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Messy Matters

For the Power & Glory

Our Newsletter in Dorking

We hope you like this newsletter connected to our Messy Sessions, as an opportunity to share the message of each months session, to keep you up to date with Messy Family Events, Celebrations & News, to share the happenings during the month on our Church Premises and to involve you all in sharing the experience of Messy.

Dorking URC
Messy Church

2013 – Hallowed be thy name

Volume 1 : Issue 8
JUNE 2013

Messy Message
By Peter
The Lord’s Prayer
Bible verses
Matthew 6:9-13
‘Our Father in heaven:
May your holy name be honoured;
may your Kingdom come;
may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today the food we need.
Forgive us the wrongs we have done,
as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
Do not bring us to hard testing,
but keep us safe from the Evil One.’
Something to Do
Copy out some of the words above and put a border round them, or colour them in to put up on the wall in your bedroom.
Or
Write a prayer for someone you know, or a situation you have heard about.
A thought
Jesus said “When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.” Prayers do not have to contain special words, they are a conversation with God, just use the same words you would use when talking to a friend.
A Prayer
Lord teach me to pray like Jesus, so that I can be close to you and share my concerns with you.
Amen

Special points of interest:
FAMILY COACH
Who’s Dave?
Tiberius Breakfast Club
What ever the weather
Arthur Pound
Active Mess
Contact detail
Come & Join Us
Church on Wednesday !
Invitation to Breakfast
Amen Amen
Baffling boxes

Our Father

Next Messy
July 3rd

Who art in heaven

Within your Church !

Each month we have a Tiberius Breakfast Club—We meet at 8.30 to have breakfast (that is cereal, juice, tea & coffee, cooked breakfast and toast with spreads) and we enjoy time together before having an activity usually tied in with the preparation of the morning service at 10.30.
Please feel free to come along and join us for Breakfast - it is great for anyone who gets up early with Children on a Sunday and enjoys a full breakfast. A small nominal charge is made to cover the cost of breakfast. We would love to have you join us .
This usually coincides with our all age services or our parade services where our Uniformed organizations join us for worship.
If you have any further questions please contact Pauline Selley : p.f.selley@gmail.com
Tel : 01737 841585

Breakfast Club— 16th June 2013

Staying Safe!
Each month we use various resources and equipment with scissors and paint etc. we ask that care is taken, but make sure every child looks after the adult they come with, to make sure everyone is kept safe.
At all times PLEASE alert us to any
allergies you may have!

Thy kingdom come ..

FAMILY COACH !! Join us ?

..thy will be done !

We love to make a MESS !

What’s on in the Next Month
– Please let us know of things to share

In and around the Church each month we have many activities: we will try to let you know in
advance with contact numbers where possible so that you can join in, support or just enjoy :
Regular events held at our Church
Rainbow, Brownies & Guides Contact ; Dave Ring Our Church Youth Co Coordinator :
Beavers, Cubs & Scouts on :dave@ring14.freeserve.co.uk or Tel: 01306 886703
Smallfry Toddler Group Every Wednesday (morning 9.30 or afternoon 1.00pm )
Open Doors—coffee & Lunches Every Thursday from 10.00am
Breakfast Club Monthly on Sunday morning 8.30a.m
Morning and Evening Sunday Services
Sunday Morning 10.30 a.m.
(regular Junior Church)
Evening Service 6.30p.m.

Who’s Who ? Dave Ring
Each month we have a group of people helping us make a Mess, these people come from various parts of the Church Family and this is our opportunity to introduce them to you.
Hi, I’m Dave Ring, and I am married to Eileen who is the one who cooks and serves up the delicious Messy Pasta meal every month. We met at the Floriana Methodist Church in Malta, in 1960, when she was a children’s nurse and I was in the Royal Navy. We celebrated our golden wedding anniversary last September having got married in this church in 1962.
Eileen was born and bred in Dorking, but I come from Maidstone. We started our married life in Portsmouth, but moved back to Dorking just before I left the Navy and I became a member of what was then the Congregational Church here in 1966. My induction into membership included the words “as a member, may you richly receive and freely give” I have certainly experienced the first, and have always tried to do my best to do the second. During that time I have served the church in a number of capacities. Both as a Sunday School Teacher and for seven years when I was the “responsible adult” and ran the Church Youth Club. For the last 35 years I have been a leader with our Scout Group here, twenty of them as the Group Scout Leader. I was also a member of the choir here for many years and currently I am a serving Elder and chair the church’s Mission Committee.
A long standing friendship with Judi, our Messy Leader, and her husband Roger dates back to when they were members of the Youth Club, so when she came up with the brilliant idea of starting Messy, and co-opted Eileen as the caterer, I was left with no choice but to add my support. However, after so many years involvement with youth work, I have started living up to my grandchildren’s nickname of Grumples, so at Messy Church, I am kept out of the way and can usually be seen loading and emptying the dishwasher, but before this, I act have to act as porter and chauffeur when buying and delivering the supplies for the meals. I know my place.
the Church Family and this is an opportunity to introduce them to you.

We are part of a very large Church Family !

H E L P !
We are always looking for help on the activities—if you know someone who would enjoy joining the team we would love to meet them

Don’t
forget
Father’s Day
June 16th

Arthur Pound
Mr Arthur Pound has arrived to lead the Dorking URC 2013 Campaign to raise the remaining funds needed for the Church Boiler and Pipework replacement that was completed last year at over £100,000.
In particular, he is organising the “50p for the Meter” initiative, by encouraging us all to collect as many 50p coins as we can and to put them bring them in the Meter that will be at Messy every month.
The Boiler work was less obvious than the other recent projects like the new Kitchen and Toilets, but Arthur has pointed out that although we can’t SEE the heat that is now produced, we can FEEL it - and that it is like the warmth God puts inside each of us, hidden to the eye but felt by everyone when we let his love generate from us.
Now the boiler is done we will have heat for many years to come, but before we can do anything more in developing our plans and ideas for West Street, we have to pay off what we have spent.
With that in mind Arthur is here to help and he loves collecting 50p coins - look at him closely and you might see why! So he is asking that every time we find a spare 50p in our change (or anybody else’s!), we save it for the Meter to help “Keep the Heat On” in our buildings. Ask Judi and the team for further details. Happy Collecting everyone!

Saucy Sailor
Messy Pasta is a great favourite with all those at Messy Church !
Join us for tea!

"The greatest gift we can give to others is our prayers."

Each month we like to
celebrate your
Birthdays !
Let us know at tea-time if it is your Birthday before the next Messy ?

Please be sure to update your details on our Register each Month so we can keep in touch if necessary .

Messy Mates Welcome

Please feel free to talk to any of the helpers at a Messy Session with ideas or concerns or just for a chat.
Between sessions and for any information please contact :
Judi : judicurrie@hotmail.com : Tel: 01306 885254
Ted : tedbelligham@aol.com : Tel 01306 889501
Peter : plflint@btinternet.com : Tel :01306 880072
Pauline : p.f.selley@gmail.com : Tel : 01737 841585

ActiveMess
Each month we will challenge you to a quiz or search on the Theme of the Month.