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Front Cover: London Road
Congregational Church from
Lorna Caddy
If you have any photographs you
think may be suitable for our
magazine cover, we would love to
receive them. Please email them
to the editor.
Services 2
Calendars for July & August 3 & 4
Notice Board 5
From the Minister 6 & 7
From the Fellowship 7
Church Directory 8
Newark Foodbank Update 8
From the Editor 9
Bible Study 10
Just Sing — Newark’s Community Choir
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Salvation Army Event 11
Beaumond House Events 12
Sunday 11am — Morning Worship
Holy Communion is celebrated during Morning Worship on the first
Sunday of each month.
Café Service is held in the church hall at 10.30am. Breakfast is on offer
with tea or coffee, and followed by a sincere service with a difference.
Please see the calendars for more details about when each service will be
taking place.
Anyone is welcome to attend the services.
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Saturday 4th 10:30am Just Sing Community Choir in the church hall
Sunday 5th 11am Morning Worship with Communion Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague
Communion Duty: Julie & Stan Flowers: Maureen & Janet
Reader: Stan Deacon’s Duty: Joan
Wednesday 8th 7.30pm Film Club
at 22 Ringrose Close, Newark
Sunday 12th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: Mark Taylor
Flowers: Mrs Wilkinson Reader: Jean
Deacon’s Duty: Jean
Saturday 18th 10:30am Just Sing Community Choir in the church hall
Sunday 19th 10:30am Café Service
Preacher: Mark Taylor Flowers: Dorothy Holman
Reader: Julie
Wednesday 22nd 7pm Bible Study in the church
Sunday 26th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague
Flowers: Kath Clawson Reader: Val
Deacon’s Duty: Val 12pm Deacon’s Meeting
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Saturday 1st PM Strawberry Tea — more details to follow
Sunday 2nd 11am Morning Worship with Holy Communion Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague
Communion Duty: Gary & Joan Flowers: Debbie Taylor
Reader: Gail Deacon’s Duty: Mark
Tuesday 4th 7pm Church Meeting in church
Discussion on Deacons Recommendations for Church Constitution
Sunday 9th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: To Be Confirmed
Flowers: Mary Clayton
Reader: Joan Deacon’s Duty: Joan
Wednesday 12th 7.30pm Film Club at 22 Ringrose Close, Newark
Sunday 16th 11am Morning Worship
Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague Flowers: Val Franks
Reader: Gary Deacon’s Duty: Joan
Sunday 23rd 11am Morning Worship
Preacher: Member’s Service Flowers: Andrea Robertson
Reader: Julie
Wednesday 26th 7pm Bible Study in the church
Sunday 30th 10:30am Café Service Preacher: Mark Taylor
Flowers: Dorothy Holman Reader: Mary
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Magazine Articles
We are always grateful to receive ideas or articles from you all for the
magazine.
Please help us to keep you informed, and keep the articles coming in.
Thank you.
Magazine material for the next edition should be submitted to the
editor by 9th August 2015.
Future Dates for Your Diary
There will be a Harvest Supper on Saturday 19th September
There will be a Craft Fayre on Saturday 3rd October
Just Sing Community Choir
Rehearsal dates for August are yet to be confirmed. Please keep an eye
on the noticeboard in the church hall, or alternatively please visit the
choir’s website: www.justsing.eu
Church Directory
If anyone wishes to be added to the church directory, please get in
touch with the editor.
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Beloved in Christ,
I am continually surprised by my experiences with people who do not attend
church who are searching for a faith for a belief in something which we, often take
for granted. When I started my training and preaching I felt that it was important to
wear the clerical collar. I consider it to be an honour to wear it, but it is also a
public statement of my faith and commitment to our heavenly father. A number of
Ministers within our denomination do not see this as important. I have been
discouraged by other ministers who feel the clerical collar is outdated. My
experience as a Minister has drawn me to the conclusion and judgement that they
are wrong. It is essential that an ordained Minister wears the clinical collar so that
people outside the church can identify not only that they work for Jesus Christ but
so they know who they can approach when they are in need of help and support.
I was surprised last week by two incidents. I found myself in Doncaster accident
and emergency department after my last service due to an eye problem. A young
lady approached me and asked me if I was a Christian minister which I confirmed.
She stated that she was a Christian and asked me if I would pray for her I asked her
for her name and said yes of course I will. She replied then let’s do it now together
and so in the middle of the crowded queue of people we prayed for a healing. The
lady was not embarrassed by this public statement of her faith. She went to see the
doctor with a smile on her face and left the building later much happier.
A few days later a man repairing my car said to me ‘you are a Minister aren’t
you?’ I replied yes. He then said to me ‘I was brought up in a Christian family but I
don’t know what a Christian is, I don’t how to be one but I think I ought to be a
Christian. I don’t understand what you do as a Minister. Will can you explain to me
about your job and your church. I work with a lot of travelling people they say I
will go to hell because I drink and swear, what does being a Christian really mean,
can I be saved?’
These two people were young; one was within the church and was confident and
ensured of her faith not embarrassed to declare her love for the Lord. The second
was seeking our heavenly father and a purpose to their life and concerned that they
were past saving that no one cared. I had a long conversation with the gentleman,
explaining about God’s love for him about the forgiveness of sin and how his life
would be improved so much if he accepted Christ as his saviour.
My first point is this, the clerical collar helps people to identify me as a Minister
and allows me to reach out to those who need and want to find Christ as our
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saviour. The second conclusion is more alarming. There are still people outside the
church in our country in 2015, who still have no knowledge of Jesus Christ, the
Bible or Christian Fellowship. Jesus Christ charged you and me to go out and
preach the gospel to all people. Our ministry and Fellowship must continue to
reach out beyond our church walls. We have a task to do this together. We must
grow and try to be more Christ-like in our actions, our life style and to bring others
to the foot of the cross to find peace and faith in Christ Jesus. I pray that each one
of us will be blessed and guided by the Holy Spirit so that no one ever has to say
in the future what is a Christian? What do Christian ministers do? What is the
purpose of your church?
Every Blessing
Reverend Ken
The members decided at the June church meeting to accept the recommendations
of the Deacons regarding the future format of the Envoy. There will be a trial
period of 3 issues before a final decision is made. It was also agreed that extra
copies should be printed and left in the hall for people using the hall to take if they
so wished. It was also decided that each issue, two of the groups attached to the
church should give a report.
At the June meeting, Ken informed us that we still haven’t received a certificate
from the Architect for the work on the new toilets.
At the next Deacon’s meeting, the church constitution will be discussed.
Mark announced during the May Café service that he has passed the final exam for
the course he has been studying; a degree in Theology.
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Minister
Reverend Ken Hague Tel: 01724 343702
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer
Mrs Debbie Taylor Tel: 01636 689352
Bible Study & Film Club
Mr Mark Taylor Tel: 01636 689352
Email: [email protected]
Organist
Mr Steve Caddy Tel: 07753 743786
51 Worthington Road, Balderton Email: [email protected]
Magazine Editor
Mrs Lorna Caddy Tel: 07965 631882
51 Worthington Road, Balderton Email: [email protected]
If you wish to be added to this section, please give your contact details to the editor before the
deadline for the next edition.
The items urgently needed at the time of print are listed in order below. Please
keep an eye on the board in the church hall for up-to-date lists. There are also
smaller shopping lists which you can take away with you.
Food Non-Food
Sponge Puddings — Tinned or Microwavable
Instant mashed Potato
Tinned Vegetables (not peas)
Long Life UHT Milk (not evaporated)
Long Life Fruit Juice
Tinned Spaghetti
Jars of Pasta Sauce
Kit-Kats
Chocolate Bars
Shampoo
Deodorant
Shower Gel
Laundry Tabs/Liquitabs
Toilet Paper
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I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, as I realise
few of you will know much about me. If you attend services at the
church, you will most likely have seen me sitting beside Steve, the
resident organist. You may also have seen me playing an instrument.
I think to date the list includes clarinet, recorder, saxophone, and on
one occasion each, guitar and piano.
I was born and raised in Nottingham, in mixed, and sometimes confusing, Roman
Catholic and Church of England environment. It took me until the age of 22 to
work out which church I belonged to, when I was going through a difficult and
often distressing time and desperate for spiritual support.
I met Steve towards the end of 2011 during a yearly novel writing challenge (his
first attempt, my fifth), and we married in 2014. I’m still learning to adjust from
living in the city to living in a small town, though I do enjoy the slower pace of
life. It took very little time for me to get settled in Newark, especially once I’d
found a local horse riding school.
I have been involved in Girl Guiding for a few years, though I’m not with a group
at the moment. One of the activities involved basic research for my family tree. At
that point, I had been thinking about investigating my tree for a while, and the
project was all it took to get me going. I’ve now been at it for over two years, and
took on Steve’s request to look at his tree. We wrote out a portion of our joint
family trees for our wedding, and spent a good three hours talking to guests about
it between the meal and evening disco. We’ve found some interesting characters,
and been led astray a few times when we’ve followed an incorrect link. Given half
the chance, I’d spend a whole night on the tree. It’s very addictive. One discovery
leads to another, and before you know it, it’s 2am.
I love to sing, and have been a member of one choir or another for many years.
Unfortunately the last choir I was in didn’t survive due to lacking numbers. You
can probably imagine my delight when the community choir based in the church
was set up.
I currently work in a secondary school in Nottingham, as part of the office team,
and it’s thanks to my work (my line manager put me in charge of the school
newsletter a few years ago) that I got involved with church magazines.
Finally, please keep an eye on the notices page, where I will publish the deadline
for the next edition.
Lorna Caddy
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The Bible Study group continues to meet every month to follow the course
‘Essential 100 — your journey through the Bible in 100 readings’.
They have been working through the Bible for the last 18 months, starting with the
Old Testament, and are now at Acts of the Apostles and Paul’s journeys. By the
time they finish the book in November, they will have read important parts from
the whole Bible. Then they’ll need to find something else to study.
Each month they read 5 sections of the Bible, and then meet to talk about them.
Mark leads the discussion, but tries to make sure other people can have a say.
They’ve all learned from each other — everyone has at some time or another come
up with something new that nobody else has spotted. For example, do you know
how many fish were caught when Jesus told the disciples to cast their nets on the
right side of the boat? Look it up in John 21:10. And what do you think he meant
by the right side — right as the opposite to left, or right as the opposite to wrong
— and how do we know?
Everyone can read along with the group. Each month the readings are put up on
the notice board in the church hall. If you can’t come on the fourth Wednesday
evening, then you can join in by reading at home. They can guarantee you’ll learn
something, or come up with some questions about what the Bible is saying.
The community choir meets every 2 weeks in the church hall on Saturday
mornings, from 10am to 12.30pm. There are between 30 and 40 in attendance, and
the choir sings a wide range of musical styles from English folk songs to classical
pieces, as well as a number of warm-up exercises and rounds.
At the first concert in May, in Barnbygate Methodist Church, the choir sang 3
pieces. The Director, Peter Higgins, also teaches piano, and a number of his pupils
played piano. A number of people commented on how good the choir sounded, but
the choir know they didn’t get it quite right. Another concert is planned for July in
the same venue.
There are five regular attenders from the church; Steve, Lorna, Beryl, Deborah and
Mark, and three of them are in the organising committee.
The choir is already receiving enquiries for concerts during the Christmas season,
and it is hoped they will perform a selection of Christmas music in church during
December.
The choir is always open to new singers. You don’t need anything other than the
wish to ‘Just Sing’ and join them in trying to ‘make a joyful noise unto the Lord’.