1. Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
February 2013
2. HAYES FREE CHURCH
111, Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Kent BR2 7HU
Sunday Services. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
We are a member of the United Reformed Church.
We believe in Justice and Peace.
Principal Contacts
Minister: Rev. Sue Powell Tel: 020 8462 2212
Church Secretary: Mrs Mavis Righini Tel: 020 8462 1168
Fabric Steward Mr. Chris Wood Tel: 020 8462 2444
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.
Sunday Services 2 A Prayer for the Children 13
Church Notices 3-5 Back to Church Sunday
Scam warning 6 Prayer 14
Catalyst Needs You 7 The Way things once were 14
Thank you - Christmas Tree Traidcraft 15
Festival 8 Website of the Month 16
Notice Board 10 - 11 A Celebration Concert 17
Christmas Cards, Sunday An English Prayer 20
morning coffee, Friendship 12 Church Organisations IBC
This month’s website: -
A comment by a Church member has prompted me to introduce this
website. The comment was on the lines “I am not interested in
browsing the Internet, I only go on line to send / receive e-mails.”
What a rich resource is being overlooked. Do try this one.
Website: - www.archive.org
Now, turn to Page 16 for more details....... Ed
Copy for the March 2013 edition needs to be handed in by
Sunday, 10th February.
Please submit items in good time.
You can leave copy in the “B” Pigeon Hole for Richard Brown to collect,
or hand it directly to him on a Sunday morning.
You can also e-mail copy to richardmbrown6@gmail.com
Thank You. Editor
3. Letter from the Minister
Dear Friends
The New Year has arrived, and there is plenty to
do!
The Alpha Course will have begun, and Messy Church is about to begin.
We have much to look forward to. The LMMR team that looks at our
outreach are helping us to think anew about the mission of the church
for 2013 and beyond. These are exciting times.
At the end of 2012 I gave a sermon that included a reading from
Colossians 3: 12 – 17; I also mentioned the AA prayer called ‘Just for
Today’. I then suggested a prayer we could say each morning to help us
in our Christian living.
Quite a few people asked for a copy, so it makes sense to put it in the
magazine.
Just for today I will live with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness,
and patience.
Just for today I will forgive and let the past lay in peace.
Just for today I will seek the peace of Christ in my heart.
Just for today I will give thanks to God for love and seek to share it.
Just for today…
If we say that prayer each morning, then just for that one day we can
try to fully be the people God calls us to be. And then we can say it
the next morning, and the next…
Being God’s people is what we are called to be, and it’s not always easy –
but if we take it a day at a time – then we can do it!
So, for 2013, Just for Today, we will be the Church of God in this place.
I wish you all a wonderful 2013.
Sue
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4. Sunday Services
February 2013
10.30 am - Morning Service - Bill Michie
3rd
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
10.30 am - Morning Service - The Minister
10th
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
10.30 am - Morning Service - Major Cliff Kent
17th 6.30 pm - Service of Remembrance for those we have loved
and lost - The Minister
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
24th
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Tony Russell
March 2013
10.30 am - Morning Service - Margaret Smith
3rd
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
Some notes on the visiting preachers.
v Bill Michie is well known to us all. He is a Lay Preacher at HFC, as
well as being an Elder
v Major Cliff Kent belongs to the Regent Hall Branch of The
Salvation Army (the only church in Oxford Street, London). He
was formerly from the Thornton Heath branch of The Salvation
Army. He has conducted Sunday worship at HFC on many
occasions.
v Tony Russell is very well known to us - He is a member of HFC.
v Mrs. Margaret Smith is a Methodist Lay Preacher.
I've learned...
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold
and a heart to understand.
by Andy Rooney, ....
a man who had the gift to say so much with so few words
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5. News of the Church Family
Announcements are welcome :-
BMD - Changes of address, etc.
Births
We are pleased to announce the birth of a son
to Sarah and Matt, grandson to David and
Undine Connolly , on 21st December 2012,
named Bobby Len (Len being the name of David's father who died
earlier in 2012) - Mother and baby are doing well.
Deaths
We regret to announce the deaths of John Warwick who passed away
peacefully on 9th January a few days after his wife, Hilda. They were
both living in Devon. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family.
Change of address
Please note John Curry‘s new e-mail address is
johncurry132@hotmail.co.uk
Jessie Martin moved into Room 113, Coloma Court, Layhams Road,
W. Wickham, Kent BR4 9QJ on 12 January. Her new direct dial
telephone number is 020 8916 8240. We wish her well in her new home.
Your prayers would be appreciated for: -
Marjorie Curry, Ruth Rees, Pat Rumble, and Jessie Martin.
Church Meetings
The next Church meeting will be on Sunday 24th February, 2013 at
noon, after the morning service.
The next Elders’ meeting will be held at 8.00 pm in the small hall on
Tuesday 19th February, 2013 .
Women's Contact Group
The Contact Group will meet at 8.00 pm on Monday 4th February, 2013
at Jenny Carr’s home -
152, Langley Way. On the 4th of March we will meet at Connie Russell’s
home - 234, Pickhurst Lane.
Sylvia Mack
Tuesday Prayer Meetings for February & 1st Tuesday in March
Held at 10.00 am at the following homes:-
5th Martin Nunn’s. 12th Betty Coster’s.
19th Brenda Cordingley’s. 26th The Church
March
5th Martin Nunn’s.
Please address any queries to Martin Nunn.
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6. Saturday Fellowship
We will meet at 2.30 p.m. at 7, Sedgewood Close on the
2nd of February, and 2nd March 2013.
Martin Nunn leads the discussions.
Men's Group
The next Men's Group meeting is on Thursday 21 February at 8.00 pm
when Tony Russell will conduct a quiz in the small hall.
Ministry of Flowers
Thanks are due to those who will be providing flowers in February 2013
At the time of going to press, the following was listed: -
3rd - TBA 10th - TBA
17th - Judith & David Stoner - 24th - TBA
Wedding Anniversary
A big thank you to those who kindly arrange the flowers when needed.
After the Sunday evening services, the flowers are distributed to
members and friends, bringing joy to the recipients.
Mavis Righini
Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Club
We welcome all babies and children under school age, accompanied
by their parents, grandparents or carers, to our club on Friday
afternoons between 2 and 4 pm 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.
Our Spring term, which started on January 11th, ends on March 22nd.
Our half term break is on February 22nd when there is no meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all.
Judith Stoner - Secretary.
Bible Study Group
The Bible Study group meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each
month at 2.30 pm in the small hall.
To confirm, listen for announcements & check Sunday Link.
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7. Worship Group
The Church will be open for Quiet Meditation & Prayer every
Wednesday - 6.00 - 7.00 pm.
To confirm, listen for announcements & check Sunday Link.
Notice Sheets - February, & 1st Sunday in March, 2013
February
3rd Daphne Cummings 8777 2487
10th Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
17th Brenda Cordingley
24th Pam Collison 8658 0748
March
3rd Pam Collison
If you require items to be included in the notice sheets, please
contact the appropriate person by the previous Tuesday.
Women's Fellowship
M eetings are in the small hall at 2.00 p.m., unless otherwise stated,
on Tuesdays and finish about 3.30 p.m.
The February meetings will be: -
5th Illustrated talk by Mary Moore on Westminster
12th Illustrated holiday talk by Ann Bartlett on the Azores
19th Bingo
26th Musical afternoon with Ken and Mavis Baker
March
5th A visit from a Chislehurst chiropractor
If you have any questions, do contact Sylvia Mack on 8462 1938.
MINI-AMBULANCE
Members who use the mini-ambulance are asked to phone Sylvia
Mack on 8462 1938 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 and Sylvia
Notice in health food shop window:
"Closed due to illness."
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8. Scam warning
Towards the end of last year, Bromley Police reissued their warning
regarding frauds targeting the elderly and vulnerable. This was after
a recent increase in those offences across Bromley, with one resident
losing her £26,000 life savings.
Elderly residents have been receiving unsolicited telephone calls from
fraudsters purporting to be from the police fraud squad or their bank.
The fraudster will state that there is an ongoing investigation into
fraudulent payments on their bank account/card.
The person will be asked to ring the police/bank back using the phone
number printed on the back of their bank card or by calling 999. This
helps to convince the person that the call is genuine. However, the
fraudster has kept the telephone line open so even though the
person has dialled a number, the call does not go through. Instead
they are unknowingly still connected with the fraudster.
The victim is asked to provide their full bank card details and key in
their PIN so that their existing card can be “cancelled” and a new
one "activated" or "authorised."
The fraudster will then explain that the bank will need to collect the
card. The fraudster will then attend the person’s address or send an
innocent courier company driver to collect the card. The fraudster,
having obtained the person’s name, address, full bank details, the
card itself and the PIN, then uses the card to empty the victim's bank
account.
Fraudsters have also pretended to be from the police cold calling
members of the public claiming to be from the Economic Crime
Department and that the person’s bank account has been
compromised by criminals. The fraudster suggests that the person
should withdraw the money for collection by a police representative
for safekeeping until the investigation was complete.
Detective Inspector Louise Knipe from Bromley Police said: "If you
receive such a call end it immediately. The police will never ask you
for any money, either to assist with an investigation, or for
safekeeping. Your bank will never attend your home, your bank and
the police will never collect your bank card, your bank and the
police will never ask for your PIN.
“If you do receive any call that you are suspicious about, please speak
with a younger family member or relative before giving out any
details or withdrawing any money and also contact the police".
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9. Catalyst Needs You!
This page will be kept for YOUR contributions - NOTHING ELSE will go on this page.
Hopefully, you will be inspired to share some Christmas / New Year break stories.
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 lifestyle
with a kind and committed service.
Christopher White 020 8149 6933 or
pjm741-rose@yahoo.co.uk
Your contributions to Catalyst will be most
welcome. Can you fill this space?
How about a picture, or a poem? What did you
do at Sunday School? Do you have any New
Year’s stories? This page is yours to use, so
please feed your imagination!
Please contact
Richard Brown - The Editor.
I would love to hear from you.
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10. My thanks to everyone who supported the Christmas Tree
Festival and helped to raise our highest ever amount of
money.
This year we have raised £7,624 plus a further £221.25
has been added from donations which were
gift aided making a total of £7845.25 for
The Chartwell Cancer Trust.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support
not just this year, but over the 12 years that I have been organising
the Festival.
I hope you have all had an enjoyable Christmas and that 2013 will be
a good year for you.
Yours sincerely
Alistair C Wilson.
The Hayes Service for Women's World Day of Prayer
This year, the service will be led by Hayesford Park Baptist Church.
The service will be held at Hayes Village Hall
at 2 p.m. on Friday, 1st March 2013.
The Service has been prepared by Christian women of France
and is entitled "I was a stranger and you welcomed me".
Hayes Ladies Choir will lead the singing ,as well as
singing their own anthem.
Refreshments will be available after the Service and all are welcome
men and women.
We do hope to see you there.
Stop Press Items
1) 2nd February in the Evening - Quiz Night in HFC Hall Tickets £12
incl supper. More details to follow, by announcement or in the
Sunday Link.
2) 15 February Curry evening at the Michie’s home. £12. More
details from the organisers.
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11. ROTARY CLUB OF LANGLEY PARK & DEAF ACCESS
nd
Saturday 2 March
2013
10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
AT
HAYES FREE CHURCH
PICKHURST LANE
HAYES
KENT
LUNCHES & REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE
Interested table holders – tables available David Connolly.
Tel: 020 8776 0108.
ENTRANCE £1.00
Sponsored by:- Ennis-Webb & Co. Solicitors, Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
Elite House, 155 Main Road, Biggin Hill, Kent TN16 3JP
tel. 01959 57700
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12. NOTICE
CHRISTMAS DONATIONS
CHRISTMAS FAIR £1923 for HFC
CRAFT FAIR included with Christmas Tree Festival total.
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
£7845.25 for the CHARTWELL CANCER TRUST
(Note: -
A breakdown of the total raised is in Alistair’s
thank you note on page 8.)
CHRISTMAS POST £ 255.25 for the
KENT ASSOCIATION for the BLIND
CHRISTMAS DAY £ 205.65 for the Orpington Branch of
the SAMARITANS
other -
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"What a
As a result of Martin Nunn’s Concert on
5th January, approx £760 was raised for
Westminster College, Cambridge
The new leader for 2nd Hayes Rainbows -
(Wednesday 5-6 pm) is Jenny Longman -
Email: longmanjenny@hotmail.co.uk
or tel: 07730 574962
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13. BOARD
The Food Bank.
Please do not forget the food bank,
especially at this time of year.
A list of preferred donations was
published on page 13 of October,
2012’s Catalyst.
Please put your donations in the box at
the back of your church.
Distribution is organised by
Bromley Borough.
New Year Social
Thanks to John Curry for organizing the HFC New
Year Social on 12 January. Although this January
has been unusually full of social events, a good
number of HFC folk, including some new friends,
came along to this enjoyable occasion.
John had put a lot of hard work into the
programme and the arrangements for the
catering, so that we all felt we had a good time
together.
Thanks to John and all who helped him.
David Stoner
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14. Christmas Cards
I wonder if there is anybody who thinks, as I do, that it would be a
good idea to place a single Christmas card on the notice board with
best wishes for all the people in the Church, rather than separate
cards to everyone.
Any money saved by this method could go to a charity of our choice
as happens now. Perhaps we could take a vote on this at our next
Church meeting on February 24th.
Barbara
Footnote. The pages devoted to Christmas Greetings in December /
January’s Catalyst are also available, on much the same lines.
Editor
Sunday morning coffee donations
Last year we supported seven charities with the donations received
from coffee and teas served on Sunday mornings. These were Bible
Society, Action Aid, Traidcraft, Salvation Army, Chartwell Unit, and
not forgetting the five-pences which all go to the Leprosy Mission.
Well done, and a big thank you to all the Sunday morning drinkers. It
just remains to say, “Keep Drinking”!
Barbara
Friendship
On our journey through life it is almost certain that we are going to
make friends. They may have the same interests, or they may come
from a vastly different level of society, or even a different culture.
However, somehow a deep respect is formed and a liking for each
other's company can grow. One of the essentials of true friendliness is
approachability, and it is surely our responsibility to extend the hand
of warmth and friendship The person who has a friendly spirit is cer-
tainly making a great contribution to the happiness and unity of hu-
man life. Friendliness, like all other good gifts, needs cultivating. It is
certainly worth the effort for we lose a great deal if we shy away
from others, for we will be the losers. If, by our own efforts we can ex-
tend the hand of friendship, we can make a significant contribution
to the life of a world. which badly needs the warmth the love and
friendship. Just think on this lovely piece that Babette Bryan wrote:
'My life has been touched by God today. He saw to it to send a
friend my way.'
The joy that is inherent in a trusting long-term friendship is nearly impos-
sible to describe. But not impossible to engender.
Jonathan Lazear
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15. A Prayer for the Children
W e pray for the children who put chocolate fingers on
everything, who love to be tickled, who stomp in puddles and
ruin new pants, who eat candy before supper and who can never
find their shoes in the morning.
And we also pray for those who stare at photographers from
behind barbed wire, who have never bound down the street in a
new pair of shoes, who never played "one potato, two potatoes,"
and who are born in places that we would not be caught dead in
and they will be.
We pray for the children who give us sticky kisses and fistfuls of
dandelions, who sleep with their dog and who bury their goldfish,
who hug us so tightly and who forget their lunch money, who
squeeze toothpaste all over the sink, who watch their fathers
shave, and who slurp their soup.
And we pray for those who will never get dessert, who have no
favourite blanket to drag around behind them, who watch their
fathers suffer, who cannot find any bread to steal, who do not
have any rooms to clean up, whose pictures are on milk cartons
instead of on dressers, and whose monsters are real.
We pray for the children who spend all their allowance by Tuesday,
who pick at their food, who love ghost stories, who shove their dirty
clothes under the bed and never rinse the bathtub, who love visits
from the Tooth Fairy, even after they find out who it really is, who
do not like to be kissed in front of the school bus, and who squirm
during services.
And we also pray for those children whose nightmares occur in the
daytime, who will eat anything, who have never seen a dentist,
who are not spoiled by anyone, who go to bed hungry and wake
up hungry, who live and move and have no address.
We pray for those children who like to be carried and for those
children who have to be carried;for those who give up and for
those who never give up;for those who will grab the hand of
anyone kind enough to offer it and for those who find no hand to
grab.
For all these children, we pray today, for they are all so precious.
Ina J. Hughs
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16. The Back To Church Sunday Prayer from 2009
Welcoming God, thank you for today. Thank you for making us and
loving us. Thank you for inviting us to know you.
Help us to invite our friends to come to church so they can know you
too.
Please bless Back to Church Sunday and bless everyone in our church.
Help us all to know you better.
We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Women’s Contact Coffee Morning 10.00 am - 12.00
We will be holding a coffee morning on the
9th of February, 2013.
We are continuing to raise monies to contribute to disaster relief funds
in different parts of the world.
We hope to see you at the Coffee Mornings, and why not bring a friend.
Please note that the monies raised from the coffee mornings are
separate from those raised through the refreshments trolley after
Sunday morning services.
Barbara Jones
The Fairtrade Sunday Stall
We will be holding a fair trade stall after the morning service on the
2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. So, in February, 2013 the stall will
be held on the 10th and 24th.
The message is please buy Fairtrade. Every purchase helps in a good
way.
We support Fairtrade Fortnight. See the opposite page for a story
about how smallholders are supported and details of this year’s event.
Please continue to support your fair trade stall. Thank you.
Richard and Barbara.
The way things once were
What did those nursery rhymes mean?
We will be looking at this up to the October edition, 2013
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
The rhyme dates back to at least the 1731 and is most likely to refer to
the wool tax imposed in the 13th century. In this theory the master is
the king, the dame is the monasteries of the time who each had a
claim on the proceeds.
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17. Traidcraft — introducing from Kenya,
Purity Muthoni, another of Traidcraft's producers
Tea and church are two important factors in the lives of both Purity
Muthoni and her husband William Mathenge.
Purity and William live on their `shamba' (smallholding) and sell the tea
from their 6000 bushes which grow on the slopes of Mount Kenya to
the Ndima Tea Factory. The factory is owned by smallholder farmers
and supplies tea used in the Traidcraft range.
The couple also grow coffee and a variety of vegetables which help
to put food on the table and any surplus can be sold in the local
market. When she is not working on the farm or in her home, Purity is a
leading figure in the Mothers' Union and within the life of the parish of
Mathia Anglican Church.
"I am Chair of the Mothers' Union and every Friday evening we meet
beginning with prayers and worship. Because of Fairtrade our lives
have improved. We have money from the tea to educate our
children who have fresh drinking water, are well fed and have a
good diet ".
Purity and William were keen to show Traidcraft's representatives the
improvements they are making to their home as a result of being able
to sell their tea on Fairtrade terms. They have been able to build a
well next to their home and hope, eventually, to be able to build a
toilet and bathroom.
As you can imagine, your continuing support of Traidcraft is very
important to the many producers throughout the world and every
cup of tea we drink can make a difference, especially to growers like
Purity and William.
Chris Lawrance
This Year, Fairtrade Fortnight runs from the 25th February to the 10th
March. We will participate in the “Big Brew”, which is a part of this
fortnight, after the Morning Service on Sunday, 10th March.
Our Big Brew promotional material has already been received.
So, please will as many of you as possible attend on the 10th of March
and help support the Smallholders in the countries supported by
Traidcraft. We look forward to welcoming you.
Richard & Barbara
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18. Website of the Month The Internet Archive
The following wording is taken from the website: -
About the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive .... was founded to build an Internet library .... offering
permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities,
and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. ....
Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software
as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized
services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other
persons with disabilities.
Why the Archive is Building an 'Internet Library'
Libraries exist to preserve society's cultural artifacts and to provide access to
them. If libraries are to continue to foster education and scholarship in this era
of digital technology, it's essential for them to extend those functions into the
digital world.
Many early movies were recycled to recover the silver in the film. The Library of
Alexandria - an ancient center of learning containing a copy of every book in
the world - was eventually burned to the ground. Even now, at the turn of the
21st century, no comprehensive archives of television or radio programs exist.
But without cultural artifacts, civilization has no memory and no mechanism to
learn from its successes and failures. And paradoxically, with the explosion of
the Internet, we live in what Danny Hillis has referred to as our "digital dark age."
The Internet Archive is working to prevent the Internet - a new medium with
major historical significance - and other "born-digital" materials from
disappearing into the past. Collaborating with institutions .... , we are working to
preserve a record for generations to come.
Open and free access to literature and other writings has long been considered
essential to education and to the maintenance of an open society. Public and
philanthropic enterprises have supported it through the ages.
The Internet Archive is opening its collections to researchers, historians, and
scholars. The Archive has no vested interest in the discoveries of the users of its
collections, nor is it a grant-making organization.
Footnotes
ü The American spellings have been retained. The website is American.
ü For those of you not interested in the Internet, do try this web site. Just try it.
ü There are other online libraries, such as Project Guttenberg and Google
books. IMHO, each of these sites opens up a wealth of knowledge to be
enjoyed. Editor
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19. A Walk through the New Testament
F ollowing last year's successful Lent seminar, which covered the Old
Testament, this year Churches Together in Hayes are presenting
'Walk Through the New Testament'
on Saturday 16th March
at Hayes Free Church.
This will take place from 9.45 am to about 4.30 pm,
There will be refreshment breaks in the morning, at lunchtime, and
during the afternoon. Tea and coffee will be provided but you will
need to bring a packed lunch.
The cost is £14 per adult, to include the full colour workbook;
youngsters aged 11 to 16 years are welcome free of charge if
accompanied by an adult.
Leaflets and booking forms are now available, with payment details.
The 'Walk Through' Ministry is a charity, and any profits from the
seminars go to support the Children's Ministry in primary schools,
reaching children who normally have no opportunity to explore the
Bible - teaching them stories so many of us have grown up with.
A Celebration Concert
Our organist Martin Nunn celebrated his 80th birthday in an unusual
way on 5 January. He invited his friends from near and far to a cele-
bration concert at HFC, at which mainly music composed by Martin
over many years was performed. Martin’s niece Jenny came from
Scotland to assist, and some of the works performed were by her. The
church choir was specially augmented for the occasion and per-
formed impressively,accompanied by Chris White on the organ.
There were also guest trumpeters from Hayes School and guest vocal-
ists and instrumentalists. After the feast of music in the well-filled
church, we were invited to move into the hall for refreshments, abun-
dantly supplied by Martin and friends. This was a jolly social occasion
and a chance to meet old and new friends.
As well as celebrating a birthday, the concert was also held to raise
funds for refurbishing Westminster College, Cambridge, where URC
ministers are trained. We gather that around £760 was collected, so
the concert was successful in several ways.
Thank you Martin and congratulations!
David Stoner
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20. February 2013
1st Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
Candlemas Day
2nd Sat 2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship Page 4
Evening - Quiz Night Page 8
3rd Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Bill Michie
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
4th Mon 8.00 pm - Women’s Contact Group Meeting Page 3
5th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
6th Wed 6.00 pm - Worship Group Page 5
7th Thu
8th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
9th Sat 10.00 am - Women’s Contact Coffee Morning Page 14
10.30 am - Morning Service - The Minister
10th Sun Followed by the Fairtrade stall Page 14
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
11th Mon
Shrove Tuesday
12th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
Ash Wednesday
13th Wed 6.00 pm - Worship Group Page 5
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
14th Thu St. Valentine's Day
2.30 pm - Bible Study Group Page 4
15th Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
Evening - Curry evening at The Michie's home Page 8
16th Sat
10.30 am - Morning Service - Major Cliff Kent
17th Sun 6.30 pm - Service of Remembrance for those we have
loved and lost - The Minister
18th Mon
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
19th Tue 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
8.00 pm - Elders’ Meeting Page 3
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21. February 2013
20th Wed 6.00 pm - Worship Group Page 5
21st Thu 8.00 pm - Men’s Group Page 4
22nd Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
23rd Sat
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
24th Sun Followed by the Fairtrade stall Page 14
12.00 - Church Meeting Page 3
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Tony Russell
25th Mon
26th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3
2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
27th Wed 6.00 pm - Worship Group Page 5
28th Thu 2.30 pm - Bible Study Group Page 4
March 2013
St. David's Day
1st Fri 2.00 pm - Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
2.00 pm - Hayes Service for
Women’s World Day of Prayer Page 8
2nd Sat 10.00 am - Antique & Collectors Fair Page 10
2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship Page 4
3rd Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Margaret Smith
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
16 March 9.30 am WALK THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT - CTH Page 17
29 March GOOD FRIDAY
31 March EASTER SUNDAY
28 April Noon - CHURCH MEETING
10 May 7.00 for 7.30 pm AGAPE SUPPER - CTH
8 June HAYES FAIR - CTH
10 July OPEN AIR SERVICE - CTH
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22. An English Prayer
(Found on the wall of
Chester Cathedral)
Give me a good digestion, Lord.
and also something to digest:
Give me a healthy body. Lord,
and a sense to keep it at its best;
Give me a healthy mind, good Lord,
to keep the good and pure in sight.
Which, seeing sin, is not appalled.
But finds a way to set it right.
Give me a mind that is not bound,
that does not whimper, whine, or sigh.
Don't let me worry over much
about the fussy thing called I.
Give me a sense of humor, Lord;
Give me the grace to see a joke,
To get some happiness from life
and pass it on to other folk.
Muriel Worley
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23. CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
Day Organisation Contact Phone
Sunday
10.25 am Sunday Club Mike Duke 8462 5103
Weekdays
9.15 - 12.00 pm Pre School Group Jayne Carvell 07913 299773
Monday
2.30 & 7.30 pm West Wickham Carol Crouch 8462 3642
Arts Association
5.45 pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 8249 9982
6.30 pm Cubs Brenda Petts 8325 3956
8.00 pm - 1st Women's Contact Sylvia Mack 8462 1938
Mon monthly Group
Tuesday
2.00 pm Women's Fellowship Sylvia Mack 8462 1938
6.00 - 8.00 pm Weight Watchers Area Office 0845 345 1500
7.00 pm Scouts Paul Hasling 3236 0083
Wednesday
5.00 pm Rainbows Jenny Longman 07730 574962
6.00 pm Beavers Brenda Petts 8325 3956
6.30 pm Worship Group Bill Michie 8658 4167
6.45 pm Slimming World Lorraine 0785 115 3676
8.00 pm Explorers Tom Strachan 07745 813 295
Thursday
5.30 pm Brownies Stevie Blair. 8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45 pm Rangers Georgina Chappell 07983 471308
8.00 pm - 3rd Men's Group Bruce Tannock 8325 6264
Thu monthly
Friday
9.00 - 12.00 pm Coffee morning during term times
2.00 pm Mothers & Toddlers Judith Stoner 8462 3023
6.30 pm Guides Teresa Cheyne 8777 6042
7.30 pm Choir Martin Nunn 8462 5918
Saturday
2.30 pm Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 8462 5918
