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DOvercourt Central contact magazineTRANSCRIPT
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September 2013
Services & Events 2
Puzzle Fun 6
Fundraising 5
Barneys Kids Page 9
Boost for Christian Book Shops
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Behind the Hymn 14
Church Diary 16
Inside this issue:
Methodist & United Reformed Churches Together 203 Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, CO12 3PH
www.dovercent.btck.co.uk & find us on Facebook
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Church Secretary: Mrs Iris Hatch 01255 503688
Hiring Officer & Junior Church Co-ordinator:
Mrs Margaret Smith 01255 504828
Contact Magazine Editor
Jenni Bush Janet Scott
01255 506336 [email protected] 01255 506962
Sunday Services
1st Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church, (Refreshments afterwards)
2nd Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship & Holy Communion, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)
3rd Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)
4th Sunday: 9.00am Holy Communion, 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)
5th Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship/Family Service, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)
Church Activities
Messy Church—every 3rd Tuesday of the Month, 4.30pm.
Pause for Thought—Fridays 9.30—10.00am
Coffee Morning—Fridays 10.00am-12.00pm
Pilots—Fridays 5.30-7.00pm (term time only)
Worship Night—2nd Friday of the Month 7pm.
Deadline for Submissions for next magazine: 20th September
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A note from the Editor..... Us Brits are often accused of talking about the weather too much, but as we enter into shorter summer days, with harvest approaching I can hon-estly say I will miss this summer very much. We weren’t able to take a fam-ily holiday this year, which my job ending but we have been truly blessed us with such a wonderful summer, we were able to spend qual-ity family time with our friends and my much loved ponies at the Horse Rangers. For which I am very grateful.
I hope that this summer has bought you too many blessing and given us all so much to be grateful for. As we move into the harvest season we will see all the wonderful gifts God has given us, poured out in splendour for us to enjoy and share together.
Christian Greetings
Friday Night Worship 13th September 7pm
At Dovercourt Central Church 27th September 7pm
At All Saints Church Dovercourt We sing a range of mainly modern songs
with a few old ones too.
All welcome. For more information see Jenni Bush 506336 or Nick Scott tel. 506962
HARVEST SUNDAY
Sun 22nd Sept.
Worship Led by Nick Scott Harvest Lunch £5.00 per person
Contact Margaret Smith to book
All Gifts this year to go to the Food Bank Appeal
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Review of our work with Children & Young People
Following the meeting with those who came
to give their views or sent in written com-
ments and suggestions the outcomes are:
From September 2013 there will be 3
groups for the children on Sunday’s,
younger members will continue to
meet in the Junior Church room under
the leadership of Olive and Judy. As
Kumon has ceased to use our prem-
ises the meeting room and prayer
room have been rearranged allowing
us to utilise more positively for our
Junior Church. Thanks to Hazel,
Danny, Barry, Judy Beth and Omi for
the time spent in moving furniture and
equipment up and downstairs. The
children have chosen their names for
the groups – Foals for the under 5
years; Ponies for the 5 – 9 year olds
and Horses for those 10 years plus.
One comment the young people have
requested that the family prayers are
included when they are in church –
Leadership Team will be discussing
this further.
Views that the young people liked to
be included in their address and not to
be talked to, to be engaged in this part
of the service.
The young people to create a list of
hymns and songs of their choice for
the second hymn each week. Iris will
send the list to nominated preachers.
Family service on the 5th. Sunday to
be better advertised and more related
to the younger members of the church.
Consider a service to celebrate the
baptisms and weddings that have
taken place and to individually invite
those families to a service.
Parents and others to be invited to
Junior Church or the suggestion that
Junior Church happens in the worship
area occasionally.
A fruitful discussion including our young peo-
ple has certainly given us food for thought and
some changes. Leadership Team will be dis-
cussing further the suggestions given. Margaret Smith
Birthdays We wish a very happy birthday
this month to....
3rd - William Casey
8th - Graham Smith
14th - Adam Fern
17th - Jenni Bush
19th - David Linsell
23 - Ray Clements
25th - Melanie May
We wish you all many happy returns.
We shall celebrate our Church Anniver-
sary over the weekend of the 12th. &
13th. October 2013, including
‘Gifts’ to our church.
On Saturday 12th. October
from 6.30pm we shall be
holding an anniversary social and sup-
per. Come along for a family meal and
fellowship together.
Our worship on the 13th. October will
include communion and be led by Rev-
erend Colin Knight.
Anniversary Celebrations & Gift Day
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Get on Your Bike
Advent Coffee Morning & Sale
Essex Churches Sponsored
Cycle Ride
Saturday 14th. September 2013
I am planning to undertake this
ride again and anyone who
wishes to take part please see me
for details. We shall be seeking
sponsorship for this event closer
to the time. 50% of the
monies raised are given
to our church.
We will also need some
volunteers to be at the
church, to offer refresh-
ments to any riders who
call in. Margaret
Advance notice of the date for this
year’s big fund raising event to be
held on
Saturday 30th. November 2013 from
10am till 13.00pm. We hope to have stalls in the hall and
will be inviting local schools to come
along and sing in the church.
If you have an idea for a stall or are
willing to organise and man the usual
stalls such as Cakes, Bric-a-Brac, Raf-
fles, tombola’s, toiletries then please
discuss with Hazel or Margaret.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
22nd. September – Harvest Lunch 12th. October – Anniversary Social Supper 8th. November – Curry Evening and Fire-
works 30th. November – Advent Coffee Morning and Sale
22nd. December – Christmas Dinner
At All Saints Church Dovercourt
Saturday 5th October 6pm In aid of Tearfund All Welcome
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Dovercourt Central Church Kids Magazine - Sept 2013
HELLO! SEPTEMBER! Back to School!
Barney’s Page 9
What’s on 8
Birthdays 8
Pilot News 10
Inside this issue:
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Sunday is Fun day! Join us for
Junior Church 10.45 every Sunday
Back to School!
Have you started a new
school or are you in a
new class now?
It can be tough getting
back to school after sum-
mer holidays. But it can
be great to see friends
and learn again.
What did you do over the
summer holiday?
Bible Study
How to Study your Bible?
We are going to work step by step at exploring Gods word each month. Lets start by getting organised. You will need: a bible (we like good news, NIV bibles, choose one you can read), some pens & pencils, in-dex cards, a dictionary.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by
the seeds that you plant."
Robert Louis Stevenson
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A letter to All the Pilots
“thank you all for the invitation to join you for a little while when you had your sleepover at church. It was great having the opportunity to look at your work. I especially liked the pretty boxes you made—and I much
enjoyed the lovely tea! X
Olive”
happy birthday to.... 14h Sept
Adam Fern
M A V H T R A E
E E T F A V U R
S M S O O E S S
S R N O S G C S
Y T M D S E Y H
C T R R O T C A
H M R R B A F A
U L Z O K B U U
R E R U A L H T
C W U T H E R U
H E A U W S G M
A T R T S E V N
T S E W H A R V
What did the tree say to autumn?
Leaf me alone!
Word search
Harvest
Stew
Messy Church
Vegetables
Tractor
Farm
Food
Earth
Autumn
Junior Church—Sundays 10.45 Messy Church—17th Sept (3rd Tuesday of Every Month) Pilots—Friday Nights 5.30-7.00 (see Margaret for more info or call 01255 504828)
To see your name and birthday email your name, age and date to [email protected]
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happy birthday to....
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Let’s Get Messy We shall resume Messy Church this
month and all are welcome to come
along – even if you have no children to
bring- come and see what we do, sharing
in our family meal.
Our Messy Church
on the 17th. Sep-
tember will cele-
brate ‘Harvest’ .
Families may
bring contribu-
tions for the Food
Bank that we are supporting
for this year’s harvest celebration on
the 22nd. September.
We are always looking for extra help for
our Messy Church, so if you feel you
would like to help with the activities,
leading the worship, refreshments on ar-
rival [tea & coffee] or helping clear up
afterwards then come and have a chat
with me.
.Margaret.
Next Messy Church - Tuesday 17th September 4.30pm
PILOT News
Pilots spent an active weekend at the
church leading to their service on the
Sunday, all slept well and on the Sunday
Pilots finished their return letters to chil-
dren from Bbraska School in Zambia.
Pilots were thrilled to receive letters
from the children of the school in the
country they had been taking a closer
look at and hopefully are going to con-
tinue with their pen friends, sharing
news and details of their countries.
Pilots contributed and led their service
on the 30th. June 2013 with exceptional
confidence and many who attended have
said how much this ser-
vice was appreciated.
Pilots restart on 13th.
September 2013 at
5.30pm.
Margaret Smith—Pilot Captain
Pilots is a Christian organisation for children
and young people. If you are interested in join-
ing our pilot company please see Margaret,
more information on Pilots can be found at
www.urc.org.uk/ministry/pilots.html
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Date
September 2013 Details
Time
Sun 1st Morning worship - Led by Mrs M. Smith 10.45am
Friday 6th Christian Aid Coffee Morning 10am-12pm
Sunday 8th Morning Worship—Led By Rev A Potter 10.45am
Alexandra House— Led by Hatch 3.30pm
Friday 13th Pause for Thought 9.30-10am
Coffee Morning 10am-12pm
Pilots 5.30-7pm
To God be the Glory—Worship & Praise Sing Along at Central Church—All Welcome
7.00pm
Sat 14th Essex Churches Sponsored Cycle Ride
Sun 15th Morning Worship—Led By Mrs A Beeton 10.45am
Alexandra House— Communion Led by A. Bell 3.00pm
Tues 17th Messy Church 4.30pm
Friday 20th Pause for Thought 9.30-10am
Coffee Morning 10am-12pm
Pilots 5.30-7pm
Sun 22nd Communion—Led by E. Walker 9.00am
Morning Worship—Led by Nick Scott 10.45am
Harvest Lunch (£5 per Person, to book see Margaret)
Alexandra House—Led by R Taylor 3.30pm
Friday 27th Pause for Thought 9.30-10am
Coffee Morning 10am-12pm
Pilots 5.30-7pm
To God be the Glory—Worship & Praise Sing Along at All Saints—All Welcome
7.00pm
Sun 29th Morning Worship—Led b L. Harrison 10.45am
Alexandra House—Led by Rev. C. Logan 3.30pm
Friday 4th Pause for Thought 9.30-10am
October Coffee Morning 10am-12pm
Pilots 5.30-7pm
Sat 5th Sing Along Concert at All Saints Dovercourt 6.00pm
Sun 6th Morning Worship—Led By G. Bavister 10.45am
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