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Magazine of Erdington Methodist ChurchStation Road - March 2013

ContentsMinister’s Letter 3Easter Services 4No Time for Prayer? 4The VISION Project update 5Prayer for families on Mothering Sunday 6Why God made mums 7 Methodist Homes (MHA) are going platinum 9I do it because . . . 10AAA 11I Ramble because . . . 11The egg with added ‘Easter’ launches 2013 campaign 12The perils of Easter weekend 13Children’s Pages 14Mouse Makes 15Easter in Three Dimensions 16The Crucifixion 18Palm Sunday visit 19All in the month of MARCH It was.... 20The richest songs in the world 21Singing the Faith presentation edition or ebook version? 23March Crossword 24An Audio Visual Journey 26March Regular Meetings 27Weekly Church Activities 28

Violets?When my husband was six years old, he thought the creed included the line: ‘He suffered under a bunch of violets.’ It took him years before he realised that he should have been saying : ‘under Pontius Pilate.’

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Minister’s LetterAt the end of this month we celebrate the most important festival of the Christian year. Some of you probably already think I’ve gone crazy – surely we’ve already had Christmas and it can’t be time for another one yet! Right, you’ve guessed it, I’m not thinking about Christmas. I mean Easter, the festival that makes the biggest difference of all.

Yes, Christmas is very important. How would we have known that God is with us totally if it hadn’t been for the birth of his Son? But Good Friday and Easter Sunday are what really makes a difference in human lives. Yet, this festival seems to almost pass people by, in comparison with the frenetic activity over Christmas. All that some notice is Easter eggs in the shops (for several weeks!) and a preponderance of little chicks and bunny rabbits. But before we complain about that just think about what the chicks and bunny rabbits represent. New Life. A real transformation, a real change. And that is something really worth celebrating!

Jane

PS A very special thank you to all of you for sending cards to support and encourage me during my period of sick leave. They really did make a difference and I’ve kept them all.

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Easter ServicesMaundy ThursdayWe join with our friends at Kings Road Methdodist Church for our annual Maundy Thursday Communion service. The service starts at 7.30 pm.

Good FridayNow that St Barnabas is open once again Churches Together hopes to have a Walk of Witness beginning at the Co-op on Erdington High Street at 10.30 am. All are welcome to share with our Brothers and Sisters from other denominations.

Easter MorningWe join with our good friends at Stockland Green Methodist Church for early communion at 8.30 am and then for breakfast afterwards.

We celebrate that Christ is Risen at Station Road with Jane leading the service at 10.30 am

No Time for Prayer?What is this life if, full of careWe have no time to spend in prayer?No time to meet our Father, dearAnd hear the words we need to hear? No time – because we’re rushed to death And fail to feel the Spirit’s breath?No time – because our lives, absurd Preclude from time spent with His word! No time within our full employTo know our Lord’s transcending joy? What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to spend in prayer?

By Nigel Beeton

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The VISION Project updateWe held an extra church council on January 7th when Larry Priest (architect, Bryant, Priest, Newman) did a presentation of our new thinking about the church frontage. We were encouraged by how many of you came, and the interest, and even excitement shown, was very heartening. At the end of the meeting Larry offered to create a model for us to have a better idea of what is being proposed. We hope that most of you will have seen this, and a proposal will have been agreed at church council to proceed with this stage of the project. Following this, the proposal will be put to the circuit meeting in April and if accepted, the circuit will give us a grant of 10% of the costs, and we can ask the district for the same amount. As explained at the January meeting we will not be able to progress with the work until we have raised half of the money needed. This amount will be reached by our own efforts, (approaching £6k when you read this) contributions from Methodist agencies inc circuit, and grants from outside funders. Future events Erdington’s Parable of the Talents. On Sunday March 3rd you will be offered a £5 note, courtesy of the treasurer! The idea is that you increase this amount in whatever way you can – preferably omitting bank heists!! This can be done individually or as a group. What could four of you do with £20?

Here are a few ideas to start you thinking :-

• Hold a coffee morning at home using the money to buy essential items, or a wine and cheese evening

• Buy some items for a lucky dip, could be run at a church coffee morning• Make a cake for a ‘guess the weight’ competition or buy jar of sweets to guess the number in the jar etc.

Hopefully some of you will think up more original ideas. When you have completed your personal challenge then hand the money in. The original £5 will go back into church funds and the rest will go into the Vision fund.

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March 16th (1)Coffee morning and GIFT day. We are well aware of money you have helped to raise so far, and are very grateful for this. This is asking you to give a one off donation of as much as you feel you can afford. For some this might be £1.00, for others £10.00 or £50.00, even £1000.00 or more. Gift aid where you can.

March 16th (2) at 7.30pmAn Audio Visual Journey, described as a Colour and Music Spectacular by the presenters Malcolm and Maggie Imhoff. Tickets, to include refreshments are £5.00 each. See their advertisement elsewhere in Contact.

Hilary Price (for the Vision Group)

Prayer for families on Mothering SundayFather,

You are love. If we had to draw you, we might draw one big heart overflowing with love in every direction. And Lord, as your much-loved children we want to reflect your characteristics. Thank you for those who do. Thank you especially at this time for mothers – and others who love and teach how to love. Thank you for the special relationships of love you make possible within families. And when those relationships go wrong, help us to reach out with a forgiveness that comes from knowing we are forgiven; with a love that comes from knowing we are loved. And how much you love us!So much that you gave us Jesus, your only Son, so that by trusting in him, we could be in a right relationship with you. What a parent! What a family we belong to! Thank you,

In Jesus name, Amen.

By Daphne Kitching

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Why God made mumsAs Mothering Sunday is on the 10th March this year I thought you might appreciate these which are answers given by some seven year-olds...

Why did God make mothers?1. She's the only one who knows all the passwords we use online.2. Mostly to clean the house, I think.3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.2. I’ve heard it was some amazing experiment on men that got out of hand.3. God made my mum just the same like he made me. He just used bigger

parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and one part of mean.2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use

string, I think.3. They have a lot more hair than dads, are softer to hug, and wear woolly

jumpers.

Why did God give you to your mother, and not to some other mum?1. We're related.2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other kids’ mums like me.3. Other mums wouldn’t understand about me being afraid in the dark.

What kind of little girl was your mum?1. My mum has always been my mum and none of that other stuff.2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.3. They say she used to be nice.

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What did your mum need to know about your dad before she married him?1. His last name.2. She had to know his background, like has he put anything too disgusting

on Facebook?3. She needed to check out his bank account, to make sure he could buy her

clothes.

Why did your mum marry your dad?1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mum eats a lot.2. She got too old to do anything else with him.3. My grandma says that no one will ever know.

Who's the boss at your house?1. Dad is, because mum says so. She just helps by reminding him what to do

each day.2. Mum. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.3. Dad was, until Mum found what he had written on Facebook about

Granny.

What's the difference between mums & dads?1. Mums work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.2. Mums know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.3. Dads are taller and stronger, but they panic when the dishwasher

overflows.

What does your mum do in her spare time?1. She takes my brother to football and my sister to violin lessons.2. To hear her tell it, it’s like she pays bills all day long.3. I think that must happen during the night, because then she just lies there

and sleeps.

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What would it take to make your mum perfect?1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic

surgery.2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.3. She would understand why the dog needs to sleep with me at night.

If you could change one thing about your mum, what would it be?1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of

that.2. I'd make my mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who

did it and not me.3. She’d be more relaxed about me not doing my homework.

Methodist Homes (MHA) are going platinum

Methodist Homes (MHA) are their 70th platinum anniversary with a thanksgiving service in Coventry Cathedral on Wednesday 17 April 2013 at 1.45 pm.

Reflecting on the past 70 years offers a wonderful opportunity to give thanks for the support of the Church in helping make life better for older people, and MHA are extending an invitation to Methodists everywhere to attend the service and celebrate with residents, staff and supporters. 

The preacher will be the Revd Dr Mark Wakelin.

from the Methodist Church News Service

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I do it because . . .During this morning’s service (Feb 10th) Jane asked us to tell the person next to us one thing that we thought they wouldn’t know about us. This was interesting, but hard on the spur of the moment, especially finding something that was repeatable! I was reminded of Nick’s challenge in the last Contact.

He suggested that we write about something we do and why we do it, starting this thread by saying why he went rambling. I thought this a good idea as I am sure that many people do interesting or unusual things that we don’t know about.

I have lots of interests – I certainly don’t sit and do nothing all day, although I do spend a lot of hours on the computer, but the time is definitely not wasted!!

My newest interest is becoming a member of the University of the 3rd Age. I joined because I had left the CAB service and wanted to find something else. The U3A offers a wealth of interesting subjects - I am still hoping digital photography will be one of them soon! However I joined the weekly foreign history lectures, which are fascinating. We have been through the run up to the first world war, and are now engaged in some of the battles, not literally!

I have learnt that there are many myths about what really happened and surprised at how inept many of the generals were! Many books about that time are inaccurate or written from an over-inflated idea of the writer’s importance! It is all interesting and lightened with the lecturer’s sense of humour.

How different from my schooldays, when O Level history was taught by a lecture (boring) one week and a test on it the next. If you got a fail mark for that you had to stay in and do it again, which frequently happened to me!

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Not with the U3A. Handouts are given of the previous week’s subject but thank goodness there is no test to follow!

Hilary Price

A good start - thanks Hilary - come on the rest of you - you must be doing stuff that other people would find interesting - ed

AAAThere has been a lot of fuss in the media over the last few days about Britain’s credit rating. Before that there was the Chancellor’s determination to protect our AAA rating, first awarded in 1978, with his policy of ‘we are all in this austerity together.’ Now we have the decision by Moody’s credit rating agency to downgrade it to AA1. Moody’s along with Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are the world’s three largest credit rating agencies. All until recently exclusively based in New York (after a recent acquisition Fitches are now based in both New York and London). In reality the only difference between these agencies, and those that determine your credit rating and mine, is the scale of their operation; for example S&P had revenues of $2.6bn in 2009. They each operate in slightly different way. So presumably if you could afford to subscribe to all of them you would get a rounder overall opinion. For example, S&P and Fitch measure the probability that a debt will be defaulted, while Moody's ratings seek to measure the expected losses in the event of a default.

So what is the significance of this loss of confidence by Moody’s. Again this is no different to your credit worthiness and mine. The more robust your rating the easier it is to borrow money and for easier read ‘cheaper.’ So, given that the UK currently needs to borrow £120bn this year, even a 0.1% increase in the borrowing rate will cost you and me £120,000,000, which is big even when compared with the EuroMillions prize.

Peter Farley

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The egg with added ‘Easter’ launches 2013 campaignCongregations, schools and individuals are being asked to support the Real Easter Egg 2013 campaign - and help change a life. Of the 80 million chocolate eggs expected to be sold in the UK this Spring, the Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade egg to explain the meaning of Easter on and in the box.Last year stories began to emerge of people whose life had been changed after being given a Real Easter Egg. A grandmother from Oxfordshire gave an egg and explained: ‘Tracy saw the book that was included with the egg and wanted her mum to read the story to her . . . The following week Tracy attended Sunday School.’

But it is not only at home that lives have been transformed. With each sale of The Real Easter Egg a donation is made to Traidcraft Exchange to support some of the poorest farmers in the world. More than £40,000 has been donated so far.

David Marshall, founder of the Meaningful Chocolate Company, said: ‘It is encouraging to hear many lives have been changed by people receiving a Real Easter Egg. It is proof that the events of Easter, including the death and resurrection of Jesus, have the power to open minds, change lives and offer real hope. It is also a boost for charitable giving, Fairtrade and the work of trade justice. I hope individuals will hunt out a Real Easter Egg this year.’Check out the website at www.realeasteregg.co.uk

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The perils of Easter weekendGood Friday is traditionally the start of our DIY season – the time of year when hundreds of thousands of optimistic British householders decide that NOW is the time to tackle those jobs around the house. Wickes, the DIY chain, has estimated that we will spend over £1 billion on home improvement this weekend alone. B&Q expects to sell more than one million litres of paint.

Intentions are good, but the reality is alarming: according to the Department of Trade and Industry, there are about 100,000 DIY-related accidents annually. More people die every week in domestic mishaps than in road crashes. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents reckons that, over the average bank holiday, there are 1,400 serious injuries as a result of DIY. Climbing a simple step ladder alone defeats 40,000 of us a year.

We can’t climb ladders, and there’s a lot more we can’t do: according to a recent survey by the Ideal Home Show, 52 per cent of us can’t wire a plug; 79% of us can’t wallpaper a room; 62% of us can’t put up a shelf; one third of us, 35 per cent, are even helpless when faced with a blocked sink.And yet – still we try . . . and in the process we wreak havoc.

A study by Halifax shows that over the past ten years, more than four million British households have been the victims of DIY debacles. The total bill for repairing these self-inflicted disasters? £6.7 billion – and rising.

So when planning your Easter weekend, remember: 34 per cent of all domestic DIY jobs will be left unfinished . . . and one in three DIY-ers will end up calling in professionals to repair the damage. So – before you even begin, why not book your joiner, plumber and electrician for the following week!

from the Parish Pump Website

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Easter in Three DimensionsFilms like Life of Pi or The Hobbit come alive when watched in 3D. As we celebrate Easter, it’s good to ask, ‘Do we see it in 3D or is our celebration simply one-dimensional?’ It’s easy to miss the true significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As C. S. Lewis said, ‘Easter is not primarily a comfort, but a challenge. Its message is either the supreme fact in history or else a gigantic hoax.’ So how can we see Jesus’ resurrection in three dimensions?

The first dimension is the proof of the resurrection: The resurrection of Jesus was an historical event to which we have eye witness accounts: ‘He appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also.’ (1 Corinthians 15:3-8).

Jesus’ resurrection also had a dramatic effect, as the church grew. ‘It is a perfectly amazing story of peaceful revolution that has no parallel in the history of the world.’ (Michael Green).

The second dimension is the promise of the resurrection: George Bernard Shaw famously said, ‘Death is the ultimate statistic, one out of one of us dies.’ As Jesus promised, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.’ (John 11:25-26).

The resurrection of Jesus declares that he didn’t die in vain, but has secured eternal life for us. When we believe and trust in Him, we can look forward to an eternity with God, with a body like Jesus! The resurrection of Jesus guarantees us a secure future.

The third dimension is the power of the resurrection: The resurrection is also a present experience, ‘This is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.’ (John 17:3).

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Eternal life is not just about life after death, but a quality of life to be experienced now i.e. ‘life in all its fullness’.

Wilson Carlile, the founder of the Church Army was speaking at Hyde Park Corner, ‘Jesus Christ is alive today.’ A heckler in the crowd shouted out, ‘How do you know?’ Carlile replied, ‘Because I was speaking to him for half an hour this morning!’

from the Parish Pump Website

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The CrucifixionA Passiontide Cantata by Sir John Stainer

Sir John Stainer was born in Southwark, England in 1840. He wrote much of his choral music specifically for churches and ‘The Crucifixion’ is the cantata which achieved the greatest renown. I have read that Stainer himself thought this work of little consequence. How sad! But the good news is that church choirs, choral societies and even the country’s most highly acclaimed choirs such as King’s College Choir sing it regularly during Holy Week. I remember singing it in our church choir several years ago and again more recently in Sutton Coldfield Choral Society. I loved it.

As Easter approaches my mind inevitably turns to seasonal selections of music which I love singing. One particular anthem springs readily to mind - God so loved the World, a chorale from ‘The Crucifixion’. The words are taken from John, chapter 3, verses 16 and 17. 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

It’s difficult to find words to explain my feelings whenever I listen to, or better still, take part in singing God so loved the World. Suffice it to say a lump comes into my throat. The unaccompanied setting of the text is a sublime musical experience.

There are those critics who claim that this Victorian cantata is nothing but a load of sanctimonious balderdash (my words not theirs). Whoever and wherever those critics may be, I consider their judgement to be flawed.

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There is irrefutable evidence that thousands… no … millions of people love this inspirational cantata as much as I do. I daresay that churches up and down the country will be rehearsing it now in readiness for inclusion in their Holy Week services. What’s more, I envisage that it will continue to feature in Christian places of worship for decades to come.

Barbara Rawson

John Chapter 3 verses 16, 17

Palm Sunday visitIt was Palm Sunday, but because of a sore throat, five-year-old Bobby stayed home from church with a baby-sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Bobby asked them what they were for. ‘People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by,’ his father told him.

Bobby was aghast. ‘I don’t believe it! The one Sunday I don't go, and he shows up!’

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All in the month of MARCH It was....200 years ago:- on 19th March 1813, that David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa, was born.

80 years ago:- on 22nd March 1933, that the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Dachau, Germany.

75 years ago:- on 3rd March 1938, that oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia.

60 years ago:- on 24th March 1953 that Queen Mary, Queen Consort of George V, mother of Edward Vlll and George Vl, and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth ll, died.

50 years ago:- on 16th March 1963, that William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer whose ‘Beveridge Report’ formed the basis of Britain’s welfare state, died.

40 years ago:- on 8th March 1973, that the IRA carried out its first bombing operation in Britain since WWll, planting four car bombs in London. Two of them exploded, killing one person and injuring about 200.

30 years ago:- on 2nd March 1983, that compact disc players and discs went on sale in Europe and the US for the first time. Only 16 albums were available on CD at that time.

25 years ago:- on 11th March 1988 that the British one pound note was withdrawn from circulation.

15 years ago:- on 16th March 1988 that Rwanda began mass trials for the country’s 1994 genocide. There were 125,000 suspects for 500,000 murders.

10 years ago:- on 12th March 2003 that the World Heath Organisation issued a global alert about a severe form of pneumonia (now known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – SARS) was affecting people in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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Also 10 years ago:- on 20th March 2003 that the Second Gulf War began as US and British forces invaded Iraq and carried out air strikes on the capital, Baghdad.

The richest songs in the worldIf you remember last month I asked you to consider what were the all-time songs which according to best estimates have achieved the ten highest total royalties. So here they are . . .

1. Happy Birthday to you2. I’m dreaming of a white Christmas3. That loving feeling4. Yesterday5. Unchained Melody6. Stand by Me7. Santa Clause is coming to Town8. Every Move you Make9. Pretty Woman10. The Christmas Song

On a slightly different tack, at a Circuit meeting the other evening, the minister in the chair asked us to name the song most frequently requested at a funeral. The assembled meeting needed four further clues before they arrived at the correct answer. The ideals behind the song were then used as the basis for the homily, about following Christ’s way, before the meeting began. At that time I thought about the list I produced above. So when I got home I Googled ‘funeral music’. I very soon found the web site of the Co-op Funeral service, which had surveyed 250 of its 900 funeral homes, publishing the results from 30,000 funerals.

Hymn requests accounted for 30% of the music whilst only 5% were for classical music. The remainder were made up of popular tracks of one sort or another, from ‘Always look on the Bright Side of Life’ to the Countdown tune being used whilst the funeral curtains are closing.

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So the winners in 2012 were as follows.

Top ten contemporary songs

1. My Way – Frank Sinatra2. Time To Say Goodbye – Sarah Brightman/Andrea Bocelli3. Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler4. Over the Rainbow – Eva Cassidy5. Angels – Robbie Williams6. You Raise Me Up – Westlife7. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & the Pacemakers8. We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn9. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion10. Unforgettable – Nat King Cole

The top 10 hymns were

1. Abide with Me2. The Lord is my Shepherd3. All Things Bright and Beautiful4. The Old Rugged Cross5. How Great Thou Art6. Amazing Grace7. Jerusalem8. Morning Has Broken9. The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended10. Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Finally the classical music choices were

1. Nimrod – Elgar2. Canon in D – Pachelbel3. Ave Maria – Schubert4. Nessun Dorma – Puccini5. Pie Jesu – Faure

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6. The Four Seasons – Vivaldi7. Adagio – Albinoni/Bizet8. Air on a G String – Bach9. Largo – Handel10. Clare de Lune – Debussy

I think that I need to write down what I would prefer at my funeral, before any of the above are foisted on me!

Peter Farley

Singing the Faith presentation edition or ebook version?There has been a steady trickle of enquiries and requests about a presentation music edition of Singing the Faith – something lighter and easier to hold than the music edition already published and rather like the presentation edition of Hymns & Psalms.

Before proceeding further we are keen to get a more accurate idea of interest – just as we did for the organ edition.

Likewise we are investigating options for an Kindle or other ebook edition of the words only volume. (Copyright restrictions mean that the music edition cannot be offered in any ebook format.)

To discover more and register your possible interest in either version, have a word with Nick who will point you at the web link (which is too complex to publish here). NB Your expression of interest is not a commitment to purchase.

from the Methodist Church News Service

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March CrosswordHere’s a crossword to get you hunting through your bibles - that is, of course, if you don’t already know the references by heart! - ed

Across1 Arouse (Song of Songs 2:7) (6) 4 Extinguish (Isaiah 1:31) (6)8 ‘“They — — ,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!”’ (Proverbs 23:35) (3,2)9 Unhappiness (Nehemiah 2:2) (7)10 Jewish (7)

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11 Dirge (anag.) (5)12 ‘A truthful witness gives honest — , but a false witness tells lies’ (Proverbs 12:17) (9)17 Paul quoted from the second one in his address in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:33) (5)19 ‘Do not use your freedom to — the sinful nature’ (Galatians 5:13) (7)21 ‘As you can see, he has done nothing to — death’ (Luke 23:15) (7)22 Name applied by Isaiah to Jerusalem (Isaiah 29:1) (5)23 ‘All the people — — one man, saying, “None of us will go home”’ (Judges 20:8) (4,2)24 Lazarus, who was carried by angels to Abraham’s side when he died, was one (Luke 16:20) (6)

Down1 Appalled (Job 26:11) (6)2 ‘In an — to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea’ (Acts 27:30) (7)3 Expel (Acts 18:16) (5)5 ‘But I have a baptism to — , and how distressed I am until it is completed!’ (Luke 12:50) (7)6 ‘Of the increase of his government and peace there will be — — ’ (Isaiah 9:7) (2,3)7 Hurry (Psalm 119:60) (6)9 ‘For I desire mercy, not — , and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings’ (Hosea 6:6) (9)13 One of its towns was Sychar, where Jesus met a woman at Jacob’s well (John 4:5) (7)14 Shouting (Acts 7:57) (7)15 Arachnid (Isaiah 59:5) (6)16 One of Paul’s first converts in Philippi was Lydia, a — in purple cloth (Acts 16:14) (6)18 Donkeys (5)20 Raked (anag.) (5)

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March Regular Meetings

Coffee Mornings Each Saturday 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Tuesday Club Every 4th Tuesday in the month at 2.30 pm

Sunday Worship All worship starts at 10.30 am unless stated otherwise below

3rd Rev Peter Grimwood

10th MOTHERING SUNDAY - Rev Jane Ashplant inc HOLY COMMUNION

17th PASSION SUNDAY - Bob Dauncey ALL AGE WORSHIP

CIRCUIT SERVICE at South Parade Church - 6.30 pm

24th PALM SUNDAY - Lynnette Jones

31st EASTER MORNING WORSHIP - Rev Jane Ashplant inc HOLY COMMUNION

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Weekly Church ActivitiesSunday 10.30 am MORNING WORSHIP and

Young Church

Tuesday 9.30 - 11.30 am9.30 - 12.30 pm2.00 pm

Stay and PlayPre-School : Karen HomerTuesday Afternoon Meeting : Ann Tomes (4th)

Wednesday 9.30 - 11.30 am9.30 - 12.30 pm12.30 pm

Stay and PlayPre-School : Karen HomerLuncheon Club - (1st and 3rd)

Thursday 9.30 - 12.30 pm Pre-School : Karen Homer

Friday 9.30 - 12.30 pm5.00 - 6.15 pm6.15 - 7.45 pm7.45 - 9.15 pm7.45 - 9.15 pm5.30 - 6.30 pm5.00 - 6.30 pm7.30 - 9.00 pm

Pre-School : Karen HomerBeavers : Lynn TurnerCubs : Elizabeth BaizonScouts : Lisa PorterExplorers : Caroline JoyceRainbows : Debbie BarnettBrownies : Lesley CarterGuides : Helen Rainsford

Saturday 10.00 - 12.00 noon10.30 - 11.30 am

Coffee Morning : Lesley MorganChurch open for prayer : Margaret Curzon

Please hand any items for the April CONTACT to any of the Editorial Team (Peter Farley, Christine Rankin, Ann Tomes & Nick Riley) by 15th March 2013 at the latest please or alternatively email me: nickriley@blueyonder.co.uk with the word ‘CONTACT’ in the title.

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