CHURCH & VILLAGE CRAWLEY DOWN DECEMBER 2018 / JANUARY 2019 FREE TO ALL MILK BOTTLE TOPS FOR GOSH BABY BORN TO BE KING Did you know that there is a collection in Royal babies have been in the news lately with the announcement Crawley Down of milk bottle tops which help from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that they are expecting. Their raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital? baby is not likely to be king. Earlier in the year, a baby born to be Recycling companies pay by weight to recycle them and king, Prince George, was a young attendant at Uncle Harry and the money goes straight to the hospital. RED, GREEN OR Meghan’s wedding – a future king taking a servant role. BLUE TOPS ONLY with 2 or 4 in the triangle should be At this time of year, we think about another baby, born to be king, clean and left at Crawley Down Village School or at/ who came to this world as a servant – Jesus. He was born in outside the Glebe Centre by All Saints’ Church. poverty to refugee parents and, as an adult, showed compassion to many who were marginalised or struggling. This was not a ‘just for show’ role, like a little page boy, this was God getting his hands dirty to bring real love, healing and hope to troubled people. He came and did it as one of us. I find that quite mind-boggling. Christians remember in advent that Jesus promised to return one day to fully establish his kingdom. We look forward to that day when “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain”. Meanwhile we can all help to build that kingdom through acts of CONGRATULATIONS! kindness, working for justice; serving God and one another. The winners of the Colouring competition were: As Christmas approaches, I invite you GEORGE HILL - age 8 to come and join us at All Saints’ Church for one of our Christmas ALFIE EVANS - age 4 services (see page 4), to take time to George and Alfie each win a packet of wonder at this baby born to be King. washable markers! Rev. Jill Alderton See page 6 for a Christmas-themed quiz just for fun!! Church & Village Magazine is produced & published by All Saints’ Church, Crawley Down, and is hand delivered by a team of volunteers to approximately 2,300 homes. The Editor reserves the right to reduce the length of articles submitted for publication in Church & Village. The opinions expressed in articles in Church & Village are not necessarily those of the Editor. All Saints’ Church is a Registered Charity No. 1148157. 1 Sam is 14 and in Year 10 at Sackville School. He has been an avid Beaver, Cub and Scout since a young age. He recently moved up to join Explorers and was one of approx. 24 children in the area to apply for the World Scout Jamboree. Having attended a day & weekend selection, and an interview, he has been selected as one of only seven to represent the East Grinstead District. Y UTH CLUB The Youth Club is for the children of Crawley Down who are in Year 6, 7 and 8 and meets on Fridays during term time from 6.45pm to 8.15pm in The Glebe Centre at All Saints’ Church. The final Youth Club this year will be on Friday 7th December; we return on Friday 4th January 2019. The Youth Club needs six leaders to be able to run smoothly and we currently only have five leaders. The New 2nd Crawley Down This can cause problems when leaders are unable to Rainbow Unit have started their attend due to sickness or other commitments. first full term! During the summer holidays Girlguiding IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE launched a new programme which allows girls from 5 – 7 LEADER TEAM OR AN EMERGENCY HELPER, please ask a years of age to gain badges for the first time. Badges include Storyteller, Construction, Innovate and Make Change. This Youth Club leader or phone Sarah Hamilton on 01342 gives the girls skills that will grow though the sections as they 718632 or email [email protected]. move on to Brownies, Guide etc. This term we have explored the outdoors, made sweet treats, celebrated Guy Fawkes Night and discussed & expanded our Crawley Down Residents understanding of equality. and Christmas Lights Associations All Girl Guiding units are run by volunteers and we are looking for volunteers to come forward and help CHRISTMAS FAYRE provide more opportunities to the girls and young & LIGHTS SWITCH ON women in our area. st Saturday 1 December 2018 Do you want to empower the girls of today? 3pm until 6pm Whatever your previous experience of Girl Guiding, as a volunteer you’ll meet new people, gain/expand on skills and Santa's Grotto * Christmas Market * be doing something positive for you and your community. Children's Tea Cup and Chair-O Planes Rides If you are interested, please email Philippa Singh at * Food & Drink * Carol Singing [email protected] * Christmas Lights Association Raffle PLUS Lights Switch On at 5pm! CRAWLEY DOWN GATWICK WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP? FOOTBALL CLUB If so, please email [email protected] VACANCY - FOOTBALL & GOALKEEPER COACHES Due to the recent growth of the Girls’ Section within CDGFC, we are looking to take on more coaches to help develop the teams. At this stage, we welcome applicants with their FA Level 1 qualification. We currently train on Saturday mornings. www.crawleydownresidentsassociation.org.uk Please contact Mark Hills at [email protected]. @CDRA 2 CHURCHYARD NEWS Volunteers continue to work on tidying up the churchyard and we would like to thank all those who have helped this year. A note of special thanks to 1st Turners Hill & Crawley Down Scouts who recently spent a Saturday morning cutting back the very overgrown rhododendrons. JOIN US AS A FAMILY AT MESSY CHURCH. We meet in the Glebe Centre for craft activities, songs and bible stories. Bring a contribution for a shared buffet tea. (Children must be accompanied by an adult). On 21st October we spent a fun hour choosing items to go in the Link to Hope shoe boxes and then wrapping them up in Christmas paper! We next meet on Sunday 16th December from 3.30-5pm and Sunday 13th January from 4-5.30pm For more information about Messy Church, have a look at their website www.messychurch.org.uk. YOU WILL BE MADE MOST WELCOME ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH SERVICES Services for December and Morning Morning / Afternoon Afternoon / Evening January are : Sunday 2nd December 8am Holy 10am Worship Together and Christingle 6pm - Choral Evensong 1st Sunday of Advent Communion (a shorter family service) Sunday 9th December 8am Holy 10am Parish Communion 2nd Sunday of Advent Communion (traditional Eucharist) Sunday 16th December 8am Holy 10am Worship Together with Communion 4pm - Messy Church 3rd Sunday of Advent Communion (a family service with Communion) 6pm - Carols by Candlelight Sunday 23rd December 8am Holy 10am Parish Communion 4th Sunday of Advent Communion (traditional Eucharist ) Monday 24th December 3pm Crib Service - children may come 11pm - Midnight Mass - Christmas Eve dressed in their Nativity costumes Tuesday 25th December 10am Worship Together with Communion - Christmas Day (a family service with Communion) Sunday 30th December 8am Holy 10am Parish Communion 1st Sunday of Christmas Communion (traditional Eucharist) Sunday 6th January 8am Holy 10am Worship Together 6pm - Choral Evensong Epiphany Communion (a shorter family service) Sunday 13th January 8am Holy 10am Parish Communion 4pm - Messy Church Baptism of Christ Communion (traditional Eucharist) Sunday 20th January 8am Holy 10am Worship Together with Communion 3rd Sunday of Epiphany Communion (a family service with Communion) Sunday 27th January 8am Holy 10am Parish Communion 4th Sunday of Epiphany Communion (traditional Eucharist) Please pray for: Roads in Organisations in and around All Saints’ Tithe Organisations Crawley Down Crawley Down 2nd December Vicarage Road West Sussex County Council Torch Trust 9th December Wallage Lane Crawley Down Village C of E School Bible Society West Park Road The Donkey Field Pre-School 16th December Care for the Family and Chapel Lane and all pre-schools Woodlands Drive Crawley Down Health Centre 23rd December Christian Aid and Woodlands Close - doctors, staff and patients 30th December Wychwood Place Crawley Down Dentist Church Army Crawley Down Community Centre Family Support Work 6th January Acorn Avenue (also known as The Haven Centre) (Chichester Diocese) 13th January Ash Close The Future of the Royal Oak Pub Happy Home Orphanage, India 20th January Aviary Way Crawley Down shops Mothers’ Union 27th January Beech Gardens Crawley Down businesses Scripture Union 4 C&V FEBRUARY / MARCH 2019 CHURCH & VILLAGE PUBLICATION Church & Village is published six times per year by All Saints’ The next edition of Church & Village will be the February/ Church and is distributed free to all homes in the Crawley March 2019 issue. All material for publication should be Down ecclesiastical parish. either emailed to [email protected] by Do you have an enquiry about distribution, advertisements Monday 7th January or posted at The Glebe Centre (NOT the or flyer inserts? Please contact the Church Administrator on Vicarage) either on paper or on disc/stick. 01342 718741 or email [email protected]. CRAWLEY DOWN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE AFTERNOON WI EVENING WI We were glad to welcome a few extra visitors to our September At our October meeting, Steve Roberts, a retired fraud squad meeting when Jeremy Hodgkinson came to speak to us. Jeremy police officer, talked to us about protecting ourselves from has played a prominent part in the village over the years, and scams and frauds.