PREACHERS

 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

 FORTHCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS

Arranged by the Social Planning Committee for your enjoyment and to give you a chance to invite your friends.   Please support us and why not come to our next planning meeting on the 1^st March.    We need fresh brains and new ideas.

Saturday 4^th February – Games Afternoon at 3.00 pm followed by cooked tea (£3.50).

Please note change of date from 28^th January.

Saturday 3^rd March – Annual Quiz following a pea and pie supper at 6.00 pm.   Great value at £5.

Saturday 24^th March  - at 3.00 pm.  Concert by the Wesley Singers and a buffet tea.    Tickets available in due course, £6.00.

Lists will be placed in the Guild Room for the first two events.   Be sure to sign up early to help our catering arrangements.

Scarborough Weekend

Friday to Sunday 13th to 15^th July 2012.     This, as usual, was booked well ahead and at the Social Planning committee’s last meeting it was decided to go ahead again this year.   We anticipate this will be the last time we join together in fellowship in Scarborough.    As it is the Queen’s Jubilee Year and our 25^th Anniversary Year we feel we should finish on a “high note”.  Please take the opportunity to join us in our special year.   

The deposit of £20 per head is due by 13^th February which we realise is very short notice, but we need to know if folk are considering coming along in order to make the event viable.  A decision needs to be made very quickly.  The cost is not yet finalised until we know numbers and transport arrangements but the price will be an approximate 10% increase on last year.   Booking forms will be available in the Guild Room.   Please pass your deposits to Betts Stirk (not Patricia) as soon as possible.

Wesley Road Guild – Wednesdays at 7.30 pm

Please support our next four meetings:

15^th February – DVD Wesley Road events in 1999 and 2000.

7^th March – Kath Scully “Adventures in India”.

21^st March – Revd Caroline Ryder – Chaplain to Leeds University.

4^th April – Stephen Barber – “Famous people wot I have met!”

A PRECIS OF REGULAR EVENTS at Wesley Rd

 MEDITATION AND LUNCH (Churches Together in Leeds 12)

Wednesday, 8^th February at 12 noon at Christ Church

Wednesday  - 14^th March at 12 noon - to be announced

 DIARY FOR THE MONTH

Now we have been able to solve the difficulty of having weekly notices printed we feel it is no longer necessary to include “Diary for the Month” in the Messenger.   Hopefully all essential extra information will be covered in items each month.

 THANKSGIVING, FAREWELL AND WELCOME

During our journeys of faith we are often blessed by those who travel with us for some of the way; and then welcome others who join us for the next stage.

 There is a service of Farewell for the Revd Ernie Whalley who for many years encouraged the Baptist churches in Yorkshire and cared for their ministers.   Perhaps by the time you read this it will have already taken place at Huddersfield Parish church on 28^th January.

 So many people wanted to speak in appreciation of his ministry it was decided to ask churches to send photos/short stories of some aspect of church life to be made into a book to be presented to him on that occasion.   We have sent a couple of photos and short explanatory comments for this book.

WELCOME

The person taking on the ministry Ernie has filled so graciously will be the Revd Graham Ensor.   He will be welcome at a service on 18^th February at South Parade at 2.30 pm.   If you would like to represent Wesley Road at this service please let Mavis or Janet know.

Please remember in your prayers Ernie and Mary as the move house and face many changes and Graham and his family as he takes on this new ministry.

 GAMES AFTERNOON

On Saturday, 4^th February (please note changed date) we shall hold another board games afternoon with food to follow.   Scrabble, cards, dominoes, Sequence, will be available plus any other games you wish to bring.

There is a list in the Guild Room for you to sign up.   The cost is only £3.50 and we have a lot of fun together in a warm atmosphere.    It’s a pleasant way to spend a winter’s afternoon.   Please join us.

 WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

This very special annual event will take place in 2012 on Friday 2^nd March at Whingate Methodist Church at 2.00 pm.

The Leader will be Mrs K Scully and the speaker, Mrs Pam Turner.

Everyone is welcome (including gentlemen).

ROTAS

 ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER 

We thank everyone who participates in praying and remembering birthdays which occur in our fellowship.  We know they are much appreciated, especially the cards, some of which are hand made by the senders.   Please continue with this very worthwhile practical way of showing you care.

 ON CHILDREN

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

for they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,

but seek not to make them like you,

for life goes not backwards nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The Archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,

and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness;

for even as He loves the arrow that flies,

so He loves also the bow that is stable.

TO MAKE YOU SMILE (and think)

Commentaries on Scriptures from Young Children

 Lot’s Wife:  The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back, when little Jason interrupted:    “My Mummy looked back once while she was driving”, he announced triumphantly, “and she turned into a telephone pole!”

Good Samaritan: A Sunday School teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan.   She asked the class:  “If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?”    A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence:  “I think I’d throw up.”

Did Noah fish?:    A Sunday school teacher asked Johnny:  “Do you think Noah did a  lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?”   “No, replied Johnny.   How could he, with just two worms.”

DID YOU KNOW?

·            “Stewardesses”   Is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

·            And “lollipop” is the longest word typed with your right hand.

·            No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

·            “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘MT’.”

·            Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

·            The sentence:  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet.

·            A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

·            Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

·            The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.   (Good thing he did that)

·            There are more chickens that people in the world.

·            Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

 PARAPROSODOKIAN

Is this a new word for you?

Here is the definition:  “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.   “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it” is a type of paraprosodokian.

 Okay so now enjoy!

1. Time flies like an arrow.   Fruit flies like a banana.
2. Light travels faster than sound.   This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
3. If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.
4. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
5. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.   Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
6. Evening news is where they begin with “Good Evening” and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
7. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism.  To steal from many is research.
8. A bus station is where a bus stops.   A train station is where a train stops.   On my desk, I have a work station.
9. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald heard and a beer gut and still think they are sexy.
10. Behind every successful man is his woman.   Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
11. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
12. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way.   So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
13. I used to be indecisive.   Now I’m not so sure.
14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
15. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
16. Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.
17. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
18. The early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.
19. When you’ve seen one shopping centre, you’ve seen a mall.
20. You are stuck with debt if you can’t budge it.
21. Having a Will is a dead giveaway.

 LESSER KNOWN BIBLE CHARACTERS (second of a new series)

Anna

Like many bible characters Anna’s appearance is brief but we can learn much from her faith and example.    Read Luke 2:33-38 and see how she welcomed the baby Jesus in the Temple.

When Moses blessed the tribe of Asher he added the promise, “As thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deuteronomy 33:25).   Anna was a true daughter of Asher.   Instead of moping over her early widowhood she was forward-looking and made every day – and every night also – a fresh occasion for proving how God gives strength just as it is needed.   For her the greatest day of all came when she was quite old, but she was equal to it, alert in her recognition of the Saviour and energetic in the inspiration she gave to those around her.   Some people allow their lack of strength to decide the course of the day; as their strength is so is their day.   Anna was not of this number but as a spiritual child of Asher she entered each day with God, counting wholly on Him.

OUR WEBSITE:

You may be interested to learn that since Wesley Road went on line in December 2009, to the 2^nd January 2012, 747 people logged in to our website.   Of these 587 came from within the United Kingdom, 120 from the United States and single figures from around the world e.g. Russian Federation, Canada, Australia, Philippines and various EU countries.

 We are up to date with modern technology and folk from across the globe can read what goes on at Wesley Road Chapel, Armley.   Much of our Messenger is put on our webpage and there is also a brief history of our three constituent churches and how we came together.    We are grateful to Paul Colbeck who set up and manages our website at no cost to us.

CHURCH FAMILY NEWS

Thanks:

A letter of thanks has been received from Pam Ward at the Penny Lane Dementia Café, Pudsey, expressing their delight at our contribution of £170.10 following our Christmas Gift Service.

“My most grateful thanks to all who supported me during my latest surgery.   Thanks for prayers, cards, telephone calls, visits and many genuine offers of help.   Thanks especially to Jean Lee without whose help I really would have struggled.  Pleased to report that I am getting around much easier now, although there are things that I must NOT do.   Its difficult obeying orders but I try.    Thanks again and a Happy New Year to you all,

                                                                                                            Love, Betty.”

Julie would like to thank everyone for their prayers, cards and support during her illness in the last twelve months.   Also car drivers for the many lifts, especially Iris and Pauline for help with shopping.   Thank you all, your support is much appreciated.                                                                                 Julie

 (Please let us know if there is some person who needs to be mentioned in this section).

APRIL/MAY MESSENGER

Any items or information for the April/May edition should be handed or emailed to Patricia by Sunday 18^th March.    

THIS MONTH’S PRAYER (make it your own)

February:

Generous God,

We come to you with joy.

We delight in you above all else.

In you we find our safety and our shelter.

You give us space to grow and flourish

And shower the abundance of your love upon us.

Take our longings, our dreams, our hopes for the journey, and walk with us along the living way.                                                                                                               Jan Berry

March:

Loving God, you are my shepherd,

Who meets my everyday needs,

Providing me with food and drink,

Restoring my peace of mind,

And giving me that still space

I need to flourish.

Even when all hell is let loose around me

And I feel overwhelmed by pain and fear,

You protect me,

And keep me safe from harm.

You set a table for me

Spread with a magnificent feast,

And with you I am forever at home.                                                                    Jan Berry

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