SERVICE PATTERN (October)

Sunday in month 8.30a.m. 10.00am & 11.30am 6.30p.m. Oct 4 Lord’s Harvest Thanksgiving Harvest Thanksgiving Supper with Brian Martin (Church)

Oct 11 iv. Jesus: the Evangelist Peace with God John 4, 4-26 Lord’s Supper @ 11.30 (Hall) Oct 18 Lord’s v. Jesus: the provider Mission: Burkina Faso Supper John 6. 1-21 with Mark Collier All-age Service@10.00 (Hall) Oct 25 vi. Jesus: the Son Series: The Evangelical Prophet John 5. i. Two Cities. Isaiah 1 Lord’s Supper @10.00 (Hall) Nov 1 Lord’s vii. Jesus: the bread ii. The Day of the Lord Supper John 6. 22-40 Isaiah 2 (Hall) Nov 8 Remembrance iii. The Commissioning 10.30 United Service Isaiah 6 Lord’s Supper (Church)

Prayer Fellowship - Knock Room 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 7.30p.m.

Ladies’ Prayer Fellowship - Breda Room 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 10.30a.m.

Baptisms at any service other than Holy Communion and by arrangement with the Rector

Weddings by arrangement with the Rector

Sunday School Every Sunday (September – June) at 10.20 a.m. except 3rd Sunday of each month when children remain in church for Family Service.

Primary Sunday School – Age 3 - 6. Minor Hall Superintendent: Judith Thompson. Tel 028 90 701351 Junior Sunday School - Age 7 – 11. Main Hall Superintendent: Mrs Jackie Mayes. Tel 028 90 799180 Senior Sunday School - Age 11 – 13. Main Hall Superintendent: Mr Jack Mayes. Tel 028 90 799180 Pathfinders - Age 13 – 15. Main Hall

Crèche – for babies up to age 3 in Knock Room, Main Hall

X-Ray Tel 028 90 694217

THE MAGAZINE OF KNOCKBREDA PARISH CHURCH

October 2015

Rector: Rev William Press 69, Church Road, Belfast, BT8 7AN Tel: 028 90 641493

Curate Assistant: Rev. Gerardo Gimpel 28, Church Road, Belfast BT8 7AQ Tel: 028 90 694217

Assisting Clergy: Rev. Canon Dr. S.E. Long Tel : 028 90 793401

Lay Reader: Derek Cheatley Tel : 028 90 643901

Organists: Grace Ryan Andrew Thompson Tel: 028 90 793828 Tel : 028 90 793186

Link Missionaries: Kenneth and Judith Finch, Kampala kfinch@img.co.ug Dr Rory and Denise Wilson, Kiwoko

Church Wardens: Tom Davies (Rector’s)

Linda Butterwick (People’s)

Glebe Wardens: Jack Mayes (Rector’s)

Jim Gowdy (People’s)

Magazine Circ Manager: Alan Templeton

Tel: 028 90 701686

Hon. Sec. to Select Vestry: Wilma Chrusciak

Tel: 028 90 913971

Hon. Parochial Treasurer: Heather Elliott

Tel: 028 90 701486

Parish Panel Child Welfare: Sandra Beattie Ernest Downey

Tel: 028 90 701262 Tel: 028 90 647940

Sexton: Robert McAvoy

Tel: 028 90 692400

Parish Secretary: Linda Butterwick

c/o Parish Office, Purdys Lane, Belfast, BT8 7AR Tel: 028 90 645372

Parish Website: www.knockbredaparish.org

BABIES and TODDLERS Shake, Rattle and Rhyme - 2nd and 4th Thursdays - 10.00am to 11.00am in the Minor Hall Mrs Jackie Mayes Tel 028 90 799180

YOUTH ACTIVITIES GIRLS

Brownies Age 7—10 Tuesday 6.30p.m. to 8.00p.m. in the Minor Hall. Mrs Andrea McConnell Tel 07875557998

Guides (10 – 14) Mondays 7.30p.m. to 9.00p.m. in the Minor Hall. Miss Amy Green Tel 028 90 793775 Senior Section (14—25) Mondays 7.30p.m. to 9.00p.m. in the Minor Hall. Miss Amy Green Tel 028 90 793775

MIXED

Badminton Club Wednesday from 8.00p.m. in the Main Hall September to March. Edward Godfrey Tel 028 90 701062 X-Ray Open to all young people of 3rd Form age and above.

ADULT ACTIVITIES Ladies’ Bowling Club Monday at 7.30p.m. in the Main Hall Contact:- Maureen Coulter Tel 028 90 702246

Mothers’ Union 1st Thursday at 8.00p.m. in the Main Hall. Secretary:- Emily Hickey Tel 028 90 796477

Men's Club Tuesday 7.30p.m. in the Main Hall. (Bowls form a major part of their programme.) Contact:- Dennis Davison Tel 028 90 701704

Thursday Club 2nd Thursday at 2.30p.m. in the Minor Hall. Contact:- Mina Kelso Tel 028 90 799109

GENERAL INFORMATION

Missionary interest is central to the life of our Parish. The following are the Secretaries from whom information, literature or boxes may be obtained. Crosslinks – Brian Lloyd Tel 028 90 701099 C.M.S. Ireland – Vacant Mid-Africa Ministry – Mrs Jackie Mayes Tel 028 90 799180 Leprosy Mission – Brian Mateer Tel 028 90 594985 Flowers for the church are always in demand. You may donate flowers to the church on a particular Sunday by appending your name to the list in the Church Porch. The following dates are still available:- 29 Nov; and 27 Dec. Breda Messenger The Editorial Team would appreciate if all contributions for the November edition of the magazine could be with them no later than Saturday 10th October, 2015. Contributions can be e-mailed to knbreda@hotmail.com or left in the Church Office.. Parish Website can be accessed at www.knockbredaparish.org

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OCTOBER CROSSWORD

Across 1 He must be ‘the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well’ (1 Timothy 3:12) (6) 4 ‘For we must all — before the judgement seat of Christ’ (2 Corinthians 5:10) (6) 7 ‘They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their — end’ (Ps 107:27) (4) 8 See 19 Across 9 It concerned who among the disciples would be the greatest (Luke 9:46) (8) 13 Formed by the Jews in Thessalonica to root out Paul and Silas(Acts17:5)(3) 16 ‘He has sent me to bind up the — ’ (Isaiah 61:1) (6-7) 17 Moved rapidly on foot (Matthew 28:8) (3) 19 and 8 ‘ — a great company of the host appeared with the angel’ (Luke 2:13) (8,8) 24 Hindrance (Romans 14:13) (8) 25 Comes between Luke and Acts (4) 26 Empower (Acts 4:29) (6) 27 ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a — !’ (John 2:16) (6)

Down 1 Sunrise (Psalm 119:147) (4) 2 The part of the day when Cornelius the Caesarean centurion had avision of an angel of God (Acts 10:3) (9) 3 He was one of those who returned with Zerubbabel from exile in Babylon to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 7:7) (5) 4 ‘No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born — ’(John 3:3) (5) 5 Animal hunted or killed as food (Ezekiel 22:25) (4) 6 ‘He encouraged them — — remain true to the Lord’ (Acts 11:23) (3,2) 10 Ruses (anag.) (5) 11 Jewish priestly vestment (Exodus 28:6) (5) 12 Visible sign of what had been there (Daniel 2:35) (5) 13 This was the trade of Alexander, who did Paul ‘a great deal of harm’ (2 Timothy 4:14) (9) 14 ‘This is my — , which is for you; do this in remembrance of me’ (1 Corinthians 11:24) (4) 15 One of Noah’s great-great-grandsons (Genesis 10:24) (4) 18 Traditionally the first British Christian martyr (5) 20 Relationship of Ner to Saul (1 Samuel 14:50) (5) 21 Jacob had one at a place he named Bethel while on his way to Haran, fleeing from Esau (Genesis 28:12) (5) 22 Bats (anag.) (4) 23 ‘You strain out a — but swallow a camel’ (Matthew 23:24) (4)

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Rector’s Letter

Dear Friends,

What does it mean to be a Christian?

Jesus said, ‘I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in them, they will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing.’

John 15.5

The vine is a great biblical theme to reflect on at harvest time. It reminds us that a Christian is a person in living union with Jesus Christ. This is Jesus’ description of a real Christian. He or she is someone who has been grafted onto the vine, Christ himself. It is someone who has that vital, personal union with the Lord Jesus Christ; someone who has deliberately chosen to be unified with him. I am sure I don’t need to remind you that a Christian is not someone who is ‘good living’, so-called. Or someone who is merely trying to do their best to muddle through life with a bit of religion, sending up the odd prayer and coming to church! No, a Christian is someone who has the life of Christ flowing through them. It is a person who is in touch with God. And not mechanically in touch with him. We are not computers plugged into network, operating from a server. That would be too mechanical, too robotic, a picture. No, a man or woman when they become a Christian is naturally, organically in touch with God. They really are! The sap of the vine begins to run into the branches. Jesus becomes part of a believer – by his Spirit. As much as our hearts are part of us, or our blood vessels, or our nerves or our muscles. We splice into him. We grow from his root and stem as part of his life: he in us and we in him. This is how Christians come to produce fruit (verse 5). Notice they don’t produce results, according to Jesus. Churches aren’t in the business of getting results - again, like a computer would be! It is tempting sometimes to think like that. But no, Jesus says Christians are to live fruitful lives for God, where I take it that fruit is a life of joy (John 15 verse 11) and love (verse 12). ‘That my joy may be in you,’ says Jesus, ‘and that your joy may be complete.’ And, ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’ This is the fruit of the vine, along with the ability to share your faith so as others can become Christians as well. Go, he says (in John 15 verse 16), like a missionary. Go and bear fruit. Go and share your faith! The vine and the branches are not like a Christmas tree because the fruit is not simply hung on Christians, the way you would hang decorations on a Christmas tree. Rather, the picture here is more of a real fruit tree (an apple tree or a pear tree) because the fruit naturally grows on the tree. The life of the tree pulses through to it and Christian people bear fruit. Perhaps you want new life and spiritual vitality. I hope you do! In yourself and in our church family at Knockbreda. It comes by abiding in Christ, abiding in the vine. There is no other way. You need that living relationship with him, as you come to trust in his death and resurrection; believing that he died for you and then rose again for you; and then cultivating that relationship, as you meditate on your Bible reading and as you pray to him. Continued on next page

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BETWEEN OURSELVES

Distribution of Harvest Gifts. Gifts are distributed to the elderly housebound and

sick on the morning of Monday 5h October. We begin clearing the church at 10.00

a.m., if you can come along and help it would be greatly appreciated.

Harvest Appeal. You will have received a Harvest Appeal envelope with this month's magazine. Thank you to everyone who contributed to last year’s appeal which enabled us to repair the steps leading up to the front of the church. This year’s appeal will go towards an improved audio-visual system inside the church

Harvest Thanksgiving Services this year will be held on the 1st Sunday of October – the 4th. Please note this is a week earlier than usual.

Barn-Dance - As part of our Harvest weekend, and in the lead up to the mission, we are hosting a Barn-dance on Friday evening 2nd October. All are welcome to this fun night for all the family.

Mission - Knockbreda’s ‘Why God?’ mission is getting close. It will be held from 13th to 22nd November inclusive. This is part of the Down and Dromore year of mission. Everyone is encouraged to support this week and bring a friend. More details in this edition of the Breda Messenger.

Mark Collier - We have special speaker on Sunday 18th October at the 6.30pm service. Mark Collier, an engineer with ‘Friends in Action International’ will describe some of his work drilling for water in Burkina Faso. This should be a fascinating talk so please plan to be there. Mark will also speak at X-ray afterwards.

Anchor Boys - We are trying to establish a BB Anchor Boys group this autumn. It will be for boys in P1 to P4. Further details in the Sunday notices.

Parishioners in Hospital - Please let the Rector or curate know of any parishioners who go into hospital. Thank you.

Twitter - Follow Bill on Twitter @BillandClaire. Bill’s blog is http//bible-disciple.blogspot.co.uk

Rector’s Letter (continued)

If you do that, if you abide, the promise here is that fruit will come. Without Christ not a berry! There will be no fruit without being grafted onto Christ. Without Christ nothing, but with Christ something! Sometimes it is a bumper crop, a bumper harvest, in your own life and in the life of our church. Because God can use anyone, if they abide in Christ. Between us and him there is a living union. It is a loving union. It is a lasting union. This is what it means to be a true Christian.

Sincerely in Christ,

Bill

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THURSDAY CLUB

The next meeting will be on

Thursday 8th October at 2.30p.m

The special speaker will be

Everyone very welcome Come and bring your friends.

If you require transport please contact

Mina Kelso 90799109 or Vera Bell 90961729..

MAUD KELLS OBE

My life as a nurse in the Congo

Crèche Rota - October

4 Oct Jean Forsyth & Pauline Crothers

11 Oct Donna Matson & Wilma Chrusciak

18 Oct Family Service

25 Oct Norma Johnston & Maureen Coulter 1 Nov Ann McAvoy & Eleanor Patterson

Please contact Rhona Maynes (90298667) if this does not suit.

FREE WILL OFFERING 2016

At this time of year I am preparing FWO envelopes for next year and would ask that anyone who would require them for the first time to contact me as soon as possible with details of Name, Address & telephone number. Anyone who would require either a second set of envelopes or wishes to change or start Standing Order should also contact me as soon as possible. With many thanks Linda Butterwick Office No. 90645372 or 90649394

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Harvest Thanksgiving Services

Sunday 4th October

10.00 a.m. and Preacher - Rev Bryan Martin 11.30 a.m. Rector of Holy Trinity, Waringstown 6.30 p.m. Preacher - Rev Bill Press Rector

The church will be decorated on Saturday 3rd October from 10.00 a.m., gifts of flowers, fruit and vegetables would be appreciated. More especially we would value your assistance to decorate the church.

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL

Since 1990, more than 11.3 million boys and girls in over 130 countries have experienced God’s love through receiving a simple shoe box covered in Christmas wrapping paper and containing a range of small gifts. This has been organised by Operation Christmas Child, which is just one aspect of the work of Samaritan’s Purse.

Samaritan’s Purse is an international organisation aiming to put into practice the teaching Jesus gave in the well known parable of the Good Samaritan, which reminds us that everyone is our neighbour and we as Christians are to show love to them. One way to be a good Samaritan this Christmas is to donate a shoe box, with small gifts. These boxes may be the only gifts many children and young people will receive this Christmas.

Leaflets explaining what to do are available at the back of the church and in the Church Hall. Completed boxes should be returned by Sunday 1st November.

Thank you for your continued support

Karen Hooper

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This month’s Front Cover shows the recently erected noticeboard by DOE at the Church Road entrance to the church. Well worth reading!

Extracts from the Parish Registers

Holy Baptism

13th September Lucy Sarah Malcolmson 2 Aberdelghy Grove

Burial

20th August John McPherson 3 Glenhugh Park 5th September Maureen Cheatley 9 Orchard Rise

FLOWER LIST - October

4 October HARVEST 11 October Dora Bunting 18 October Kathleen Grant 25 October Alan and Neil Templeton 1 November Karen Hooper

Knockbreda Community Choir

2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month

7:30-9:00pm

Knockbreda Parish Church Hall, Purdy's Lane BT8 7AR

No auditions! Everyone welcome!

Starts Thursday 8th October

Anyone interested should contact Andrew Thompson 028 90 793186 or email andrew thompson87@googlemail.com

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F.W.O. Team for October

N. Weatherall (Leader); E. Kelso; G. Bell and J. Torrens

SOUND DESK TEAM ROTA—October

4th October - Carson Stewart 11th October - Karen Vincent 18th October - Cindy Patterson 25th October - Charlie Grant 1st November - Heather Elliott Please be in church for 9.30am

PARISH PICNIC

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Food for Body & Soul

Men’s Breakfast

Saturday 24th October 2015 at 8.30am

Speaker Colin Morris

Crosslinks

.CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

&

HOG ROAST

Venue: Knockbreda Parish Church

Date: Saturday 5th December, 2015

If anyone makes their own handcrafted items and has public liability insurance (or knows someone who does) and would like a stall then

they should contact

Karen Vincent - 07717291573 or Heather Elliott - 028 90701486

All items being sold MUST be handmade by the stall holder here in Northern Ireland and they need to have their own insurance.

More details will be in the November Magazine

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PRAYER CARDS These are in the church and hall, so that if you wish the prayer groups (Tues & Wed) to pray for specific people or situations they will be covered in prayer and are strictly confidential. NO NAMES NEED TO BE GIVEN We have prayed for many people we do not know but would also love to hear of the outcome of those requests especially in relation to illnesses etc. Philippians 4:6 - Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.

Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.

LADIES PRAYER FELLOWSHIP The Ladies Prayer Fellowship meets regularly throughout the year on 2nd & 4th Wednesday mornings of each month at 10.30am. We would like to encourage all ladies who are free (even occasionally) to take this opportunity to focus on prayer within our own church family and the Newtownbreda community. Prayer is often considered difficult in a group session but we are assured by God’s word that where two or three are gathered together He is in the midst of us. Prayer takes many forms and all of them are used in our group. We have silent, prepared prayer, readings etc. Please feel free to come along & join the group particularly as we move into the week of Mission with Trevor Johnston. All ladies are welcome

KNOCKBREDA FAMILY PICNIC September 2015

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Kel Richards’ WordWatch: Skin of our teeth

It’s a cliché that turns up in bad journalism and badly written TV and movie melodramas: “It was a very close shave, and they only escaped by the skin of their teeth”. The odd thing about this is that our teeth don’t have skin—so, what on earth does the expression mean? The answer in a moment. First I have to point out that this is yet another expression the Bible has contributed to the English language. The first appearance of the expression is in the English Bible produced by John Wycliffe’s team of translators in the 14th century, in their rendering of Job 19:20. And it’s still there, even in most modern translations, to this day: “… I have escaped by the skin of my teeth” (Job 19:20 ESV). The expression is there in Tyndale, in the King James Version, the Revised Standard Version, the New King James Version, the New International Version, the New Living Translation, and most others. As such it’s yet another small reminder of the way the Bible saturates the history of western civilization. David Crystal is the best-known (and probably the most highly regarded) linguist currently writing about the English language. His latest book is called Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language. Drawing heavily on Tyndale’s earlier translation, the KJV editors gave us the version that had the longest lasting unchallenged dominance of any translation of the Bible. And in so doing they helped shape the language we speak today. Crystal comes to the conclusion that the Bible has contributed 257 idioms to the English language—compared to a mere 100 or so from William Shakespeare (the second largest single source of English idioms). So every time someone talks about “the salt of the earth”, or “a man after our own heart”, or “going from strength to strength”, or “a rod of iron” or… well more than 200 other idioms, they are quoting the Bible, whether they know it or not. And now the answer to the puzzle. The skin of your teeth is (or are): your lips! Imagine being shaved with a sharp blade, one that shaves so close and is so razor sharp that it almost slices off your lips. A horrible thought, but that’s what it means to escape “by the skin of your teeth”

6.30pm Evening Praise

6.30pm on a Sunday evening sees the church gather in the Minor Hall for healthy Bible teaching, lively praise and warm fellowship. If you want to grow in faith and walk closer with the Lord in your life, please do come along. You will be made very welcome. The informal format allows the bible teaching to be a little longer. We have some special missionary guests this month – see the back page of this magazine. Various members of the church family lead us in prayer and praise. There is a regularly updated Christian bookstall to peruse while you enjoy a cup of tea after the meeting. We meet every Sunday evening in the hall except for the 2nd Sunday in the month when we are in the church. If you would like a lift, phone the Rector. Try it and see!

Our Winter Programme commences on Thursday evening 1 October at 8.00 pm in the Church Hall. The speaker will be Wendy Porter and her topic is 'Upcycling your Wardrobe'. I look forward to seeing you all. If you have not been to our meetings before why don't you come along and give it a 'try'. You will be made very welcome. Also, the MU are hosting a 'Barn dance' on Friday evening 2 October. This is to coincide with the Harvest. This should be a very enjoyable evening and I would encourage everyone to come along. The cost is £5.00 (under 16 free). If you have not got a ticket you will be able to pay at the door. EmilyHickey Branch Secretary

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MOTHERS’ UNION TEA ROTA October 2015

Kayreen Allen and Pauline Crothers

If this does not suit please contact Eileen Maguire 90 70 1601

CAR PARK ROTA - October

10.00am 11.30am 6.30pm 4 Oct J Torrens C Grant P Wood

11 Oct J Gowdy D Walker B Milford

18 Oct D Ingram A Templeton J Mayes

25 Oct K Morrow S Rolston K Patterson

1 Nov J Crothers S Elliott A Kidd

Paper Tweets When it comes to evangelism, one of the most crucial – and most forgotten - words is “together.” The Gospel coalition. Every place is alike to those who have the Presence of God with them. George Whitefield