May June 2012

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T I D I N G S FROM THE C.O’S DESK In this Issue London Marathon

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Comedy Hall

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Prayers

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CAMEO

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Flower List

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Future Dates

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I’ll Fight Congress

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Word Search

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Sudoko

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GloCon comes to Woking 12 Gardening Tips

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Quiz

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Trip to the Holy Land

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Candidates Sunday

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What’s On

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Community Update

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Recipe

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Caption Competition

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Core Groups

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Spring has sprung. The days are lighter for longer, the temperature is rising, and there are signs of new life all around. For many people spring is their favourite season. It is a season of hope and joy.

I don’t know whether you are in a spring mood, full of energy, having a spring clean, clearing out and making anew. In our house, we are seeing two very different takes on spring. There is one person who is ready for action, preparing the soil for the flowers, planting up the vegetable patch, with energy, enthusiasm and anticipation. The other is taking a more laid back approach, relaxing and enjoying the sunshine, conserving their energy for what lies ahead.

I guess each of us is in a different place physically, emotionally, spiritually and that’s ok. Ecclesiastes talks about seasons and there being a time for everything. We may all be feeling different things, but we know that we are united in Christ, we serve one God, who loves us no matter where we are at.

Over the next two months we’re going to be looking together at the book of Philippians. There are some real riches in this book. It is a book of positives and a book of joy. No matter what our circumstances, no matter how we are feeling, Paul urges us to be joyful, to focus on Christ and let him be our source of positiveness.

You will notice as you read the book that it is also a

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book that talks about ‘us’, ‘we’, ‘brothers and sisters’. It’s a book for the community. So over the next couple of months, although there will be differences in how we

feel, in the circumstance that we find ourselves in, and where we are at with God, let’s step out with confident hope in Christ.

Debbie Lieutenant

Freebies We have two blue uniform outside jackets to give away.

A lightweight zip up jacket with the Army crest (L), and a winter storm jacket (XL) with The Salvation Army logo.

If you are interested in either of these please see Debbie.

Need a little extra pocket money?

Do you have a spare room? Want to earn a little bit of money? Later this year, there is a possibility that a young woman in her early 20s is going to be joining us at Woking but needs somewhere to live. If this sounds like something you could help with, please see Will.

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London Marathon I'm Caroline, I'm mum to Jemma and Rachel and I'm currently training to be a Primary School Teacher. All being well, I should finish training in December of this year.

I ran the London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April to raise funds for the Neuroblastoma Society.

Neuroblastoma is an aggressive childhood cancer from which my friend's little boy, Jacob died in January 2009. My time was four hours and fifty minutes, which will not give Liz Yelling many sleepless nights, but was good for me! It was a fantastic day and I'd advise anyone to try the London marathon- if I can run it, so can you!

Other than teacher training, parenting and running, I also love amateur dramatics when I've time and am a

member of 2 local theatre groups. It has been lovely to start to get to know people at Woking Salvation Army, I have the greatest admiration for the work you all do and thank you for making me so welcome.

Well done Caroline, we are proud of you. Ed.

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Comedy Hall D.O.H. (Department of Humour)

Tourist – “What an interesting necklace. What is it made of?”

Native – “Alligator teeth” Tourist – “I suppose they mean as much to you as pearls mean to us” Native – “Oh no. Anyone can open an oyster” On Palm Sunday, young Tom had a sore throat and could not accompany his parents to church. They arrived home with palm fronds and Tom asked what they were for. “People held them over Jesus head as he came by” they explained. “Wouldn’t you know it,” grumbled Tom, “The one Sunday I don’t go, He shows up” Now I know we live in a digital age. My four year old daughter went to put some rubbish in the bin but it was full. “Dad,” she called, “you need to delete the trash”.

The preachers 5 year old son noticed that his father paused and bowed his head before starting his sermon. One day he asked his dad why he did that. “Well son, I’m asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.”

“How come he doesn’t answer it ?” he asked.

You know you’ve had too much coffee when:You can type sixty words a minute – with your feet Instant coffee takes too long You sleep with your eyes open You only sleep so that you can wake up and smell the coffee You don’t even wait for the kettle to boil anymore You are the employee of the month at Starbucks and you don’t even work there.

You answer the door before people knock You are so wired you pick up fm radio And finally May thy ball lie in green pastures…. and not in still waters Keep smiling

Major Laugh

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Please pray for these members of our church family Margi who is still in hospital Richard Goff Dorothy and Jim Henley Will and Debbie travelling to Zambia Ian and Alison and the GloCon team Chris and Sandra Hall as they commence their new appointment in August to Swindon Gorse Hill.

. . . and also these past members Jenny Dibsdall, Barbara and Hnuna

Other subjects for prayer Children's and Youth Ministry Teddy Toddlers Group Drop-in CafĂŠ Messy Church SALT visits Sunday School team - it's been a great start, full of enthusiasm.

Please continue to pray for the children, that they may really know God, and for the leaders, stamina!

PRAYER MEETING Everyone is invited to join with us on Sunday mornings for prayers at 10.30 am.

We meet in one of the general purpose rooms and would be pleased to see as many of you as possible.

God Bless Audrey

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CAMEO DATES (Come And Meet Each Other) 10.30am for coffee/tea. 11am – 12 noon meeting, followed by lunch if required. Ladies and Gentlemen always welcome.

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Scrap Book

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C.O’s Special

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Powerful Words

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‘O Jesus I have Promised’ Aled Jones

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True Joy

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Pathways

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Something Fishy

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Noah’s Ark

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Gems

Margi I’m sure all member’s of CAMEO together with all our Church members will wish Margi a speedy recovery, and a promise of our prayers. The subjects may change depending on leaders, but please give your continued support.

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FLOWER LIST May 6 13 20 27

Christine Hadfield Shirlee and Bill Green Wendy and Ian Taylor Jo Cridland

June 3 10 17 24

Janet and Michael Brooks Chris and John Knott Sue and Ken Searle Pauline Whiting

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FUTURE DATES May Friday 4th

3.30pm

Sunday 6th

11.00am

Saturday 12th

Collecting Day — Waitrose

Sunday 13th

11.00am

Sunday 20th

11.00am 2.00pm

Sunday 27th

Messy Church Morning Worship Philippians 1:1-11

Morning Worship Philippians 1:12-26 (inc Candidates Sunday Morning Worship Philippians 2:1-11 & 19-30 SALT Visits

I’ll Fight Congress in London No Meetings

June Friday 1st

3.30pm

Sunday 3rd

11.00am

Saturday 9th

Collecting Day Morrisons

Sunday 10th

11.00am 6.00pm

Messy Church Morning Worship Philippians 2:12-18 (inc Gift Day)

Morning Worship Philippians 3:1-11 Send Songs of Praise

13th — 15th CO’s at Divisional Retreat

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Sunday 17th

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Monday 18th

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Sunday 24th

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Morning Worship Philippians 3:12-21 PCC Morning Worship Philippians 4:1-23

I’ll Fight Congress It’s nearly here. On Sunday 27th May many of the Corps are going to the I’ll Fight Congress.

If you’ve already booked a ticket and coach seat, then please could you let Debbie have your money (£23: cash or cheques made payable to The Salvation Army). We do have a spare ticket so if you have not signed up but would like to go, then please speak to Debbie or Will as soon as possible. Thank you.

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TIDINGS

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GLOCON comes to Woking So far we’ve heard stories from India, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

Soon we will be hearing stories from Swaziland, Ghana, Denmark, Estonia, Ukraine and Russia. But on Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th June, GLOCON is coming to Woking. This is going to be a brilliant opportunity to share stories and experiences with one another, affirm all that

has gone on since the Corps arrived on Goldsworth Park, listen to the community, and work out how together we can transfer those experiences and see God’s kingdom in action.

If you are not a regular member of the SALT visiting team, but are curious to know what is going on, then speak to Pete or Sue and find out how you can get involved.

Gardening Tips To keep lawns looking good, spread Evergreen Complete when grass is dry and spread Westland Aftercutt every four weeks during the summer.

Prune winter flowering heathers when flowers have faded.

Plant 4 Runner Bean seeds in a large pot (15" or 400mm) wide and deep. Put in 4 x 6´ canes and reap the benefits in late summer.

Dead head tulips, daffodils and hyacinths.

Look out for red lily beetles.

Don’t cut large shrubs and hedges in case birds are nesting.

Buy bedding plants for a colourful summer show.

Sow vegetable seeds in pots (ie spring onions, raddish, carrots etc.)

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Try this Quiz Sent to us by Bob (Debbie’s dad) 1.Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes/No 2.How many birthdays does the average man have? 1, 2, 3+ 5+ 10+ 3.Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 12 4.In baseball how many outs are there in an innings? 2, 3, 6, 8 5.Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Yes/No 6.Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer? 10, 35, 50, 70, 90 7.If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have? 1, 2, 3 8.A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour.

How many minutes would the pills last? 20, 40, 60, 90 9.A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many are left? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 10.How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark? 3, 2, 1, 0 11.How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 Answers on page 19

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Our Pilgrimage to the Holy Land After getting through the most comprehensive security check there is, we finally boarded our plane for the five hour flight to Tel Aviv. We then had a coach transfer of nearly an hour to our hotel for a six night stay.

During those five days in Jerusalem, we lost count of the number of churches we visited. It seemed there was a church for everything our Lord did.

The Mount of Olives was our first destination and from there we looked across the Kidron Valley to the old city of Jerusalem. From there we could see the Golden Gate (which isn’t golden), the church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Dome of the Rock. We then visited a model of Jerusalem as it would have looked in the days of our Lord and photocopies of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Visiting the Garden Tomb was special to me. It’s not the authentic place where Christ was supposed to have been buried (that’s the Church of the

Holy Sepulchre) but to me and many others, it seems much more authentic with a rock outcrop looking just like a skull (Golgotha).

Visiting Palestinian territories was an eye opener. No Palestinian can take any means of transport into Israel and only a few can actually work in Israel. They can drive to the border post, but then leave their transport there and make the rest of their journey either on foot or by public transport. Because of the wall of partition, some have to travel many unnecessary miles to get to work. While there, we visited the place where the angels told the shepherds of our Lords coming and Manger Square. We also visited the Holocaust Memorial which was particularly moving and upsetting.

After six nights in Jerusalem, we moved to a hotel right on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Tiberius. What a setting! So

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peaceful and stunning; our room, in fact all rooms, looked over the sea.

There were so many places we could tell you about such as the Via Delarosa (where Jesus walked to his death). The pool of Bethsaida, our journey to Ma-

sada (King Herod’s dessert fortress), floating in the Dead Sea, taking a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee, visiting Capernaum and the ruins of Caesarea.

It was all go and quite tiring but we enjoyed it.

Dave and Gwen Cox

Candidates Sunday You will recall that back in March we had Cadets Michael & Alison Hutchings with us for a week. They had a good time with us all and appreciated the learning experience. Every cadet that enters the William Booth Training College has to fund themselves – their accommodation and their learning.

It costs approximately £6000 per cadet. On 13th May there will be a collection during the meeting that will go towards the Candidates Fund. This is a fund for cadets who have limited resources to help them pay for their training. Each year 40 Officers retire, and each year 30 Cadets enter the training college. As you can see The Salvation Army is in need of more Officers. So as well as thinking about how much you would like to give towards the fund, we ask that you also pray that the people God is calling to full time ministry within The Salvation Army will not only be open to hearing his call, but also respond positively.

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Prayer Initiative 2012 With the Olympic Flame soon to arrive in the UK we would like to see A PRAYER FLAME being passed from corps to corps. Alongside this FLAME would come prayer requests from the sending corps for your corps to pray through in support of their mission to see the Holy Spirit renew, refresh and transform the hearts and lives of individuals.

The FLAME came to us from Addlestone, we in turn will send the FLAME together with our prayer requests to High Wycombe.

Our prayer for Woking Corps To be:FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

LOVING to all who come into our Church that they feel they are loved.

AWARE. May we always be aware of the needs of our community.

MOTIVATED to go forward in God’s name to spread the gospel message.

ENCOURAGING. Always ready to give encouragement to others particularly our young people.

Greetings to the readers of Tidings It was with interest I read Malcolm’s poem “Our Major”; I do remember the occasion This brought back happy memories of our stay with you, sharing fellowship and work with you for 3 years. We came to you in 1980.

I enjoy reading Tidings, what a busy programme you have these days. I pray that the people and children will come to know the Lord Jesus for themselves and that you all will be upheld by God’s Holy Spirit.

Renee Ozanne (Mrs Major) Major Stan Ozanne was promoted to Glory some years ago, Mrs Ozanne lives in retirement at Hove, East Sussex. Stan was a great writer of poetry, he had a number of books printed, donating all proceeds to various corps.

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Community Services Manager’s update Easter for me had many highlights, Debbie being invited into Bright Sparks to tell them the Easter story, the prayer stations that so many people were able to use, the fabulous singing from those who gathered on the Wednesday evening. The breakfasts and prayers each morning of Holy week were also special times, sharing food together and then being inspired once again by the Easter message thoughtfully prepared by different members of the corps and praying together as Church family is a wonderful and encouraging time.

Messy Church finished off the week and some of US I think, but as always the huge effort it takes to do was rewarded by seeing the children and parents spending time together and learning about Easter.

The Spring Clean took place on 31st March, the faithful team turned up once again full of energy and enthusiasm and worked their socks off, we got through in record time. Fish and chips were well earned and everyone crawled out exhausted but satisfied that our building was worth the investment.

The car boot/table top sale went well and I would like to thank the wonderful team that helped at this event.

The weather was a little iffy first thing which put a lot of the car booters off which was a shame, but we were packed out inside. It was well supported by the community and as a regular door knocker on the estate I was pleasantly surprised as to how many people I knew.

Employment Plus has once again pulled the plug on the support centre here. This we think is due to a combination of factors, funding and lack of support from the Job Centre. It is disappointing as we feel that it is important to provide as much help and encouragement as possible to those seeking work.

Street Dance has now started on Mondays, 4.30pm – 5.30pm for 5 – 12 year olds.

We will be a Polling station once again on the 3rd May which is a great opportunity for our neighbours to come in and so I will make sure the notice boards are looking attractive and plenty of leaflets about and of course some of us will be around with our best smiles on (hope that’s a good thing).

Thank you for all your support for all that goes on here.

Jan Howlin

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RECIPE Marshmallow Crisps Pauline Whiting Ingredients 2 oz Margarine 2 oz Dairy toffees 2 ozs Marshmallows 2 oz Rice Krispies

Method — Melt margarine in a saucepan Add Toffees and Marshmallows and melt gently.

Take saucepan off heat and add Rice Krispies and mix well.

Press into a tin and set in fridge

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Caption Competition

What was Gill, Dorothy and Christine doing?

Take part in writing a caption for this picture, it can be serious or funny, if you wish to remain anonymous that’s fine but we would prefer to know who you are!

Hand in your ‘Caption’ to the Church Office, who knows there might be a prize for the winning entry.

The winning entry in our first competition was submitted by our Community Manager Jan Howlin (we are still trying to think of a suitable prize).

(Any suggestions?)

Answers to quiz on page 13 (1) Yes, (2) 1, (3) 12,( 4) 6, (5) No, (6) 70, (7) 2, (8) 60, (9) 9, (10) 0 ( it was Noah) (11) 12.

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Core Groups Lunchtime Light Meets at the Church 12.00pm May June

Thursday Thursday

3rd 7th

17th 21st

Denvale Group Meets at Margi’s 8.00pm May June

Thursday Thursday

3rd 7th

17th 21st

The Nomads Meet at various venues 7.30pm May June

Thursday Thursday

3rd 7h

17th 21st

The Full Monty Meets for breakfast at various venues 9.00am May June

Saturday Saturday

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19th 30th

Hearts and Crafts Meets at the Church 7.30pm May June

Thursday Thursday

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24th 28th