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For your Diary

OCTOBER

Wed 5 7.30pm Study Group

Sat 8 9.30am—12noon Tea/Coffee &

Scones in the Welcome Area

Sun 9 10.30am PW Service

3.00pm GB & BB Enrolment

Wed 12 2.00pm Evergreens

7.00pm Prayer Time

7.30pm Study Group

Sat 15 9.00am—12noon Big Breakfast

Sun 16 10.30am & 6.30pm Harvest

Thanksgiving Services


Fri 21 8.00pm Beetle Drive



Wed 26 7.00pm Prayer Time

7.30pm Study Group



NOVEMBER


Sat 5 8.00am Car Boot Sale

Sun 6 10.30am & 6.30pm Sacrament

of the Lord’s Supper

Mon 7 7.30pm Church Committee

Tue 8 7.30pm Kirk Session

Wed 9 2.00pm Evergreens

7.00pm Prayer Time

Baptisms Jai John Bedi James Thomas McKibbin Amy Evelyn McKibbin

Marriage Stephen Lewis & Olwyn Smith

Deaths 19th July Ruth Davey 11th August Jean Jordan 26th August Peggy Curry

Congregational Register

Sat 12 10.00am - 2.00pm Craft Fair

Sun 13 11.30am Remembrance Day

Service—Parade to our Church

Sat 19 9.00am—12noon Big Breakfast

Wed 23 7.00pm Prayer Time



Sun 27 7.00pm Link Service

DECEMBER

Sat 3 8.00am Car Boot Sale



Sat 17 9am—12noon Big Breakfast

Sun 18 10.30am Children’s Service

7.00pm Carols by Candlelight

Sat 24 11.30pm Christmas Eve Service

Sun 25 10.30am Christmas Day Family

Service.

Minister’s Letter Dear Friends,

It’s one thing to have a gift but another put-

ting it to good or even the best possible

use. In the Baroque period, the German

composer Johann Sebastien Bach (1685-

1750) used to sign his manuscripts with

the letters SDG – shorthand for the Latin

‘Soli Deo Gloria’ which translates as “to

God alone be the glory” or AMDG –

shorthand for the Latin ‘Ad Maiorem Dei

Gloriam’ rendered “for the greater glory of

God” – sublime music serving the supreme

purpose.

In similar vein, the poet Gerard Manley

Hopkins (1844-1889) begins his famous

poem ‘Pied Beauty’ with the line, ”Glory be

to God for dappled things” and later on

writes “All things counter, original, spare,

strange . . . He fathers-forth whose beauty

is past change: Praise him.”

Life involves change even if, for some

stretches, it can be so imperceptible as to

be all but discounted (wrongly) so subtle

are its workings. But autumn, in particular,

is one of those times when change is

especially noticeable whether in the wider

world of nature or the realm of education

for our children and young people.

In church life too, a discerning spirit

becomes aware of change, real or

potential, that God is stirring up within and

around us – perhaps a dramatic disclosure

or unsought circumstance, or, more often,

a fresh perspective on a familiar issue. But

while God is the ultimate source of

change, as well as our abiding resource as

we comes to terms with change, the

constancy or loving faithfulness of God,

embodied in Christ, remains paramount

whatever the season.

For that reason, the phrase that adorns

most church buildings “To the glory of

God” is a fitting reminder that in the

numerous activities that take place in the

life of our congregation the purpose, aim

and motivation is to align (and when we

fail, as we will because we’re human:

realign) them with the greater goal of

glorifying God made known in the grace

of Jesus Christ.

SDG and AMDG,

Allen Sleith

Harvest

Thanksgiving

Services

Sunday

16th October

10.30am & 6.30pm

Project 180 Project 180 Cost £1,428,000

Funds raised up to 31st August

Pledges & Contributions etc. £572,773

Gift Aid £127,308

Fund Raising £258,671

Investments & Trusts £190,199

Part Proceeds Manse Sale £150,000

Total Funds raised to date £1,298,951

Interest Paid re Loan £63,046

Total £1,225,905

Interest free loans £115,000

Balance to pay including

interest Free Loans £197,250

Fund Raising Activities

Since the previous issue of Pew News

a number of events were held:

Monthly Car Boot Sales

Sunday School 5p&20p Collection

Car Parking Oyster Festival

Saturday Morning Coffee & Scones

Various Catering Events

Forthcoming Events

Monthly Car Boot Sales (1st Saturday

each month)

Big Breakfast (3rd Saturday each

month)

Various Catering Functions

Craft Fair Saturday 12th November

Cash for Clobber Collection

Sincere thanks to everyone for your

continued support of all our fundraising

activities and commitment to Project 180.

As discussed at the Committee meeting

in September I would ask each

organisation to advise me of their fund-

raising activity for the next 12 months in

order that a calendar of events can be

planned.

I want to encourage you all to continue

with your support and prayer as we carry

on with our efforts to pay off Project 180.

David Workman

Project Finance Convener

Serving of tea/coffee and scones in the Welcome Area

every Saturday morning This means you can call in for a

cuppa and a chat on any Saturday morning

9.30am—12noon

If you would be willing to help or provide scones,

please contact Dawn.

Big Breakfast 3rd Saturday each Month

9.00am—12noon

Donation sessions will be held

in the Orr Hall

On Monday 31st October

2pm—4.30pm & 6pm—8pm

Mobile Phones To date over £794.90 has been raised through the sale of mobile phones for Project 180.

Why not save your old phone and ask your family members, friends and work colleagues to support you and collect phones for Project 180.

David Workman

HILLSBOROUGH ALLSORTS will resume

the Bread and Cheese Lunches on Thursday 6th October in the Parish Rooms of the Parish Church. These lunches are a community effort providing home made soup, bread and cheese with a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit all for £4, as well as giving the opportunity to meet with friends and neighbours from the village and beyond. The money raised (apart from minimal expenses) all goes to support the work of Christian Aid—last year we were able to forward £2,700 to the Belfast Office. This work is ongoing—apart from responding to emergency appeal it supports projects overseas such as a current project in Kenya where drought resistant seeds, training in special farming techniques and sand dams to collect water—all help the people to help themselves. So, come along on a Thursday 12.15—1.30pm, you will be made most welcome or if you feel you would like to become involved in this community effort, please contact me on 9268 2266.

Hilary Jess

I would like to take this opportunity, on

behalf of Kathryn, Christopher, Gavin and

myself, to express our thanks and

appreciation for all the care shown, the

sympathy expressed to us and the prayers

offered for us at the time of Ruth’s death.

The many letters, cards and phone calls

were all a source of great comfort and

strength. Our thanks are also due to

Diane and the members of the choir for

the part they played in the Thanksgiving

Service and to those who provided the

refreshments after the service.

Ruth bore the early years of her illness

with great fortitude and a remarkable

degree of good humour while she was still

able to relate to those around her. The

latter years were much more difficult and

we are all grateful to God that He has now

released her into that fuller life which we

believe is now hers through her faith in the

resurrection.

Once again thank you for all your support.

John Davey

Hillsborough Presbyterian Church

Saturday 12th November

10.00am—2.00pm

Stalls include:

Crafts, Food, Christmas Gifts,

Bric-a-brac & usual Church stalls

Refreshments including tea/coffee plus BBQ

Admission £2, children free

Proceeds for Project 180, The New Property Development

As I write this, our new P.W. year has begun and our first meeting has taken place. Our speaker at that meeting was Kathryn Harte who gave us a very informative account of the work of ‘The Big House,’ a Christian charity aimed at helping young people experience God’s love, especially during difficult times in their lives. Kathryn made us aware of the diverse range of problems which some young people were experiencing and of the valuable work being done by ‘The Big House’ team to support and bring God’s love to them. We were pleased to learn more about this charity which the P.W. mission fund is supporting this year. Our next event is our annual P.W. service on 9

th October at 10.30 am when we will

welcome, as speakers, Ron and Hilary McCartney who have been engaged in mission work in Pakistan. Then, on 18

th October, we look forward to

hearing from and getting to know our new minister, Rev. Dr. Allen Sleith. On 15

th

November, we will welcome Deirdre Humphries who will be speaking and demonstrating craft ideas under the title ‘Christmas in a Hurry.’ This will be a ‘Visitors’ Evening’ and prior to the event we will issue a special invitation to the ladies of the congregation to join us and discover more about us. Finally, at our Christmas meeting on 6

th December,

Graeme and Maureen Lowe will talk about and show examples of handcrafted items from Bangkok. We offer an open invitation to the ladies of the congregation who are interested in attending any of these activities.

Thelma McClelland Leader

PARENT & TODDLERS

If you are a parent, grandparent or childminder with a child/children up to the age of 4, you would be very welcome to join us on Wednesday morning at Parents and Toddlers in the Orr Hall from 10am—12noon. Why not come along and enjoy a chat, a cup of coffee and company while the children play together, do jigsaws, listen to stories, etc. Also if anyone would like to help at Parents & Toddlers on an occasional basis, please contact Dawn in the Church Office 9268 3502.

Barbara Reid

The Churches’ Council for Health and Healing in Ireland

The following Autumn seminar

has been planned:

INNER HEALING

Speaker: Rev Dr Derek McKelvey (Minister Emeritus of Fisherwick

Presbyterian)

On : Thursday 20th

October 10.00am – 12.30pm

In: Cairnshill Methodist Church, 2 Ballylenaghan Road

(off the Saintfield Road) Belfast.

To book (Event is free, but booking essential) :

contact Rev Jim Campbell : 02890 709113 /

[email protected]

CHEICK

Cheick will soon be 18 years old and PLAN has forwarded a Birthday card to me. The GB has kindly undertaken sponsorship for this year and I have left it in to them so the girls will have an opportunity to sign it, and I will leave it on the table in the vestibule for any member of the congregation to sign as well, if they so wish. Thank you, Grace Davin

STOREHOUSE

Just a reminder of the need for ongoing support for many families in the community to receive practical help in the form of food parcels from Storehouse. It was very kind of The Co-Op to send some items down to the Church which were suitable for our weekly collection and I noticed they had done likewise to the Parish church when I delivered our collection there after the service last Sunday. Please think about maybe adding some basic non-perishable items to the list as you do your weekly shop, and many thanks to those who regularly contribute.

Grace Davin

ECO MATTERS The Eco-Network /

Creation Care Meeting The next meeting of the Eco-Network / Creation Care Group in Northern Ireland will be held on : Saturday 15th October 2016 at 10.00am in Abbey Presbyterian Church, 99-101 Monkstown Rd, Newtownabbey, BT37 0LG. Everyone is welcome! If you would like further details or to share a lift, please speak to me! Grace Davin

Members who met at Drumalis in March 2016

CASH 4 CLOBBER

The next Cash for Clobber collection will be on

4th November

All bags to be left in the Crèche

31st October - 3rd November

The Link is our monthly contemporary Praise Evening. It is a place where people of all ages can come together to explore the Christian faith through media clips, interviews, and worshipping the Living God. Over the past year we have been hearing from various members of our congregation who have told us about how God has worked in their lives. Most recently, we enjoyed getting to know Allen in our September interview, and look forward to hearing from Karen Thompson and Carson McMullan on 23

rd October and 27

th November respectively.

Worship is led by our own ‘Link Band’ which is made up of young musicians from our church, who lead using a combination of modern and traditional worship songs. Some of these may be new to you, but if you want a ‘sneak peak’ at what we’ll be singing each month to familiarise yourself with the songs, visit The Link section of our church website. If you have had the opportunity to attend The Link we hope that you have found it engaging, and challenging; and if you haven’t had the opportunity yet we hope that you can join us for the next one. The dates for this term are 23

rd October, 27

th November and WEDNESDAY 21

st

December for our Christmas Link Service, at which we will be joined by members of Hope Church and St. Malachy’s. Many of you have commented about how much work goes into set-up for each evening. As The Link continues we are appealing for volunteers to assist with the tidy-up of the hall after we are finished for approximately 30 minutes. If you would be willing to assist us with this please contact Ashley on [email protected] or 07482236738.

mailto:[email protected]

SPARK is our new Youth Club for children in P5-Year 8. It runs on a Friday evening from 6.30-8pm and includes a wide range of activities such as Football, Unihock, Pool, Table-Tennis, Games Consoles, Tuck Shop, Foosball, Air Hockey, Craft, and more; and we end each evening with a short epilogue. SPARK has started very strongly and continues to grow. If you have a child, grandchild, or even neighbour, encourage them to come along for a fun-filled night. If you would like to volunteer to be part of our leadership team, even on a rota basis, please get in touch with Ashley.

Drop In is our newest programme for Young People in Year 8-14. It runs on a Friday afternoon from 4-6pm. Come along to sit and chat or make use of the numerous activities on offer such as Football, Unihock, Pool, Table-Tennis, Games Consoles, Foosball, Air Hockey. We also have snacks available from our Tuck Shop or new Coffee Bar. If you would like to volun-teer to be a leader at Drop In, please get in touch with Ashley.

Summer with HPC Youth

We have had a busy summer programme full of activities for children and young people. We kicked off the summer by bringing a group of young people to Ireland’s largest Christian festival – Summer Madness. It was a very wet weekend, not ideal for camping- but it didn’t dampen the spirits of our group as they enthusiastically engaged with the programme, and saw God moving in incredible ways.

We enjoyed the two week-long summer schemes. For primary school children we ran Landlubbers, for which we turned the Orr Hall into a Desert Island. On the island we followed a map to find the treasure, as well as following Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Other activities included playing games, singing, drama, crafts, a water fight, and a trip to the beach at Crawfordsburn.

Over recent months we have linked with St. Malachay’s and Hope Church under the name ‘Fusion’. At the start of the summer we had our first Fusion event - a pizza and games night which saw around 30 young people from the three churches meet together. Our summer scheme for teenagers was the Fusion Summer Week, which focused on ‘The 4 Points’. During the week 40 young people and 15 leaders from the 3 churches came together for various games and challenges, as we continued to grow closer together. We ended the week with a daytrip to Dublin Zoo which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.

There were a number of other events for children and young people throughout July and August including Ten Pin Bowling, Movie Nights, and Games Nights.

At the end of the Summer I was delighted

to join with other leaders in the Mourne

Mountains to supervise our two Silver

groups for their Qualifying Expedition for

the Duke of Edinburgh Award; and in the

Wicklow Mountains for their Gold

Qualifying. Congratulations to all of the

participants for completing challenging

expeditions, and we look forward to them

completing their awards in the coming

months.

Ashley Parks

Enclosed with this issue of Pew News is

the Autumn Briefing giving up to date

information.

Our target of honour is £14,890 and to

date £8,339 has been raised.

If you have not already done so, you are

encouraged to contribute to this appeal

which supports the wider church.

“EVERGREENS”

Wednesday 12th October 2.00pm

Dr Marion Gibson ‘Expect The Unexpected’

Wednesday

9th November 2.00pm Seed Sowers Puppeteers

Wednesday

14th December 1.00pm Christmas Lunch and Carols

PCI PUBLICATIONS

As you may have read in the September edition of the Presbyterian Herald, 2014 the General Assembly commissioned a publications review to assess the viability of the magazines produced by PCI. This review has now been completed and was presented to the General Council in March 2016. Based on the review, the Council agreed that ReachOut magazine will cease with the December2016/January 2017 edition and that some of its content will filter into an updated and revised Presbyterian Herald, launching in February 2017. To assist with planning content for the revised Presbyterian Herald, we are seeking feedback from current readers and non-readers. For this purpose surveys were printed in the September Herald and October/November ReachOut magazines for readers to fill out and send back. We would encourage as many as possible to respond. To assist people to respond, the survey is also available online. https://www.presbyterianireland.org/Resources/Presbyterian-Herald/Herald-Reader-Survey.aspx A survey is also available for those who do not subscribe to any PCI magazine. https://www.presbyterianireland.org/Resources/Presbyterian-Herald/Non-Reader-Survey.aspx All feedback is greatly appreciated and will help us produce a more relevant and interesting magazine for our readers.

Sarah Harding (Editor)

GOOD RELATIONS

For those concerned about the refugee sit-uation, two events in the Belfast International Festival may be of interest: A film in Queen’s Film Theatre entitled

Lampedusa in Winter – on Wednesday 19

th October @ 6pm

A talk by Yvette Cooper on Fixing the Refugee Crisis in The Elmwood Hall on Thursday 20

th October @ 7.30pm

Book:online: belfastinternationalartsfestival.com / phone: 02890 892707 Also, EMBRACE has highlighted the need for practical help for the refugees presently in Northern Ireland or who will be arriving shortly. This includes: General items such as: Umbrellas,

Slippers, raincoats, School stationery,

School bags, English or Arabic/English

diaries for recording appointments, Basic

English or English/Arabic language

support books for children and adults, Hot

water bottles, clothes drying rails, new

packs of underwear.

Travel (2-pin to UK) adaptors: for

charging smartphones etc.

Vouchers – Those will be allocated by the team of key workers working individually with the families and in accordance to needs e.g. locally accessible supermarket, chemists, etc.

Large cooking pots, frying pans and

roasting trays: Many of the families

requested these as they tend to make

quite large quantities of rice/casseroles/

soups etc.

Rugs: All families, without exception,

were keen to get rugs for their homes

within the first two weeks of arrival. As

they mostly take their shoes off inside

the home but are not used to laminate

flooring/lino/tiles, they wanted to buy

large rugs for their living room (e.g.

1.5m X 2m) and smaller rugs for

bedrooms.

Shoe racks: Same as above, families

were keen to have storage for their

shoes.

Basic Tool kits: simple kits for DIY

jobs around the house (hammer,

screwdrivers etc.)

Translink transport cards: families

have no transport in general and

depend on public transport to get to

their English classes and health

appointments.

Blenders: The families have a

tradition of using blenders to make

humus and other Syrian typical dishes.

This is much appreciated also by the

families with very small children to

prepare homemade baby food.

Toys : New or in excellent condition

toys can be very useful – this does not

include teddy bears and cuddly toys.

Non-perishable food supplies:

(Please note that most families will

only eat Halal meat so please avoid

tinned meats as well as any pork

derivatives.)

For further information, please speak to

me.

Grace Davin

A good way of living to aspire to:

LIVE simply

SPEAK kindly

LOVE unconditionally

HILLSBOROUGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FIRE AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

In the event of the alarm sounding in the building the following procedure must be ad-hered to;

WHEN THE ALARM SOUNDS, LEAVE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY BY THE NEAREST FIRE EXIT, MAKING SURE YOU CLOSE ANY DOORS BEHIND YOU IF YOU ARE AN ORGANISATION LEADER ENSURE ALL YOUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR EVERYONE MUST ASSEMBLE ON THE TWO GRASS BANKS AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE YOUR CAR FROM THE CAR PARK AS THIS COULD, IN-HIBIT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES REACH-ING THE SCENE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES RE ENTER ANY PARTS OF THE BUILDING UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES OR A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE

January 2016 HEALTH SAFETY AND HYGIENE SUB COMMITTEE

Keep in touch …….. web-site: www.hillsboroughpresbyterianchurch.co.uk, email: [email protected]

New Church Postal Address - 49 Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, BT26 6AB /hillsboroughpresbyterian HillsboroughPC /hillsboroughpresbyterian

9th October—Karin McClurg

16th October—HARVEST

23rd October—Flowers left from Harvest

30th October—Mary McFarlane

6th November—Hazel Price

13th November—Remembrance Day

20th November—Diane McMullan

27th November Liz McKeag

4th December—Alan & Olive Fraser

11th December—Rosemary C Walsh

18th December—Frances Herron

25th December—Frances Herron

Flower Rota

November Kathleen Robinson & Elma Leeburn

December Ann Truesdale & David Workman

FWO Team

November

10.30am

Bill Dunlop, Barbara Reid, Cecil Murphy &

Olive McKibbin

December

10.30am

David Workman, Joyce McKee, Douglas

Galbraith & Moore Chestnutt

Reception Duty

Freewill Offering Some members of the congregation have

indicated they would like to have the

facility to contribute their freewill offering

by transfer from their bank account on a

regular monthly basis in addition to using

weekly envelopes.

If you are interested please contact Dawn

in the Church Office to set up a monthly

direct debit.

Hillsborough

Visit us for : Cards & Gifts Yankee Candles Willow Tree Belleek Border Fine Arts Stationery

& Gift Shop

Airport pickup on request **** Scores on the Doors Rating NITB approved

Dunhill Cottage B&B 47Carnreagh,Hillsborough,Co.Down.

This family run Bed & Breakfast, beside adjoining family dairy farm, offers the very best in luxury accommodation. Only 10 mins walk from the picturesque village of Hillsborough All rooms en suite, off road parking, pets welcome.

Phone: 028 9268 3024 or 07887678792 E-mail:[email protected] Web: www.dunhillcottage.co.uk

For further information please contact David Dunlop

Bicycle Hire also available

BROOKHALL Award for Best Cottages in NI 2012 4* Self Catering Holiday Cottages

for corporate or holiday let

2 self contained cottages set

in the most beautiful of rural settings

Contact Details: 86 & 86a Ballinderry Road, Magheragall Lisburn, BT28 2QT Tel: 028 9262 1712 www.brookhallcottages.com

Monthly CAR BOOT &

table top SALEs

On the 1st Saturday of each

month from 8am until 12 noon.

Usual car boot stalls

including cakes, farm produce,

nearly new clothes, books

& bric-a-brac stalls.

Refreshments inc. tea/coffee

and bacon butties served.

Next Sale

5th November

http://www.brookhall.com

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