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The September edition of the magazine published by Christchurch United Church, Cardiff.
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pulse September 2014
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Sundays in September
7th 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship (Mrs. Anne Morse)
6.00 p.m. Evening Worship and Communion (Mrs. Anne Morse)
14th 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship
21st 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship and Communion (Mr. Hywel Williams)
6.00 p.m. Evening Worship (Mr. Dave Kitchen)
28th 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship (Ms. Anne Niblett)
For further details, please see the Weekly Notices
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Our junior youth club is now going into its 5th year! The summer has been a welcome break and, hopefully, we're all ready to start back again! Numbers have dropped a little this year after our older ones have moved onto high school, but we have seen some improvement overall in behaviour during the year.
If you are (or know someone who is) aged 7 - 11 and in primary school, we meet every Friday (term-time only) from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. It costs £1 and there is a tuck shop available as well. We play lots of games, have different sports and music for dancing, as well as crafts and space to catch up with friends. We'll be back on Friday, 5th September - see you then!
And if you think you could spare an hour and a half on a Friday evening, why not come along and help? Many of the leaders have been there since we started, and it would be great to have some new faces join us (and a few extra pairs of hands as well!). Just speak to one of the current leaders if you think you could help out, whether that's every week, once a month or just as and when needed.
And thanks again to the team:
Annamiek, Eleri, Frances, Freya, Gareth, Karen, Ian, Lian, Liz, Michael, Rhos and Ruth.
Liz Dickinson
Youth Club
It is with regret that I have to inform you that Mr Allan Dickinson, until recently our Church Secretary, has passed away.
Allan used his business acumen, and sincerity of purpose, to good effect as Secretary, and also proved his worth as a lay preacher.
We will miss him, but none of us
more so than his family. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ruth, Michael and Elizabeth in their untimely loss.
May we, the family of the church, continue to uphold them in our prayers as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Les James Church Elder
Bereavement
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The Players
Pantomime!
Cue cries of "oh no it isn't, oh yes it is!" As the summer draws to an end, preparations for the pantomime are just beginning. The pantomime for 2015 will be Snow White by Limelight Scripts. There will be a read-through on Tuesday, 16th September at 7:45pm, when
everyone is welcome to come along.
Advance notice — the pantomime performances will be on 29th , 30th and 31st January, 2015.
The Players
Yee-haw and Howdy partners!!
(Can you tell I'm excited as I write this...?)
You will now, no doubt, be aware
that each year 1st Llanedeyrn run group camp, when we take the whole group away for a weekend camp- from the youngest beaver to the eldest leader. This year we got
News from 1st Llanedeyrn Scouts
Last year we re-launched our Sunday night youth club on a monthly basis. Our theme is sharing a takeaway together; in addition, there are games, sports and time to sit and chat. We're very pleased with the success of the group so far, especial-ly our weekend away to Summit in May. Many of our young people come from different churches in the local area and we have a great part-nership with Pontprennau Church.
We try and keep costs low, so a take away will cost you £2; if you're not hungry enough for a takeaway, just bring along £1.
If you are in high school and aged between 11 - 16, why not come along and join us on Sunday, 14th September between 6:30pm - 8:30pm. We meet on the second Sunday evening every month, and we'd love to see you there!
Liz Dickinson
Sunday Night Takeaway
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in contact with our good friends at Miskin and we turned the site into the largest saloon bar you've ever seen ready for our cowboy theme camp.
Camp started for some of us at 8.30am, Thursday morning as we had a campsite to build and shopping to do; so, by the time the children arrived on site at 6.30pm, Friday evening we were already exhausted. Mind you, staying up by the fire until the early hours toasting marshmallows might have had something to do with that Nevertheless, we threw ourselves into things with full force, welcoming everyone to site with a "yee-haw!"
After supper of hot dogs, and a tour of the western village we did some pioneering and made tepees. Just as Des arrived to say "Howdy", the heavens opened (I've always said he was a jinx!), so we retired to bed to try and sleep though the most horrific thunderstorm imaginable.
The next morning though, once Des had left(!), the weather was glorious, so we continued to practise being cowboys and Indians, learning how to shoot guns and doing some archery.
After a quick bite of lunch, the scouts left to go "down to the watering hole" for a dip in the swimming pool, while the cubs welcomed the beavers and then took part in some cowboy games of
lassoing, water pistol aiming, melon seed spitting and horse riding (space hopper riding actually!). After a hectic afternoon we were all in need of tea, so homemade chilli cooked on the fire went down a real treat. We built the fire up for our traditional campfire sing-song, before an earlier night than the one before!
Sunday morning saw us serve cooked breakfast to all 62 people on site, before playing yet more cowboy games in the river and, yes, we all had a go in the stocks! Some the children went to find a needle in a haystack buried in the wood, while others played tumbleweed football. BBQ ranch lunch followed, and it was then time to take down the tents and move on. Camp closed at 3.00pm with presentations from the sheriff.
Thanks, as ever, must go the entire leadership team, who put so much effort into running camp. So many pre- and post-camp checks take place, it’s quite scary, and the work some of the leaders put in over the course of the weekend is truly commendable. Without these people we would not be able to offer the diverse, unique style of scouting that we do so well and so enjoyably.
The highlight of camp for me this year has to be our line dancing session. Sunday morning we plugged
in the sound system to wake the children up with "Cotton Eye Joe’’,
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Church Meeting and Playgroup AGM
The next church meeting will be on Thursday, 25th September at 7.30pm, starting with the Playgroup AGM. We would encourage as many people as possible to attend this meeting. The church meeting is where decisions are made and is an opportunity to find out more about what is happening in the church, at the moment and any future events. We will also be hearing more about the work of the playgroup and their achievements during the year, and challenges for the year ahead.
The Diaconate
CEEMP Roadshow
On September 14th the CEEMP Roadshow is coming to Christchurch.
For some time now it has been obvious that lots of people in the Cardiff East area don't know enough (or anything) about the Ecumenical Partnership which was set up some years ago to help the churches of the area to work together. So, the CEEMC (Cardiff East Ecumenical Mission Council) decided it would be a good idea to take a roadshow around the 11 churches involved to remind people about this.
In Christchurch, this will take place during the morning service on
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‘’9 to 5’’ and ‘’Achy Breaky Heart", after which someone plugged in "Let It Go” - from “Frozen". A truly mesmerising sight followed - all 53 children in front of us sang at the top of their voices EVERY word of the song. At one point we turned the volume off and the children continued to sing, not missing a beat! We were speechless and it truly was an emotional moment and a terrific memory that will remain etched in my mind for a very long time. It goes to show just how
adaptable scouting can be and how it influences children more than we can imagine.
Rhys Collins
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September 14th. A presentation of about 20 minutes will take the place of a sermon ! We hope you will all find it interesting and informative. Please try to support this service as an important part of Christchurch's mission. Thank you.
Linda Jones (CEEPC representative)
Harvest
I know this seems early, but, by the time the next Pulse comes out, Harvest Festival will almost be upon us. We shall be decorating the church for harvest on the afternoon of Friday, 3rd October. If you feel you can help in any way, please come along at about 2.30pm. If you wish to bring gifts for the harvest display, you may bring them on the Friday afternoon or during the Ladies’ Circle Coffee Morning on October 4th. You may, of course, wait until the Sunday morning and bring your gifts then. If you would like to contribute by paying for some of the flowers in the displays, please see me after one of the Sunday morning services in September. Thank you.
Linda Jones
Harvest Supper
The Fund Raising Committee (FRC) will be holding this year's Harvest Supper on Friday, 10th October, commencing at 7.00pm. The Ladies’ Circle has kindly offered to help with the cooking, tickets and serving the meal. The meal will be a roast beef dinner, followed by dessert or cheese and biscuits (or both). Should anyone require a vegetarian option, please let me know. We shall finish with Harvest hymns and readings. Tickets will be on sale from the FRC at the beginning of September - £6 per adult or £4.50 per child . Tea and coffee will be served, but should you wish to bring along your own wine etc., please do so. Please buy your tickets as early as possible to help us with the catering . We hope to get together with you to join in fellowship and celebrate the Harvest.
God Bless.
Barbara Garness, on behalf of The Fund Raising Committee
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31st 1st 2nd
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
3rd
7.00pm Choir
4th 5th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
6th
7th
10.00am Prayer Meeting
11.00am Morning Worship
6.00pm Evening Worship and
Communion
8th 9th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
10th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
7.00pm Deacons’
Meeting
11th 12th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
13th
14th
11.00am Morning Worship
6.30pm Sunday Night Take-
away
15th 16th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
7.45pm Pantomime
Read-through
17th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
18th
7.30pm Fellowship
Group
19th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
20th
21st
11.00am Morning Worship and
Communion
6.30pm Evening Worship
22nd 23rd
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
24th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
25th
7.30pm Church
Meeting and
Playgroup AGM
26th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
27th
28th
11.00am Morning Worship
29th 30th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31st 1st 2nd
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
3rd
7.00pm Choir
4th 5th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
6th
7th
10.00am Prayer Meeting
11.00am Morning Worship
6.00pm Evening Worship and
Communion
8th 9th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
10th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
7.00pm Deacons’
Meeting
11th 12th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
13th
14th
11.00am Morning Worship
6.30pm Sunday Night Take-
away
15th 16th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
7.45pm Pantomime
Read-through
17th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
18th
7.30pm Fellowship
Group
19th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
20th
21st
11.00am Morning Worship and
Communion
6.30pm Evening Worship
22nd 23rd
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
24th
1.45pm Toddler Group
7.00pm Choir
25th
7.30pm Church
Meeting and
Playgroup AGM
26th
11.00am Prayer
Meeting
7.00pm Youth Club
27th
28th
11.00am Morning Worship
29th 30th
2.00pm Ladies’ Circle
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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NSPCC Childline
Morgan and Alexander would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to those who gave towards the Sponsored Skip they did to help raise money for the NSPCC Childline Appeal. They themselves raised £103, and their school, Ysgol Bro Eirwg, raised a total of £4,700. Thank you all once again for your generosity.
Barbara Garness
Mentoring at St Teilos
"The community mentoring programme aims to support the pupils involved by improving their learning outcomes by receiving dedicated support from
an allocated mentor and to provide a consistent role model’’
In June 2013 local church leaders were approached with a request for volunteers who would be interested in taking part in a scheme that aimed to help pupils in St Teilo's who would benefit from the guidance and support from an adult mentor.
Over the following months volunteers' names were put forward, initial meetings and training took place and DBS checks were obtained. In February this year the scheme was launched with 11 mentors from local churches in Cardiff partnering year 9 students allocated by their Director of Studies, Rachel Jones.
The scheme has started well, with relationships building. The mentors and pupils have met once a week for an hour during term time, and the mentors have been checking progress, attendance, behaviour and supporting in a number of areas including organisational skills, option choices, career choice and helping with homework. Each mentor has also undertaken to pray regularly for their allocated pupil.
St Teilo's Church in Wales High School will be continuing the mentoring scheme for the 2014 - 2015 academic year, and we are seeking as many volunteers as possible to broaden the scheme, so that more young people can be offered this opportunity. If you think that you could commit to mentoring a young person on a weekly basis, you could either speak to one of the current volunteers from Christchurch (Sian P, Julie, Jan D and Liz) to find out what is involved, or contact Christine Taylor, who is running the project in the school: [email protected]
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Food for Thought - an entertaining stroll down memory lane to the 1950s
Pasta hadn’t been invented
Curry was a surname
A take away was a mathematical problem
Pizza was a leaning tower
All crisps were plain, the only choice was salted
A Chinese ‘chippy’ was a foreign carpenter
Rice was a milk pudding, never part of dinner
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking
Tea was made in a teapot, using leaves, and never green
Coffee was ‘Camp’ and came in a bottle
Cubed sugar was posh
Healthy food was anything edible
People who didn’t peel potatoes were lazy
Indian restaurants were only found in India
Cooking outside was called camping
Seaweed wasn’t food
Kebab wasn’t a word, never mind a food
Sugar was white gold
Prunes were medicinal
Muesli was readily available, but called cattle feed
Water came out of a the tap, bottling it and charging more than petrol would have been laughed at
The only thing we never had on the table in the 1950s was elbows
How times change!
Carole Hodge
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September has arrived again and of course, nobody – pupil or teacher – goes back after the long summer break without a bit of apprehension, and quite a few return terrified to the bone.
Yet, in the vast majority of cases, the worries prove to be entirely unfounded. I can still remember being eleven and waiting for the bus to High School on my first day. As my parents had chosen not to send me to the local school, I was also entirely on my own. Into my awful imaginings strolled Michael, a tall friendly American boy, who didn’t know anyone either. We got on from the first hello and I quickly discovered that, because his family was always moving house, he’d learnt to cope with almost anything. So, where I expected all sorts of troubles to bubble up, I found a friend who looked after me and, across time, showed me how to face up to everyday terrors that school life brought.
Now, it’s not always a bad thing to worry, but it’s no good imagining all the dark tomorrows that might never happen. The real world is usually nowhere near as bad as people make out in their imaginations!
My favourite bit from all the things that Jesus said, is the advice he gave about being scared of what the future might hold.
“Can worry make you live a single day longer?’’ he asked those who sat and listened. “Can it make you grow an inch taller: Have faith in God. Don’t fret about all your tomorrows. Today is quite enough to cope with!” So whatever worries each new day may have, try a little faith. Or, at the very least, panic one day at a time.
Adapted from Dave Kitchen, ‘Making a start’
‘Salt’ magazine no.42
Making a Start
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rake squirrel harvest bonfire acorn leaves
pear apple chilly orange red October
Children’s Puzzle Corner
Autumn Word Search
Can you find these words?
R H B E V E T O I W F E P V T
S A E D Y L L I H C O L Y I E
E R K S O Z D E N S T O L U R
V V A E D T G N B L V Y Q A O
R E T V C U N R O C A M E X R
B S I A E M A M N F F P G Q A
I T B E H J L D F O D A P A N
V J Y L C H G S I E I W R L G
S K A S Q U I R R E L K H P E
J C U Z K T B R E B O T C O X
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Rotas
September Ian Travis, Angela Harrison, Hilary Widdison
October Carole Hodge, Sandra Bastable, Trudy Joshua
Sept 7th Hilary Widdison
Sept 14th Shan Hill
Sept 21st Frances Stacey
Sept 28th Janet Prentice
Oct 5th Harvest
Flowers
Stewards
Cleaning (Further details from Jean Richards or Gareth Joshua)
Week commencing
Sept 1st Sian and Gareth Woods
Sept 8th Trudy and Gareth Joshua
Sept 15th Tesni and Erfyl Williams
Sept 22nd Jan Derrett
Sept 29th Kundai Chuma
Oct 6th Pat Travis and Sian Pike
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Secretary [email protected]
Treasurer
Mr. Wynford James
treasurer@christchurchunited cardiff.org.uk
07973 540634
Junior Church Secretary
Mrs. Ruth Dickinson
029 2073 6610
Flowers
Mrs. Linda Jones
029 2048 6527
Pulpit Secretary
Mr. Maurice Holcroft
Playgroup
Mrs. Debbie Munton
029 2073 1742
07951 687448 (Term time mornings)
Hall & Side Room Bookings
Mr. Wynford James
07973 540634
‘Pulse’ Editor
Mrs. Eirian Kelly
029 2065 5691
Webmaster
Mr. David Kelly
07854 058461
Contacts
Christchurch United Church Llanedeyrn Drive Llanedeyrn Cardiff CF23 9JQ
Items for the October edition of PULSE to Eirian by lunchtime on September 21st.
Contact:
029 2065 5691
PULSE box in the church porch
Welcome to Christchurch
We are a united church in east Cardiff, and offer a warm welcome to all visitors.
Worship reflects the inter-denominational composition of our congregation. Baptist, Methodist and Covenant Rite Liturgies are used, infant and believer’s baptism and infant dedication are practised. We have an open Communion table at which the invitation is to ‘All who love our Lord Jesus Christ’.
There are many church and community activities during the week, and some special events each month. We have strong links with other churches in our area and hold United Services on a regular basis.
www.christchurchunitedcardiff.org.uk
