Contact sept 2013

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September 2013

Services & Events 2

Puzzle Fun 6

Fundraising 5

Barneys Kids Page 9

Boost for Christian Book Shops

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Behind the Hymn 14

Church Diary 16

Inside this issue:

Methodist & United Reformed Churches Together 203 Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, CO12 3PH

www.dovercent.btck.co.uk & find us on Facebook

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Church Secretary: Mrs Iris Hatch 01255 503688

Hiring Officer & Junior Church Co-ordinator:

Mrs Margaret Smith 01255 504828

Contact Magazine Editor

Jenni Bush Janet Scott

01255 506336 [email protected] 01255 506962

Sunday Services

1st Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church, (Refreshments afterwards)

2nd Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship & Holy Communion, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)

3rd Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)

4th Sunday: 9.00am Holy Communion, 10.45am Morning Worship, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)

5th Sunday: 10.45am Morning Worship/Family Service, with Junior Church (Refreshments afterwards)

Church Activities

Messy Church—every 3rd Tuesday of the Month, 4.30pm.

Pause for Thought—Fridays 9.30—10.00am

Coffee Morning—Fridays 10.00am-12.00pm

Pilots—Fridays 5.30-7.00pm (term time only)

Worship Night—2nd Friday of the Month 7pm.

Deadline for Submissions for next magazine: 20th September

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A note from the Editor..... Us Brits are often accused of talking about the weather too much, but as we enter into shorter summer days, with harvest approaching I can hon-estly say I will miss this summer very much. We weren’t able to take a fam-ily holiday this year, which my job ending but we have been truly blessed us with such a wonderful summer, we were able to spend qual-ity family time with our friends and my much loved ponies at the Horse Rangers. For which I am very grateful.

I hope that this summer has bought you too many blessing and given us all so much to be grateful for. As we move into the harvest season we will see all the wonderful gifts God has given us, poured out in splendour for us to enjoy and share together.

Christian Greetings

Friday Night Worship 13th September 7pm

At Dovercourt Central Church 27th September 7pm

At All Saints Church Dovercourt We sing a range of mainly modern songs

with a few old ones too.

All welcome. For more information see Jenni Bush 506336 or Nick Scott tel. 506962

HARVEST SUNDAY

Sun 22nd Sept.

Worship Led by Nick Scott Harvest Lunch £5.00 per person

Contact Margaret Smith to book

All Gifts this year to go to the Food Bank Appeal

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Review of our work with Children & Young People

Following the meeting with those who came

to give their views or sent in written com-

ments and suggestions the outcomes are:

From September 2013 there will be 3

groups for the children on Sunday’s,

younger members will continue to

meet in the Junior Church room under

the leadership of Olive and Judy. As

Kumon has ceased to use our prem-

ises the meeting room and prayer

room have been rearranged allowing

us to utilise more positively for our

Junior Church. Thanks to Hazel,

Danny, Barry, Judy Beth and Omi for

the time spent in moving furniture and

equipment up and downstairs. The

children have chosen their names for

the groups – Foals for the under 5

years; Ponies for the 5 – 9 year olds

and Horses for those 10 years plus.

One comment the young people have

requested that the family prayers are

included when they are in church –

Leadership Team will be discussing

this further.

Views that the young people liked to

be included in their address and not to

be talked to, to be engaged in this part

of the service.

The young people to create a list of

hymns and songs of their choice for

the second hymn each week. Iris will

send the list to nominated preachers.

Family service on the 5th. Sunday to

be better advertised and more related

to the younger members of the church.

Consider a service to celebrate the

baptisms and weddings that have

taken place and to individually invite

those families to a service.

Parents and others to be invited to

Junior Church or the suggestion that

Junior Church happens in the worship

area occasionally.

A fruitful discussion including our young peo-

ple has certainly given us food for thought and

some changes. Leadership Team will be dis-

cussing further the suggestions given. Margaret Smith

Birthdays We wish a very happy birthday

this month to....

3rd - William Casey

8th - Graham Smith

14th - Adam Fern

17th - Jenni Bush

19th - David Linsell

23 - Ray Clements

25th - Melanie May

We wish you all many happy returns.

We shall celebrate our Church Anniver-

sary over the weekend of the 12th. &

13th. October 2013, including

‘Gifts’ to our church.

On Saturday 12th. October

from 6.30pm we shall be

holding an anniversary social and sup-

per. Come along for a family meal and

fellowship together.

Our worship on the 13th. October will

include communion and be led by Rev-

erend Colin Knight.

Anniversary Celebrations & Gift Day

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Get on Your Bike

Advent Coffee Morning & Sale

Essex Churches Sponsored

Cycle Ride

Saturday 14th. September 2013

I am planning to undertake this

ride again and anyone who

wishes to take part please see me

for details. We shall be seeking

sponsorship for this event closer

to the time. 50% of the

monies raised are given

to our church.

We will also need some

volunteers to be at the

church, to offer refresh-

ments to any riders who

call in. Margaret

Advance notice of the date for this

year’s big fund raising event to be

held on

Saturday 30th. November 2013 from

10am till 13.00pm. We hope to have stalls in the hall and

will be inviting local schools to come

along and sing in the church.

If you have an idea for a stall or are

willing to organise and man the usual

stalls such as Cakes, Bric-a-Brac, Raf-

fles, tombola’s, toiletries then please

discuss with Hazel or Margaret.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

22nd. September – Harvest Lunch 12th. October – Anniversary Social Supper 8th. November – Curry Evening and Fire-

works 30th. November – Advent Coffee Morning and Sale

22nd. December – Christmas Dinner

At All Saints Church Dovercourt

Saturday 5th October 6pm In aid of Tearfund All Welcome

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Dovercourt Central Church Kids Magazine - Sept 2013

HELLO! SEPTEMBER! Back to School!

Barney’s Page 9

What’s on 8

Birthdays 8

Pilot News 10

Inside this issue:

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Sunday is Fun day! Join us for

Junior Church 10.45 every Sunday

Back to School!

Have you started a new

school or are you in a

new class now?

It can be tough getting

back to school after sum-

mer holidays. But it can

be great to see friends

and learn again.

What did you do over the

summer holiday?

Bible Study

How to Study your Bible?

We are going to work step by step at exploring Gods word each month. Lets start by getting organised. You will need: a bible (we like good news, NIV bibles, choose one you can read), some pens & pencils, in-dex cards, a dictionary.

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by

the seeds that you plant."

Robert Louis Stevenson

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A letter to All the Pilots

“thank you all for the invitation to join you for a little while when you had your sleepover at church. It was great having the opportunity to look at your work. I especially liked the pretty boxes you made—and I much

enjoyed the lovely tea! X

Olive”

happy birthday to.... 14h Sept

Adam Fern

M A V H T R A E

E E T F A V U R

S M S O O E S S

S R N O S G C S

Y T M D S E Y H

C T R R O T C A

H M R R B A F A

U L Z O K B U U

R E R U A L H T

C W U T H E R U

H E A U W S G M

A T R T S E V N

T S E W H A R V

What did the tree say to autumn?

Leaf me alone!

Word search

Harvest

Stew

Messy Church

Vegetables

Tractor

Farm

Food

Earth

Autumn

Junior Church—Sundays 10.45 Messy Church—17th Sept (3rd Tuesday of Every Month) Pilots—Friday Nights 5.30-7.00 (see Margaret for more info or call 01255 504828)

To see your name and birthday email your name, age and date to [email protected]

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happy birthday to....

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Let’s Get Messy We shall resume Messy Church this

month and all are welcome to come

along – even if you have no children to

bring- come and see what we do, sharing

in our family meal.

Our Messy Church

on the 17th. Sep-

tember will cele-

brate ‘Harvest’ .

Families may

bring contribu-

tions for the Food

Bank that we are supporting

for this year’s harvest celebration on

the 22nd. September.

We are always looking for extra help for

our Messy Church, so if you feel you

would like to help with the activities,

leading the worship, refreshments on ar-

rival [tea & coffee] or helping clear up

afterwards then come and have a chat

with me.

.Margaret.

Next Messy Church - Tuesday 17th September 4.30pm

PILOT News

Pilots spent an active weekend at the

church leading to their service on the

Sunday, all slept well and on the Sunday

Pilots finished their return letters to chil-

dren from Bbraska School in Zambia.

Pilots were thrilled to receive letters

from the children of the school in the

country they had been taking a closer

look at and hopefully are going to con-

tinue with their pen friends, sharing

news and details of their countries.

Pilots contributed and led their service

on the 30th. June 2013 with exceptional

confidence and many who attended have

said how much this ser-

vice was appreciated.

Pilots restart on 13th.

September 2013 at

5.30pm.

Margaret Smith—Pilot Captain

Pilots is a Christian organisation for children

and young people. If you are interested in join-

ing our pilot company please see Margaret,

more information on Pilots can be found at

www.urc.org.uk/ministry/pilots.html

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Date

September 2013 Details

Time

Sun 1st Morning worship - Led by Mrs M. Smith 10.45am

Friday 6th Christian Aid Coffee Morning 10am-12pm

Sunday 8th Morning Worship—Led By Rev A Potter 10.45am

Alexandra House— Led by Hatch 3.30pm

Friday 13th Pause for Thought 9.30-10am

Coffee Morning 10am-12pm

Pilots 5.30-7pm

To God be the Glory—Worship & Praise Sing Along at Central Church—All Welcome

7.00pm

Sat 14th Essex Churches Sponsored Cycle Ride

Sun 15th Morning Worship—Led By Mrs A Beeton 10.45am

Alexandra House— Communion Led by A. Bell 3.00pm

Tues 17th Messy Church 4.30pm



Pilots 5.30-7pm

Sun 22nd Communion—Led by E. Walker 9.00am

Morning Worship—Led by Nick Scott 10.45am

Harvest Lunch (£5 per Person, to book see Margaret)

Alexandra House—Led by R Taylor 3.30pm



Pilots 5.30-7pm

To God be the Glory—Worship & Praise Sing Along at All Saints—All Welcome

7.00pm

Sun 29th Morning Worship—Led b L. Harrison 10.45am

Alexandra House—Led by Rev. C. Logan 3.30pm


October Coffee Morning 10am-12pm

Pilots 5.30-7pm

Sat 5th Sing Along Concert at All Saints Dovercourt 6.00pm

Sun 6th Morning Worship—Led By G. Bavister 10.45am

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