Catalyst

May 2011

THE MAGAZINE OFHAYES FREE CHURCH (U.R.C.)

Copy for the June 2011 edition needs to be handed in bySunday, 15th May.

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

Principal ContactsMinister: Rev. Sue Powell Tel: 020 8462 2212Church Secretary: Mr Alistair Wilson Tel: 020 8402 0026Fabric Steward Mr. Chris Wood Tel: 020 8462 2444Treasurer: Mr. Bill Michie Tel: 020 8658 4167Lettings Secretary: Mrs Undine Connolly Tel: 020 8776 0108Caretaker: Mr. Colin Ramsell Tel: 020 8402 0502CatalystEditor: Mr Richard Brown

Contents : - Items not covered by the diary of events.

HAYES FREE CHURCH111, Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Kent BR2 7HUSunday Services. 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.We are a member of the United Reformed Church.We believe in Justice and Peace.

This month’s website - Free TibetA humanitarian movement which stands for the right of Tibetans to

determine their own future. They campaign for an end to theChinese occupation of Tibet and for the fundamental human rightsof Tibetans to be respected.

More information is on Page 14.The organisation’s website is www.freetibet.org Ed

Sunday Services 2Church notices 3 - 5Agape Meal; Food for Thought 5First Impressions - Music from USA 6Catalyst needs You - Adverts 7Evangelism in the URC 8Justice & Peace Group; JusB 9, 13Notice board 10 - 11

Free Tibet 14Humour 1510 things to do with your nose; The way things once were 16Holiday From Home 17Your Mobile Telephone; PIN reversal 20Church Organisations I B C

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Letter from the Minister

Dear AllEaster is over, the highlight of our year passed.Yet we are challenged to live as Easter Peoplethroughout the year.

What does this mean?Easter people know that the Lord their God reigns.Easter people know that Jesus Christ is risen from death and is with usthroughout each day.

Easter people know the presence of the Holy Spirit within their lives,enthusing and energising them for the gospel.

Easter people live as true Christians, trying their best to be all thatthey can be for God each day.

Easter people tell others about their church, invite them along toservices or activities, simply shine God’s love through their actions,words and deeds each day.

We all need to be Easter people.And of course, that is easier said than done!But all that is asked of us is that we try.Try to be the best we can be for God.Try to be the best we can be for each other.Try to remember that our faith is such joy that not sharing it would beunfair to all.

So, summer comes, there is much happening in the church.Who will you invite?This summer, be the Easter people God calls us all to be.

For Jesus’ sake.

Amen.

Sue

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Sunday Services

Some notes on the visiting preachers.

v Major Cliff Kent belongs to the Regent Hall Branch of TheSalvation Army (the only church in Oxford Street, London). Hewas formerly from the Thornton Heath branch of The SalvationArmy. He has conducted Sunday worship at HFC on manyoccasions.

v Mrs. Margaret Smith is a Methodist Lay Preacher.v Tracy Wilson is a student on the TLS course. She is currently

worshipping at Christ Church URC/Methodist church in EastDulwich.

v David Stoner is well known to us. He is a member of variousgroups at HFC.

v Mrs. Marion Bayley is a Lay Preacher and an Elder from our sisterchurch in Beckenham. She regularly leads our services.

v Mrs Emma Perry B.D., a student from Westminster College,Cambridge, is serving her internment with HFC until May 2011.

v Allan Evison is a lay preacher at Hayes Parish Church.

May 2011

1st 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Major Cliff Kent 6.30 p.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister

8th 10.30 a.m. - Blessing of Married Couples - The Minister 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - The Minister

15th 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Mrs Margaret Smith 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - Miss Tracy Wilson

22nd 10.30 a.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - David Stoner

29th 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Mrs Marion Bayley 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - Mrs Emma Perry B.D.

June 2011

5th 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Allan Evison 6.30 p.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister

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News of the Church FamilyAnnouncements are welcome :-BMD - Changes of address, etc.

Graeme and Joan Shankland have moved toWalcot, 13/15 Woodlands Road, Bickley, BR1 2AD.Their email is: shanklands@ntlworld.com

Church MeetingsThe next Elders’ meeting will be on Tuesday, 17th May at 8.00 pmin the small hall.

The next Church meeting will be the Church AGM on Thursday, 5th Mayat 7.30 p.m.

Women's Contact GroupThe Contact Group will next meet at 8.00 pm on Monday 9th Mayat 4, Croft Avenue, West Wickham - Daphne Cummings’s home.

Sylvia Mack

House GroupsThis is a reminder that the above House Group has closed down, afterrunning for 40 years, due to lack of numbers.

Editor

Tuesday Prayer MeetingsHeld at 10.00 am at the following homes:-May 3rd Martin Nunn’s. 10th Betty Coster’s. 17th Brenda Cordingley’s. 24th The Church. 31st Martin Nunn’s.June 7th Martin Nunn’s.Please address any queries to Martin Nunn.

Saturday FellowshipOur next meeting will be at Ruth White’s home - 7, Sedgewood Close -on the 7th of May at 2.30 pm. The theme will be the continuation ofALLF (Aid to Learning and Living the Faith).Details from Martin Nunn.

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Ministry of FlowersThanks are due to those who will be providing flowers in May.

1st - Rhoda Leeds 22nd - Undine and David Connolly - 8th - Sylvia and Laurie Mack i.m.o. Undine’s father15th - Martin Nunn 29th - Cath BrownA big thank you to those who kindly arrange the flowers when needed.After the Sunday evening services, the flowers are distributed tomembers and friends, bringing joy to the recipients.

Mavis Righini

Justice and Peace GroupOur next meeting will be announced at a later date. You will bewelcome to join us.

Men's GroupThe next meeting will be at 8.00 pm on Thursday 19th May atWesterham for a Treasure Hunt organised by Les Mollison.

Hayes Mothers’ & Toddlers’ ClubWe welcome all babies and children under school age, accompanied

by their parents, grandparents or carers, to our club on Fridayafternoons 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 careare busy playing with toys and activities in the company of otherchildren.

Summer term starts on May 6th, with our last meeting on July 15th.There will be a half term break on June 3rd.

Do come and join us!

Judith Stoner - Secretary.

Notice Sheets - May 2011 1st Pam Collison 8658 0748 8th & 15th Joan Smith 8462 392022nd & 29th Daphne Cummings 8777 2487 5th June Brenda Cordingley 8462 3867If you require items to be included in the notice sheets, please contactthe appropriate person by the previous Tuesday.

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Women's Fellowship

Meetings are in the small hall at 2.00 p.m. on Tuesdays and finishabout 3.30 p.m.

The programme for the next 6 weeks is:-May 3rd Quizzes 10th Service conducted by Martin Nunn 17th History and Life of Hayes Village Hall - Laurie Mack 24th Tea at Crockham Hill 31st Hayes with the Romans - Miss Kerr , Bromley Museum June 7th Police Dog Handling - Visit by an OfficerThe programme is varied. Who knows, you may like the Women'sFellowship and decide to come to future meetings. I hope so.Jessie Martin

Churches together in Hayes will, once again, be holding anAgape Meal at our Church (In the Church) at 7.00 p.m. onFriday 6th May.

Following the last two years format, a delicious meal will be served.The after-dinner speaker will be Jonathan McGill, pastor of BromleyTown Church and leader of Bromley Street Pastors. Colin Righini isvery thrilled that we managed to get hold of him and feels it is agreat honour to have him.

This promises to be a very enjoyable evening and we hope many willcome and support us. Do come and meet others socially from theother Churches in Hayes.

For more information, do speak to me. Sylvia Mack

Food for Thought

Despite reading Catalyst pretty thoroughly every month it’s onlyrecently that I have noticed inside the front cover the statements

that ‘We are a member of the United Reformed Church’ and that‘We believe in Justice and Peace’. Many secular organisations canand do make the last of those statements – is that all we believe in ordo we not first of all believe in God and that it’s because of His lovefor us and our love for Him that we serve him in this way? Perhaps wecan give some thought to how we declare this.

Brenda Cordingley

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This page will be kept for YOUR contributions - NOTHING ELSE will go on this page.Catalyst needs you

'Sandcastles & Sky'24 page booklet.

Poems by James A. Wyatt.£2.30.

If interested send chequepayable to J. Wyatt,79 Bredhurst Close,London. SE20 7BH.

It would be great to receive items fromother groups - Mothers and Toddlers, thecubs, brownies, Sunday Club. Also,family members are most welcome tosubmit material.

Uniformed groups - can your membersearn a badge for contributions to thispage?

Pictures, poems, letters or thoughts are allwelcome.

Leaders - please encourage your chargesto be creative. Catalyst has wonderfulmaterial from the adult members andfriends, but this magazine should be for allof us to enjoy. Also, isn’t it nice to see yourmessage or creation in print?

Surely, an important aspect of our lives is toencourage the youngsters to develop - tobe creative. So, this page is here to helpwith this.

Brought to you byMo Mollison’s daughter

Gardening Services - by Emma Perry’s husbandDoes your garden need a spring clean?Pruning, grass cutting, weeding, treefelling, planting out, and maintenance

work can be carried out by Dave at £10per hr.

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Evangelism in the URCTaken from the first online URC Quarterly Update - Spring 2011

An initiative was announced at all URC spring synods. In March, the 13synods saw a presentation on the campaign of radical welcome thatthe United Reformed Church has been working on for the past two years.. . . Every URC congregation in Britain has been invited to be part of it,and has been asked to think and pray long and carefully about theirresponse to the invitation.

The URC’s campaign is primarily an evangelistic campaign . . . and, forthose URC churches that decide to accept the challenge of becomingradically welcoming, it will be transformational. The Revd Lucy Berry,campaign advocate, explains: “It’s a chance for all URC congregationsto change the way church is seen to behave to all those who walkthrough their doors – and to develop and transform the life of theirindividual church in the process.”

Participating churches will be required to closely examine how they –corporately and as individuals – welcome people into their fellowshipand how they can learn to be as radically welcoming as Jesus. MrsRominger says: “The power of the campaign is that people willencounter Jesus, through Jesus shaped churches.”

Ms Berry adds: “One of the extraordinary things about Jesus was His loveand open welcome for those whom the Pharisees and Sadducees sawas unclean. And yet today people of all kinds know or suspect that theywon’t get a welcome in many churches. Our campaign will tell peopleabout the churches that can attend where they’ll find a welcome. Webelieve this initiative will help the spiritual lives of many, many peoplewho need not feel excluded or outside of the love of God. We’re reallyexcited about this campaign and hope that you will be too.”

The next nine months are a time of preparation, inspiration, prayer andtransformation for the URC, as churches begin to sign up and startmoving towards the aim of being radically welcoming. The publiclaunch will be in early 2012.

More detailed information about the process may be available in yourchurch and/or synod newsletter . . . If you still have questions afterreading the longer article then please contact Lucy Berry atlucy.berry@urc.org.uk or on 07715 104361.

HFC’s Evangelism Group tabled 3 ideas at April’s Church meeting.1. Messy Church to be set up and advertised.2. Just Asking - Faith discussions in the community to be held at the local Costa Coffee House 1 evening per week for 5-6 sessions.3. Over 60’s lunch & Songs of Praise - to be held monthly.

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The Justice and Peace Group.The J&P Group looks at relevant issues close to home, as wellas those from overseas.

Please consider the plight of the Bromley youth charity JusB.Basically they are a local charity for young people, providing a lot ofhelp to youngsters who would otherwise be on the streets, and, Ibelieve, supported by several Bromley churches. They are runningshort of funding and have been offered £25k if they can match thatamount by their own fundraising by the end of June. Otherwise I thinkthey are likely to close.

Thanks for your help, and Happy EasterWe in the J&P Group are Laurie Hobbs, Barbara Jones, Jim Pearson,

Christine Rees, Judith and David Stoner.25k appeal

You may have seen JusB in the papers. Here’s the latest.1) Matched funding extended

Having looked at options for cutting services and doing even morework in partnership we believe this is a key time for JusB’s future. Weare re-structuring and have lost a staff member, but with £13k raisedtowards our £25k target, our donor has agreed to extend his matchedfunding offer until June 30th. New monies given or pledged beforethen will be doubled by him assuming we raise £25,000.

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Women’s Contact Coffee Morning 10.00 am - 12.00We continue to raise funds for disaster relief causes.Our next coffee morning will be on 14th of May. Hope to seeyou there, and why not bring a friend. Our cakes are to die for!!

Barbara Jones

The Fairtrade Sunday StallThere will be a stall after the morning services on the 8th & 22nd of May,and the 5th of June.

The regular items for sale are food and drink - all of very good quality.Remember that by purchasing Fairtrade goods you are helping tosupport communities in the world, and to give those communities achance to enjoy a better life for their families - standards which wemay take for granted here in the UK.

Please continue to support your fair trade stall. Thank you. Richard, Barbara and Helen.

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NOTICE

Minister's Surgery

Sue’s monthly surgeryat the Church will beheld on the SECONDWednesday of each

monthfrom 3.00 - 5.45 pm.

22ND BROMLEY SCOUT GROUPMany of you will know that Sainsbury’s arenow giving out ‘Active Kids’ vouchers for

every ₤10.00 spent.These vouchers can be exchanged for

sports equipment, books and evencamping equipment depending on howmany we collect. Last year we collectedover 8,000 and I would again like to thankall those members of the Church who

helped us.So, if you are not already giving yourvouchers to someone else, please save

them for the Scout Group.Please put your vouchers in the box next to

our yellow recycling box on the table inthe entrance to the Church.Thanking you in advance.

Brenda Petts Cub Scout Leader & Beaver Scout Leader

Lunch DatesThere are two dates for your diaries.v The first is June 5th, which is lunch for

people living alone.v The second date is October 2nd when

we will be having a harvest lunch andeverybody is welcome.

There will be a list at the back of thechurch for people to sign for the lunch onJune 5th.

Barbara Jones

HFCPrayer and Gift Day

Saturday 4th June

9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Fill a 20 minute slot withyour presence and

come and pray for thework of the church.

Helpful hints provided!

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BOARD

THIS FUN EVENING WILL BE TO RAISEFUNDS FOR THE AUGUST HOLIDAYFROM HOME PROJECT FOR LOCAL

SENIOR CITIZENS

YOUR FAVOURITE CALLERS!PAT MARSHALL & JANET JACOB

TICKETS £7 AVAILABLE IN ADVANCE.RING JOAN ON 020 8462 3920

DOORS OPEN 7.00 P.M.

BRING YOUR OWN NIBBLES AND DRINKS

A Special ServiceOn Sunday 8th May we will

be having a WeddingBlessing within the

morning service.Any of youlovers out

there wishingto renew yourwedding vows,

this is themorning to come – all are

welcome!

Christian Aid Week 15 - 21 May 2011Every year during Christian Aid Week 300,000people from across the country are united in the

UK’s biggest house-to-house collection, reaching millions of peoplewith messages about beating poverty.

We are one of 20 churches in the Bromley area pooling resources forthe house-to-house collection during this week. Hayes Free Church isresponsible 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-housecollection. Collectors are also required for the flag day on Saturday,21st May in Bromley town centre. Could you please spare an hour tohelp this worthy cause?

If so, please contact us:Kathryn Strachan 8658 9609John Curry 8249 3663

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ADDITIONAL NOTICES

Bank Holiday Rambles.Don’t forget that we will benefit from 2 days oframbles in May.

The rambles will be in the Weald of Kent wherebeautiful views are guaranteed.

Each ramble will be about 5 miles long and wewill enjoy a pub lunch as part of the day.

All are welcome to join us at 10.15 am in theRosary car park on Monday 2nd May, andMonday 30th May.

More details from Martin Nunn.

Bible Celebration Supper.

This will take place in the Large Hall from 6.00 to9.00 p.m. on Saturday, 21st May.

All are welcome to attend.

There will be speakers from the Whitcliffe BibleTranslators, and the Bible Society.

Tickets, priced at £3.00 per adult, or £5 per familyare available from Martin Nunn, Betty Coster orBrenda Cordingley.

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We have money set aside should we need to close down (a legalrequirement), so any money you give really will go to help continue ourwork.

2) JusB still needs your helpWe’ve seen some great responses to our appeal, but we need morepeople, churches, trusts and businesses to act now. Please think of oneway you can help. June will come around soon. Please do somethingtoday to help.

3) If no one helps, what will young people do?JusB was set up for a reason. Young people were slipping through thenet of services. Hard to reach teenagers need specialist help. As localgovernment makes cuts and youth unemployment increases our workwill be even more essential. If JusB is not here one has to ask where theteenagers will go and the implications for Bromley.

4) If you have helped already thank you!If you have given already please take this letter as an update.However, if you are yet to help, please consider giving now. Even smallregular gifts will help. Our main need is for regular funds, but if money istight please think about whether you can help us in another way.Perhaps you could hold a cake, book or plant sale? Perhaps you coulddo a sponsored event or help us leaflet the area? A business you knowmay be able to offer a prize for our May raffle. Everyone can help, andif we all help, JusB will be saved.

5) For the futureOur target is to get £25k from supporters with the donor matchinganother £25k. The total £50,000 would make JusB viable and give usbreathing space to raise more from trusts and other sources. We knowit is not sustainable to have emergency appeals yearly, but we thinkthat if we are successful with this big push we will be able to secure ourservices for young people into the future.

Find out more at www.jusb.org.uk or call 020 8464 2722.To give now please fill out the donation form, or to discuss giving overthe course of the year please be in touch.Thank you in advance.

Thank you to everyone who has helped!

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28 Charles Square, London N1 6HTTEL: 020 7324 4605FAX: 020 7324 4606

Main e-mail: mail@freetibet.orgMission statementFree Tibet stands for the right of Tibetans to determine their own future.We campaign for an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and for the

fundamental human rights of Tibetans to be respected. Founded in 1987,Free Tibet generates active support through public education about thesituation in Tibet. We are independent of all governments and arefunded by our members and supporters.

Our campaignsThe Jasmine Revolution has put human rights at the forefront of

international news and politics. There is a huge momentum at thistime for giving power back to people who have long been denied itunder repressive regimes. Please join us in using this momentum tourge British Prime Minister David Cameron to put human rights backat the heart of UK foreign policy.

Stop Torture in Tibet. British actors lend their voices to Tibetan torturesurvivors like Namgyal. On the website, you can read Namgyal'stestimony and watch Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson and DavidThrelfall.

Tibet the third pole. Tibet holds the world's third largest store of water, butthe fragile environment is threatened by Chinese developmentwhich also displaces Tibetan nomads.

Political Prisoners. In Tibet, people can be imprisoned simply for sendingemail. In addition, over 1,000 remain missing since 2008.

Take action from the US. US support is very important, as regards helpfrom the US and US policy toward Tibet.

Fly our flag.The Chinesegovernment hasbanned the Tibetannational flag frombeing flown in thecountry. You areasked to fly the flagto demonstratesupport of the humanrights movement inTibet.

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Nothing is certain exceptwhat and taxes?!?

By Pam Winn

Both cartoons posted on thewebsite ReverendFun.com

I’m sorry maam, the resurrection ofJesus was a miracle, not a service ofthis cemetery

By Pam Winn

Seen in a church newsletter:This publication tries to include something for everyone, thereforeif you find a mistake be assured we intentionally published it.It is put there for all the folks that are always looking for a mistake

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TOP TEN THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR NOSEWHEN YOU’RE BORED…

10) Look down it at somebody (Pride)

09) Poke it into someone else’s business (Strife / Dissension)

08) Snoop around with it (Nosey / Gossip)

07) Get it out of joint (Anger)

06) Cut it off to spite your face (Bitterness)

05) Pay through it (Materialism)

04) Find something right under it (Love / Salvation)

03) See past it (Eternity / Hope)

02) Keep it clean (Humility / Obedience)

AND THE NUMBER ONE THING TO DO WITH YOUR NOSE…

01) Get it stuck in a book (The Bible!)

MayIndications of Spring. (Extracted from a single page table.)Early - Dog-roses flower - May 23Late - Mountain Ash leaf, Horse Chestnut leaf - May 2.

Sycamore leaf, Birch & Weeping Willow leaf - May 4.Alder and Hornbeam leaf - May 7.Poplar leaf - May 8.Beech, Plane & Walnut leaf - May 10.Oak Leaf - May 20.Ash leaf - May 26.

Average - Hawthorn flowers - May 8.All other plants & trees in leaf by Apr 29.

Late - Frogs & Toads croak - May 4. Cuckoo sings - May 7.Nightingale sings - May 19.

Average - Churn-owl sings - May 28.

The way things once wereFrom Raithby & Lawrence’s Illustrated Almanac for 1884 - Leics.

Passages transcribed as shown Ed

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ADVANCE NOTICE

Yes, that time of year is approaching - quickly too.

It’s the HOLIDAY Season

You are invited to enjoy

HAYES FREE CHURCH HOLIDAY FROM HOMEMonday 1st - Friday 5th August 2011And evening of Saturday 6th August

This will be a week of enjoyable activities for the over 60's

A two course lunch will be served each day.The week will end with

A Summer Extravaganza on the Saturday Evening

Tickets are: - £20.00 for the week

or £5.00 per day.The cost of the outing is still to be confirmed.

To avoid disappointment, book now.Phone Sue on 020 8462 2212.

For the full programmePick up a leaflet from the back of the church.

Drive-in ChurchSticker seen in the back window of our

Minister’s car - “Autosave. . . Tel:...”

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May 2011

1st Sun 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Major Cliff Kent 6.30 p.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister

2nd Mon May Day Bank Holiday10.15 a.m. - Ramble Page 12

3rd Tue 10.00 a.m. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 p.m. - Women’s Fellowship Page 5

4th Wed

5th Thu 7.30 p.m. - Church AGM. Page 3

6th Fri 2.00 p.m. - Mothers & Toddlers Page 4 7.00 p.m. - Agape Meal Page 5

7th Sat 2.30 p.m. - Saturday Fellowship Page 3

8th Sun10.30 a.m. - Blessing of Married Couples - The Minister P1111.45 a.m. - Fairtrade Stall Page 9 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - The Minister

9th Mon 8.00 p.m. - Women’s Contact Group Page 3

10th Tue 10.00 a.m. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 p.m. - Women’s Fellowship Page 5

11th Wed 3.00 p.m. - Minister’s Surgery Page 10

12th Thu

13th Fri 2.00 p.m. - Mothers & Toddlers Page 4

14th Sat 10.00 a.m. - Women’s Contact Coffee Morning Page 9 7.30 p.m. - Barn Dance Page 11

15th Sun 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Mrs Margaret Smith 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - Miss Tracy Wilson

16th Mon

17th Tue10.00 a.m. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 p.m. - Women’s Fellowship Page 5 8.00 p.m. - Elders’ Meeting Page 3

18th Wed

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June 20111st Wed

2nd Thu

3rd Fri

4th Sat 9.00 a.m. - Prayer and Gift Day Page 10

5th Sun10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Allan Evison11.45 a.m. - Fairtrade Stall Page 912.30 p.m. - Lunch for those living alone Page 10 6.30 p.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister

May 201119th Thu 8.00 p.m. - Men’s Group Page 420th Fri 2.00 p.m. - Mothers & Toddlers Page 4

21st Sat 6.00 p.m. - Bible Celebration Supper Page 12

22nd Sun10.30 a.m. - Holy Communion - The Minister11.45 a.m. - Fairtrade Stall Page 9 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - David Stoner

23rd Mon Victoria Day (Scot.)

24th Tue 10.00 a.m. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 p.m. - Women’s Fellowship Page 5

25th Wed26th Thu27th Fri 2.00 p.m. - Mothers & Toddlers Page 428th Sat

29th Sun 10.30 a.m. - Morning Service - Mrs Marion Bayley 6.30 p.m. - Evening Service - Mrs Emma Perry B.D.

30th Mon Spring Bank Holiday10.15 a.m. - Ramble Page 12

31st Tue 10.00 a.m. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting Page 3 2.00 p.m. - Women’s Fellowship Page 5

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A final piece - for Peace of Mind - continued from last month------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Your Mobile TelephoneYour mobile phone can be a life saver or an emergency tool forsurvival.

SECOND Hidden Battery PowerTo activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do thiswhen the phone is almost dead.

Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and theinstrument will show a 50% increase in battery life.

This reserve will get re charged when you charge your mobile nexttime.

This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals.Most people however skip this information without realising.

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Please pass this along to everyone.This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it onto your family and friends.

PIN reversal - An important updateYour editor was contacted by relatives of Tom and Elsie Luzmore whostill read Catalyst.

The story regarding 'reverse Pin protection' is an urban myth, no suchsystem exists in the UK.

The resources needed to put such a mechanism in operation are tooprohibitive for it to work effectively, and there are associated issueswith it, for instance if your Pin is 6446.

If you do find yourself in such a situation and you enter your Pinbackwards, it will only serve to delay your withdrawal and may incitefrustration from would-be assailants. You should put your personalsafety first and co-operate as best you can.'

A quick check was made on a couple of reliable web-sites whichexpose hoaxes and fraud. The findings, in brief, were that in 1994,Joseph Zingher from Chicago began developing ATM software thatwould silently call police if a PIN was entered in reverse. Since then,Zingher has spent years trying to sell the idea to banks in the UnitedStates without success.

Zingher and others continue to push for the implementation of reversepin or similar consumer safety systems at ATMs. The concept is sound,and such technology may well increase ATM security, discourageforced withdrawal crime and possibly even save lives, if it was widelyused.

Editor

CHURCH ORGANISATIONSDay Organisation Contact PhoneSunday10.25 am Sunday Club Mike Duke 8462 5103Weekdays9.15 - 12.00 pm Pre School Group Jayne Carvell 07913 299773Monday

2.30 & 7.30 pm West Wickham Arts Association

Carol Crouch 8462 3642

5.45 pm Brownies Sarah Humphrey 8249 99826.30 pm Cubs Brenda Petts 8325 39568.00 pm - 1stMon monthly

Women's ContactGroup

Sylvia Mack 8462 1938

Tuesday2.00 pm Women's Fellowship Jessie Martin 8462 56217.00 - 8.00 pm Weight Watchers Area Office 0845345 15007.15 pm Scouts Paul Hasling 3236 0083Wednesday5.00 pm Rainbows Tania Venables 8462 97595.30 pm Beavers Brenda Petts 8325 39566.30 pm Worship Group Bill Michie 8658 41676.45 pm Slimming World Val 0750 60150647.30 pm Explorers Katy Reeves 07779 039 295Thursday2.30 pm - SeeCatalyst

Justice & PeaceGroup

David Stoner 8462 3023

5.30 pm Brownies Stevie Blair. 8325 34697.00 - 8.30 pm Senior Guides Kerry Sullivan 8777 31398.00 pm - 3rdThu monthly

Men's Group Bruce Tannock 8325 6264

Friday9.00 - 12.00 pm Coffee morning during term times2.00 pm Mothers & Toddlers Judith Stoner 8462 30236.30 pm Guides Teresa Cheyne 8777 60427.30 pm Choir Martin Nunn 8462 5918Saturday2.30 pm Saturday Fellowship Martin Nunn 8462 5918

Final ThoughtThe Peace of God

This year, the image which accompanies Final Thought will be a visualvariation of this scene. The idea is to challenge how we see things,and to help us appreciate how different people may actually see theworld around them. Editor

Like a mighty river flowingLike a flower in beauty growingFar beyond all human knowingIs the perfect peace of God

Like the summer breezes playingLike the tall trees swayingLike the lips of silent prayingIs the perfect peace of God

Like the morning sun ascendedLike the scents of evening blendedLike a friendship never endedIs the perfect peace of God

Mission Praise