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In this Issue

London Marathon

Comedy Hall

Prayers

CAMEO

Flower List

Future Dates

I’ll Fight Congress

Word Search

Sudoko

GloCon comes to Woking

Gardening Tips

Quiz

Trip to the Holy Land

Candidates Sunday

What’s On

Community Update

Recipe

Caption Competition

Core Groups

Spring has sprung. The days are lighter for longer, the

temperature is rising, and there are signs of new life all

around. For many people spring is their favourite

season. It is a season of hope and joy.

I don’t know whether you are in a spring mood, full of

energy, having a spring clean, clearing out and making

anew. In our house, we are seeing two very different

takes on spring. There is one person who is ready for

action, preparing the soil for the flowers, planting up

the vegetable patch, with energy, enthusiasm and

anticipation. The other is taking a more laid back

approach, relaxing and enjoying the sunshine,

conserving their energy for what lies ahead.

I guess each of us is in a different place physically,

emotionally, spiritually and that’s ok. Ecclesiastes

talks about seasons and there being a time for

everything. We may all be feeling different things, but

we know that we are united in Christ, we serve one

God, who loves us no matter where we are at.

Over the next two months we’re going to be looking

together at the book of Philippians. There are some

real riches in this book. It is a book of positives and a

book of joy. No matter what our circumstances, no

matter how we are feeling, Paul urges us to be joyful,

to focus on Christ and let him be our source of

positiveness.

You will notice as you read the book that it is also a

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book that talks about ‘us’, ‘we’,

‘brothers and sisters’. It’s a book

for the community. So over the

next couple of months, although

there will be differences in how we

feel, in the circumstance that we

find ourselves in, and where we are

at with God, let’s step out with

confident hope in Christ.

Debbie Lieutenant

Need a little extra pocket money?

Do you have a spare room? Want to earn a little bit of

money? Later this year, there is a possibility that a

young woman in her early 20s is going to be joining us

at Woking but needs somewhere to live. If this sounds

like something you could help with, please see Will.

Freebies

We have two blue uniform outside jackets to give away.

A lightweight zip up jacket with the Army crest (L), and

a winter storm jacket (XL) with The Salvation Army logo.

If you are interested in either of these please see

Debbie.

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London Marathon

I'm Caroline, I'm mum to Jemma

and Rachel and I'm currently

training to be a Primary School

Teacher. All being well, I should

finish training in December of

this year.

I ran the London Marathon on

Sunday 22nd April to raise funds

for the Neuroblastoma Society.

Neuroblastoma is an aggressive

childhood cancer

from which my

friend's little boy,

Jacob died in Janu-

ary 2009. My time

was four hours and

fifty minutes,

which will not give

Liz Yelling many

sleepless nights,

but was good for

me! It was a fantas-

tic day and I'd ad-

vise anyone to try

the London mara-

thon- if I can run it,

so can you!

Other than teacher

training, parenting

and running, I also

love amateur dra-

matics when I've time and am a

member of 2 local theatre

groups. It has been lovely to start

to get to know people at Woking

Salvation Army, I have the great-

est admiration for the work you

all do and thank you for making

me so welcome.

Well done Caroline, we are proud

of you. Ed.

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Comedy Hall D.O.H.

(Department of Humour)

Tourist – “What an interesting necklace. What is it made of?” Native – “Alligator teeth” Tourist – “I suppose they mean as much to you as pearls mean to us” Native – “Oh no. Anyone can open an oyster”

On Palm Sunday, young Tom had a sore throat and could not ac-company his parents to church. They arrived home with palm fronds and Tom asked what they were for. “People held them over Jesus head as he came by” they explained. “Wouldn’t you know it,” grumbled Tom, “The one Sunday I don’t go, He shows up”

Now I know we live in a digital age. My four year old daughter went to put some rubbish in the bin but it was full. “Dad,” she called, “you need to delete the trash”.

The preachers 5 year old son noticed that his father paused and bowed his head before starting his sermon. One day he asked his dad why he did that. “Well son, I’m asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.” “How come he doesn’t answer it ?” he asked.

You know you’ve had too much coffee when:- You can type sixty words a minute – with your feet Instant coffee takes too long You sleep with your eyes open You only sleep so that you can wake up and smell the coffee You don’t even wait for the kettle to boil anymore You are the employee of the month at Starbucks and you don’t

even work there. You answer the door before people knock You are so wired you pick up fm radio

And finally May thy ball lie in green pastures…. and not in still waters

Keep smiling Major Laugh


Margi who is still in hospital

Richard Goff

Dorothy and Jim Henley

Will and Debbie travelling to Zambia

Ian and Alison and the GloCon team

Chris and Sandra Hall as they commence their new appointment in

August to Swindon Gorse Hill.

. . . and also these past members Jenny Dibsdall, Barbara and Hnuna

Other subjects for prayer Children's and Youth Ministry

Teddy Toddlers Group

Drop-in Café

Messy Church

SALT visits

Sunday School team - it's been a great start, full of enthusiasm.

Please continue to pray for the children, that they may really know

God, and for the leaders, stamina!

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

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CAMEO DATES

(Come And Meet Each Other)

10.30am for coffee/tea. 11am – 12 noon meeting, followed by lunch

if required. Ladies and Gentlemen always welcome.

May 2 Scrap Book

9 C.O’s Special

16 Powerful Words

23 ‘O Jesus I have Promised’ Aled Jones

30 True Joy

June 6 Pathways

13 Something Fishy

20 Noah’s Ark

27 Gems

Margi

I’m sure all member’s of CAMEO together with all our

Church members will wish Margi a speedy recovery, and a

promise of our prayers. The subjects may change depending

on leaders, but please give your continued support.

FLOWER LIST

May

6 Christine Hadfield

13 Shirlee and Bill Green

20 Wendy and Ian Taylor

27 Jo Cridland

June

3 Janet and Michael Brooks

10 Chris and John Knott

17 Sue and Ken Searle

24 Pauline Whiting


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FUTURE DATES

May

Friday 4th 3.30pm Messy Church

Sunday 6th 11.00am Morning Worship

Philippians 1:1-11

Saturday 12th Collecting Day — Waitrose


Philippians 1:12-26 (inc Candidates Sunday


Philippians 2:1-11 & 19-30

2.00pm SALT Visits

Sunday 27th I’ll Fight Congress in London No Meetings

June

Friday 1st 3.30pm Messy Church Sunday 3rd 11.00am Morning Worship

Philippians 2:12-18 (inc Gift Day)

Saturday 9th Collecting Day Morrisons


Philippians 3:1-11

6.00pm Send Songs of Praise

13th — 15th CO’s at Divisional Retreat

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Philippians 3:12-21

Monday 18th 8.00pm PCC


Philippians 4:1-23

I’ll Fight Congress It’s nearly here. On Sunday 27th May many of

the Corps are going to the I’ll Fight Congress.

If you’ve already booked a ticket and coach

seat, then please could you let Debbie have

your money (£23: cash or cheques made pay-

able to The Salvation Army). We do have a

spare ticket so if you have not signed up but

would like to go, then please speak to Debbie

or Will as soon as possible. Thank you.

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BAIRD, BICKERSTETH, BOOTH,CARTER,

BRAND, CROSBY, DITMAR, HAVERGAL,

LEIDZEN, MANN, MAWBY, MOTE, NEUMARK,

NILES, OLIPHANT, ORSBORN, PALMER,

PEACEY, PEARSON, PIGOTT, ROTHE, SLATER,

STITES, WATTS, WESLEY

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each have the letters ‘SaLVATION’ in them. The principle is

exactly the same as Sudoko, but letters instead of numbers.

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So far we’ve heard stories from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Zambia. Soon we will be hearing sto-ries from Swaziland, Ghana, Denmark, Estonia, Ukraine and Russia. But on Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th June, GLOCON is coming to Wok-ing. This is going to be a brilliant opportunity to share stories and experiences with one another, affirm all that

GLOCON comes to Woking

May/June

has gone on since the Corps arrived on Goldsworth Park, listen to the community, and work out how together we can transfer those experi-ences and see God’s king-dom in action. If you are not a regular member of the SALT visiting team, but are curious to know what is going on, then speak to Pete or Sue and find out how you can get in-volved.

Gardening Tips

To keep lawns looking good, spread Evergreen Complete when grass is dry and spread Westland Aftercutt every four weeks during the summer.

Prune winter flowering heathers when flowers have faded.

Plant 4 Runner Bean seeds in a large pot (15" or 400mm) wide and deep. Put in 4 x 6´ canes and reap the benefits in late summer.

Dead head tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.

Look out for red lily beetles.

Don’t cut large shrubs and hedges in case birds are nesting.

Buy bedding plants for a colourful summer show.

Sow vegetable seeds in pots (ie spring onions, raddish, carrots etc.)

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Try this Quiz Sent to us by Bob (Debbie’s dad)

1.Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes/No

2.How many birthdays does the average

man have? 1, 2, 3+ 5+ 10+

3.Some months have 31 days; how many

have 28? 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 12

4.In baseball how many outs are there in an

innings? 2, 3, 6, 8

5.Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's

sister? Yes/No

6.Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the

answer? 10, 35, 50, 70, 90

7.If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many

do you have? 1, 2, 3

8.A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one

every half hour.

How many minutes would the pills last? 20, 40, 60, 90

9.A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many

are left? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

10.How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the

ark? 3, 2, 1, 0

11.How many two cent stamps are there in a

dozen? 1, 3, 6, 9, 12

Answers on page 19

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After getting through the most

comprehensive security check

there is, we finally boarded our

plane for the five hour flight to

Tel Aviv. We then had a coach

transfer of nearly an hour to our

hotel for a six night stay.

During those five days in Jerusa-

lem, we lost count of the number

of churches we visited. It

seemed there was a church for

everything our Lord did.

The Mount of Olives was our

first destination and from there

we looked across the Kidron

Valley to the old city of Jerusa-

lem. From there we could see

the Golden Gate (which isn’t

golden), the church of the Holy

Sepulchre and the Dome of the

Rock. We then visited a model

of Jerusalem as it would have

looked in the days of our Lord

and photocopies of the Dead Sea

Scrolls. Visiting the Garden

Tomb was special to me. It’s not

the authentic place where Christ

was supposed to have been bur-

ied (that’s the Church of the

Our Pilgrimage to the

Holy Land

Holy Sepulchre) but to me and

many others, it seems much

more authentic with a rock out-

crop looking just like a skull

(Golgotha).

Visiting Palestinian territories

was an eye opener. No Palestin-

ian can take any means of trans-

port into Israel and only a few

can actually work in Israel. They

can drive to the border post, but

then leave their transport there

and make the rest of their jour-

ney either on foot or by public

transport. Because of the wall of

partition, some have to travel

many unnecessary miles to get

to work. While there, we visited

the place where the angels told

the shepherds of our Lords com-

ing and Manger Square. We also

visited the Holocaust Memorial

which was particularly moving

and upsetting.

After six nights in Jerusalem, we

moved to a hotel right on the

shore of the Sea of Galilee in

Tiberius. What a setting! So


peaceful and stunning; our room,

in fact all rooms, looked over the

sea.

There were so many places we

could tell you about such as the

Via Delarosa (where Jesus

walked to his death). The pool

of Bethsaida, our journey to Ma-

sada (King Herod’s dessert for-

tress), floating in the Dead Sea,

taking a boat trip on the Sea of

Galilee, visiting Capernaum and

the ruins of Caesarea.

It was all go and quite tiring but

we enjoyed it.

Dave and Gwen Cox

Candidates Sunday

You will recall that back in March we had Cadets Michael &

Alison Hutchings with us for a week. They had a good time

with us all and appreciated the learning experience. Every

cadet that enters the William Booth Training College has to

fund themselves – their accommodation and their learning.

It costs approximately £6000 per cadet. On 13th May there

will be a collection during the meeting that will go towards

the Candidates Fund. This is a fund for cadets who have

limited resources to help them pay for their training. Each

year 40 Officers retire, and each year 30 Cadets enter the

training college. As you can see The Salvation Army is in

need of more Officers. So as well as thinking about how

much you would like to give towards the fund, we ask that

you also pray that the people God is calling to full time min-

istry within The Salvation Army will not only be open to

hearing his call, but also respond positively.

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Prayer Initiative 2012 With the Olympic Flame soon to arrive

in the UK we would like to see A

PRAYER FLAME being passed from

corps to corps. Alongside this FLAME

would come prayer requests from the

sending corps for your corps to pray

through in support of their mission to

see the Holy Spirit renew, refresh and

transform the hearts and lives of indi-

viduals.

The FLAME came to us from Addle-

stone, we in turn will send the FLAME

together with our prayer requests to

High Wycombe.

Our prayer for Woking Corps

To be:-

FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

LOVING to all who come into our

Church that they feel they are loved.

AWARE. May we always be aware of

the needs of our community.

MOTIVATED to go forward in God’s

name to spread the gospel message.

ENCOURAGING. Always ready to

give encouragement to others particu-

larly our young people.

It was with interest I read Malcolm’s poem “Our Major”; I do remember the oc-

casion

This brought back happy memories of our stay with you, sharing fellowship and

work with you for 3 years. We came to you in 1980.

I enjoy reading Tidings, what a busy programme you have these days. I pray that

the people and children will come to know the Lord Jesus for themselves and

that you all will be upheld by God’s Holy Spirit. Renee Ozanne (Mrs Major)

Major Stan Ozanne was promoted to Glory some years ago, Mrs Ozanne lives in

retirement at Hove, East Sussex. Stan was a great writer of poetry, he had a

number of books printed, donating all proceeds to various corps.

Greetings to the readers of Tidings


Easter for me had many highlights,

Debbie being invited into Bright

Sparks to tell them the Easter story,

the prayer stations that so many peo-

ple were able to use, the fabulous

singing from those who gathered on

the Wednesday evening. The break-

fasts and prayers each morning of

Holy week were also special times,

sharing food together and then being

inspired once again by the Easter

message thoughtfully prepared by

different members of the corps and

praying together as Church family is

a wonderful and encouraging time.

Messy Church finished off the week

and some of US I think, but as al-

ways the huge effort it takes to do

was rewarded by seeing the children

and parents spending time together

and learning about Easter.

The Spring Clean took place on 31st

March, the faithful team turned up

once again full of energy and enthu-

siasm and worked their socks off, we

got through in record time. Fish and

chips were well earned and everyone

crawled out exhausted but satisfied

that our building was worth the in-

vestment.

The car boot/table top sale went well

and I would like to thank the won-

derful team that helped at this event.

The weather was a little iffy first

thing which put a lot of the car boot-

ers off which was a shame, but we

were packed out inside. It was well

supported by the community and as

a regular door knocker on the estate

I was pleasantly surprised as to how

many people I knew.

Employment Plus has once again

pulled the plug on the support centre

here. This we think is due to a com-

bination of factors, funding and lack

of support from the Job Centre. It is

disappointing as we feel that it is

important to provide as much help

and encouragement as possible to

those seeking work.

Street Dance has now started on

Mondays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm for 5 –

12 year olds.

We will be a Polling station once

again on the 3rd May which is a

great opportunity for our neighbours

to come in and so I will make sure

the notice boards are looking attrac-

tive and plenty of leaflets about and

of course some of us will be around

with our best smiles on (hope that’s

a good thing).

Thank you for all your support for

all that goes on here.

Jan Howlin

Community Services Manager’s

update

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RECIPE

Marshmallow Crisps

Pauline Whiting

Ingredients

2 oz Margarine

2 oz Dairy toffees

2 ozs Marshmallows

2 oz Rice Krispies

Method —

Melt margarine in a saucepan

Add Toffees and Marshmallows and melt gently.

Take saucepan off heat and add Rice Krispies and

mix well.

Press into a tin and set in fridge


Caption Competition

What was Gill, Dorothy and Christine doing?

Take part in writing a caption for this picture, it can be serious or funny, if

you wish to remain anonymous that’s fine but we would prefer to know

who you are!

Hand in your ‘Caption’ to the Church Office, who knows there might be a

prize for the winning entry.

The winning entry in our first competition was submitted by our Commu-

nity Manager Jan Howlin (we are still trying to think of a suitable prize).

(Any suggestions?)

Answers to quiz on page 13 (1) Yes, (2) 1, (3) 12,( 4) 6, (5) No, (6) 70, (7) 2, (8) 60, (9) 9, (10) 0 ( it was Noah) (11) 12.

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Core Groups Lunchtime Light Meets at the Church 12.00pm

May Thursday 3rd 17th

June Thursday 7th 21st

Denvale Group Meets at Margi’s 8.00pm


June Thursday 7th 21st

The Nomads Meet at various venues 7.30pm


June Thursday 7h 21st

The Full Monty Meets for breakfast at various venues 9.00am

May Saturday 19th

June Saturday 9th 30th

Hearts and Crafts Meets at the Church 7.30pm

May Thursday 10th 24th

June Thursday 14th 28th

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