KURC Church News June 2013
CHURCH NEWS
June 2013
Messy Church is coming!
(see article inside)
Edited this month by Bron Robinson
www.kingstonurc.org
Registered Charity No. 1131880
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Church Diary (For regular weekly activities, please see inside back cover.)
MAY 2013
Sun 26
10:00
11:30
18:30
19:30
JUNE 2013
Sun 2
10:00
11:30
18:30
Tues 4
10:00
19:30
Sat 8
17:00
Sun 9
10:00
11:00
12:00
18:30
Traditional worship
Interactive worship with communion
Reflective worship
Faith advancement
Traditional worship
Interactive worship
Reflective worship
Community Ministry – general meeting
Faith advancement
TRIO campaign, presentation and bring and share
supper
Coffee available
11 o’clock service
Open discussion: ‘KURC and same-sex marriages’
Reflective worship
Copy deadline for Church News for July / August (double issue) – editor Sue Shaw
Mon 10
19:30
Tues 11
Sat 15
Sun 16
19:30
10:00
10:00
11:30
18:30
19:30
10:00
11:30
18:30
Tues 18
Sun 23
EDEN (formerly Monday Church) –
refreshments 19:30, service 20:00
Faith advancement
Stay and Play
Traditional worship
Interactive worship
Reflective worship with communion
Faith advancement
Traditional worship
Interactive worship
Reflective worship
Publication date Church News
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Contents
Minister’s Letter
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Vaughan’s View
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Messy Church
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Pastoral News
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Flower Rota
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Report from Church Meeting
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Open Gardens
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Wrist bequest
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The Organ
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What’s next for the kitchen
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Fit as a fiddle
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Odd One Out – the answer
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Refresh Books
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Regalar activities
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Next month’s Church News . . .
. . . will again be TWO months’ worth of Church News, covering July and August.
Sue Shaw will be the editor and the copy date is 12 noon on Sunday 9th June.
Please think ahead and send Sue details of any events taking place during July
and August. Remember that notices of events can also be included in the weekly
service paper and on the slides projected on the Sanctuary wall before the
services.
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Minister’s Letter
Dear All,
How do you cope with the pain? What pain? The pain that is part of living an
ordinary life. How do you cope with the pain of the things that make up a life,
the sadness, the news of war, the premature death, the illness, the
disappointment, the broken dreams, and the irritation with other people?
How do you cope?
Some of us do it with drink and drugs, tut tut. But most of us do it in socially
approved ways. We fill our lives so we never have time to feel the full pain of
anything. Or we indulge in socially acceptable anaesthetic. We drink alcohol
and take drugs but manage to do so at a level so no one notices (no tut tut).
We are cynical about everything. We eat too much. We watch rubbish on our
screens. We buy things we do not really need. And the other way we
manage is by forgetting. We pretend it is not real. So as you read the start of
this article did you think, ‘good grief what a depressing topic’. Not depressing
that is the reality of life.
Wake up.
Are you alive?
Or are you merely breathing?
Jesus said that he had come so that we would have life in all its fullness.
What does that mean?
Part of it is surely that we can know he will be with us as we go through the
reality of life and we do not have to have the edges taken off. We can have
the courage to feel it. Of course, that means that we will also be able to feel
the joy too. Laughing so hard that you cannot breathe. Smiling at a stranger.
Dancing in the rain.
“The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in
beholding God.” ― Saint Irenaeus
Yours,
Lesley
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Vaughan’s view
I think there is a rather self-indulgent tendency among older people such as
myself to believe, or at least claim to believe, that because things are different
now from how they were in our youth they are automatically worse! There are
plenty of ‘chain’-emails around (emails that you and lots of others get from
someone you know, and which are so supposedly wise, hilarious or to-the-point
that you are expected to pass them on to your friends and acquaintances too),
which quote examples to support this case. Things like…….
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and
buy toffees, gobstoppers, bubble-gum and some bangers to blow up frogs
with.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with
sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
…….. all painting a picture of the idyllic, innocent and somehow more authentic
past which preceded the introduction of health & safety, satellite TV, convenience
foods, the school-run, the EU, restrictions on smoking in public places…...and the
invention of the word ‘lifestyle’.
A N D life expectancy has fallen now that we eat more processed foods……
A N D it’s much more dangerous out on the roads now than it used to be……….
But hang on: life expectancy in Britain has risen by 10 years for men and 8 years
for women over the last 50 years, and road deaths have fallen by 75%, yes
seventy-five percent!, since 1966.
There are plenty more positive developments too if we only look for them. Drug
use and binge drinking are going down – especially among young people.
Neighborhood racial integration is increasing in our bigger cities with a wide ethnic
mix. Britain is a relatively unequal society among our fellow European neighbours
(despite a generous welfare system), but by global comparison we are much more
equal that we think. And although manufacturing’s share of the UK’s GDP has
fallen steadily over the last 50 years, net manufacturing output actually rose in 35
of the 50 years from 1958 to 2007.
KURC has always adopted an optimistic approach towards the future (‘….strength
for today and bright hope for tomorrow…..’), which has helped to fuel the
difference we make in Kingston. It’s also, for me, part of the reason why it’s a
rewarding church to be part of.
Vaughan James
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Messy Church is coming!
Monday 24th June
3.30 – 5.30pm
Games, crafts, worship, meal!
£1 per person suggested.
Families welcome!
Contact: Sally Butler
07807 348326
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Pastoral News as at 18th May 2013
Out of care for people’s privacy,
since January 2012 the list of Personal Concerns
has been deleted from the web edition of Church News.
Anyone wishing to receive the full edition of Church
News by e-mail should send an
e-mail to
[email protected]
Lord, in our Church community there are people known to you and to each
one of us experiencing loneliness, people who are bereaved in a variety of
ways, those who have long-term ill health and people supporting those
whom they love. In every life situation where people need your healing and
our listening skills and empathy, we pray for your intervention that will make
a difference. Amen
We were sad to hear of the sudden death of Bernie, who those of you who have
spent time in the building on a Monday evening may know. He has for many
years led the GA group that meets each week at our premises. We pray for those
who have taken over the leadership in order to ensure that the group can continue
to provide their valuable support.
Bron
To help protect your property whilst you are on our premises, please do not leave
your belongings lying around unguarded, but keep them with you at all times.
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Flower rota for June 2013
2 June
9 June
16 June
23 June
30 June
June Davies
Barbara Parker
Olive Webb
Victoria Ajani
Nick and Bron Robinson
Points from May Church Meeting not covered elsewhere
(full minutes on notice board)
2013 – 2014 Budget: currently looking at a Budget Deficit of £33,600 if we do
nothing. Added to the 2012/3 deficit, this would take us into £72,000 deficit.
Detailed accounts are available from the Treasurers.
A Trio (The Responsibility Is Ours) campaign is being organised, with the hopes of
increasing regular giving and raising our income by £14.000 (represented by 1
cup of coffee a day). TRIO launch event will be held on Saturday 8th June, 17 –
19.00, with a ‘Bring and Share Supper’.
Our excellent website is constantly developing and promoting our premises; this is
coupled with increases in letting charges for the Richard Mayo Centre.
KURC will apply to Charitable Trusts to help support our Youth and Community
work.
Elders’ Meeting April/May: The Budget has occupied much time. For Premises –
the new Centre Management is working well. We will cease the Foyer telephone
line, as two lines are not necessary.
In the interests of encouraging organ donorship, KURC will be part of a “Flesh and
Blood” campaign.
Confirmation will take place on 10th July, before the next Church Meeting. Names
will be brought forward before then.
9th June – we shall have a discussion on Gay Marriage; we have the option to
have our building registered as a venue. There are recordings of other URC
discussions on this topic, on the URC website.
Scaffolding will be erected at the front of the church, to enable removal of plant
material from the upper areas, and general maintenance for safety purposes.
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A SUMMER IN THE GARDEN
You will have received, with this magazine, a cheerful pull-out telling
you of the weekend afternoons you will be able to spend in the
gardens of a number of green-fingered church members and friends.
We have had Open Garden seasons for several years now, originally
to raise money for various causes in the church, but now for the
pleasure of having somewhere to get together in lovely calm,
surroundings with the chance to get to know better some of the
church members and friends whom you usually don’t get much time
with. It is also somewhere you can invite new people, or neighbours,
who you think would like to make some new friends.
Do keep the programme in a safe place – and just come along,
usually on a Saturday, to enjoy tea and company. You may find a real
blessing to go along with your expectations of garden and tea. And if
you really wanted to invite people to your garden, but were too shy
to say so, just contact Rosemary Moore or Liz Cook, and we’ll find a
space for you.
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WRIST BEQUEST
I’m pleased to report that the Church Meeting on 12 May approved the
recommendations for the first phase of spending the £80,000 Wrist bequest. The
recommendations were following the suggestions from the Church Meeting in
January and subsequent ideas from members and friends. An open meeting was
held on Saturday 27 April to consider the priorities in more detail. I’m grateful to all
those who participated in the decision-making process.
Approach
All suggestions considered; we can spend the money only once; need not
spend all the money now; not give money away to charity; consider small
spend as well as large; operating cost need to be taken into account as well as
initial cost.
On what should we spend the money?
Growing God’s kingdom – outreach; ensuring we are sustainable for
generations to come; making our lives easier & more effective; ensuring we are
inclusive; investment which has the potential of enhancing financial return as
well as serving the church.
Following considerable discussion, the members at the open meeting in April
made the following recommendations which were approved by the Church
Meeting. Note: The costs in the table below are budget estimates only.
Description
Upgrade of the sanctuary
sound enhancement system
Upgrade of the sound
enhancement system in the
Mayo Hall
New table tennis & pool
tables
Remove (sell?) stage in
Mayo Hall and create
storage in its place
Install solar panels on the
roof to generate 10kW
Budget
Comment
Cost
£12,500 There is widespread support that we
need to improve the system. Tender
action needed. Specification to ensure
that we consider future needs
£3,000 This work will be carried out in
conjunction with the work in the
sanctuary and it may be that equipment
can be reused.
£500
Already agreed by Church Meeting
£4,000
By storing items in a purpose-made
store, the appearance of the Mayo Hall
will be enhanced. It will also be easier
for P&T to access equipment etc.
Staging available in lieu of fixed stage.
£15,000 Further investigation into physical
installation and maintenance needed as
well as payback time (8-10 years?)
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Allocate £3k for
“multiplication fund”
£3,000
Members and friends to request a small
sum to multiply over a 12 month period
Total £38,000 Note: Represents less than half of
bequest
The meeting was mindful of the church’s somewhat shaky financial situation.
Spending about half of the money initially was considered appropriate.
The next stage is to develop each proposal to firm up the scope, the budget cost
and any impact on running costs (e.g. for the solar panels). Assuming the firmed
up costs are within budget, the work should be progressed. If it looks likely that
the budget costs will be exceeded, Church Meeting will be consulted.
The following suggestions were also considered but it was felt that further work
was needed as indicated before any recommendation for action:
 Colour photocopier
 Mayo Hall upgrade
 Part time Children’s and Family Worker
 Organ
The following suggestions were considered as lower priority items:
 New offertory bags
 New laptop & software for Youth & Community Worker
 Sculpture
 Additional screen & projector on LHS in the sanctuary
 Stained glass window in sanctuary
 Acoustic treatment to walls in sanctuary
 Blackout curtains in sanctuary
 Double/secondary glazing to the windows in the Richard Mayo Centre
If you have any queries or concerns, please let me know.
Linda Austin
Budget costs and comments for the “further work” and “lower priority” items listed
above have not been included in this edited version of Linda’s report, but the full
version is available from Linda or myself – please ask.
Please also see Tony’s article on the organ, next page.
Ed (Bron)
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The Organ
At the May Church Meeting, amid many matters of finance being
discussed, it was mentioned that the Organ Builders have told us that
the organ needs at least £100,000.00 spent on it. I distinctly heard
gasps of surprise from members, and similar sounds have been heard
from the organ from time to time! It is important to remember that the
organ has 1,500+ pipes, and each of those pipes requires a supply of
wind at certain specific times, as the music demands. The wind for the
main part of the instrument comes from a big blower in the church
basement; there is a separate small blower on the wall in the smaller
organ chamber on the Foyer side of the sanctuary. Wherever the wind
comes from, it has to be controlled to supply each individual pipe. That
control is achieved by a tiny bellows, made from two pieces of wood
held together by a strip of very thin, soft leather. In addition to the 1500+
little bellows for each pipe, there are three keyboards, each with 61
keys, and a pedal board of 30 notes. Each key and pedal operates its
own set of electromagnets that operate wooden slides that release the
supply of wind to the little bellows under the pipes. Then there is a set
of magnets and wiring that enables the 33 stops to control what kind of
sounds the organ will produce. All that amounts to a very complex
collection of delicate controls, most of which are very susceptible to
heat and humidity - wood swells and warps, leather grows brittle and
cracks, and electric joints break.
The main organ as you see it now dates from 1915 - almost a century
ago - but it was enlarged and improved in 1960/61. When the church
premises were re-designed in the 1970s the organ was taken out and
replaced in its present lay-out, but there was no money to do
recommended replacement of parts. Most of what you now see and
hear is well over 50 years old. No contingency fund has been set up
(despite moanings from the organist over most of those 50 years!) to
deal with the inevitable failures that are down to sheer old age. The time
has arrived when the organ needs to be taken out, section by section,
and rejuvenated, and that is what will cost in excess of £100,000.00.
How we tackle that problem, alongside our other expenses, has yet to
be decided. Any ideas?
Tony Wenman
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WHAT NEXT FOR THE KITCHEN?
The new kitchen is getting really well ‘bedded in’ with us at church. It’s
produced and washed up several afternoon teas, a few evening Social events,
a wedding reception and several children’s events. The dishwasher which
seemed such a challenge at the start has become familiar and easy-going by
now. And it all gleams beautifully when you go in and look around – the
design works!
But we didn’t only plan and finance it for ourselves. A reminder of the
presentation we made to the generous Trusts who joined us in the funding,
stated that we planned to make it suitable for outside groups to use, as part
of our service to the community of Kingston.
In the old kitchen, we used to run ‘Cook and Eat’ sessions for various groups,
which were popular and successful. There were some administrative
headaches, but the ‘guests’ were very pleased with the results, and it was
good to have our facilities so well used.
Maybe now is the time to go the next step and get more people into using the
kitchen. In the Community Ministry Group, we are looking for new ideas
about how to do this. We could go back to the partners in the Primary Care
Trust, or its successor, who provided financial backing and professional help.
Or we could research new avenues, new partners. We certainly need some
new ideas, and we hope that members of the church might come up with:
reactions to the previous series; names of contacts we might use; suggestions
of groups of people we might try to serve more; offers of help once ideas are
in place, or offers of help in researching ways forward.
The field is open, and in the Community Ministry Group (Chair, Alistair
Borthwick, with June Avery, Sally Butler, Liz Borthwick, Liz Cook, Barbara
Fielding, Christine Thompson, Ann Macfarlane, David Richards, Lesley
Charlton) we are ready to take ideas forward – we just need some!
Liz Cook
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Free ‘Fit as a Fiddle’ courses for Summer 2013
Are you over 50, live in the borough of Kingston, and want to lose weight, get fit
and improve your wellbeing?
Why not join a free 6 week course starting in June 2013? Take your pick from
gentle exercise to more vigorous activity.
Try either
Nordic Walking: Hawker Centre, Tues 11th June, 10:30 am.
Aquacise: Kingfisher Leisure Centre, Weds 12th June, 9:30am
Body Balance: The Malden Centre, Thurs 13th June, 11:45am
Chair Based exercise: Hook Centre Chessington, Fri 14th June, 12:30
Courses include healthy lifestyle / weight loss workships.
For more information and to book a place, please contact:
Grace, Fit as a Fiddle Coordinator. Tel: 020 8942 8256
Email: [email protected]
Write to: Raleigh House, 14 Nelson Road, New Malden, KT3 5EA
As Church News goes to press, we are reaching the end of Christian Aid Week.
The total raised will be announced in next month’s edition but in the meantime
many thanks from Ray Charlton to everyone who has helped out this week, in
whatever way.
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International Bible Reading Association - IBRA
To access the daily Bible readings from the IBRA website, click on this link
http://shop.christianeducation.org.uk/about-ibra/
and then scroll to the very bottom of the page.
The readings for June are:
Saturday 1 June Acts 8:26-40
Text for the week: Job 1:20-22
Text for the week: Acts 9:15-16
Sunday 16 June Job 1:1-5
Sunday 2 June Acts 9:1-9
Monday 17 June Job 1:6-12
Monday 3 June Acts 9:10-19
Tuesday 18 June Job 1:13-22
Tuesday 4 June Acts 9:20-31
Wednesday 19 June Job 2:1-10
Wednesday 5 June Acts 9:32-43
Thursday 20 June Job 2:11-13
Thursday 6 June Acts 10:1-8
Friday 21 June Job 3:1-15
Friday 7 June Acts 10:9-23a
Saturday 22 June Job 3:16-26
Saturday 8 June Acts 10:23b-33
Text for the week: Job 5:8-9
Text for the week: Acts 10:34
Sunday 23 June Job 4:1-11
Sunday 9 June Acts 10:34-48
Monday 24 June Job 5:1-16
Monday 10 June Acts 11:1-18
Tuesday 25 June Job 8:1-10
Tuesday 11 June Acts 11:19-25
Wednesday 26 June Job 11:1-12
Wednesday 12 June Acts 11:26-30
Thursday 27 June Job 22:1-11
Thursday 13 June Acts 12:1-11
Friday 28 June Job 37:14-24
Friday 14 June Acts 12:12-19
Saturday 29 June Job 6:24-30
Saturday 15 June Acts 12:20-25
Sunday 30 June Job 9:1-12
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Odd one out - The answer explained
If we start by changing the odd word to fit in with the others, all should
become clear (or at least a little clearer).
Dispense
Cheval
Versatile
Gland
Circulation
Be honest! How many of you thought that the words you were reading were
English? What you were actually looking at were four French words and one
Gaelic one. “Each” (pronounced ech with an open guttural as in loch) is the
Gaelic word for the quadruped that English speakers refer to as a horse and food
processing companies use as a source of beef.
Each of the French words, besides being French is also what is known as a faux
ami (“false friend” for those unfamiliar with the language on the other side of The
Channel). Their falseness stems from the fact that they look like English words
but do not mean exactly the same as their English lookalikes.
Dispense (feminine noun meaning an exemption)
Versatile (adjective meaning volatile or unpredictable)
Gland (masculine noun meaning acorn or tassel)
Circulation (feminine noun commonly used to describe road traffic although it can
also be used in the “English” sense).
What is the significance of the reference to Bible study?
All too often we approach the Bible as if it were a piece of original English instead
of a translation from assorted languages with idioms that are likely to be
significantly different from those of both the magnificent English of the Authorised
Version and the admin memo prose of the GNB. If we cross La Manche, direct
translation of idiomatic phrases from English into French are likely to cause
confusion and give out a distinct impression of mental instability.
Here are just a few examples of idiomatic French expressions that make no sense
in English and can only be rendered intelligible to Anglophones by taking huge
liberties with their literal meanings.
"J'ai le cafard" = “I have the cockroach” In such a case there is no need to call
Rentokil - une verre de vin rouge or some other medication designed to dispel
depression will do the trick. The expression is the equivalent of the English “Down
in the dumps”.
“Vendre la mèche” = “To sell the fuse (of a bomb)”. English equivalent: “To let the
cat out of the bag”.
“Avoir une araignée sur le plafond” = “To have a spider on the ceiling”. English
equivalent: “To be bats in the belfry”.
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Gaelic illustrates the problem particularly well bearing in mind that it is a modern
language and the mother tongue of a minority of people in the United Kingdom
almost all of whom have English as a second language.
If we take a very simple Gaelic sentence like "Tha baidhsaigeal agam" and
translate it literally into English it comes out as "A bicycle is at me". Don’t be
alarmed. Highland bicycles do not possess inherent misanthropic tendencies! In
this case, the Gaelic conveys the same meaning as the English sentence "I have
a bicycle". Sharp eyed observers may have noticed that in Gaelic the verb is
placed at the beginning of the sentence and that the language has dispensed with
the need for an indefinite article - so beware of word substitution when translating.
The results are likely to be very strange and highly misleading.
I know very little about Hebrew and Aramaic and have only a smattering of Greek
but I suspect that the languages of the Old Testament are considerably more
remote from English than Gaelic is. The Greek dialect of the New Testament may
be a little closer to English than are the languages of the Old Testament but the
relationship is still quite distant.
What this shows, or should show, is that any attempt to translate from one
language into another, even at a very basic level, will always involve a
compromise between accuracy and idiom. Any subtle linguistic nuances in the
original languages will quite literally be “lost in translation”.
Think of the recent “Star Wars Day”, which fell this year on the first Saturday in
May. Why then? “May the 4th be with you!” It may be a groan inducing piece of
wordplay but it illustrates the point perfectly. Try translating that into French or
German and the significance of the date will disappear completely.
The famous passage from John 8:32:
“s”
is
translated
in
the
Authorised Version as: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”.
In French the same passage reads “Vous connaîtrez la vérité et la vérité vous
affranchira”, which besides conveying a meaning similar to that in the AV can also
be translated accurately if somewhat improbably as: “You shall know the truth and
the truth will put postage on you”.
At this stage it is worth pointing out that even the written Greek version by which
these words have come down to us today is probably a translation of what Jesus
actually said. He is unlikely to have made his original oral statement in Greek (or
to be more accurate the form of Greek known as Koine used in the New
Testament) therefore we do not know the exact words that he spoke.
So next time you are tempted to say “The Bible sez” - be careful! Perhaps it
doesn’t.
Finlay Forbes
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Great offers on books, Bibles, CDs and DVDs
Re:fresh books and Christian resources (23 The Broadway, Tolworth KT6 7DJ)
currently has great offers in Bibles, books, music and small group resources, all of
which are detailed on the website www.refreshbooks.co.uk.
A small selection includes:
 Martin Smith CD, God’s Great Dance Floor, reduced by £2.00.
 Boxed sets of Great Hymns of the Church from Kingsway’s Hymn Makers
series – only £9.99.
 The Jeff Lucas Life Journeys series of DVDs are all reduced by £5.00. Many
of CWR’s popular Cover to Cover Bible Studies are reduced by £1.00.
 The May-June TAKE NOTE promotion, in association with CLC Wholesale,
includes great offers on Bibles, Bible study aids, Christian biography, Christian
fiction and music.
 The top-selling worship CD from Matt Redman, 10,000 Reasons is reduced by
£2.00. So too are the new Hillsong United album, Zion, and Worship Central’s
Let it be Known.
Holiday reading
Three novels in the Adams County series by Jerry Eicher, reduced by a stunning
78%. Normally priced £7.49 each, they are offered as a bundle at £5.00. All are
set in an Amish community. .
Many beautifully-produced children’s books from the Lion and Candle ranges are
offered at reduced prices. .
Details of all other offers are published on the re:fresh website at
www.refreshbooks.co.uk.
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Regular weekly activities at our church
Monday:
10.00
Parents & Toddlers (during school terms)
19:45 – 21:00 Eden worship session. Second Monday of month only.
Refreshments followed by worship at 20:00
(3rd Monday when there is a Bank Holiday)
Tuesday:
10.00
19:30
Parents & Toddlers (during school terms)
Faith Advancement
Wednesday:
10.00
10.45
13.10
19.30
Parents & Toddlers (during school terms)
Wednesday Forum (first Wednesday monthly except August)
Lunchtime service
Line Dancing
Thursday:
19.00
International Friendship Café
Friday:
14.00
18.30-20:00
22.00
Not Strictly Dancing (Ballroom & Latin American Dancing with Jeff Clark)
Voyagers for children and young people aged 11-14
(during school terms)
All night prayers and Street Pastors (until 04:00)
Saturday:
14.30
22.00
Not Strictly Dancing (Ballroom & Latin American Dancing with Jeff Clark)
Street Pastors (until 04:00)
Keep in touch with worship and activities at our church through our website. Log
on to www.kingstonurc.org and subscribe to regular e-updates, listen to the
sermon and service and write on the blog.
How to contribute to Church News
Contributions on matters of reflection and opinion, as well as reports of activities
are welcome. Copy for Church News must reach the editor no later than midday
on the second Sunday of the month. Electronic copy is preferred, by e-mail or
on CD. Typed or hand-written copy (not more than 700 words if possible) should
be left in the editor’s pigeon-hole opposite Room 6.
The next copy deadline is 12 noon on Sunday, 9th June 2012.
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Kingston United Reformed Church - Information
A warm invitation is given to all who read this magazine
to come and share in our services and activities
Our Sunday Services:
10.00 – Traditional Worship
(with communion first Sunday monthly)
11.30 – Interactive Worship
(with communion on the last Sunday
monthly)
18.30 – Reflective Worship
(with communion on the third Sunday
monthly)
On the second Sunday of each month
a combined service at 11.00 replaces the
10.00 and 11.30 services
Tea and coffee are served between the
10.00 and 11.30 services, before the
11.00 service on the second Sunday and
after the 18.30 service
During the 10.00 service there are
group activities for children of all
ages. Children go to their groups at the
end of the second hymn. Visiting children
are welcome to join them
The Sanctuary is open daily
from 11.30 to 13.30 for private prayer
Coffee and Tea:
Our foyer is normally open every
weekday and Saturday from 11.00 until
14.00 for coffee and tea.
Minister:
Rev Lesley M Charlton
Tel: 020 8399 4423
E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Minister:
Rev Suk In Lee
Tel: 020 8949 2070
E-mail: [email protected]
Church Secretary:
Vaughan James
Tel: 020 8546 8506
E-mail: [email protected]
Church Treasurers:
Ron Kingham - Tel: 020 8332 6770
Phil Thompson - Tel: 020 3583 0638
E-mail: [email protected]
Church Organist:
Tony Wenman
Tel: 01372 464709
E-mail: [email protected]
Youth & Community Worker:
Sally Butler
Tel: 07807 348326
E-mail: [email protected]
Centre Management Team:
Catherine Treweek & Stuart Chandler
Monday – Friday 09.00 – 17.30
Tel: 020 8549 1888
E-mail: [email protected]
Need to talk to someone about a problem or concern?
There is sometimes a designated listener available in the Foyer;
if not, please speak to the coffee server or contact the Minister.
This church is a member of the Local Ecumenical Project in Kingston Town Centre with its
partners, All Saints Parish Church in the Market Place
and Kingston Baptist Church in Union Street