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In this Issue
London Marathon
Comedy Hall
Prayers
CAMEO
Flower List
Future Dates
I’ll Fight Congress
Word Search
Sudoko
GloCon comes to Woking
Gardening Tips
Quiz
Trip to the Holy Land
Candidates Sunday
What’s On
Community Update
Recipe
Caption Competition
Core Groups
Spring has sprung. The days are lighter for longer, the
temperature is rising, and there are signs of new life all
around. For many people spring is their favourite
season. It is a season of hope and joy.
I don’t know whether you are in a spring mood, full of
energy, having a spring clean, clearing out and making
anew. In our house, we are seeing two very different
takes on spring. There is one person who is ready for
action, preparing the soil for the flowers, planting up
the vegetable patch, with energy, enthusiasm and
anticipation. The other is taking a more laid back
approach, relaxing and enjoying the sunshine,
conserving their energy for what lies ahead.
I guess each of us is in a different place physically,
emotionally, spiritually and that’s ok. Ecclesiastes
talks about seasons and there being a time for
everything. We may all be feeling different things, but
we know that we are united in Christ, we serve one
God, who loves us no matter where we are at.
Over the next two months we’re going to be looking
together at the book of Philippians. There are some
real riches in this book. It is a book of positives and a
book of joy. No matter what our circumstances, no
matter how we are feeling, Paul urges us to be joyful,
to focus on Christ and let him be our source of
positiveness.
You will notice as you read the book that it is also a
Salvat ion Army Woking May/June 2012
FROM THE C .O ’ S DESK
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book that talks about ‘us’, ‘we’,
‘brothers and sisters’. It’s a book
for the community. So over the
next couple of months, although
there will be differences in how we
feel, in the circumstance that we
find ourselves in, and where we are
at with God, let’s step out with
confident hope in Christ.
Debbie Lieutenant
Need a little extra pocket money?
Do you have a spare room? Want to earn a little bit of
money? Later this year, there is a possibility that a
young woman in her early 20s is going to be joining us
at Woking but needs somewhere to live. If this sounds
like something you could help with, please see Will.
Freebies
We have two blue uniform outside jackets to give away.
A lightweight zip up jacket with the Army crest (L), and
a winter storm jacket (XL) with The Salvation Army logo.
If you are interested in either of these please see
Debbie.
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London Marathon
I'm Caroline, I'm mum to Jemma
and Rachel and I'm currently
training to be a Primary School
Teacher. All being well, I should
finish training in December of
this year.
I ran the London Marathon on
Sunday 22nd April to raise funds
for the Neuroblastoma Society.
Neuroblastoma is an aggressive
childhood cancer
from which my
friend's little boy,
Jacob died in Janu-
ary 2009. My time
was four hours and
fifty minutes,
which will not give
Liz Yelling many
sleepless nights,
but was good for
me! It was a fantas-
tic day and I'd ad-
vise anyone to try
the London mara-
thon- if I can run it,
so can you!
Other than teacher
training, parenting
and running, I also
love amateur dra-
matics when I've time and am a
member of 2 local theatre
groups. It has been lovely to start
to get to know people at Woking
Salvation Army, I have the great-
est admiration for the work you
all do and thank you for making
me so welcome.
Well done Caroline, we are proud
of you. Ed.
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Comedy Hall D.O.H.
(Department of Humour)
Tourist – “What an interesting necklace. What is it made of?” Native – “Alligator teeth” Tourist – “I suppose they mean as much to you as pearls mean to us” Native – “Oh no. Anyone can open an oyster”
On Palm Sunday, young Tom had a sore throat and could not ac-company his parents to church. They arrived home with palm fronds and Tom asked what they were for. “People held them over Jesus head as he came by” they explained. “Wouldn’t you know it,” grumbled Tom, “The one Sunday I don’t go, He shows up”
Now I know we live in a digital age. My four year old daughter went to put some rubbish in the bin but it was full. “Dad,” she called, “you need to delete the trash”.
The preachers 5 year old son noticed that his father paused and bowed his head before starting his sermon. One day he asked his dad why he did that. “Well son, I’m asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.” “How come he doesn’t answer it ?” he asked.
You know you’ve had too much coffee when:- You can type sixty words a minute – with your feet Instant coffee takes too long You sleep with your eyes open You only sleep so that you can wake up and smell the coffee You don’t even wait for the kettle to boil anymore You are the employee of the month at Starbucks and you don’t
even work there. You answer the door before people knock You are so wired you pick up fm radio
And finally May thy ball lie in green pastures…. and not in still waters
Keep smiling Major Laugh
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Margi who is still in hospital
Richard Goff
Dorothy and Jim Henley
Will and Debbie travelling to Zambia
Ian and Alison and the GloCon team
Chris and Sandra Hall as they commence their new appointment in
August to Swindon Gorse Hill.
. . . and also these past members Jenny Dibsdall, Barbara and Hnuna
Other subjects for prayer Children's and Youth Ministry
Teddy Toddlers Group
Drop-in Café
Messy Church
SALT visits
Sunday School team - it's been a great start, full of enthusiasm.
Please continue to pray for the children, that they may really know
God, and for the leaders, stamina!
Please pray for these members of our
church family
PRAYER MEETING
Everyone is invited to join with us on Sunday mornings for
prayers at 10.30 am.
We meet in one of the general purpose rooms and would be
pleased to see as many of you as possible.
God Bless Audrey
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CAMEO DATES
(Come And Meet Each Other)
10.30am for coffee/tea. 11am – 12 noon meeting, followed by lunch
if required. Ladies and Gentlemen always welcome.
May 2 Scrap Book
9 C.O’s Special
16 Powerful Words
23 ‘O Jesus I have Promised’ Aled Jones
30 True Joy
June 6 Pathways
13 Something Fishy
20 Noah’s Ark
27 Gems
Margi
I’m sure all member’s of CAMEO together with all our
Church members will wish Margi a speedy recovery, and a
promise of our prayers. The subjects may change depending
on leaders, but please give your continued support.
FLOWER LIST
May
6 Christine Hadfield
13 Shirlee and Bill Green
20 Wendy and Ian Taylor
27 Jo Cridland
June
3 Janet and Michael Brooks
10 Chris and John Knott
17 Sue and Ken Searle
24 Pauline Whiting
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FUTURE DATES
May
Friday 4th 3.30pm Messy Church
Sunday 6th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 1:1-11
Saturday 12th Collecting Day — Waitrose
Sunday 13th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 1:12-26 (inc Candidates Sunday
Sunday 20th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 2:1-11 & 19-30
2.00pm SALT Visits
Sunday 27th I’ll Fight Congress in London No Meetings
June
Friday 1st 3.30pm Messy Church Sunday 3rd 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 2:12-18 (inc Gift Day)
Saturday 9th Collecting Day Morrisons
Sunday 10th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 3:1-11
6.00pm Send Songs of Praise
13th — 15th CO’s at Divisional Retreat
May/June
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Sunday 17th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 3:12-21
Monday 18th 8.00pm PCC
Sunday 24th 11.00am Morning Worship
Philippians 4:1-23
I’ll Fight Congress It’s nearly here. On Sunday 27th May many of
the Corps are going to the I’ll Fight Congress.
If you’ve already booked a ticket and coach
seat, then please could you let Debbie have
your money (£23: cash or cheques made pay-
able to The Salvation Army). We do have a
spare ticket so if you have not signed up but
would like to go, then please speak to Debbie
or Will as soon as possible. Thank you.
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Names of poets in the SA
Song Book
BAIRD, BICKERSTETH, BOOTH,CARTER,
BRAND, CROSBY, DITMAR, HAVERGAL,
LEIDZEN, MANN, MAWBY, MOTE, NEUMARK,
NILES, OLIPHANT, ORSBORN, PALMER,
PEACEY, PEARSON, PIGOTT, ROTHE, SLATER,
STITES, WATTS, WESLEY
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Sudoko Each vertical and horizontal line and each block of 9 squares will
each have the letters ‘SaLVATION’ in them. The principle is
exactly the same as Sudoko, but letters instead of numbers.
Contributed by Dave Cox
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So far we’ve heard stories from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Zambia. Soon we will be hearing sto-ries from Swaziland, Ghana, Denmark, Estonia, Ukraine and Russia. But on Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th June, GLOCON is coming to Wok-ing. This is going to be a brilliant opportunity to share stories and experiences with one another, affirm all that
GLOCON comes to Woking
May/June
has gone on since the Corps arrived on Goldsworth Park, listen to the community, and work out how together we can transfer those experi-ences and see God’s king-dom in action. If you are not a regular member of the SALT visiting team, but are curious to know what is going on, then speak to Pete or Sue and find out how you can get in-volved.
Gardening Tips
To keep lawns looking good, spread Evergreen Complete when grass is dry and spread Westland Aftercutt every four weeks during the summer.
Prune winter flowering heathers when flowers have faded.
Plant 4 Runner Bean seeds in a large pot (15" or 400mm) wide and deep. Put in 4 x 6´ canes and reap the benefits in late summer.
Dead head tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.
Look out for red lily beetles.
Don’t cut large shrubs and hedges in case birds are nesting.
Buy bedding plants for a colourful summer show.
Sow vegetable seeds in pots (ie spring onions, raddish, carrots etc.)
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Try this Quiz Sent to us by Bob (Debbie’s dad)
1.Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes/No
2.How many birthdays does the average
man have? 1, 2, 3+ 5+ 10+
3.Some months have 31 days; how many
have 28? 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 12
4.In baseball how many outs are there in an
innings? 2, 3, 6, 8
5.Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's
sister? Yes/No
6.Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the
answer? 10, 35, 50, 70, 90
7.If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many
do you have? 1, 2, 3
8.A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one
every half hour.
How many minutes would the pills last? 20, 40, 60, 90
9.A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many
are left? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
10.How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the
ark? 3, 2, 1, 0
11.How many two cent stamps are there in a
dozen? 1, 3, 6, 9, 12
Answers on page 19
T I D I N G S
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After getting through the most
comprehensive security check
there is, we finally boarded our
plane for the five hour flight to
Tel Aviv. We then had a coach
transfer of nearly an hour to our
hotel for a six night stay.
During those five days in Jerusa-
lem, we lost count of the number
of churches we visited. It
seemed there was a church for
everything our Lord did.
The Mount of Olives was our
first destination and from there
we looked across the Kidron
Valley to the old city of Jerusa-
lem. From there we could see
the Golden Gate (which isn’t
golden), the church of the Holy
Sepulchre and the Dome of the
Rock. We then visited a model
of Jerusalem as it would have
looked in the days of our Lord
and photocopies of the Dead Sea
Scrolls. Visiting the Garden
Tomb was special to me. It’s not
the authentic place where Christ
was supposed to have been bur-
ied (that’s the Church of the
Our Pilgrimage to the
Holy Land
Holy Sepulchre) but to me and
many others, it seems much
more authentic with a rock out-
crop looking just like a skull
(Golgotha).
Visiting Palestinian territories
was an eye opener. No Palestin-
ian can take any means of trans-
port into Israel and only a few
can actually work in Israel. They
can drive to the border post, but
then leave their transport there
and make the rest of their jour-
ney either on foot or by public
transport. Because of the wall of
partition, some have to travel
many unnecessary miles to get
to work. While there, we visited
the place where the angels told
the shepherds of our Lords com-
ing and Manger Square. We also
visited the Holocaust Memorial
which was particularly moving
and upsetting.
After six nights in Jerusalem, we
moved to a hotel right on the
shore of the Sea of Galilee in
Tiberius. What a setting! So
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peaceful and stunning; our room,
in fact all rooms, looked over the
sea.
There were so many places we
could tell you about such as the
Via Delarosa (where Jesus
walked to his death). The pool
of Bethsaida, our journey to Ma-
sada (King Herod’s dessert for-
tress), floating in the Dead Sea,
taking a boat trip on the Sea of
Galilee, visiting Capernaum and
the ruins of Caesarea.
It was all go and quite tiring but
we enjoyed it.
Dave and Gwen Cox
Candidates Sunday
You will recall that back in March we had Cadets Michael &
Alison Hutchings with us for a week. They had a good time
with us all and appreciated the learning experience. Every
cadet that enters the William Booth Training College has to
fund themselves – their accommodation and their learning.
It costs approximately £6000 per cadet. On 13th May there
will be a collection during the meeting that will go towards
the Candidates Fund. This is a fund for cadets who have
limited resources to help them pay for their training. Each
year 40 Officers retire, and each year 30 Cadets enter the
training college. As you can see The Salvation Army is in
need of more Officers. So as well as thinking about how
much you would like to give towards the fund, we ask that
you also pray that the people God is calling to full time min-
istry within The Salvation Army will not only be open to
hearing his call, but also respond positively.
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Prayer Initiative 2012 With the Olympic Flame soon to arrive
in the UK we would like to see A
PRAYER FLAME being passed from
corps to corps. Alongside this FLAME
would come prayer requests from the
sending corps for your corps to pray
through in support of their mission to
see the Holy Spirit renew, refresh and
transform the hearts and lives of indi-
viduals.
The FLAME came to us from Addle-
stone, we in turn will send the FLAME
together with our prayer requests to
High Wycombe.
Our prayer for Woking Corps
To be:-
FILLED with the Holy Spirit.
LOVING to all who come into our
Church that they feel they are loved.
AWARE. May we always be aware of
the needs of our community.
MOTIVATED to go forward in God’s
name to spread the gospel message.
ENCOURAGING. Always ready to
give encouragement to others particu-
larly our young people.
It was with interest I read Malcolm’s poem “Our Major”; I do remember the oc-
casion
This brought back happy memories of our stay with you, sharing fellowship and
work with you for 3 years. We came to you in 1980.
I enjoy reading Tidings, what a busy programme you have these days. I pray that
the people and children will come to know the Lord Jesus for themselves and
that you all will be upheld by God’s Holy Spirit. Renee Ozanne (Mrs Major)
Major Stan Ozanne was promoted to Glory some years ago, Mrs Ozanne lives in
retirement at Hove, East Sussex. Stan was a great writer of poetry, he had a
number of books printed, donating all proceeds to various corps.
Greetings to the readers of Tidings
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Easter for me had many highlights,
Debbie being invited into Bright
Sparks to tell them the Easter story,
the prayer stations that so many peo-
ple were able to use, the fabulous
singing from those who gathered on
the Wednesday evening. The break-
fasts and prayers each morning of
Holy week were also special times,
sharing food together and then being
inspired once again by the Easter
message thoughtfully prepared by
different members of the corps and
praying together as Church family is
a wonderful and encouraging time.
Messy Church finished off the week
and some of US I think, but as al-
ways the huge effort it takes to do
was rewarded by seeing the children
and parents spending time together
and learning about Easter.
The Spring Clean took place on 31st
March, the faithful team turned up
once again full of energy and enthu-
siasm and worked their socks off, we
got through in record time. Fish and
chips were well earned and everyone
crawled out exhausted but satisfied
that our building was worth the in-
vestment.
The car boot/table top sale went well
and I would like to thank the won-
derful team that helped at this event.
The weather was a little iffy first
thing which put a lot of the car boot-
ers off which was a shame, but we
were packed out inside. It was well
supported by the community and as
a regular door knocker on the estate
I was pleasantly surprised as to how
many people I knew.
Employment Plus has once again
pulled the plug on the support centre
here. This we think is due to a com-
bination of factors, funding and lack
of support from the Job Centre. It is
disappointing as we feel that it is
important to provide as much help
and encouragement as possible to
those seeking work.
Street Dance has now started on
Mondays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm for 5 –
12 year olds.
We will be a Polling station once
again on the 3rd May which is a
great opportunity for our neighbours
to come in and so I will make sure
the notice boards are looking attrac-
tive and plenty of leaflets about and
of course some of us will be around
with our best smiles on (hope that’s
a good thing).
Thank you for all your support for
all that goes on here.
Jan Howlin
Community Services Manager’s
update
May/June Page 18
RECIPE
Marshmallow Crisps
Pauline Whiting
Ingredients
2 oz Margarine
2 oz Dairy toffees
2 ozs Marshmallows
2 oz Rice Krispies
Method —
Melt margarine in a saucepan
Add Toffees and Marshmallows and melt gently.
Take saucepan off heat and add Rice Krispies and
mix well.
Press into a tin and set in fridge
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Caption Competition
What was Gill, Dorothy and Christine doing?
Take part in writing a caption for this picture, it can be serious or funny, if
you wish to remain anonymous that’s fine but we would prefer to know
who you are!
Hand in your ‘Caption’ to the Church Office, who knows there might be a
prize for the winning entry.
The winning entry in our first competition was submitted by our Commu-
nity Manager Jan Howlin (we are still trying to think of a suitable prize).
(Any suggestions?)
Answers to quiz on page 13 (1) Yes, (2) 1, (3) 12,( 4) 6, (5) No, (6) 70, (7) 2, (8) 60, (9) 9, (10) 0 ( it was Noah) (11) 12.
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Core Groups Lunchtime Light Meets at the Church 12.00pm
May Thursday 3rd 17th
June Thursday 7th 21st
Denvale Group Meets at Margi’s 8.00pm
May Thursday 3rd 17th
June Thursday 7th 21st
The Nomads Meet at various venues 7.30pm
May Thursday 3rd 17th
June Thursday 7h 21st
The Full Monty Meets for breakfast at various venues 9.00am
May Saturday 19th
June Saturday 9th 30th
Hearts and Crafts Meets at the Church 7.30pm
May Thursday 10th 24th
June Thursday 14th 28th
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