Issue 2
Spring 2014
Welcome
to
our
second
newsletter. We have had a very
busy few months since our last
newsletter.
We enjoyed a visit from John the
Animal mania man last September
who brought in some very
interesting species from his
growing collection of rescued
animals. His care and dedication to
his
menagerie is
quite
remarkable.
He brought
Tony the
Chinchilla,
Speedy
the
Tortoise, Barry
the Meerkat,
Basil the Asian
Palm
Civet,
and
our
regular, Tyson
the
Giant
Rabbit.
We have also enjoyed several
musical
events
recently,
with
Paulo
Pinto,
who has
been twice to sing for us. Also
David McFegan who plays the
Accordion, who provided us
with song sheets so we could
have a sing-a-long this time.
The Reid boys, Caleb, Joel and
Ethan entertained us on Christmas
Eve with their amazing piano
playing. They played some
Beethoven, Einaudi, Chopin,
Yiruma and much more, They
garden so we could do some
flower arranging with her.
even played one of their own
compositions, a duet called
‘Marmalade’. We felt very
Brother Clive Martin has given us
another chocolate
privileged, and are grateful to
them all, for giving up some of
their holiday!
We are having a break from our
seated Tai chi class as sister Jo
Kitchen has recently had a baby
boy. While she is off, we are trying
a new exercise class called
‘Progressive Mobility’, Please let
me know what you think of it. We
look forward to welcoming Jo
back soon and hopefully she will
bring baby Japheth with her, so we
can all have a cuddle!
Sister Margaret Harris brought in
armfuls of greenery from her
demonstration,
Yum!
The welfare committee and others
have also given their time and
energy for trips out. These include
shopping in Redditch, visits to
Notcutts, a classical concert at the
Symphony Hall, and a musical,
‘The
Lion
King
‘at
the
Hippodrome, all of which were
much appreciated and enjoyed by
the residents.
The ‘Pets as Therapy’ dog Oscar,
with his volunteer owner Kelly, are
planning to continue visiting
Kingsleigh House each month on
a Saturday morning, (I will put the
forthcoming dates on future
activity programmes, but these
may be subject to change.) Oscar
loves a lot of fuss, so if you are a
dog lover, get your treats ready!
He is gorgeous!
There have been a few changes
too. We were all saddened at the
falling asleep of brother John
Daniel and sister Mary Wesley in
October and sister Jean Farmer
and sister Ada Jarvie in January
and sister Rene Godber in
February. We look forward to
Gods’ Kingdom, when by his
grace; we shall see their smiling
faces again.
Three of our residents have also
moved to Olivet, brother Ivan
Sturman, sister Joyce Cross and
brother David Hill. But we
welcome sister Hilda Margetts and
sister Barbara Russell into our
‘family ‘ at Kingsleigh House , we
hope they all settle quickly into
their
new
surroundings.
Some other
activities we
have done...
Forthcoming events, God willing
March 14th Paulo Pinto (singer)
March 19th ‘Singing in the rain’ at
the Hippodrome
March 25th Pensioners with Style
(clothes sale)
April 3rd Clive Martin (Easter
chocolate demo)
April 24th Ken Smith coach trips
resume
May 6th Living Eggs arrive (chick
hatching)
If anyone has any articles to be
considered for future issues, please
send them to me.
Cheryl Lambsdown,
Activity Co-ordinator
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Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the
whole heart. (Ps 119:1-2)
Those that travel ‘in the way’ … ‘undefiled’ are ‘blessed (happy), but
how may we walk in an ‘undefiled’ fashion? As we tramp through life the
dust of this world inevitable sticks to our feet, leaving us soiled & travel
worn. Jesus wanted to wash the dust from of the feet of disciples, Peter
was told that his salvation depended upon it. We too, who are ‘in Christ’
do not need to be washed all over again & again … but we do need the
dust of each days travel washed off by the word of God.
Let us ‘keep’ (guard) then his testimonies within us and daily seek him
with our whole heart. For we know from Matthew (6:33) that we shall
be richly blessed & have all that we need if we make seeking him our top
priority (Bro Pete Lambsdown)