7
O UR C OMMUNITY ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH, KERESLEY, AND KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH www.st-thomas-keresley.org.uk J ULY / A UGUST 2011 50 P Inside this issue: St. Thomas’ Calendar and Notice Board 2 Local news 3 East Africa Food Crisis appeal 4 St Thomas’ past 5 Keresley Village Community Church Calendar 6 What’s the big idea 6 Parish Register 7 Mouse page 8 Bible or Shakespeare? 8 Whatever our trust is most in, that is our God. R Stibbes Update from the Churchwardens T he Section 12 meeting, where the PCC meet with diocesan staff to finalise details regarding the recruitment of a new vicar, was held at St Thomas Church on Tuesday 14th June. It was chaired by the Bishop of Warwick and Archdeacon Ian Watson. The parish profile was signed off and it was agreed that we would advertise shortly for our new vicar with an interview date of September. The PCC is also delighted to report that Steven Medley our current Young People and Family worker will shortly take up post as the new Lay Pioneer Minister at KVCC. This is a full time position and is jointly funded by the Methodist Circuit and the Coventry Diocese. Monday 1 st to Friday 5 th August, 10am until 12 noon, St. Thomas Church Hall, Wickham Close. £1.00 per child per day From creation to the rescue, explore God’s Story throughout history. Explained with a little help from Disney’s Toy Story, Exciting crafts, games and activities for all primary school aged children. For further details contact Steve Medley - 02476331910

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OUR COMMUNITY

ST T HOMASrsquo CHURCH KE RE SLE Y AN D KE RE SLE Y V I LLAGE COM MUN I T Y CHURCH

wwwst-thomas-keresleyorguk

J U L Y A U G U S T

2 0 11

5 0 P

Inside this issue

St Thomasrsquo

Calendar and

Notice Board

2

Local news 3

East Africa Food

Crisis appeal

4

St Thomasrsquo past 5

Keresley Village

Community

Church Calendar

6

Whatrsquos the big

idea 6

Parish Register 7

Mouse page 8

Bible or

Shakespeare

8

Whatever our trust

is most in that is our

God

R Stibbes

Update from the Churchwardens

T he Section 12 meeting where the PCC meet with diocesan staff to finalise

details regarding the recruitment of a new vicar was held at St Thomas

Church on Tuesday 14th June It was chaired by the Bishop of Warwick and

Archdeacon Ian Watson

The parish profile was signed off and it was agreed that we would advertise

shortly for our new vicar with an interview date of September

The PCC is also delighted to report that Steven Medley our current Young People

and Family worker will shortly take up post as the new Lay Pioneer Minister at

KVCC This is a full time position and is jointly funded by the Methodist Circuit

and the Coventry Diocese

Monday 1st to Friday 5th August

10am until 12 noon

St Thomas Church Hall Wickham Close

pound100 per child per day

From creation to the rescue explore Godrsquos Story

throughout history

Explained with a little help from Disneyrsquos Toy Story

Exciting crafts games and activities for

all primary school aged children

For further details contact Steve Medley - 02476331910

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 2

July Sunday 3rd 9am Holy Communion and hymns Rev Buff Forbes-

Stone

1030am Family Service

After the service there will be a Parish Barbecue in

the vicarage gardens All welcome Bring something

to cook and something to sit on

Sunday10th 9am Holy Communion Rev Buff Forbes-Stone

1030am Family Communion and Baptism Rev Pam

Smith

Sunday 17th 9am Holy Communion Rev Buff Forbes-Stone

030am Morning Worship Ministry Team Sunday

School Party

Sunday 24th 9am Holy Communion Rev Alison Evans

1030am Family Communion Rev Alan Davies

C H I L D R E N A N D Y O U N G P E O P L E

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 2

Sunday Morning Activities at St Thomasrsquo 1030am (during term time)

1st Sunday Family Service in Church

2nd Sunday 3-11s Sunday School in Galilee Room

11+ Pathfinders in the Church Hall

All join the service around 1125am

3rd Sunday All ages start in Church

4th amp 5th 3-11s Sunday School in Galilee Room

11+ Pathfinders in the Church Hall

All join the service around 1125am

This pattern may change occasionally for special services

ST THOMASrsquo CHURCH CALENDAR

First Steps with Jesus

For babies and pre-school children

with their parents and carers

Meets in the Galilee Room weekly

in term time

Mondays 130-230pm

Uniformed Groups Meet in the Church Hall

9th Rainbows Mondays 6-7pm

13th Brownies Mondays 600 - 730pm

9th Brownies Wednesdays 600 - 730pm

9th Guides Thursdays 630 - 830pm

Meet in the Scout Hut

41st Cubs Mondays 645 - 830pm

41st Scouts Tuesdays 700 - 900pm

41st Beavers Fridays 600 - 730pm

(for 6-8 year olds ) Thursday at St Trsquos

For 5-11 years Meets in the Galilee Room On Thursdays From 6pm to 7pm

Regular activities for children and young people take a break for the

summer holidays

new flavour

Thursdays

730pm to 9pm

Galilee Room

School year 9 upwards

Sunday 31st 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion Ven Ian Watson

August Sunday 7th 9am Holy Communion and hymns

1030am ~Holiday Club Family Service

Sunday 14th 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion

Sunday 21st 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Worship

Sunday 28th 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion

September Sunday 4th 9am Holy Communion and hymns

1030am Family Service

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 3

Churchyard Update

M any of you who have visited the churchyard will

see the wonderful work Coventry City Council

has done to improve our pathways and the work

that the probation service has done in maintaining

the shrubbery

Unfortunately we need to report that we have been

the victim of vandalism in our churchyard and there

has been considerable damage to a number of

headstones

We share your distress and to prevent further

damage we have laid the headstones flat If you see

a headstone laid flat can you please leave it as is

We need to make sure that the graves are mended

correctly to make sure that we do not have any

Health and Safety issues with unstable stones

We are working closely with the local police and we

ask you all to be vigilant and to report anything you

may see or hear If you have any queries around this

matter please contact one of the Churchwardens

Claire McArthur Margaret Potter

Refreshment for all Tuesday afternoons 130-230pm in the Galilee

Room Fortnightly

If you need transport or would like to

request prayers please contact

Margaret Bosworth on 7633 7932

leaving a message if necessary

with your name and telephone number

and she will ring you back

Be patterns be examples in all

countries places islands nations

wherever you come that your

carriage and life may preach among

all sorts of people and to them then

you will come to walk cheerfully all

over the world answering that of God

in every one George Fox

400m gold medallist reads Olympic

prayer 400 days ahead of 2012

Games ndash and counting Coventry is one of the venues for Olympic events

next year This summer with a year to go to the start

of the London Olympics the Church of England

released a prayer for those preparing for the 2012

Games It asks God to be with the athletes their

supporters and families and the thousands of

churches preparing to organise Olympics-themed

events in their communities and it is read on a new

podcast by GB Olympic 400m gold medallist

Christine Ohuruogu MBE

The Church of England is a member of the

ecumenical organisation More Than Gold which

supports churches of all denominations around the

UK with resources and ideas as they prepare to

engage with the Games

The prayer composed by the Revd Christopher

Woods the Church of Englands National Worship

Development Officer reads as follows

Eternal God

Giver of joy and source of all strength

we pray for those

who prepare for the London Olympic and Paralympic

games

For the competitors training for the Games and their loved

ones

For the many thousands who will support them

And for the Churches and others who are organising

special events and who will welcome many people from

many nations

In a world where many are rejected and abused

we pray for a spirit

of tolerance and acceptance of humility and respect

and for the health and safety of all

May we at the last be led towards the love of Christ who is

more than gold today and forever Amen

The Church of England podcast is available here

httpwwwchurchofenglandorgmedia-centre

follow-us-onlinepodcastsaspx

For more on More Than Gold visit

wwwmorethangoldorguk

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 4

Christian Aid partners are responding Our partners in Ethiopia Sudan and Kenya are

closely monitoring the situation This appeal will

fund urgently needed life-saving measures such as

emergency tanks and distribution of water

for villages experiencing the worst of the

drought conditions

construction of additional water points

food for families who currently are not

reached by the World Food Programme

response

extra nutrition for malnourished children and

pregnant women

animal feed to protect livestock that are so

crucial to survival

helping communities become more resilient

to future crises

Activities will be carried out by partners across the

region Our partners Christian Community Services

Mount Kenya East Northern Aid and Ukamba

Christian Community Services are responding in

north eastern and eastern Kenya In Ethiopia our

partners Action for Development and Agri-Service

Ethiopia are currently working with local

communities in the south to help them to withstand

the effects of crises such as drought

To make a donation to Christian Aidrsquos East Africa

Food Crisis Appeal call 08080 004 004 or visit

wwwchristianaidorgukeast-africa-appeal

C hristian Aid has launched an emergency

humanitarian appeal to help people across the

east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons

have left ten million on the brink of starvation

Drought and displacement Drought and displacement combined with rising food

prices has left the east and the horn of Africa

especially Kenya and Ethiopia in need of urgent

humanitarian support

UNOCHA reports that the situation is the worst food

security crisis in the world today and some parts of

the region are experiencing the driest conditions in

60 years

After two poor rainy seasons in 2011 drought in

countries affected has left 10 million people in need

of humanitarian assistance

At the same time Christian Aid is concerned that

large numbers of people who have been displaced

within Sudan and from Somalia that are also facing

food shortages

Christian Aid staff in the region are reporting cases

of malnutrition in children and adults and people

begging for water on the side of the road

Even animals which are normally resistant to drought

such as camels donkeys and goats are suffering

Due to the lack of water some schools and hospitals

have been forced to close and people are travelling

for miles to collect water to drink

I s there any point in my struggling to live

sustainably when so many - including

emerging nations - are indifferent to the

earths worth and restraints Nearly 10

of precious European soil is covered and

sealed And the bulldozers continue to

roar I care but what good does it do

Are not my actions like myself and

my thoughts dismissed like seeds in a gale

What good are my frail efforts at personal and

community sustainability Mother Teresa agreed

that ones efforts were only a drop in the ocean but

added that the ocean would be smaller without that

drop The anthropologist Margaret Mead when

asked if the actions of a few committed persons

could change the world replied Its the only thing

that ever has Robert F Kennedy said that each of

us can work to change a small portion of events in

the least of these actions will be written the history

of this generation When we live sustainably locally

in community with others who share our ideals and

efforts we are part of a holistic countercultural

movement offering hope and light

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

East Africa food crisis appeal

Light one candle When families who have lived on ancestral land for

centuries leave their hereditary fields as they do in

parts of Africa Asia South America and even in

the west today the world and its future grow darker

As Indian farm woman Chandramma said sadly A

farm without seeds is like a home without light But

each of us can be a candle And we all know the

saying Its better to light one candle than to curse

the darkness

People of all religions and of none wonder if they

make a difference Do my little acts matter The

biblical scholar CFD Moule said he was asked this

question more than any other He replied Nothing is

wasted all good acts contribute to the approaching

kingdom In the words of the Colossians hymn so

loved by the Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de

Chardin In Him all things cohere (Col 117) Even

in dark times all good actions no matter how slight

burn brightly

We may be a drop in the ocean a candle lit in the

dark but in Christ and together we can win

Edward Echlin (Author of Climate and Christ A

Prophetic Alternative Columba 2010)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5

Sunday School Party

The Sunday School party on June 30th will possibly be over by the time the Magazine is in the hands of subscribers It is to be held in a field at Coundon very kindly lent for the occasion by Captain Miller In view of the food restrictions and the recently reported utterance of the Food Controller against school teas there was some hesitation about providing a tea this year But in view of a more recent utterance of the Food Campaign Department of the national war Savings Committee it appears that our decision to give a tea on strictly economical lines was a highly patriotic action The following is the reply of the above Department to an enquiry from the Willenhall Local Central War Savings Committee ldquoThe Department could not give approval (to school feasts) unless they were assured of the strictest economy and an avoidance of all display and excess In the case of childrenrsquos treats for the occasion offers excellent opportunities for bringing before they youthful mind the aims and principles of the food campaign in a practical manner If a public meal can thus be made to serve as a valuable object lesson the Department are of opinion that to hold it may perhaps be morally and materially of advantagerdquo This is our own view of the matter and it is gratifying to find that two such important bodies as the National War Savings committee and the Keresley Sunday School teachers think alike upon the weighty subject of unlimited buns

Sunday Schools

Saturday June 2nd was a red letter day for our Sunday Schools and more particularly for the Infantsrsquo department for on that day we were favoured with a visit from Miss Phyllis Dent one of the Sunday School experts of the Church of England Sunday School Institute It is now recognised that teaching is an art as much in the Sunday School as in the Day school the Secondary School and the University Men and women who choose teaching for their profession need to study not merely the subjects but also the methods of education The question ldquoWhat am I going to teachrdquo is not more important than ldquoHow am I going to teachrdquo The answer to the latter question varies according to the age of the pupil It is just as necessary for Sunday school teachers as for other teachers to know what these methods are if their teaching is to be effective and although some people are by nature alone better teachers than

others yet there are none who could not by studying the art of teaching improve upon their natural gifts and very few who by the same means could not make up for the lack of natural gifts and turn themselves into efficient teachers

It is one of the aims of the Sunday School Institute to help Sunday School teachers to acquire some knowledge of the methods of teaching It was in order to give such hep and advice to the kindergarten teachers that Miss Phyllis Dent visited us and although the teacher had already been able to gather much on these subjects from the Sunday School magazine yet the practical assistance give by Miss Dent was of very great value She made it plain that for infants up to seven years of age the kindergarten is the best possible method because it is exactly suited to the minds of infants Objections have sometimes been heart to the kindergarten Sunday School that ldquoit is only teaching the children to playrdquo Nothing could be farther from the truth or more unjust to the teachers For instance the teacher has been telling the children a story from the Bible and it is required to find out how much they have learned form the lesson With older children this could be done by question and answer or by getting them to write down in their own words what they had learned But this will not do with a class of infants They cannot frame their ideas in words and writing is out of the question But let the kindergarten teacher give them a pencil and paper and they will readily produce a drawing of the scene and objects and persons which the teacher has told them about It is surprising what an amount of thoughtfulness sometimes appears in these crude drawings ndash thoughtfulness which is thus afforded means of expression instead of being suppressed as it otherwise would be

Another point in the justification of the kindergarten is that the children are not permitted to become fidgety or listless They are so occupied and the programme is so varied that they are kept interested and alert all the time and yet they see and hear and do nothing that is not directly connected with religious instruction

There is every reason for gratitude to the Sunday school Institute for providing such help and to Miss Dent herself for the obvious insight and sympathy which she showed for the problems and difficulties of Sunday school work

St Thomasrsquo Keresley and Coundon

In these current times of financial cutbacks I found ths item within an article on the Sunday school from

June 1917 An interesting take on a partymdashthat its austerity should be morally of advantage to young

minds The rest of the article is a treatise on Sunday school teaching It surprises me that at a time when

all things German were deplored the word rsquokindergartenrsquo to describe a style of teaching was not

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

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ard

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m

Re

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olt

on

Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

Page 2: Our Community July & August 2011

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 2

July Sunday 3rd 9am Holy Communion and hymns Rev Buff Forbes-

Stone

1030am Family Service

After the service there will be a Parish Barbecue in

the vicarage gardens All welcome Bring something

to cook and something to sit on

Sunday10th 9am Holy Communion Rev Buff Forbes-Stone

1030am Family Communion and Baptism Rev Pam

Smith

Sunday 17th 9am Holy Communion Rev Buff Forbes-Stone

030am Morning Worship Ministry Team Sunday

School Party

Sunday 24th 9am Holy Communion Rev Alison Evans

1030am Family Communion Rev Alan Davies

C H I L D R E N A N D Y O U N G P E O P L E

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 2

Sunday Morning Activities at St Thomasrsquo 1030am (during term time)

1st Sunday Family Service in Church

2nd Sunday 3-11s Sunday School in Galilee Room

11+ Pathfinders in the Church Hall

All join the service around 1125am

3rd Sunday All ages start in Church

4th amp 5th 3-11s Sunday School in Galilee Room

11+ Pathfinders in the Church Hall

All join the service around 1125am

This pattern may change occasionally for special services

ST THOMASrsquo CHURCH CALENDAR

First Steps with Jesus

For babies and pre-school children

with their parents and carers

Meets in the Galilee Room weekly

in term time

Mondays 130-230pm

Uniformed Groups Meet in the Church Hall

9th Rainbows Mondays 6-7pm

13th Brownies Mondays 600 - 730pm

9th Brownies Wednesdays 600 - 730pm

9th Guides Thursdays 630 - 830pm

Meet in the Scout Hut

41st Cubs Mondays 645 - 830pm

41st Scouts Tuesdays 700 - 900pm

41st Beavers Fridays 600 - 730pm

(for 6-8 year olds ) Thursday at St Trsquos

For 5-11 years Meets in the Galilee Room On Thursdays From 6pm to 7pm

Regular activities for children and young people take a break for the

summer holidays

new flavour

Thursdays

730pm to 9pm

Galilee Room

School year 9 upwards

Sunday 31st 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion Ven Ian Watson

August Sunday 7th 9am Holy Communion and hymns

1030am ~Holiday Club Family Service

Sunday 14th 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion

Sunday 21st 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Worship

Sunday 28th 9am Holy Communion

1030am Family Communion

September Sunday 4th 9am Holy Communion and hymns

1030am Family Service

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 3

Churchyard Update

M any of you who have visited the churchyard will

see the wonderful work Coventry City Council

has done to improve our pathways and the work

that the probation service has done in maintaining

the shrubbery

Unfortunately we need to report that we have been

the victim of vandalism in our churchyard and there

has been considerable damage to a number of

headstones

We share your distress and to prevent further

damage we have laid the headstones flat If you see

a headstone laid flat can you please leave it as is

We need to make sure that the graves are mended

correctly to make sure that we do not have any

Health and Safety issues with unstable stones

We are working closely with the local police and we

ask you all to be vigilant and to report anything you

may see or hear If you have any queries around this

matter please contact one of the Churchwardens

Claire McArthur Margaret Potter

Refreshment for all Tuesday afternoons 130-230pm in the Galilee

Room Fortnightly

If you need transport or would like to

request prayers please contact

Margaret Bosworth on 7633 7932

leaving a message if necessary

with your name and telephone number

and she will ring you back

Be patterns be examples in all

countries places islands nations

wherever you come that your

carriage and life may preach among

all sorts of people and to them then

you will come to walk cheerfully all

over the world answering that of God

in every one George Fox

400m gold medallist reads Olympic

prayer 400 days ahead of 2012

Games ndash and counting Coventry is one of the venues for Olympic events

next year This summer with a year to go to the start

of the London Olympics the Church of England

released a prayer for those preparing for the 2012

Games It asks God to be with the athletes their

supporters and families and the thousands of

churches preparing to organise Olympics-themed

events in their communities and it is read on a new

podcast by GB Olympic 400m gold medallist

Christine Ohuruogu MBE

The Church of England is a member of the

ecumenical organisation More Than Gold which

supports churches of all denominations around the

UK with resources and ideas as they prepare to

engage with the Games

The prayer composed by the Revd Christopher

Woods the Church of Englands National Worship

Development Officer reads as follows

Eternal God

Giver of joy and source of all strength

we pray for those

who prepare for the London Olympic and Paralympic

games

For the competitors training for the Games and their loved

ones

For the many thousands who will support them

And for the Churches and others who are organising

special events and who will welcome many people from

many nations

In a world where many are rejected and abused

we pray for a spirit

of tolerance and acceptance of humility and respect

and for the health and safety of all

May we at the last be led towards the love of Christ who is

more than gold today and forever Amen

The Church of England podcast is available here

httpwwwchurchofenglandorgmedia-centre

follow-us-onlinepodcastsaspx

For more on More Than Gold visit

wwwmorethangoldorguk

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 4

Christian Aid partners are responding Our partners in Ethiopia Sudan and Kenya are

closely monitoring the situation This appeal will

fund urgently needed life-saving measures such as

emergency tanks and distribution of water

for villages experiencing the worst of the

drought conditions

construction of additional water points

food for families who currently are not

reached by the World Food Programme

response

extra nutrition for malnourished children and

pregnant women

animal feed to protect livestock that are so

crucial to survival

helping communities become more resilient

to future crises

Activities will be carried out by partners across the

region Our partners Christian Community Services

Mount Kenya East Northern Aid and Ukamba

Christian Community Services are responding in

north eastern and eastern Kenya In Ethiopia our

partners Action for Development and Agri-Service

Ethiopia are currently working with local

communities in the south to help them to withstand

the effects of crises such as drought

To make a donation to Christian Aidrsquos East Africa

Food Crisis Appeal call 08080 004 004 or visit

wwwchristianaidorgukeast-africa-appeal

C hristian Aid has launched an emergency

humanitarian appeal to help people across the

east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons

have left ten million on the brink of starvation

Drought and displacement Drought and displacement combined with rising food

prices has left the east and the horn of Africa

especially Kenya and Ethiopia in need of urgent

humanitarian support

UNOCHA reports that the situation is the worst food

security crisis in the world today and some parts of

the region are experiencing the driest conditions in

60 years

After two poor rainy seasons in 2011 drought in

countries affected has left 10 million people in need

of humanitarian assistance

At the same time Christian Aid is concerned that

large numbers of people who have been displaced

within Sudan and from Somalia that are also facing

food shortages

Christian Aid staff in the region are reporting cases

of malnutrition in children and adults and people

begging for water on the side of the road

Even animals which are normally resistant to drought

such as camels donkeys and goats are suffering

Due to the lack of water some schools and hospitals

have been forced to close and people are travelling

for miles to collect water to drink

I s there any point in my struggling to live

sustainably when so many - including

emerging nations - are indifferent to the

earths worth and restraints Nearly 10

of precious European soil is covered and

sealed And the bulldozers continue to

roar I care but what good does it do

Are not my actions like myself and

my thoughts dismissed like seeds in a gale

What good are my frail efforts at personal and

community sustainability Mother Teresa agreed

that ones efforts were only a drop in the ocean but

added that the ocean would be smaller without that

drop The anthropologist Margaret Mead when

asked if the actions of a few committed persons

could change the world replied Its the only thing

that ever has Robert F Kennedy said that each of

us can work to change a small portion of events in

the least of these actions will be written the history

of this generation When we live sustainably locally

in community with others who share our ideals and

efforts we are part of a holistic countercultural

movement offering hope and light

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

East Africa food crisis appeal

Light one candle When families who have lived on ancestral land for

centuries leave their hereditary fields as they do in

parts of Africa Asia South America and even in

the west today the world and its future grow darker

As Indian farm woman Chandramma said sadly A

farm without seeds is like a home without light But

each of us can be a candle And we all know the

saying Its better to light one candle than to curse

the darkness

People of all religions and of none wonder if they

make a difference Do my little acts matter The

biblical scholar CFD Moule said he was asked this

question more than any other He replied Nothing is

wasted all good acts contribute to the approaching

kingdom In the words of the Colossians hymn so

loved by the Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de

Chardin In Him all things cohere (Col 117) Even

in dark times all good actions no matter how slight

burn brightly

We may be a drop in the ocean a candle lit in the

dark but in Christ and together we can win

Edward Echlin (Author of Climate and Christ A

Prophetic Alternative Columba 2010)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5

Sunday School Party

The Sunday School party on June 30th will possibly be over by the time the Magazine is in the hands of subscribers It is to be held in a field at Coundon very kindly lent for the occasion by Captain Miller In view of the food restrictions and the recently reported utterance of the Food Controller against school teas there was some hesitation about providing a tea this year But in view of a more recent utterance of the Food Campaign Department of the national war Savings Committee it appears that our decision to give a tea on strictly economical lines was a highly patriotic action The following is the reply of the above Department to an enquiry from the Willenhall Local Central War Savings Committee ldquoThe Department could not give approval (to school feasts) unless they were assured of the strictest economy and an avoidance of all display and excess In the case of childrenrsquos treats for the occasion offers excellent opportunities for bringing before they youthful mind the aims and principles of the food campaign in a practical manner If a public meal can thus be made to serve as a valuable object lesson the Department are of opinion that to hold it may perhaps be morally and materially of advantagerdquo This is our own view of the matter and it is gratifying to find that two such important bodies as the National War Savings committee and the Keresley Sunday School teachers think alike upon the weighty subject of unlimited buns

Sunday Schools

Saturday June 2nd was a red letter day for our Sunday Schools and more particularly for the Infantsrsquo department for on that day we were favoured with a visit from Miss Phyllis Dent one of the Sunday School experts of the Church of England Sunday School Institute It is now recognised that teaching is an art as much in the Sunday School as in the Day school the Secondary School and the University Men and women who choose teaching for their profession need to study not merely the subjects but also the methods of education The question ldquoWhat am I going to teachrdquo is not more important than ldquoHow am I going to teachrdquo The answer to the latter question varies according to the age of the pupil It is just as necessary for Sunday school teachers as for other teachers to know what these methods are if their teaching is to be effective and although some people are by nature alone better teachers than

others yet there are none who could not by studying the art of teaching improve upon their natural gifts and very few who by the same means could not make up for the lack of natural gifts and turn themselves into efficient teachers

It is one of the aims of the Sunday School Institute to help Sunday School teachers to acquire some knowledge of the methods of teaching It was in order to give such hep and advice to the kindergarten teachers that Miss Phyllis Dent visited us and although the teacher had already been able to gather much on these subjects from the Sunday School magazine yet the practical assistance give by Miss Dent was of very great value She made it plain that for infants up to seven years of age the kindergarten is the best possible method because it is exactly suited to the minds of infants Objections have sometimes been heart to the kindergarten Sunday School that ldquoit is only teaching the children to playrdquo Nothing could be farther from the truth or more unjust to the teachers For instance the teacher has been telling the children a story from the Bible and it is required to find out how much they have learned form the lesson With older children this could be done by question and answer or by getting them to write down in their own words what they had learned But this will not do with a class of infants They cannot frame their ideas in words and writing is out of the question But let the kindergarten teacher give them a pencil and paper and they will readily produce a drawing of the scene and objects and persons which the teacher has told them about It is surprising what an amount of thoughtfulness sometimes appears in these crude drawings ndash thoughtfulness which is thus afforded means of expression instead of being suppressed as it otherwise would be

Another point in the justification of the kindergarten is that the children are not permitted to become fidgety or listless They are so occupied and the programme is so varied that they are kept interested and alert all the time and yet they see and hear and do nothing that is not directly connected with religious instruction

There is every reason for gratitude to the Sunday school Institute for providing such help and to Miss Dent herself for the obvious insight and sympathy which she showed for the problems and difficulties of Sunday school work

St Thomasrsquo Keresley and Coundon

In these current times of financial cutbacks I found ths item within an article on the Sunday school from

June 1917 An interesting take on a partymdashthat its austerity should be morally of advantage to young

minds The rest of the article is a treatise on Sunday school teaching It surprises me that at a time when

all things German were deplored the word rsquokindergartenrsquo to describe a style of teaching was not

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

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Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

Page 3: Our Community July & August 2011

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 3

Churchyard Update

M any of you who have visited the churchyard will

see the wonderful work Coventry City Council

has done to improve our pathways and the work

that the probation service has done in maintaining

the shrubbery

Unfortunately we need to report that we have been

the victim of vandalism in our churchyard and there

has been considerable damage to a number of

headstones

We share your distress and to prevent further

damage we have laid the headstones flat If you see

a headstone laid flat can you please leave it as is

We need to make sure that the graves are mended

correctly to make sure that we do not have any

Health and Safety issues with unstable stones

We are working closely with the local police and we

ask you all to be vigilant and to report anything you

may see or hear If you have any queries around this

matter please contact one of the Churchwardens

Claire McArthur Margaret Potter

Refreshment for all Tuesday afternoons 130-230pm in the Galilee

Room Fortnightly

If you need transport or would like to

request prayers please contact

Margaret Bosworth on 7633 7932

leaving a message if necessary

with your name and telephone number

and she will ring you back

Be patterns be examples in all

countries places islands nations

wherever you come that your

carriage and life may preach among

all sorts of people and to them then

you will come to walk cheerfully all

over the world answering that of God

in every one George Fox

400m gold medallist reads Olympic

prayer 400 days ahead of 2012

Games ndash and counting Coventry is one of the venues for Olympic events

next year This summer with a year to go to the start

of the London Olympics the Church of England

released a prayer for those preparing for the 2012

Games It asks God to be with the athletes their

supporters and families and the thousands of

churches preparing to organise Olympics-themed

events in their communities and it is read on a new

podcast by GB Olympic 400m gold medallist

Christine Ohuruogu MBE

The Church of England is a member of the

ecumenical organisation More Than Gold which

supports churches of all denominations around the

UK with resources and ideas as they prepare to

engage with the Games

The prayer composed by the Revd Christopher

Woods the Church of Englands National Worship

Development Officer reads as follows

Eternal God

Giver of joy and source of all strength

we pray for those

who prepare for the London Olympic and Paralympic

games

For the competitors training for the Games and their loved

ones

For the many thousands who will support them

And for the Churches and others who are organising

special events and who will welcome many people from

many nations

In a world where many are rejected and abused

we pray for a spirit

of tolerance and acceptance of humility and respect

and for the health and safety of all

May we at the last be led towards the love of Christ who is

more than gold today and forever Amen

The Church of England podcast is available here

httpwwwchurchofenglandorgmedia-centre

follow-us-onlinepodcastsaspx

For more on More Than Gold visit

wwwmorethangoldorguk

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 4

Christian Aid partners are responding Our partners in Ethiopia Sudan and Kenya are

closely monitoring the situation This appeal will

fund urgently needed life-saving measures such as

emergency tanks and distribution of water

for villages experiencing the worst of the

drought conditions

construction of additional water points

food for families who currently are not

reached by the World Food Programme

response

extra nutrition for malnourished children and

pregnant women

animal feed to protect livestock that are so

crucial to survival

helping communities become more resilient

to future crises

Activities will be carried out by partners across the

region Our partners Christian Community Services

Mount Kenya East Northern Aid and Ukamba

Christian Community Services are responding in

north eastern and eastern Kenya In Ethiopia our

partners Action for Development and Agri-Service

Ethiopia are currently working with local

communities in the south to help them to withstand

the effects of crises such as drought

To make a donation to Christian Aidrsquos East Africa

Food Crisis Appeal call 08080 004 004 or visit

wwwchristianaidorgukeast-africa-appeal

C hristian Aid has launched an emergency

humanitarian appeal to help people across the

east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons

have left ten million on the brink of starvation

Drought and displacement Drought and displacement combined with rising food

prices has left the east and the horn of Africa

especially Kenya and Ethiopia in need of urgent

humanitarian support

UNOCHA reports that the situation is the worst food

security crisis in the world today and some parts of

the region are experiencing the driest conditions in

60 years

After two poor rainy seasons in 2011 drought in

countries affected has left 10 million people in need

of humanitarian assistance

At the same time Christian Aid is concerned that

large numbers of people who have been displaced

within Sudan and from Somalia that are also facing

food shortages

Christian Aid staff in the region are reporting cases

of malnutrition in children and adults and people

begging for water on the side of the road

Even animals which are normally resistant to drought

such as camels donkeys and goats are suffering

Due to the lack of water some schools and hospitals

have been forced to close and people are travelling

for miles to collect water to drink

I s there any point in my struggling to live

sustainably when so many - including

emerging nations - are indifferent to the

earths worth and restraints Nearly 10

of precious European soil is covered and

sealed And the bulldozers continue to

roar I care but what good does it do

Are not my actions like myself and

my thoughts dismissed like seeds in a gale

What good are my frail efforts at personal and

community sustainability Mother Teresa agreed

that ones efforts were only a drop in the ocean but

added that the ocean would be smaller without that

drop The anthropologist Margaret Mead when

asked if the actions of a few committed persons

could change the world replied Its the only thing

that ever has Robert F Kennedy said that each of

us can work to change a small portion of events in

the least of these actions will be written the history

of this generation When we live sustainably locally

in community with others who share our ideals and

efforts we are part of a holistic countercultural

movement offering hope and light

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

East Africa food crisis appeal

Light one candle When families who have lived on ancestral land for

centuries leave their hereditary fields as they do in

parts of Africa Asia South America and even in

the west today the world and its future grow darker

As Indian farm woman Chandramma said sadly A

farm without seeds is like a home without light But

each of us can be a candle And we all know the

saying Its better to light one candle than to curse

the darkness

People of all religions and of none wonder if they

make a difference Do my little acts matter The

biblical scholar CFD Moule said he was asked this

question more than any other He replied Nothing is

wasted all good acts contribute to the approaching

kingdom In the words of the Colossians hymn so

loved by the Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de

Chardin In Him all things cohere (Col 117) Even

in dark times all good actions no matter how slight

burn brightly

We may be a drop in the ocean a candle lit in the

dark but in Christ and together we can win

Edward Echlin (Author of Climate and Christ A

Prophetic Alternative Columba 2010)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5

Sunday School Party

The Sunday School party on June 30th will possibly be over by the time the Magazine is in the hands of subscribers It is to be held in a field at Coundon very kindly lent for the occasion by Captain Miller In view of the food restrictions and the recently reported utterance of the Food Controller against school teas there was some hesitation about providing a tea this year But in view of a more recent utterance of the Food Campaign Department of the national war Savings Committee it appears that our decision to give a tea on strictly economical lines was a highly patriotic action The following is the reply of the above Department to an enquiry from the Willenhall Local Central War Savings Committee ldquoThe Department could not give approval (to school feasts) unless they were assured of the strictest economy and an avoidance of all display and excess In the case of childrenrsquos treats for the occasion offers excellent opportunities for bringing before they youthful mind the aims and principles of the food campaign in a practical manner If a public meal can thus be made to serve as a valuable object lesson the Department are of opinion that to hold it may perhaps be morally and materially of advantagerdquo This is our own view of the matter and it is gratifying to find that two such important bodies as the National War Savings committee and the Keresley Sunday School teachers think alike upon the weighty subject of unlimited buns

Sunday Schools

Saturday June 2nd was a red letter day for our Sunday Schools and more particularly for the Infantsrsquo department for on that day we were favoured with a visit from Miss Phyllis Dent one of the Sunday School experts of the Church of England Sunday School Institute It is now recognised that teaching is an art as much in the Sunday School as in the Day school the Secondary School and the University Men and women who choose teaching for their profession need to study not merely the subjects but also the methods of education The question ldquoWhat am I going to teachrdquo is not more important than ldquoHow am I going to teachrdquo The answer to the latter question varies according to the age of the pupil It is just as necessary for Sunday school teachers as for other teachers to know what these methods are if their teaching is to be effective and although some people are by nature alone better teachers than

others yet there are none who could not by studying the art of teaching improve upon their natural gifts and very few who by the same means could not make up for the lack of natural gifts and turn themselves into efficient teachers

It is one of the aims of the Sunday School Institute to help Sunday School teachers to acquire some knowledge of the methods of teaching It was in order to give such hep and advice to the kindergarten teachers that Miss Phyllis Dent visited us and although the teacher had already been able to gather much on these subjects from the Sunday School magazine yet the practical assistance give by Miss Dent was of very great value She made it plain that for infants up to seven years of age the kindergarten is the best possible method because it is exactly suited to the minds of infants Objections have sometimes been heart to the kindergarten Sunday School that ldquoit is only teaching the children to playrdquo Nothing could be farther from the truth or more unjust to the teachers For instance the teacher has been telling the children a story from the Bible and it is required to find out how much they have learned form the lesson With older children this could be done by question and answer or by getting them to write down in their own words what they had learned But this will not do with a class of infants They cannot frame their ideas in words and writing is out of the question But let the kindergarten teacher give them a pencil and paper and they will readily produce a drawing of the scene and objects and persons which the teacher has told them about It is surprising what an amount of thoughtfulness sometimes appears in these crude drawings ndash thoughtfulness which is thus afforded means of expression instead of being suppressed as it otherwise would be

Another point in the justification of the kindergarten is that the children are not permitted to become fidgety or listless They are so occupied and the programme is so varied that they are kept interested and alert all the time and yet they see and hear and do nothing that is not directly connected with religious instruction

There is every reason for gratitude to the Sunday school Institute for providing such help and to Miss Dent herself for the obvious insight and sympathy which she showed for the problems and difficulties of Sunday school work

St Thomasrsquo Keresley and Coundon

In these current times of financial cutbacks I found ths item within an article on the Sunday school from

June 1917 An interesting take on a partymdashthat its austerity should be morally of advantage to young

minds The rest of the article is a treatise on Sunday school teaching It surprises me that at a time when

all things German were deplored the word rsquokindergartenrsquo to describe a style of teaching was not

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

Re

v P

au

l H

ard

ing

ha

m

Re

cto

r o

f B

olt

on

Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

Page 4: Our Community July & August 2011

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 4

Christian Aid partners are responding Our partners in Ethiopia Sudan and Kenya are

closely monitoring the situation This appeal will

fund urgently needed life-saving measures such as

emergency tanks and distribution of water

for villages experiencing the worst of the

drought conditions

construction of additional water points

food for families who currently are not

reached by the World Food Programme

response

extra nutrition for malnourished children and

pregnant women

animal feed to protect livestock that are so

crucial to survival

helping communities become more resilient

to future crises

Activities will be carried out by partners across the

region Our partners Christian Community Services

Mount Kenya East Northern Aid and Ukamba

Christian Community Services are responding in

north eastern and eastern Kenya In Ethiopia our

partners Action for Development and Agri-Service

Ethiopia are currently working with local

communities in the south to help them to withstand

the effects of crises such as drought

To make a donation to Christian Aidrsquos East Africa

Food Crisis Appeal call 08080 004 004 or visit

wwwchristianaidorgukeast-africa-appeal

C hristian Aid has launched an emergency

humanitarian appeal to help people across the

east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons

have left ten million on the brink of starvation

Drought and displacement Drought and displacement combined with rising food

prices has left the east and the horn of Africa

especially Kenya and Ethiopia in need of urgent

humanitarian support

UNOCHA reports that the situation is the worst food

security crisis in the world today and some parts of

the region are experiencing the driest conditions in

60 years

After two poor rainy seasons in 2011 drought in

countries affected has left 10 million people in need

of humanitarian assistance

At the same time Christian Aid is concerned that

large numbers of people who have been displaced

within Sudan and from Somalia that are also facing

food shortages

Christian Aid staff in the region are reporting cases

of malnutrition in children and adults and people

begging for water on the side of the road

Even animals which are normally resistant to drought

such as camels donkeys and goats are suffering

Due to the lack of water some schools and hospitals

have been forced to close and people are travelling

for miles to collect water to drink

I s there any point in my struggling to live

sustainably when so many - including

emerging nations - are indifferent to the

earths worth and restraints Nearly 10

of precious European soil is covered and

sealed And the bulldozers continue to

roar I care but what good does it do

Are not my actions like myself and

my thoughts dismissed like seeds in a gale

What good are my frail efforts at personal and

community sustainability Mother Teresa agreed

that ones efforts were only a drop in the ocean but

added that the ocean would be smaller without that

drop The anthropologist Margaret Mead when

asked if the actions of a few committed persons

could change the world replied Its the only thing

that ever has Robert F Kennedy said that each of

us can work to change a small portion of events in

the least of these actions will be written the history

of this generation When we live sustainably locally

in community with others who share our ideals and

efforts we are part of a holistic countercultural

movement offering hope and light

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

East Africa food crisis appeal

Light one candle When families who have lived on ancestral land for

centuries leave their hereditary fields as they do in

parts of Africa Asia South America and even in

the west today the world and its future grow darker

As Indian farm woman Chandramma said sadly A

farm without seeds is like a home without light But

each of us can be a candle And we all know the

saying Its better to light one candle than to curse

the darkness

People of all religions and of none wonder if they

make a difference Do my little acts matter The

biblical scholar CFD Moule said he was asked this

question more than any other He replied Nothing is

wasted all good acts contribute to the approaching

kingdom In the words of the Colossians hymn so

loved by the Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de

Chardin In Him all things cohere (Col 117) Even

in dark times all good actions no matter how slight

burn brightly

We may be a drop in the ocean a candle lit in the

dark but in Christ and together we can win

Edward Echlin (Author of Climate and Christ A

Prophetic Alternative Columba 2010)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5

Sunday School Party

The Sunday School party on June 30th will possibly be over by the time the Magazine is in the hands of subscribers It is to be held in a field at Coundon very kindly lent for the occasion by Captain Miller In view of the food restrictions and the recently reported utterance of the Food Controller against school teas there was some hesitation about providing a tea this year But in view of a more recent utterance of the Food Campaign Department of the national war Savings Committee it appears that our decision to give a tea on strictly economical lines was a highly patriotic action The following is the reply of the above Department to an enquiry from the Willenhall Local Central War Savings Committee ldquoThe Department could not give approval (to school feasts) unless they were assured of the strictest economy and an avoidance of all display and excess In the case of childrenrsquos treats for the occasion offers excellent opportunities for bringing before they youthful mind the aims and principles of the food campaign in a practical manner If a public meal can thus be made to serve as a valuable object lesson the Department are of opinion that to hold it may perhaps be morally and materially of advantagerdquo This is our own view of the matter and it is gratifying to find that two such important bodies as the National War Savings committee and the Keresley Sunday School teachers think alike upon the weighty subject of unlimited buns

Sunday Schools

Saturday June 2nd was a red letter day for our Sunday Schools and more particularly for the Infantsrsquo department for on that day we were favoured with a visit from Miss Phyllis Dent one of the Sunday School experts of the Church of England Sunday School Institute It is now recognised that teaching is an art as much in the Sunday School as in the Day school the Secondary School and the University Men and women who choose teaching for their profession need to study not merely the subjects but also the methods of education The question ldquoWhat am I going to teachrdquo is not more important than ldquoHow am I going to teachrdquo The answer to the latter question varies according to the age of the pupil It is just as necessary for Sunday school teachers as for other teachers to know what these methods are if their teaching is to be effective and although some people are by nature alone better teachers than

others yet there are none who could not by studying the art of teaching improve upon their natural gifts and very few who by the same means could not make up for the lack of natural gifts and turn themselves into efficient teachers

It is one of the aims of the Sunday School Institute to help Sunday School teachers to acquire some knowledge of the methods of teaching It was in order to give such hep and advice to the kindergarten teachers that Miss Phyllis Dent visited us and although the teacher had already been able to gather much on these subjects from the Sunday School magazine yet the practical assistance give by Miss Dent was of very great value She made it plain that for infants up to seven years of age the kindergarten is the best possible method because it is exactly suited to the minds of infants Objections have sometimes been heart to the kindergarten Sunday School that ldquoit is only teaching the children to playrdquo Nothing could be farther from the truth or more unjust to the teachers For instance the teacher has been telling the children a story from the Bible and it is required to find out how much they have learned form the lesson With older children this could be done by question and answer or by getting them to write down in their own words what they had learned But this will not do with a class of infants They cannot frame their ideas in words and writing is out of the question But let the kindergarten teacher give them a pencil and paper and they will readily produce a drawing of the scene and objects and persons which the teacher has told them about It is surprising what an amount of thoughtfulness sometimes appears in these crude drawings ndash thoughtfulness which is thus afforded means of expression instead of being suppressed as it otherwise would be

Another point in the justification of the kindergarten is that the children are not permitted to become fidgety or listless They are so occupied and the programme is so varied that they are kept interested and alert all the time and yet they see and hear and do nothing that is not directly connected with religious instruction

There is every reason for gratitude to the Sunday school Institute for providing such help and to Miss Dent herself for the obvious insight and sympathy which she showed for the problems and difficulties of Sunday school work

St Thomasrsquo Keresley and Coundon

In these current times of financial cutbacks I found ths item within an article on the Sunday school from

June 1917 An interesting take on a partymdashthat its austerity should be morally of advantage to young

minds The rest of the article is a treatise on Sunday school teaching It surprises me that at a time when

all things German were deplored the word rsquokindergartenrsquo to describe a style of teaching was not

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

Re

v P

au

l H

ard

ing

ha

m

Re

cto

r o

f B

olt

on

Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

Page 5: Our Community July & August 2011

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 5

Sunday School Party

The Sunday School party on June 30th will possibly be over by the time the Magazine is in the hands of subscribers It is to be held in a field at Coundon very kindly lent for the occasion by Captain Miller In view of the food restrictions and the recently reported utterance of the Food Controller against school teas there was some hesitation about providing a tea this year But in view of a more recent utterance of the Food Campaign Department of the national war Savings Committee it appears that our decision to give a tea on strictly economical lines was a highly patriotic action The following is the reply of the above Department to an enquiry from the Willenhall Local Central War Savings Committee ldquoThe Department could not give approval (to school feasts) unless they were assured of the strictest economy and an avoidance of all display and excess In the case of childrenrsquos treats for the occasion offers excellent opportunities for bringing before they youthful mind the aims and principles of the food campaign in a practical manner If a public meal can thus be made to serve as a valuable object lesson the Department are of opinion that to hold it may perhaps be morally and materially of advantagerdquo This is our own view of the matter and it is gratifying to find that two such important bodies as the National War Savings committee and the Keresley Sunday School teachers think alike upon the weighty subject of unlimited buns

Sunday Schools

Saturday June 2nd was a red letter day for our Sunday Schools and more particularly for the Infantsrsquo department for on that day we were favoured with a visit from Miss Phyllis Dent one of the Sunday School experts of the Church of England Sunday School Institute It is now recognised that teaching is an art as much in the Sunday School as in the Day school the Secondary School and the University Men and women who choose teaching for their profession need to study not merely the subjects but also the methods of education The question ldquoWhat am I going to teachrdquo is not more important than ldquoHow am I going to teachrdquo The answer to the latter question varies according to the age of the pupil It is just as necessary for Sunday school teachers as for other teachers to know what these methods are if their teaching is to be effective and although some people are by nature alone better teachers than

others yet there are none who could not by studying the art of teaching improve upon their natural gifts and very few who by the same means could not make up for the lack of natural gifts and turn themselves into efficient teachers

It is one of the aims of the Sunday School Institute to help Sunday School teachers to acquire some knowledge of the methods of teaching It was in order to give such hep and advice to the kindergarten teachers that Miss Phyllis Dent visited us and although the teacher had already been able to gather much on these subjects from the Sunday School magazine yet the practical assistance give by Miss Dent was of very great value She made it plain that for infants up to seven years of age the kindergarten is the best possible method because it is exactly suited to the minds of infants Objections have sometimes been heart to the kindergarten Sunday School that ldquoit is only teaching the children to playrdquo Nothing could be farther from the truth or more unjust to the teachers For instance the teacher has been telling the children a story from the Bible and it is required to find out how much they have learned form the lesson With older children this could be done by question and answer or by getting them to write down in their own words what they had learned But this will not do with a class of infants They cannot frame their ideas in words and writing is out of the question But let the kindergarten teacher give them a pencil and paper and they will readily produce a drawing of the scene and objects and persons which the teacher has told them about It is surprising what an amount of thoughtfulness sometimes appears in these crude drawings ndash thoughtfulness which is thus afforded means of expression instead of being suppressed as it otherwise would be

Another point in the justification of the kindergarten is that the children are not permitted to become fidgety or listless They are so occupied and the programme is so varied that they are kept interested and alert all the time and yet they see and hear and do nothing that is not directly connected with religious instruction

There is every reason for gratitude to the Sunday school Institute for providing such help and to Miss Dent herself for the obvious insight and sympathy which she showed for the problems and difficulties of Sunday school work

St Thomasrsquo Keresley and Coundon

In these current times of financial cutbacks I found ths item within an article on the Sunday school from

June 1917 An interesting take on a partymdashthat its austerity should be morally of advantage to young

minds The rest of the article is a treatise on Sunday school teaching It surprises me that at a time when

all things German were deplored the word rsquokindergartenrsquo to describe a style of teaching was not

July 2011

Christian Aid is responding to the east Africa food crisis and has launched an emergency appeal to help people affected across the re-

gion

pound130000 has been released for partners to respond as the situation intensifies in Kenya and Ethiopia

Please give now to help us reach those most in need

JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

Re

v P

au

l H

ard

ing

ha

m

Re

cto

r o

f B

olt

on

Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

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JULY AUGUST 2011 P AGE 6

lsquoThe Psalms have a unique place in the Bible because

most of the Scripture speaks to us while the Psalms

speak for usrsquo (Athanasius of Alexandria)

The Book of Psalms contains 150 prayers or songs of

praise (thallium is the Hebrew title meaning lsquopraisesrsquo)

The majority of the psalms (73) are attributed to

David although some were composed around the

exilic period

The majority of the psalms were composed for

liturgical worship and follow a distinct pattern There

are songs of praise in which people joyfully express

their praise of God for his work of creation and

sustenance (eg Psalms 135 amp 136) Another form is

the thanksgiving psalm in which the psalmist

recounts a desperate situation and tells of how God

has answered his prayer (eg Psalms 30 amp 116)

There are significantly psalms of lament which may be

individual (eg Psalms 3-7 22) or communal (eg Psalm

44) Although they usually begin with a cry for help

they develop in various ways Some clearly refer to

deliverance from sin (Psalms 51 amp 130) Other

laments end on a note of certainty that the Lord has

heard the prayer (Psalm 7 but contrast Psalm 88) in

a movement from lament to praise In other cases the

theme of trust is the central thrust of the psalm

(Psalms 23 62 amp 91)

The lsquoroyal psalmsrsquo address the situation of a currently

reigning king (eg Psalm 20 21 amp 72) They were

preserved even after kingship had disappeared

because they point to the promised Messiah under the

Davidic covenant For Christians of course they point

to the coming of Jesus the true Son of David

Sunday 14th 1030am Holy Communion Rev Robin Trew

Sunday 21st 1030am Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 28th 1030am Morning Worship Rev Ian Worsfold

Regular Meetings Mondays 5-6pm Trailblazers Childrens Club

Tuesday afternoons 130-245pm First Steps for babies and pre-school children with their

parents and carers during term time

Wednesday 730-9pm lsquoDrop-inrsquo Centre for teenagers

Fridays 5-630pm monthly Friday Church usually meets on the first Friday of the

month

P AGE 6

July Sunday 3rd 1030am Family Service Mr Neil Bolus

All invited to the Parish Barbecue in the vicarage

garden after the service

Sunday 10th

1030 Holy Communion by Extension Mr Pete

Hudson

Sunday 17th 1030 Morning Worship

Sunday 24th 1030 Holy Communion Rev Andrew de Ville

Sunday 31st 1030 Morning Worship Miss Mary Coles

August Sunday 7th 1030am Family Worship

KERESLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES

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Whatrsquos the Big Idea - An Introduction to the Books of the Old and New Testament Psalms and 1 Timothy

There are also psalms which teach wisdom (eg

Psalms 37 49) lsquotorahrsquo psalms in which the torah

(instruction law) of the Lord is central (eg Psalms

1 19 amp 119) and psalms which celebrate the

history of Israel and Godrsquos faithfulness (eg Psalms

78 105 amp 106)

It has been rightly said that the psalms are a school

of prayer Many Christians have learnt to pray using

the psalms as they not only provide us with models

to follow but also voice our own deepest feelings

and aspirations as we come into Godrsquos presence

lsquoThe Lord is my shepherd I shall lack nothing He

makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me

beside quiet waters he restores my soulrsquo (Psalm

231-3)

1 Timothy Paulrsquos Pastoral Epistles (1 2 Timothy ampTitus) were

written to young leaders in the local church Paul

wrote this first letter to Timothy around c 63ndash65

instructing him to care for the church at Ephesus

(13) to challenge false teaching (13ndash7 41ndash8 63

ndash5 20ndash21) and to oversee the life of the growing

Ephesian church incl their worship ( 21-15) the

appointment of leaders (31ndash13 517ndash25) and their

attitude to money (63-10 17-18) This section

includes the often misquoted verse lsquothe love of

money is the root of all kinds of evilrsquo (610)

Paul writes to Timothy lsquomy true son in the

faithrsquo (12) Timothyrsquos father was Greek while his

mother was a Jewish Christian (Ac 161) Paul led

him to faith in Christ during his first visit to Lystra At

the time of his second visit he invited Timothy to join

(Continued on page 7)

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray

Page 7: Our Community July & August 2011

OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7 OUR COMMUNITY P AGE 7

PARISH REGISTER

THANKSGIVINGS 19th June

Kyle Harvey Liggins Darcey Rose Lee

WEDDINGS June 18th

Sharon Tracy Crisp amp Paul Graham Colson

BURIAL 10th June

Phyllis Mason aged 93 of Charnwood House

at St Paulrsquos

17th June

Clifford Reginald Barrell aged 90 of Keresley Wood

him on his missionary travels circumcising him so

that his Greek ancestry would not be a liability in

working with the Jews (Ac 163) Although somewhat

timid and often unwell Timothy was faithful servant

of the Lord and Paul

The primary purpose of the letter is to urge Timothy

to deal with false teaching in the church It also

provided written authorisation to allow Timothy to

carry out this task The false teachers were primarily

insiders not teachers from outside the church They

taught a strong emphasis on Jewish myths and

genealogies They were legalistic about the about

Jewish laws while downplaying the importance of

marriage It would also appear that they taught that

the resurrection had already come and Christians no

longer needed to look forward to Christs coming

judgment and resurrection of the dead They were

so immersed in speculative controversies that they

were neglecting the very core of the Christian faith

Not an unfamiliar situation today

Therefore this letter teaches us that we should all be

an example of faithfulness and not a stumbling block

to those God has called us to reach Like Timothy

we are called to build the church in a way that will

bring glory to God lsquoBut you man of God flee from all

this and pursue righteousness godliness faith

love endurance and gentleness Fight the good fight

of the faith Take hold of the eternal life to which you

were called when you made your good confession in

the presence of many witnessesrsquo (I Timothy 61112)

(Continued from page 6) 1 Thessalonians

Regular Activities in the Church Hall NB the Church Hall is not usually available for late night

Discos

Pre-school Playgroup

Mondays to Fridays 9am - 1130am and

1230pm ndash 3pm

Brownies Guides Cubs and Scouts meet on

weekday evenings See page 2 for details

I dreamt that I went to

Heaven and an angel was deputised to show me around

Our first stop was at a large room filled with angels They were unfolding reading and stacking thousands of bits of paper of all sizes My angel guide explained ldquoThis is the Receiving Section Here all petitions to God said in prayer are received‟ I looked around the area and it was terribly busy Angels were sorting out petitions from all over the world Some were long and involved and weighty others merely a sigh on a scrap of paper

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section

The angel said to me This is the Packaging and Delivery Section Here the graces and blessings that have been asked for are processed and delivered to the people who need them I noticed again how busy it was there The angels were working hard to package and send back to earth all the blessings that had been requested

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station To my great surprise only one angel was seated there doing nothing much This is the Acknowledgement Section my angel friend said quietly He seemed a bit embarrassed How is it that there is no work going on here I asked

The angel sighed Well after people receive the blessings that they ask for it seems very few think to send back any acknowledgement

How does one acknowledge Gods blessings I

asked

Simple the angel answered ldquoJust say bdquoThank

you Lord‟ And mean itrdquo

What happens in heaven when you pray