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St Johns Church Newsletter August 2019 St Johns Church Newsletter August 2019 At my Age I’ve heard it all Albert Einstein says I’ve seen it all Everybody is a genius, but if you I’ve done it all judge a fish by its ability to climb a I just can’t remember it all. tree, it will live its whole life believing Silversurfer. that it is stupid. Faith Count your blessings Faith is confidence in what we hope Life is too short to give in to hate and for, and assurance about what we do fear. I’ll count my blessings, and not see. Hebrews 11.1 love my family and friends that are always there for me, and put a smile Editorial on my face each day. The close off date for the September Newsletter will be Fri 16th August. Children’s Corner Please put contributions in box at Your fingers have fingertips, but your back of church or email toes don’t have toetips, yet you can [email protected] tiptoe but not tipfingers ! The Church Mouse says News of Members Life is short – live it. Love is rare – Ron Hurlow is in Withybush having grab it. Anger is bad – dump it. Fear tests and awaiting the results. is awful – face it. Memories are sweet Stella and John Hayton had a lovely – cherish them. cycling holiday in the Netherlands. Jig Saw Festival Murder Mystery Dinner Everyone please bring all your This dinner which was the launch of friends to enjoy all the beautiful the Jigsaw Festival, was enjoyed by jigsaws that are on display in the just under 50 people on the evening church until 14th August. Thank you of Friday 19th July. The meal was to all the people who put them delicious and prepared by Ian and together especially Ieuan and Laura Sue Bonser. The Play “Death by Diet” for the lovely 3D ones. Anyone who with the accompanied jigsaw full of can help with the stewarding, please clues, was by members of the could you put your name of the list. church, led by Stella as the Narrator. They gave an excellent and very humorous performance full of clues and ideas as to who was the culprit. We all agreed that it had been an extremely good night out and look forward to the next one. P.S. On Saturday afternoon Anne Maggs was stewarding the Festival when the local community police St Johns Church Newsletter August 2019 arrived…They said they had heard someone being ignored, find a way “she’d murdered someone last to include them. If someone has night!” been knocked down, lift them up. Always remind people of their worth. One small act could mean the world to them. Tinybudda.com Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) This is also known by the names of Recipe of the Month : Marigold flirtwort and Bachelor’s Button. A Hand Oil fairly common garden plant it can Mix 250ml of sweet almond oil with also be found in hedgerows and 25g of fresh Marigold petals. Pour meadows. It has lacy yellow or green into a clean screw top jar and leave leaves and distinctive, daisy-like in a warm place for 3 weeks, shaking yellow and white flowers which the bottle daily. Pour the oil into a bloom from early summer. It will saucepan and heat gently until the thrive in a well-drained, moist soil marigold petals become crisp. Strain and full sunlight to a height of 45-60 the oil and pour into a clean jar. Rub cm. It is disliked by bees. a little on your hands daily. Feverfew’s aromatic leaves are not often used in cooking due to their My Neighbour bitter taste. However, they have A huge thank you to my neighbour been proved to be effective in curing for allowing me to borrow her large headaches and migraines. The sheet of plastic covering. Ta leaves can be shredded and added Pauline! Silver Surfers. to salads or made into a tea which has a slight sedative effect. Quick Quotes Just be a good person, love who you can, help where you can, give what you can. Last night I dreamt that I’d written the “Lord of the Rings”, I was Tolkien in my sleep. Cup of Tea People who say you only live once You can’t be everybody’s cup of are wrong. You only die once, but tea…otherwise you’d be a mug. you live every day, so make each Silver surfers. day count. Silver Surfers. Breaking News If you see someone falling behind, There’s been a fight in the Biscuit walk beside them. If you see Tin, a lad called Rocky hit a Penguin St Johns Church Newsletter August 2019 over the head with a Club, tied him to a Wagon Wheel with a Blue Ribbon and made his Breakaway in a Taxi. Police say Rocky was last seen just After Eight in Maryland with a Ginger Nut known to the police as Rich T. They didn’t leave a crumb of evidence so the Jammy Dodger got away with it! St Johns Church Fair This is to be held on Wednesday 14th August. Please note this in your Sir Titus Salt diaries and come and enjoy the fun. In last month’s Newsletter the article about Titus Salt produced comments. th Going on Holiday? 1. A visitor in Church on Sunday 30 I hate mosquitoes. I mean, I know I June, said he goes occasionally to am delicious, but I don’t give out free Saltaire Church, in West Yorkshire, samples. and the Bust is still there. It is a lovely church with a rounded front. My Sunday “To Do” List 2.Stella said that she has taken Count my Blessings weddings/funerals in the church. 3. If Let go of what I can’t Control anybody is in the area please visit! Practice Kindness Listen to my Heart Samuel Morley JP Just Breathe 15.10.1809 – 5.9.1886 This gentleman also Tenby Arts Club Painting donated money £300 Exhibition towards the building of A very successful show was held in Tenby Congregational the Church Hall of Art Club member’s Chapel in 1868. He was an paintings. English woollen Big Day Out manufacturer, On 29th June a number of members philanthropist, dissenter went to Builth Wells for the day out, (Congregationalist), and a great day was enjoyed by all. abolitionist, political, radical The Craft Club with Carol B-T had and a statesman. had fun working on a poster about He was born in Homerton, our church for the Day Out which the youngest son of a was one of only two that had a Cross textile manufacturer with premises in in it. Nottingham and a warehouse and offices in London. When his father and brothers retired, he took control of the business at a very early age. St Johns Church Newsletter August 2019 By 1860 he was the sole owner of both businesses and they grew rapidly to become the largest of its kind in the world. He became very wealthy, and a model employer. He had a residence at Stamford Hall, Stoke Newington, when not living in London, and was a member of Thomas Binney’s King’s Weigh House, Congregational Chapel, Fish Street Hill, London. He also became one of the proprietors of the “Daily News” a national Liberal paper. He supported Gladstone, and was elected as Liberal MP for Nottingham in 1865 and later in Bristol 1869 – 1885. He endowed and founded Morley College in London for adult education. He was also treasurer of Homerton College, and chaired its inauguration in April 1852. It was the Institute of the Congregation Board of Education. He became treasurer to a fund to finance Hosiah Henson, an escaped American slave who was given support in Britain. Rebeka Hope became his wife. Their eldest son Samuel, became Governor of the Bank of England, and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hollenden in 1912. Their youngest son was the Liberal politician Arnold Morley. There is a statue of Samuel Morley in Bristol, and a 2nd memorial above his place of internment in Dr Watts’ Walk, Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington. Also, a bust can be found at the entrance to The Arboretum, Nottingham. A Primitive Methodist Chapel was erected in 1889 in Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham, and named in his memory as the Morley Memorial Chapel. From information gathered by Ron Hurlow. .
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