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Winter 2016/17

The Magazine of Goring United Reformed Church

We are here to worship God and proclaim the love of Jesus Christ to all

F. Jane Bond

Christmas and New Year Services - page 20

GORING UNITED REFORMED CHURCH — We share a minister with St Andrew’s, Rustington —

Shaftesbury Avenue, Goring by Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, BN12 4EA

Web site: www.gurc.org.uk

Church Office : [email protected] Telephone 01903 600260

Minister: Rev Andrew Sellwood - Friday rest day 17 Drummond Road, Goring by Sea, Worthing, West Sussex. BN12 4DX

Telephone 01903 248259

Church Secretary: Mrs Valerie Cooper 27 West Park Lane, Worthing, West Sussex. BN12 4EP

Telephone: 01903 506264 E-Mail: the [email protected]

Pastoral Secretary: Mrs Hilary Redman 5 Salvington Hill, Worthing, West Sussex. BN13 3AT

Telephone: 01903 260568 E-Mail: [email protected]

Church Treasurer: Mr Matthew Smith 10 Cissbury Drive, Worthing, West Sussex. BN14 0DT Telephone: 01903 873265 E-Mail: [email protected]

Worship in the Church Sanctuary

Sundays

8.00am Prayer & Praise - with Holy Communion on first Sunday in month.

10.30am Morning Worship - with Holy Communion on first Sunday in month.

- Family service monthly as announced

- Junior Church with Crèche

6.00pm Evening Worship - with Holy Communion on third Sunday in month

The Chronicle Winter 2016/17

The Local Church: Rev William Connelly

The Induction Service - 2 August 1974 5

From Mary Connelly 6

Work in the Minister’s Vestry. Hilary Redman 8

An Appreciation. Paul Long 10

His Years in Goring. Eric Bond & Wilfred Rhodes 12 & 13

Thanksgiving Service 14

The Local Church: Other Items

Betty Razzell. Wilfred Rhodes 15

Tuesday Fellowship 17

Mission Aviation Fellowship 18

Christmas & New Year Services

A Poem. Rev Wm Doyle

20

Christmas Puzzle 22

Contents

Minister’s message 2

The CHRONICLE

Vol. 73 - No. 648 Winter 2016/17

From the Minister’s Study

The Chronicle Winter 2016/17 Page 2

What does Christmas really mean? Times with family and friends?

Perhaps carols, cards, television specials. Maybe hectic shopping, parties, and eating too much.

All these and more are part of our Christmas. But what about the first Christmas? Why is this original 2000-year-old story so important —the baby in a manger, shepherds, wise men, angels?

It is a story with many facets. It is enduring, it has lasted down the ages, there is no sign of it fading even in our secular society. Everyone wants to own a bit of it. When we really examine the account carefully we find it to be a story of contrasts. Two diverse elements seem to stand out; oppression - the dark side and hope - the bright side.

The background is grim and gritty. Jesus' society knew great pain and oppression. Rome ruled with a harsh cruel hand. Corrupt tax collectors burdened the people. Some religious leaders even sanctioned compulsory humiliating religious duties. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary had to travel a long distance to Bethlehem to register for a census but could not obtain proper lodging. Mary bore her baby and laid him in a manger, a feeding trough for animals. Eventually, King Herod sought to kill the baby. Warned of impending risk, Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt, then returned home after Herod's death. Imagine how Mary felt.


From the Minister’s Study

Traveling while pregnant would be challenging. Fleeing to another nation because some tyrannical king is going to kill your child. It’s not good news to say the least. Yet she, Joseph, and Jesus survived the ordeal. That’s the turning point. In the midst of social and cultural challenges, the same as many people suffer today, the Christmas story offers hope and encouragement toward survival, hope of new life linked to something -someone - greater than oneself.

The prophet Isaiah in particular heralded Jesus as deliverer of his people. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. (Isaiah 9:6-7a).

Years ago I remember being asked to help direct an infant school nativity. This time it was to be a little different with the teachers being the performers. Now one of the teachers ‘Tom’ (not his real name) was a complete atheist, in fact very hostile against the church. He was chosen to be one of the wise men.

Trying to get the production on track was a nightmare, worse than working with the children, far worse. Some of the teachers were joking around and definitely not taking it seriously. Tom made it his mission to disrupt the rehearsals. The day of the nativity play arrived. Things went very well, the story unfolded and as they were teachers they put some extra educational facts and information in the play. Towards the end the wise men arrived on the scene and explained their gifts and their significance. The last scene was of Tom kneeling before the baby in the manger presenting his gift, head bowed down. He was acting genuinely respectful and humble looking.

The text came to me “They saw the child and his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him” (Matthew 2:11).

I wish that were true. But who knows what effect his part in this story may have had. So, the Christmas story is important not just because it has endured but because it speaks the real message of hope and of good overcoming evil into every age. It also brings many people to hear the name of Jesus at least once a year.

Andrew

The local church here in Goring - The Life of Rev William Connelly


Rev William [Bill] Connelly - August 1974

Minister of this Church from 1974 to 1991


Page 5 The Chronicle Winter 2016/17

William with his new team of elders in Sept.1974

Standing from left: Norman Dobson. Ted Winstanley, Eric Poppestone, Bill Perrett, Lilah Harris, John Blackwood, Connie Gill, Colin Nodes, Arthur Razzell, Freda Calsteren, Doug Mooney, Ralph Beal, and Charles Stephens.

Seated from left: Eric Bond, William Connelly and Norman Redman



‘ Never say die ! ’

Some times nothing seems to go right for such a long time that we give up hope; we give up trying; and the old enemy, inertia, takes over.

I have been out in the garden, trying to make sure my green bin earns its keep. Having a ‘paying for’ bin helps you keep going and doing a few jobs of clearing that otherwise might be ignored or left much longer until the accumulation of jobs becomes so big that it is almost too much.

Earlier in the year, I had some foxgloves that grew and flowered and grew and flowered until they were the tallest, sturdiest and most imposing I had ever grown.

They grew offshoots that also flowered, until the plants looked like rockets in a firework display.

The summer passed, autumn came and with it the inevitable decay, until at last, the stems turned brown and shrivelled and the glory days were over. I have allowed the brown and shrivelled stems to stand for a while in the flower bed to remind me of their power – that of seed production. As soon as they ripened, I saved some, to give to others, or to plant in another part of the garden. As the plant ripened further, so more seeds were made and fell to the ground to wait for the right time to flourish.

The foxgloves are not the only ‘seeders’ – many other plants have dropped seeds not only in rich soil, but also in strange and somewhat barren places and have taken longer to germinate and come to fruition.

In the last few years, more particularly the last few months, family summer turned to autumn and the winter winds blew chill.


Eighty nine years of life and sixty years of flowering and then there were only the brown stalks, dry, bent and sere, and life came to an end.

Informing people of William’s death, arranging the funeral, looking at photos, talking to friends, family and acquaintances, I have been surprised to read and hear many stories that showed his flowering was appreciated by many people and that seeds fell and took root year after year in places until now unknown.

Love, compassion, help and influence have been the seeds that have been coming into flower and shedding their own seeds.

Closer flowers are blooming as our children and grandchildren have testified in amusing, nostalgic and

touching speeches and writing about their father and grandfather.

Sam, from America, concluded his speech thus:

“Undoubtedly you have touched many lives, but perhaps, none more so than our poor, miserable fellow-creatures, whom were so often denied kindness from others. I will cherish you in my memory. Even more importantly, I will always be changed by the example you set; because of you, I know what it is to care, unconditionally.’

Beryl Chatfield recounted this story, which seems very apt: “I well remember the day, many years ago, when he stood in the pulpit in Goring URC and said, ’One day, someone is going to tell you that William Connelly is dead – DON’T BELIEVE THEM ! ’

‘Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord to Thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love; take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my king; take my lips and let them be filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect and use every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine; take my heart; it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store; take myself and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.

(Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-79.)

J. Mary Connelly. November 2016


In September 1988 it was my privilege to accept William’s invitation to help him by working in the Minister’s vestry several mornings a week, enabling him to be free from the telephone, and to go out to those in the community who needed his pastoral care.

So, I worked from about 9.00 until about 12.00 during the week, although not always every day. Besides answering the ‘phone my job was to be a presence in the church which was open for anyone who wanted to come in, either to see William or for some quiet time.

Always the day began with prayer in the Little Chapel; we would review the previous day, and make a plan for the morning. My time was spent writing letters, and taking messages, sometimes there were errands to run; sometimes we engaged in conversation and discussion, having read something of interest—always to my advantage - he had so much wisdom to impart and I had so much to learn.

Occasionally I would accompany him on pastoral visits and once or twice to the crematorium, if he was to conduct a funeral for someone who had no family or friends.

Before Christmas time he would treat us both to a ‘works lunch’ at one of his favourite haunts: the meal always began “God bless this food and make us good” and just once - to educate me - we went to Duke’s Cafe by West Worthing station so that I could sample a proper mug of ‘builder’s tea’ !

This working arrangement lasted until his retirement in 1991.

William had no doubts about what he would do with his retirement, for he had a long time ambition to study the works of one of his favourite authors of Christian prose and poetry, Dora Greenwell, 1821-1882

But who would help with the writing/typing? Perhaps Hilary would consider taking on the task?

Of course I accepted the challenge, not knowing where it would lead……...

Dora had fascinated William since as a small boy he had discovered her poetry while examining the hymn book in the pew where he sat Sunday by Sunday. This helped him get through the long Sunday services!! and something about her writing caught his imagination.

In her life-time Dora had been well known, and William wanted to know why she had since been forgotten.



The Minister’s Vestry from 1988 - Hilary Redman

We have one of Dora’s hymns in our hymnbook Mission Praise, at number 257. The first of five verses begins the hymn-

“I am not skilled to understand what God has willed, what God has planned; I only know at his right hand stands One who is my Saviour.”

Now William had an opportunity to do much research and a lot of reading.

William and I for the most part sat quietly in his room, or when the summer came we sat in the Manse garden. He spoke— I wrote down what he said. Then at home I converted the notes into type.

However the research did not keep him at home. The first expedition on the journey to ‘discover’ Dora was a

trip to London on 4th November 1991. I was invited to join him - our destination was Westfield College Library in the Finchley Road. Here we saw and handled Dora’s letters. It was thrilling. The Librarian, Mrs Sondheimer agreed to photocopy them and promised to send them to us in the post.

In February 1992 Graham and I went with William to Bristol to visit the Arnos Vale Cemetery to see if we could find Dora’s grave. It took us sometime to find it, even though we had a plan of the cemetery.

Eventually we discovered the plot, and after removing years of ivy- growth and a few brambles Dora’s headstone was partially revealed. It had taken us two hours to find!

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William: An Appreciation - Paul Long

My first reminiscence of knowing William Connelly was when my mother, following an operation for cancer, attended a Ministry of Healing service on a Sunday evening in late 1979. Contact became quite frequent after this and a subsequent conversation with him revealed that he followed Chesterfield F.C. and I was able to tell him that I had supported Worthing F.C. since the age of 12. He expressed an interest in coming to a Worthing match and it was in October 1981 that he first came with me to the Woodside Road ground, Worthing, losing a league match 1-0 to Barton Rovers.

He attended home games with me fairly regularly after that. We would return to the Manse after the match for refreshment, to check on the football results and to see Mary who often had received messages form church members who had requested a visit from him, sometimes a journey to hospital being involved. His son James would telephone with news of the Notts County match and William would reflect on the Chesterfield score line.

After this period of relaxation, William would make any necessary visits and prepare for the Sunday services. In a subsequent attendance at the football, Wills met the Rev. William Motson, father of the well-known

‘Match of the Day’ commentator, John Motson, who was the Worthing F.C. club chaplain at the time and helped organise the “Stand Appeal” - the wooden stand having been burnt down n April 1985.

William was always keen on retaining his interest in Chesterfield and came with me to Wembley Stadium to see Chesterfield play Cambridge United in a play-off final in May 1990 (Chesterfield lost 1-0 !)

In the early nineties Worthing was managed by Gerry Armstrong, a former Northern Ireland international and Tottenham Hotspur player (who famously scored the winning goal for the Irish against Spain in the 1892 World Cup) and William would always be very interested to note how “Mr Armstrong” was playing. The same was true when he saw another Tottenham player, Mark Falls, a few years later. These visits to football continued until Wills retired and beyond, when William would return to his home in Mersham Gardens to see Mary after the match. I watched the F.A. Cup Final regularly with him on television and in later years would always telephone the Worthing F.C result to him.

William read theological texts widely and in 1985 I was able to arrange a meeting with Rev. Dr. Martin Israel, a



well reputed theologian and pathologist who was working at the Royal college of Surgeons in London. I know he appreciated this.

William was also interested in cricket and I remember seeing him at the County Ground in Hove in the company of his good friend Pat Tye. He followed Derbyshire County Cricket Club fortunes closely.

From this you will see that William was very much an all-rounder. He was very dedicated to the Church and rarely missed a service. He attended conscientiously to people’s needs and he was able to squeeze some relaxation into his busy schedule and these days will always be remembered by me.

Paul Long

The undergrowth had perfectly preserved the stone and it’s writing.

"Et Teneo et Teneor" - Dora’s motto; “I hold and I am held” her name and her dates. We drove on to Clifton to find her home, a very elegant house.

We returned in May to finish the job we had begun. The grave was as we had left it. This time we had secateurs to help us clear the remains of the ivy, and a trowel to tidy up the ground around. Then Graham was able to take a good photograph. We recited Dora’s poem, “I am not skilled to understand ….” and prayed by the side of the grave before setting off to look at some of the other graves.

Also in May 1992, Graham and I were visiting friends in County Durham and on Saturday 23rd we were able to meet William at Darlington railway station.

We drove to Greenwell Ford, Dora’s family home, and there we met Nick Greenwell Dora’s great, great

nephew. He then invited us into the house, and showed us the little stream, the Browney which features in Dora’s work.

Eventually the work was written and submitted to Nottingham University. William gained a Masters Degree, in Philosophy in December 1998. In 2001 he published his book Et Teneo et Tenor, ‘The Life and Work of Dora Greenwell’ - there is a copy in the Goring URC Dean Library, as well as in Nottingham University Library and in the British Library.

A life-times ambition achieved.

Hilary Redman

A note: The research was done whilst Graham was working in London. His job took him to meetings all over the country and so he was twice able to take us to Bristol. Happily we also had friends who lived in County Durham.

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William’s Earlier Years at Goring

Eric Bond

Rev William Connelly, formerly of Friary URC Nottingham, became Minister of Goring United Reformed Church at an Induction Ceremony held at the church on Friday, 2nd August 1974, shortly after which William, with his wife Mary and children, moved into the church Manse at 140 George V Avenue.

In William’s subsequent Ministry, his love of literature, prose poetry and music soon became evident through his sermons and continued through his ministry. Another feature was his pastoral work: he arranged to be in his vestry at 10am, for a short time on weekdays and thereafter was out and about visiting sick and housebound members and those he needed to contact in connection with the various aspects of the Church’s life.

As his pastoral secretary for a number of years, and as an Elder, I was privileged to know of his Witness in the wider community; the poor, the disadvantaged and drug addicts. He was involved in the work of a local charities meeting the needs of addicts attempting to come off drugs.

William was a great lover of music, particularly that related to Church worship, and studied this and the poetry associated and the poetry associated with the writing of hymns of praise. Of particular interest to him were the lives and work of lady hymn writers especially that of Dora Greenwell which led him in his retirement to write and publish his book Et Teno Et Teneor. The Life and Teaching of Dora Greenwell.

During William’s ministry the need for further Free church presence in the north of Worthing was recognised and steps were taken by our church, and others, to provide this as part of a Community Centre on the proposed new Tesco site. William, Rev. Ronald Christopher (retired URC Minister and a member of our church) worked with other churches to achieve a successful outcome.

William’s full-time ministry in Goring URC of over 17 years, came to an end on his retirement in December 1991. Sadly in recent years with failing health he entered a residential home where he finally took his last breath on the morning of 10 October with Mary by his side. All his family had been with him in the days before.

Rejoice and give thanks for his life with us.

Eric Bond, privileged to call him “friend”.



William’s Later Years at Goring

- Wilfred Rhodes

We were very sorry to hear of the death of William on 10th October after some time in a nursing home and after 25 years of retirement. Many memories return to those of us who were members during his ministry in Goring.

For 17 years, as he used to say, he was our Senior Elder, and it was my privilege to be appointed Church Secretary for his last four years as our minister and for the two years interregnum which followed. During that time Rev John and Mrs Elsie Flack were our Interim Moderators. It was a busy time - in the days when we had a membership of some 350 and an Eldership of 15!

Because Mary was teaching in London for most of the week, Eileen used to invite William for supper once a month prior to Elders' Meetings in order that William and I could plan the agendas. William retired in 1991, his last service being on 3rd December. For my 'address' for his farewell party the day before I had calculated that he had managed and conducted something like 170 Elders' meetings, a similar number of Church Meetings and well in excess of 2000 services in our church.

Two highlights during my term of office I remember well: William's careful steering of our member John Gordon towards the training for ministry. At first William asked him to wait a while as 16 or 17 years was rather young. But John was determined and in due course he had much guidance from William. Now, not only is he an experienced URC minister but also husband and father of a beautiful family!

The other highlight was the baptism of my son Philip, and two young ladies in the sea. This was in June 1986, 30 years ago! I don't think any other church in the area arranged Believers Baptism in the sea, and absolutely no one but William would have ventured into the sea at the age of 60! Don Stewart and I went into the sea to assist and it was wonderful. (Recently Philip has assisted at the Believers Baptism of his son Jonathan.)

No doubt when we celebrate William's life with a Thanksgiving Service, many more memories will be shared.

Wilfred Rhodes.



Rev. William Connelly 20th December 1926 – 10th October 2016

Minister Goring United Reformed Church 1974—1991

A Thanksgiving/Memorial service for the life and ministry of William Connelly will be held on Saturday, December 10th, in Goring United Reformed Church, at 11am.

Memories, stories, photos and such, of special or memorable occa-sions are welcome. Refreshments will be served in the Church hall after the service. Donations to William’s memory are to be shared between Dementia Charities and St. Barnabas’ Hospice. Mary Connelly

Chronicle Archived articles

You can read more about William in recent issues of the Chronicle.

Summer 2013 page 16,

Spring 2015 page 12

Summer 2015 13 and 34.

These can be found on our website gurc.org.uk.

- Select ‘Publications/Chronicle-on-line’.

Sound recordings of William can also be found.

- Select ‘Archives/Church Ministers’

Thank you to Paul who has spent many hours copying and digitizing the tapes for inclusion on our website. Graham Redman

The local church here in Goring - Betty Razzell


Betty Razzell

No, not Elizabeth, but Betty is on her birth certificate.

It was a real pleasure to visit her one sunny morning, and to learn that Betty was born on 4th July 1923. An auspicious date for those across the water. She was born 93 years ago in Brighton, and came to live in Littlehampton with her parents when she was 10 in 1933, as her father worked in the gas works there. Later, her brother Ron also worked in the gas works with their father.

Then when Betty was 11 or 12 the family moved to Worthing. Why? “Well Mother was a Londoner and Littlehampton was too quiet for her!” (So I suppose that Worthing was more noisy). Her father cycled to work each day, as did Ron who was 2½ years older than Betty. Her sister, Mavis, is 11 years younger and is a member of Durrington L.E.P. Church.

Betty first went to Sunday School at a church in The Lanes in Brighton, and then when the family moved to Worthing they lived in the Broadwater area. Betty remembers seeing the houses in Palatine Road – where she lives now – being built.

When she was at school in Brighton Betty won a scholarship to the Grammar School there, but when they moved to Littlehampton her parents couldn't afford her fares to the Worthing Grammar School so she had to leave that system. Later she went to school in Sussex Road in Worthing, leaving when she was 15 years old.

Poor Betty! No holiday! She started work the very day after she left school. This was in 1938 and no doubt the clouds of World War II were gathering. She worked in an electrical shop for 7/6 a week and her mother took 5/- of that each week for her keep.

It was during the war that she met and married Arthur Razzell, in 1942. They married then as he was to travel abroad with the Army.

Arthur had been a coach painter but after the war he joined the Sussex Police Force. Betty is very pleased to have a small coat of arms badge of the Sussex Police with the good wishes of the Chief Constable and the Force hand written on the back, when he retired in March 1977.

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Betty and Arthur had three children – daughter Lesley, who has suffered recently with a serious stroke, and who lives in Worthing; and sons Alec and Keith. Alec lives in Christchurch; Keith lives in Woking and he has four grandchildren including twins. So these are Betty's great grandchildren.

Arthur died 27 years ago in April 1989 and I remember him well as an Elder in The Rev William Connelly's time.

In the Police Force Arthur was based in Worthing and in Chichester and served the community from about 1945 to 1977. He had thought of the possibility of the Army as a career, but that would have involved being stationed abroad or at least at some distance from home and Betty wanted him home after the separation of the war.

They both enjoyed travel and went abroad on cruises. They had one booked for three weeks after Arthur died which had to be cancelled. Betty says that her son Keith is very like his father – gentle and kind.

Then she worked for some years at the Inland Revenue offices next door to our church. Betty began attending our Congregational Church, as we were then, when what is now our main hall was first built and her children attended the Sunday School there. In Arthur's words “if we send our children there we must attend ourselves” and they did!

Many years later, when the Durrington Local Ecumenical Project was built by Tesco and started by Rev Ron Christopher, Betty transferred to that church in about 1981. She and several of our members transferred there to help get the L.E.P. off the ground. Then later she returned to us at Goring.

If Betty and Arthur had a motto it would be “It won't happen unless you make it happen”

Wilfred Rhodes.

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The local church here in Goring - Mary Connelly

Tuesday Fellowship

We have started off our new session with interesting and varied talks. Once again Andrew came and this time his theme was Harvest.

He showed us beautiful and colourful slides. His afternoons are always a joy.

We also had a lady called Pat along, who made and dressed dolls. They were exquisite.

On 8th November Tony will be our speaker, talking about train journeys. This one is from Brighton to the north of Scotland but he tells us it will take 25 years to get there! We haven’t left Sussex yet, so I wonder just how far we will actually get.

Carole Culliss


The local church here in Goring - Members Interests

MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP (MAF)

‘What you do, is invaluable and extraordinary’

This is a quote by Archbishop Justin Welby when he visited MAF’s head office in Folkestone during this Christian organisation’s 70th year celebrations. Through our Outreach Group our church supports MAF and maybe some of you do as individuals also.

MAF serves some of the world’s forgotten people – those living out of sight, out of mind and out of hope in 26 countries. Thousands of communities are completely isolated and MAF’s 130 aircraft fly to 1,490 remote destinations.

Whether landing in deserts or jungles, on lakes, rivers, tracks or roads, MAF planes transport

essential medical care, food, water, relief teams and church workers to those in desperate need.

Every flight is a lifeline carrying practical help, spiritual hope and physical healing to thousands of men, women and children.


The local church here in Goring - Members Interests

Here are a few more facts and figures from 2015:-

Over 64,000 flights

Around 1,500 NGO partners flown

6,323 tons of aid and materials delivered

178,301 passengers flown

1,322 skilled and dedicated staff serving with MAF

7,263 helicopter flights co-ordinated following the earthquake disaster in Nepal

Doesn’t this sound like a charity worth praying for and supporting?

Praise God for His pro-vision and all that is being accomplished.

Eileen Rhodes


Miscellaneous

Living the Life of the Crucified one

We live our lives in a vale of tears

Suspended by hope throughout the years Yet our lives have been ‘crucified with Christ,’

Keep this in mind, our struggles are worth the price.

Cont’d

Christmas and New Year Services 18 December 10.30am Morning Worship Rev Andrew Sellwood 6.00pm Candle light Carol Service Christmas Eve 5.00pm Christmas Nativity Service. Junior Church Christmas Day 10.30am Morning Worship Rev Andrew Sellwood 1 January 10.30am Morning worship Rev Tony Trevithick


Miscellaneous

The Apostle Paul says, ‘Christ lives in me’

And ‘the life we live, we live by faith’? Do you agree? So if Christ lives in us we must put ego aside And let Him rule our thoughts and our pride;

We may try hard to overcome,

To crucify wrong; but this must be done. It was our Saviour, who took us to the cross,

Without Him, life with God would be lost;

He won our freedom and saved the day, We owe Him our gratitude in every way;

Though He discharged believers from the law, The ‘evil one’ lays waiting at our door.

How then shall we stand and win Fight the evil and grievous sin?

In our own strength we shall not survive, But by yielding to God we shall revive.

When we let go and allow God to perform, Through His love and grace He will reform;

As we yield everything to His Will, Our lives He will consummate still;

We are taught to be perfect, that’s our goal, It’s the way to become gracious and whole;

So let Christ take charge of the life God gave, There’s little to be gained by doubt or rave.

All that which is said above, concerns our soul,

Not nation or neighbour, that’s not our goal; It’s the self that must be overcome

If we’re to live the Life of God’s Son;

Living the Life of the Crucified One, Will steer us towards the life to be won;

So be prepared to submit all in your field, We overcome, as in love and faith we yield.

William Doyle Based on Galatians 2:20


Puzzles & Quizzes

Alphabet ‘Christmas & Winter’ word-puzzle

The puzzle on the following page consist of 25 rows of letters with one empty space in each row.

There is one place for each letter of the alphabet excluding the letter ‘Q’ in the 25 empty squares.

Fill in each letter so that a three or more letter word is formed relating to wildlife. Forwards or backwards.

Some of the letters may fit in more than one of the empty squares to complete words; however, only one arrangement of all the letters of the alphabet will complete a word in each row.

All of the answers are associated with Christmas and winter time.

Solution:


Puzzles & Quizzes

S E K A L F O N S S Y Y

P S S F Y A T A B L E Y

A F L E E S O G I N E B

Q C T T S V A R O L S T

Q U L L E S I T H N N H

U C H E R O E R O D D S

R E I M A R L M B L L T

T N E S E R F S T O X Z

M R E G N A I U M M S S

Z A H C P A T R I D G E

P A S T O C I N G S R S

L U S L E D E A C H A H

O C G Y H P R T I E S S

A L S L L E H G I E L S

L U M C L O M A S E S R

A C V Y U E T I D E H P

S S A V I O R I J E S U

M H T E R A A N I R K N

J S R E I N E E R C H H

G G A B R I L E L U H I

A S B M A G I E L Y S B

Z R Y U S T I G C E V B

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Weekday Activities

Journeys with Jesus & Junior Table Tennis Monday Afternoons

Tuesday Fellowship 2nd and 4th Tuesday Afternoons

The Ark for Adults with Babies & Toddlers Thursday Mornings. School Term times

Kestro (Stroke Club) Friday Afternoons

Table Tennis for All Tuesday & Friday Mornings, 9.30—11.30

Little Fishes Play Group Monday-Friday. School Term times

Bible Study Group First Wednesday in Month

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Goring United Reformed Church, Worthing, West Sussex. www.gurc.org.uk

Goring United Reformed Church is

part of the United Reformed Church

in the United Kingdom. In May 2005

a Joint Pastorate was formed with St

Andrew's United Reformed Church in

Rustington, with whom we share

Ministry.

The United Reformed Church has over

1600 churches in England, Scotland

and Wales with a total membership of

about 76000. It was formed in 1972

when the Presbyterian Church of

England and the Congregational

Church of England and Wales united,

and it was joined by the Reformed

Association of Churches of Christ in

Great Britain and Ireland in 1981 and

the Congregational Union of Scotland

in 2000.

Goring and St Andrew’s are part of

the Southern Synod of the United

Reformed Church whose affairs are

governed by the General Assembly.

It was early in the 1930s that

Worthing Congregational Church in

Shelley Road began planning to build

a new church in the rapidly growing

area to the west of Worthing. The

present building was opened in

September 1961 when the

congregation became too large to be

accommodated in the church building

that is now the hall. This first building

was opened in 1948.

Goring URC is part of Churches

Together For Worthing, and Christians

Together in Goring, with whom we

often join for worship. The other

churches in Goring with whom we

share the Christian faith are English Martyrs Roman Catholic Church, St Mary, St Laurence & St Richard Churches of England, the New Life Baptist Church and Bury Drive Methodist Church.

Goring United Reformed Church

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