THE VOICE

MERROW METHODIST

CHURCH MAGAZINE

November 2019

MESSAGE FROM THE MANSE: NOVEMBER 2019

Have we ever thought of the purpose of ‘wilderness experiences’ in our lives?

Many times we lack understanding of their purpose. During the times that we

feel God does not hear our prayers; it is our opportunity for growth in trust

and obedience. So, just how is that possible? ‘Lord, don’t you see my lack -

job, finances, illness, etc.? Don’t you care about my needs being met?’ Be

assured that our omniscient, omnipresent God knows and sees our specific

situation. His Word assures us that he cares and has numbered every hair on

our head!

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the

ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your

head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many

sparrows.” (Matthew 10:29-31 NIV)

Jesus taught that our Father has taken the time to count and number each

one of the hairs on our head! While we may be pre-occupied by the colour

and style of our hair or how many hairs are falling out daily, our Heavenly

Father focuses in on each strand. That is incredible attention to detail! God is

so big and powerful that he can ‘weigh the islands as though they were fine

dust’ (Isaiah 40:15), and yet he has taken the time to count each hair on our

head, not because he is bored and has nothing else to do, but to simply

demonstrate our great worth in his sight. His call to us is ‘do not be afraid.’

We need to tightly hold on to his Word.

God intimately cares about and knows our every:

Deliberate sin (Psalm 32:5)

Thoughts, words and actions (Psalm 139:2 - 4)

Desperate moment (I Samuel 2:8)

Unmet hope (Proverbs 13:12; Psalm 34:18)

Cynical thought toward him (Genesis 6:5)

Crippling fear (Psalm 56:3; Psalm 69:1 - 3)

Lonely moment (Psalm 25:16; Psalm 102:7)

Overwhelming crisis (Isaiah 43:2)

Despair (Psalm 69:14 - 15)

Feeling of rejection or brokenness (Psalm 147:3)

We can relax and enter His rest when we know God’s Word.

PRAYER: Father, I know you are in control of the world even when I feel that

the dark places and wilderness experiences in my life are out of control. Help

me to trust in your incredible ability to care for each detail of my life. Thank

You for taking the time to count and number all the hairs on my head. I know

you care for me, and I believe that my worth to you is of greater value than

many sparrows. I pray that the reality of this truth will seep deep into my

mind and emotions. In the name of your beloved Son, Jesus, I pray, Amen.

Asif Das

3rd November 10th November

Preacher

10.30am

6.30pm

Vestry

Organ

P/A

A/V

Door

Flowers

Coffee

Worship Leaders

Communion Stewards

Rev. Asif Das HC

Joan Wells

Joan Tabraham

Jan Walker

Julie Wallis

Maggie Woolcock,

Margaret Hyam

Joy Kendall

Wendy Rockhill,

Margriet Rasker

Ann Carpenter, John

Wallis

Phillip Beastall

Rev. David Faulkner

HC

Joyce Sturt

Margriet Rasker

Joan Tabraham

Gillian Brierley

Jane Vinall

Wendy Rockhill

Cari Rayner

Glenys Magill

Joyce Goodall, Ann

Carpenter

Glenys Magill

Sheila Shackleton

Ruth McCulloch,

Margaret Hills

Gillian Brierley

Joan Tabraham

17th November 24th November

Preacher

10.30am

6.30pm

Vestry

Organ

P/A

A/V

Door

Flowers

Coffee

Worship Leaders

Communion Stewards

Rev. Sydney Samuel

Lake BS

Suzanne Burnham

Graham Long

Jane Vinall

Ruth McCulloch

Wendy and Hugh

Bradley

Pauline Daniels

Maggie Woolcock,

Margaret Hyam

Mrs. Hilary

Beckingham

Mr. David Paterson

ATS

Quiet Prayer 10.00am

Doreen Siame

Jenny Jackson

Gillian Brierley

Joan Tabraham

Roy Vinall

Jan Walker

John Wallis

Glenys Magill

Gill Vinall, Brenda

Fullelove

Glenys Magill

Suzanne Burnham

Brenda Fullelove, Janet

Williams

Doreen Siame

Peace We are told in John chapter 14, verse 27, that Jesus said, “Peace is my parting

gift to you, my own peace, such as the world cannot give.” So how can we

persuade the world to take up the cause of peace? Many of us know that the

way forward is to get nuclear weapons abolished throughout the world. This

would be a good start. You may have other suggestions.

In Hebrews chapter 12, verse 14, we are told, “Make every effort to live in

peace with all men and be holy.” This means that we should make efforts to

make peace ourselves. Therefore, we must learn to speak to all nations

especially where conflict has occurred and continues. Our great leader, Sir

Winston Churchill, realised this in his statement, “To jaw, jaw is always better

than war, war.”

In Romans chapter 14, verse 19, we are told to, “Pursue the things that make

for peace and build up the common good.” We can interpret the “common

good” for all mankind as needing food, homes, jobs and a will to co-operate so

this is the way forward for us. We also need God’s help in showing his power

of love and goodness for all mankind. Without this we can accomplish

nothing.

“True justice is the harvest reaped by peacemakers from seeds sown in a spirit

of peace”. We are told this in James, chapter 3, verse 18. In the Sermon on

the Mount, in Matthew chapter 5, verse 43 – 46, we read, “You have learned

that they were told, ‘Love your neighbour, hate your enemy.’ But what I tell

you is this: love your enemies and pray for your persecutors, only so you can

be children of your heavenly father, who makes his sun rise on good and bad

alike, and sends the rain on the honest and dishonest.

If you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Surely the

tax gatherers do as much as that. And if you greet only your brothers, what is

there extraordinary about that? Even the heathen do as much. You must

therefore be all goodness, just as your heavenly father is all good.”

More advice from Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapter 18,

verses 15 – 17) tells us, “If your brother commits a sin, go and take the matter

up with him, strictly between yourselves, and if he listens to you, you have

won your brother over. If he will not listen, take one or two others with you,

so that all facts may be duly established on the evidence of two or three

witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, report the matter to the congregation.

And if he will not listen, even to the congregation you must then treat him as

you would a pagan or tax-collector.”

Every day as we watch our television screens, we see death and disaster

throughout the world. Isn’t it time we began to preach peace instead? Jesus

sent many messages and spoke parables urging us just to do this, as we have

illustrated already. In Corinthians chapter 13, verse 11, Jesus said, “And now,

my friends, farewell, mend your ways, take our appeal to heart, agree with one

another. Live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.”

E Cynthia Mathews and the Mathews Family

We are grateful to Cynthia Mathews and her family for writing this article

outlining “Peace” in the context of the Bible

“The International Day of Peace”, sometimes unofficially known as World

Peace Day is sanctioned by the United Nations and observed annually on 21st

September by all UN Member States.

God in love unites us

God in love unites us is the name given to an important report presented to the

Methodist Conference in July this year. Conference received the report and

commended it to the Connexion i.e all of us, for study and prayerful

discussion.

The report, prepared by the Marriage and Relationships Task Group, asks us to

consider a number of challenging questions about our relationships, the most

controversial of which concerns same-sex marriage.

Members of the district synods, in our case the S.E.District, will be asked to

vote on the resolutions identified in the report and to do so representatives

from the Wey Valley Circuit will need to be aware of the dialogue that has

taken place within the individual circuit churches.

To this end, MMC will be holding a special church meeting on Sunday 2nd

February after the morning service to discuss the issues raised in the report.

(The service will end promptly at 11.30 after which tea, coffee, sandwiches

and cakes will be served and taken back into the church where the meeting will

take place.). Copies of the report will be available shortly and all are

encouraged to read, listen, pray and consider the points raised.

It is likely that there will be a range of differing views within the congregation

and that is to be expected; this will not be the first time that different members

of the church have held contradictory convictions.

We may all be formed in the image of God, but we are all individuals with

different gifts, graces and life experiences and our most intimate relationships

are at the very core of our being. Although there may be things that divide us,

might we suggest that there are many more things that unite us and in

preparation for the meeting, you might like to spend some time on thinking

what these might be and how important these and the unity of our church is to

you. The Marriage and Relationships Task Group has provided an excellent

example of living with contradictory convictions.

Members have come with very differing viewpoints and have managed to

listen and treat one another with great respect. This may not come easily but

our prayer would be that our God-given love for each other will be stronger

than any sadness or frustration that we may feel.

There are a number of other points worth bearing in mind that some may not

be aware of at this stage:

• Since 1979, the Methodist Church has been seeking to understand the variety

of human sexual identities and support everyone in being treated with love and

dignity

• Conference has already decided that there is no reason why any member of

the Methodist Church may not enter into a same-sex civil partnership or (civil)

marriage

• If the proposals are passed by Conference next summer, it will be up to the

managing trustees of the individual churches to decide whether they wish to

apply to be registered for the solemnisation of marriages of mixed sex couples

only or for same-sex couples as well as mixed-sex couples

• No minister, officer or member of the Methodist Church is required to

participate in the marriage of a particular couple if it goes against their

conscience.

Hugh Bradley and Helen Belsham

Harvest 2019

Two pictures showing some of the produce donated our thanks to Sheila

Shackleton for all her hard work over the weekend.

THE HOMELESS JESUS

On a recent trip to Scotland Jenny and I spent a few days in Glasgow. We visited St

Georges Tron church in the city centre where I worshiped when living and working there

in the late 1960s. I was very moved by a sculpture entitled “The Homeless Jesus” outside

the church. Pictured above.

Only the pierced feet suggest that the figure represents Jesus who described the Son of

Man as having nowhere to lay his head (Luke 9:58).

The purpose is to get each and us to think about homelessness.

The artist wishes to illustrate the story in the Gospel of Matthew where the Shepherd says:

Insofar as you did this to the least of my brothers and sisters you did it to me. The

intention of the artist is evangelical. He says “You can sidestep a vagrant. It is not so easy

to sidestep your beliefs”.

It is cast in bronze and was created in Canada by artist Timothy Schmalz. The original is

installed at Regis College Toronto having been rejected by the church for which he

originally created it. Many copies have been made and they are to be found in cities

across the world, including both North and South America, the Vatican in Rome, and

India. There are several in the UK the first in Glasgow but now Liverpool, Manchester,

Belfast, Dublin and London. The first one in London is in a side chapel in Farm Street

Jesuit Church in Mayfair. There is also a smaller version in Methodist Central Hall which

was installed in April 2018 and blessed by the President of the Methodist Conference, Rev

Michaela Youngson. In 2016 Westminster Council planning committee rejected the

installation of a full-sized version outside Methodist Central Hall.

The sculpture has not been without controversy. The version in Glasgow cost £25000

raised by Glasgow Churches Together by private subscription. Some have said that it

would have been better to have spent the money on the poor. The Churches argument is

that, sadly, as the Gospel tells us, the poor are with us always. Those who contributed to

the cost of the sculpture also give to the poor. Together with them, those who haven’t yet

contributed can still give to the poor.

Homelessness is a social blight in the Western World. There are many causes, including

people with mental health issues not receiving sufficient support, others suffering with

alcohol or drug abuse which has ruined the support those affected might otherwise have

received. A very small amount is criminal. Our complex benefit system does not always

support people in the way they need.

Wendy Rockhill

CHURCH NEWS NOVEMBER 2019

Sunday readers.

Are you interested in helping the small group of the church congregation who

are willing to read the lesson? The current group is decreasing in size but any

increase would mean you would only need to read now and again. If you want

to know more, then please talk to Gill or Roy Vinall.

New Advertisers needed As you can see we have lost several of our advertisers over the past few

months and we really want to replace them, the monies received helps keep the

cost of “The Voice “ down.

Would you please have a thought and ask any local businesses you know if

they be interested, if they are, then please ask them to ring or email JULIE at

the church office.

Back packs for the homeless of Guildford The back packs will be dedicated now on Sunday 8th December 10.30 am. It

was decided at the Worship forum to change the date to Action for Children

gift voucher Sunday.

Catherine Rand at the Salvation Army will distribute the back packs to the

genuine homeless of Guildford for Christmas. One back pack from Decathlon

cost £2.49 and you can buy a plastic water bottle for £1.49.

The pack should also include a hat, scarf, gloves and socks. Christmas sweets

or chocolates too.

Suzanne

Action for Children - the children’s charity of the Methodist

Church

I will not be selling Christmas cards this year as the head office has changed

the distribution system. I am taking orders for diaries and if anyone wants

AFC cards I will ordered them too once I have the Christmas leaflet.

The collection for gift vouchers is on Sunday 8th December 10.30 am. The

post office is selling One4all gift cards (minimum spend £10) and they can be

spent in a wide range of shops. These vouchers will go to the vulnerable

children and young people this Christmas, could I also ask that you mark at the

top the value of the voucher as it helps us in the distribution.

At present we do not have an area fund raiser as Megan left to go to University

in August to do an MA in occupational therapy.

Suzanne

Merrow Methodist Quiz - 16th November 6.45 pm start The quiz on Saturday 16th November we will be serving the Fish and Chips

half way through the evening. Tables of 8 maximum.

Cost will be £12 which will also include a crumble dessert.

Suzanne (561865 - suzanne.burnham@virginmedia.com)

WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP

4th November we have the two Gillians to entertain us again, this is an open to

all meeting.

18th November Mr Graham Warr, one of our local preachers will be our

speaker

Both meetings are as usual 2.00 for a 2.30pm start.

OUTLET

11th November “Recycling our rubbish”, we have Stuart Riddle coming to talk

about what we can and can’t recycle in this area and what happens when they

empty our green bins.

Tea or Coffee from 7.30pm for the speaker to start at 8.00pm, there is a cost of

£3.00 for any other details contact Megan on 453703

Frank’s Garden

Frank Winder is delighted to have been awarded a silver certificate by Surrey Wildlife Trust for his efforts to make his garden wildlife-friendly. He has now has a faithful set of birds making good use of the feeders and seed/berry-bearing habitat including sparrows (which have been absent for many years), nuthatches and the occasional spotted woodpecker. Currently Red Admiral butterflies and a variety of bees are enjoying the last of the blooms on the yellow buddleia and during the winter, the blue tits will eat its seed-heads. Next year he hopes to gain a gold certificate by introducing a wildlife pond – using an old washing up bowl! (PS He isn't 'F W Gardener' of these pages but is always willing to provide gardening advice).

Embrace and the Advent Liturgy

This year we will be utilising the Advent candle- lighting liturgy provided by

Embrace the Middle East which expresses our longing for peace and the

coming of the Prince of Peace.

Embrace will also send you on request free Daily Advent Email Reflections

straight to your inbox, perfect for personal use or great for small groups.

If you want to download a copy of this item then please go to the above

website address.

News from Merrow – Lunch Club

Our ecumenical Community Lunch group has welcomed three new guests this

term and we now have about eighteen to twenty guests each Tuesday during

term time. Tuesday 8 October was a very special occasion when we welcomed

Year 6 pupils from Bushy Hill School. The children arrived with a Harvest box

for each guest, and shared a letter with the guests. We all felt ten years

younger! The children had excellent communication skills and we all had a lot

of fun. We are looking forward to a return visit to sing carols in December.

Local arrangement

We are very grateful to the Circuit who pay for each church to receive a fully

scripted service for use at Local Arrangement Services. 27th October was our

first use of these resources. I sent the details to five or six people and asked if

they would like to take part. One replied offering any part apart from the

children’s address, the next offered to take the children’s address, then there

was an offer to take the reflection, and there were more replies from people

willing to lead prayers and take readings. It was really encouraging to see such

enthusiasm for leading worship.

Please pass on the good news if your church too has appreciated the new

resources.

LM

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The DECEMBER 2019/ JANUARY 2020 issue of “The Voice” will be in

church on SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2019 and the close off date is

FRIDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 2019 any items should be to me by then via my

email royvinall@gmail.com or in my pigeon hole.

THE VOICE New Editor/ compiler needed

With the July and August 2020 edition of “The Voice”, I am giving up the job of editor/compiler. What we need right now is someone to come and offer to take it on NOW so that “we” can work together until then in order for a smooth changeover. Now where have I heard that expression lately?

Please get in touch royvinall@gmail.com and see what is involved, I really do not want to be the last editor of the church magazine.

Community news Bushy Hill Youth Hub The youth club run by the Matrix Trust changed its name last year to the Bushy Hill Youth Hub. At the end of the academic year we were sorry to say goodbye to leaders Matt and Lucy. This term we have been delighted to welcome Charlotte Parrott as the new leader who will be supported by Hayley and Sam and the faithful band of volunteers from MMC. Charlotte has made a good start in developing relationships with the young people and has written a little about herself:

My name is Charlotte and I have just moved back to Haslemere from London, where I was studying at St Mellitus College. I have completed a degree in Youth Ministry and theology and am now working with The Matrix Trust as a Community Youth Worker. I have 10 years youth work experience, varying from being part of leading the youth division of St John Ambulance in Haslemere for several years, to 5 years

working in Church youth work plus volunteering for Haslemere Museum working with children and young people. I love working with young people and part of my passion is seeing young people reaching potential that they didn't even know they had. Since moving back I have begun worshipping at Emmaus Road Church. Together in Christ Carols on the Green Gillian will be leading the singing of Christmas carols outside the Bushy Hill Community Centre (GU1 2UG) on Saturday 14 December at 4pm. Children from Bushy Hill School will be taking part this year and after the carols, refreshments, including mulled wine and mince pies, will be served in the community centre. Do come and join us and bring a torch! Community Wellbeing Team The Guildford Borough Council community wardens are now known as the Community Wellbeing Team, a name that reflects the growing focus of their work. Twice a year MMC hosts a networking meeting on their behalf. The meeting gives those working in our community the opportunity to share information about what is going on and aspirations for the future. The meeting in September coincided with Soup and Bread which was a demonstration of something that happens at MMC which ties in with the GBC wellbeing focus.

Volunteering opportunities - Holiday at Home and Soup and Bread The Holiday at Home planning group would love to welcome a couple of people to join us as we prepare for Holiday at Home next year. We meet every 6 - 8 weeks during the period January - August and different tasks are allocated round the group. Please have a word with Joan T, Joan W, Ruth, Robert MacAndrew or Helen if you are interested in finding out more. We hope to announce the dates for Holiday at Home 2020 soon! The Soup and Bread team are keen to welcome anyone who could help on an occasional basis between 10am and 2pm on the fourth Thursday of the month, particularly in the early part of next year when several of us have other commitments. Please have a word with Sheila, Martha or Helen.

Christine Ethel Elizabeth Ford (nee Winder) 26th May 1948 – 25th July 2019

Frank, Cynthia, Christopher, Catherine and all of Christine's wider family would like to thank everyone for their prayers and messages of support following her tragic and untimely death, and for supporting us at her funeral and thanksgiving service. In what has been a shocking and deeply sad experience, we have been truly comforted to see how much Christine was loved and the number of lives she touched. Christine was Frank and Cynthia's first child, born in Mount Alvernia hospital just before the start of the NHS. The family moved into their Burpham home from post-war temporary accommodation (in a former POW camp) in 1952. Cynthia was involved in the 'planting' of the new Methodist church on the Bushy Hill estate so when it opened in 1955, the family transferred from the imposing Victorian Gothic North Street Methodist Church (now Barclay's Bank) to a bright modern building that is now our hall. In those days, that meant walking from Burpham to Merrow for morning service and then again for Sunday School in the afternoon. It was a familiar route as Christine and Chris attended St John's Primary School in Merrow Street, passing woods and farmland (with opportunities for diversion!) on the way. Chris described Christine as 'fearless' in exploring the local countryside with a deep knowledge of flowers, trees and wildlife.

She was an enthusiastic participant in Sunday School anniversary celebrations and in her teens, she was a keen member of the flourishing youth club, enjoying hikes, playing netball and cheerleader for the successful 5-aside football team. She was also received into church membership. When Christine was 13, baby Catherine came along and she would rush home from George Abbot School to look after her! While at school, Christine met Peter Ford, whom she would later marry. On leaving school, Christine did a hairdressing apprenticeship in a Guildford salon; she made lifelong friends there and we never knew what colour/style of hair she would come home with...always a keen follower of fashion, photos show her hair was always in vogue too! In September 1968, Christine became the last bride to be married in the Church hall with the ceremony conducted by her grandfather, a Methodist Pastor – she had hoped to be the first bride in the new church but a poor summer had delayed progress, although that day was warm and sunny. Catherine was very proud to be a bridesmaid following her beautiful sister down the aisle. Christine and Peter started married life in Loxwood and five years later, they brought their first son, Clive to be baptised at Merrow by Rev John Ducker. They had moved to Cranleigh and when Mark was born four years after, he was baptised at Cranleigh Methodist Church. Christine had continued hairdressing from home but when Mark was small, she also became a nursing auxiliary at the old RSCH and later at Cranleigh Village Hospital (she'd originally considered nursing as a career). She loved the work so much that when she, Peter and Mark moved to the Isle of Wight in 1991, Christine continued working at Cranleigh for 2 nights each week. She never learned to drive so she travelled by ferry, train and lift from Dad for 15 years until the hospital closed. She also worked in a nursing home in Shanklin. In both roles, her colleagues recalled her conscientiousness and high standards, always going the extra mile in caring for others. Without a car, she got around by bicycle or bus (the latter a novelty to her grandchildren!) She always enjoyed keeping fit; from being a prize-winning runner at school, she went on to run a half-marathon on the M25 before it opened and enjoyed exercise classes. On the IoW, she joined a rambling group, enabling her to explore further the island she loved and a source of good friends and happy holidays to places that were new to her.

Christine always enjoyed a party! Planning for her sons' weddings was a great delight: Clive married Lucy in 2001 and Mark married Alison in 2006. Grandchildren followed with Clive and Lucy's sons Toby in 2008 and Matthew in 2012, then Mark and Alison's daughter Millie in 2013 and son Benjamin in 2015. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy and they adored their Nana in return for her love, care and sense of fun! When she and Peter separated in 2014, Christine moved to an almshouse in Flamstead, Herts close to Mark and Alison. She soon settled into village life, becoming a willing dog-walker (she'd had various cats and dogs over the years), making new friends and helping to care for her family. A lifelong gardener, she took on the maintenance of the almshouse gardens and a church rosebed; she was part of the parish church congregation and joined the flower arranging team. 200 people attended the vigil after her death - an indication of the impact Christine's cheery personality and joie de vivre had made on the village. Although she'd known difficult times, she always pinned on a smile and got on with life. Family was always a priority for Christine. In latter years she spent increasing amounts of time caring for her parents and thereby became part of the Merrow fellowship again; on her last visit, she shared in the Womens' Fellowship tea party at Wendy and Jenny's home. We miss Christine more than words can say but we find strength in the memory of her boundless love and care and knowing that she is now with the Lord she loved and served.

REGULAR CHURCH ACTIVITIES – NOVEMBER 2019 COMMUNITY LUNCH CLUB: Tuesdays (by invitation). TUESDAY CLUB for parents and under-fives from 1.45pm to 3.15pm in term time. LADIES’ BADMINTON CLUB: On Wednesdays. 1.30pm to 3.30pm. THURSDAY BADMINTON CLUB: Adults: 8.15pm to 10.15pm. MERROW METHODIST SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB: Fridays from 7.30pm. HOLY COMMUNION: Thursday 21st November led by Rev. Peter Hills @ 9.45am WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP: Mondays at 2.pm. for 2.30pm Monday 4th November “The two Gillians” Monday 21st November Mr Graham Warr OUTLET: Monday 11th November Mr Stuart Riddle “What goes in those green Boxes” 7.30 for 8.00 start

COFFEE MORNINGS: Thursday 14th November The Bible Society HOUSE GROUP: Tuesday 15th October @ Barrie’s 7.30 for 8.00pm Thursday 31st October @ Megan’s 7.30 for 8.00pm QUIET PRAYER SUNDAY: Sunday 24th November @ 10.00 am BREAD and SOUP Thursday 28th November 12.15 to .1.15 pm PRAYER SUPPORT GROUP This is a small group willing to put time aside for praying each day for special needs within the Church community. The contact for NOVEMBER 2019 will be Margaret Hyam 01483 235078 your request will be passed onto other members of the group,where it will remain confidential CHURCH CLEANING: (Week ending) 3rd November Sheila and Glenys 17th November Suzanne and Margaret

Merrow Methodist Church

House Group Dates

Please join us on the dates that have been

fixed for the House Group to meet at 7.30 pm

for a cup of coffee, with the meeting starting

at 8.00 pm

Tuesday 19 November at Joan W’s

Please speak to Joan or Barrie Tabraham if you need to know the topic

planned for each session. But if you keep an eye on the weekly news sheet,

the topic will be recorded there.