Newsletter
June 2007
News and Views
Committee Clips
1. Committee Members: The list of committee members who
were nominated and elected at the Annual General Meeting that was held at Gradbach Mill on Saturday 5 May is given inside the front
cover.
2. Existing Committee Members: Alison Edwards, Kevin Pryor,
Jeremy Sharp, Sue Edwards, Val Breeze and Julie Excell retain their positions
from last year. PLEASE NOTE THAT JEREMY SHARP NOW HAS A NEW
ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, BUT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS REMAINS THE SAME.
3. New Programme Secretary: Brian Eyles was a United Reformed Church minister, who retired to
4. New Newsletter Editor: Ken White has been walking with the CRC for about 20
years. He enjoys mucking about with
computers, has done
5. 20’s and 30’s events:
There are
two special events planned for people in their 20’s and 30’s in
July and September. Please encourage any
Christians you know in this age group, perhaps in your church, to attend one of
these events. Jo Franks has produced a
flyer about the event in July which is available from her. Jo’s contact details are in the
Programme.
6. 25th Anniversary Books and Sitmats: Julie still has a small supply of sitmats at
£4.00, so make sure you order yours soon.
There are plenty of books with recipes, walks and reflections from Club
Members. The books are now being offered
at a reduced price of £2.00. Please order yours directly from Julie. Sitmats and books
may also be available at some future events.
AGM
Addendum
For those of you unable to come to Gradbach Mill for the AGM weekend, I give some notes below
to keep you in touch with the club.
1.
Focus groups:
Lots of ideas were generated at these groups. The ideas are being collated, and will be
discussed at the next committee meeting in July. The next Newsletter that Ken will be editing
will give a precis of these.
2.
Associate membership: This membership would be for people who would like to come on CRC
events and might benefit from the Christian witness, but are unable to sign the
declaration of faith. Both the Scottish Christian
Hillwalking Club and the Christian Rock and Mountain Club already have an
associate membership. For the proposal put forward at the AGM see
Page 6.
The AGM decided by a majority vote
that we should take this forward. The
next step will therefore be to draft the changes to the constitution and
conduct a postal ballot of all club members, probably in the mailing in
September 2007. A two-thirds majority of
votes cast in the postal ballot would be needed for this change to the
constitution to be passed.
3.
Ethical banking: It was proposed at the AGM under AOB that the club should consider
changing bank accounts to an ethical bank.
Jeremy has agreed to look into this.
Further information will be given in a future Newsletter once the
committee has discussed the issues.
Possible
Associate Membership
The following proposal was
put forward at the AGM:
Associate membership would be available at the
discretion of the committee to people aged 18 and over who are in agreement
with the aims of the club and sympathetic to the Christian nature of the
club. They would receive regular
mailings and be able to attend unlimited events, but would not be able
to:
a)
vote
b)
nominate candidates for the committee
c)
serve on the committee
d)
lead walks or events
Safeguards
To ensure that the Christian ethos of the club is
not compromised we could include the following clauses:
·
new
applications for associate membership may only be considered if their
acceptance will not cause the total number of associate members to exceed one
tenth of the total number of members.
·
the
committee may decline any application for associate membership without having
to give reason.
Potential Benefits
·
It may increase the Christian witness of the club
to those who are not yet Christians.
·
Members would not be forced to leave the club if
their faith wavers (in recent years a few members have reluctantly not renewed
because they no longer feel able to sign the declaration of faith).
Please consider this proposal prayerfully when you
receive the postal ballot and discuss all the issues with other members of the
club. The committee hope that as many
members as possible will vote on this issue, so that the decision taken will
reflect members’ wishes.
Quiz: Can
you complete the following?
1.
26
L ……………….. of the
A
……………….
2.
7
W …………………of
the W
……………..
3.
9 P
………………… in the S
……………….
S …………….
4.
88
K ……………. On a P
…………………
5.
13
S …………………on
the A
…………………. F ………..
6.
18
H ………….. on a G …………… C ………………
7.
90
D ……………….. in a R ……………….. A ……………….
8.
200
P ……………
for P …….………
G ….. in M ………….
9.
7
S ………… on a F
……… P …………. P …….……
10. 3 B ………………. M ……………….
11. 24 H ……………….. in a D …………..
12. 3 A ………………… in a T
…………………..
13. 57 H …………………… V …………………
14. 11 P ………………….. in a F
……………….
T …………
15. 22 Y ………………… in a C
………… P ……………
16. 29 D …………. In F ………………. In a L
………. Y ………
17. 64 S ……………… on a C
……………… B …………….
18. 4 Q ………………. In a G ……………….
Answers by Friday 27 July.
Prayer Patter
Home ?
We often
cease to feel we operate in new circumstances and long for the old, where we
thought we fared better, though sometimes our hearts are still longing for a
place we have left behind. Often we
think we saw the plan before we moved, but now we aren’t so sure….
Lord,
thank you for creating new situations for us.
But Lord
we doubt our ability to be still...and find we are irritable when we wanted to
be different here. Lord, please work
your way in these new circumstances where we suddenly take notice of
‘wind and waves’ again. Help
us to continue to hear You. Thank you that it has still got to be You in
the new place, doing, undertaking, bringing things about, in the way we were
learning to trust You in the old place.
Sorry
Lord for our adverse reaction. Please
help us seek You and stay listening for You in the new
situation.
We long
for your reassurance that you are there - which You
are - we long for You to work it out for us - which You will - we long for a
sense of You at work in others - which You are - and we long to be involved in
Your purposes. Please help us not rest
until we have beheld Your glory in the new situation,
until we have held Your hand in the darkness and prayed until we see a
breakthrough in our disbelief. Help us
to know what relationship to have with people in the new place. Please help us be aware of the potential for
new contacts with others.
Please
call forth songs of joy and help us stay in good character while adjusting and
waiting on you. ‘Except that a
grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies.…’. Lord, please enlarge us in the new
circumstances, beyond the initial difficulties and frustrations. So we eventually bear the imprint of what You want for us in the new place, and reflect your glory.
In Jesus Name. Amen. Judy Jones
Local Leggings
South West Local Group
Lee Abbey Chalet weekend 9 – 11 March
From tiny lambs to mighty crashing waves,
the South West group recently experienced the delights of spring at north
Although the forecast was not promising, the
sun certainly shone on the righteous.
Saturday began with a leisurely stroll to Lynmouth
via the
Sunday morning
saw the group joining the Lee Abbey Community for a lively service in the
centre’s unique octagonal chapel.
Punctures and empty fuel tanks did not deter the team from reaching Heddons Mouth and its impressive cliffs to round off a
great weekend. Many
thanks to Pauline and Paul for all their hard work.
Leader: Pauline Horwill Report: Phil Davy
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