds for Christian Aid on Thursday, 19 May from 10.00 am. Donations, both financial and edible, would be much appreciated. Kathryn Strachan Tel: 8656 9609
  • 11. 9 Your Page CHANGING THE WORLD I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something, and because I cannot do everything, let me not refuse to do the something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale As one person I cannot change the world. But I can change the world for one person. Amen From the book The Gift of Friends written and compiled by Marion Stroud Submitted by Ruth White 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. Christian Aid coffee morning Barbara Jones will be holding a coffee morning at 133 Pickhurst Lane with a Bring and Buy table on 19th May from 10.00 am - 12 Noon. All proceeds will go the Christian Aid
  • 12. 10 NOTICE SUPPORT AT HOME If you are living independently at home, but getting older and would like help with household tasks, meals, shopping or transport; or would like help using your computer, pursuing indoor interests or getting out by wheelchair or by car; or would like to give a break to someone who usually looks after you; or would like help with something not mentioned here - please get in touch with me. My goal is to maintain your independent way of life with a kind and committed service. Christopher White 020 8658 5886 or pjm741-rose@mybtinternet.com (please note - new number and email address!) A Wealden ramble will be held on both of the Bank Holidays in May. We will set off from the Rosary car park at 10.15 am on each day - Monday 2nd, and Monday 30th of May. People of all ages are welcome to join us. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Storm Katie had moved away by the time the Easter Monday ramble took place. As a result, the ramble was blessed with good weather. It was an enjoyable outing. Martin Nunn
  • 13. 11 BOARD Gift Aid - keep your tax position under review. -------------------- Many Church members allow the Church to reclaim Gift Aid on the donations they make during the year. This is the scheme whereby the Government adds 25% to the value of the donations. As the end of the tax year has just passed, I thought I would prompt you to think about Gift Aid - wheth- er you can sign up if you haven't done so already, but also whether your personal circumstances allow you to continue in the scheme. Once you have signed a Gift Aid declaration, confirming that you have paid income tax of at least the amount of tax being claimed on all donations (not just to the Church), it stays in force until you withdraw it. If you find that you are no longer paying enough tax, please tell me so I stop claiming Gift Aid on your donations. On the other hand, if you have not signed up for Gift Aid and are willing and able to do so, please contact me as Treasur- er for a declaration form . Simon Narracott (hayesfreetreasurer@gmail.com) Saturday 14th May 2016 ROCK CHOIR at HAYES FREE CHURCH Price ÂŁ10 includes a glass of wine Time: 7.30 pm Raising funds for Local charity Nash College A national specialist college for young adults with exceptional needs. Tickets from Margaret Tannock
  • 14. 12 NOTICE BOARD HO LIDAY AT HO M E 
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 and w ill be from the 1 — 4 August. Please publicise it to anyone you think w ould be interested — and to bring a friend. W e have not m anaged to book the Hayes m ini-bus this year so w e are looking for offers of help w ith transport to get people to and from the C hurch. If you w ould like to com e and join in the activities or help w ith transport please contact Joan Sm ith (8462 3920) or Pat M arshall (8462 3111). Outing By Hayes Horticultural Society Saturday 16th July outing to M t Ephraim Gardens near W hitstable, then onto the private garden Copton Ash. Cost: ÂŁ32.00 and includes coach travel, entrance fees and a garden tour of M t Ephraim Gardens. Brenda Cordingley has details which can also be sent to you by e-m ail.
  • 15. 13 Ecumenical Cocktail in the right Spirit --------------------- The local clergy fraternal was challenged to a new depth of friendship by one of its members. ‘I think we should show our trust in one another by confessing our weaknesses and secret longings,’ he said. They agreed, and the Anglican Vicar began: ‘My weakness,’ he admitted, ‘is drink. I have to keep a careful watch or I could become an alcoholic.’ The Roman Catholic Priest was equally frank. ‘I miss female company,’ he said. ‘I would love to take out an attractive girl for a meal and a chat but, of course, I dare not risk it.’ The Methodist Minister was encouraged to unburden himself too. ‘I’m so hard up,’ he said, ‘and my pay is so pathetic that there are times when I feel I would like to take twenty or thirty pounds out of the collection to buy myself a pair of shoes or something.’ By this time, a fourth member of the group was getting very agitated, shuffling his feet and glancing at his watch 'Must go, must go' he Said, but the others insisted that before he departed he should also declare his weakness. 'Well', he said, 'since you insist. My problem is that I am a great gossip and, quite honestly, I can't wait to get out and tell all my friends the things I've just heard.’ From Bishop's Brew compiled by Ronald Brown
  • 16. 14 Website of the month: - Images & words from the website.
  • 17. 15 Peace by Rupert Brooke (The first of his sonnets in the 1914 sequence.) Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary, Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move, And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary, And all the little emptiness of love! Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there, Where there's no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending, Naught broken save this body, lost but breath; Nothing to shake the laughing heart's long peace there But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but Death. The way things once were The food theme continues this year with recipes from the First World War. Hopefully, a useful collection will develop throughout the year. The source of the recipes is the “Win-the-war” cookery book. Editor Turnip Puree Four medium-sized turnips. One dessertspoonful of brown sugar. One and a half pints of milk. One dessertspoonful of butter or margarine. Half a cupful of maize, rice, pea, or barley flour. Salt and pepper to taste. Peel the turnips and cut them into dice. Boil them for twenty minutes in a pint of water to which have been added the butter or margarine, sugar, pepper, and salt. Mix the flour with the milk, and add to the other ingredients. Bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Simmer very gently for five minutes. ----------------------------------------------- At the foot of the page: - A WASTEFUL COOK IS THE ENEMY OF HER COUNTRY
  • 18. 16 BEES IN AMBER On this page, and the next, are items taken from this little book. The author, William Arthur Dunkerley, wrote under his own name, as well as the nom-de-plume John Oxenham. His works include hymns, novels and verses. During the First World War, he self-published poetry books including Bees in Amber. Publication details A LITTLE BOOK OF THOUGHTFUL VERSE BY JOHN OXENHAM PUBLISHED BY METHUEN & Co. LTD. 36 ESSEX ST. LONDON W.C. MDCCCCXIII NO EAST or WEST In Christ there is no East or West, In Him no South or North, But one great Fellowship of Love Throughout the whole wide earth. In Him shall true hearts everywhere Their high communion find. His service is the golden cord Close-binding all mankind. Join hands then, Brothers of the Faith, Whate’er your race may be! — Who serves my Father as a son Is surely kin to me. In Christ now meet both East and West, In Him meet South and North, All Christly souls are one in Him, Throughout the whole wide earth.
  • 19. 17 QUO VADIS? Peter, outworn, And menaced by the sword, Shook off the dust of Rome; And, as he fled, Met one, with eager face, Hastening cityward. And, to his vast amaze, It was The Lord. "Lord, whither goest Thou?" He cried, importunate; And Christ replied,— “Peter, I suffer loss. I go to take thy place, To bear thy cross.” Then Peter bowed his head, Discomforted; There, at the Master’s feet, Found grace complete, And courage, and new faith, And turned — with Him, To Death. So we, — Whene’er We fail Of our full duty, Cast on Him our load, — Who suffered sore for us, Who frail flesh wore for us, Who all things bore for us, — On Christ, our Lord.
  • 20. 18 May 2016 1st Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Tony Russell 6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Judy Davies 2nd Mon May Day Bank Holiday 10.15 am - Wealden ramble Page 10 3rd Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5 8.00 pm - Elders’ Meeting Page 3 4th Wed 7.30 pm - Book Club Page 4 5th Thu Ascension Day 6th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4 7th Sat 2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship Page 3 8th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox Followed by Fairtrade stall Page 6 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye 9th Mon 12.30 pm - Women’s Contact Group Page 3 10th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5 11th Wed 12th Thu 13th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4 14th Sat 10.00 am - Women’s Contact Coffee Morning Page 6 7.30 pm - Rock Choir Page 11 15th Sun Whit Sunday Christian Aid week starts Page 8 10.30 am - Morning Service - Jim Holman 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Alan Kienlan 16th Mon 17th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5 18th Wed 19th Thu 10.00 am - Coffee Morning Page 9 8.00 pm - Men’s Group Page 4 20th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
  • 21. 19 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 5th May Polling Day for GLA Elections 30th May - 3rd June Half Term 5th June Church Anniversary 7th June 8.00 pm Elders’ Meeting June 2016 1st Wed 2nd Thu 3rd Fri 4th Sat 5th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Rev'd Bryn Thomas 6.30 pm - Holy Communion - Marion Bayley May 2016 21st Sat 22nd Sun 10.30 am - Holy Communion - David Stoner Followed by Fairtrade stall Page 6 12.00 Noon - Church Meeting & AGM Page 3 6.30 pm - Evening Service - 23rd Mon 24th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5 25th Wed 3.30 pm - Messy Church Page 4 26th Thu 27th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4 28th Sat 29th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - 6.30 pm - Evening Service - Keith Nye 30th Mon Spring Bank Holiday 10.15 am - Wealden ramble Page 10 31st Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
  • 22. 20 Closing Prayer ---------------- On the 3rd of April, Tony Russell closed the service he led with the following prayer: - You are the Body of Christ. Go and be hands: Reaching out to the needy; Holding the friendless; And willingly receiving God’s love. Go and be feet: Walking the extra mile; Striving for others; And humbly letting Jesus wash you. Go and be tongues: Speaking the good news; Welcoming all; And allowing God’s Spirit to speak to you. You are the Body of Christ. Praise God.
  • 23. CHURCH ORGANISATIONS Day Organisation Contact Phone Sunday 10.25am Sunday Club Mike Duke 020 8462 5103 Rest of the week 9.15 -12.15pm 12.15 -12.45pm Pre School Group P/School lunch club Jayne Carvell 07913 299773 Monday 5.45pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 020 3539 8113 6.30pm Cubs Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956 8.00pm - 1st Women's Contact Group Sylvia Mack 020 8462 1938 Tuesday 10.00am Prayer Meeting Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918 2.00pm Women's Fellowship MarionSwanborough 020 8462 3981 7.15pm Scouts - 1st troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083 Wednesday 3.30pm - 4th Messy Church Mavis Righini 020 8462 1168 5.30pm Rainbows Jenny Longman 07730 574962 6.00pm Beavers Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956 7.30pm - 3rd House Church Barbara Jones 020 8325 5619 8.00pm Explorers Tom Strachan 07745 813 295 Thursday 5.30pm Brownies Stevie Blair 020 8325 3469 7.15 - 8.45pm Rangers Georgina Chappell 07983 471308 7.15pm Scouts - 2nd troop Julia Hart 07518 361038 7.30pm - 1st HFC Book Club Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779 8.00pm - 3rd Men's Group Bruce Tannock 020 8325 6264 Friday 9.00 - 12.00pm Coffee morning during term times 2.00pm Mothers & Toddlers Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779 6.30pm Guides Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042 Saturday 2.30pm - 1st Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918 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. A PRAYER FOR ALL SEASONS The year keeps moving swiftly, Lord, The weeks all slip away, Please help us always make the most Of each and every day. The springtime gives us light and life As all our hopes renew, The summer brings the sun and rain And we give thanks to you. The harvest brings the golden grain And autumn paints the trees, The winter gives us time to share, Bright moments we must seize. So thank you for the seasons, Lord, Whatever they may bring, The colour, beauty, love and life, And thanks for everything. Final Thought