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THE HERALD Page 20 WHO’S WHO in the CHURCH THE HERALD Page 20 WHO’S WHO IN THE CHURCH Mininster: Youth group Financial Team Derek Lawson, Saskia Dorsman The Herald Schiedamsevest 121 Fred Booman Tel: 010-4125709 Sunday School Newsletter of the Scots Email: Social Team [email protected]. Olaf de Zanger International Church, uk Mavis Fleming hartenbeer@hotmailcom Church Office: Creche Rotterdam 06-51709230 Schiedamsesingel 6 Maaike van der Eerden [email protected] Christmas (December) 06-2733 0389 tel: 010 412 4779 Publicity Team & The Herald 2016 Secretary to the Bob Hensen Consistory [email protected] Rentals Co-ordinator Bob Hensen Tel: 06 16 808 505 Molly Foster [email protected] tel: 06-2553 8320 Carol de Groot, [email protected] Convenor of the [email protected] tel: 010 412 4779 Council Ruud Witte Ranee Damanik, Organists tel. 06-22411465 [email protected] Jan Hendrik v.d. Kamp [email protected] [email protected] Bookstall Nettie Dijkstra Safeguarding and Child George and Wil Ross Amund Roe Protection Officer: [email protected] Magdalena Jones Annemarie Fleming tel: 0165 556 811 tel.: 06 4100 6511 In this edition: Choir [email protected] Letter from the Minister 2 Anneke Pot Church Administrator Christmas 3 Treasurer Songs of Praise 5 Joyful Singers Church Office Team International Peace Service 5 Jim Taylor From the Consistory 6 Esther Abang [email protected] From the Council 7 [email protected] tel: 071 362 5835 Bible Study 8 Prayer meeting 9 tel: 06 2462 0438 Offering Envelopes Church Beamer Congregational Diary 9 Welcome Team André van der Velden Who is on the consistory 10 Jim Taylor International Presbytery 13 Steve and Pam Russell [email protected] Christmas 15 [email protected] Property tel: 0180 756449 Lianne Buitendijk 16 Contact details 17 tel:010 5 91 49 59 Convener: André van der Mrs. I.G. van Hulst-Taylor 18 Velden Children’s Message Birthdays 19 Who is who in the church? 20 aavandervelden@casema. Rev. Irene Bom nl [email protected] tel.: 0180 756449 Page 2 THE HERALD Page 19 THE HERALD Herald Deadline Letter Items for the January(Winter)Issue of the Herald should be given to Bob Hensen or sent to the church office by Wednesday 25-01-2017 from The next Herald will be available from 4 February 2017. the Minister Friends, As I write this, I realise that I’m now entering my fifth month with Birthdays. you as your minister (and, by the time you’re reading this, it will be approaching my sixth month) and I have to say I find it hard to December 2016: January 2017: believe. Certainly, it has been a very busy time and the coming seasons of Advent and Christmas will be no less so. Throughout 03 Rebecca Taylor 01 Helena Brhel/Brhelova this time Moira and I have felt blessed by your friendship and we 13 Floris Balatica 01 Jana Brhel/Brhelova look forward to sharing Advent and Christmas with you. 17 James Essel 02 Stefan Stifanos 17 Menen Tessema-Betre 03 Cindel Fleming 04 Prince Adarkwah These are, of course, two important times of the year: for in Ad- 19 Richmond Mensah vent we prepare for and anticipate the coming of Jesus (as well as 06 Peace Acquaah his coming again) and at Christmas we celebrate his incarnation, 23 Doreen Asare-Awuku - 10 Irene Bom his coming to share in our human life. Our worship will, I hope, Dankwa 10 Florence Foyab-Bergner reflect the importance of these seasons and it’s always my hope 24 Pam Russell-Knott 12 Mildred Asare-Awuku that it should include all the familiar seasonal hymns and carols at 25 Christa Jacobs 13 Alina Balatica least once over the period. So, if you want to be sure of singing 26 Sophie Tataw Bessem 15 Merlin Zawadi Gwanmesia your particular favourite, you’ll need to make an effort to attend Tataw 16 Christilito Cuvulay every service! 26 Esther Abang 18 Lee Bouwman 28 Brian Elvis Essel 24 Ethan Kekesi As you read this, we shall have already entered the season of Ad- 28 Robin Polley 26 Alan Paton 26 Cor Vermeulen vent and will have stirred up our Christmas Puddings in Church on 29 Stanley Chege Murithi the 1st Sunday in Advent (27 Nov) and will share these at a Soup 27 Maaike Koka -Eerdem v.d. and Christmas Pudding Lunch for everyone in the congregation on Sunday 8 January immediately following the Service. As we con- tinue to journey through Advent we will continue our preparation for Christ’s coming and for his coming again – culminating in our Family Service on Sunday 18 December. I have to confess that I find this an exciting time of year as we approach the unique and Happy birthday and may the Lord extra-ordinary event of God coming to earth in the birth of Jesus. But we need to beware the temptation to keep Jesus there and not bless you in the coming year! to engage with his later life and teaching. After all, it was these Page 18 THE HERALD Page 3 THE HERALD Mrs. Isobel G. van Hulst nee Taylor that led to his death on the cross and God’s subsequent Isobel van Hulst, a long vindication of his life and teaching in his resurrection standing member of our and ascension. church passed away and her funeral was on 10th October. I dare say that I’ll be introducing some new hymns to Her younger brother Mr. Ge- you over Advent and Christmas but they’ll all be chosen orge Taylor had come over for a reason and I certainly won’t overlook the tradition- from Scotland for the funeral. al hymns and carols. Come the new year, I’m looking to introduce some evening Praise Services and over the Isobel Taylor was born on a season of Advent I’ll be asking you to complete your list farm at Fordyce, near Banff of 10 favourite hymns so that these can form the foun- in the North of Scotland. Af- dation of one of these services. In addition I want to ter her secondary school she introduce occasional evening Services for Wholeness and did her training to become a Healing, about which I’ll write more in the next newslet- nurse but shortly after she ter. changed and trained for the Also from January, there will be a new pattern for the police force in Scotland. It monthly Prayer Meeting which will move from the even- ing of the 3rd Friday of the month to 9 am (before the was through a police exchange to the Netherlands that she nd met her love Gerry van Hulst, who was with the Dutch poli- morning service) the 2 Sunday of the month. At the same time on the 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month I’ll ce. They married in 1966 in Scotland and came to the Hague be starting a Bible Study, to which all are invited. Need- where she stayed for the rest of her life. However, she al- less to say, I commend these to you and trust you will ways kept in touch with her first police colleagues who spoke support them. Fuller details will be given in the weekly highly of her. Order of Service and the weekly email Bulletin. From the Hague it was not far to the Scots Church in Rotter- dam where they became active members. She also became Let me finish by extending to you all on behalf of myself a member of the Guild and for some time was the Guild's and Moira our very best wishes for a blessed Christmas local president, in which time the 'Scots Church Cookery and for health and happiness in 2017 – whatever it may Book' came out with many of her recipes such as 'Auld have in store for us! man's milk' Scotland's answer to 'Advocaat'. They took part Derek in Church activities and were well respected. Sadly Gerry past away in 2002, which was a great loss for her. Isobel had a most remarkable life but remained always her- self, cheerful, helpful and modest. The last few years she could not come to church anymore but for a long time kept in touch by telephone and writing long letters. We remember her as a dear friend. Joost Pot Christmas is one of the most important times in the Church calendar – the time when we remember heaven coming to earth in the birth of the Christ-child in the Page 4 THE HERALD Page 17 THE HERALD stable at Bethlehem. Let’s, then, celebrate that unique event by hunger. I went to South Sudan thinking I would show the coming to worship as often as we are able over the Christmas pe- Dinkas God’s love by teaching them about health and deve- riod, so we can be part of the Church family at this important lopment. I came back to the Netherlands humbled by the time. Dinka’s will to live and their being able to enjoy life despite Here is a list of the worship opportunities over the Christmas peri- suffering and powerlessness. We were equal children of God od – though you’ll note that the times for two of the services have struggling together to keep our eyes focussed on God’s love still to be confirmed: and light in all the darkness around us. Settling back in the Sunday 18 December 10h30 Family Service Netherlands after this experience was quite a challenge for 18h30 Christingle Service (time to be confirmed) me. During the past years I almost lost my faith, but I can thankfully say that God has never lost sight of me.
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