Pathway June 2014 for Peter - Broadstone United Reformed Church

Pathway
Newsletter of Broadstone United Reformed Church
June / July 2014
Dear Friends
Afterwards, I will pour out my Spirit on all
people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy, your old Afterwards, I will pour out
my Spirit on all people. Your sons and
daughters will prophesy, your old men will
dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
(Joel 2.28)
Well, it’s finally all over! (Well nearly, as the
Minister still has some work to complete.) I’m
talking about the LMMR, that acronym which has
been bandied around in Pathway and in our
Church Meetings for the past year and more. No,
not the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway, but the
URC’s Local Ministry & Mission Review.
It has been a long time in the making, involving a
lot of discussion and some very hard work*, but
Broadstone (& Lytchett Minster) URC now has a
revised Pastorate Mission Profile and a set of
priorities to take us forward for the next four
years. To take us forward.....
... and that, of course, means that it’s not ‘all over’
after all, but just beginning! It’s now down to
every one of us – every member and friend of
BURC – to work together to ensure that the
agreed priorities don’t just remain a set of words
in a document but enable our church to grow and
to flourish.
So, looking forward, how would you like your
church to look in four years’ time? How do you
think God would like it to look? Just the same as
it is now, with the same people, fewer in number
and older, worshipping in the same space,
running the same groups? Or would you like to
see: New people involved in the Elders team? A
larger congregation including younger families?
A transformed worship space with easier access
for people with disabilities? New groups and
activities? An integrated use of the whole church
site, including the old manse and garden
refurbished and buzzing with church and
community activities....?
Proverbs 29.18 declares “Where there is no
vision, the people perish.” (KJV) What is your
vision for our church life, mission and ministry,
here in Broadstone? Will you share your vision
Dates for Your Diary - see page 6
with others and help to make it a reality?
We shall shortly be giving every member and
friend of BURC two leaflets to encourage our
thinking and our involvement. I would like to ask
you to read these carefully and prayerfully, not
just once but perhaps every day for two weeks,
reflecting and praying each day for one or two of
the suggested priorities. And let’s see what
happens.
We are approaching the season of Pentecost,
when Jesus’ disciples, gathered in Jerusalem,
were filled with the Holy Spirit and enabled to
accomplish powerfully the task of ministry and
mission to which their Lord had called them.
This,” said Peter, “is what was spoken by the
prophet Joel:
In the last days, God says, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams. Even on my
servants, both men and women, I will pour out
my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
(Acts 2.16-18)
Let us pray that we too, old and young, women
and men, may prophesy, dream dreams and see
visions for our church here in Broadstone and be
inspired by the Spirit of Pentecost to play our part
in taking the Church forward.
In the love of our risen, ascended and
glorious Christ,
Caroline
* We say a special ‘thank-you’ to Martin Casey
who with endless patience produced numerous
revisions of the draft Pastorate Profile, and to
Revd Mark Meatcher who gently guided us
through the LMMR process as our ‘Outside
Facilitator’.
In This Issue:
Notes from Church Meetings • Our First
Twinning Visit to Frankenthal • Fun at
Easter Pop-In • Is Life worth living? • Fiji
Solar Lanterns Appeal… and more
Also: Church Annual General Meeting
2014 Reports Supplement, pt 2
FAMILY NEWS
We remember in our prayers those who are or
have recently been unwell: Dean Adcock,
Andrea Curley, Jill Freemantle, Penelope
Holman, Elaine James and Pat Snow.
We also pray for Earle Roberts and his family
following the death of Margaret. An appreciation
of Margaret’s life appears on the opposite page.
Congratulations ...
to Gwyneth Maling on reaching her 80th
Birthday.
to Gill McDonald on being awarded the Silver
Acorn for service to Scouting.
Good Luck to all our young people taking exams
this Summer, at school, college or at university.
Thank you…
You really are a very caring and supporting
congregation. My son, Anthony, daughter-inlaw Karen and grandsons Joel and Nathan
join me in expressing our thanks and
appreciation.
I have had many offers of help and just
when needed, before and especially after
Margaret's death in Poole Hospital early on
Easter Sunday morning. In the forefront
are Caroline, our minister, and Isobel,
Margaret's and my Elder, supported by all
of you. I like to tell everyone I meet about
our caring church.
Margaret was and always will be the love of
my life. She always was for me a very
special person and, judging by the many
sympathy cards, notes and letters, a lot of
people thought so too.
Earle
A very sincere thanks for the Prayers,
cards and phone calls that I have received
before and after my stay in hospital. I have
been totally overwhelmed by the kindness
shown to me.
Penelope Holman
Thank you very much for all the lovely cards
and flowers I received to celebrate my
80th Birthday to make my day very special.
Gwyneth
Notes from April’s Church Meeting #
The following matters were discussed at the
Church Meeting held on Tuesday 22nd April
2014 attended by 24 Members & Elders, 1
Adherent and the Revd Mark Meatcher as
Synod LMMR Facilitator
News was given that Margaret Roberts had
passed away on the previous Sunday.
Margaret had been a church member for 52
years and her long service in the church,
particularly with young people was
remembered.
Our 2013 accounts have been approved by
Newton Magnus & Co who will continue to
audit the church accounts notwithstanding the
retirement of Stuart Magnus.
Martin Casey, on behalf of the Elders, gave a
presentation based on the draft BURC Local
Ministry & Mission Review (LMMR) document.
Following discussions, it was agreed that a
copy of the presentation be made available to
members who were not at this meeting. Our
Minister noted that the production of a
Welcome Pack for newcomers was also being
considered. The view was expressed that we
must not lose sight of our spiritual priority when
implementing
change.
Successful
implementation of planned action was felt to be
dependant on the active support of all
members and not just of the Elders.
The meeting thanked Mark Meatcher, our
minister and the Elders for their time in carrying
out the LMMR. Progress will be reviewed after
two years and an updated LMMR produced
after four years. The meeting formally and
unanimously approved the LMMR document..
Correspondence had been received from Revd
Simon Franklin of Wessex Area Pastoral
Committee about a meeting of the ten
churches forming our proposed group. The
meeting to be late May. All Members may
attend.
The Waterloo Christian Centre has been
wound up. We have received a cheque for
£1889 from a distribution of Centre funds back
to its supporting churches in Broadstone.
Andrew Williams had advised of the winding up
of Chaplaincy Wessex Ltd. Trust; its functions
are being transferred to other organisations.
Funds raised at the Musical Ploughman’s lunch
to be for Junior Church Charity – Fiji Solar
Lanterns (see page 6)
Gillian McDonald has been awarded a Silver
Acorn for exceptional service in the Scouting
Movement.
Linda Smith (and edited by Jim Tudor )
# See page 4 for Notes from March Church Meeting
Margaret Roberts
8th December 1921 – 20th April 2014
Margaret grew up happily in Camberwell with her
two brothers, but a heart condition cut short her
schooling. Fully recovered, Margaret started
work and later in 1945 she went on a blind date
with a 21-year old GI, Earle. A posting to
Germany did not put Earle off and a regular
correspondence ensued. After three months
Earle wrote to propose and the happy couple
were married on 8th July 1946.
Just after this Earle was recalled to America and
in September Margaret joined many other GI
brides on the exciting boat trip to America. This
sojourn in America lasted 5 years before
Margaret was drawn back to the UK to settle in
Beckenham where Earle worked in engineering.
Earle’s job moved to Bournemouth in 1961 and
happily the couple settled in Broadstone and
joined Broadstone URC.
Early on the generosity of spirit shown by
Margaret and Earle was exemplified by the 5
years of care and shelter given to one orphaned
17 year-old young man. They were then moved
to adopt 9 year-old Anthony. This led Margaret
into spending many hours on the football pitch,
athletics field and volleyball court in support of
her sport obsessed son. Margaret was always
interested in and generous with all young
people. And naturally she was particularly
proud of the achievements on and off the sports
field of Anthony and later his two sons Joel and
Nathan.
In becoming our longest serving church
members, Margaret and Earle contributed to
many areas of our work. They ran the Friday
Youth Cub for 7 years. Margaret was the driving
force behind Open House and was very involved
for over 25 years. But Margaret’s service to the
church was much more than that. She was a
quiet encourager of many, always interested and
prayerfully supporting the work of the church.
When we started Pop-Ins Margaret was keen to
show her support and became a regular part of
the mornings talking to all she met over coffee.
Episodes of ill-health dogged Margaret at
various times throughout her life and in later
years her increasing anxiety stopped her from
doing many of the things she loved. But even
during these times her faith never waivered, she
came to Sunday Worship whenever she could,
and at other times used the telephone to make
sure she always kept in touch with everything
that was happening.
We all have our own fond memories of Margaret
- we shall all miss her.
Isobel & Chris Evans
Church Life in
pictures...
French cuisine was the order of the day at the recent
Fund-Raising Lunch (above)
‘So that’s how it’s done’ - Sunday’s new ‘Family
Worship Mix’ (photo below) gives the opportunity for all
to find new ways of discovering more about our faith.
Above: Musicians, young and notso-young performed for the
delectation of all those attending
the recent Musical Ploughman’s
Lunch, in aid of the Fiji Solar
Lanterns Appeal (see Page 6)
Our First Twinning Visit to Frankenthal
Diane and Linda talk to Pathway about their experiences on the recent visit.
As many of you were aware,
and as noted at the April
Church Meeting, a group of
nine r ecent ly visit ed
Frankenthal and had been
made most welcome.
Greetings were sent from
Zwolf-Apostel-Kirche to all
at BURC . Their next visit to
Broadstone is planned for
the second half of August
2015.
Here are some impressions
and photographs of our visit, given by our ‘new
girls’, Diane and Linda.
Diane:
Last year Margaret Tudor asked me if I would like
to go to the Caleigh. Jim and Margaret organised
the twinning visits to Frankenthal and I found this
very interesting. “You must come with us next
year” she said, and so I said I would give it some
thought!
I decided to go because I recognised the faces of
some of the German party, but didn’t actually
know them, so this would be the perfect
opportunity. I have never been to Germany and
this would be the start of a new journey.
Linda:
On the morning of 10th April 2014, nine of us
from Broadstone set off to visit our twin church
Zwolf-Apostel-Kirche. Diane and I were kept on
our toes chasing Janet through busy Heathrow
terminal 5. We arrived early at Frankfurt Airport,
from where we were all met and whisked off to
Frankenthal, which is 87 km away. During the
journey we saw a barge as we passed over the
Rhine River, which we later found out, served the
local chemical factory BASF.
Diane:
On arrival in Frankenthal we could never have
imagined the sort of reception we were going to
receive. Union Jack flags were waving, the bells
were ringing and the German party were clapping
and cheering. We were introduced to each other
and then this was followed by hugging and
kissing. We felt very special just like VIPs!
Linda:
Inside we were given tasty nibbles and drinks,
warmly welcomed by church members and our
individual hosts. I felt we were treated like VIP’s.
This turned out to be just a taster of what was to
be the warm, friendly and generous hospitality
extended to us all during our time there.
Diane:
My host was Tanja Henss
who stayed with Sheila and
Joe last year and this was
her first time [as a host] too!
Her family all live together in
the same house. She lives
with her parents, her
grandmother (90 years old)
and Cleo, her basset hound.
They made me feel so
welcome and by the end of
my stay I felt like I was part
of their family and had made a good connection.
Linda:
My hosts were Bernhard and Margit who were
always very friendly and attentive. After showing
me my accommodation, (which was very
comfortable), chatting and sharing supper I
retired exhausted from the long day. A time was
arranged to have breakfast. Next morning I woke
up after a good night’s sleep , showered ,
dressed and went upstairs at what I thought was
a prompt time , oops… oh dear I had forgotten to
change the time on my mobile phone alarm,
hence I was actually one hour late! My hosts had
laid out a wonderful breakfast and accepted my
apologies. Not a good start, but after that I
always made sure I was on time.
Diane:
The next morning (Friday) we all met up with the
Frankenthal group at the church hall to discuss
the Palm Sunday Holy Communion Service. This
gave Linda and me the chance to display our
singing skills to Make Way! Make Way! We were
informed that we sat down whilst singing and
stood up for prayers, so on Sunday I focused on
getting this right!
Linda:
We also visited Pfarrer Laux’s old church, where
he had served for twelve years, before coming to
Frankenthal. He spoke about and showed us the
lovely old church, organ and ceiling painting.
The beautiful paintings, which may have been
part of the original 13th century church, had
been painted over at some point in time, but
were rediscovered in the 1930’s.
Diane:
Out of all the churches we visited the one that left
the greatest and lasting impression on me was
Dittelsheim-Hessloch church. Here, instead of a
cross as a centrepiece, there stood a figure of
Jesus sculptured from a lime tree trunk. It made
me feel more spiritual, alive and I had a more
personal connection.
lunch at the Closters restaurant and where the
Linda:
waitresses were dressed in old style costumes. At
On Saturday we had a very interesting guided
the monastery we were introduced to our tour
coach tour of BASF, the largest chemical factory
guide, a funny, informative German who asked
in the world. It was the first time Margit had seen
us to call him Roger. While in the church area we
the workplace of Bernhard, who has recently
all sang together an old Irish blessing ‘May the
retired after working there for 36 years. After
way up’ in German. The tone
another wonderful
lunch at
was good and it sounded
Mittagessen Maffenbeier one of the
beautiful.
oldest restaurants in Ludwigshafen,
Diane:
we then visited the Evangelische
Whilst in Germany I took
Diakonissenanstalt in the town of
advantage of tasting the food
Speyer. Here we had tea and cake
and drink. My favourite cakes
and met the retired Deaconesses,
were the delicious black forest
who were in uniform. We were given
gateau
(Schwarzalder
an interesting talk on the history and
kirschtorte] and the heavenly
current work of the hospital and
baked
cheesecake
afterwards we were shown round
(Kasekuchen). I also tried white
the chapel. Later some chose to
asparagus with hollandaise
climb the many steps to get to the
sauce. Of course Germany is
magnificent view of the town of
known for the wine and beer, but
Speyer, where after recovering from
I had never tried a grappa before!
the exertion, a lot of photographs were taken.
This visit has encouraged me to pursue a course
On the Sunday the church service was at ZAK.
in German to progress from basic words to
We formed a choir to sing the hymn ‘Make Way’,
learning phrases.
joined in Holy Communion and gave palm crosses
So, what will I take away with me from the
to the congregation. I had been very nervous
twinning church partnership? New friendships, a
sense of belonging as well as a coming together
about singing, (having the Y factor rather than
of two churches worshiping God.
the X Factor in regards my vocal talent!),
By the end of my journey I have made some
however all appeared to go well. It was a special
good friendships particularly with Tanja and we
time of shared worship for Palm Sunday.
are going to keep in contact by e-mail and
Afterwards we had a delicious shared buffet
Facebook. I look forward to meeting all of our
lunch at the church meeting house. Later we
friends from Frankenthal
visited a painting exhibition
Zwolf-Apostel-Kirche next
in a local church by Tanya,
year.
a ZAK church member and
God Blessings
Diane’s host during our
Auf Wiedersehen
stay. The paintings were
Linda:
very inspiring and Tanya is
During the five days of our
obviously a talented lady.
visit we fitted in a lot. We
On Monday we visited the
visited seven churches in
Guntersblumer Kirche,
total, including a monastery,
Guntersblum. The pastor
a chemical factory, did a little
No
Linda,
it
won’t
gave an informative, lively
fit in your suitcase! shopping, ate a lot of
talk about the church,
delicious food (cheesecake,
which included learning
dumplings…yummy) and
about the old 14th century baptismal font. (In
drank some great wines. We met some very
the past, because it was difficult to drain the
friendly, warm and good humoured people. We
water was rarely changed…!) Here we brought
experienced a mix of the old and modern,
wine that has been produced by young people
industrial and rural. We have things in common
the traditional way from scratch way to raise
such as shared history and family experiences.
awareness and money for good causes. This day
It was an enjoyable trip and a time of shared
we passed through some very narrow streets in
fellowship. Cheers until the next time and ‘auf
old villages, which luckily the coach driver
wiedersehen’.
negotiated excellently. Next we visited Kloster
Diane Mott & Linda Rycroft
Eberbach, a former Cistercian monastery in
Rheingau. Here we had yet another delicious
Easter Family Pop-In
Junior Church Charity 2014
- Fiji Solar Lanterns Appeal
Following the Ploughman’s Lunch to support this
year’s Junior Church charity, I thought that you would
like to have an update from “Children of Fiji” charity
which distributes solar lanterns to families in Fiji with
no electricity.
Margaret Long from Children of Fiji has written to say:
Our provision of solar lanterns is an ongoing commitment on our
part. The lack of electricity is a problem in many remote
communities in Fiji, as well as in 'squatter settlements' in the
outskirts of some towns. The most difficult aspect of this is the
lack of lighting, particularly for families with young children.
It gets dark in Fiji at about 6pm and gets light at about 6am. If a
young baby wakes up during the night and needs attention, this
causes a real problem for the family. We often come across
homes where they will use a piece of rag soaked in paraffin and
stuffed into the top of a bottle in order to provide some light obviously extremely dangerous, especially when there are young
children around. In the villages the houses are sometimes made
from woven leaves or are 'thatched', but in any case all Fijian
homes have woven mats on the floor a very real fire hazard.
By the time many children have
walked home from school and helped
with the chores, it is beginning to get
dark. This means that they cannot see
properly to do their homework or to
read a book. Sometimes they might be
able to share a hurricane lamp, but
again these are dangerous if knocked
over and also do not give out very
good light thus causing eye strain.
We have already seen the huge
difference one of these lamps can
make to a family - one man told us with
tears in his eyes that he and his family
(5 people living in one room) had been
'praying for something like this to happen to them.
The solar lanterns charge during the day and provide
a bright light at night. There are 2 settings - the
brighter setting, suitable for reading, lasts for 4 hours
and the slightly dimmer setting, sufficient for general
activities around the house, lasts for 8 hours.
The company which manufacture these sells them to
charities such as Children of Fiji for just £10. This
seems like a bargain for something which is going to
make such a difference for a family. So, many thanks
for your support at the Ploughman’s Lunch and
through the other fund raising initiatives during the
rest of the year.
David Holland
Dates for Your Diary
Pop-In & Pop-In Express
with Praizin Hands puppets
followed by a BBQ
Church BBQ
Macmillan Bike Ride
Pop-In Express
28 June
10.30am -12.30pm
29 June
6 July
12 July
Mission House Report
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts
with praise; give thanks to him and praise his
name. Psalm 100:4
“Celebrate good times, come on, lets celebrate!”
The 1980 smash hit for celebrating from the band
“Kool & The Gang”. The last few weeks in the
Netherlands, there have been lots of celebrations!
Neelke, Hannah and Lydia celebrated their
birthdays, last EVS training together, King’s Day,
Veteran’s Day/Liberation Day… and of course
Easter.
Neelke, Hannah and Lydia received special
treatment from the rest of the Mission House
volunteers by having a cooked breakfast and having
a rich dark chocolate birthday cake. Heike, Lydia
and I travelled to The Hague for EVS training and
stayed at the “Stayokay” hostel. We met the other
EVS-ers and our team leader Moried which was
great to catch up again and we were raring to go
and have fun in the city. Firstly, we played icebreakers and later on did some paperwork and
gave feedback about our projects we were doing
etc. After dinner, we hired bikes and cycled to the
beach. We spent the evening there sightseeing the
town and sat on the beach while listening to a
murder story as part of a task. The next day, we
had an opportunity to meet and discuss anything
regarding EVS to an EVS representative. After
lunch we were split into groups and for our task we
needed to find something: 1,. Fun; 2, To learn;. 3.
Culture, in the city. My group visited the government
(The Hague) and had a tour around the buildings for
learning. Very impressive! Secondly, we visited the
Hague tower. Completed in 2007 with 43 floors (132
metres tall), it is the second tallest building in the
Netherlands. The views were awe inspiring and
purely spectacular! Could see miles on miles of the
Netherlands. Really took my breath away seeing
God’s awesome creation! For fun, we walked
around the city had fish and chips Dutch style with a
cold ice beer of Heineken. Lekka! Later on in the
evening, all of us travelled to Rotterdam for our last
night together for a celebration dinner at Happy
Italy, a massive Italian restaurant with 3 floors. The
next day it was Kings Day, so we played some
games and finished off some work. When we
finished, most of us travelled to Amsterdam and
stayed at the Mission House for a couple of days.
We arrived in Amsterdam and it was so busy.
Millions of people in the streets having parties. Lots
of music, beer, markets, food……….and lots of
orange! Really awesome!
On the 4th May, it was Veterans Day for the
Netherlands. At Dam’s Square and at the Royal
Palace, thousands of people gathered to remember
the lives of soldiers who fought in WW2. The Dutch
Royal family, King Willem-Alexander and Queen
Maxima, Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other
officials attended and we started to sing the
National Anthem. The moving ceremony was
broadcast on television to viewers throughout the
world. We heard the last post and at 8pm we had a
two minute silence. Could hear a pin drop! Really
moved me and really felt God’s presence. The next
day was Liberation Day. I travelled to Zeeland to
stay with some friends at one of their projects
Atlantic Bridge in Kruiningen. Some of us went to
Vlissingen to a massive music festival. It was a first
for me to go to a music festival! Thousands of
people and tons of music belting out, enjoying the
celebrations of Liberation Day. Absolutely loved it!
After having a good night’s sleep, Matt and I
travelled to Antwerp in Belgium and spent the day
there sightseeing and to meet up with Matt’s pastor
who was celebrating his birthday. Fantastic day!
In the Christian calendar, we have Easter to
celebrate, our main foundation to our faith. The
most joyous occasion across the world to celebrate
Christ resurrection of God’s love for us all. How
amazing is this! Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour
is alive. No other religious leader who ever lived
and died can make this claim. Jesus went to the
cross, He died a sacrificial death on our behalf. So
we can be absolutely confident that our sins are
totally forgiven and to have a loving relationship
with our awesome God. It’s about where we are in
life, where we are headed, and where we are going
to end up—in the very presence of the living God
instead of eternally separated from Him. Salvation
has nothing to do with our behaviour, but it has
everything to do with the grace of God, the love of
God, the goodness of God, the mercy of God, and
the blood of Jesus Christ. Now that’s cause for
celebration!
Saz Holland
Notes from March Church Meeting
Our February meeting had seen a report on the
meetings with Rev Mark Meatcher being
presented. In March we were given a copy (‘Plan
on a Page’) of the priorities that had been
suggested for the church, together with the
challenges and the actions needed to accomplish
these. Martin Casey explained the ideas to us
and asked for any comments.
Saz Holland gave a report on the meeting of
Wessex Synod, which had been held at the
beginning of the month. The Mission Supper
raised £152 plus Gift Aid which will be sent to
Child of Hope.
The March meeting had been preceded by the
AGM at which Ian McDonald and Martin Casey
were re-elected as Elders. As no other nominees
felt able to stand, the number of serving Elders is
now down to 10.
Martin Sales presented the annual accounts to us
for our approval so that they could then be sent to
the auditors. Annual reports of areas of church
life, presented at the meeting, have been
included in this and the April issues of Pathway.
Pat Johnson
Is Life worth living?
For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face
to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know
even as I am known. 1 Corinthians 13:2 (KJV)
So far this year, I have had to watch the arrival of
Spring in my garden through a rather murky
window. Recently I saw it clearly for the first time
from the outside. I stood by the garden gate, with
the warm sunshine on my back, breathing in the
fresh smells after the recent heavy shower of rain.
I gazed in awe at the variety of colours, shapes
and sizes of the many flowers and shrubs. Most of
all, I marvelled at the unique and intricate markings
on each petal and leaf. There are bees, butterflies
and a myriad of SNAILS!; and fluffy white clouds in
a brilliant blue sky. As I stood there praising God
and thanking Him for creating all this just for me, I
thought of the poem by Alfred Austin.
Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As Spring revives the year,
And Hails us with the cuckoo's song
To show that she is here.
So long as May of April takes,
In smile and tears farewell,
And windflowers dapple all the brakes
And primroses the dell;
While children in the woodlands yet
Adorn their little laps
With ladysmock and violets,
And daisy-chain their caps;
While over orchard daffodils
Cloud shadows float and fleet,
And blackbird pipes and lark does trill,
And young lambs buck and bleat;
So long as that which burst the bud
And swells and tunes the rill,
Makes Springtime in the maiden's blood,
Life is worth living still
Alfred Austin (1835-1913)
Is life worth living? I certainly think so - I hope you
all do too!
Ann Scriven
News from the Mission Committee
Given the new ‘Family Worship Mix’ on the 4th Sunday, we’ve
decided to move the Minute for Mission, which gives
information about the charity we support in our communion
offering, to the 1st Sunday each month. The recipients of our
Communion Offering for the rest of the year are given below.
June
MARS Trust
July
Tools for Self Reliance
August
Alpha India
September Rivers of Living Water
October
Training of Volunteer Chaplains in Poole and
Bournemouth
November Routes to Roots
December The Bible Society
The speaker at our Harvest Supper on Saturday 27th
September will be Mark Warner from the Sailors’ Society, an
international Christian charity working in ports around the
world to provide Christian ministry, welfare care and practical
support.
At our Spring Mission Supper we had a presentation by Gill
and Les Sherlock on the work of the charity Child of Hope in
Uganda. £448.56 has been sent to Child of Hope from
donations received at this event and our Easter communion
offering.
Ian McDonald
Items for the August/September 2014 issue of Pathway
should be given to Jim Tudor by Sunday 13th July 2014
Weekly Activities
Sunday
Points of Contact
10.30 am Morning Service and Junior Church
Minister:
Revd. Caroline Vodden
Tel: 01202 601103
Evening Service 2nd & 4th Sundays email: [email protected]
(Communion celebrated
1st Sunday in the month)
6.30 pm
Tuesday
Communion 2nd Sunday in the month
12.30 pm ‘Oasis’ House Group (3rd in month)
Wednesday 10.30 am Bible Study (1st & 3rd Wednesday)
2.00 pm Toddler Group
Church Secretaries: Mrs Isobel Evans
& Mrs Janet Meachin
email: [email protected]
Organist:
Mr Martin Casey
Thursday 10.00 am Ladies’ Open House (2 groups)
email: [email protected]
(alternate weeks)
Mr Martin Sales
2.30 pm Women’s Network - at Methodist Church Treasurer:
nd
th
6.30pm - 7.30pm Open Church (2 & 4 in month) email: [email protected]
8.00 pm Music Group
Friday
Saturday
9.45 am – 10.15 am Prayer Group
5.00 - 7.30 pm Pop-In Express (2nd in month)
Editor:
Mr Jim Tudor
email: [email protected]
Monthly Church Meeting - contact Church Secretary for details.
Twice-monthly Home Groups - see weekly news-sheet for details.