Catalyst Dec 17

1. Catalyst
THE MAGAZINE OF
HAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)
December 2017/January 2018

2. HAYES FREE CHURCH
111, Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Kent BR2 7HU
Sunday Services. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
We are a member of the United Reformed
Church. We believe in Justice and Peace.
Principal Contacts
Interim Moderator: Mrs Hilary Miles
Church Secretary: Mrs Mavis Righini Tel: 020 8462 1168
Treasurer: Mr. Simon Narracott Tel: 020 8462 2004
Lettings Secretary: Mrs Undine Connolly Tel: 020 8776 0108
Church Website www.hayesfreechurch.com
Church Magazine Catalyst
Editor: Miss Christine Rees catalysthfc
@btinternet.com
Contents :
Church Secretary’s Letter 1 January Quiz at Trinity 10
Sunday Services 2 Homelessness starter packs 11
Chartwell Cancer Trust 9 Revenue from Coffee 11
Church Notices 3-5 More on Catalyst subs 12
Christmas Tree Festival 6-7 Stop Press 13
Christmas Quiz 8 Quiz answers 13
Christmas Fair/ Card Sale 8 Calendar 14-15
Chartwell Cancer Trust 9 Christmas Greetings 16
Bromley Food Bank 9 HFC Organisations inside back cover
Final Thought - back cover
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Copy for February 2018 is needed by Sunday 14th
January 2018 – and
even earlier if at all possible. The editor is very grateful if you would
submit items in good time.
You can leave copy in the "R" Pigeon Hole for Christine to collect; hand it
directly to her, or e-mail it to catalysthfc@btinternet.com Thank you.
Editor’s note: throughout this magazine, the following abbreviations are standardly used:
URC (United Reformed Church); HFC (Hayes Free Church);
CTiH (Churches Together in Hayes); and for this month CTF (Christmas Tree Festival).

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Letter from the Church Secretary
Dear All,
Well here we are at the end of our 2nd year without a Minister and I
must say a big thank you to you all for such wonderful support.
I look back on a happy year when 2 new Elders, Maggie and
Wendy joined us and we had 4 new members, Ian, Audrey, Alison
and Duncan. Real joy.
The build up to Christmas has begun with a very successful
Christmas Fair and Charity Card Sale when nearly £1600 was
raised for Church Funds.
A new year beckons us on, when we will continue to praise and
worship our loving Lord, whose birth we are celebrating.
We have so much to be thankful for, so it's right that we give to
others who are in need. At our Christmas Gift day on 10th
December we will be supporting the Whitechapel Mission who
reach out and support a growing number of homeless people in
London, and gifts of new or as good as new toys will be for Child
Aid who work in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.
So I wish you all a very happy Christmas followed by a peaceful
and healthy 2018.
With Christian love to you all,
Mavis

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Sunday Services in December 2017
3rd
10.30 am - Morning Service – Rev Geoff Larcombe
6.30 pm – Evening Service with the Choir of Pickhurst Junior
Academy – Mavis Righini
10th
10.30 am – Gift Service and Parade – Martin Wilcox
6.30 pm – Churches Together in Hayes Service with the Band of
Hayes School
17th
10.30 am – Service of Nine Lessons and Carols – Tony Russell
6.30 pm – Evening Service – TBA
24th
10.30 am - Morning Service – Alan Kienlen
6.30 pm – Evening Service - Mavis Righini
25th
10.30 am – Christmas Morning Service – Duncan Wilson
31st
10.30 am - Morning Service – Hilary Miles
No Evening Service on New Year’s Eve
Sunday Services in January 2018
14th
10.30 am – Morning Service – John Cox
21st
10.30 am - Morning Service – Alan Kienlen
6.30 pm –Churches Together in Hayes (service will be at St
Mary’s, Hayes Parish Church, NOT at Hayes Free Church)
28th
10.30 am – Morning Service – Marion Moore
Preachers for remaining dates and times in January will be announced later.
Evening services will take place in the Elders’ Vestry (which is accessed
from the side door in Hilldown Road), with the exception of those on 3rd
and
10th
December, which will be held in the church.
 Rev. Geoff Larcombe is a retired Baptist Minister, who has worked in
India with the Leprosy Mission.
 Mavis Righini is our Church Secretary.
 Martin Wilcox is the Charity Manager of ChildAid to Eastern Europe.
 Tony Russell is a non-serving Elder of Hayes Free Church. He was
Church Secretary for some years, and later was Church Treasurer.
 Alan Kienlen is a Synod Recognized Lay Preacher from Emmanuel
URC, where he is also a Serving Elder.
 Duncan Wilson recently received the church’s endorsement of his
application to start training as a Lay Preacher.
 Hilary Miles is our Interim Moderator.
 John Cox is a Reader at St Mary’s Church, College Road, Bromley
(Diocese of Rochester).

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Church Meetings
NB The next Church meeting will be at 12.00 noon on
Sunday 28th
January 2018, in the church following the
morning service. The next two Elders’ meetings will be
at 7.00 pm in the small hall on Tuesdays 5th
December,
and 9th
January (2018).
News of the Church Family
I am sorry to have to give the news that Brenda Pett’s mother died early in
November. Brenda has asked me to include the following message:
I would like to send my thanks to everyone from the church who has been in
touch during my mother’s illness. Your kind messages, and the knowledge
that my mother and I were in your thoughts and prayers, have been a great
support to me.
With thanks, Brenda
Women's Contact Group: 4th December and 8th January
We usually meet on the first Monday of the month for a meal at the Warren
Sports Ground, Hayes. Our January meeting will be put back a week to avoid
New Year’s Day, and so our next two lunches will take place on Monday 4th
December 2017 and Monday 8th
January 2018, at 12.30pm in each case.
The Warren is accessed from Croydon Road (address: Croydon Road,
Hayes, BR2 7AL) or on foot from the junction of Warren Road and Holland
Way. All ladies are welcome. Sylvia Mack
Men's Group: 18th January 2018
The Men’s Group will not be meeting in December, but their first meeting of
2018 will be at 8pm on Thursday 18th
January, with a New Year meal in the
Small Hall, organised by Alistair Wilson. Please let Alistair know by Sunday
14th
January whether you will be able to come.
Hayes Mothers' & Toddlers' Club: Fridays
We welcome all babies and children under school age, accompanied by their
parents, grandparents or carers, to our club on Friday afternoons between 2
and 4pm in 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. The last meeting before Christmas will be on Friday1st December,
and we will resume again on Friday 5th
January. Wendy Smith

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The Tuesday Friendship Group:
All are welcome at the meetings of this group, which will be held in the small
hall at 2.00pm on Tuesdays, finishing at about 3.30pm.
For December the programme is:
5th
: Christmas Decorations with Jean
12th
: Tea with Christmas carols
Meetings will resume in January 2018 with the following programme:
9th
: An informal meeting: bring a favourite Christmas card
16th
: Ann Bartlett: showing holiday slides
23rd
: Ken and Mavis Baker entertain
30th
: Bingo
Members who use the Mini-Ambulance service are asked to phone Sylvia
Mack on 8462 1938 by 9.00 am on any Tuesday that they are unable to
come to a meeting. Please come along for a pleasant afternoon. We have a
very varied programme with plenty to interest everyone. Wendy Smith
Messy Church: 24th January 2018 (and maybe Christmas Day?)
This usually meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month in the small hall from
3.30 - 4.30 pm. Children from 2 to 12 years are welcome.
There will be no Wednesday meeting in December, but we hope to see you
instead at our morning service on Christmas Day, at 10.30 in the church. We
will return to our normal pattern in the New Year, meeting on 24th
January.
Saturday Fellowship: 6th January 2018
We usually meet on the first Saturday of each month. We shall not meet in
December but will resume on 6th
January with a Bible discussion on prayer.
This will be at 2.30pm at Barbara’s house. The group’s leader is Martin Nunn
and you are welcome to join us.
Book Club: 10th January 2018
The next meeting of the Book Club will be at 2.00pm in the Small Hall on
Wednesday 10th
January. (Please note that the Book Club’s usual practice is
to meet on the first Wednesday of the month. The January date has been
moved to accommodate the New Year Holiday and the December meeting
has been cancelled because of the Christmas Tree Festival.)
The Fairtrade Stall: 10th December, and 14th January 2018
The Fairtrade stall will now be held once a month, on the 2nd
Sunday, just
after the morning service. The stall is near the refreshments trolley. There is
a new catalogue and, for the speediest customers, a few remaining
Christmas goodies! We look forward to seeing you. Richard & Barbara

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Singles’ Lunches
Anyone living alone is welcome to our Singles Lunches,
which will be held at the Warren, starting at 12.30pm (for
details of the location see the Women’s Contact Group
notice on p3). These are held approximately monthly, and
the next will be held on Sunday 3rd
December. At time of
going to press there is no date arranged yet for January.
More information from Joan Smith.
Notice Sheets
If you have an item for inclusion on the Notice Sheet on a particular Sunday
in November, please contact the relevant person below, by the date shown:
By Tuesday 28th
Nov for Sunday 3rd
Dec: Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
By Tuesday 5th
Dec for Sunday 10th
Dec: Joan Smith 8462 3920
By Tuesday 12th
Dec for Sunday 17th
Dec: Joan Smith 8462 3920
By Tuesday 19th
Dec for Sunday 24th
Dec: Pamela Collison 8658 0748
By Tuesday 26th
Dec for Sunday 31st
Dec: Pamela Collison 8658 0748
By Tuesday 2nd
Jan 2018 for Sunday 7th
Jan: Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
By Tuesday 9th
Jan for Sunday 14th
Jan: Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867
By Tuesday 16th
Jan for Sunday 21st
Jan: Joan Smith 8462 3920
By Tuesday 23rd
Jan for Sunday 28th
Jan: Joan Smith 8462 3920
By Tuesday 30th
Jan for Sunday 4th
Feb: Pamela Collison 8658 0748
Ministry of Flowers
Thank you to Mavis and her helpers for their weekly choice and arrangement
of flowers in the church. Thanks go also to those who provide for these
displays week by week. For the coming two months, they are:
December
3rd
– Colin Righini; 24th
– Maggie Greenwood
The rest of the month remains to be confirmed
January 2018
7th
– Chris and Gill Wood 14th
– Mavis Righini
21st
– Mr and Mrs Yong 28th
– Ruth White
After the service on Sunday morning, the flowers are distributed in order to
celebrate, or thank, or support, and in all cases to bring further enjoyment.

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Christmas Tree Festival 2nd – 10th December
Very many thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help with the
Christmas Tree Festival. I am only too well aware how much work is needed
behind the scenes; the event could not take place without the support of a
large number of people. As I write there are still a few gaps in the stewarding
programme, but provided we end up with two stewards every evening (and
we are very near that target now) we should be able to manage. What
remains to do now is to come and see the trees, and enjoy the
performances. We have 35 trees this year, many from regular supporters but
there are also one or two new arrivals including of course Bromley Y, in
whose aid the festival is being held. This is the charity which supports the
mental and emotional wellbeing of Bromley’s young people, up to age 18.
May I also draw your attention to a few new, or not quite so new, events? If
you haven’t yet heard the Croydon Guitarists, they come highly
recommended by those who have – and they are due to give our opening
concert on 2nd
December, for which we really do need a good audience,
especially as the Mayor will be with us. On Thursday 7th
December we
welcome for the first time performers from the wonderful Bromley Youth
Music Trust, which is much esteemed across the country for the work it does
with young people, and something that we in Bromley are very fortunate to
have access to locally. And on Friday 8th
December you can re-enter the
cinema of the 1940s, with an usher to light you to your seat and the old reels
of film whirring away up in the gallery (not really, but we will do our best to
make it feel like that!). Not to mention the film – a Christmas tale with the
stars of yore! Other events may be familiar from past years, and are known
to be popular, so please come along early to be sure of a seat.
Although I hope that you will support our opening night, I am bound to let you
know that there is an unfortunate clash that evening, because Beckenham
Chorale and St Paul’s Sinfonia will also be performing. Their concert, with
works by Morten Lauridsen, Randall Thompson and Howard Goodall, takes
place in St George’s Church, Beckenham (ticket prices range from £8 to
£14). But if you have to miss our opening concert, please make sure that you
come along on as many other nights as possible! And of course make sure
you have a good look at the trees themselves. The peaceful atmosphere in
the church on a wintry afternoon, with the tree lights twinkling away and
perhaps one or two people going carefully round, list in hand, has much to be
said for it as a thoughtful way to begin the approach to Christmas. Advent
this year begins at almost exactly the same time as the Festival.
Lastly, I am pleased to tell you that the vouchers from Layhams Farm Shop
have arrived. Instead of printing them in Catalyst, I am leaving some at the
back of the church – or I can email a copy to you very easily if you let me
know. If you buy your own Christmas tree from Layhams using this voucher,
they will donate £5 to our Christmas Tree charity, Bromley Y.

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HAYES FREE CHURCH
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
2nd
– 10th
December 2017
in aid of BROMLEY Y
Bromley Y is a long established local charity offering
free therapeutic support to young people between the
ages of 0 -18 years, and to their families.
The church will be open for services at 10.30am and 6.30pm on both Sundays.
During the festival it will also be open daily to view the trees as shown below.
NB The church will NOT be open on Sat 2nd December until 7.00pm.
Saturday 2nd December 7.30pm – OPENING CONCERT:
Croydon Guitar Club Entertains
Sunday 3rd December 6.30pm – Evening Service with Pickhurst Junior Academy
Tree viewing 1.00 – 2.45pm
Monday 4th December 7.30pm - Bishop Justus School Concert
Tree viewing from 2.30pm to start of concert
Tues 5th December NO EVENING EVENT Tree viewing 2.30 – 4.30pm
Wednesday 6th December 7.30pm – Concert: The Wandle Ringers
Tree viewing from 2.30pm to start of concert
Thurs 7th December 7.30pm – Chamber Concert: Bromley Youth Music Trust
(featuring string quartets and Cello Massif)
Tree viewing from 2.30pm to start of concert
Fri 8th December 7.00 for 7.20pm – Film: The Shop around the Corner (1940)
(relive the cinema experience of the 1940s in the company of James Stewart and
Margaret Sullavan)
Tree viewing from 2.30pm to start of film evening
Sat 9th December 7.45pm – Concert: Beckenham Concert Band
Tree viewing from 2.30pm to start of concert
Sun 10th December 6.30pm – Evening Service: Churches Together in Hayes
with musicians from Hayes School Tree viewing 1.00 – 2.45pm
All the money raised will go to Bromley Y:
www.bromleywellbeingcyp.org
www.hayesfreechurch.com

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A CHRISTMAS QUIZ
There are no prizes, I’m sorry to say, just satisfaction if you get the answers
right. But since next February is a long time to wait, the answers can be
found in this edition (on page 13).
1 Which group of Christmas characters have these initials:
D, D, P, V, C, C, D, B?
2 During Matthew’s account of the events around Jesus’ birth, Joseph
often receives direction through dreams. How many dreams altogether
- up to the point where he settles the family in Nazareth?
3 Which flower family does the Christmas rose belong to:
Rose (Rosaceae);
Buttercup (Ranunculaceae); or
Daisy (Asteraceae)?
4 Which country supplies the Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square every
year?
5 When were the first Christmas cards produced for sale:
1843; 1853; or 1863?
6 Who wrote about the “hideous tie so kindly meant”?
7 In which part of the world is carp the traditional Christmas dinner?
8 Who grumbled “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents”?
9 Which well known carol has the Latin name “Adeste Fideles”?
10 Which branch of the Orthodox church celebrates Christmas Day on
January 18th
?
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Hayes Free Church Christmas Fair and Charity Card Sale
Our Christmas Fair on 11 November raised an amount of
£1,594.45 for church funds. At time of writing there is still further
money coming in, so this amount will rise. The total of monies
taken by the charities at the Card Sale alongside was nearly
£1,300. This was down by about £50 on last year’s takings, but
bearing in mind that there were three fewer charities represented
this year, it would seem to be a good result. Without exception, the
charities were very pleased with the new positioning, and were
asking to be remembered next year!! Altogether it was a very
enjoyable time, and we thank you for all your hard work.
Daphne and Pamela

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NEWS FROM SOME OF OUR REGULAR CHARITIES
THE CHARTWELL CANCER TRUST
Dear CCT Supporters,
We are delighted to announce that we will shortly be opening our
first ever Chartwell Cancer Trust charity Shop and Warehouse in
Brixton.
We are in desperate need of usable furniture, bric-a-brac items,
hard back books, games and toys, Records, CD's and DVDs,
pictures and paintings and anything else you can think of...... (We
are unable to take clothing or footwear).
If you can help, please get in touch ASAP on 01959 570322 or
email info@chartwellcancertrust.co.uk.
Thank You, The CCT Team
And the earlier appeal for Christmas help from the same charity still
applies in part.
CHARTWELL CANCER TRUST is still asking for volunteers for
present wrapping in December (Sat 16, Sun 17, Thurs 21) and for
Carol singing (as part of, or joining with, a choir) in the Glades.
If interested, please contact them via the details given above.
Thank you.
BROMLEY FOOD BANK
Following recent Harvest Festival contributions, the emphasis at
the moment is less on food and more on toiletries and similar.
Toilet rolls and nappies are particularly welcome. However there
always seems to be a need for jars of coffee and deserts, and
whatever you bring will of course be used. As explained on p12 of
this edition, there is always a time-lag between the finalising of
Catalyst and the date when it reaches you, so for completely up-to-
date information it is best, if you can, to consult the website:
https://bromleyborough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

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Special dates in December and January:
Saturday 2nd
Dec: Start of Christmas Tree Festival
Sunday 3rd
Dec: First Sunday of Advent
Sunday 10th
Dec: Close of Festival
Sunday 24th
Dec: Christmas Eve
Monday 25th
Dec: Christmas Day
Tuesday 26th
Dec: St Stephen’s Day (first Christian martyr); Boxing Day
Thursday 28th
Dec: Holy Innocents Day
Monday 1st
Jan: New Year’s Day
Thursday 25th
Jan: Burns Night
Saturday 27th
Jan: Holocaust Memorial Day
BROMLEY HOMELESS STARTER PACKS
These packs are organised to support homeless people when they
finally get off the streets. They contain all those basic things we
take for granted, in the areas of:
BEDDING (duvet cover, pillowcase, sheets)
CROCKERY (set of crockery and cutlery for one)
POTS (saucepans etc)
UTILITY PACK (things like tin-opener, washing up bowl, tea towels,
dusters)
There is also a pack of bathroom and toiletries, though this
overlaps a little with the current needs of the Foodbank (see p9)
If you can contribute any items in this area, Bromley Parish Church
will be glad to receive them on the first Saturday of each month at
10am – 12.30pm.Full details at
http://bromleystarterpacks.weebly.com
What a difference a cup of coffee can make!
You will be pleased to know that your Sunday morning
drinking habits are still enabling me to donate to
charitable causes!
Over the last months l have sent £25 to the Creative
Learning Trust (formerly CSEF); £15 to the Fishermen’s
Mission; and £10 to the Leprosy Mission. £200 was sent
to the Action Aid Emergency appeal for the Rohingya
people, £50 of which was from the coffee donations.
We also provide all the tea, coffee, sugar etc for the Christmas tree festival
and give a donation. It is amazing how far your giving stretches! I had to buy
a new water dispenser and the cost of that came out of the donations too.
Many thanks and keep drinking! Barbara

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PLEASE NOTE:
Catalyst 2018
Following on last month’s notification of the prices, and especially the rise in
postage – did you know that you can receive Catalyst via email at no
charge? This is of course not right for everyone, but if you wish to make the
switch it is very easy to do. Simply contact David and Judith Stoner, or the
Editor, to let us know your wishes and to provide an email address. If you
have already paid for the coming year it should be possible to refund your
money if you make the change straightaway.
A little more about Catalyst
Why are the deadlines so early in the month?
The pattern of a Catalyst month is based on the fact that we all come
together on a Sunday. The publication date is always the last Sunday in the
preceding month – that is when you can pick up Catalyst from your
pigeonhole at church. Similarly, items for inclusion in the magazine can be
handed to the Editor in person, or picked up from a pigeonhole, most easily
on Sunday. Email means that we are not always restricted to Sunday, but
sometimes we are, and so it remains the best day to set as the deadline for
copy.
But much has to be done after the copy is gathered together. First the text
must be prepared, with pictures and new articles to fill any gaps (probably
the most time-consuming thing of all is making sure the content fits exactly
into the right number of pages). Then it must be proofread, corrected,
printed, collated, and put in pigeonholes or posted. It is not possible to
achieve all this within a single week on a regular basis. So we have to allow
for a period longer than a week to put Catalyst together, but since those two
important dates still have to be Sundays, that means there has to be a
fortnight between them. The last Sunday in the month may be at the end of
the month, but it can be much earlier – as early as 22nd
if the month happens
to be February. And that is why it is possible to have a deadline as early as
8th
February (though that is of course rare). Often, as this time, the copy
deadline hovers around 12th
-14th
of the previous month. It seems early, but I
hope I have explained why.

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!!!Stop press!!!
Over these two months please start to consider whether you would like to
take daily Bible Reading notes, or to continue if you already do so. They have
to be ordered in February to start in May. Full details will be in February’s
Catalyst but there will only be a fairly short time to decide, so please have a
look at the sample copies at the back of the church if you are interested.
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DID YOU KNOW?...
Two varieties of seahorse have returned to the Thames – the short-snouted
and the spiny. They are established right in the heart of London (at the South
Bank and Greenwich). And they can only live there because the river is much
cleaner than it used to be. A cheerful thought for Christmas.
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS (see page 8 for the questions)
1 The reindeer in “The Night Before Christmas” (Dasher,
Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen –
there are various different spellings of the last two names)
2 Four: to marry Mary; to leave Bethlehem; to return from Egypt;
to settle in Galilee
3 Buttercup
4 Norway
5 1843
6 John Betjeman in “Christmas”
7 Eastern Europe
8 Jo at the beginning of “Little Women”
9 “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”
10 The Armenian Orthodox church (or at least part of it)

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Calendar for December
Fri 1 2.00pm Mothers and Toddlers’ Club (p3)
Sat 2 7.30pm CTF Concert (Croydon Guitar Club)
(pp6-7)
Sun 3 10.30am
12.30pm
6.30pm
Morning Service: Rev Geoff Larcombe
(p2)
Singles’ Lunch (p5)
CTF Service with Pickhurst Juniors (pp2
and 7)
Mon 4 12.30pm
7.30pm
Women’s Contact Group (p3)
CTF Concert (Bishop Justus) (p7)
Tue 5 2.00pm
7.00pm
Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Elders’ Meeting (p3)
Weds 6 7.30pm CTF Concert (Wandle Ringers) (p7)
Thur 7 7.30pm CTF Concert (Bromley Youth Music Trust)
(pp6-7)
Fri 8 7.00 for
7.20pm
CTF Film Night (pp6-7)
Sat 9 7.45pm CTF Concert (Beckenham Concert Band)
(p7)
Sun 10 10.30am
11.30pm
6.30pm
Gift Service and Parade: Martin Wilcox
(p2)
Fairtrade Stall (p4)
Churches Together in Hayes Service with
Hayes School (pp2 and 7)
Close of Christmas Tree Festival
Tue 12 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Sun 17 10.30am
6.30pm
Service of Nine Lessons and Carols: Tony
Russell (p2)
Evening Service (p2)
Sun 24 10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Service: Alan Kienlen (p2)
Holy Communion: Mavis Righini (p2)
Mon 25
10.30am
Christmas Day
Morning Service: Duncan Wilson (p2)

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Tue 26 St Stephen’s Day
Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
Sun 31
10.30am
New Year’s Eve
Morning Service: Hilary Miles (p2)
No evening service
January 2018:
Mon 1 New Year’s Day (Bank Holiday)
Fri 5 2.00pm Mothers and Toddlers’ Club (p3)
Sat 6 2.30pm Saturday Fellowship (p4)
Sun 7 10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Service (p2)
Evening Service (p2)
Mon 8 12.30pm Women’s Contact Group (p3)
Tue 9 2.00pm
7.00pm
Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Elders’ Meeting (p3)
Weds 10 2.00pm Book Club (p4)
Fri 12 2.00pm Mothers and Toddlers’ Club (p3)
Sun 14 10.30am
11.30pm
6.30pm
Morning Service (p2)
Fairtrade Stall (p4)
Evening Service (p2)
Tue 16 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Thur 18 8.00pm Men’s Group (p3)
Fri 19 2.00pm Mothers and Toddlers’ Club (p3)
Sat 20 7.30pm Quiz Night at Trinity URC (p10)
Sun 21 10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Service (p2)
Evening Service (p2)
Tue 23 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)
Weds 24 3.30pm Messy Church (p4)
Fri 26 2.00pm Mothers and Toddlers’ Club (p3)
Sat 27 Holocaust Memorial Day
Sun 28 10.30am
12.00noon
6.30pm
Morning Service (p2)
Church Meeting (p3)
Evening Service (p2)
Tue 30 2.00pm Tuesday Friendship Group (p4)

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Christmas Greetings:
As in past years, some space has been set aside for your Christmas and New Year
messages:
I wish everyone in Hayes Free Church a very Happy Christmas and a
healthy, happy and peaceful New Year. Daphne Cummings
With all good wishes and every blessing to the Church Family for Christmas
and the New Year from John and Margaret Robinson
Maggie and Mike Greenwood, and Claire, Chris and Oliver Turner would like
to thank everyone for their love and support during 2017, and wish everyone
at HFC a very merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year.
Jim Pearson sends Christmas greetings to all at Hayes Free Church
together with best wishes for a happy 2018.
To all my friends in my church family, with best wishes for Christmas and
the New Year. May we continue to reach out to each other in love and
tranquillity of the Holy Spirit within our church. Jean Ritchie
I wish everyone at Hayes Free a happy peaceful and blessed Christmas -
from Linda Michie
Wishing everyone at Hayes Free Church Christmas Greetings and a happy
peaceful 2018. David and Judith Stoner
Merry Christmas to all our friends at Hayes Free Church – from Joan and
Bob Cook
Greetings and best wishes to all my friends at Hayes Free Church, and
many thanks for all the lifts which bring me to church so regularly. Thelma
Baggs
And last but not least –
Best wishes for a very happy
Christmas and New Year from all
of us who are involved in the
production of Catalyst.

19. CHURCH ORGANISATIONS – please advise the Editor of updates as they arise
Day Organisation Contact Phone/
Email
Sunday
Monday
5.45pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 020 3539 8113
6.30pm Cubs Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
12.30pm - 1st
Mon only
Women's Contact Group Sylvia Mack 020 8462 1938
Tuesday
2.00pm Tuesday Friendship
Group
Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
7.15pm Scouts - 1st troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083
Wednesday
2.00pm - 1st
Weds only
HFC Book Club Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
3.30pm - 4th
Weds only
Messy Church Mavis Righini 020 8462 1168
5.30pm Rainbows Jenny Longman 07730 574962
6.00pm Beavers Brenda Petts 020 8325 3956
6.30pm Guides – 4th Hayes Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042
8.00pm Explorers Phil Butcher
&
Dan Perrott
Pip.butcher@
googlemail.com
danperrott@
hotmail.com
Thursday
5.30pm Brownies Stevie Blair 020 8325 3469
7.15 - 8.45pm Rangers Please use this email
contact:
Hayesdistrict@
yahoo.com
7.15pm Scouts - 2nd troop Paul Hasling 020 3236 0083
8.00pm - 3rd
Thurs only
Men's Group Bruce Tannock 020 8325 6264
Friday
2.00pm Mothers & Toddlers Wendy Smith 020 8462 1779
6.30pm Guides – 3rd Hayes Teresa Cheyne 020 8777 6042
Saturday
2.30pm - 1st Sat
only
Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 020 8462 5918

20. Final Thought:
The Angel’s message:
From heaven above to earth I come to bear good news to everyone;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring, of which I now will say and sing:
To you this night is born a child of Mary, chosen mother mild;
This new-born babe of lowly birth shall be the joy of all the earth.
The Children’s welcome:
Our hearts for very joy must leap;
Our lips no more can silence keep;
We too must sing with joyful tongue
That sweetest ancient cradle song:
“Glory to God in highest heaven,
For he to us his Son has given!”
While angels sing with holy mirth
A glad new year
to all the earth.
Martin Luther (1483 – 1546); tr Catherine Winkworth (1827-78)