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£5 annually or 50p per copy
October 2018
Christ Church
Chronicle The Parish Magazine of Christ
Church, Nailsea
in the Diocese of Bath and
Wells
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Christ Church Nailsea
in the United Benefice of Christ Church, Nailsea and St Quiricus and St Julietta, Tickenham
Rector : Rev Tony Roake (day off: Tuesday)
Tel: 01275 853187 email: [email protected]
Associate Vicar : Rev Steve Tilley Tel: 01275 543332 email: [email protected]
Enquiries about banns, weddings and baptisms can be made via Louise Maby,
Benefice Administrator on 859210 or [email protected]
Website: www.christchurchnailsea.org.uk
Reader Bobbie Shannon 856260
Churchwardens Alison Pemble 853885
Robin Lambert 464461
Pastoral Care Coordinator Rhona Winter 855718
PCC Secretary Kath Bezzant 856222
Treasurer and Gift Aid John Bickerstaffe 855605
Verger Chas Norman 854232
Electoral Roll Officer Jill Martin 851559
Mothers’ Union Jacqui Broughton 858304
After-Eights Rhona Winter 855718
Magazine distribution Linda Randall 790593
Magazine Editor Kirsten Clark 316181
Tiddlers Toddler Group Claire Conway 857336
Flower Rota Beryl Boniface 854880
Vestry Hall bookings Louise Maby 859210
Welcome & Events Group Jill Roake 853187
Worldwide Church Com. Liz Everitt 851174
Lifts to church Jo Hatcliffe 858149
FFC & Tuesday Tots Beverley Kelly 790520
Choir & Junior Choir Phil Lawrence 01454 777719
Benefice Prayer Chain Jill Roake 853187
Safeguarding Elizabeth Wood 851722
Child Contact Scheme Duty Officer 07749 712699
Piecemakers and CC Crafts Val Cave 854892
Breakfast Run Kim Rockett 07894 563205
Food Bank Paul Murray 235722
Webmaster Richard Wheller 858613
Christ Church Nailsea is a Registered Charity No 1145020
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Dear Friends,
“Even though I am old and grey-headed, do not forsake me, O Lord” Psalm 71 verse 18
Most of us are in the grey-headed bracket, but that’s no cause for despair! In this respect, we’re examples of the typical C. of E. congregation, outside of the ones in the cities which attract many of the younger generations which live there. This should be unsurprising as our congregations reflect our benefice demographic very well, because the overwhelmingly predominant group is composed of those those who’ve retired. However, just reflect for a moment. Amongst us, we have vast experience of life, and great stories to tell of God’s presence and working in our lives. Together, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, we can make the most of who we are and what we’ve got to offer and then share that within our communities? The tradition of October’s “St Luke’s Little Summer” might help us here. This past summer was gloriously hot and sunny, but now that’s behind us and we’re experiencing the changes that Autumn brings, with its winds and rain. Yet, around the time of the feast day of St Luke, which is on October 18th, up until the feast day of St Michael and All Angels on October 29th, we very often have a spell of weather known as “St Luke’s Little Summer”. This is a spell of calm, dry, warm and glorious weather. Taking that as a metaphor of hope, maybe we could lift up our (greying) heads to the Lord and rededicate ourselves in his service with all that we have and are, and pray for a vision of what He can and will do with and through us. For all of us, particularly those who are less mobile than we were, prayer is a great weapon in God’s armoury. And there are many other ways in which we can make an effective contribution and make a difference in the continuing work of God’s kingdom in our benefice. The late, great Frank Sinatra sang these words: Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum You came along and everything started to hum Still it’s a real good bet The best is yet to come. With the Lord in our lives, the best is always yet to come. With love and blessings, Tony
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Pastoral Care
If anyone hears of a church member who is ill in hospital or at home and would welcome prayer or a listening ear either by a personal visit or a phone call please contact:
Tony on 853187/[email protected]
myself on 855718/[email protected]
Rhona Winter
Parish Prayers
During October please pray for all who live, work or worship in Southfield Road & Southfield Close, Heathfield Road & Heathfield Way, Heath Road and Chapel Close.
After Eights
After Eights: Gill Brown will be giving a talk on 'Otters' at Pat Eveleigh's (6 Woodland Road) on Monday, 15 October at 8.00 p.m.
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DAVID’S GARDENING SERVICES
Do you need help in your garden?
Regular garden maintenance including:
Grass cutting Hedge Trimming Weeding
and garden clear up Pruning
Call David on 07561119504
E-mail David at
Samuel Bird TV Panasonic
Authorised Dealer
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Digital Aerial, Freesat & SKY
LCD Wall Mount Installations
Sales, Installations & Repairs
Hifi, Roberts Radios, Record Decks
Bluetooth Speakers, Headphones
Great range of Light Bulbs & Batteries
118 High Street, Nailsea
Tel: 01275 853216 www.sbirdtv.co.uk
Christ Church Harvest Appeal -
The Community of The Sisters of The Church
Louise Maby
The Sisters have written: “ We are so grateful for the amazing financial and practical support for our
work that we have received from individual donors, churches and other organisations over the past 12
months. Last year, we saw almost 9,000 callers, many of them new faces. We have also seen an
increase in the number of people disadvantaged by benefits sanctions. All this means we are more
dependent than ever on your kindness and generosity to help sustain our work.
We spend on average, more than £1,000 per week, most of it on bulk buying of basic foods to
supplement the food donations we receive. During the winter months, £150 per week of this goes on
topping up utility keys for callers who are struggling to pay for gas or electricity, and we urgently need
to replenish our funds to meet this basic need. Over the years, we have always had enough to go
round, but with the ever-rising costs of food and fuel, our resources are becoming considerably
depleted, and we are grateful for every donation, however small.”
The Christ Church Harvest Appeal requests tins (in date please) of meats, rice pudding, fruit, custard,
baked beans, soups and tuna. Packets of cereals, pasta, rice, instant soup, biscuits, tea bags and jars of
coffee.
Also welcome: tin openers and toiletries for men and women and nappies (especially larger sizes).
Items can be delivered to the church office any time from now on, ready to decorate the church in time for our Harvest Family service on Sunday, 7th October at 11.00am
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Nailsea District Leg Club
Help please…….are you a retired former Registered Nurse or Health Care Assistant who would like to continue using your experience by volunteering at the Nailsea District Leg Club? A great team of Registered Practice and District Nurses provide expert assessment, advice and wound care every Wednesday morning in a social setting with a cuppa and chat. Additionally, there is a small team of caring Nurse Support Workers who have undertaken training with our Registered Nurses and while supervised can help with removing bandages and preparing members’ legs ready for treatment . Their assistance is an invaluable support for the nursing team, and enables more patients to be seen.
If you would like to come along and see what it is all about, without obligation, please call in to the Nailsea Tithe Barn, Church Lane, Nailsea, BS48 4NG any Wednesday morning between 9am - 11.30am and ask reception for a guided tour! We are busy so if you would like to call Sandy 01275 853547 and arrange a time that will be fine.
Cantanti Singers and Wind Band
Cantanti Singers and Wind Band are coming to Christ Church Nailsea on Saturday 20 October with interesting and amusing music from early to modern classics. Come and enjoy the variety on offer, including pieces by Tallis and Victoria, through to American Spirituals, Barbershop and Film music by the Gershwins and Cole Porter. Beatles music is always in the mix and the Wind Band provides splendid contrasts in the programme. Concert starts at 7.00pm; don't miss it!
Tickets available from the Church Office and from John Broughton on 858304.
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LEE ABBEY 2018
Another truly wonderful weekend at Lee Abbey. We always find it very relaxing and of course good weather, good food and companionship make for a perfect weekend.
Our teaching sessions this time were Jonah, and the boundaries he had to cross in order to respond to God’s call. Firstly, although we may not necessarily consider them as such, we are surrounded by boundaries both physical and psychological; they are everywhere and some are necessary. But there is the boundary of our own comfort zone which can stem the course for change. We may also be bound by tradition as well as financial barriers, conditions of health and also mental issues. We need, like Jonah, to break these boundaries to become dynamic people and a dynamic rather than a static church.
We are living in overwhelming times and at sometimes the world does not seem a pleasant place to be. Nevertheless “ God will never give up on us” Sometimes because of reasons particularly personal we may turn away from God and only pray to God when we are desperate – so do not neglect prayer! Whatever our feelings or beliefs, God is always there for us.
Must share this. On Saturday night I went off to sleep and this voice said, “I have found God.” I replied, “ But I already know God” and the voice said “well now you know Him again”.
Tony Saunders
Note from the editor
VOLUNTEERS PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! The new format is here! PCC have given us permission to change the format to A4 (for a trial period) and here it is… We still need volunteers to do some of the extra articles that we can now include. Is there anyone out there who could draw on their writing skills and interests and regularly (it doesn’t have to be every month, necessarily) put together an article about gardening or wildlife or fishing or cooking? Really, it could be anything that we think would be of interest to a wider audience in the community. In the meantime I can fill the pages with quizzes and articles from online sources or from other church magazines but it would be lovely if we were producing some of our own articles. If you can help, please contact me at [email protected], or talk to me in church or leave a message in my pigeonhole at church. Many thanks, Kirsten
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Back to school….?
It’s now a month into a new school year. Some families will relish being back in the ‘normal’ routine with structured days for indefatigable youngsters. Others will miss the relative freedom of weeks without the treadmill of various sports fixtures, practices, after school clubs and picks-ups. When I was a child I remember the school holidays seeming to stretch of forever, lazy, hazy days spent breakfasting in the garden on stewed apples and rhubarb (it was always sunny!); making tents with blankets and the swing frame or clothes line; or fishing for tiddlers in the nearby stream. Like all of us of a certain age, I’m sure I’m looking back with rather rose-tinted spectacles! I’m sure for hardworking teaching staff in our 182 church schools, whose ‘holidays’ are often spent planning the new term, the six weeks is never long enough. We give thanks for them and their calling. I also want to pay tribute to some of the more unsung heroes diligently working away behind the scenes – our network of 400 church school governors. These volunteers give up their time to serve and support their local school, its children, families and staff. They truly enrich what the school can offer and promote its distinctiveness as a church school through their knowledge and experience. It’s a vital role but in our diocese right now we have governor vacancies in over half of our church schools. That’s a big gap, with 98 out of 182 schools missing out on the full and diverse range of skills and expertise that governors bring. We’re seeking people from a range of backgrounds and ages to fill those gaps and serve as governors. If you’d like to give back to your community, and feel you have skills that will help local children and your local community thrive, I encourage to you find out more and apply at: www.bathandwells.org.uk/be-a-governor. We look forward to welcoming you to our church school family! With thanks for all our wonderful schools and remembering our children and students in their endeavours this term.
The Right Reverend Ruth Worsley
Bishop of Taunton
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Mothers Union Harvest Appeal 2018 In 2017 we successfully called on our members and the public to help us support families in South Sudan who were in desperate need of food and other essential items. With your help we were able to raise over £30,000 - making it possible for Harriet Baka, our coordinator for South Sudan, to transport aid into areas made too dangerous for many other agencies. The money raised alongside other contributions led to over 20,000 refugees affected by the ongoing conflict being assisted. This year we’re asking you to continue supporting Harriet 'Mama Baka' as she works with even more refugees by introducing them to our "EAGLE" process. Originating in Uganda, EAGLE is aimed at helping communities first identify the fundamental issues facing them such as high illiteracy and innumeracy, gender-based violence and poverty. Groups then work to identify the skills they already possess and what may need further development. Once this has been established, they then work on achievable, realistic plans for how they can use these strengths and assets to solve the issues, meaning that they get resolved in a process fully owned by the community - creating lasting change. So far, EAGLE has been a huge success. For example one group of farmers in rural Uganda are now able to grow crops such as the Physalis fruit and export it to the EU, making them a successful and sustainable source of income. In a much larger cas,e over 5,000 people in the South Sudanese diocese of Lui (one of 26 Dioceses) have now received financial training. Because many South Sudanese who were forced to flee now live in camps in Northern Uganda and the border region between the two countries it made sense to trial EAGLE within the refugee camps. Over the past year Mama Baka and our development team been using EAGLE with small groups to assess its impact and now want to expand the process to as many refugees as possible. As the example in Lui shows, there is a great need for this programme to expand to include as many of the 50,000 Mothers Union members who can benefit from it. So, if you want to help the thousands of refugees then please donate to our Harvest appeal. See Jacqui Broughton or Chris Mahony for more details. Visit the Mothers Union website today https://www.mothersunion.org/harvest
Chris Mahony
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Date Christ Church Tickenham
7 Oct
Tri 19
8.30am
10.15am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Children’s Church
Joint Harvest
Evensong
10.30am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
No service
14 Oct
Tri 20
8.30am
10am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
No service
10.30am
6.30pm
Morning Worship
Holy Communion
21 Oct
Tri 21
8.30am
10am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Morning Worship
Deanery Choral
Service at Wraxall
10.30am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Deanery Choral
Service at Wraxall
28 Oct
Last of
Trinity
8.30am
10am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Prayer and Praise
10.30am
6.30pm
Harvest Worship
No service
Services for October 2018
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JOHN BROWN FOR QUALITY HARDWARE & COOKWARE
A family run concern offering the
PERSONAL SERVICE
You would expect from
NAILSEA’S LONGEST RUNNING BUSINESS (Est. 1957)
90 High Street, Nailsea. Telephone 01275 853368
Nailsea Podiatry Practice
HPC Registered Chiropodists/Podiatrists
Ground Floor, The Old Vicarage, Somerset Square, Nailsea,
Bristol, BS48 1RN Tel: 01275 855384
Mrs M.L. Burt BSc (Hons), MChs
Mr I. Phillips BSc, MChs Surgery and Domiciliary Visits available
NAILSEA COUNTRY MARKET
Homemade bakes & preserves,
local cheese, butter, eggs,
plants and craft
Christ Church Vestry Hall
Fridays 10.00-11.15am
facebook.com/nailseacountrymarket
Choice of Chauffeur Driven
Genuine Vintage Cars for Hire
Roger and Andrew Triggol
Tel 01275 852440
Michael’s Hair Design
Tel: 856269 Special Rates for Senior Citizens
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Children's News
Happy Birthday this month to: Shannon Ovenden who is 16 on the 7th October; Harry Collinson will be 10 on the 15th; Jack Morris is 10 on the 18th and Amy Rockett is 8 on the 30th. Happy Birthday from everyone at Christ Church—have a fantastic day. This month we celebrate Harvest with a Children's Church on Sunday the 7th. Please make a note that for this one only it will start at the later time of 11am After the service everyone is invited to stay for the ploughman’s lunch. We are very much praying that some of our families will join us for this. Look out for the new Harvest board in the hall that Sue Lambert and Isla Collinson have designed and FFC will be adding to the Sunday before. A huge thank you to Sue and Isla. A reminder for the Children's Church team that the next planning meeting is on Monday the 8th in the hall at 6.30pm. Faith For Children (FFC) meet for their activities during the 10am services on the 14th and 21st. Any FFC on the morning of the 28th will be helping to get ready for another FUN@4 FOOD@5 at 4pm -5.30pm and to which everyone, no matter what age is invited to come along and join in. It's another 'Light Party' an alternative to Halloween and some of the favourite activities from last year—glitter pumpkins which come fresh from Triggols Farm, apple bobbing and yummy sprinkled covered apples, plus new activities will all add to the fun. Children's Church on the 4th November is 'Bring your Bible.' It doesn't matter what version but if everyone could bring their own bible along that would be great. I promise you will not be asked to take a test!! Children's Festival at Wells Cathedral is taking place again on Saturday 19th January 2019 from 10.30 - 3pm There will be a co.ach going again from outside the Church at 9.30am and gets us back about 4.15pm This is for 4-11yr olds with an adult. Cost £1.90 per person. The theme is 'Wonder of God, Earth, Moon and Stars’. It's a brilliant day out so if you and your family would like to go, please speak to me on a Sunday or get in touch by email: [email protected] When the coach is full then families will have to take their car so get in quick! It's halfterm this month so no Tuesday Tots and Tiddlers the week of the 29th October. So Tuesday Tots will be having their story and songs in the Church during the session on the 23rd October. Happy Harvest! Beverley Kelly Children's leader
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The October 2018 Diary
of
Christians Together in Nailsea and
District
Date Time Location Info
1st 14.10 Wraxall Julian Group (First Monday of the month) A time of quiet prayer and reflection
1st etc 8.30 – 10.00
Wraxall Cross Tree Centre
Crossta Coffee (Every Monday) A meeting place for chat and play for young families
1st etc 9.30-11.30
Methodist Church
Busy Bees Toddler Group (Every Monday and Thursday)
1st etc 9.00-13.00
Holy Trinity Coffee Lounge Open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
1st 10.00 Baptist Church Time Out (Every Monday and Friday)
Toddler Group
2nd 15.00 URC CTINAD Prayer
Opportunity to pray together for our community
3rd 9.45 Holy Trinity Quiet Time in Trinity House
3rd 19.30 Wraxall Cross
Tree Centre
The Bible Course (Every Wednesday) Explore the big story in the company of others
3rd 19.15 Trinity Lounge Marriage Course
7 week course every Wednesday – ring 853227 to register
3rd etc 10.00-11.30
Southfield Church
Toddler Group (Every Wednesday) Lots of toys with drinks at 10.30. Everyone welcome
4th etc 19.15 Trinity House CAP Money Course 4 week course Ring 853227 for more information
5th etc 18.30 Southfield Church
Stuff (Every Friday) Youth Group for school years 3 – 6
5th 12.30-
1430
Southfield Church
Food Bank (Every Friday) Food given to needy families. Gifts of non-perishable food appreciated
6th 19.00 Southfield
Church
Harvest Line dance With Ploughman’s supper Adults £5.00 and children £3.00
7th 10.30 Southfield
Church
Harvest Service Café Style Church
7th 19.00 Failand Village
Hall Barn Dance (Organised by Wraxall with Failand Parish) With Ploughman’s suppper£6.00, Children £3.00 and family of Four £15.00
7th 16.00 Methodist
Church
Messy Church The Lost Sheep Fun for all the family followed by worship and tea.
9th & 23rd
14.30 – 16.00
Methodist Church
Tuesday Fellowship
17th 20.00 Ring O Bells Bible Book Club
26th 19.30 Methodist
Church
Films 4 U Babette’s Feast
28th 10.00 Methodist
Church
All Sorts Café Style Church
28th 11.00 St
Bartholomews Failand
Horse Service In field next to churchyard. All welcome with horses, ponies or not
28th 17.00 Golden Valley
School Last Sunday Alternative worship for young people – school year 7+
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3rd October Morning Prayers - Angela Wheller 10.00am 3rd October “Dangers of the Internet” - PCSO Andrew Gatenby 7.30pm 17th October “Glastonbury Abbey – Costumed Living” 2.30pm We are now into Autumn and planning Ploughman’s Lunches and Harvest Suppers. The summer months seem to have gone by so quickly. We are preparing for our MU Ploughman’s Lunch at the moment. This is something we all enjoy and, hopefully, we will be joined by some of our friends from other MU branches around our Deanery. John and I went to Prague in July to stay with our family and whilst we were there we went for 5 days up to the North, near the Polish border. The weather was gorgeous and we did some really beautiful walks. Even my four year old granddaughter kept up pretty well, although she did finish one really long trek on her daddy’s shoulders. Nowadays, our families seem to be all over the world. It was so different when I was small; they all seemed to be a car journey away, if that. We are lucky to have our families and we can keep in touch via the internet: Skype, telephone and such. This brings me to think of our subject at our evening meeting on October 3rd, “Dangers of the Internet”. If this is abused and used in the wrong way it, can be very dangerous. I shall be very interested to hear what PCSO Andrew Gatenby has to tell us about it. Many Mothers’ Union members, over the years, have attended Glastonbury Abbey for the MU Retreat which was held there in October. It is still held but at a different venue. It will be interesting to hear our speaker on “Costumed Living” and Glastonbury Abbey. The clocks will soon be going back for the winter months and we will be switching our heating back on, that is if you have not already done so. Every season brings its own special joys and sadness to us all – birthdays and anniversaries throughout the year. We remember those people, family or friends, who are no longer with us. I know I do. As I type this I’m thinking today would have been my mum and her twin sister’s birthday. My mum died many years ago now but I always remember her on Mothering Sunday, her birthday and, of course, Christmas. At Christ Church, I think it is a lovely idea that you can have flowers put in Church to remember a loved one.
ACROSS: 1, Lawyer. 4, Balsam. 8, Caleb. 9, Jehoram. 10, Sparrow. 11, Exile. 12, Excellent. 17, Act in. 19, Endemic. 21, Slavery. 22, Galal. 23, Silent. 24, Tarsus.
DOWN: 1, Locust. 2, Welfare. 3, Ember. 5, Athlete. 6, Sarai. 7, Member. 9, Jewellery. 13, Condemn. 14, Temples. 15, Causes. 16, Scales. 18, Trail. 20, Dogma.
Solutions to this months crossword
puzzle below—no cheating!
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Poppies Please!
This year, Tickenham Church plan to have a flow of poppies cas-cading from the top of the tower to ground level for Remem-brance Sunday. It’ll make a spectacular sight.
We therefore need some crocheted poppies — could you help? There is no particular pattern, people are doing their own thing, so sizes and shades of red will vary. This is the knitting pattern some are using:
Red DK wool. 4mm needles, Cast on 70 stitches and knit 8 rows
Knit 2 together across the next 3 rows (9 stitches) Cut off wool leaving about 8” tail. Thread tail through a needle and thread through the 9 stitches. Pull up into a crinkly circle and sew up. For the middle, with black wool cast on 15 stitches and knit one row. Cut off and thread through the stitches as above. Pull into a circle and sew up. Sew into middle of poppy. After sewing up and sewing middles in, leave some wool in the centre of the back so that we can tie them onto a net.
It’s not individual petals, but it serves quite well and is easy!
Please bring your finished poppies to Christ Church Office by 31st October. Thank you.
Harvest Festival Lunch on Sunday 7 October 2018
Everyone is invited to celebrate harvest at Christ Church, and to give thanks for God's goodness and provision.
Our service will start at the later time of 11.00am, (so please make a note in your diaries) followed by a Ploughman's Lunch in the Vestry Hall afterwards, at 12.00noon.
As this is a Children's Service, many young families from our Tots and Tiddlers groups will be with us, so please do come along, join in the celebration and make our families feel warmly welcomed.
As last year, there will be no charge for this lunch, just a donations bowl, but we do need to know how many to cater for, so please sign up on the sheet outside the office asap.
Please also note: this isn't a "Bring and Share"; your Ploughman's Lunch will be provided for you!
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Prayer Diary for October 2018
1 Bright colours and patterns; pictures in nature
2 Piecemakers, as they meet together today
3 That our young folk are taught the dangers of the Internet
4 Let us rest in the presence, power and peace of God
5 The community of the Sisters of the Church, may we be generous in response to their harvest
appeal
6 Richard Wheller’s licensing service at Wells Cathedral
7 Help us to sow seeds of love that will grow to be harvested and shared
8 Our thanks for translators of the Bible
9 Out-of-hours couriers taking vital medical supplies in emergencies
10 Residents of Southfield Road and Southfield Close
11 Whatever my age or capabilities, guide me Lord in the use of my time
12 Nailsea Town Council public meeting tonight to discuss the town vision
13 All who find Bible notes a help. Pray that others may consider using them as a guide
14 The blessings of children and the responsibilities of family life
15 Our benefice prayer fellowships
16 Films and TV programmes showing the wonders of nature and the need for our care of resources
17 For CAP (Christians Against Poverty) initiated by local churches to help people out of debt
18 Thanks for all through the ages who have dedicated their lives to the sick and infirm
19 All who live in Heath Road and Heathfield Way
20 In your caring for others, God cares for you
21 Dwellers in the southern hemisphere experiencing the end of winter and the forthcoming
summer
22 Kingshill Church School and our members who help there in various ways
23 Laughter and fellowship as we meet together at “Game On” today
24 All who, for various reasons, have had to leave a much-loved home
25 “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed are those who take refuge in Him” (Psalm 34:8)
26 A happy half-term to staff and pupils of our schools
27 Thanks for prayers and guidance of Christian friends
28 “Your Word is a lamp for my feet, and a light for my path” (Psalm
119:105)
29 All wildlife preparing for the winter months
30 Residents of Heathfield Road and Chapel Close
31 “Contentment is not the fulfilment of what we want, but realisation of
what we already have” (author unknown)
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Prayer Diary for beginning of November 2018
1 Lord, we give thanks for all saints unknown to us but known to you
2 For guidance and re-assurance when we have doubts
3 Safety and enjoyment at firework gatherings
4 “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise” (Psalm 8:2)
Date for your diary!
On Saturday, November 3rd from 9.30 till 12 noon there will be a special coffee morning, organised by Beryl and her flower-arranging team, the proceeds of which will go towards the continued provision of floral arrangements in Christ Church.
Also in the Vestry Hall that day, there will be a Book & Puzzle Fair and a cake stall, organised by Chas and the Welcome & Events Team (WETs), raising money for the proposed re-ordering.
Do come along and enjoy both; you'll be able to find some great reading matter, perhaps some early Christmas gifts, and then a hot drink and a culinary confection! Everyone more than welcome.
PS. We'd be very grateful to receive donations of paperbacks and puzzles for the Book & Puzzle Fair.
Offerings through the Envelope scheme
Later this month new boxes of Freewill Offering Envelopes for another year will be available in the porch. On behalf of your PCC, thank you everyone for continuing to support Christ Church so generously for yet another year. Your offerings in these weekly envelopes are essential towards enabling us to continue paying our way. If you do not already use these, this might be an ideal opportunity to consider this way of making regular gifts to your Church. By using these you can give support every week throughout the year, and when you are not able to attend Service, bringing them some time later.. A few boxes marked “ SPARE” will be available, so please take one, and return the slip you will find inside with one of your offerings.( This is needed for recording purposes, to enable reclaim of Tax in some cases, and full confidentiality is always maintained.) So watch out for the new boxes of towards the end of the month, and collect the one with your name, OR one marked SPARE. ( Where records show an envelope set is no longer being used for various reasons, then a new box is not issued. But if you find there is not a new set for you, which you were expecting and still require, then please contact me, and I shall be happy to give you a new box.)
Gordon Newton
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Events Diary
October and beginning
of November 2018
Sun 7 October Harvest Lunch—service at 11.00, lunch at 12.00 Tue 9 October Tuesday Tots 9.30-11.30 CCC 14.00 Game On 14.30-16.30 Time of Refreshing 19.30-21.00 Wed 10 October H/C and Home H/C 10.00 Mothers’ Union Holy Communion in church 10.30 Evening Study Group at 25 Beechwood Road 19.30 Thu 11 October Confirmation Group 19.30 Fri 12 October Tiddlers 13.30-15.00 Sat 13 October Children’s Society Christmas Card Coffee Morning Monday 15 October After 8’s 20.00 Tue 16 October Tuesday Tots 9.30-11.30 Tuesday Bible Study at 6 Woodland Road Piecemakers 13.30 Time of Refreshing 19.30-21.00 Wed 17 October Mothers’ Union 14.30-16.00 Thu 18 October Confirmation Group 19.30 Fri 19 October Tiddlers 13.30-15.00 Sat 20 October Child Contact 13.15-16.15 Cantanti Concert 19.00 Mon 22 October Girls’ Chat at Costa 16.00 Tue 23 October Tuesday Tots 9.30-11.30 CCC 14.00 Game On 14.30-16.30 Time of Refreshing 19.30-21.00 Wed 24 October Evening Study Group at 25 Beechwood Road 19.30 Thu 25 October Confirmation Class 19.30 Fri 26 October Tiddlers 13.30-15.00 Sun 28 October Fun@4 16.00-17.30 BRITISH SUMMERTIME ENDS! Tue 30 October No Tuesday Tots because of half-term Tuesday Bible Study at 6 Woodland Road 10.30 Piecemakers 13.30 Time of Refreshing 19.30-21.00 Fri 2 November No Tiddlers because of half-term Sat 3 November Flower Lady’s Coffee Morning and Puzzle Fair Wells Cathedral Confirmation
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Hear our prayer
A five year old said grace at dinner one night. “Dear God, thank you
for these pancakes…”When he concluded, his parents asked him why
he thanked God for pancakes when they were having chicken. “I
wanted to see if he was paying attention!”
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Cooking
Fresh Tomato Soup
2lbs (900g) tomatoes 1 onion
1tsp sugar 8oz (225g) cream or curd cheese
1lb (450g) carrots 1 vegetable stock cube
2 pints (1140mls) water salt and pepper
Stew all ingredients together, apart from cream/curd cheese until well cooked. Puree the mixture and
return to a clean pan with cream/curd cheese. Re-heat but do not boil. Serve with crusty rolls. This
freezes well.
Baked Mackerel with Yoghurt
4 medium sized mackerel 4 tbsp fresh double cream
5oz |(150ml) yoghurt salt and pepper
Lemon wedges watercress
Pre-heat oven to 375F, 190C, Gas5. Wash mackerel and dry well. Place in an overproof dish. Beat the
yoghurt and cream together, season to taste and pour over the fish. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the
fish is cooked through. Serve garnished with lemon wedges and watercress, mashed potato with extra
cream and butter.
Banana Romance
2 large, firm bananas 2tsp light muscovado sugar
Juice of 1 lime 50g (2oz) butter
Pinch of ground allspice 50g (2oz) toasted flaked almonds
Vanilla ice cream, to serve
Peel the bananas and slice diagonally. Heat the butter in a large frying pan and add the banana slices,
cook for 2-3 minutes, tossing occasionally. Sprinkle with the sugar and allspice and pour the lime juice
all over. Cook for 1-2 minutes until a light syrup has formed, stirring occasionally. Scatter over the
almonds and serve with ice-cream.
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11 issues from just £18 for one-eighth page
£36 for one-quarter page and £55 for one-half page
or take a whole page and make a splash for just £80!
Contact the church office on 01275 859210 or email
Margaret Stanton ALCM DIP.ABRSM
Piano Tuition to Grade 8
Children and Adults welcome
Also Theory to Grade 5 For more information please call:
01275 852644
STAMPS
Did you know .........
The Children’s Hospice can make
money from used postage stamps?
Please pop them in the special box
at the back of the Church.
Thank you on their behalf.
Gordon Newton
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Independent Family Funeral Directors
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Serving the community for more than three
generations
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Pre-payment Plans
Private Chapels of Rest
Home visits
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News from Kingshill Church School As we get back into the new school year the children are well under way with their learning and there is a real buzz in the classrooms. The new reception children started attending full time and staying to lunch in mid September - quite an experience for them - they are coping brilliantly. Our Christian value at the moment is Love and Friendship. We have been talking about how important it is to be a good friend to others and how we can be a blessing if we are a good friend. Mrs Thomson has met with our volunteers for a safeguarding briefing. It was lovely to welcome them back, we are so fortunate to have so many helpers from our parents, grandparents, Christ Church and the wider community. If you want to volunteer as well it’s not too late - just contact the school office on 852720. We have started the year on another high as we have received our certificate to celebrate our Gold School Games Award. Well Done Kingshill!
Liz Everitt. Governor
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HAVE YOU READ IT?... …No, not the latest ‘must read’ novel or urgent notice; it’s the Bible I’m asking about. We have it read to us at church services, from the radio, TV and so on. Do we read it for ourselves, this gift, revelation, message from Father God about himself, creation, the purpose of it all, about the Lord Jesus, about we humans both in the big picture and in our day by day living? Yes, I know that lots of us do read the Bible, perhaps regularly, or on and off, now and again. Maybe we read a Gospel, a Psalm, or a passage here and there. 26 of us use Bible Reading Notes. Several organisations, e.g., Scripture Union, Bible Reading Fellowship issue booklets covering 2 or 3 months at a time of daily Bible readings. Each day we are given a passage to read with an explanatory, informative, encouraging comment on it to add to our own thoughts. The comments are written by Christians who have the gifts of understanding and writing about the Scriptures. We have samples of these Bible Reading Notes. Please ask Maurice Eveleigh or Jeanne Wemyss to show you some. And later this month we will put an exhibition of them in the Vestry Hall, too. You can start on these Bible Reading Notes at any time. We hope that more folk will want to join in… Maurice and Jeanne.
Book Review
NEVERTHELESS by JOHN KIRKBY
This is a great read! Wonderful and difficult, too. It’s a ‘mustard seed’ story (another one) about Father God working In the world these days.
This is the story of CAP – Christians Against Poverty – of how back in 1996 John Kirkby, and his wife were called to do something about how the crowds of people trapped in debt could be set free. That rings bells with me about how, in the Bible, God goes on about ‘setting the captives free’.
This book is the story of how this work of the Kingdom got started. How through many trials, difficulties, sacrifices, over many years; through prayer, faith in Father God, belief in the task, grew this CAP ‘mustard seed’ into growth and growing; into a large bush in which many have and keep on being set free from debt. This is a work started in Britain and spreading in other places on the planet! Here in our locality a CAP Debt Centre is beginning work.
This is a great God story to read. It is an encouraging read, and a challenging one, too. There’s a copy on the bookstall. I can supply more. Christian sisters and brothers, do read Christian books and mags. They truly are ‘good for us’.
Maurice Eveleigh
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October Puzzles Pages
Across 1 Tertullus, who presented the high priest’s case against Paul in his trial before Felix, was one (Acts 24:1) (6) 4 As balm (anag.) (6) 8 Having explored Canaan, he and Joshua urged the Israelites to take possession of it (Numbers 13:30) (5) 9 On becoming king of Judah, he had all six of his brothers killed (2 Chronicles 21:4) (7) 10 ‘Even the — has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself’ (Psalm 84:3) (7) 11 Banishment(Jeremiah29:1)(5) 12 ‘And now I will show you the most — way’(1Corinthians12:31) (9) 17 ‘Titus did not exploit you, did he? Did we not —— the same spirit and follow the same course?’ (2 Corinthians 12:18) (3,2) 19 Mice den(anag.)(7) 21 How Egypt is often described in the Old Testament: ‘the land of — ’ (Exodus 13:3) (7) 22 One of the first Levites to resettle in Jerusalem after the exile in Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:15) (5) 23 ‘As a sheep before her shearers is —,so he did not open his mouth’ (Isaiah 53:7) (6) 24 Paul’s birthplace(Acts22:3)(6) Down 1 Ravenous insect inflicted on Egypt in vast numbers as the eighth plague (Exodus 10:14) (6) 2 Well-being (Philippians 2:20) (7) 3 Small piece of live coal or wood in a dying fire (Psalm 102:3) (5) 5 Sportsman or woman (2 Timothy 2:5) (7) 6 The original name of Abraham’s wife (Genesis 17:15) (5) 7 ‘So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each — belongs to all the others’ (Romans 12:5) (6)
9 According to Peter, a wife’s beauty should not come from wearing this (1 Peter 3:3) (9) 13 ‘For God did not send his Son into the world to — the world’ (John 3:17) (7) 14 ‘The Lord of heaven and earth...does not live in — built by hands’ (Acts 17:24) (7) 15 ‘If your hand — you to sin,cut it off’(Mark9:43)(6) 16 Something like these fell from Saul’s eyes as soon as Ananias placed his hands on him (Acts 9:18) (6) 18 Track(Job41:30)(5)
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PS Travel Oberammergau Passion Play 2020 and
the Black Forest
Since 1634 the world-famous Passion Play has been performed in the beautiful village of Oberammergau. 2020 is its 42nd performance, so join us at this historical event combined with the beautiful scenery of the Black Forest.
PS Travel Oberammergau & Black Forest tour. Departs Friday 12th June 2020
Our 9 day tour package includes the following Day 1. Travel to France by Euro Tunnel and then overnight stop
Day 2. Travel from France to Oberammergau for our 2 night stayincluding
accommodation and Passion play entrance tickets and Play text book
Day 3. Oberammergau Passion play day
Day 4. Travel to Hotel Schwarzwald Gengenbach in the Black Forest for our 4 nights’
stay
Day 5. Free Day
Day 6. Trip on the Black Forest Railway + visit to the Black Forest Museum
Day 7. Lake Titisee Cruise + ride on the Pig Tail Railway
Day 8. Depart Germany for our overnight stay in France
Day 9. Return Euro Tunnel journey to home
Dinner, bed and breakfast is included throughout the tour + lunch on the performance day Prices are from £1599.00 per person Single Room from £220.00 per person To guarantee your place on this superb tour an initial deposit of £100.00 per person is payable. There will then be further deposits due at later dates. Prices are subject to currency surcharges. A full itinerary and hotel details will be confirmed at a later date.
How to book: Come and see us at 117 Station Road Nailsea BS48 1TA
or call us on 01275 792223
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The normal activities at Christ Church are: Weekly: Sun 10.00am - Children are always welcome at our services.
There are always toys and books in the children’s corner in Church for toddlers
and babies. First Sunday of each month is Children’s Church, for young
children and their families, in Church. All other Sundays, Faith for Children
(FFC) 3-11 years meet in the Vestry Hall during the service in church. For
information in advance, please contact the Church Office.
Mon 8.30am Morning Prayer, Bible readings & intercessions
Tue 9.30am Tuesday Tots in Vestry Hall (term time)
Fri 1.30pm Tiddlers Toddler Group in Vestry Hall (term time)
7.00pm Choir Practice
Sat 10-10.30 Morning Prayer and Intercessions
10.30-12 Church open for quiet prayer
10.30-12 Coffee morning in Vestry Hall (unless special event)
Louise Maby, the Benefice Administrator, is available in the Church Office
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.45 –12 and Wednesday 9.45 –11am.
Alternatively phone 859210 or
e-mail: [email protected]
Church Website: www.christchurchnailsea.org.uk
Monthly:
Mothers’ Union 1st Wednesday alternate months starting February
7.30pm Vestry Hall
3rd Wednesday every month 2.30pm Vestry Hall
After-Eights 3rd Monday each month 8.00pm in local homes
Midweek Communion 2nd Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion
Boys’ Night Out First Thursday 8.30pm at White Lion
Church Breakfast 2nd and 4th Sunday each month after 8.30 service
Game on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 2.30pm-4.30pm in Vestry Hall
Girls’ Chat Time 4th Monday 4.00pm at Costa in the Precinct
Piecemakers 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month 1.30 in Vestry Hall
Christ Church Crafts 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month 2.00 - 4.00pm
at 63 Westway
Items for the magazine should be emailed to [email protected]
or left for me in the pigeon hole outside church office by the 14th of each month, thanks