Newsletter
September 2003
News
The Tithe
Each year the club gives a tenth of the
subscription income to support Christian work, this year it is £550 that has
been split three ways. If you have
suggestions for recipients of next year’s tithe please tell Geoff Payne
or Julie Excell so they can be considered at a future committee meeting.
WEC International
I have now spent
almost 3 years in
The small team of which I am a member is based just south of
I will shortly be moving on from Faches-Thumesnil to spend the final year of my
MAP programme in
Catherine Habgood
The Barnabas Fund
The
Barnabas Fund is a registered charity established in 1993 to serve the
suffering church, to make their needs known to Christians around the world, and
to encourage others to pray. It provides
practical help to strengthen and encourage the local Church in many different
ways, and aid is channelled to projects run by national Christians in more than
40 countries.
Part
of the Club’s tithe will be going to a project in Iraq where the Fund has
supported the Christian community for many years – about £15 will provide
a family with a food parcel for a month (money goes a lot further in many of
these countries). Unfortunately there
have been some casualties as a result of the war, but to date thankfully the
Fund has had no reports of a backlash against the Christian minority, who could
be assumed to be siding with the ‘Christian’ west; please pray for
continued protection.
The Barnabas Fund
can be contacted at - The Old Rectory, River Street, Pewsey, Wilts, SN9 5DB,
telephone 01672 564938, website www.barnabasfund.org .
Roger Philpott
Viva
Network
One in five of the world’s population is a child at risk - at risk
from poverty, neglect, exploitation, street life, HIV/AIDS and war. That makes a total of 1.2 billion children.
Viva Network is a global movement of Christians
concerned for ‘children at risk’. Thousands of organisations, projects and
individuals are connected to Viva Network at the local, regional and
international levels, through more than 65 networking initiatives in over 45
countries. Each is self-governing but
linked to Viva Network through association and affiliation.
There are four centres around the world - based in
Ø Improve the quality of
care for children
Ø Increase action on behalf
of children
Ø Influence decision-makers
in promoting justice for children
Ø Support the development
of networks
Do please support Viva Network by:
Ø
Praying for the work and staff of the
organisation, and ‘children at risk’ around the world
Ø
Giving - consider Viva Network when
reviewing your charitable giving
Ø
Being informed - look us up on www.viva.org or ask me for more information on cstewart@viva.org
Charlotte Stewart
Gear report -
GORE-TEX down in price!
I couldn't believe it - a lightweight (Paclite)
Gore-tex jacket for £126 and made by Berghaus! Since I had just seen
one reduced to £190 elsewhere in the same shop, there must be a snag
somewhere! So I found an assistant and asked what was wrong with
it! I was told that a new type of Gore-tex had been introduced a few
weeks previously, which incorporated new (but fully tested) technology. This
new fabric was more breathable but equally waterproof and although the jacket
lacked some features of my existing one this only decreased it weight not its
functionality. Added to this it had the usual Gore-tex and Berghaus
guarantees. Needless to say I bought the jacket and (so far) it has
proved fully waterproof. There is a warning that, since the material is
so lightweight, it may not be as durable as a heavier fabric - time will be the
real test. Ask me about it when you meet me next!
Jane Wood
Praying
for Events and Walks
Have you ever
arrived at an event to find just the conversation you needed, and felt
uplifted, in a way which no-one could have planned for …..? The Holy Spirit is at work, probably because
someone prayed … Ever thought of
sharing the prayer burden for an event alongside the leader? We have often experienced the Lord quietly
undertaking for us beyond what we could have imagined.
Dear Lord, thank you for the opportunity of this
event at ……… Lord, you know the needs of each one who will be
there. Please bless the group, may
relationships to be helpful, may people in the group to be used of You to
encourage others, may new members feel welcome, may the Spiritual
‘slot’ be encouraging and centred on You. Please help people to
travel safely, and have Your protection on the walks. Please undertake for the leader
……… and help them know that You will provide. I pray for
their organising of everything, for the walk planning beforehand, for right
decisions, for surprises and delights along the way, and for a teashop or
something that can help to finish off the day together – we would be
grateful Lord. Please bless those they will come across during the day, and the
warden and those running the hostel where they stay, that they may experience
something of You. I commit this event to
You Lord – please undertake for the leader and group. Lord this is your work, thank you for ways
you have blessed us in the past. In
Jesus name, Amen
See the national and local programme for events and walks to
pray for. I hope you will be encouraged
by what the Lord does.
Judy Jones
The puzzle answers, the prize
winner was Maureen Davies
The books in bold
and underlined:
The names of thirty four books of the Bible are
concealed here. Quite a large number, so you may struggle to
find them all. I admit it usually takes about twenty
minutes. I discovered merely by a fluke, that many books of the
Bible can be found in ordinary text written in Roman script and I remarked
on it to a friend. The facts
are that it was a revelation
how easy they are to find. One chap, who
had as dismal a childhood as
possible, found it a difficult job. A few got themselves in a real jam, especially as the names of
the books were not capitalised, but the truth
was that it was an enjoyable quest, nonetheless. Philip,
Ian, Simon and John
went to "The Mahraj" on a High
Street nearby, to get a curry to help them, when they saw a friend who called
to Philip "Hi, lemon chicken is the
special tonight". One person, who
saw them at the worst moment
of their search, said she brews
a cup of tea to aid her concentration, while another sucks on a humbug to help, as it's a
bit steep. He's
Ian's cousin in fact. Another,
strangely keeping his head warm wearing a fez,
raced through them all, but perhaps working at a table made of formica had made it easier. He'd competed on the internet from
The books in the
order in the paragraph above:
number, s; t it us; luke;
Roman s; mark; acts; revelation; mal a chi; job; jam, es; ruth; Philip, Ian, S;
John; j" on a H; p "hi, lemon; m at the w; he brews; n a hum;
ep. He's Ian's; ez, ra; mica h; dan. I el; Joe L; p's Alms; chronic les; hose a;
king s; pete. R; judge s; es, ther;
lamentations; a mos; king s; genes, I s
Missing report
Unfortunately, we did not get a report on our
Winter Walking Event in February into the newsletter. We are shortly opening bookings for next
February’s event and it would be good if we could give members a better
idea of what the event may involve. So
if you are on the internet use the following link to find an illustrated
account of their week last Febrauary: www.john-penrose.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/CRC_Winter_2003.htm
Editor’s
Effort
No - I am not
going to start doing a monthly column, but I thought I would make use of a bit
of space left over because a report never arrived, to make a few comments.
Over the last few
years whilst I have been doing the newsletter I have been sent a few
photographs, such as the one below. Sadly
as the newsletter was photocopied they did not reproduce well. However we are now going to print the
newsletter and hope that this will result in a much better look to the
photographs. So if you would like to
send me a picture of your event please do. If you can email me a scanned or digital image
that would be great. Alternatively I can
scan them in if you send me a print, but if you want your photograph back do
include a stamped self-addressed envelope.
Although we would
encourage you to send your reports by email it is no problem to type them
in. If they are a bit too long to fit in
the newsletter I will edit them, but the full version will always be put on the
website.
Please try to be
imaginative with event reports. The aim
is to give a flavour of what happened, and every member will read them, not
just those who came on the event. Do
send them in promptly; I am always happy to have material too early, but it is
very time-consuming chasing up reports at the last minute.
I do hope you like
the appearance of the newsletter, but if you have any comments to make, ideas
of how we might improve it, or articles you would like us to include, do let me
know.
Ann Arnold
Thought for the walk
While talking to a club member on a walk she
mentioned that she had done a meditation on Psalm 121 whilst doing a
week’s walking: each day thinking on a line of the Psalm as she
walked.
On reading it myself it seemed very apt as a
thought for the walk (particularly as it is labelled as ‘a song of
ascents’ in my version of the Bible).
1I lift
my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? 2My help comes from the Lord, the
Maker of heaven and earth.
3He will
not let your foot slip - he who watches over you will not slumber: 4indeed,
he who watches over
5The
Lord watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 6the
sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The
Lord will keep you from all harm – he will watch over your life; 8the
Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore.
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