1. Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
April 2012

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: Mr Alistair Wilson Tel: 020 8402 0026
Fabric Steward Mr. Chris Wood Tel: 020 8462 2444
Treasurer: Mr. Bill Michie Tel: 020 8658 4167
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 TLS promotion 16 - 17
Preachers’ info 2 The way things once were 17
Church Notices 3 - 5 London Marathon 2012 18
Women’s Fellowship 5 Our Big Brew for Fairtrade 18
The Future; Catalyst dates 5 Spiced Easter Biscuits recipe 19
Letter from Spinnaker 6 Our well-being 21
Catalyst needs you 7 Funerals in 2012 21
Xmas Tree charities proposed 8 - 9 Card Fraud telephone scam 24
March Parade presentation 11, 20 Church Organisations IBC
Notice boards 12 - 15
This month’s website
The Spinnaker Trust Ltd s well known to us all. Turn to page 6 for a
thank you letter from the charity which benefited from the
Christmas Tree Festival. Check out the website for full details about
this charity and the work which it does.
The Website address is www.spinnaker.org.uk Ed
Copy for the May 2012 edition needs to be handed in by
Sunday, 15th April.
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
Our belief in One God: Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, is given to us freely – a gift we can accept
or deny. We are shortly to celebrate Easter,
a time of great joy and the highlight of our faith; a time when we
remember the sacrifice made willingly for us so that we might know
the presence of God for eternity. A sacrifice we can have faith in,
believe in, and accept – or we can ignore it, deny it, and pretend it
didn’t happen. But if we accept it, then we must respond to it; not
responding to such a gift is surely to deny it.
What should our response be? How can we show our acceptance of
the gift so freely given?
A phrase I have used before is one of ‘being Easter People’, being
people who live out faith in our Resurrected Lord all year round, not
just at Easter. And part of our response to Easter must be to tell
others of the wonderful gift God waits to bless them with – the gift
of faith. A priceless gift that blesses all who receive it, for as that
well known verse from John 3:16 tells us: “God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not
perish but have eternal life.”
God so loves each one of us that He gave us His only Son, and we
surely cannot ignore that gift, any more than we can ignore His love.
Sharing such a wonderful gift is not as hard as we make it out to be;
our natural British reserve holds us back from being as open and
honest about our faith as we should be, prevents our sharing the
good news.
As Easter People, let us make the promise to tell one person this
month about God’s love and God’s promise to each of us – for He will
always be with us, eternally.
Sue
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4. Sunday & Easter Services
April 2012
Palm Sunday
1st Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Linda Jennings
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
Maundy Thursday
5th Thu
7.30 pm - Service at Elmers End URC - Bill Bowman.
Good Friday
10.00 am - Morning Service - CTH The programme: -
6th Fri 9.10 am from the Village Hall, moving to St Mary's, then to
the Rosary church, on to Hayes Station Approach, meet for
the service at Hayes Free at 10 am. Simon Gray to preach.
Easter Sunday
8th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Bill Michie
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
10.30 am - Morning Service - Allan Evison
15th Sun
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
22nd Sun
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Pastor Roy Powell
10.30 am - Morning Service - Linda Jennings
29th Sun
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
May 2012
10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox, Child Aid
6th Sun
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
Some notes on the visiting preachers.
v Linda Jennings is one of our Elders who has lead our services on a
number of occasions.
v Rev Bill Bowman is the Minister of Emmanuel URC, West Wickham.
Bill was a member of HFC before he became a Minister.
v Revd Simon Gray is the Minister at Hayesford Park Baptist Church.
v Bill Michie is well known to us all. He is a Lay Preacher at HFC.
v Allan Evison is a lay preacher at Hayes Parish Church. He has
conducted worship on a number of occasions.
v Pastor Roy Powell is Lay Preacher at Camberwell Green U.R.C. –
as well as being Sue’s husband!
v Martin Wilcox represents Child Aid, a charity which is transforming
the lives of children and young people in Belarus, Moldova,
Russia and the Ukraine.
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5. News of the Church Family
Announcements are welcome :-
BMD - Changes of address, etc.
Baptisms booked for this year: -
27th May – Edward Dye (from the Pickhurst Pre-
School and Friday coffee morning)
24th June – Zach Gubb (son of a couple married
in the church)
8th July – George, Charlotte and Teddy (we prayed for George when
he was born – Charlotte's his baby sister - from the Friday Coffee Morning)
28th October – Sophia Jopson (sister of Holly – from Pickhurst Pre-School)
Weddings booked for this year: -
19th May - Sarah and Ben from the Church of God in Hayes – their
own minister presiding.
6th July – Karen and David Bliss
Deaths: -
We regret to announce that Pat Neal, our former Caretaker, died from
lung cancer on the 27th of February aged 76. Her funeral was in
Norwich on the 16th March.
It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Pauline
Chapman on 8 April. We send our deepest condolences to her
husband, John, and to her family at this sad time. An obituary will
appear in next month's Catalyst.
Change of Address: -
Please note that Mike Duke’s correct email address is
michael.duke@o2.co.uk
Church Meetings
The next Church meeting will be held on Sunday, 22nd April at 12.00
after the morning service.
The next Elders’ meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th April at 8.00 pm
in the small hall.
Women's Contact Group
The Contact Group will meet at 8.00 pm on the following Mondays: -
2nd April at Marion Bowman’s home - 26 Stambourne Way, W. Wickham.
14th May at Daphne Cummings’s home - 4 Croft Avenue, W. Wickham.
Sylvia Mack
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6. Tuesday Prayer Meetings
Held at 10.00 am at the following homes:-
April 3rd Martin Nunn’s. 10th Betty Coster’s.
17th Brenda Cordingley’s. 24th The Church.
May 1st Martin Nunn’s.
Please address any queries to Martin Nunn.
Saturday Fellowship
Please note that there will not be a meeting in April.
We will next meet in May.
Discussions are lead by Martin Nunn.
Men's Group
The next meeting will be an extravaganza organised by Bill Michie. We
will meet in the small hall on Thursday 19th April at 8.00 pm.
Ministry of Flowers
Thanks are due to those who will be providing flowers in April.
1st - Gill Bran - Red flowers for 8th - T.B.A.
40th Wedding Anniversary.
15th - Mike Duke. 22nd - Sylvia & Laurie Mack for their
Golden Wedding Anniversary.
29th - T.B.A.
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 summer term starts on April 27th.
We look forward to seeing you all.
Judith Stoner - Secretary.
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7. Notice Sheets - April - 1st Sunday in May
1st Daphne Cummings 8777 2487
8th Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
15th Brenda Cordingley
22nd Pam Collison 8658 0748
29th Pam Collison
May
6th Joan Smith 8462 3920
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 programme for April is:-
17th Opening Service led by Rev. Sue Powell.
24th My babyhood in Prison of war camp by Mrs Dee Larcombe
May
1st The Shortland Singers
MINI-AMBULANCE
Members who use the mini-ambulance are asked to phone Jessie
Martin on 8462 5621 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.
Linda, Marion and Sylvia
The Future
At the February Church Meeting, a member of the Wednesday group
asked that a letter be read to the meeting expressing concern at the
decline in numbers attending worship. The writer asked if a prayer or
quiet day be considered to be followed up by a Church meeting.
Please turn to Page 14 for details of what was agreed.
Catalyst publication dates
Some folk were asking why Catalyst won’t be published 1 week
ahead of April 1st. Catalyst is published on the last weekend of the
month. April 1st is on a Sunday, so publication is Saturday 31st March.
Likewise, The Jul/Aug edition will be published on 30th June.
The continuity of diary date information will not be broken. Ed
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8. Spinnaker Trust Ltd
172 High Street
London SE20 7QS
Tel: 020 8778 3181
Email: spinnaker@spinnakerorg.uk
Website: www.spinnaker.org.uk
Mr J Curry 04 January 2012
132 Hayes Lane
Bromley
Kent
BR2 9EP
Dear John
Gift of £ 221.75 for Spinnaker
plus voucher for £50
from Hayes Free Church U.R.C.
Thank you so much for this gift towards Spinnaker's work from your church's
Christmas collection.
We do greatly value your support and prayers for our work in primary schools.
I have written separately to thank XXXX for XXX gift via voucher.
We wish you and your fellowship many blessings for this New Year.
Yours sincerely
Gill Ashley-Smith
Administrator
With grateful thanks for your contribution to the ministry
Spinnaker Trust Ltd - a company limited by guarantee. with charitable status, Company No- 5503977 Charity No- 1111351
Martin Sweet, Spinnaker's Development Director, loves to inspire
children to think about and react to Bible stories, and consider how
Christian faith can relate to life today.
He encourages churches to get involved with their local school.
Martin has taken a number of services at HFC.
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9. Catalyst needs you
This page will be kept for YOUR contributions - NOTHING ELSE will go on this page.
It would be great to receive items from Leaders - please encourage your charges
other groups - Mothers and Toddlers, the to be creative. Catalyst has wonderful
cubs, brownies, Sunday Club. Also, material from the adult members and
family members are most welcome to friends, but this magazine should be for all
submit material. of us to enjoy. Also, isn’t it nice to see your
Uniformed groups - can your members message or creation in print?
earn a badge for contributions to this
Surely, an important aspect of our lives is to
page? encourage the youngsters to develop - to
Pictures, poems, letters or thoughts are all be creative. So, this page is here to help
welcome. with this.
Pictures of goats referred to
on Page 20
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
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10. Christmas Tree Charities proposed for 2012.
At the February Church meeting the following charities were proposed.
Please give these your consideration and come to the Church meeting
on 22nd April to vote for the charity of your choice.
Anthony Nolan is a UK charity, but does not
have a local Bromley branch. It focuses on
leukaemia and Hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation. It manages and recruits donors
to one of the three bone marrow registers in the United Kingdom.
It also carries out research to help make bone marrow transplants
more effective.
The charity is named after Anthony Nolan (born 1971, died 1979),
who did not suffer from leukaemia but from Wiskott-Aldrich
syndrome, a rare inherited blood disorder.[2] It was founded by
Anthony's mother Shirley (1942–2002) in 1974 as the "Anthony
Nolan Register". Initially based at the Westminster Children's
Hospital, it moved to St Mary Abbot's Hospital in 1978 and to its
present offices, laboratory and research institute in north London, in
the grounds of the Royal Free Hospital. The charity was renamed in
2001 to the "Anthony Nolan Trust". and again in 2010 to "Anthony
Nolan".
Kent Association for the Blind
KAB has six local rehabilitation teams throughout the
region, three based at KAB Sight Centres in Maidstone,
Canterbury and Bromley, and three based in offices in Gravesend,
Dover and Medway.
All six teams provide comprehensive rehabilitation services,
mainly on an outreach basis in services users' own homes.
Specialist services for people with learning disabilities are also
available.
The Bromley centre is located in Blyth Road, Bromley. As well as
being a base for rehabilitation teams, our Sight Centres provide
additional services. These include: Resource Rooms displaying a
range of equipment and new technology, Low vision clinics offering
assessment and provision of low vision aids, Skills training courses
for people with all levels of sight impairment. Awareness Training
courses for carers and professional workers, Volunteer
Coordinators are based in each office.
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11. Samaritans is a confidential emotional support
service for anyone in the UK and Ireland.
The service is available 24 hours a day for people
who are experiencing feelings of distress or
despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
Volunteers offer support by responding to phone calls, emails and
letters. Alternatively people can drop in to a branch to have a face
to face meeting. Our purpose is to: enable persons who are
experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who
may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support
at any time of the day or night from appropriately trained
Samaritans in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce
the incidence of suicide; and promote a better understanding in
society of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing
feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional
health.
A locally registered charity, which supports the
specialist NHS Cancer and Leukaemia
Treatment Unit in the Princess Royal University
Hospital, Farnborough, Kent.
The Unit is run by a team of dedicated doctors,
nurses and support staff. The Unit provides patients with a
comfortable environment in which to receive care from the
professional, multi-disciplined team who address their symptom
control and pain relief. NHS budget policy dictates the service levels
and equipment availability in the Chartwell Unit. There are shortfalls
which The Chartwell Cancer Trust helps to overcome.
OUR AIM
To increase the staff to patient ratio and help to provide the best
available equipment when treating patients with cancer and
leukaemia related illnesses. The Trust currently funds an additional
doctor and an extra healthcare Assistant. Help us to continue that
work.
The dates for the 2012 Christmas Tree Festival are
Friday 30th November to Sunday 9th December
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13. PRESENTATION FOR MARCH 2012 CHURCH PARADE RE GOATS
The Scout Association has 3 Partnership Awards that Section members
can achieve. The Awards encourage a Section to link up with
another Section within their own Group or another Group or
organization on a project to help other people. They could also link
up with a Partner outside of Scouting e.g. UNICEF.
The Cubs chose the International Friendship Award (IFA). During one of
our meetings last term we decided to raise money by having a home
made cake stall to buy a goat for a family possibly in Africa. We
asked the Beavers to join us; all Cubs and Beavers who took part
would earn their IFA. For our October Church Parade the Cubs &
Beavers made cakes to sell after the Service. Those who were unable
to make cakes, raised money by doing some small jobs for family
members – one cleaned his brothers shoes for a week! I am pleased
to confirm that ALL Cubs & Beavers who were with me last term took
part. £181.00 was raised selling cakes & a further £47.50 from Cubs
and Beavers who did ‘odd jobs’, making a grand total of £228.50 !!
The initial idea was to involve OXFAM. However, they were unable to
tell me when they would be able to purchase any goats or which
country they would go to. By chance, another Scout Leader told me
that her friend Karen was involved in helping to educate children via
GAMBLE - ‘Gambia Building Links in Education’ & their school had
been thinking of purchasing a goat but could not afford to do so. I
contacted Karen who explained that she and her husband often
travelled out to the school in Gambia and would put my proposal to
the head teacher that our Cubs & Beavers wanted to purchase a
goat for them, possibly two, a male and female – he was absolutely
delighted. This was before I realized how much we had raised; we
could buy a goat (slightly more expensive as she is pregnant), her two
kids & some feed. We have some money left over to go towards
another goat when the school is ready, or, in some other way to
benefit the schoolchildren. The school built a goat-shed and the
schoolchildren are helping to look after them. By being at the school
the goats are protected & cared for properly - if the goats were
given to the families they would probably be stolen. When I was
talking to Karen, it was decided that the Cubs could name a male
goat & the Beavers a female goat. Lots of names were suggested.
They had to be names that the Gambian schoolchildren could relate
to. Amy was decided for the female, & Ben & Bill for the two male
kids. At the head teacher’s request a photo of all Cubs & Beavers
involved will be given to him to show the schoolchildren who had
bought the goats for them.
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14. NOTICE
Advance notice
Churches Together in Hayes are booking stalls for the
Hayes Village Fair on Saturday 23rd June.
The three stalls will be: -
1) Traidcraft
2) leaflets and games
3) bouncy castle.
Please put the date in your diary as we will need helpers
to run the stalls.
The fair will be open from 12 noon to 4.30 pm.
Contact details to follow / listen for announcements
Christian Aid Week 13 - 19 May 2012
Every year during Christian Aid Week 300,000
people from across the country are united in the
UK’s biggest house-to-house collection, reaching millions of people
with messages about beating poverty.
We are one of 20 churches in the Bromley area pooling resources for
the house-to-house collection during this week. Hayes Free Church
is responsible for the delivery of gift envelopes to, and collection
from, 1300 houses in 28 roads.
We need FOUR new people to help with the house-to-house
collection. Collectors are also required for the flag day on Saturday,
19th May in Bromley town centre. Could you please spare an hour
to help this worthy cause?
If so, please contact us:
Kathryn Strachan 8658 9609
John Curry 8249 3663
Bank Holiday Rambles.
There will be a ramble on 2 dates in the Kentish Weald.
Each will start out from the Rosary Car Park at 10.15 a.m.
9th April - mainly on the level. ch
a pub lun
7th May. - Details next month. We w ill stop for
ramble.
More details from Martin Nunn. on each
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15. BOARD
75 Years of Hayes Free Church
A one-off special event aimed at the uniformed associations
of Hayes and all friends and members of HFC
(Minimum age 8 Years)
Hayes Free Church Scalextric
Challenge
To be held in the large hall of
Hayes Free Church
1st September 2012 - 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Teams of 4 drivers (no experience necessary)
To make this a successful day, we will need offers of help for
the preparation of the hall and refreshments on the day and
very importantly sponsors to help with the cost of
track and cars.
Please call Chris Wood on 020 8462 2444 (home)
0776 114 20 33 (mobile)
or cwood596@btinternet.com
Agape Supper
Please keep the date of Friday 11th May free
in your diaries for our Churches Together
Agape Supper.
The speakers this year are Simon Gray and
his daughter who will talk about their trip
last year to work with the street children
of the Philippines.
Beginning at 7 pm
and costing £5 - it includes
a meal.
For more information,
please contact Sylvia Mack.
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16. NOTICES -
SATURDAY 28th APRIL 9.30 – 10.30 am
This is an opportunity to meet together in the Church for
prayer and reflection, to seek God’s guidance for our
ongoing work of worship and witness.
For those who cannot manage a Saturday morning there
will be another opportunity to meet with the same
intention on WEDNESDAY 2nd MAY 6.15 – 7.15 pm
In this our 75th Anniversary Year we need to look to the
future and it is hoped a good number will come to meet
in fellowship on one or other of these dates – or both.
Talent Exhibition
As we celebrate our Church 75th Anniversary,
let us give thanks for our many God-given talents.
On Saturday, 13th October we are having a special
exhibition. Anything from composing, to knitting, art,
poetry to woodwork.
You have plenty of time to create something
wonderful, or you can dig out the lace or oil painting
that you made years ago and you'd like it to see the
light of day again.
Please ask for a letter about this event and as you
create, pop more money in to your little green box
and return it when full. Take another which can also
be filled.
Thank you
Mavis Righini.
A Bible study group is beginning in the
small hall on Thursdays from 2.30 – 3.30 pm
beginning on Thursday 26th April.
Please sign the sheet at the back of the
church if you plan to attend.
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17. EXTRA BOARD
Holy Week – Holy Land!!
The group, including friends from Hayes Free Church, Emmanuel
West Wickham, Elmers End Free Church and others who went on
the pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November 2011 met for a
reunion in February 2012 and we watched an excellent DVD of the
trip put together by Alan Deverson (a member at Emmanuel) with
his usual aplomb and humour.
We thought the members of the wider churches may wish to see the
DVD and so it will be shown at Emmanuel, West Wickham on the
Wednesday of Holy Week (4th April) at 8pm. It will be free of
charge but there will be a retiring collection for the Bethlehem Arab
Rehabilitation Centre which we visited during our time in Israel. The
Centre is to be Emmanuel’s Overseas Charity for 2012/13.
Especially if you have not been to Israel before, this film will be a
good introduction and insight to the places where the events of Holy
Week and Jesus’ ministry took place. Places you may like to visit for
yourselves in the future?
Bill and Marion Bowman
The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
On Tuesday 15 May 2012, HM The Queen will be
coming to Bromley. ......
The London Borough of Bromley has been selected to
host a momentous event as part of
South London 's Jubilee celebrations.
Residents and visitors will be able to see Her Majesty
and The Duke of Edinburgh as they visit the borough for
a special event to commemorate the Queen's 60 years
on the throne.
The visit will be part of a regional tour.
As many of you are aware, there is a great discussion happening
around the word “Marriage”, what it means, and who it is for.
If any of you would like to take part in an open discussion on this,
please sign the sheet at the back of the church, indicating which
time would suit you best.
Sue
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18. A world in crisis?
Your church seeking direction?
Is God is calling you?
TLS offers an opportunity to:
Examine your faith
Enrich your discipleship
Explore your calling
To get going with God
Training for Learning and Serving has been around for over 25 years.
Since 1995 it has provided the opportunity for more than 800 people in
the United Reformed Church to learn and train to serve God more
effectively.
This is what some of those who have experienced TLS say:
‘TLS has helped me get a better understanding of God and
myself’
‘It gave me the confidence to open prayer to the community in an
effective way.’
‘The educational value of the course has been great to someone starting
with only a small knowledge base.’
‘I didn’t think I could do it but others did, and with support and
encouragement and prayerful backing I now feel I am where God wants
me to be.’
‘My year on TLS has been a fascinating and wonderful journey.’
Continued on the next page.... .
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19. ...... Continued from the previous page.
WHAT IS TLS?
It is
· A spiritual journey
· A variety of courses on subjects related to Christian life and
discipleship
· A diverse learning experience with opportunities for
o Reflective and practical work
o Personal and group study
o Local and residential gatherings
· A fellowship of friendly people
YOU CAN DO TLS
· Just out of personal interest, to help you be more understanding
and effective in your Christian discipleship
· To explore opportunities to serve God in the future
· To help you acquire United Reformed Church Assembly Lay
Preaching accreditation
· Because it doesn’t matter whether you have some academic
experience or none.
HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE?
More details, including the current prospectus and application form, are
to be found on the United Reformed Church Web-site at
www.urc.org.uk
Click the TLS icon on the front page or follow the route through ‘What we do’
OR
Contact the TLS Administrator, Mrs Heather Skidmore, at
27 Yew Tree Road
Elkesley, Retford
Notts.
DN22 8AY
Tel: 01777 838634
E-mail: tlsskid@btinternet.com
who will be happy to send to you the TLS Prospectus and Application Form.
The way things once were
From The Nottinghamshire Almanac for April 1841.
The statesman, lawyer, merchant man of trade,
Pants for the refuge of some rural shade,
Improve the remnant of his wasted span,
And, having lived a trifler, die a man.
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20. London Marathon 2012
Jenny Carr's son, Phillip, is running the London Marathon in April in
support of Tommy's, the baby charity. Phillip decided to run the 26.2
miles after his cousin and his wife, Michael and Robby, had their first
baby, Rosie, stillborn in April last year, and wanted to support other
families in similar situations.
Tommy's goal is to reduce the incidence of miscarriage, premature
birth and stillbirth which cause so much suffering to more than a
quarter of all parents across the UK. Through medical research and
information campaigns, Tommy's seek to minimise the risks of
pregnancy.
Happily, Michael and Robby gave birth to a second daughter, Cherry
Rose, on 1st March this year.
If you feel able to support the work of Tommy's by sponsoring Phillip,
you can sponsor:
either online at www.virginmoneygiving.com/philcarr
or by ringing Jenny on 020 8777 5749
or Phillip on 020 8460 1099.
Thank you.
Women’s Contact Coffee Morning 10.00 am - 12.00
Our next coffee morning will be on the 14th of April. We raise
monies to contribute to disaster relief funds in different parts
of the world.
We hope to see you there, and why not bring a friend.
Barbara Jones
The Fairtrade Sunday Stall
In 2012, we will be holding a fair trade stall after the morning service on
the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. So, for April the stall will be
held on the 8th (Easter Sunday)and 22nd.
2012 is a year of many celebrations, from the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee, to the Olympics and the 75th anniversary of HFC. We have
stocked up with some baking ingredients in anticipation of some
cakes and biscuits being made..
Please continue to support your fair trade stall. Thank you.
Richard and Barbara.
Our Big Brew events raised £60.00.
Thank you for your contributions to this vital cause.
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21. Spiced Easter Biscuits
Recipe makes 20 biscuits.
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At Easter time both hot-cross buns and Easter biscuits remind us of the
sacrifice Jesus made for us. Maybe we can think of some different
ways that we can be like spice in a needy world - preserving
standards, healing hurts and giving people a new taste for the things
of God.
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Ingredients
v 110g (4oz) butter
v 75g (3oz) golden caster sugar
v 1 medium egg
v 200g (7oz) plain flour
v 1 level teaspoon mixed spice
v 50g (2oz) chopped candied peel
(Can use dried cranberries in place of the candied peel)
v 50g (2oz) currants
v 1-2 tablespoons milk
v Extra sugar for sprinkling
Method
1) Preheat oven to gas mark 6 / 200°C / 400°F. Grease two baking
trays
2) Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3) Separate egg and beat yolk into mixture.
4) Sift flour and spice together and add to mixture with fruit.
5) Stir together with enough milk to make a stiff dough.
6) Knead lightly on floured surface until smooth, then roll out to
about 5mm (¼in) thickness.
7) Cut into 20 rounds using 7.5cm (3in) fluted cutter and bake for 8
minutes.
8) Lightly beat egg white. Remove biscuits from oven. then brush
with egg white and sprinkle with sugar.
9) Return to oven for a further 2-3 minutes until golden.
10) Cool on wire rack.
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22. .... Continued from page 11
This is a short report from Karen’s Husband.
We were asked by a cub pack to buy a pair of breeding goats for
poor people in Africa.
After lots of discussion with our head teacher we realised that it would
be necessary to also supply food for the goats for them to eat until
the first sale of a goat which would buy more food & give some funds
to help the poor children afford to attend school. Initially we were
looking for a male & female to breed & produce kids. We went to
look at available goats. Some did not look very healthy & others
looked old. Then we were introduced to someone who was selling a
female goat. When we saw her we found that she was very healthy &
obviously able to breed as we were told that she had recently had 2
male kids. He wanted more money than we had, as we still had to
buy a male. We were then told that the kids were included in the sale
& she was already expecting more. This sounded like a good
proposition as we would have 3 goats & hopefully when the kids are
born we would have another female. If not we could sell one of the
males & buy a female with the proceeds. So we decided that this is
what we would do & agreed a price with the owner.
The next day I went with Ebrima, who works in our school, to collect the
goat. We stopped to buy a short length of rope . It was quite hard to
catch her and eventually the owner enticed her to come and eat
some food. He grabbed her & slipped the rope around her neck.
We shook hands with the previous owner & left with the goat in tow.
She seemed quite happy to come, but I asked Ebrima about her kids
& he said not to worry about it. Sure enough, as soon as we went out
of sight of the kids they came scampering after us & followed us all
the way back to the school. We put them in a nice large airy shed for
their new home, gave them some food & water & they soon settled in.
When I left to come back to the UK three days later they were very
happy, had settled in & would come towards us for a stroke. We
would now like some names for them please. We are returning to
The Gambia in March & will then let you know how they are. It would
be good if we could have a picture of your Cub Pack to take with us
so that the Gambian children could see who provided the Goats.
The man in the picture feeding the goat is the previous owner, the
man leading her away is Ebrima who works at the school & the third
picture is of Amy and her 2 kids Ben & Bill. (The pictures are on page 7)
Brenda Petts
22nd Bromley Beaver and Cub Scout Leader.
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23. OUR WELL-BEING
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Some common winter ailments
The following are the last in the list. Hopefully, with spring in the air we
will not suffer from them.
Sore Throats
Almost always caused by a virus, sore throats can nevertheless be
aggravated by going quickly from a warm indoor environment to the
icy-cold outdoors.
Gargling with warm, salty water is a quick way of making a sore throat
feel better. It doesn't kill the infection but has anti-inflammatory
properties that can soothe the pain. Dissolve a teaspoon of salt in a
glass of cooling boiled water.
Heart Attacks
Obviously this is quite a rare one, but heart attacks do become more
common in the colder months - when the heart is working harder to
keep your body warm and blood pressure can be higher.
If at risk, stay indoors on cold days and wrap up warm when you do
go out with a hat and scarf.
Flu
This can range from being highly unpleasant to being a killer, with
pregnant women and the elderly being particularly at-risk.
If you think you might be vulnerable to flu see your GP and ask about
getting the flu jab. It lasts a year and gives good protection against
flu. The vaccine is updated each year as flu bugs adapt and the
previous vaccine decreases in effectiveness.
Funerals in 2012.
January:
Douglas Brewster (Father in Law of Doug Mills)
Edith West (Church member)
Hilda Newman (member of the Wednesday Friendship Club and
Women's Fellowship)
February:
Audrey McNelly (Church friend)
March:
Pauline Chapman
With apologies for the juxtaposition of these items.
This is a temporary place.
In future, announcements will be under Church Notices. Ed
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24. April 2012
Palm Sunday
1st Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Linda Jennings
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
2nd Mon 8.00 pm - Women’s Contact Group Page 2
3rd Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 4
4th Wed 8.00 pm - Holy Land Trip film Page 15
5th Thu Maundy Thursday
7.30 pm - Service at Elmers End URC - Bill Bowman
6th Fri Good Friday
10.00 am - Morning Service - CTH Page 2
7th Sat
Easter Sunday
8th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Bill Michie
Followed by Fairtrade Stall Page 18
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
9th Mon Easter Monday
10.15 am - Bank Holiday Ramble Page 12
10th Tue 10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 4
11th Wed 7.00 pm - Agape Supper Page 13
12th Thu
13th Fri
14th Sat 10.00 am - Women’s Contact Coffee Morning Page 18
15th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Allan Evison
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
16th Mon
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 4
17th Tue 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
8.00 pm - Elders’ Meeting Page 2
18th Wed
19th Thu 8.00 pm - Men’s Group Page 4
20th Fri
21st Sat
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25. April 2012
10.30 am - Holy Communion - The Minister
22nd Sun Followed by Fairtrade Stall Page 18
12.00 noon - Church Meeting PP 3, 8
6.30 pm - Evening Service - Pastor Roy Powell
23rd Mon St. George's Day
24th Tue 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 4
25th Wed
26th Thu 9.30 am - Prayer & Reflection in Church Page 14
2.30 pm - Bible Study Group Page 14
27th Fri 2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
28th Sat 7.45 pm - Hayes Philharmonic Choir Page 10
29th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Linda Jennings
6.30 pm - Evening Service - The Minister
30th Mon
May 2012
1st Tue 2.00 pm - Women’s Fellowship Page 5
10.00 am - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 4
2nd Wed 6.15 pm - Prayer & Reflection in Church Page 14
3rd Thu 2.30 pm - Bible Study Group Page 14
7.30 pm - Annual General Meeting
4th Fri 2.00 pm - Mothers’ & Toddlers’ Group Page 4
5th Sat 2.30 pm - Saturday Fellowship Page 4
6th Sun 10.30 am - Morning Service - Martin Wilcox, Child Aid
6.30 pm - Holy Communion - The Minister
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
11 May CTH AGAPE SUPPER
13 –19 May CHRISTIAN AID WEEK
15 May QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE VISIT TO BROMLEY
8 –10 June OPEN WEEKEND & FLOWER FESTIVAL (75th ANNIVERSARY)
23 June HAYES VILLAGE FAIR
15 July CTH OPEN AIR SERVICE in the LIBRARY GARDENS (11.15 am)
23 July OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY THROUGH BROMLEY
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26. Card fraud telephone scam
Important message from your local Safer Neighbourhoods team
-------------------------------------
In the news (07/03/12) it was stated that card fraud has fallen to its lowest level in 11
years. This is positive news. However, we want to highlight the need to be ever
vigilant to new and existing card fraud scams such as the one detailed below.
How does this scam work?
You receive a telephone call from someone claiming to be from your bank.
He or she will say their systems have spotted a fraudulent payment on your card or
that your card is due to expire and needs replacing.
You may be asked to ring back using the telephone number on the back of your
card - which further convinces you that the call is genuine. However, the caller keeps
the line open at their end so, when you make the call, you are unknowingly
connected straight back to the fraudster.
Then, by seeming to offer assistance, the fraudster tries to gain your trust. In most
cases you are asked to ‘cancel’ your existing card or ‘activate’ or ‘authorise’ a
replacement card by keying your PIN into the handset of your phone.
The fraudster then poses as a bank representative who agrees to collect your card
from your home, sometimes offering you a replacement card, which is a fake.
In some cases a genuine courier company is hired to pick up the card from your
home address. The victim will have been asked to place the card into an envelope
ready for collection. Once they have your card and PIN the fraudster uses them to
spend your money.
A variation of the scam involves the fraudster ringing a prospective victim and
claiming to be from the police – again with the aim of going to the victim’s home to
collect the card and PIN.
What can I do to avoid being a victim of this scam?
· Neither your bank nor the police would ever ring you and state that they are
coming to your home to pick up your card, so never hand it over to anyone who
comes to collect it.
· Your bank will NEVER ask you to authorise anything by entering your PIN into the
telephone handset.
· NEVER share your PIN with anyone – the only times you should use your PIN is at a
cash machine or when you use a chip and PIN machine in a shop / restaurant.
I think I might have been a victim of this scam - what should I do?
If the criminals are nearby ring the Police immediately on 999, otherwise report the
crime to your local Police via 101.
If you think you have been the victim of a fraud or scam of this nature you should
also call your bank or card company immediately
Amanda Evans - Operations Manager
Tel: 020 8658 7168. Email: amanda.evans@bcef.org.uk Web-site: www.bcef.org.uk
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27. 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 Linda Jennings 07778 238587
6.00 - 8.00 pm Weight Watchers Area Office 0845 345 1500
7.15 pm Scouts Paul Hasling 3236 0083
Wednesday
5.00 pm Rainbows Tania Venables 8462 9759
6.00 pm Beavers Brenda Petts 8325 3956
6.30 pm Worship Group Bill Michie 8658 4167
6.45 pm Slimming World Val 0750 6015064
7.30 pm Explorers Tom Strachan 07745 813 295
Thursday
5.30 pm Brownies Stevie Blair. 8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45 pm Senior Guides (also Georgina Chappell 07983 471308
known as Rangers)
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

28. Final Thought
Easter blessing
How beautiful is the blossom
spilling from the tree,
the hidden primrose
and the bluebell
ringing out the news.
He is risen
he is alive
we shall live
for evermore.
The dark winter is past,
the slow, cold, foggy days are over.
May the warmth of your resurrection
touch our hearts and minds
as the warmth of the sun
blesses our bodies.
Kate McIlhagga