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Front Cover: London Road

Congregational Church from

Lorna Caddy

If you have any photographs you

think may be suitable for our

magazine cover, we would love to

receive them. Please email them

to the editor.

Services 2

Calendars for July & August 3 & 4

Notice Board 5

From the Minister 6 & 7

From the Fellowship 7

Church Directory 8

Newark Foodbank Update 8

From the Editor 9

Bible Study 10

Just Sing — Newark’s Community Choir

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Salvation Army Event 11

Beaumond House Events 12

Sunday 11am — Morning Worship

Holy Communion is celebrated during Morning Worship on the first

Sunday of each month.

Café Service is held in the church hall at 10.30am. Breakfast is on offer

with tea or coffee, and followed by a sincere service with a difference.

Please see the calendars for more details about when each service will be

taking place.

Anyone is welcome to attend the services.

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Saturday 4th 10:30am Just Sing Community Choir in the church hall

Sunday 5th 11am Morning Worship with Communion Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague

Communion Duty: Julie & Stan Flowers: Maureen & Janet

Reader: Stan Deacon’s Duty: Joan

Wednesday 8th 7.30pm Film Club

at 22 Ringrose Close, Newark

Sunday 12th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: Mark Taylor

Flowers: Mrs Wilkinson Reader: Jean

Deacon’s Duty: Jean

Saturday 18th 10:30am Just Sing Community Choir in the church hall

Sunday 19th 10:30am Café Service

Preacher: Mark Taylor Flowers: Dorothy Holman

Reader: Julie

Wednesday 22nd 7pm Bible Study in the church

Sunday 26th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague

Flowers: Kath Clawson Reader: Val

Deacon’s Duty: Val 12pm Deacon’s Meeting

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Saturday 1st PM Strawberry Tea — more details to follow

Sunday 2nd 11am Morning Worship with Holy Communion Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague

Communion Duty: Gary & Joan Flowers: Debbie Taylor

Reader: Gail Deacon’s Duty: Mark

Tuesday 4th 7pm Church Meeting in church

Discussion on Deacons Recommendations for Church Constitution

Sunday 9th 11am Morning Worship Preacher: To Be Confirmed

Flowers: Mary Clayton

Reader: Joan Deacon’s Duty: Joan

Wednesday 12th 7.30pm Film Club at 22 Ringrose Close, Newark

Sunday 16th 11am Morning Worship

Preacher: Reverend Ken Hague Flowers: Val Franks

Reader: Gary Deacon’s Duty: Joan

Sunday 23rd 11am Morning Worship

Preacher: Member’s Service Flowers: Andrea Robertson

Reader: Julie

Wednesday 26th 7pm Bible Study in the church

Sunday 30th 10:30am Café Service Preacher: Mark Taylor

Flowers: Dorothy Holman Reader: Mary

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Magazine Articles

We are always grateful to receive ideas or articles from you all for the

magazine.

Please help us to keep you informed, and keep the articles coming in.

Thank you.

Magazine material for the next edition should be submitted to the

editor by 9th August 2015.

Future Dates for Your Diary

There will be a Harvest Supper on Saturday 19th September

There will be a Craft Fayre on Saturday 3rd October

Just Sing Community Choir

Rehearsal dates for August are yet to be confirmed. Please keep an eye

on the noticeboard in the church hall, or alternatively please visit the

choir’s website: www.justsing.eu

Church Directory

If anyone wishes to be added to the church directory, please get in

touch with the editor.

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Beloved in Christ,

I am continually surprised by my experiences with people who do not attend

church who are searching for a faith for a belief in something which we, often take

for granted. When I started my training and preaching I felt that it was important to

wear the clerical collar. I consider it to be an honour to wear it, but it is also a

public statement of my faith and commitment to our heavenly father. A number of

Ministers within our denomination do not see this as important. I have been

discouraged by other ministers who feel the clerical collar is outdated. My

experience as a Minister has drawn me to the conclusion and judgement that they

are wrong. It is essential that an ordained Minister wears the clinical collar so that

people outside the church can identify not only that they work for Jesus Christ but

so they know who they can approach when they are in need of help and support.

I was surprised last week by two incidents. I found myself in Doncaster accident

and emergency department after my last service due to an eye problem. A young

lady approached me and asked me if I was a Christian minister which I confirmed.

She stated that she was a Christian and asked me if I would pray for her I asked her

for her name and said yes of course I will. She replied then let’s do it now together

and so in the middle of the crowded queue of people we prayed for a healing. The

lady was not embarrassed by this public statement of her faith. She went to see the

doctor with a smile on her face and left the building later much happier.

A few days later a man repairing my car said to me ‘you are a Minister aren’t

you?’ I replied yes. He then said to me ‘I was brought up in a Christian family but I

don’t know what a Christian is, I don’t how to be one but I think I ought to be a

Christian. I don’t understand what you do as a Minister. Will can you explain to me

about your job and your church. I work with a lot of travelling people they say I

will go to hell because I drink and swear, what does being a Christian really mean,

can I be saved?’

These two people were young; one was within the church and was confident and

ensured of her faith not embarrassed to declare her love for the Lord. The second

was seeking our heavenly father and a purpose to their life and concerned that they

were past saving that no one cared. I had a long conversation with the gentleman,

explaining about God’s love for him about the forgiveness of sin and how his life

would be improved so much if he accepted Christ as his saviour.

My first point is this, the clerical collar helps people to identify me as a Minister

and allows me to reach out to those who need and want to find Christ as our

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saviour. The second conclusion is more alarming. There are still people outside the

church in our country in 2015, who still have no knowledge of Jesus Christ, the

Bible or Christian Fellowship. Jesus Christ charged you and me to go out and

preach the gospel to all people. Our ministry and Fellowship must continue to

reach out beyond our church walls. We have a task to do this together. We must

grow and try to be more Christ-like in our actions, our life style and to bring others

to the foot of the cross to find peace and faith in Christ Jesus. I pray that each one

of us will be blessed and guided by the Holy Spirit so that no one ever has to say

in the future what is a Christian? What do Christian ministers do? What is the

purpose of your church?

Every Blessing

Reverend Ken

The members decided at the June church meeting to accept the recommendations

of the Deacons regarding the future format of the Envoy. There will be a trial

period of 3 issues before a final decision is made. It was also agreed that extra

copies should be printed and left in the hall for people using the hall to take if they

so wished. It was also decided that each issue, two of the groups attached to the

church should give a report.

At the June meeting, Ken informed us that we still haven’t received a certificate

from the Architect for the work on the new toilets.

At the next Deacon’s meeting, the church constitution will be discussed.

Mark announced during the May Café service that he has passed the final exam for

the course he has been studying; a degree in Theology.

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Minister

Reverend Ken Hague Tel: 01724 343702

Email: k.hague@ntlworld.com

Treasurer

Mrs Debbie Taylor Tel: 01636 689352

Bible Study & Film Club

Mr Mark Taylor Tel: 01636 689352

Email: m.taylor17@ntlworld.com

Organist

Mr Steve Caddy Tel: 07753 743786

51 Worthington Road, Balderton Email: steve.m.caddy@gmail.com

Magazine Editor

Mrs Lorna Caddy Tel: 07965 631882

51 Worthington Road, Balderton Email: lorna.c.coleman@gmail.com

If you wish to be added to this section, please give your contact details to the editor before the

deadline for the next edition.

The items urgently needed at the time of print are listed in order below. Please

keep an eye on the board in the church hall for up-to-date lists. There are also

smaller shopping lists which you can take away with you.

Food Non-Food

Sponge Puddings — Tinned or Microwavable

Instant mashed Potato

Tinned Vegetables (not peas)

Long Life UHT Milk (not evaporated)

Long Life Fruit Juice

Tinned Spaghetti

Jars of Pasta Sauce

Kit-Kats

Chocolate Bars

Shampoo

Deodorant

Shower Gel

Laundry Tabs/Liquitabs

Toilet Paper

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I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, as I realise

few of you will know much about me. If you attend services at the

church, you will most likely have seen me sitting beside Steve, the

resident organist. You may also have seen me playing an instrument.

I think to date the list includes clarinet, recorder, saxophone, and on

one occasion each, guitar and piano.

I was born and raised in Nottingham, in mixed, and sometimes confusing, Roman

Catholic and Church of England environment. It took me until the age of 22 to

work out which church I belonged to, when I was going through a difficult and

often distressing time and desperate for spiritual support.

I met Steve towards the end of 2011 during a yearly novel writing challenge (his

first attempt, my fifth), and we married in 2014. I’m still learning to adjust from

living in the city to living in a small town, though I do enjoy the slower pace of

life. It took very little time for me to get settled in Newark, especially once I’d

found a local horse riding school.

I have been involved in Girl Guiding for a few years, though I’m not with a group

at the moment. One of the activities involved basic research for my family tree. At

that point, I had been thinking about investigating my tree for a while, and the

project was all it took to get me going. I’ve now been at it for over two years, and

took on Steve’s request to look at his tree. We wrote out a portion of our joint

family trees for our wedding, and spent a good three hours talking to guests about

it between the meal and evening disco. We’ve found some interesting characters,

and been led astray a few times when we’ve followed an incorrect link. Given half

the chance, I’d spend a whole night on the tree. It’s very addictive. One discovery

leads to another, and before you know it, it’s 2am.

I love to sing, and have been a member of one choir or another for many years.

Unfortunately the last choir I was in didn’t survive due to lacking numbers. You

can probably imagine my delight when the community choir based in the church

was set up.

I currently work in a secondary school in Nottingham, as part of the office team,

and it’s thanks to my work (my line manager put me in charge of the school

newsletter a few years ago) that I got involved with church magazines.

Finally, please keep an eye on the notices page, where I will publish the deadline

for the next edition.

Lorna Caddy

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The Bible Study group continues to meet every month to follow the course

‘Essential 100 — your journey through the Bible in 100 readings’.

They have been working through the Bible for the last 18 months, starting with the

Old Testament, and are now at Acts of the Apostles and Paul’s journeys. By the

time they finish the book in November, they will have read important parts from

the whole Bible. Then they’ll need to find something else to study.

Each month they read 5 sections of the Bible, and then meet to talk about them.

Mark leads the discussion, but tries to make sure other people can have a say.

They’ve all learned from each other — everyone has at some time or another come

up with something new that nobody else has spotted. For example, do you know

how many fish were caught when Jesus told the disciples to cast their nets on the

right side of the boat? Look it up in John 21:10. And what do you think he meant

by the right side — right as the opposite to left, or right as the opposite to wrong

— and how do we know?

Everyone can read along with the group. Each month the readings are put up on

the notice board in the church hall. If you can’t come on the fourth Wednesday

evening, then you can join in by reading at home. They can guarantee you’ll learn

something, or come up with some questions about what the Bible is saying.

The community choir meets every 2 weeks in the church hall on Saturday

mornings, from 10am to 12.30pm. There are between 30 and 40 in attendance, and

the choir sings a wide range of musical styles from English folk songs to classical

pieces, as well as a number of warm-up exercises and rounds.

At the first concert in May, in Barnbygate Methodist Church, the choir sang 3

pieces. The Director, Peter Higgins, also teaches piano, and a number of his pupils

played piano. A number of people commented on how good the choir sounded, but

the choir know they didn’t get it quite right. Another concert is planned for July in

the same venue.

There are five regular attenders from the church; Steve, Lorna, Beryl, Deborah and

Mark, and three of them are in the organising committee.

The choir is already receiving enquiries for concerts during the Christmas season,

and it is hoped they will perform a selection of Christmas music in church during

December.

The choir is always open to new singers. You don’t need anything other than the

wish to ‘Just Sing’ and join them in trying to ‘make a joyful noise unto the Lord’.

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