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Calendar
SAT. 28TH JAN. Pray for Audio Mission
9.30 a.m. Floating Shelter Prayer Breakfast, in the Cameron Hall
SUN. 29TH JANUARY 2012 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion Rev. Paul Roberts
Genesis 3: 1-13 (p. 5); John 18: 37 - 19: 3 (p. 1087)
9.30 a.m. Parish Communion
Genesis 3: 1-13 (p. 5); John 18: 37 - 19: 3 (p. 1087)
9.30 a.m. ROCK Children’s Groups, in the Parish Hall
9.30 a.m. Young People’s Group, rear of Parish Hall
6.30 p.m. Coulsdon Churches’ United Service for Homelessness Sunday, at Old Coulsdon Congregational Church
MON. 30TH JAN. Pray for Churches Together in Coulsdon
8.00 p.m. onwards Dads Together ‘Pub Meet’ at the Tudor Rose
TUES. 31ST JAN. Pray for Deanery Synod members
3.30 p.m. Messy Church, in the Church Lounge
WED. 1ST FEB. Pray for House Groups
8.00 p.m. ‘Just 10’ presentation in the Church Lounge
THURS. 2ND FEB. Pray for the Parish Magazine
11.00 a.m. Holy Communion, in the Old Church
3.30 p.m. Meeting Point, in the Old Church
FRI. 3RD FEB. Pray for the Sacristan and Servers
SAT. 4TH FEB. Pray for the Parish Office
10.00 a.m. Holy Spirit Day at All Saints’ Church, Sanderstead
SUN. 5TH FEB. - THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion
9.30 a.m. All-Age Communion Rev. Paul Roberts
11.15 a.m. Baptism Rev. Paul Roberts
6.30 p.m. Evensong
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Notices
COFFEE MORNING AND BRING AND BUY SALE (posted for 29/1/12)
Please come and bring something warm! You are all invited Saturday, 4th February between 10.00 and 12.00, especially to mark Homelessness Awareness Week. Donations of hats, scarves, gloves, vests and socks will be gratefully received - and particularly blankets and sleeping bags. Hope you can make it - we’d love to see you.
SPRING HARVEST (posted for 29/1/12)
A group is going from St. John’s and there is one self-catering chalet available which sleeps 4 - Tuesday, 10th April - Sunday, 15th April - £766. If you are interested, please find out more before 13th February.
And a reminder that those already booked for Spring Harvest need to pay their balance by 14th February on 08450 704757 quoting Booking Reference MH2338649.
WORLD LEPROSY DAY (posted for 29/1/12)
is Sunday, 29th January
and is celebrated in over 100 countries. Mozambique is
one of the least developed countries in the world. Widespread poverty and lack
of basic healthcare mean that disease and disability are commonplace.
Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado (population around 1.7
million) has one of the highest numbers of reported cases of leprosy in Africa.
For countless families the only means of earning a livelihood is subsistence
farming, and children frequently work in the fields with their parents or
supplement the family income by begging. The effects of leprosy are devastating
and far-reaching. For many, those three words, ‘You have leprosy’,
are the tipping point.
Nowhere is this more true than in Mozambique, where a diagnosis of leprosy
can be the final load that makes life seem just too difficult to bear. At the
ALEMO (Association for Leprosy Affected People in Mozambique) centre in Pemba
there are provisions for income generation, such as tailoring and a
shoesmith’s room. There is a grain mill, pottery making room and area
for basket weaving. In addition, they also hold self-care groups and the
Government has an area on the ALEMO premises, which are used for teaching.
Some people from the ALEMO centre use these facilities. If you would like to
know how you can help, please contact us.
FAMILY BINGO NIGHT (posted for 29/1/12)
Valentines Day, 7.00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Tickets, 50p each.
REQUESTS FOR HELP
29/1/12 Could you spare an old double sheet to be used when we need to store the new Altar Frontal? Please contact Jo Udell if you can help.
11/12/11 We have run the Crèche for over 15 years now, and feel it is time for us to hand over the reins to a younger family who may have toddlers. It involves doing 2 rotas per year and minor other duties, and is an ideal way to meet other families, and help the Church whilst being with your children. For more information please contact us. H and D
OFFERS
29/1/12 A Good Home needed
for an Ikea futon. It has a cream cover and is in excellent condition. New
owner would need to collect and a donation to the Church Roof Fund would be much appreciated. Contact CH for more details.
15/1/12 A bed for the roof! Solid Pine, High Cabin Bed Frame, in good condition, standard single bed size complete with ladder needs a new home. Fantastic use of space for a small bedroom as plenty of room underneath bed frame for a desk, chair, drawer-set etc. Mattress also available if needed. Partially dismantled but full, easy to assemble instructions included. Could deliver locally. Donation to Church Roof Fund please. Contact AP for more info.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY! (posted for 29/1/12)
1. Saturday, 4th February “His Spirit is with us ” Sue Thomas invites us all to join her at a ‘Holy Spirit Day’ at All Saints’ Church, Sanderstead from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - a day of exploring the work and character of the Holy Spirit where many people will come together from across our Deanery and from Churches Together in Coulsdon, Purley, Kenley, and Sanderstead. Everyone is welcome to come and it promises to be a day of great enthusiasm in discovering even more about God.
2. Saturday, 11th February will bring us another visit from the Croydon Male Voice Choir. We are really delighted that ‘one of the most accomplished male voice choirs in Britain‘, will no doubt be bringing us another feast of a concert and helping us to raise much-needed cash for our Church Repairs (roof and belltower) Fund. We do hope you will be able to come and please tell all your friends, relations and neighbours and encourage them to come too. Tickets at £10 each available in Church or book yours with the Parish Office during the week.
3. Friday, 9th March from 7.00 p.m. ‘Quiz and Silent Auction’ in Church to raise funds for the Church Roof and Tower. Start planning your quiz team of eight people, or come on the night and help to make up a team. Tickets available soon at £5 each to include light refreshments. Bring your own drink. Please also be thinking about what you could offer for the Silent Auction! We are sure everybody could offer something - from babysitting, house-sitting, ironing, gardening, making a meal, chauffeuring, knitting or sewing something, right up to offering a holiday in your cottage, caravan or multi-million pound yacht!
4. Thursday, 5 April ‘Passover Meal’ in Church
GALA FUNDRAISING CONCERT (posted for 22/1/12)
Friday 24th February at 7.30 p.m. in the Church. Paul Roberts, Family and Friends present a varied programme in aid of Church Funds. Tickets: £10 available in Church or from the Parish Office.
‘UNITED SERVICE FOR HOMELESSNESS SUNDAY’ (posted for 22/1/12)
Sunday, 29 January at
6.30 p.m. at Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
This is a wonderful opportunity, for members and friends of Churches Together
in Coulsdon (of which St. John’s is a member), to offer up thanks and
praise for God’s provision and blessings since the Floating Shelter, in
Coulsdon, was launched 12 months ago. And especially during November and
December 2011, when the night shelter was operational at St Aidan's. It
would be good see you there.
THE SELSDON HALF MARATHON (YEAR 3) (posted for 22/1/12)
Saturday 24th March, Registration 9.00 a.m. start 10 a.m. Get into the spirit of the 2012 London Olympic Games! The half marathon (13.1 miles) will start from and finish at the Church meeting house (Selsdon Ward), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 2-4 Selsdon Park Road, Selsdon, CR2 8JA. The course is undulating and hilly. To Register
TRAIDCRAFT (posted for 22/1/12)
Look out for the stall in church on Sunday 29th morning.
DADS TOGETHER (posted for 15/1/12)
Just for dads, we have our regular pub night meeting on Monday 30th in the Tudor Rose from 8 p.m.
HOUSE GROUPS (posted for 8/1/12)
are having a “free trial period” in the period leading up to Easter. Download a schedule of meetings. And don’t worry if a group has already started - you will still be very welcome. But we especially look forward to seeing you on Wednesday evenings.
TEN COMMANDMENTS (posted for 8/1/12)
Read about Just 10.
Don’t miss the Just 10 video on Wednesday evenings at 8.00 p.m. in the Church Lounge. See J John presenting ‘the Ten Commandments as you’ve never heard them before’. Everyone very welcome especially those who are not able to attend regularly on Sundays. Three of the House Groups mentioned in our recent ‘Trial Offer’ will also by viewing this.
FLOATING SHELTER NEWS (posted for 8/1/12)
1. PRAYER BREAKFAST The third and final Prayer Breakfast will be held in the Cameron Hall, at Old Coulsdon Congregational Church on Saturday, 28 January at 9.30 a.m. It would be good to see you there if you can come. RSVP by email.
2. A BIG THANK YOU to all those who supported the Waitrose ‘Community Matters’, green counter scheme. Good News - £700.00 was raised for CCFS. Praise the Lord!
MEETING POINT (posted for 11/12/11)
Please pop in! Every Thursday afternoon the church is open when anyone can pop in between 3.30 and 5.00 p.m. for tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat.
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Parish Magazine
FROM THE JANUARY PARISH MAGAZINE
18th. deadline for February edition
an “outstanding school”
some Christmas highlights
news of the bell tower
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Just 10
A New Year resolution to get back to basics!
Most people have heard of the Ten Commandments,
God's basic instructions for our lives that, when followed, help us
live in freedom every day. These core principles are designed to equip and
guide us through life, keeping us on the right path, and helping us navigate
through the tough times. But are they really relevant to us today?
Starting on
January 22nd
St John's is to
present the Ten Commandments as you've never heard them before.
Unlike the “do”s and
“don't”s most
people imagine when quizzed about the Maker's Instructions, the message
will be both a challenge and an encouragement.
“Thou shalt not steal.”
is entitled
“How to prosper with a clear conscience”
and
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
is unpacked as
“How to Affair-Proof your Relationships”.
Living in the 21st century has many challenges and
not many answers. Over ten weeks
we
will be looking at the
Ten Commandments
and applying them to daily life.
Rather than being an irrelevant set of rules
we will
present the commandments as an essential guide to modern life.
The 10-week event begins on
Sunday 22nd January
and will be presented as a sermon on
Sundays at 8 and 9.30 a.m.,
and on
Thursdays at 11 a.m.
There will be a longer video presentation by J John on
Wednesday evenings
(with the exception of Ash Wednesday) at
8 p.m.
lasting about 45 minutes.
Dates as follows:
| Jan 22nd, 25th, 26th | Commandment 10: Find contentment |
| Jan 29th, Feb 1st, 2nd | Commandment 9: Hold to the truth |
| Feb 5th, 8th, 9th | Commandment 8: Prosper with a clear conscience |
| Feb 12th, 15th, 16th | Commandment 7: Affair proof your relationships |
| Feb 19th, 23rd | Commandment 6: Manage your anger (Video will be on Thursday) |
| Feb 26th, 29th, Mar 1st | Commandment 5: Keep the peace with your parents |
| Mar 4th, 7th, 8th | Commandment 4: Catch your breath |
| Mar 11th, 14th, 15th | Commandment 3: Take God seriously |
| Mar 18th, 21st, 22nd | Commandment 2: Know God |
| Mar 25th, 28th, 29th | Commandment 1: Live by priorities |
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Mothers' Union
The Mothers' Union produces a monthly newsletter, “Faith and Policy Watch”, which can be downloaded from their site. Starting soon, the local branch will produce a précis of each edition and it will appear here.
Domestic Violence Definition Consultation 2012
St. John's Branch has received the following
from HQ.
The Government has launched a consultation on whether it should make
some changes to the way it defines ‘domestic violence’, and whether
there is a consistent understanding of the definition across all
government departments.
We will be sending in a response to this consultation and would like
your opinions. Please find attached a briefing on the proposals plus
the 10 short questions. If you are able to take part, please answer any
questions you can but don’t feel obliged to answer any you are unsure
about.
Please do pass this on to anyone else you think may be interested in
responding.
The deadline to return this to Mary Sumner House is Friday 2nd March.
Download the consultation and response form as
a Word or
PDF file.
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Annual Report
The Annual Report (including consolidated accounts) and Accounts for 2010 may be downloaded as PDF files. Therein, with exceptions, the names of living persons have been reduced to initials and faces have been blurred in images.
They are also in church in printed form.
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Update
A Finance Update Newsletter for December 2011 is available as a downloadable .pdf file.
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New on Site
30/1/12 MU - Consultation on definition of domestic violence.
12/1/12 We now have a draft page with Just Giving™, a site which raises funds for charities.
10/1/12 The house groups are having a ‘free trial period’ leading up to Easter.
Download a schedule of meetings.
4/1/12 An edited extract from the Hon. Treasurer’s report on the ringing room floor has been added to the Bell Ringing page.
4/1/12 A section on our Just 10 programme has been added to this page.
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