Church Magazine

1. Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
March 2018

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
Interim Moderator: Mrs Hilary Miles
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
Church Website www.hayesfreechurch.com
Catalyst
Editor: Miss Christine Rees catalysthfc
@btinternet.com
Contents :
Sunday Services 1 Food Bank 11
Church Secretary’s Letter 2 An Irish hymn-writer 11
Church Notices 3-5 A Welsh hymn-writer 12
Lent Course 5 Royal Maundy 13
Womens World Day Prayer 5 British Summer Time 13
Fairtrade 6 Antiques Fair 14
Tree Charities 7 Beckenham Chorale concert 15
Data Protection 8 Monthly calendar 16-IBC
“Purple for Polio” 9 HFC Organisations inside back cover
Forthcoming Events 10 Final Thought - back cover
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Copy for April 2018 is needed by Sunday 11th
March 2018. The editor is
very grateful if you would submit items in good time.
You can leave copy in the "R" Pigeon Hole for Christine to collect; hand it
directly to her, or e-mail it to hayeschoir@mybtinternet.com (please note
change of email address). Thank you.
Editor’s note: throughout this magazine, the following abbreviations are
standardly used: URC (United Reformed Church); HFC (Hayes Free
Church); CTiH (Churches Together in Hayes).

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Services for Sundays and Holy Week
March 2018
4th
10.30 am - Morning Service – Tony Russell
6.30 pm – Holy Communion – Judy Davies
11th
10.30 am – Parade Service – Clare Holl
6.30 pm – Evening Service – Hilary Creed
18th
10.30am – Morning Service – Duncan Wilson
6.30 pm - Evening Service – Duncan Wilson
25th
10.30 am – Morning Service – Hilary Miles
6.30 pm - Evening Service – Revd Darren Street
29th
8.00pm - Joint URC service for Maundy Thursday at
Emmanuel URC, West Wickham (NOTE VENUE)
30th
10.00am – Churches Together in Hayes service for
Good Friday at Hayes Free Church. Preceded by Walk
of Witness leaving at 9.15 from the Village Hall (where
Deep Water Baptist Church worships), passing St Mary’s
and the Rosary before arriving at Hayes Free Church.
April 2018
1st
10.30 am – Easter Sunday – Duncan Wilson
All of the evening services will take place in the Elders Vestry,
accessed from the side door in Hilldown Road.
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 Tony Russell is a non-serving Elder of Hayes Free Church. He
was formerly Church Secretary, and later Church Treasurer.
 Judy Davies is a Synod Recognized Lay Preacher from
Bromley URC, where she is also Church Secretary.
 Clare Holl is from Spinnaker Trust, a Christian charity
supporting primary schools.
 Hilary Creed comes from Trinity URC, Bromley.
 Duncan Wilson started his training as a Lay Preacher in
January. The course will last for eight months.
 Hilary Miles is our Interim Moderator.
 Revd Darren Street is Pastor of Deep Water Baptist Church.

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Letter from the Church Secretary
Dear All,
As I write this letter I see changes all around, especially in the
weather. No wonder we are known for our news about the weather.
The variety is God-given. I guess most of us are looking forward to
spring, such a lovely season. Variety in weather brings about such
a splendid choice of food but in some countries the weather can be
a nightmare. We can't change the weather but we can help the
growers.
We are supporting Fairtrade Fortnight with Barbara and Richard's
leadership from 26th February - March 11th. This is a great
opportunity to buy goods so that the producers get a fair price.
We are a very generous Church, supporting many charities with our
God-given money, we are so fortunate. At Guides we had a very
informative talk from Tony Miller about Whitechapel and he was
able to take back many goods and money which we had given.
So we rejoice and give thanks to our generous Lord whose
bounteous gifts are endless.
With Christian love to you all
Mavis

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News of the Church Family
I am very sorry to tell you that Mike Duke died on
11th
February. His funeral will take place on
Thursday 1st
March. Following a private
cremation there will be a memorial service to
which all are invited, at Hayes Free Church at
12.30pm. Everyone is also invited afterwards for
refreshments at the Warren (Croydon Road,
Hayes, BR2 7AL).
Joyce Hills and Margaret Keir have both moved into care homes within the
last few weeks. If you would like to get in touch with either of them, please
speak to Mavis.
Our former Minister Revd Sue Powell has asked me to pass on her new
address, which is:
22 Lansdowne Road, Chesterfield, Brimington, Derbyshire, S43 1BG.
Church Meetings
The next two Elders' meetings will be at 7.00 pm in the small hall on
Tuesday 6th
March and Tuesday 3rd
April.
The next Church meeting will be held in the Church at 12.00 noon on
Sunday 25th
March (Palm Sunday).
Saturday Fellowship: Saturday 17th March
The Saturday Fellowship will meet for a Bible Study on Saturday 17th
March
at 2.30pm at Barbara’s house. Martin Nunn is the leader of the group, and
you are welcome to join us.
Women's Contact Group: Monday 5th March
We will be meeting for our monthly meal at the Warren Sports Ground,
Hayes, at 12.30 pm on Monday 5th
March. The Warren is accessed by car
from Croydon Road (for address see 3 above) or on foot from the junction of
Warren Road and Holland Way. All ladies are welcome. Sylvia Mack
Men's Group: Thursday 15th March
The Men's Group will meet on Thursday 15th
March at 8.00pm in the small
hall, for a Quiz Night organised by Tony Russell.

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Messy Church: Wednesday 28th March
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.
The Tuesday Friendship Group: Tuesday afternoons
All are welcome at the meetings of this group, which will be held in the small
hall at 2.00 pm on Tuesdays, finishing at about 3.30 pm.
For March the programme is:
6th
Gentle exercises with Pat
13th
The Tootswood Singers
20th
Easter flowers with Jean
27th
An Easter Service
Members who use the Mini-Ambulance service are asked to phone Sylvia
Mack on 8462 1938 by 9.00 am on any Tuesday that they are unable to
come to a meeting. Please come along for a pleasant afternoon. We have a
very varied programme with plenty to interest everyone. Wendy Smith
Hayes Mothers' & Toddlers' Club: Friday afternoons
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. Please note our last meeting before Easter will be on Friday
23rd
March, and we will resume on Friday 27th
April. Wendy Smith
Book Club: Wednesday 7th March
We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 2.00pm in the Small Hall.
This month’s meeting will be on Wednesday 7th
March.
Singles’ Lunches – Sunday 18th March
Anyone living alone is welcome to come along to our
Singles Lunches, which take place approximately once
a month on a Sunday. They are held at the Warren,
starting at 12.30pm (for details of the location see the
Women’s Contact Group notice above). In March the
lunch will be held on Sunday 18th
.
Further information from Joan Smith.

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Notice Sheets
If you have an item for inclusion on the Notice Sheet on a particular Sunday,
please contact the relevant person below, by the date shown (the first
Sunday of the month is usually in the previous month’s magazine):
By Tuesday 6th
March for Sunday 11th
: Joan Smith 8462 3920
By Tuesday 13th
March for Sunday 18th
: Pamela Collison 8658 0748
By Tuesday 20th
March for Sunday 25th
: Pamela Collison 8658 0748
By Tuesday 27th
March for Sunday 1st
April: Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
Ministry of Flowers
Thank you to Mavis and her helpers for their weekly choice and arrangement
of flowers in the church. Thanks go also to those who provide for these
displays week by week. For March, the following dates have been booked:
4th – TBA 11th – Win Browne
18th – Maggie Greenwood 25th – Pat Marshall
After the service on Sunday morning, the flowers will distributed in order to
celebrate, or thank, or support, and in all cases to bring further enjoyment.
Besides helping to decorate the church, supplying flowers for a particular
Sunday is an excellent way to mark a special anniversary, or remember a
friend or family member. If you would be interested and have not done this
before, please have a word with Mavis.
Special notices for this time of year:
Lent Course
The Lent course of Churches Together in Hayes has just started (on
Wednesday 21st
February), and will continue for five weeks, finishing on
Wednesday 21st
March. Each meeting begins with tea/ coffee from 7.30pm,
before the formal start at 7.45. The venue is the Meetings Room of the Parish
Church. The theme is Lost and Found: Reaching Today's Prodigals by
Jeff Lucas. There will be DVD clips, and group discussions, and the last
session will be a fellowship time including a Bring & Share meal.
Women’s World Day of Prayer
The Women’s World Day of Prayer is on Friday 2nd
March. Sadly it is no
longer possible for a service to be held in Hayes, but there are services in
West Wickham (church of St Mary of Nazareth, the Avenue, BR4 0DX) and
Bromley (Bromley Methodist Church, College Road, BR1 1SD). Both start at
10.30am. There are also services further afield in Chislehurst and Orpington
(see: https://www.wwdp.org.uk/find-register-service/). The theme this year is:
All God’s Creation is Very Good, prepared by the women of Suriname.

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Fairtrade Fortnight: Monday 26 February – Sunday 11th
March 2018
Fairtrade Fortnight happens every year at about this time, with the aim of
publicising and encouraging the sale of Fairtrade products, and giving
people more information about the work of Fairtrade. It is sometimes a little
confusing to disentangle the roles of Traidcraft and Fairtrade, both heavily
involved in this fortnight.
Traidcraft is a Christian foundation dating from 1979. Its mission is to fight
poverty through trade, and it was a joint founder of the Fairtrade Foundation
(other founders included Christian Aid and the WI). Traidcraft trades in
Fairtrade items, and one of its roles is to enable churches such as ours to
buy these items and offer them for sale at church events. But it also
campaigns on issues of policy and is involved in development work.
The Fairtrade Foundation is a wider and not exclusively Christian
foundation, set up in 1992. Its founder members have been joined by others
over the years, including the URC’s Commitment for Life. It is part of an
international movement which has initiatives on food labelling in Europe,
America and countries elsewhere, and deals with producers in Asia, Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean. Perhaps its key role is to provide
independent certification of Fairtrade products and license the Fairtrade
mark, but like Traidcraft it also campaigns and seeks to raise awareness.
Over the years it has worked to expand the range of Fairtrade products –
there are now some 4,500 of them, even including gold!
We in the church will be marking the fortnight in two ways:
On Saturday 3rd
March from 10am to 12 noon at the church:
TRAIDCRAFT “BIG BREW”
To celebrate and support FairTrade Fortnight: a “Big Brew”
- Fairtrade goods for sale; Bring and Buy stall; cakes and jams for sale
- contact Barbara for more information (8325 5619)
On Sunday 11th
March after the morning service:
THE FAIRTRADE STALL
This stall is held regularly once a month on the second Sunday, but on this
occasion it will be marking the close of Fairtrade Fortnight - so do please
make a special effort to note down your shopping list beforehand and come
equipped with some change and a shopping bag. You will find an array of
items ranging from snacks and breakfast foods through to greetings cards
(but probably not gold!)

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Christmas Tree Festival 2018
As you will remember, the Church Meeting in March 2018 will decide whether
to go ahead with a Christmas Tree Festival this year. If this is approved, the
meeting will also decide which charity will benefit. Three proposals have
been put forward and, in alphabetical order, they are:
Bertha James Day Centre (www.berthajames.org) provides care and
support for up to 70 clients in Bromley, aged 55 or over. It opens six days a
week, offering day care (usually pre-booked but also at short notice in an
emergency), along with a drop-in option for more casual visits. On weekdays
it offers bathing, hairdressing and manicure, and there are regular visits by a
chiropodist. There is also a wide range of social activities: clubs, gardening,
cooking, games, exercise sessions, arts and crafts, music, and more. All of
this is valuable and sometimes vital for Bromley residents who need support
to continue living in their own homes. The Centre does not receive the level
of funding from Bromley that it once did, and although the costs to clients are
kept as low as possible, some price rises have been inevitable, most recently
in 2017. The Centre is run by a small charity, Age Concern Ravensbourne
Ltd (which is distinct from Age UK Bromley and Greenwich).
Demelza Hospice Care for Children (www.demelza.org.uk) cares for and
supports seriously ill babies, children, young people and their families with
hospices in Kent and South East London, and with a home-based service in
East Sussex (children here may be admitted to one of the two hospices if
necessary). The first hospice was opened in Sittingbourne, Kent, in 1998,
and a few years later the charity joined with another in East Sussex to
provide facilities there. In 2009 the South East London (SEL) hospice was
opened in Eltham, to support children from Bromley and six other London
boroughs (Bexley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and
Southwark). You will remember that a previous Christmas Tree Festival
supported this project. That is no bar (we have supported the Chartwell
Cancer Trust twice) and the charity has confirmed that it is possible to raise
money specifically for its operations in South East London.
The Mounthurst Scouts and Guides Trust seeks to replace the Mounthurst
Road Scout Hut. The existing hut on Mounthurst Road was built over 50
years ago, since when it has provided a meeting place for Scouting groups.
However, the building is now no longer fit for purpose with some parts in
need of considerable repair. If the site is to continue to provide opportunities
for young people through Scout and Girlguiding activities, it is necessary to
create a safer and more modern facility. Belonging to one of these
Associations provides young people with valuable experiences, assisting
their personal development and growth, and the Trust is keen that this site is
retained. [I have no website address but in this case church members can
speak directly to John and others involved in the project].

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GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)
Please read this carefully: it is important.
From 25th May institutions will be required to follow strict new rules
about collecting and holding personal data, and this will apply to the
church. The church has received guidance from the URC, which is
currently being studied, and we will be able to tell you more at the
March church meeting or in a later Catalyst. However, we can say
now that the basic rule is that institutions cannot continue to hold
data on individuals beyond 25th May unless they have received
specific permission to do so. There may be a few exceptions if there
is already a clear record of permission, but in most cases we will
probably have to ask for it - and if we ask you, it will be very
important for you to respond. We are not allowed to say that we will
carry on as before unless you tell us differently.
Institutions also have to ensure that the only people who have
access to this data are people who need it. There are of course
many lists held by the church or its members for different purposes
- for instance there is a list of postal addresses for people who
receive Catalyst by post, and a list of email addresses for those
who get it by email. These lists, and many others that we use,
include people who are not church members, and perhaps have
never been so. In all cases we will need to make sure that we hold
the data in conformity with this new regulation.
Clearly one of our first jobs is to find out how many people hold
information about others on behalf of the church, and how much of
that is necessary. So if you do anything for the church in an official
capacity which means that you hold information about people -
please let Christine know as soon as possible. We need to make
sure that we don't overlook any person or any group. If you have
any questions at this stage please also contact Christine.
Thank you
Malcolm Cheyne, Sylvia Mack, Christine Rees, Mavis Righini

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Purple4Polio
Do you remember the purple crocuses on the front and back cover of last
month’s Catalyst? I simply saw a carpet of purple and included it for your
enjoyment, but it turns out that the flowers had a very special significance.
For over thirty years, Rotary
International has been committed to
eradicating polio worldwide, and this
is now almost achieved, with only
21 cases in 2017. As part of a
campaign to gain support for the
final push, nearly 7 million purple
crocus corms were planted across
Great Britain and Ireland in 2016,
flowering in our local parks,
amongst other places, just a year
ago. The purple crocus is a symbol
of Rotary’s campaign, with its colour
representing the purple dye used to
mark the finger of a child to indicate
that they have received their life-
saving oral polio vaccine. The photo
shows a little more clearly the
location of last year’s crocuses in
Husseywell Park – but this year
even more have been planted
around the country (10 million in all).
So look out for them – they should
be in flower very shortly.
Some important dates in March:
 Thursday 1st
March: St David’s Day, Patron Saint of Wales
 Sunday 11th
March: Final day of Fairtrade fortnight
 Saturday 17th
March: St Patrick’s Day, Patron Saint of Ireland
 Sunday 25th
March: Clocks go forward one hour
 Thursday 29th
March: Maundy Thursday
 Friday 30th
March: Good Friday
Please note: 1st
March is also the deadline for spending any
old £10 notes (the paper ones showing Charles Darwin).

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A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL EVENTS
BOOK SALE
Shirley Methodist Church (CR0 8SD) will be selling all those books
they were collecting last month on Saturday 10th
March from 10am
– 4pm (www.greatbooksale.org.uk).
THOMAS TALLIS SOCIETY CHOIR
Saturday 10th
March: “Miserere” – Music for Lenten contemplation,
including works by Allegri, Charpentier and MacMillan. St Alfege
Church, Greenwich, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12 at the door or online.
ALLEGRI SINGERS
Saturday 24th
March: “Beyond the stage” St Mark’s Church,
Bromley (BR2 0TB) at 7.45pm. The concert includes works by
Wagner, Rossini, Monteverdi, Meyerbeer, Verdi, Mozart and
Richard Strauss. Tickets £14/ £12 on the door or £12 in advance
bought online. Under-18s free.
See also other announcements (pages 14 and 15).
AND SOME LONGER-TERM DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
TOP OF THE PEW:
We now know that in the first round match in this year’s “Top of the
Pew” contest (a quiz competition between Bromley churches) our
team will be playing a team from St Anthony’s, Anerley. The match
will take place at St Anthony’s on the evening of Sunday April 15th
.
SUMMER HANDBELL CONCERT:
You will be very pleased to hear that the Wandle Ringers, whose
Christmas concerts are so enjoyed by so many people, have kindly
offered to give us an extra concert this year on the evening of
Wednesday 20th
June. Full details will be available later, but
please reserve the date now. The concert will be in aid of the
Mounthurst project.

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Bromley Food Bank
The list of the most urgently needed items (as shown on their website) has
not changed since last month. Here it is:
Coffee; longlife fruit juice; sponge puddings; jellies; instant whips; tinned
meat (that can form the basis of a hot meal); toilet rolls; washing detergent
(tablets, soap or liquid); washing up liquid; shower gel; shampoo; deodorant;
As usual, they already have plenty of: beans, pasta, soup and cereal.
If it is difficult to get to the shops, or to lug extra shopping around, remember
that several shops (including some supermarkets, and the charity shop next
to Day Lewis in Hayes) offer facilities for you to leave your contributions
there. You can also, of course, donate money. There are facilities to donate
online (see the website www.bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk) or you can
donate by cheque, payable to Bromley Borough Foodbank, which should
be sent to ‘c/o Bromley Baptist Church, Park Road, Bromley, BR1 3HJ’.
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Following the patron saints of the British Isles last year, Catalyst this year
will mark their feast days by an occasional series on hymn-writers. Since
both St David’s and St Patrick’s days fall in March, here is one from Wales
and, first of all, one from Ireland.
Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) lived at a time when Ireland was
undivided, forming part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
She was born in Dublin, the daughter of an army major whose work as a
land agent later took him and his family to Straban in the North. It was here
and in nearby Derry (or Londonderry) that Cecil Frances would spend most
of her life. As a teenager she began writing poetry, showing a particular gift
for clear and simple explanations of aspects of the Christian faith. Her
hymns were soon in use by the Church of Ireland and she also wrote secular
poetry, including some translations from French. Although we know her now
by her married name, she was still Cecil Frances Humphreys when, aged
about 30, she published a collection of hymns specifically designed for
children, including some which you will know very well: Once in Royal
David’s City; There is a Green Hill Far Away; and of course All Things Bright
and Beautiful. She married a couple of years later, and she and her husband
Revd William Alexander moved between various local parishes until in 1867
he was made Bishop of Derry. By this time his wife had already invested
much time and energy in setting up a school for the deaf, and she continued
this and other parish projects, meanwhile bringing up their four children. She
was still writing, for adults as well as children - and it is she who has given
us our modern version of the old Gaelic prayer, St Patrick’s Breastplate,
attributed to St Patrick himself. She died in Derry, where she is buried, and
where in 1913 a window was installed in her memory, in the cathedral of St
Columb.

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“Arglwydd, arwain drwy’r anialwch fi” (or “Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah”)
is probably the best-known work of William Williams Pantycelyn (1717-91).
But if we used a Welsh hymn book we might know hundreds more (he wrote
about 900 in all). He is known as the “sweet singer of Wales” and renowned
there not only for his hymn-writing but for his prose and particularly his
poetry. William was born and brought up on a farm near Llandovery in South
Wales, one of six children - sadly four died before reaching adulthood.
(Pantycelyn is another local farm where he lived later; in a land of relatively
few surnames it distinguishes him from other Willliamses). Brought up as a
nonconformist, he hoped at first to become a doctor, but in 1738 he heard
the preaching of Howell Harris, one of the leaders of the Welsh Methodist
revival, which made a great impression on him. He changed his ambition to
entering the Ministry, and began by seeking a curacy in the Anglican church.
Although the Methodists had not at that time split from the Anglicans,
William’s Methodist allegiance seems to have created tensions, and after
two years as a curate he was barred from continuing to ordination. Instead
he became what we might now call an activist for the Calvinistic Methodists
of Wales. They worked with George Whitfield, rather than the Wesley
brothers, and Whitfield advised William to go out and preach in the fields and
byways. This William did, covering some 150,000 miles, he reckoned, in 48
years, as he set up Methodist societies around South Wales. But alongside
this he was a prolific writer, keeping pen and paper beside his bed so as to
be ready when ideas came to him, and from 1744 he composed hymns
especially for Methodists – doing in Wales what Charles Wesley was doing
in England. With Harris, and Daniel Rowlands, he became one of the
leaders of the Welsh Methodist movement, and has been regarded as the
main theologian of the three: he “taught people theology through his hymns”.

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A Belgian Loaf Recipe
I have not as yet heard from anyone who remembers the originator of the
Belgian loaf recipe which I reprinted last month, from a Catalyst of long ago.
But Barbara very kindly made use of the recipe and brought the results to
church for all of us to enjoy. So it can now be definitely recommended!
The Royal Maundy
Each Maundy Thursday, the Queen attends a special service at which she
gives out the Royal Maundy, or Maundy money. Many previous monarchs did
the same, as the custom goes back to 600AD. The recipients are the same in
number as the sovereign’s age (or in fact twice as many, since there are
equal numbers of men and women – over 90 of each this year). Originally
they were the poor of the diocese, but are now pensioners, put forward by
different Christian denominations. Maundy money is legal tender, but has a
special design and is presented to each pensioner in a special purse. Visiting
a different cathedral each year, the Queen has now attended a Maundy
service at every single one – the last being Leicester Cathedral in 2017. This
year’s service will take place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
The origins of British Summer Time
The move to British Summer Time, which we are all very familiar with, is
largely due to the efforts of a Chislehurst man. William Willett, a local builder,
realised how much more use could be made of daylight if the clocks were
advanced in the summer. It took him years of campaigning until the
government “saw the light” (so to speak) and introduced the change in 1916,
when there was an urgent need to save coal for the war effort. Willett is said
to have come to his realisation when riding in daylight in the Petts Wood area
and noticing that most people still seemed to be asleep. And there is a
commemorative sundial in Petts Wood, which is always set for daylight
saving.
DID YOU KNOW?....
China’s Yangtze River discharges up to 1.5 million tonnes of plastic into the
sea each year – carried down both from rural areas, and the 27 conurbations
along its course. This is one of the worst records in the world. And yet there is
a small band of volunteers at the delta, recording details of the plastic (to
track its origin), and trying to clean it up. Modern-day Davids perhaps, in need
of our prayers as they face a 21st
century Goliath?
And perhaps there are practical ways for us to help them. The Church of
England has produced some innovative ideas for reducing plastic use in Lent,
which might be a useful starting point, and we can add others of our own.

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Calendar for March 2018
Thurs 1 St David’s Day
Fri 2 2.00pm
various
Mothers’ and Toddlers’ Club (p4)
Women’s World Day of Prayer (p5)
Sat 3 10.00am Traidcraft BIG BREW (p6)
Sun 4 10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Service – Tony Russell (p1)
Holy Communion – Judy Davies (p1)
Mon 5 12.30pm Women’s Contact Group lunch (p3)
Tue 6 2.00pm
7.00pm
Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Elders’ Meeting (p3)
Wed 7 2.00pm
7.30pm
Book Club (p4)
CTiH Lent Course (p5)
Fri 9 2.00pm Mothers’ and Toddlers’ Club (p4)
Sat 10 10.00am
10.00pm
7.30pm
Antique, Vintage and Collectables Fair (p14)
Book Sale (p10)
Concert (Thomas Tallis choir) (p10)
Sun 11 10.30am
11.30pm
6.30pm
Morning Service – Clare Holl (p1)
Fairtrade Stall/ close of Fairtrade fortnight (p6)
Evening Service – Hilary Creed (p1)
Tue 13 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Wed 14 7.30pm CTiH Lent Course (p5)
Thurs 15 8.00pm Men’s Group (p3)
Fri 16 2.00pm Mothers’ and Toddlers’ Club (p4)
Sat 17
2.30pm
8.00pm
St Patrick’s Day
Saturday Fellowship (p3)
Concert (Beckenham Chorale) (p15)
Sun 18 10.30am
12.30pm
6.30pm
Morning Service – Duncan Wilson (p1)
Singles’ Lunch at the Warren (p4)
Evening Service - Duncan Wilson (p1)
Tue 20 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Wed 21 7.30pm Final meeting of CTiH Lent Course (p5)
Fri 23 2.00pm Mothers’ and Toddlers’ Club (p4)
Sat 24 7.45pm Concert (Allegri Singers) (p10)
Sun 25
10.30am
12.00 noon
6.30pm
!!!CLOCKS GO FORWARD!!!
Morning Service – Hilary Miles (p1)
Church Meeting (p3)
Evening Service – Revd Darren Street (p1)

19. Tue 27 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Wed 28 3.30pm Messy Church (p4)
Maundy
Thurs 29
8.00pm Joint URC Service at Emmanuel URC, West
Wickham (p1)
Good
Friday 30
9.15am
10.00am
Walk of Witness
CTiH Service
Calendar for early April 2018
Easter
Sunday 1
10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Service – Duncan Wilson (p1)
TBA (p1)
CHURCH ORGANISATIONS – please advise the Editor of updates as they arise
Day Organisation Contact Phone
Sunday
Monday
5.45pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 020 3539 8113
6.30pm Cubs Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
12.30pm - 1st
Mon only
Women's Contact Group Sylvia Mack 020 8462 1938
Tuesday
2.00pm Tuesday Friendship
Group
Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
7.15pm Scouts - 1st troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083
Wednesday
2.00pm - 1st
Weds only
HFC Book Club Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
3.30pm - 4th
Weds only
Messy Church Mavis Righini 020 8462 1168
5.30pm Rainbows Please use this email
contact:
Second
hayesrainbows@
hotmail.com
6.00pm Beavers Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
6.30pm Guides – 4th Hayes Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042
8.00pm Explorers Tom Strachan 07745 813 295
Thursday
5.30pm Brownies Stevie Blair. 020 8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45pm Rangers Please use this email
contact:
Hayesdistrict@
yahoo.com
7.15pm Scouts - 2nd troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083
8.00pm - 3rd
Thurs only
Men's Group Bruce Tannock 020 8325 6264
Friday
2.00pm Mothers & Toddlers Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
6.30pm Guides – 3rd Hayes Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042
Saturday
2.30pm - 1st Sat
only
Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918

20. Final Thought
Gracious and Holy Father,
give us wisdom to perceive you,
diligence to seek you,
patience to wait for you,
eyes to behold you,
a heart to meditate upon you
and a life to proclaim you;
Through the power of the Spirit
of Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen
A prayer of St Benedict