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In this Issue
All Stars Sunday
Comedy Hall
Prayers
Community Carol Service
Carols in the Care Homes
Financial Report
Future Dates
Sudoko
A Messy Christmas
Flower List
Community Update
Core Groups
Welcome In Charity Shop
Carols by Candlelight
What The Bible Says
Farewell to Richard
Reading Half Marathon
What’s On
Want to Learn More
Recipe
Corps Psalm
Salvat ion Army Woking January /February 2014
F R O M T H E C . O ’ S D E S K
J A N UA R Y / F E B R UA R Y
It’s been an epic year with regards to my fitness re-
gime. Taking up my new interest with vigour and
enthusiasm - I put on my shiny white trainers and went
running - twice! Not quite as impressive as I’d hoped!
In all seriousness, I have great admiration for real run-
ners. Those who brave the elements regularly,
whether they feel like it or not, those who compete
with determination, if often only against themselves.
Recently, I was looking again at those familiar verses
in Philippians 3,
“I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus
took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider
myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is
ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for
which God has called me heavenward in Christ Je-
sus.” (Philippians 3:12-14)
Often we imagine that to ‘press on’ means to perse-
vere, to plod along slow and steady, determined, un-
stoppable, through whatever obstacles come our way.
Well, apparently a more accurate translation is to pur-
sue, to run after, to chase.
To win a race requires a person to commit to it. To
believe it can be done. To commit to trying their best
even if it can’t. To be willing to give it all they’ve got.
Pursuing feels different to plodding. It’s less hard-
work and more excitement, less serious and more
hopeful, less tedious and more fun.
So whatever 2014 means for my running career, I do
plan to pursue the prize that God has in store for me, a
future more fulfilling and exciting than I can imagine,
and I pray that we can run that race together, Will
Page 2 January /February
On the 1st December we had a won-
derful Sunday morning service
celebrating our young people. Deb-
bie led the service and came up
with very imaginative ways for the
younger children to find and re-
ceive their prizes, with a visit from
‘Bob the Builder’ and a treasure
map and a guess who. The ‘All
Stars’ have been doing Junior Sol-
diers classes and having completed
them had a commitment Sunday
and in a very emotional time we
saw them kneel at the mercy seat
and make their promises to God.
The Children who wanted to be
made Junior Soldiers came in their
smart new polo shirts and Debbie
led them through from saying and
signing their promise to each one
telling us what it meant to them.
They each received wonderful new
Bibles in a variety of colours, which
they gladly received. It was a privi-
lege to see, Rachel, Jemma, Katie,
Eliza, and Matt being made Junior
Soldiers and I feel that we must
pray for them as they try to keep the
promises they have made and it was
good to be reminded of our own
commitments. Audrey
All-Stars Sunday
Page 3 January /February
Wednesday Volunteers Lunch Club Helper Needed
11am - 1pm
To lay tables, wash up and serve lunches.
Coffee Shop Helper Needed
10am - 1pm
Two weeks per month See Jan H for more information
Contact Details
The Salvation Army Community Church
Sythwood, Woking, Surrey. GU21 3BE
Tel. 01483 793704
Email: [email protected]
Web site:
www.salvationarmy.org.uk/woking Quarters
58 Eastmead, Woking, GU21 3BP,
Page 4 January /February
Comedy Hall D.O.H.
(Department of Humour)
Going into confession with a turkey in his arms, Tom said, “Forgive me, Father for I have sinned. I stole this turkey to feed my family, would you take it and settle my guilt?”
“Certainly not,” said the Priest. “As Penance, you must return it to the owner.”
“I tried,” Tom sobbed, “but he refused. “What shall I do?”
“If that is true, then you must keep it for your family”
When confession was over, the Priest went home. In the kitchen, he discovered that someone had stolen his turkey!
The alphabet was having a party. All the letters were having a wonderful time, except for E.
E complained about the food and whined about the food. He even told G she had put on weight and looked pregnant. He was getting on everyone’s nerves.
B and C were talking in the corner. B said to C, “You know what E’s problem is? He has irritable vowel syndrome.”
After being away on business for a week before Christmas, Tom thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.
“How about some perfume?” he asked the shop assistant. She showed him a bottle costing £30. “That’s a bit much,” said Tom so she showed him a bottle costing £10. “That’s still quite a lot”, said Tom, I’d like to see something really cheap.” At that point the assistant handed him a mirror.
An elderly couple had just learned how to text on their mobile phones. While out, waiting for a friend, the wife texted a romantic message to her husband. “If you are sleeping, send me your dreams. If you are laughing, send me your smile, If you are eating, send me a bite. If you are drinking, send me a sip. If you are crying, send me your tears. I love you” The husband texted back:“I’m on the toilet. Please advise.”
Wishing you all a very Happy New YearWishing you all a very Happy New YearWishing you all a very Happy New YearWishing you all a very Happy New Year Keep smiling, Major LaughMajor LaughMajor LaughMajor Laugh
Page 5 January /February
Shirlee Green
Iris MacNally
Miriam Weaver
Alice Stiehler
Mary Cobbett
. . . and also these past members Jenny Dibsdall, Barbara and Hnuna
Other subjects for prayer The Charity Shop, for committed volunteers, the right manager, the
ministry to the public and the way forward
Corps Council as they continue to seek God's vision for the Corps
Please pray for these members of our
church family
PRAYER MEETING
Everyone is invited to join with us on Sunday mornings for
prayers at 10.30 am.
We meet in one of the general purpose rooms and would be
pleased to see as many of you as possible.
God Bless Audrey
Page 6 January /February
Having shared a splendid buffet
lunch the hall soon became a
hive of activity as people sprang
into action preparing the main
worship area for the 2013 Com-
munity Carol Service. Just short
of three o’clock the choir from
St Andrew’s School, immaculate
in their school uniform filed in,
the band started to play as an
introduction and we were soon
underway. Lieutenant Debbie
Pearson, who compared the af-
ternoon, told us the choir had
gone the extra mile as the school
had already broken up for
Christmas and strictly speaking
they were now on holiday. Deb-
bie also welcomed the Mayor of
Woking, Councillor Anne Rob-
erts – later that day she had an-
other official engagement as she
was due to attend a Christmas
dinner so it was almost as
though this was her ‘pre-dinner
entertainment’.
The afternoon was all about sto-
ries. The Christmas Story was
obviously the main theme and
this was recounted simply
through readings from Scripture.
The Christmas Story
Community Carol Service 2013
Mary and Joseph’s story was
read to us by Gill Gregory with
Dave Cox and Maurice Mayes
reading the stories of the Shep-
herds and Angels and the Kings
respectively..
The choir, with brilliant diction
and clarity of sound sang ‘Jesus
Child’ by John Rutter. This was
followed by ‘Walking in the Air’
sung by Hamish Kerr which was
just so beautiful with every word
and note crystal clear. If Aled
Jones was still a boy he would
have to watch out!
Before telling us the charities
she is supporting during her
Mayoral year, the Mayor told us
some of her story - how she was
a travel consultant by trade and
had visited Manger Square in
Bethleham. She also told of
how she came to live in the area
and became a councillor. Meet-
ing so many different people and
visiting and being involved with
so many charities were just some
of the privileges of being Mayor.
The Mayor’s charities are Park-
inson’s Research and the Wok-
ing Sam Beare Hospice and later
Page 7 January /February
in the afternoon she was over-
whelmed when told that the sum
of £438.92 had been raised.
The second two songs from St
Andrew’s School choir was
firstly ‘Christmas Lullaby’
which was so gentle and came at
the point of the afternoon when
there could have been those
heads that nodded and eyelids
that became just oh so heavy!
Mind you, sleep would soon
have been shattered as ‘Ring out
the Bells’, the choir’s second
song was an explosion of sound
and joy - how did the children
get their tongues round all those
words? Excellent, a song that
left the congregation breathless
let alone the choir.
In her thought for the afternoon
Debbie challenged the congrega-
tion about their place in the
Christmas story. What if the
various people in the Christmas
story had refused to play their
part and just dismissed it as so
many do today?!!
During the afternoon the Band
gave excellent support to the
carol singing and also contrib-
uted ‘Carol of the Bells’ and
’Rejoice’ and the Songsters sang
‘The Christ is Born’ and ‘Gift-
Wrapped Love’.
Then it was all over for another
year - but somehow, away from
the afternoon the sound of so
many young voices singing en-
thusiastically through every
carol was the lingering memory.
Ted and Freda
Carol singing and playing came
early once again this year so that
we could at least visit three of our
homes who were very anxious that
we should start their Christmas fes-
tivities off in the right way.
The first home was Kettlewell
House , we had not been there be-
fore so they did not know how
much room the band and songsters
would require but we managed and
they seemed to enjoy the evening .
The following week we went to
Woking Homes where we are al-
ways welcome, it was lovely to see
our Mary Cobbett, who lives there
now. Our third visit was to Bourne
Court where our Pearl Arneaud
lives, we had lively time there with
plenty of audience participation
from one gentlemen who inter-
spersed with funny jokes trying to
outdo Jo. Who was the compere
that evening!! Gill.
Carols in the Care Homes
Page 8 Apr i l /May
Page 8 January /February
The Christmas period is always a
busy time for Salvationists and
this year was no exception. Our
efforts started with the Christmas
Fair when just over £1000 was
raised on the day, which, after
expenses netted £845 towards
our funds.
Our efforts continued with the
playing of Christmas Carols from
the beginning of December right
up to Christmas Eve. As always
there was great appreciation for
our music and we even ended up
on You Tube this year! An
amount of £4,149 was raised,
over £600 up from last year.
This has been supplemented by
other donations from an ever
generous general public of ap-
proximately £600. As you will
know this helps to finance the
work we do in the community
including the distribution of par-
cels to the needy at Christmas.
Finally, the Community Carols
Concert raised the sum of
£515.52 for the Mayors Charity
Appeal.
Andy Stickland Treasurer.
Financial Report
Promoted to Glory
Bill Green was born in 1935 in Brisbane Australia. From an early
age he enjoyed learning and this was always important to him. He
entered the training college at the age of 18years and was com-
missioned the following year. Shirley and Bill married in 1958.
After some years they and their family moved to England and
were appointed to Southend citadel corps. Later on they went
back to Sydney, Australia before returning to Oxford then to Lu-
ton Temple before retiring in 2000. Bill lived with a sense of
deep gratitude to God and always wished to give glory to God.
Well done, good and faithful servant of Jesus.
Page 9
FUTURE DATES January
Sunday 5th 11.00am Morning Worship Sunday 12th 11.00am Morning Worship
Commitment Sunday
Monday 13th 8.00pm Corps Council Meeting
Sunday 19th 11.00am Morning Worship
Sunday 26th 11.00am Morning Worship
February
Sunday 2nd 11.00am Morning Worship
Launch of Self Denial Appeal
Sunday 9th 11.00am Morning Worship
Sunday 16th 11.00 Morning Worship
Sunday 23rd 11.00am Morning Worship
6.00pm Corps Fellowship Evening
Monday 24th 8.00pm PCC Meeting at 58 Eastmead
January /February
Tribute to Muriel Jacubait
Muriel died just before Christmas after suffering ill health for some
time which prevented her from going out and about which she en-
joyed doing every day. She was , for many years a member of the
Home League and then a member of the Cameo club. Her family
was always supportive of her links with the Army . Muriel was al-
ways a smartly dressed lady and she will be missed by her friends
and neighbours. Margie Locke
January/February Page 10
I V
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T N A I
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T N A
a T
Sudoko
Each vertical and horizontal line and each block of 9 squares will
each have the letters ‘SaLVATION’ in them. The principle is
exactly the same as Sudoko, but letters instead of numbers.
V N T S A L
S N A T
O A a T N
A T
S I N L O
O V T N
A V S N a I
Easy
Difficult
Page 11 January/February
This was a Sunday that lived
up to its name. Some people
dressed up as nativity charac-
ters and some were based on
Christmas. In one of the back
rooms was a space for the
children to colour and do
some ‘Messy’ crafts. The ser-
vice proper commenced with
music from the band and song-
sters.
During the service we sang
some well known carols and
Zebedees a baby and parwere
A messy Christmas
Page 12 January/February
were treated to a taste of Zebedees
a baby and parent music group led
by Amanda. Our own children
(Allstars) shone beautifully with
their own prayers.
Thanks to Sue and team for or-
ganising this lovely event.
Claire Brooks
Page 13 January /February
FLOWER LIST
January
5 Ruth and Gordon Barker
12 Jan Reed
19 Pam Elliot
26 Rita Frankham
February
2 Jan Howlin
9 Claire Brooks
16 Peter and Louise Stickland
23 Ruth and Wendy
Page 14 January /February
November and December have
gone by in a whirl to be honest.
From the Christmas fair to the
last food parcel going out it has
been none stop. I really enjoyed
the business of the Christmas fair,
with many joining us to make it a
great day all round. Thank you to
every one who contributed in
some way whether buying, sell-
ing, making, baking, traffic con-
trol or barista.
The big wrap was a challenge for
me this year, having gone digital.
I am indebted to Andrew Cox for
helping put a programme together
to help in this. With a few tweaks
it should get easier each year as
we develop a good working sys-
tem. It still takes a long time to
input all of the lists and informa-
tion, but if it helps the day go
smoothly it has to be worth it. We
had great teams on the Wednes-
day night and on the Thursday;
we had new people join us which
really made a difference to this
big task. One of the agencies
picking up the parcels on the Fri-
day morning said how grateful
her clients would be as it would
be all they would open on Christ-
mas day, which puts things in per-
spective.
I have been overwhelmed by peo-
ple’s generosity this year, in giving
food, gifts and money. It has been
amazing to see so much coming
into the hall and peoples willing-
ness to help others.
All our hall hirers have celebrated
Christmas in different ways but
with much food, even slimming
world never cease to amaze me in
what they tuck away. One of the
lovely things to see is the build up
of excitement in the children, al-
ways glad I don’t have to take
them home, they are a joy watch
and I have managed to pop into
Bright Sparks as they have been
doing cards and decorations and of
course singing and story telling.
As I look towards 2014 the diary is
full of different bookings, groups
and new opportunities to get to
know new people and build rela-
tionships which will be great.
I hope this new year proves to be a
good one and that all we do will be
God honouring as we continue to
bring people into His house. Jan
Community Services Manager’s
update
Page 15 January /February
Life and Soul Meets at the Church 10.00am
January Friday 10th 24th
February Friday 7th 21st
Denvale Group Meets at Margi’s 2.30pm
January Thursday 9th 23rd
February Thursday 6th 20th
The Nomads Meet at Christine Hearn’s 7.30pm
January Thursday 9th 23rd
February Thursday 6th 20th
The Full Monty Meets for breakfast at various venues 9.00am
January Saturday 18th
February Saturday 8th
Calendar Girls Flexible days/times
Contact Rhona 01483 474079 or Margaret 01932 353739
Hearts and Crafts Meets at the Church 7.30pm
January Thursday 16th 30th
February Thursday 13th 27th
January /February Page 16
Welcome In Charity Shop
Over the past 10 years, the Wel-
come In has provided a great
ministry in Horsell. During that
time we have had a number of
hard-working volunteers who
have given their time and energy
to ensure we can provide a much
needed service to the people of
Woking: reasonably priced
clothing and goods, a listening
ear, boosting the confidence of
our volunteers, handouts to
those who are in desperate need,
as well as financing the ongoing
community work at the hall.
Last January we asked, via Tid-
ings, if you would consider vol-
unteering at the shop, as we had
to close on a number of occa-
sions due to a lack of volunteers.
Sadly, our volunteer numbers
have not increased and as you
are aware, we are currently with-
out a manager. This is not the
first time that this has happened.
Over the past 3 months we have
had to reduce the opening hours
due to lack of manpower and
each week we are struggling to
keep the shop open.
So we are asking for your
prayers. What is the way for-
ward for the shop? What is God
saying to you about what we
should do?
Please pray and share your
dreams and visions.
A tranquil and peaceful atmos-
phere was created by the many
candles around as we gathered
for what was a first for our
Church — Carols by Candlelight
11.30pm on Christmas Eve.
About 36 spent the next 45min-
utes singing carols and listening
to readings. We were very
pleased to greet some who at-
tended for the first time.
We greeted each other and the
dawning of Christmas Day with
joy and love. What a good way
to celebrate our Saviour’s birth.
Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve
Page 17 January /February
What The Bible Says Revolution not Resolution.
If we have entered into the new year
by God's mercy, may I suggest we
think very carefully before making
resolutions. A new year’s resolution
is usually a determination to follow a
course of action. If you decide to
change your commitments to God,
then examine Proverbs 12:22 (NLT)
The Lord detests lying lips, but he
delights in those who tell the truth.
Surely such comments are over the
top, in this context? Look at a few
resolution we might decide to make.
I'm going to spend more time in
prayer.
Why would you make such a deci-
sion? Is it because you are aware of
your passed promises to pray for
needy friends, or an awareness, that
you are not spending enough time
talking to God? Whatever your rea-
son, if you're actually saying to God,
I'm going to spend more time talking
to You. This becomes a promise,
and as such it must be honoured.
Please note, this decision is a free
will offering to God, not something
you have been press ganged into.
Perhaps you decide you need to be-
come more familiar with the Bible.
You will be wasting your time, if
you're only after knowledge, without
committing your self to apply what
you learn to your own life, and en-
able you to glorify God more fully.
We ought to be thinking in terms of
revolution, not resolution. Look at
2 Co 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if any-
one is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
Please note, there is no mention of
becoming a new creature, in Christ
Jesus, we are new creatures. Be-
lieve the Word of God and He will
enable us to live according to His
Word, through His gift of the Holy
Spirit. Ro 8:14 , Gal 5:18
What is said about failure to keep a
promise to God? In Nehemiah, we
read of rich Israelites taking advan-
tage of their poorer brothers. Nehe-
miah called them together and made
them promise to right wrongs. Neh
5:12 ...Then I summoned the priests
and made the nobles and officials
take an oath to do what they had
promised. 13 I also shook out the
folds of my robe and said, "In this
way may God shake out of his
house and possessions every man
who does not keep this promise. So
may such a man be shaken out
and emptied!" The Lord expects us
to keep any promises we make to
Him. It is much better not to make a
promise, rather than break a promise
to God. Eric
January /February Page 18
Farewell to Richard
For many years Richard has been
part of Woking Corps, and he
was a very familiar figure around
Horsell and Woking. He made
many friends during this time.
I first knew Richard in Sep-
tember 1968, when I attended
Ottershaw School, and Richard
worked there. He was under
the care of Botleys Park Hos-
pital, near Chertsey, at this
time.
Then, later on, when I started
to worship at the Salvation
Army in Woking, in 1995,
Richard remembered me from
my schooldays, and then I be-
came his 'special friend'.
Richard always looks at the
world with child like eyes, he
likes to say hello to everyone,
and his faith in God is childlike,
too; firm and unquestioning. This
has without doubt helped him
through a rather tough life,after
leaving the care of Botleys, he
was housed in local authority ac-
commodation, with a carer look-
ing in on him from time to time.
We also looked out for him, as
best we could.
some years ago, he started having
his holidays at Dewdown House,
in Weston Super Mare, and he
would go there at Christmas, too.
Page 19 January /February
I would take him, and fetch
him, most of the time. Well,
he really enjoyed himself
there! He fell in love with the
home, and the good folk that
work there! Sometimes he
would be in tears when he
came home, he liked it so
much. He enjoyed himself so
much that he wanted to live
there on a permanent basis;
easier said than done. After
many meetings and negotiations
going on behind the scenes, Rich-
ard at last had his dearest wish
come true. Upon being given the
good news, he smiled and said
'Well, I have been praying for
this!'
Richard moved to Dewdown
House on Monday 23rd Decem-
ber, as we drove down there it
was a very stormy day!
So, at last he is happy, he is being
cared for properly. All the staff
welcomed him so nicely when we
got there, that was so nice to see.
I am sure that we all wish Rich-
ard a happy 'retirement'. The
beach donkeys will have a new
friend now.
Richard, we will all miss you,
God bless and good luck! Dennis
Reading Half Marathon
Andrew Cox is going to prove just how fit he is by taking part
in the Reading Half Marathon, and I’m sure we all wish him
well in this adventure.
If you would like to sponsor him just go to:-
www.virginmoneygiving.com/AndrewDCox
The money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support and
The Salvation Army
January /February Page 20
Page 21 January /February
PREPARING TO PREACH 17th to 19th October 2014
A weekend conference that offers training to non-officer person-nel who cover meetings within their Corps, home divisions or as
part of their work. Venue: Kings Park Conference Centre, Northampton
Want to learn more? Each year The Salvation Army offer a number of training courses to help us all develop in our understanding of God, church and our own spiritual lives. If you are interested in any of the week-ends below, please speak to Debbie for more information.
TOGETHER - LIFE 25th to 27th April 2014
This event aims to explore ways in which Corps can more effec-tively ‘share life’ together.
Venue: Kings Park Conference Centre, Northampton
CROSSING THE DIVIDE 28th to 30th March 2014
A conference aimed at finding effective ways to lessen the impact of the ‘sacred secular divide’ on the everyday witness of God’s
people. Venue: Kings Park Conference Centre, Northampton
January /February Page 22
Belgian Shortbread
Ingredients
Enough mixture for two flan cases.
1lb S.R. Flour. 8ozs Butter. rubbed in.
2pzs Caster Sugar. 2 tablespoons oil.
1 lightly beaten egg.
Method
Divide mixture into two,
Put second one in freezer for later use.
Chill mixture in fridge for at least one hour.
Grate half of the mixture into the flan case, cover
with jam or mincemeat,
then grate the rest of the mixture on the top.
Bake for 30minutes at no.5.
cool and dredge with icing sugar.
ENJOY!!
Recipe
Please note
The cut off date for the next issue of
“Tidings” is
Sunday February 16th 2014
We will be pleased to receive contributions for the
next issue of “Tidings” from either members of our
Corps Fellowship at Woking or from any who
receive a copy through the post.
Please send all contributions to:
Mrs Gill Gregory
38 Hermitage Woods Crescent
St Johns, Woking GU21 8UE
e-mail: [email protected]
or e-mail: [email protected]