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July2013PrayerPEEBLESBAPTISTCHURCH
Whatever you ask in my name,
this I will do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If you ask me
anything in my name, I will do it.
John 14: 13-14
Whatever you ask in my name,
this I will do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If you ask me
anything in my name, I will do it.
John 14: 13-14
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As strange as it may sound, I really enjoyfunerals. No - enjoy isnt the right word -notwithstanding all that we believe about new
life and hope and resurrection, death is still a terriblething, and its right that we mourn and grieve forthose who we no longer have among us.
Nevertheless, officiating at funerals has been anenormous privilege, and has unexpectedly turned outto be the cause of laughter and joy as I talk to thefamilies of those who have died, listening to themrecount memories and stories from the past.
This is particularly on my mind at the moment, of course, following thefuneral last week of Bill Speirs, the Reverend Doctor, oldest member of
our church and oldest Baptist minister in Scotland, prolific letter writer tothe Scotsman, terror of the Baptist Union, Chaplain to the Forces,Scoutmaster, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend. Imention all those things (and doubtless many titles could be added to thelist) because each provides another category of reminiscences, anotherchapter in a long life, well lived. We heard just a few of them at thefuneral, amidst hearty chuckles and guffaws.
After the funeral, Bills son William was reading a short book of poemswritten by his father, and came across this one for the first time. He felt itso appropriate that he read it out to the assembled company:
LAST WORDS
Write this, (if youre around here when I snuff),He did his best, and that was bad enough.
Well miss you Bill, but well see you again before too long.
If youd like to know more about what our friends in the other
Peebles churches are doing, you can find some of their own
magazines online:
Old Parish Church: topcopmag.wordpress.com
St Peters: www.stpeterspeebles.org.uk/netmagazine.phpSt Josephs:www.stjosephschurch.org.uk/?Home%3A:Current_Newsletter
The St Andrews Leckie magazine isnt online yet, but theyre working on it...
Ian
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From the EditorAs a church, we have been looking at ways in which we can enrich our
prayer practice. Each month we have had something different organisedor focussed on to help us as individuals and also as a church family pray-ing together. The verse chosen for the front cover this month reminds usof the awesome power of prayer and of God who answers our prayer.
Each month in the magazine, we try to include some prayer point sugges-tions to aid us in our praying. This is organised by Wilma Wintour, and
we would really appreciate your input in this too. If you are aware ofsomething we should all be remembering or giving thanks for in prayer,please speak to Wilma or myself, or you could email your suggestion [email protected]. As well as the specific prayerpoints, there are various articles included in the magazine that oftenhave causes in need of prayer, for example the work of BMS and, in par-ticular, of our BMS missionary contacts. This month, there is a feature byChurch Action on Poverty which brings to the fore some issues on the
benefit system changes.
If you would like to look more closely at prayer, its importance and itseffectiveness, take a look at the book review this month on the BillHybels insightful and inspiring Too BusyNotTo Pray. I read this as a
young teenager but feel encouraged to read it again! You can also findsome relevant sermons that have been uploaded to the church website.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you havereceived it, and it will be yours.
Matthew 11: 24
We choOSE
FAIRtRaDe
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VickysTearoom Sunday14July
34PM
Chattabox11
16 August
10AM to 4 PM
Any volunteers?
Summ er BBQs
30 June +
28 July
12.30 2.30 PM
Invite a friend
MensGroupThursday11July
8pmat12DroversWay(notelatertimethannormal)AlisonPearsonfromBordersBeastiesHedgehog
Sanctuary
FoodBankFoodCollection5/6JulyatTescoVolunteersneededfrom9 -5
DeaconsMeeting July10
10amintheManse
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OpenDoorsWillieandWilmasTuesday9July
10AM
Sunday 30 June
11AM service
Guest speaker
John Dalrymple
E100:AnyQuestions?
Sunday21July
6.30 8.30PM
SendanyquestionstoIaninad-
vance,ifpossible
MusicandPeople
WithDementia
EastgateTheatre
Tuesday9July2013
24:30PM
The Kings MeadowWork on the communitygarden continues most
Wednesdays - speak to Bill
Jacobs for more details of
what and when!
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Summer BBQs
The Summer BBQs are
under way, and last
months set the standardto be very high indeed:
The sun shone con-
stantly, blue sky
rested overhead and
great tasting food
filled our stomachs!
Although we cannot guaran-tee such glorious conditions,
please do come along on
Sunday 30 June, 28 July and
25 August to join us for the
rest of our BBQs. Please also
take the opportunity to invite
people to come with you.
The Big Issue on Sunday meetings will break for the summer period and
reconvene in September. We have a great opportunity to meet and dis-
cuss important issues from a Christian perspective, and it would be great
to receive some ideas/topics/questions/issues for discussing in these ses-
sions if you have a speaker in mind, please pass on their details also. It
would be great to receive a good number of suggestions so that we can
organise next year and ensure that speakers can be booked.
Please speak to Liz Keiro.
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Many thanks to all those who donated money, time, art or skills during
Christian Aid week! A grand total of 9356 was raised, as follows.
House collections: 6413
Supermarket bag packing: 966
Saturday morning events at the Leckie Memorial Church: 835
(Coffee morning/plant stall/ puppet show/face-painting)
Art auction: 395
Donations/Opening service: 345
Eddleston Church event: 227
Market stall: 175
We are looking for someone to coordinate the house collections next year.
If you are interested, please contact Helen Holt (723735)
Chattabox 1116 AugustEveryone is welcome to come along to an hour of creative prayer, pray-
ing for the young people and families outreach work that takes place in
Peebles. This will be held on Wednesday 3rd July, at 8pm, at 46 Cross-
burn Farm Road (the home of Emma & Graeme Herd).
We'll particularly give thanks and pray for Chattabox holiday club, run-
ning 12th - 16th August in the Leckie Memorial Church, and Messy
Church that has started this year in Peebles.
For more information, please get in touch with Emma on 07859 036
499. Or just turn up on the 3rd July.
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The new Peeblesshire foodbank will be having its first major food col-
lection on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July, at Tesco in Peebles. We wouldreally appreciate volunteers to help with this between the hours of
9am and 5pm. Full details will be given to those who are able to volun-
teer, but essentially we will be needing people to politely ask shoppers
if they would be willing to purchase one item from our shopping list
and donate it to the foodbank.
The day has been split into 2 hour shifts (9am 11am, 11am 1pm,1pm -3pm and 3pm 5pm). If you can spare any time to come along
and help, please email Katie Buckingham
([email protected]), letting her
know which day and shift would be your
preference .
This is part of a national collection arrange-ment between Trussell Trust and Tesco. Its
a great opportunity, as at the end of the
weekend Tesco will top up all custom-
er donations by a whopping 30%!
This event will enable us to kickstart the
foodbank with a good stock of food be-
hind us.
Milk(UHTorpowdered)
Sugar(500g)
FruitJuice(carton)
SoupPastaSauces
SpongePudding(Tinned)
Tomatoes(Tinned)
Cereals
RicePudding(Tinned)
TeaBags/instantcoffee
InstantMashPotato
Rice/Pasta
TinnedMeat/Fish
TinnedFruit
Jam
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Prayer points Pray for Cathie Aberdour
Pray for Bill Speirs family as they adjust to his absence. Give thanks
for his life and the work God accomplished through him.
Pray for the community garden:
for a shared vision,
for the planning and the funding,
for the focus group,
for people to be willing to give up some time to help.
Pray for the Chattabox holiday club taking place 11-16 August
For enough leaders and helpers
For a good atmosphere and excitement about learning about
God
For the children to come to know God or to deepen theirknowledge.
Pray for Messy Church, which breaks over the summer:
for Helpers,
for provisions craft material, food, funding,
for the families who come along. Pray for those in our congregation who are unwell or unable to come
to church.
Give thanks for the role Malcolm Jefferson played as Warden ofthe
Cross Kirk during the Beltane, and for the Christian message he was
able to bring.
Pray for the members of Colonsay Baptist Church (see pages 12
+ 13!).
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Bill Speirs
Wounded in Action (N.W. Europe 1944-45) - 1st BattalionWorcestershire Regiment
Captain William Speirs (248378) (Padre)
Rev. William Speirs was appointed as a chaplain to the British Army onthe 30th October 1942 (4th Class Royal Army Chaplains Dept.). In Nor-mandy he was always close to the men in action. Major D. Y. Watson re-ferred to his actions at Hill 112 as follows; The Padre, Capt. Speirs, who
was most popular with all ranks, had insisted on going with the advancedR.A.P. just short of the crest, and there he did his usual good job of
workhe was almost a second M.O.
Bill recalls how he was wounded inthe later stages of the war:
My troubles began at Cleve in theReichswald. I recall being there, beingstonked and taking refuge in a cemetery
beside a skeleton and falling beingblown over and collapsing into a ditch
but wakening to find I had twisted myknee. Doc Chalmers strapped me up andI hobbled around with a stick, then forsome reason, we chaplains were sum-moned to a conference (I cant remember
where) and the Doc advised me to reportto a hospital to get the strapping replaced. The Surgeon, with many un-kind references to my mental stability, plastered me from ankle to hip,
and deported me forthwith; eventually I reached Queen Elizabeth Hospi-tal in Birmingham and several weeks later I got transferred to Edinburgh,having lost all my kit and even identity for I got no vote at the electionsand my mother-in-laws neighbour reviled me over the fence for lettingMr. Churchill down!!
V.E Day I spent in bed; except that Mr. C. announced victory, said Wecan all go home! So I did but was recalled again with unkind words. I
would have done anything to rejoin the regiment but was eventually sentto Bulford in Wiltshire (from which the good Lord preserve us) and so toItaly then in post war chaos: but I had quite an interesting two years be-fore demob.
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In the Berrows Journal on Saturaday the 3rd March 1945, Bill Speirsmade this tribute to the courage of the stretcher bearers:
Though everybody else may be under cover they will go up and get thewounded out. I should say that normally, within ten minutes of being hit
a mans wounds are being dressed, and within half an hour he is on hisway back to the Divisional Hospital. That is due to the great courage ofthe stretcher bearers. The infantryman will tell you that in his opinionevery stretcher bearer should have a medal.
Taken from www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/wounded_w_speirs
We hope to have some more memories of Bill in future editionsof the magazine.
The Chaplains of the 43rd (Wessex) Division at Bayeux (28th July 1944)Rev. William Speirs can be seen back row far left.
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Colonsay Baptist Church (above, to right and in front of primary school)
doesnt have its own minister, nor does the islands Church of Scotland
congregation. Instead, both fellowships rely on visiting preachers, who
can holiday in the respective manses in return for leading Sunday ser-vices.
John Dalrymple, having been recruited as pulpit supply for 12 May,
and Moira kindly invited the Drummonds and Wintours to join them for
the week in the manse at Kilchattan. Unfortunately ill-health prevented
Willie and Wilma from coming, but the
four of us there from 8-15 May had a
wonderful time.
Colonsay is two and a quarter hours
sail from Oban. Its only about ten
miles long and two miles wide; howev-
er, the scenery is amazingly varied, and
very beautiful. Its a haven for wildlife
we heard cuckoos and corncrakesevery day, and saw lots of pink-foot
geese, lapwings, and a golden eagle! In
Hebridean High Jinks
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the centuries during which seafaring was faster and often easier than
overland travel, Colonsay was an important hub, and the island and its
neighbour, Oronsay, are studded with historical remains.
Our visit happened to occur during the islands Spring Festival, an excel-
lent programme of events ranging from archaeology and wildlife walks to
lectures, concerts and cookery classes. There were too many special mo-
ments during the week to list here, but we have lots of stories and photo-
graphs! One of the high points was of course the Sunday morning ser-
vice, when John preached (and played the organ!) very ably, in front of a
surprisingly large congregation comprised of Bappies, CofS stalwarts,
visitors, at least one RC, and a well-behaved chocolate Labrador!
Our most outstanding memories are of the very warm welcome, especial-
ly from fellow Baptists. We were saddened to realise that the Church,now 200 years old, has a membership of just four people (although Frank
did calculate that, since Colonsays total population is only 135, Peebles
with a population of approximately 9,500 - would need to have 280 Bap-
pies if we were to achieve the same proportion of members to residents!)
The commitment of these four Baptist women is admirable, and it would
be good to find ways to support and encourage their witness on the is-
land. We can pray, and we would love to go back, and encourage others
to come to this beautiful island too, perhaps establishing a continuing
PeeblesColonsay link?
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Speak out about the scandal ofhunger in 21st century BritainChurch Action on Poverty and Oxfam have launched Walkingthe Breadline, a report which shows that food poverty is grow-ing out of control in the UK. Rising prices, spiralling unemploy-ment, and attacks on our social safety net are having a terribleimpact. Half a million people are dependent on emergencyfood aid.
The single biggest cause of this hunger is the benefit system. People turnto food banks because they cannot get crisis loans, because benefits aredelayed, and alarmingly because benefit sanctions have left them withnothing to live on.
The benefit sanctions regime has gone too far, and is leading to mass des-titution. Benefit cuts and the introduction of Universal Credit are likely tomake the situation worse. Food banks may not have the capacity to cope.
To find out more, download our report Walking the Breadline fromhttp://www.church-poverty.org.uk/foodfuelfinance/
walkingthebreadline/report
God blesses those who hunger and thirst for jus-tice, for they will be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6)
It is a scandal and an injustice for governmentpolicy to make people go without food. Christiansare called to speak out against this oppression of
vulnerable people.
We are calling for an urgent inquiry into the linksbetween benefit sanctions and food poverty.Please add your voice to that call.
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We are a group of ladies/women/girls who meet roughly bimonthly.The purpose is to meet socially and build our friendships over chat,food and a variety of themes. The group is still in its infancy, only hav-ing met four times so far.
We have enjoyed a Bollywood evening, dressing up in Bolly-wood style, eating Indian cuisine and watching Bride and Preju-dice
We celebrated the festive season by making Christmas wreaths
to decorate our homes with, while also enjoying some refresh-ments
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An Update from
Cathie Aberdourformerly of
Wycliffe Bible Translators
4 June 2013
Dear all,
I've now been in the States at Judy's house for over a week. Judy left for
Brazil two days after I arrived and will be in the village with the Apurina
just now. Do value prayer for her that she'll be kept safe and free from
malaria or dengue. A nephew of a friend of hers had hoped to go with herbut his Brazilian visa was denied. Both he and Judy were really disap-
pointed about that as he was so looking forward to meeting the Apurina.
Judy returns here on the 17th June and I return to Scotland on the 21st
God willing. A week after my return my sister Margaret will be joining me
for two weeks. We plan to attend the Faith Mission convention in Edin-
burgh. Just now my brother Jim and my sister-in-law Nettie are living in
my house at Wallyford. They've been living in Australia and are over to
Scotland for a few weeks. Then Judy will be joining me in Scotland for
the month of August as the Lord plans. In September I have further
speaking engagements and I'm preparing for them just
now. Thanks for your prayers.
In Him,
Cathie
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A rapist reconciledHow the vision of a man impris-oned is now bringing hope and re-storative justice to ex-offenders inZimbabwe.
No home, no redemption, nohope.
This was the future facing Alec, a futurethat many would say he deserved. At 18
years old, Alec was sent to prison for a 13-year jail term after raping his younger sis-ter. Released at the age of 31, he discoveredthat both his parents had died. With no-
where to turn, Alec found his way to the2nd Chance Rehabilitation Centre in Bula-
wayo, Zimbabwe.
When he came to us Alec was a broken and
confused young man, recounts John Derk,the Director of the centre. During counsel-
ling sessions he would often break down
and shed tears. So much so that the coun-
sellor had to break off and allow time for
the remorseful young man to regain his
composure.
2nd Chance was born in the mind of Johnwhilst he himself was serving a 15-year jail
term for an act of sabotage in the maximum
security Chikuruni Prison, Zimbabwe. It
was during this time that I observed a vi-
cious cycle, says John, of inmates leaving
the prison only to be back within a very
short space of time.John questioned why people preferred the
harsh conditions of the prison to the free-
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dom that lay beyond the bars. He realised that prisons were not rehabili-
tative and that severed relationships with families and communities
meant homelessness and an inability to find employment.
It was then that the Lord laid it upon my heart to be the man that would
carry the vision to establish a Halfway Centre, says John, which would
act as a buffer zone to cushion the impact of those leaving prison and al-
low for a transition period.In 2009, almost 20 years after his release, John made his vision a reality
and was soon offered space at the Theological College of Zimbabwe,
where he joined with BMS World Mission workers, Brad and Ruth Bid-
dulph. With BMS support, the centre is now running successfully and of-
fers training in tailoring, carpentry, agriculture, and arts and drama.
Breaking that cycle and showing them that there is an alternative to
crime as a means of survival is essential, says Ruth.
Alecs life has been transformed through the 2nd Chance programme. Af-
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how much harm his offence had caused his family. He soon received theLord as his Saviour and got baptised. Witnessing the spiritual changes
that were shaping this young mans life, John and his team then began
the long road of reconciling the victim with the victimizer. At first the sis-
ter refused to see them, but after much prayer and persistence she agreed
to meet with her brother and to try, at least once, to communicate.I am glad to say, praise the Lord, there has finally been a breakthrough,
says John, Alec and his sister have been reconciled. Alec has thrived at
construction work and since met a young lady who he is now engaged to.
His sister is helping them with their wedding plans.
The Lord led me to this place and has given me a second chance says
Alec. Now I have peace and I am not afraid to face the future any long-
er.
Prayer points:
Guidance for the Management Team.
Funding to purchase a place with a sizable piece of land for
agricultural projects.
For trainees to receive the Lord as Saviour and go on to be
responsible members of society. Provision of a motor vehicle to transport the crafted goods after
production.
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We are about to enter into a new partner-ship with BMS. The new partnership will
involve us having links to 3 new people
and a focus on the area of development
and clean water. We will keep our links
with David and Ann Macfarlane, and wewill be able to receive their prayer letter 3
or 4 times a year when they produce it.
Their latest newsletter can be downloaded from our church website
(peeblesbaptistchurch.org/worldmission).
The first of our new links is to a couple working in the least developed
and least stable country in the Western hemisphere - Haiti.
Introducing Andy and Jutta Cowie
Jutta is a trained nurse and was training as a
nurse anaesthetist in Germany before starting
mission work in 2004 on the Mercy Ships,
involved in the discipleship training school.
Andy is a trained motor mechanic and a
body shop estimator. He served withYWAM and then Mercy Ships. Andy and
Jutta met on the Mercy Ship in 2006 and
married on 14 February 2009.
After training at IMC, the Cowies moved to Guinea in
2011. As of the beginning of January 2012, their placement in Guinea
was no longer available to them. They have now relocated to Haiti.
Jutta is very creative and likes making jewellery and cards. Andy is verypractical and likes to lend a hand to any DIY jobs. As a couple they like
the great outdoors - hiking and camping.
Andy and Jutta are members of Milton Baptist Church in Weston-super-
Mare.
Come along to the service on July 14th to hear more about ournew partnerships and how we can support BMS in this way.
&
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Too BusyNot to
Pray
Bill Hybels clearly enjoysstraight talking and this bookis certainly direct and blunt.He argues throughout thatpoor prayer lives are marked
by a lack of routine, andtherefore result in an unwill-ingness to make that commit-ment to pray.
A lot of Christian literature focuses on specific groups of people, such ascouples, ministers or particular professions, but this book is for everyone,from the new Christian to the experienced, from the old to the indifferent,not least because the syndrome of insufficient prayer afflicts us all. It is
biblically based and provides a balanced read; the first half covers mo-tives to pray, the latter section concerns the practicalities.
Hybels launches off by reminding us of the various aspects of God's char-acter and ability: that he is prepared to listen, is sovereign and is su-premely able. Key misunderstandings in communicating with God areneatly disarmed, such as the expectation of instant answers, or asking forsomething inappropriate. An example of a reason he gives for unan-swered prayer is that simply we do not pray about it! He offers a logicalrebuttal of common excuses to avoid prayer, yet provides practical adviceon how to beat these mistakes. The author's own experience featuresheavily, particularly in the encounters he has had with others falling intotraps, and a lot of it is illustrated using stories from the Old and New Tes-taments, which illustrate his points succinctly.
Nearer the end of the book, he talks in detail about the Holy Spirit's'leadings', which he states that we are to experience as Christians. This
section appeared somewhat detached from the rest of the book's clearprogression. Whilst the book is littered with verses from all over Scrip-ture, in these chapters the references were used more to support the
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points made, rather than the other way round. I thought the last chapter,expanded in more detail, might have been better included at the begin-ning, as it gives a brief summary of the basis of prayer, and would havefurther emphasised the importance of talking to God in our lives.
The book's title suggests that it is a brief synopsis of prayer, and in fact it
gets through the material in double time! However, I still found it im-mensely useful and was kept wanting more. In addition, you are unlikelyto be able to walk away indifferent about prayer; instead it leads us toconsider all the more the privilege of our undeserved relationship withGod.
Reviewed by:Gavin LingClinical studentSt George's Hospital Medical SchoolLondon
From http://www.cmf.org.uk/
publications/content.asp?
context=article&id=691
Too Busy not to Pray
Bill Hybels
IVP 2003 - 5.99, Pb 157pp
ISBN 085111329X
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Sunday 7 July
Children: Bill Jacobs, Carlyn McCall & Kirstin Gray
Communion Servers: Christine Drummond & Lindsey Gray
Flowers: Wilma Wintour
Stewards: John Dalrymple & Jenny Jacobs
Teas: Moira Dalrymple
Transport and Setting up Team 2
Sunday 14 July
Children: Jenny Jacobs, Pat Hamilton & Wilma Wintour
Flowers: Margaret Johnstone
Stewards: Margaret Cowan & Hazel Hoggan
Teas: Janlyn Townley
Transport and Setting up Team 1
Sunday 21 July
Children: Rab Bramhall, Linda Bell & Christine Drummond
Communion Servers: Liz Keiro & Moira Dalrymple
Flowers: Janet Smith
Stewards: Linda Bell & Pat Hamilton
Teas: Stan Henderson
Transport and Setting up Team 2
Services in Victoria Park Centre (unless otherwise indicated)
Pastor: Ian Gray
07881 518854
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Sunday 28 July
Children: Christine Drummond, Janlyn Townley & Moira Dalrymple
Flowers: Linda Bell
Stewards: Carlyn McCall & Jacqueline Wilson
Teas: Douglas MacCall
Transport and Setting up Team 1
Transport
Team 1 Douglas McCall, Lindsey Gray, Margaret Cowan
Team 2 Christine Drummond, Margaret Cowan
Setting up
Team 1 Callum Gray, David Tidder, Frank Drummond, Janet Smith,
Team 2 Janet Smith, Bill Jacobs, Jacqueline WilsonLaying Communion Table in July
Margaret Cowan
Secretary: Christine Drummond
01721 722062
Treasurer: Liz Keiro01721 730217
Website: http://peeblesbaptistchurch.org
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Articles for the magazineWe would like the magazine to be as informative and
relevant as possible. We aim to provide news about
Peebles Baptist Church, its wider concerns and in-volvement, and Peebles Churches Together. If you
have anything you feel you could provide a regular re-
port about, or something you feel should be included in the magazine one
month, a Christian book review, a report on an event etc., please do get in
touch with us at [email protected]. All articles should
be sent to this email address bythe 12th of every month. If you do not
have internet access or if you think you might have a problem meetingthe deadline one month, please dont let that put you off; speak to Morag
Bramhall to see how best you can supply something. We would love to
have you involved in this project and enhance our church community.Eco TipOut in the Garden:
Native Plants: Fill your yard with native plants. This will cutdown significantly on watering requirements and, in the process,provide much needed food and shelter to local wildlife.
Mulching: Mulch your gardens to reduce water evaporationaround your plants (this also reduces weeds and builds healthysoil).
Drip Irrigation: Install a drip irrigation system to water yourplants more effectively
For Your Hoses: Buy a squeeze nozzle for all of your hoses.However, if you're watering plants, use a watering can to reduce
water waste. Best Time to Water: Water at night to minimize evaporation. Leftover Water: If you have house plants, whenever possible
water them with leftover or unused water from drinking, cooking,and showering. Keep of water pitcher near your sink or bathtubd ll t d t i f th t ( iti f l