FOCUSED ON GOD
COMMITTED TO
ONE ANOTHER
INVOLVED IN
HIS WORLD
25 September 2016
Connect
A big welcome if you are new to Emmanuel – please say hello
to one of our clergy, wardens or stewards as they would love to meet you
and give you a welcome booklet which tells you a bit about us.
Reflecting relationship
H
ow we relate to God and
each other is a big deal. It
really is. Our relationships
can define us, hinder or help our
development, provide our greatest
tests and our greatest blessings. We
are encouraged to treat each other
with love - supporting, showing
kindness and hospitality (and that’s
not always about having people
round for dinner!). How we interact
reflects our understanding of God.
We reflect what we receive from
God and to fully receive we must be
open to the idea of being fully
known by Him, even those bits
we’re ashamed of, the things we find
embarrassing or just shrug off and
don’t acknowledge as important.
There is wisdom in being honest
about our shortcomings and facing
up to the reasons for our behavior
behind what seems perfectly
justifiable. Jesus praised the
honesty and simplicity of the tax
collector’s prayer “God, have mercy
on me, a sinner” for demonstrating
exactly what he spoke about in the
Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are
the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven”. We looked at
this recently when we explored
weakness and strength a few weeks
ago. God’s power and love is
abundant and he is able to act most
effectively when we are most
honest about our situation.
We have been studying Esau, and
Katherine Ladd spoke last week on
the issues within Esau’s family envy, favouritism etc. It’s easy to
wish we had what someone else has
or choose to spent time with the
people we prefer (back to
hospitality) rather than be open to
people God would have us interact
with. We have been placed in a
family and God is a God of
relationship. It’s the nature of the
Trinity and what He desires for us
but it’s not just about how each of
us individually relates to God. Psalm
145:8 says: The Lord is gracious and
compassionate, slow to anger and rich
in love. The Lord is good to all, he has
compassion on all he has made.
Our understanding of God is
shown in how we relate to each
other.
- HELEN BOLTON
The church is
fitted with an
induction loop for
hearing aid users and
there are large print
copies of all our
publications available
at the back of church.
Inside this week:
– The Alpha Course
– Macmillan coffee
mornings
– Harvest hog roast
– Home group leaders’
meeting
– Games night
– Men’s curry night
– Harvest Appeal -Send
a Cow
– Family tea
– Picking up children
after Shine
– An evening with Jeff
Lucas
– Church weekend
away 2017
– ‘Find your voice’
course
– London City Mission
– Ladies’ Italian night
– Christian Aid 2016
report
– Parish Reps
– Harrison Whitmarsh’s
baptism
– Knit and natter
– Prayers
– Joan Winifred Cook
– News from the
Talbots
The Alpha Course
Alpha is a 10 week course exploring the Christian faith. Each week looks at a
different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is
run all around the globe and everyone is welcome, regardless of faith or
background. Each evening consists of food, a talk and good conversation.
Our Alpha Course is on Tuesday evenings starting on 4 October and running
until 29 November in the Arch Room. Cake, tea and coffee will be provided.
Do you have questions about the Christian faith, or know someone who does? Please contact
Brian or Judith Cox if you would like to come along: bedeclose@btinternet.com / 0208 8660883.
Macmillan coffee mornings
Home group leaders’ meeting
Could you host a Macmillan coffee morning in
your home for your neighbours and friends
this Friday 30 September? Building
relationships for a great cause. Contact Adam
to register your location and time.
If you lead a home group then please come to
the home group leaders’ meeting tomorrow,
Monday 26 September in the Africa Lounge at
8.15pm.
Harvest hog roast
Games night
It’s back! The next games night is on Saturday
6 October from 7pm in the Africa Lounge.
Bring games, a drink and some friends and
neighbours. A great opportunity to enjoy each
other’s company, play a new game or just to
beat your friend at Scrabble! All ages welcome.
Men’s curry night
This Saturday (1 October) we are gathering as
a church family to enjoy a hog roast in the
Africa Lounge and hall. Tickets are just £5 and
include a pork roll and sides plus pudding
(bring your own drinks). We'd love this to be a
community event so please invite local friends
and neighbours to come too. Perhaps you
could buy a ticket for them? Tickets available
from the church office during the week.
The next men’s
curry night is
Monday 10
October at 7.30pm.
£15 per person. Do
come along and
bring a friend!
Please let Malcolm Britton, Johnny or the
church office know asap if you plan to attend
and give Malcolm or the office your £15 in
advance.
Emmanuel Family News
We welcome the family and friends of John Rymer at his baptism at the 9.15am service this morning.
Please continue to pray for : Betty Thompson following a mild stroke; Maureen Dobbs; Asher Sinclair;
Margaret Mears.
In addition, please pray for: Paul and Lois Carter; Gareth and Sian Jones' friend Bernard undergoing
chemotherapy; those no longer able to come to church, including Dora Clinch, Marguerite Aston, Eileen
Basden, Peggy Edmunds, Ron and Eunice Edwards and Elaine Boxhall’s sister, Denyse Southon.
Mission Partners of the Month: the Morgan family
Harvest Appeal
- Send a Cow
Our 2016 Harvest
celebration is next
Sunday 2 October.
This year for our
Harvest Appeal we are
raising money for the
charity Send a Cow
(www.sendacow.org).
Instead of the usual contributions of food and
goods we are asking you instead to dig deep
into your pockets and help us raise money to
support families in Africa.
‘Gifts that Grow are the basic essentials
that families need to manage their land,
market their produce, share their knowledge
with neighbours and start educating their
children. With £255 you can give a family
everything they need to produce a harvest for
life’. We would love to support at least one
family with a one-off gift of £255, but it would
be amazing to do even more than this.
You have one week left to raise some
money - look down the back of the sofa and
raid your piggy banks. Envelopes will be
provided at the back of church for your gifts.
An evening with Jeff Lucas
Family tea
8 October
4.00–6.00pm
Don’t forget to sign up for the
family tea! Games, craft, fun
and food all provided for free.
We would love to see as many
of you there as possible. Please
see the flyers at back of church for more
information or email Sarah (see back page for
details). RSVP by 2 October.
Picking up children after
Shine on a Sunday
As part of our desire to provide a safe place
for your children on a Sunday we are asking
that all children in Shine (years 1–6) are
picked up by a parent immediately after
church finishes and before you settle down
for a coffee and chat in the Africa Lounge. If
you are happy for your children to be released
without a parent, can you please email us (see
back page) stating your child’s name and
confirming they can leave on their own.
Alternatively, we will have some permission
slips available in Shine for you to complete.
Many thanks.
London City Mission
There will be a meeting to pray for the work of
the London City Mission on Monday
26 September at 2pm at 13 New Farm Lane.
All are welcome.
Ladies’ Italian night
We are hosting a night of the ‘there are no
ordinary people’ Jeff Lucas tour on Saturday 19
November - an unforgettable evening of
storytelling, theatre, music and mirth tracing the
story of Barnabas and calling us to live the
everyday life in a beautiful way. Paper tickets
are now available from the church office at a
cost of £13 or can be bought online from http://
searchlighttheatre.org/jeff-lucastour/4592462824.
Following feedback that not all our ladies are big
curry fans, we are planning a Ladies’ Italian night
at the Northwood Piazza (at the bottom of
Green Lane opposite the Misty Moon pub) on
Wednesday 19 October. Price to be confirmed
shortly. Please let the office know if you would
like to attend, as numbers are limited to 25
people. Speak to Rachael for more information
or if you have any questions.
‘Find your voice’ course
Foodbank
The Dioceses of London are running a 4 week
course on Monday evenings starting on 31
October at St Mellitus College exploring how
to share our faith with the people we meet
every day. Do please pick up a flyer from the
back of church if you are interested in
attending.
Thank you for your continued support of the
foodbank. Your donations have helped so
many people who struggle to put food on their
tables – sometimes even going without food
for days to make sure that there is enough for
their children to eat. At the moment there is an
acute shortage of tins of tomatoes, tinned
fruit, sugar, and long life cartons of fruit juice.
If you could donate any of these, it would be
very much appreciated. The longer the use by
date the more useful your donation will be.
Also, we would be very grateful for any
toiletries (both men’s and ladies’), as we are a
little short at the moment.
Christian Aid 2016 Report
Please see the notice board at the back of
church displaying thank you letters. There you
will see a letter from Clare Paine, London
Church Coordinator for Christian Aid. It
records sincere thanks for the church
collections from St John’s URC, Emmanuel
Church, Oakland’s Gate Methodist and Holy
Trinity.
The total sum raised by these four
communities in Northwood amounted to
£2728.08. The largest donation was made by
Emmanuel for the sum of £1225.13 - this sum
surpassed the amount we donated last year.
Thank you for your support for this
important charity, whose motto is ‘We believe
in life before death.’
- GRAHAM FRANCIS
Parish Reps
As recently shared at our Meeting of
Parishioners, the PCC needed to chose a new
Parish Representative to join Mirka Packard
on the interview panel for our prospective
vicar on Monday 21 November.
Colin Sheppard offered to be that person and
the PCC unanimously took him up on his offer
at their meeting on Monday evening.
Knit and Natter
The Coffee Shop is looking to start a ‘Knit and
Natter/Crochet’ morning for a charity. This
will be a group of knitters of all ability levels to
meet up, chat, knit and make friends. The
Coffee Shop team are looking for someone to
help set this up and get it up and running.
Please contact Liz Chorley if this is something
you could help with.
Joan Winifred Cook
Please pray for the family of Joan Winifred
Cook follow her passing. The funeral is set for
Monday 3 October. Johnny will be leading a
thanksgiving service at 11.00am in church and
then 12.15pm at Breakspear crematorium.
Harrison Whitmarsh's
Baptism
If you know and love Sharon, Jon and Harrison
then they would love to invite you to
Harrison's baptism and tea party on Sunday 16
October at4.30pm in the Africa Lounge.
Harrison will be baptised in the evening
service which follows the tea party.
News from the Talbots
Mike and Jan have sent an update of what they
have been up to in Cumbria over the last 9
months since they left Northwood. Due to its
length we were unable to include it in Connect
so there are printed copies at the back of
church for anyone who would like one.
Prayers
Johnny and Julie would value your prayers for
the united congregations of the Westlake
church family in Europe as they lead their
church weekend next weekend. They will be
leading five bible teaching sessions and two
seminars as well as having more than a few
pastoral conversations.
SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER (Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity)
8.00am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Johnny Douglas
Adam Poole
9.15am
Informal Worship with Holy Communion
Jacob: Family - the story of Isaac (Genesis 26-27)
Christine Britton
Johnny Douglas
11.00am Morning Worship
Jacob: Family - the story of Isaac (Genesis 26-27)
Johnny Douglas
Johnny Douglas
6.30pm
Rachael Hutchins
Peter Ladd
Informal Worship
Hard sayings of Jesus: Planks and sawdust (Matt 7:1-6)
----10.00am Eastbury Morning Service - Harvest
Trusting God for the Future - Isaiah 35:1-10
Helen Wilkinson
PRAYER MINISTRY
Would you like someone to pray with you in confidence for a particular need for you or for
someone you love? Members of our prayer ministry team are always available after the 9.15am
and 6.30pm services. There is also a notice board in the chapel for prayer requests.
HOLY COMMUNION
Non-alcoholic wine is served at the front chapel point during all 9.15am Communion services. It is
also available at other Communion services, as are gluten-free wafers.
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER (Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity)
8.00am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Peter Godden
Martyn Eden
9.15am
Informal Worship
Harvest Celebration
Christine Britton
Christine Britton, Ruth
Mugglestone, Sarah Altman
11.00am Morning Worship
Jacob: Sleep - the story of the angels (Genesis 28:10-22)
David Buckley
Andrew Johnson
6.30pm
Adam Poole
Malcolm Britton
Informal Worship
Hard sayings of Jesus: Not loving two masters (Matt 6:24)
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10.00am Eastbury Morning Service
Trusting God for the Future - Isaiah 40
Arun Kumar
This week:
MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
2.00pm
London City Mission Prayer Meeting
13 New Farm Lane
2.15pm
Oyster Bible study for seniors
Betty’s Room
8.15pm
Home group leaders’ meeting
Africa Lounge
7.00pm
Frantic Cell
Youth Lounge
TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER
9.00am
Morning Prayer (also Wednesday and Thursday) Betty’s Room
9.30am
SPACE
Africa Lounge, Hall
2.15pm
Mothers’ Union Holy Communion
Chapel
4.45pm
JIGS
Upper Room
WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
9.30am
Language Café
Arch Room
11.00am
Holy Communion, prayers for healing
Chapel (Johnny Douglas
and Adam Poole)
2.15pm
Wednesday Fellowship
Fun and fitness —Jayne Turnley
Africa Lounge
6.15pm
Brownies
Hall
THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
10.00am
Toy Library
Westgate
10.00am
Babies and Toddlers
Africa Lounge, Hall
7.30pm
Deeper Cell
Youth Lounge
7.45pm
Music Makers
Africa Lounge
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
11.00am
Foodbank
Westgate
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER
6.30pm
Harvest Hog Roast
Africa Lounge and Hall
The Alpha
Course starts
4 October
Daily Bible Readings
To grow in our Christian life we need food. Reading the Bible gives us the food that our spirit needs
to flourish. Just as our body can’t live without food, our spirit cannot live without the word of God.
If you read the Bible and take time to be with God each day your relationship with God will stay
fresh and alive. We hope the readings below will help in this.
MONDAY
26 SEPTEMBER
TUESDAY
27 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY
28 SEPTEMBER
Psalm 80
2 Kings 5
Acts 26:1-23
Psalm 89:1-18
2 Kings 6:1-23
Acts 26:24-end
Psalm 119:105-128
2 Kings 9:1-16
Acts 27:1-26
THURSDAY
29 SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY
30 SEPTEMBER
SATURDAY
1 OCTOBER
Psalms 34,150
Daniel 12:1-4
Acts 12:1-11
Psalm 88
2 Kings 12:1-19
Acts 28:1-16
Psalm 97
2 Kings 17:1-23
Acts 28:17-end
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This week’s specials:
Traditional sausage roll with rustic potato wedges
Roasted vegetable lasagne
Apple and winter berry crumble
Delicious cakes, sandwiches and gluten free options available
On Friday 30 September we will be joining in with Macmillan’s world’s biggest coffee morning
as we did last year. This was hugely popular and we hope to raise even more money this time
for this extremely worthy cause. Please come and join us!
Sermon Notes
ASSOCIATE VICAR
Revd Johnny Douglas
07799 072845
johnny.douglas@ecn.org.uk
ASSOCIATE VICAR (EASTBURY)
Revd Helen Wilkinson
01923 829163
helen.wilkinson@ecn.org.uk
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Rachael Hutchins
01923 845201
rachael.hutchins@ecn.org.uk
YOUTH MINISTRY LEADER
Andrew Johnson
01923 845205
andrew.johnson@ecn.org.uk
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY LEADERS
Our regular Sunday services:
8am
- said Holy Communion service (BCP)
9.15am
- informal service with groups for children
11am
- traditional morning service (CW)
6.30pm
- informal evening service
Emmanuel Church
High Street
Northwood HA6 1AS
01923 845200
ecnoffice@ecn.org.uk
Emmanuel Church Northwood
@ecnchurch
www.ecn.org.uk
Christine Britton
christine.britton@ecn.org.uk
Ruth Mugglestone
ruth.mugglestone@ecn.org.uk
Sarah Altman
sarah.altman@ecn.org.uk
PASTORAL APPRENTICE
Adam Poole
adam.poole@ecn.org.uk
ADMINISTRATOR (MON, WED, TH)
Lorraine Hall
01923 845202
lorraine.hall@ecn.org.uk
SECRETARY (TUE, FRI)
Siobhan Gale
01923 845202
siobhan.gale@ecn.org.uk
Registered Charity Number 1132091