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CELEBRATE WITH US! New minister joins West churches
Moving to Swindon will mean big changes for Anne and Dave Carter, as they leave the village of Forest to Swindon will mean big changes for Anne and Dave Carter, as they leave the village of Forest to Swindon will mean big changes for Anne and Dave Carter, as they leave the village of Forest
Moving
Moving
FRESHBROOK Row on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
Row on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
Row on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH Anne, a Baptist Minister, will be At Forest Row, the Baptist congrega-
Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon the tion grew from around ten elderly
the minister for Holy Trinity, Shaw,
the minister for Holy Trinity, Shaw, minister for Holy Trinity, Shaw,
Tel: 01793 873050 mail: offi [email protected] and people to a thriving community, in-
and Toothill Church, both in the Toothill Church, both in the
and Toothill Church, both in the
A WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU West Swindon and the Lydiards cluding many children and families.
W
West Swindon and the Lydiards est Swindon and the Lydiards
THIS CHRISTMAS Ecumenical Partnership. Links were forged with the other
Ecumenical Partnership.
Ecumenical Partnership.
Sunday 23rd December 2007 Dave and Anne, right, have denominations after many years of
10am * Family Carol Service thr hostility, bringing benefi ts to all the
three grown up children and two ee grown up children and two
three grown up children and two
6.30pm* Main Carol Service
grandchildren, all living in Sussex. en, all living in Sussex.
grandchildren, all living in Sussex.
with readings and items by the Choir grandchildr churches and particularly to work
However the challenge of the new the challenge of the new
However with youth.
However the challenge of the new
Christmas Day r role, and the interest of working Anne and Dave are looking
role, and the interest of working ole, and the interest of working
10am Service of Thanksgiving in an ecumenical setting has pro- istry six years ago, Anne had been forward to getting to know and
in an ecumenical setting has pro-an ecumenical setting has pro-
in
‘Thanks be to God for His Indescribable gift’ voked them to leave Sussex after them to leave Sussex after understand the churches and the
voked them to leave Sussex after involved in work with children as a
voked
(2 Corinthians 9 v 15)
many years.
many years. counsellor and a group supervisor. community of West Swindon.
many years.
* Creche and refreshments Before going into full time min-
Before going into full time min-
provided at these services
Slumming it in Freshbr
Slumming it in Freshbrookook
Living in shelters made from materials scrounged from shops and skips,
a group of young people from Freshbrook Church spent a weekend in
late October living rough to gain insight into life in a slum.
Sunday Worship 10.30am
Seven young
Sunday School and Creche people and four
Meeting at Abbey Meads youth leaders spent
Community School two nights in the
church car park.
The only ‘luxuries’
allowed through-
out the weekend
were soap, a tooth-
brush, one change
of underwear and a
sleeping bag. Water
had to be carried
for half a mile and
the menu was always the same: rice by bulldozers or damaged by the
and lentils, cooked over a camping weather.”
gas stove. The group had a scary moment
“We take for granted the luxuries in the early hours, said Roz Flem-
we have all the time; do we really ing. “Somebody started banging
think about the poor in the world? on the roof at about 3am. We all
After two days of eating rice and stayed really quiet until we heard
lentils, we really appreciated a bit of our youth leader talking to them.
chocolate as a reward for achieving They thought an immigrant camp
a challenge,” said Josh Davidson. was being set up.”
To give an impression of the Youth worker Dave Davidson
uncertainties of slum life, one of believes the group of young people
the shelters had to be knocked will grow up with a real under-
down and rebuilt. Lydia Boulton standing of what goes on in the
was indignant. “We all felt really world and will guide them to do
angry when we had to dismantle something about it.
the shelter; it was an invasion of our Money raised from the Slum
space. It must be terrible for people Survivor project is being shared
in shanty towns in poor countries between Swindon Food Bank, the
who see their homes swept away Filling Station and Soul Survivor.
On Thames Avenue
next door to
Morrisons
Contact: Join us in worship on Sunday mornings
Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am
Revd Raymond Adams
Tel: 634258 St Mary’s, Lydiard Tregoze - the church in the park: 10am
All Saints’, Lydiard Millicent - the church in the village: 10.30am
St. John’s Haydon Wick Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am
Toothill Church: 10.45am
Sunday Services For details of these and our other services
9am Traditional communion service call the Partnership Offi ce on 874221
11am Eventful, contemporary worship Email: partnershipoffi [email protected]
with children’s groups meeting www.wswinlyd.org.uk
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church
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