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Member of the North West Enfield Group of ChurchesMember of the North Enfield Group of United Reformed Churches
WWW.LANCASTER-ROAD-URC.ORG.UK
Local Area Group Convener:Rev. David Bradburn
Phone: 01992 443218 email: [email protected] Secretary:
Beryl Woolley, Phone: 020 8351 1089 Email: [email protected] Elders:
Graham Carlisle - Jim Holliday - Jon Locke - Janice LuckettEmily Marlow - Laura Marlow - Terry Silvey - Beryl Woolley
Letting's Officer: Email: [email protected]
Contact Magazine Editors: Marilyn Carlisle 020 8364 5672 - Jim Holliday 020 8245 1903 - Laura Marlow 020 8366 6901
Music Group Leader: Mr Chris Marlow 020 8366 6901Y.P.C.F. (Sunday School) 11.00 Sunday Leader: Mr Chris Marlow 020 8366 6901
Lancaster Road Ladies 13.30 - 15.00 Thursday Chair: Mrs A. Gibson 020 8245 980211th Rainbow Unit 9:30-11:30 on alternate
SaturdaysLeader: Miss Catherine
Goodwin020 8363 2085
11th Brownie Pack 18.15 - 19.45 Thursday Brown Owl: Ms Sumita Biswas 07748 8165445th Brownie Pack 18.15 - 19.45 Thursday Contact: Mrs Mary Dawson 0759 545634221st Brownie Pack 18.15 - 1945 Friday Brown Owl: Mrs Amanda Bell 020 8366 50085th Enfield Guides 19.00 - 21.00 Friday Unit Guider: Mrs Sian Ault 020 8360 8801
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local community and in the wider world.”
Youth Mission Statement.“The mission of our church youth organisations towards children and young people is to help themtowards faith in Christ, to grow in Christian faith and to practice Christian values and way of life.”
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This year is an unusual one in that we have two ‘double dates’. Both Ash Wednesday and St Valentine’sDay fell on 14 February and Easter Sunday and April Fool’s Day are both on 1 April. I read an article in amagazine recently which pointed out these facts and the writer, who obviously had a very wry sense ofhumour, made a suggestion for parents to celebrate the latter date. The suggestion was to invite yourchildren into the garden for an Easter Egg Hunt without having first hidden any eggs, thus celebrating EasterSunday and April Fool’s Day in one fell swoop! I don’t think any parent could be that mean.
The reason for this dating issue is that Easter is a moveable feast. The dating of Easter is tied in with thephases of the moon. Easter is always celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon after the vernalequinox (21 March), which means that Easter has a 24 day period in which it can happen.
The Easter Act 1928 suggested that Easter Sunday should always be the Sunday after the second Saturday inApril, thus reducing the period it could take place from 9-15 April. Although this law was passed throughParliament it has still to be implemented ninety years later. There was some proviso about it being with theagreement of the Churches, so maybe that is where the stumbling block lies. Whoever said that religion andpolitics don’t mix was not wrong!
I have noticed in recent years that it has become increasingly difficult to buy Christian themed Easter cards.There are lots with chicks, eggs, bunnies and spring flowers but very few with crosses and Christianmessages on them.
Another tradition that was special to Easter, that of hot cross buns, seems to have spread into the rest of theyear too. I’ve yet to see simnel cake at other times of the year though.
Whenever and however we celebrate Easter each year, one thing will never change. The real meaning ofEaster, which can be summed up in two of the most famous Bible verses, John 3 v 16 & 17:
‘For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may notdie but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its saviour’Easter joy and blessings to you all,
Laura MarlowLancaster Road URC
Joint Pastorate LetterWritten this month by Mrs Laura Marlow.
Services for April 2018Sunday 1st 10.30 am Prayer Meeting In the back room.
11.00 am Laura Marlow Easter Sunday. Holy Communion4.00 pm Messy Church
Sunday 8th 11:00 am Mr. Keith Perrin Family Service
6.30 pm Mr. Terry Silvey
Sunday 15th 10.30 am Prayer Meeting In the back room.
11.00 am Rev. Lucy Berry6.30 pm Mrs. Laura Marlow Joint service with St. Luke's and St. John’s churches
Sunday 22nd 11.00 am Mr Joe Attridge
6.30 pm Mrs. Michaela Lawrence Contemporary Praise Service with Holy Communion
Sunday 29th 10.30 am Prayer Meeting In the back room.11:00am Mr & Mrs. Skerratt Bridge of Hope6:30 pm Mr. Terry Silvey
MAY 2018
Sunday 6th 10.30 am Prayer Meeting In the back room.
11:00 am Rev Bert Baker Baptism
6:30 pm TBC
Church MUSICIf anyone knows of any
organists/pianists who would bewilling to help us out occasionally at
our Sunday morning or eveningservices I would be very pleased to
hear from them.
Grace and Johnwould like to thank all their Church friends for all the cards,gifts, flowers and donations to the three charities and forjoining them for afternoon tea in the hall on Sunday 4thMarch. It was lovely to have all our family and friendscelebrating our Diamond Wedding Anniversary with us.Very many thanks again.
Grace and John
FUTURE MINISTRY ATLANCASTER ROAD URC
On the weekend of 9th to 11th March 2 candidatesmet with the 6 churches of the North Enfield andSouth and East Enfield Pastorates for a social occasionand on the Sunday they both ' Preached with a view'.
On Sunday 18th March the churches met in theirseparate pastorates for discussion, and then eachchurch in it's own church meeting to vote as towhether to call him to the pastorate of Lancaster Road,Christ Church and Bush Hill Park, and her to thepastorate of Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill andPonders End..
The result of this vote was virtually unanimously infavour of calling them to minister to the 2 pastorates.
Our Interim Moderator, Rev. David Bradburn, hasinformed us that they have accepted the call to thechurches and were 'delighted and humbled by thevote'. Their names cannot be released until 8th Aprilas this is the date they will inform their currentchurches.
The 3 Interim Moderators of the 2 pastorates will meetafter Easter to draw up the Terms of Settlement.
We thank God for guiding us to this decision and lookforward to their future ministry with us.
BerylChurch Secretary
Flowers for April1 Brian and family In memory of Robert8 Angela In memory of Tony15 Laura & Chris Celebrating their Wedding Anniversary22 -----------------29 -----------------
Christian Aid Week
This year’s Christian Aid Week takes placebetween 13-19 May. I will soon be making myusual request for volunteers to deliver and collectenvelopes in the local area. If you would be ableto help with this please listen out for the notice,look on the notice board in the lounge or have achat with me. Thank you for your support. Laura
Last day for submissions for May edition willbe Sunday 22nd April 2018
Commitment for Life – March 2018
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stories for change is produced bycommitment for life: it seeks to informand inspire. Views expressed are not
necessarily those of the [email protected] 01702 315981or Church House 0207 7691 9867
BANGLADESH - Golden Dream
Major flooding from the sea over 70 kilometres away,has left the ground unusable in a small village in SouthWest Bangladesh. Christian Aid partner, The ChristianCommission for Development in Bangladesh, workedwith the villagers to find ways to help them shouldflooding happen again. Previously flood water drainedaway naturally but a dam was built to stop sea waterentering the delta. This altered the flow so now watercan’t drain away sufficiently, leaving the groundsalinated and unable to sustain crops. At one pointthe people dug up the bulbs of water hyacinths orlilies to eat. They are not nutritious but fill up thestomach.
The first thing CCDB suggested was to set up theSonalir Shopnaw Mohila forum. The forum memberswere then encouraged to build a small hut to meet inand to decide what they felt was needed for theircommunity. This process has taken a while but nowthe hut is well used for climate change adaptiontraining and basic literacy. Inside they keep books onclimate change, a megaphone to use as an earlywarning system, torches, bottles of water and a radio.The forum members meet once a month to discussany current issues and are well informed aboutclimate adaptation.
The first project involved raising the platform for thepump to 6ft above ground level. This means that if aflooding happens the villagers can still get water. CCDBhave given the forum saline tolerant seeds andencouraged them to diversify away from crops. Theyhave also tried growing turmeric on floating gardensmade from layers of water hyacinths.
The Vice President of the forum, Shova Biswas,explained how she had been in the forum for 3 yearsand how support and training from CCDB has changedtheir lives.
“We have been able to save money and become moreself-reliant through selling fish and chickens. We areusing saline resistant seeds but the yield is not alwaysso good. They have made us more aware of the issuesand the benefits of working together. CCDB alsohelped with some basic education. Now, I can writea little English and read Bangla. This helps my children.”
Shova hopes one day that she can travel and tellher story. “Being a lady from a poor area we havealready gained and, in the future, can gain more.This forum’s name means ‘Golden Dream’ and Ihope our dream will be fulfilled.”
What is Commitment for Life?“I know that the Lord maintains the cause of theneedy and executes justice for the poor” Psalm 140:12
Commitment for Life is the recommended way, fromGeneral Assembly 1992, for local United ReformedChurches to support Christian Aid. It grew out of the1% appeal. It is our unique way of working withChristian Aid and Global Justice Now to make adifference to the lives of some of the world’s poorestpeople. It links with campaigns, partners and projectsthrough personal stories and updates. All UnitedReformed and Local Ecumenical Partnershipchurches are encouraged to pray, give and take actionfor people across the world. Current issues that theprogramme supports through campaigns and projectsinclude: tax justice; climate justice; Fairtrade andwomen’s rights. The current countries we supportprojects in are: Israel and the occupied Palestinianterritory (IoPt); Bangladesh; Zimbabwe and theregion of Central America, which includesNicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Commitment for Life is the single largestdenominational giver to Christian Aid. Theprogramme is more than just raising money: it isasking for a time commitment to gain a deeperunderstanding of development issues. Getting toknow the stories of real people and projects in someof the most difficult places in the world is bothinspiring and challenging and we hope will add aworldwide perspective to the life of localcongregations.
Commitment for Life links directly to Statements 9and 10 of Vision 2020, the mission framework of theUnited Reformed Church. We would love for yourchurch to be involved.Ray Adams
1st Enfield Company, The Boys’ Brigade - Update April ‘18Saturday 24th February saw the Mad Scientist Day for Anchor Boys and Junior Section. Viv and Keithtook 10 of our boys to the 2nd Enfield HQ at Bush Hill Park where they joined nearly 70 other boys(and a few girls) from other BB companies from Enfield,Barnet and Haringey. The boys and girls were then splitinto groups according to age and individually took part invarious activities including chemistry (ice cream making -pictured), optics (modelling a T Rex that had an opticalillusion) and took part in group sessions of experiments witha professional science entertainer from Science Boffinswhere boys and girls were invited to conduct electricity,make slime, launch “rockets” and prove the theory of flightwith a toilet roll and grass blower. In between all of this therewere breaks for hot dogs and drinks. Rev Martin Legg closedthe days activities with some songs and a bible story.
Saturday 17th March was due to see the London District Band and Drill competitions. The 1st Enfieldhad entries in these competitions, but due to bad weather the event was postponed, new date yetto be announced.
On Monday 19th March for a couple of weeks only we re-ran a badge class that we previously heldtwo years ago, this is the World War 1 Badge. It is only available to be awarded during the centenaryof WW1, 2014 to 2018, so this second and final time we will hold this class and it will give the boyswho missed it previously a chance to understand what happened all those years ago. We will tellthe boys about Enfield in 1914, housing and the social and economic position of the residents andwhat the 1st Enfield BB weekly programme included. We will give each boy in 2018 a profile of a realboy from 1914, and then follow that boy’s fortunes over the war period – they will have very variedoutcomes.
Through March and April 1918, the 1st Enfield was thriving. We held our company sports on 29thMarch 1918 at Foys Field (we think this was off Clay Hill). Boys from each of our 5 sections tookpart in age grouped running, jumping and throwing sports events and finished with tug of war. OurBoy Reserves (8 to 11 year olds) had been meeting for nearly 6 months since it opened and hadgrown to 75 members, which was thought to be the largest in the country at that point. Many of theboys had bought their uniform (navy jerseys, shorts, socks and sailor hat) and enjoyed various gamesetc on their meeting nights.Meanwhile, 100 years ago across the channel things in the Great War were about to get worse onthe Western Front across Northern France and Belgium. The United States had officially enteredthe war in 1917, but due to the fact that at that time America had a relatively small trained army, theimpact of them joining the war was initially minimal. However, by early 1918 large numbers ofAmericans were completing their training and were about to be sent to Europe. Germany was wellaware of this and that the impact would change the balance that had kept the front line almoststationery for several years and the German chance of a victory would be slim. With Russia leavingthe war after the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the Eastern Front ceasing, the Germans divertedtroops westward and started a Spring Offensive targeted at the British troops in Northern Franceand Belgium. The German objective was to capture the channel ports and hopeful remove Britainfrom the war before the full force of the USA military could take effect. A number of 1st Enfield oldboys were posted in this area at this time, and sadly our roll of honour reflects this!Sid Bick was born on 20 February 1898 and lived in Sterling Road. Sid was a member of the 1st
Enfield BB from 1909 to 1912, was a private and we think Sid may have been in the 1st Enfield band.When Sid left school by 14 years of age Sid went to work records show him as a “factory lad”. In1915 at the age of 17 Sid volunteered for military service and joined the Royal Navy VolunteerReserve (RNVR) and is listed there as being an Able Seaman and a bugler. In 1916 Sid wastransferred into the RNVR Anson Battalion, then in 1918 into Hood Battalion. We have previously
mentioned that even though the members of the RNVR weretechnically sailors, the RNVR had a number of Battalions of “sailors”who were fighting under Naval command in the trenches just likethe men in the Army. Sid was serving in the trenches when he waskilled on 3 April 1918, exactly 1 year after his younger brother Willlost his life at sea when his ship was sunk by a mine. Sid was 20years of age. We have no photos of Sid, but we did visit his graveat Doullens Communal Cemetery in February this year. Sid’s gravestone was a bit weathered, but the inscription “The beloved son ofSidney and Maud Bick of Enfield” was still legible at the base of thestone.Harry Eaton was born on 15 July 1898and lived in Halifax Road. Harry was inthe 1st Enfield from 1911 to 1914 andwas a private. We don’t know muchabout Harry’s time in the BB, but we dohave one photo of him at BB camp.
Harry was serving in the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner on 18 April 1918when he lost his life in the Ypres area of Belgium, he was 19 years of age.Harry has no known grave and his name is listed on the Tyne CotMemorial (we visited this in February 2017). Harry was a member ofChrist Church and his name is also listed in Christ Church on their roll ofhonour.
Fred Clark was born on 7 August 1899 and livedin Cannonbury Cottages which are at the end ofCannonbury Road. Fred was in the 1st Enfield from1911 to 1912 and was serving in the Essex
Regiment when on 26 April 1918 he lost his life. Fred was 18 years old and had only been in Francefor just 3 weeks. Fred has no known grave; his name is listed on the Poziers Memorial which is inthe area of France near the River Somme. We visited his memorial in February this year.Please pray for Sid, Harry andFred at this the centenary of theirdeaths
To be continued June ‘18
Keith Goodwin(Lt 1st Enfield Company)
Funny church notices"Parishioners are reminded that the box in the porch marked, 'For the sick' is for money contributionsonly!”
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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripplechildren.
Time Flies – MindYour Business
‘Time flies – mind your business’ is theprominent inscription at the top andbottom of the diamond shaped blue clockhigh up on the outside of St Mary theVirgin Church at Furneux Pelham, in EastHertfordshire, close to the Herts/Essexborder.
The place name Pelham first appears inprint in the Domesday Survey of 1096 andprobably means ‘place of springs’.Furneux Pelham is one of three Pelhamsin the area, the other two being BrentPelham, notable for its stocks in thechurch grounds, and Stocking Pelham.
I was first introduced to Stocking Pelham many years ago as my Dad was a friend of the then owners of TheWillows Farm there. They were an exceptional and inspiring pair of elderly ladies who in spite of their longevityand the fact that one of them was completely blind, ran a successful dairy farm from their thatched farmhouse.The farmland was also the home of their magnificent and enormous bull named Nimrod! (The Collins EnglishDictionary definition of Nimrod refers to the Old Testament, Genesis 10 v 8-9, ‘a mighty hunter.... who wasfamous for his prowess’ according to the dictionary).
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin at Furneux Pelham is a large flint, mainly fifteenth century Grade 2listed building. On entering, immediately to the left is a large double-sided royal coat of arms dated 1634.Apparently the lion and the unicorn each have two heads facing each other so the coat of arms looks exactlythe same on both sides. (If I had known that at the time of visiting I would have made a point of trying to seethe other side for myself – but just seeing the one side was impressive!) It is said to have been installed afterthe Restoration by the Royalist rector who had patrolled the churchyard during the Civil War to deter anyRoundheads. However, another story declares that it was originally in Brent Pelham Church and wasmysteriously transferred. Could they possibly both be right??
Close by this is the thirteenth century font, fronted by the words ‘One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism’.Looking upwards are good, solid restored fifteenth century beams in the roof with beautiful colourful carvingsof angels, painted in the 1960s. (Reminiscent to me of those in Blythburgh Church, Suffolk). These in Furneuxshow some angels carrying stringed musical instruments – lyres? – and the remainder carrying shields.Continuing a musical theme are stained glass windows with a further four angels playing musical instruments.These windows are opposite an incredibly large church organ. Another particularly large piece of furniture isa heavy, dark wood storage unit with very elaborate carvings of people – and faces!!
Returning to the clock – it has been suggested that the words ‘Time Flies Mind Your Business’ are to remindfarmers and landowners to get on with the harvest. The church bell was rung at 6pm during harvest time toallow gleaners into the fields to scavenge spilled corn. There is no evidence other than a drawing in theplasterwork of the house opposite that it ever curtly said ‘mind your business’. However, I would like to thinkthat it is a warning and reminder to wisely prioritise events in daily life as time is precious. It tends to fly byunheeded and it is so easy to regret leaving things undone. Food for thought (?) and particularly appropriatefor this month as we have just recently altered the time on our clocks, watches, phones, etc – hopefully springingforward to longer, lighter and warmer days.
Marion Burdett
PRAYER DIARY FOR APRIL 2018.
Sun. 1st Be joyful JESUS HAS RISEN, SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.Mon. 2nd Easter Monday. Remember that Jesus will always be with us.Tues. 3rd Pray for the researchers who have found that the placenta is good for making stem cells that
they can begin using this more widely.Wed. 4th Pray that all who are travelling over the Easter holidays keep safe and that all have had an enjoyable time away.Thur. 5th Pray that everyone who had this awful virus that was going around is now fully recovered.Fri. 6th Pray for those killed and injured when a bridge collapsed in Florida, America.Sat. 7th World Health Day. Pray for all the doctors, nurses, and any who work towards making people healthier and for research into new drugs that will combat diseases.Sun. 8th Pray for the USA and North Korea that a meeting will thaw relations with each other.Mon. 9th Hope that the Commonwealth Games will be as successful as the Winter Paralympics with the competitors winning 7 medals between them.Tues. 10th Pray for the evening Bible Study meeting in the Church lounge.Wed. 11th Pray for the Elders meeting this evening to discuss items on the agenda.Thur. 12th International Day for Street Children. Pray for all the children who are living rough including those in our own Country and also for those who give up their time to help them.Fri. 13th Pray for the North London Hospice and all the people who work so hard to make it a comforting and serene place.Sat. 14th Pray for the 11th Rainbows and helpers meeting this morning.Sun. 15th Pray for the folk in the back room at the prayer meeting.Mon. 16th Pray for the Anchor Boys meeting this evening.Tues. 17th World Haemophilia Day. Pray for all those affected by this illness.Wed. 18th Pray for the 11th Guides as they meet together this evening.Thur. 19th Pray for the LAG meeting tonight in the hall.Fri. 20th Pray for the 5th Guides and Senior Section meeting this evening.Sat. 21st Pray for the volunteers and guests as they meet in the hall for the Homeless Supper.Sun. 22nd Pray for the children of the play school, their parents and the leaders.Mon. 23rd St. George’s Day. Pray for the Government as they decide what to do about the man and daughter who have been poisoned and pray that they recover.Tues. 24th The last white Rhino in the wild has died. There are only 2 female rhinos left now so hope that zoos can help and that we do not see the extinction of a species in our lifetime.Wed. 25th Pray for the morning Bible Study meeting today in the Church.Thur. 26th Pray for the 5th and 11th Brownies joining together for fun and friendship.Fri. 27th Pray for the 21st Brownies meeting this evening.Sat. 28th Pray for the residents of Sterling Road.Sun. 29th Pray that it will soon be routine surgery to give stem cells to people with macular degeneration to give them their sight back like the gentleman who has had it done.Mon. 30th St. Catherine of Sienna’s Day. Pray for all who visit the sick and infirm.
It is with great regret that we announce that Mr. Rudolf Singh went to meet hisLord on the morning of March 22nd after a short spell in Hospital.
Rudi spent so much of his church life helping at our church, first as a memberof the congregation, then as a Church Member and shortly after as an Elder apost he held for many years as well as registrar another post that he held for
many years.We give thanks to the Lord for letting him do so much for so many within this
church.Please pray for Brian, Melanie, Andrew and Margaret at this sad time in their
lives.John 3:16 (NIV)16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoeverbelieves in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Sun. 1st 4.00pm Messy Church Tues. 10th 8.30pm Bible Study in Church Lounge.Wed. 11th 9.45am. Joint Bible Study in Church Lounge.
Wed. 18th 7.15pm. Elders Meeting in Small Hall. Sat. 21st Evening Homeless Suppers in Small Hall. Tues. 24th 8.30pm. Bible Study in Church Lounge. Wed. 25th 9.45am. Joint Bible Study in Church Lounge.
FRIDAYS 10am-12.00 Shoppers Coffee Morning.
Wed. 2nd 7.30pm Church meeting in hall.
News of the fellowshipIt is nice to see Terry Silvey looking well and back to his usual smiling self and also John Laversand Molly, both looking happy with life. We thank God for answering our prayers.
‘Bert Baker had his operation but ended up back in hospital for a few days. He is now back athome but still in a lot of pain. We wish him well and pray that he will soon be relieved of the worseof it in the near future. We look forward to seeing his happy face and witty comments soon.
It was great to see Margaret Hobbs at the Coffee Morning the other Friday and pray that shecontinues to visit us on occasions, when she can.
Nellie O’dea was in church the other Sunday to hear her favourite minister ‘Cheeky Face’ (AKAMartin). She has now settled in well at her new home in Palmers Green and we look forward toseeing her and Susan (her daughter) and Rosy (daughter-in-law) when they can make it.
Please pray for all those that help the elderly and ill in hospitals, homes, hospices and out on theroad. Without their help where would we be. Pray also for all members of our church, friends andfamilies.
We would also ask for your prayers for our new minister and his wife who will be starting with us inthe late summer.
