July/August 2019

Unity The Newsletter of Ealing Green Church Ealing Green Church, The Green, Ealing, London W5 5QT

October 2019

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Superintendent Rev Rachel Bending 07986 461787

Church Secretary Position Vacant

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when it is open 1pm ~ 6pm

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~ Groups ~

Afternoon Bible Study: first Thursday monthly at 1.30pm

Monday Fellowship: 2nd & 4th Mondays monthly at 1.45pm

Choir Practice: before and after the service each Sunday

Luncheon Club: Thursdays 12 noon—1.15pm

Full details can be found in the weekly notice sheet

~ You are welcome to come to any meeting ~

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October 2019

Welcome to your Unity Magazine for October 2019 and my thanks to

Sarah for filling in while I was away. It is/was very much appreciated.

I hope you enjoy the ‘new look’ of the newsletter for which I will be

happy to receive any comments you have or any further changes

that you might suggest. More of that later.

This month’s contents are listed below. Thank -you all for your

submissions.

Closing date for submissions for the November issue is

Sunday 13th October, thanks!

Contents: Page

Letter from our Minister, Sue 4

Letters and emails 6

News of the Church Family 7

South Ealing Saints 9

MacMillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning 11

Day 11 Capital Ring 12

Day 12 Capital Ring 14

Japan 16

Classic Cinema 19

Collection Point Rehema 21

Rotas 24

You will also find lots of dates for your diaries contained within Sue’s

newsletter.

Lee Horwich

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that

so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Arthur James Balfour, 1848 - 1930

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From Sue:

Dear Ealing Greeners

It has been a good start to the new Methodist year.

We have already celebrated our Harvest Festival and done our part

in replenishing the stocks for the Ealing Food Bank, and we had a

wonderful morning at the Macmillan Coffee morning, where over

£1000 was raised for the charity. On top of that we also were

entertained by Joan’s rock choir, who made an excellent sound,

and were joined by some of the ladies who are involved in the

“Creative Conversations Project”

The “creative Conversations” project is for women of different faiths

to meet to form good relationships. We also plan, though it is almost

a secondary aim, to do something creative together. If you are a

woman of any age and would like to be involved please talk to me,

for we would love you to join us. Our next meeting is at the

Gurdwara close to Southall Station on 20 Nov, lunchtime. I will be

very happy to give you more information if you contact me for it.

We will also soon be beginning our new Bible Study Group – joint with

Kingsdown, but for both churches. The initial three meetings will take

place at Kingsdown Methodist, but after Christmas I hope to move

meetings into people’s homes. The dates which we will meet on are:

15 Nov, 29 Nov, 13 Dec, 10 Jan, 24 Jan, 7 Feb, 21 Feb, 6 March, 20

March, 3 April, 24 April, 8 May, 22 may, 5 June, 19 June, 3 July, 17

July. The First Three Sessions will be introductory, as people in the

group get to know one another better. The aim of the group will be

to help us to explore Discipleship and our relationships with God –

through Bible Study, prayer, and reflection on the world, current

affairs, and our part in it all as Christians. Put the dates in your diaries,

and here is the detail for the first three sessions.

Session 1

15 November 10-11.30 AM Why do you come to church?

An exploration of what church is for and why we come?

Session 2

29 November 10-11.30 AM What Bible passage is

special/important to you and why?

A time for sharing our most valued Bible passages

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Session 3

13 December 10-1130 AM What is prayer?

An exploration but come prepared to share what helps you to be

with God.

Planning for the Spring Term

If you prefer an Evening Bible Study group, Phil Male will be

continuing his group in the manse at 8pm on these Wednesdays:

9th October, 13th November, 11th December , 8th January , 12th

February , 11th March , 1st April

The group looks at overviews of the Books and will be looking at

Judges, the Psalms and other Books. All welcome.

Deb, Louise and Phil are busy selling tickets for our Christian Aid Fish

and Chips Quiz supper to be held on 19 October. You can come as

individuals or as teams from 7pm – 9.30 pm. you can invite family and

friends too. Tickets cost £10 for adults and £5 for children. We need

to know who is coming in advance though please so that we can

organise the fish and chips. The Quiz has been jointly organised by

Ealing Green Church and Kingsdown Methodist, and – importantly –

will take place at Kingsdown!

Now you might think I am, getting silly. It’s bad enough when the

shops look like Christmas in October … but believe me Ministers must

be just as bad. This year I really want a good turn out for our “Carols

for Christmas” Big sing. We are holding a Big Sing at our church on

Sunday 22nd December at 6pm in order to raise money for the Night

Shelter. This will take on a different form to previous Carol Services, in

that it will be Christmas centred, and the kind of jolly service which

we are hoping you will want to invite friends and family to as well.

Please put the date in your diary, and theirs too! Let them know

about the charity we are supporting!

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CHOOSE THE CAROLS! PLEASE LET ME

KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED BY THE END OF

NOVEMBER, and then invite all your friends to come and hear it.

Please ask your children and Grandchildren what they would like

too, and then bring them along to sing.

Please try your hardest to get involved in these events which will

bring new life both to you, and to your church community.

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Additional dates you might be interested in:

Mon 14th Oct 8.30pm. A very small Taize group meets monthly at

Ealing Abbey, in their Newman chapel. Phil and I are going to join

them this month. If anyone else would like to join us, let me know

and I will show you the way.

Sunday 19th January 4.30 pm at Kingsdown Methodist Church. I am

leading this years’ Service for Christians Together in Central Ealing to

come together for The Week of Christian Unity. Please put the date

in your diary and come to join Christians of all denominations for this

special service. All being well our choir should be singing at it.

With Prayers

Sue

Letters and emails

From Janette Pender

May I please extend my sincere thanks to everyone who

communicated with me during my rehab after my ankle

replacement. The cards, phone calls, flowers and visits were most

welcome and brightened up a long, difficult recovery".

Thank you.

Janette Pender.

Macmillan Coffee Morning - from Helen

I would just like to thank everyone who helped to raise over £1040, at

last count, on Saturday 28th September. I shall not be volunteering

to organise the MacMillan Coffee Morning next year, I’m getting too

old and stupid (shurely shome mishtake - ed. – see also page 11).

I would love someone to take over from me - and of course I would

help. Please think if you could do this job to help the valuable work

of MacMillan Cancer Care.

Again, thank you all. :Your generosity of money is wonderful, but it is

your generosity of spirit that makes me proud and blessed to be a

member of this very special church family.

Thank you!

Helen Harper

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News of the Church Family

Janette Pender is making great progress and we were delighted to

see her back in Church, for Harvest Festival. Please pray that Janette

will regain her confidence go out alone after three months of

enforced inactivity.

Please pray for Robina Thexton who has had surgery following a fall

and breaking her hip. She has made a remarkably quick recovery

for a lady in her 90’s! When I visited her just over two weeks later, I

had the best conversation with her that I’ve had for years!

After 2 falls at the beginning of September, Dorothy Ravillious was

admitted to hospital for 2 weeks. She was only home for a short time

when she had to readmitted. Please pray that Dorothy will regain

her strength and soon be able to return home.

Please continue to pray for Jean Rose who is getting stronger every

day and feeling much better in herself. It was lovely to see her at our

Harvest Service, supported by her family.

Please also pray for Margaret Cooper who continues to have pain,

which limits her mobility. She is expecting to have surgery later this

year.

Valerie Jokosenumi is now feeling much better. We give thanks that

she has been able to start a staggered return to work.

Peggy Allaway is in good spirits. She sends her love to all at Ealing

Green. We wish her a Happy Birthday this month.

Congratulations to Alicia on her great GCSE results. All that hard

work has paid off! Do talk to her about the interesting voluntary work

she did during the summer holidays.

Our love and sympathy to Ben Head on the death of his father and

also to Rev Rachel Bending, our Superintendent minister, on the

death of her father. We remember both families in our prayers.

We continue to remember in our prayers those of our church Family

who are housebound:- Jean Rose, Rene Edwards, Robina Thexton,

Dorothy Ravillious and Peggy Allaway. We want them to know that

although they can no longer join us at Sunday Worship, they are not

forgotten.

We pray for those mentioned above and for all who carry the

burden of illness and for their families and friends. Gill Hatherall

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Unity It’s back to work/the grindstone/real life again in our house, after a

‘break’ that we are still recovering from. More of that in future issues,

and there are a load of issues that we came across on our trip, but

first I have to thank Sarah for producing the newsletter for September.

Sarah looked at the format - sent to her as a basis for the next

month’s issue and decided that the setup that I have been using for

over 10 years was possibly not the thing to start with. I remember

upgrading to word 2007 after producing the newsletter for a few

years and have stuck with it since – not least because I didn’t want

to go and fork out quite a lot of money for an updated version of

quite expensive software. I imagine this looked somewhat

antediluvian for someone more used to moving with the times.

So she did the only thing a reasonable person could – junked my

format and software and started off with something slightly more up

to date and fresh. And I, for one, am grateful for the fresh look at

what, looking back, had become more than just a little dated. It was

well overdue for a change and I am glad that one has been made.

Unfortunately the version of Publisher that I have, the software Sarah

used, is of the same vintage as my Word software, and I have found

it a serious problem trying to get to grips with it. So I am back in the

familiar fields of Word, but hopefully reflecting the changes that

Sarah instigated.

Please let me know if you like the changes/have any suggestions for

the layout and content of the newsletter – after all it is your

newsletter, so should reflect your wishes.

God bless you.

The Jews and Arabs should sit down and settle their differences

like good Christians

Warren Robinson Austin 1877 – 1962

US Politician and diplomat

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South Ealing Saints

Sue passed this on – to see if

there is anyone who is interested

or can help.

Dear Rev.Male

My name is Carl Smith and I am

a member of St. Mary's, Ealing,

and I also help run their

associated Junior Football team

- the South Ealing Saints.

We are having a recruitment

drive and I am hoping that you

may be able to let your

membership know about us?.

To give you a little insight into

the club, the sessions usually

include both training routines as

well as matches. Although the

club does not play in a regular

league we try to arrange

friendly matches, where possible,

and regularly enter age group teams into local 6-a-side competitions

as well as competing in the London Churches Football Tournament

run by Ambassadors Football. We currently charge a one-off fee per

season of £25.00 and kit can be purchased at a reasonable cost. ---

*** Any Saints in your Family? ***

Do you like football? Are you in School Year 4,5,6,7 or 8? Then why

not join the SOUTH EALING SAINTS? We welcome both boys and girls

and everyone gets to play. Ideal for those with Sunday

commitments. The club is associated with St. Mary's, Ealing, and is

based on Christian values. We welcome children of all faiths to

participate and to have fun.

When? Most Saturday Mornings during term time

Where? Ealing Common

Time? 09:30-11:30

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We're always looking for extra adult help, so if you're a dad (or mum)

with a couple of hours free any week, fortnight or month we'd be

happy to see you. No experience necessary.

Interested? Then contact us atfootball@southealingsaints.org or call

Carl Smith on 07786726003.

Best Wishes

Carl Smith

Admin Team

South Ealing Saints Junior Football Club

Ecumenical Visit

This will be to The Regent Hall, Salvation Army church on Oxford

Street at 3pm on Saturday November 2nd.

See https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/regent-hall

If people would like to join us, please contact Noreen Barnes-

Hoggett, noreen29@googlemail.com or on 020 8997-4935.

She will let you know about the arrangements for meeting up.

Thank you

Gordon

Tel: 020 8997-7055 (0790 562-4562 for texts)

Rich men’s houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable and

never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of

moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to

Beauty.

Margot Asquith 1866 - 1945

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Didn’t we have fun? Well the weather didn’t help, but with a little

urging, well just a bit more than just a little, we rolled up with our

cakes (or not) and our willingness to pitch in, because, hadn’t Helen

been working on this for months now and made pretty sure we knew

which date and what was supposed to be happening – and the

consequences of not being there.

Bur she had urged us and we were

there – and ready!

The cakes and coffee went well

and some of the ’best quality’ bric

a brac’ was snapped up, but things

really got going when Joan’s friends

and colleagues Rock Choir came

along and gave a really spirited

performance of some classic rock tunes,

Then it was back to getting what

money/donations we could for the stuff

on the tables, including the cakes and

tea/coffee inside until the ‘morning’ was

over.

When the money was being counted up

Helen’s face lit up as she realised how

much her efforts had produced. Over

£1040 at the time of writing this, a wonderful result for her, those who

helped in all their various ways, and, most importantly of all,

Macmillan Cancer Support.

As you have seen earlier in this issue, Helen isn’t going to do it next

year, so would you think about taking this on?

But lastly, huge thanks to Helen for all her efforts.

Lee

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Day 11 Capital Ring: Hendon Park to Highgate

woods

This was a five mile walk that started in (possibly) the most

unattractive part of the Capital Ring walk, and ended in a lovely

wooded section of the walk.

Martin and I started the walk under the flyovers of Brent Cross. The

sky was grey and rain threatened. It did not look good as we tried to

ignore the pollution from the many cars traversing the roads and

flyovers in the area and along

the North Circular. As my trusty

guide notes, the North Circular

‘has the dubious distinction of

being the noisiest road in

Britain.’(p116). However, this

part of the walk did not last long

and we soon found ourselves

amongst the woods and parks

next to the River Brent and the

elegantly named Mutton Brook

and Dollis Brook. Remnants of

past glories could be found in the woods such as the two pepper pot

gazebos which were part of the Brent Bridge hotel- a major dance

band venue of the 1920s and 1930s.

As we walked away from the brooks we entered Hampstead

Garden Suburb. The sun began to shine and we walked through the

pretty streets of ‘one of the most affluent parts of London.’ (Trusty

guide, p119) We wended our way left and right through the pretty

streets as we followed the Capital Ring and walked through the

subway in East Finchley tube ( a rather odd part of the Capital Ring!)

until we came to Cherry Tree woods.

Many of the woods in this part of London leading up to Highgate are

remnants of the ancient Forest of Middlesex and of the Bishop of

London’s hunting park. These woods were originally named as

Dirthouse, Gravel Pit and Churchyard Bottom Woods. In the late 19th

and early 20th century they were, not too surprisingly, renamed as

Cherry Tree, Highgate and Queens woods. Each has a different

character and are lovely walks for anyone who likes walking in

woods.

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Cherry Tree wood is a quiet, dark, hilly

wood, which leads into the very

pleasant Highgate woods. Here the

woods are open and varied, with the

sunlight dappling through.

There is also a ‘plaque which marks the

spot where the Capital Ring was

formally launched on 21 September

2005.’ (Trusty guide, p122) Martin and I

stopped for a bit to decipher the

plaque and also give thanks to those

whose hard work led to the creation of

this 78 mile walk. It has given us, and

many others, much fun over the 14

years since it was created.

Queens woods, renamed after

Queen Victoria, is much wilder,

darker and hillier than Highgate

Woods. However, as we

scrunched our way through some

of the early leaves that had

already fallen, we came across a

group of children enjoying a

picnic in the woods surrounded by

little ‘tents’ made from stacked

wild branches. They all looked

very tame amongst the wild woods. We made our way out into the

sunshine, Highgate station, and our journey home. Next walk we

move onto North East London....

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

Margot Asquith 1866 - 1945

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Day 12: Highgate Woods to Stoke Newington

This was a walk with a lot of variety. The sun shone and other friends

joined Martin and me for the walk.

We started off in the cool of Highgate

Woods and then descended down to a

disused railway line to walk the

Parkland Way for two miles. This railway

line, the Edgware, Highgate &London

Railway was opened in 1867, but was

never very successful. In the 1930s

there were plans to turn it into part of

the Northern Line. But war got in the

way and the idea was abandoned. The line closed in 1954. Some

far-sighted people at the local council helped set it up as a nature

reserve and walk and cycle path. It’s lovely, if sometimes a bit

spooky with its abandoned platforms ( anyone for Stroud Green or

was it Stapleton Hall ??).

We emerged from the railway line path into Finsbury Park which is a

delightfully large park with children’s play areas, gardens and lakes.

And has a great cafe for a cup of tea!

Suitably refreshed we walked on to the

New River. This is neither new nor a river.

It is an unnavigable artificial

watercourse, completed in 1613 to

bring fresh water to

London from

springs near Ware

in Hertfordshire’.

(Trusty guide, p 128) There is now a walk you

can do along the New River Path all the way to

Hertfordshire. We were only walking along it for

a mile. It is a very pretty path which for some of

the way runs next to two reservoirs and where

you can see one of those Victorian water

pumping stations which is disguised as

something else. In this case it is disguised as a

castle; is no longer used for pumping and is now a ‘really good

climbing centre’, said one of our friends.

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We left the New River to walk into Clissold Park

and the two wonderful old churches of Stoke

Newington. There is an older, smaller church

called the ‘Ancient Mother Church’ from 1563,

and a larger church called St Mary’s which

was designed by George Gilbert Scott and

consecrated in 1858. (Trusty guide, p 132).

We enjoyed our packed lunches in the park, in

the shade of a large horse chestnut tree, and

mused on all the hidden paths and parts of

London we had found in our walk around the

Ring.

The delightful Church Street in Stoke

Newington, unlike many city streets, had

lots of independent shops we could

browse. We stopped to look at the town

hall and searched out the camouflage

paint that was still on part of the hall from

the Second World War, and then walked

on to find the different objects that

illustrated how, during the 17th and 18th

centuries, the village of Stoke Newington

had been a refuge for dissenters and nonconformists excluded from

the City of London e.g. Daniel Defoe who had lived in Church street.

Our last stop was Abney Park

Cemetery. Many religious dissenters

are buried here e.g. William Booth

and Isaac Watts. The cemetery was

also devised as an arboretum and has

many types of tree. As the trusty

guide notes it is a ‘cheerfully eerie

place.’ The cemetery is worth

another visit at some time to

investigate all the tomb stones and

trees, however we had come to the end of our walk and left the

cemetery to join the busy A10 and find our way back to Ealing.

Next walk I move onto Hackney Wick and the last couple of walks to

complete the Capital Ring. Pat Sucher

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Japan No.1 of a series

OK so you might’ve seen Sue

Perkins’ recent documentary and

others over the years on Japan, but

have you really seen and

understood what goes on in that

country, so far away from us and so

fundamentally different to us in so

many ways?

Sure, Japanese parents want the

best for their children and

Japanese people know they have

to rub along with each other in the

best interests of the overall community and society in general on that

crowded island, with which, tellingly, they draw comparisons with

Great Britain, but there, apart from eating and sleeping and a few of

the other things that we all do, is where parallels between us start to

break down.

Having had the good fortune of visiting Japan for work and having

lived nearby so I could go there for long weekends, the country has

fascinated me more as time has gone on. Years ago when I was

sent to Germany, to learn German and work there, by the company

I worked for there was a Japanese girl in my class. She was both

lovely and enigmatic – the latter characteristic enhanced out of all

proportion by the fact that she would not talk with anyone apart

from the teacher. This intrigued, to put it mildly, all of her classmates.

Wanting to take Jane to see something of the country as well I

arranged for a trip recently. We left a cloudy London around

lunchtime with the temperature roughly 19 degrees, missing out a

night’s sleep on the 12 hour plane

flight and arriving at 0700 the next

morning into a sun blazing 35

degree 95% humidity Tokyo. This

was enough to disorientate

anyone. Despite being allowed to

check in to our room at 0900, way

ahead of the normal 1500 check

in time and the bliss of a few hours

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sleep things did not ‘settle down’ for

days.

Tokyo is, according to Sue Perkins’

documentary, the largest city in the

world, at 37million, and the most

densely populated. It is also, even

with all those people, one of the

cleanest I have ever been in. And the

transport . . . everywhere you look

there are trains and subways and monorails – and some buses. One

thing that struck us was how few cars there were.

Another thing that struck us was the number of convenience stores.

It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that there is one on every

corner, and I do mean every corner. If not it is probably in the

middle of the block

Many Japanese are single or

do not have children, theirs is

one of the lowest birth rates in

the world. Many don’t cook

for themselves – and eat out

for all their meals, often in the

convenience stores where you

can get noodles and instant

meals, use the microwave

ovens and sit at the few tables always available. You can get almost

anything in these convenience stores, the range of foods and other

items (facemasks!!) and, our universal need, milk and tea, were as

nothing compared to some of the things we found there. We

bought a small bottle of an upmarket ‘special’ rice wine as a present

for some friends in one – as it was the only place we could find a

bottle of that size.

Cash machines, something we needed

but would otherwise have struggled to

find – are always available. So is fruit,

however, each apple, or banana or

orange, is individually and tightly

wrapped in an almost indestructible

transparent industrial film. I hesitate to

use the word cling film as that doesn’t

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carry with it the suggestion of the strength of the stuff and the force

needed to get it off!

Umbrellas are sold in convenience stores, and indeed in almost

anything else you would recognise as a shop. Looking out of the

front door on one of our days there to see it raining, the concierge

offered me a loan umbrella for the day. When I said we were

checking out he put the one offered away and then produced

another, seemingly identical one. That will be 500yen, sir (about £4)

he said. I bought it. The nearest convenience store was at the other

end of the block. I would have been soaked by the time I got there

and it would have cost the same!

There are also umbrella stands outside virtually every establishment.

Some of them have polythene covers for your umbrella so you can

take it into the shop without soaking the floor, but many are stands so

you can just leave your umbrella outside with little fear of it being

taken – honesty is another thing you begin to notice. Curiously it was

only at a few tourist spots where some umbrella stands had a locking

arrangement where you locked your umbrella in by taking a tab out

of the slot the umbrella went in and unlocked it by returning the tab.

As you step out from your shop, hotel or tourist destination, you start

to develop an awareness of bicycles – on the pavement! No matter

how crowded the pavement, there is often a bicycle weaving its

way, not necessarily at breakneck speed thank goodness, but at a

respectable speed, through the pedestrians. No one seems to see

this as an infringement of their rights to walk unhindered and

curiously, there is little animosity shown to the cyclist. It is something

that often made us jump as we were

overtaken while walking along.

The thing that really struck us, figuratively

speaking, though, was the attachment to

many bikes, on the handlebars, of an umbrella

clamp. When it rained, as it did often while we

were there, the sight of hundreds of these

things sailing along both road and pavement

was striking to say the least – and an image

that will remain with us for some time to come.

More on Japan in the next newsletter. Lee

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Classic Cinema Club Ealing , Fridays 7:30pm

Dressed to Impress

We look to cinema as a purveyor of escapist entertainment, glamour

and luxury on screen. From historical period pieces and costume

dramas, to films that set future fashion trends, the outfits veer from

chic to ridiculous. Also featuring gorgeous sets,

elaborate choreography and spectacular visual

style.

Friday October 4th

Three Days of the Condor (1975) 117mins

A man named Turner works for the CIA reading

books and postulating possible scenarios that

could be applied to intelligence work. He goes

out to get lunch but when he returns everyone

at the centre has been killed. He calls his

superior and asks for someone to bring him in, he

tells him that his section chief will get him but

when he arrives, the man tries to shoot him, he manages to shoot

back and escape. In an act of desparation, the abducts a woman

and forces her to shelter him until he can figure out what is going on.

When someone goes to the woman's house and tries to kill him, he

kills the man and discovers that he has a connection to the CIA,

which means that someone in the CIA is

behind the attempt on him. Simply put – a

classic.

Friday 11th October

The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 102 mins

Steve McQueen assembles a crack team for a

bank heist, with Faye Dunaway as the

insurance investigator on his trail. An action

caper with optical trickery, and its sexy stars

bringing the cool and the heat.

Recently remade – but this is the original.

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Friday 18th October

Dreams(1990) 120 mins

Akira Kurosawa

minutes – certificate PG – in Japanese

with English subtitles

In 8 sequences inspired by his reveries

and personal reflections, the great

director uses sumptuous imagery to

imagine childlike wonder, ancient folklore,

modern fears, and mankind’s bond with

nature.

One review: In all I recommend this film to

anyone who has the chance to see it, It is

possible that Dreams may not appeal to

a mainstream audience in terms of

content because there is a lot of symbolism and critical engagement

but the photography and sceneries are for sure something that

should not go amiss for anyone. If you get the chance it is truly worth

giving it your time, a fantastic experience.

Friday 25th October

Top Hat(1935) 93 minutes

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tap

around a love-hate flirtation founded on

a misunderstanding. Dancing Cheek to

Cheek across stunning Art Deco sets, this

feel-good rom-com is one of the best

Hollywood musicals.

Showman Jerry Travers is working for

producer Horace Hardwick in London.

Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps

late one night in Horace's hotel, much to

the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont

below. She goes upstairs to complain

and the two are immediately attracted to each other.

Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

All these films are shown in the Parlour, so ‘home’ fixtures.

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Collection Point Rehema Organisation

The people of Rehema Organisation

would like to sincerely pass their love

and greetings to you all. We extend

our heartfelt appreciation for your

great support to Rehema which has

been received monthly for over years.

The friendship was born sometime in

2008 when one of your church family

Mr Peter Firstbrook visited Kenya on a

journalism voyage to cover the former USA President Barack

Obama’s campaign that year. Peter was on a mission to look into

Obama's African roots and his

African ancestry. This

eventually led to my visit to

your Church where we met

and since then the people of

Ealing Green have been a

family to us at Rehema.

Rehema is a community Based

Organisation in Kajulu Village

of Kisumu City in Kenya in East

Africa. Kisumu is the 3rd largest

city after the Capital Nairobi

and Mombasa.

Rehema is a Swahili word for

Mercy. The organisation has 3

main branches namely:

▪Rehema Family Church

▪Rehema Children's Home

▪Rehema schools

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Other projects include

youth and women

empowerment programs.

This includes training,

mentorship and income

generating activities

programs e.g. the widows

program run by mama

Mary.

Rehema began slightly over

20 years ago as a small

project by bishop Ambros &

Mama Mary Samo. Even

though bishop Ambros has

now handed over much of

the duties to his other

leaders, he still plays an

overseer role as the father of faith to Rehema

people.

The leadership is currently shared between

pastors leading church groups like pastor

James & Alice who are leading our branch in

Kisumu, pastor Vincent in the Bandani slums,

pastor Nick of the Kajulu branch, pastor Tabitha

of the Kibos branch, pastor Mark of the

Nyahera Branch, Mary Orende of Seme and

Roy Samo who leads the organisation's

development programs like the Children's work

and Linnet who handles the schools.

The Rehema

organisation has

achieved tremendous

results in both its

spiritual programs

developing large

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active church congregations,

in supporting children and

young people schooling and

training them and, in some

cases, housing and feeding

them. There are numerous

women’s groups that have

trained and then supported

women into employment with a number of businesses being

established such as tailoring.

We welcome more support and partnerships for the organisation's

greater impact. There are various programs that needs urgent

support like the children's work that includes schooling &

accommodation. Those who want to volunteer in Africa are also

welcome during holidays or at any time in the year.

Some notable partnerships in the UK includes Ealing Green Church,

Lea Valley Church by pastor Geoff & Bo Ace, London Network

Church by pastor Alex Afriyi, Mission Africa by David & Eather Tucker

among others.

Attached are

some recent

pictures of the

organisation's

programs.

Thanking you

all,

Roy Samo

Director

25 August 2019

Please give generously.

Thank you

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Church Rotas

Could we have some volunteers for readers and in particular the prayer rota (now with only 3 persons

on it!) – Please see Sarah or myself if you are interested/willing to help. Thanks, Lee

October Preacher Bible Steward Reader Prayers Communion

Stewards

7th 11:00 Rekka Cheriyan Ela Trail Helen Harper Colin

Hatherall

14th 11:00 The Rev Sue Male Jane Horwch Elspeth NM, MR, GH, AK

Holy Communion Singleton

21st 11:00 The Rev Sue Male Nyarai Gondo Pat Sucher Jane Horwich

28th 11:00 Susan Peatfield Stalin Sundarraj Christine

Edwards

Colin

Hatherall

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who

has ‘never had a chance poor devil,’ you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the

strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an

honest man of anyone.

Margot Asquith 1865 - 1945