Notices August 2010
Pulpit Arrangements Services start at 11.0 am
Sunday 1st August Ges Murray
Sunday 8th August Ges Murray
Sunday 15th August Cynthia Dunn
Sunday 22nd August Ges Murray
Sunday 29th August Rev Franziska Herring Communion
You will be most welcome to join us.
Porch and Offertory
Bernard and Audrey Wright
Elder Duty
Ms Wayde Taylor
Communion Servers
Kath Phillips and Jean Harper
Coffee Rota
1st August Cynth Murray
8th August Sheila Wooten and Doreen Boucher
15th August Ray and Chris Moorhouse
22nd August Lilian Mason
29th August Kath Phillips
I am sure those who watched the programme on Haiti would have been concerned that most of the aid promised from the major agencies has not got there mainly because of Government red tape. It has been my experience that often raising the donations is much easier than the business of transporting or transferring the aid to the right place and to the right people in need, which is why I have always taken the principle to look after that side with great diligence , aiming support to areas that the major agencies do not reach… small communities off the main routes and build very direct links with that local community often using trusted partner charities to ensure sustainable follow up support and communication..
We have planned support with our partner organisation in Walsall to provide cataract camps in the hills of northern Pakistan in October and in Walsall provide the usual free meal at sunset at St pauls probably on 10th September where Christians will join our Muslim friends to give out an outdoor meal to those invited disadvantaged in Walsall.
Other projects will involve a health project in Malawi and more water wells with seed provision in Niger… that project has been very successful in an area currently nearly in famine conditions..
I have been a bit busy with my daughter’s wedding this month which did go well. It is to me magical when two people make those vows before God and two families also come together...sadly the numbers marrying is falling…
However we must as a church outreach to especially those young people who unfortunately see religion ( and politics!) as not relevant to their future. I hope at Blakenall we can be guided to find a successful way to attract this part of the community
we celebrate 40 years this year… maybe the secret is always to have the last word…’yes dear’ I hope we all enjoy the summer break.
Regards
Ian
Editor… links to web sites and newsletters are as follows
http://www.stone-home.demon.co.uk/
Reacting to Disasters
Whenever there is a disaster in the world, we find ourselves both troubled by the suffering and loss of life involved and by the questions asked about why God allows such things to happen.
There are no ‘easy’ answers, as Job was to discover as he struggled with the catastrophes that overtook him and his family. Of course his friends were convinced that he was being deliberately punished by God. But their understanding was discredited by God himself, who declared they had “not spoken of me what is right” (Job 42:7).
Many years later, the Lord Jesus Christ was asked about the massacre of Galileans in Jerusalem by Roman soldiers. The case of the Tower of Siloam, also in Jerusalem, was also fresh in their minds. It had collapsed and killed eighteen people. Jesus asks the rhetorical question: “Do you think that [the people who suffered] were worse sinners than all other men?” He provides the answer: “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:1-5).
Monday 9th August 11am Coffee Morning
Monday 23rd August 11am Coffee Morning
For those of you who wish to have a go at the internet!!!
Updated news on
blakenallurc.blogspot.com
You can also leave comments there.
Broadway has a web site at
www.stone-home.demon.co.uk
Brownie meetings
Thursday evening 6pm to 7.30pm
Girls between ages of 7 to 10 years
For details please ring Fiona 01922 685063
Or Yvonne on 01922 682078
Brownies is the only uniformed organisation to meet on Thursdays..
This month the Church will be praying especially for the people who live in the following streets :
Woodhall House and Woodhall Street : Church Street : Church View Close : Usk Close
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