July/August 2019
Unity The Newsletter of Ealing Green Church Ealing Green Church, The Green, Ealing, London W5 5QT
October 2019
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Superintendent Rev Rachel Bending 07986 461787
Church Secretary Position Vacant
Church Secretariat Hector Chidiya
Choir Leader Fleur Hatherall 020 08248 6774
Organist Fleur Hatherall 020 8248 6774
Communion Steward Nora Masih
Unity Magazine Lee Horwich 020 8567 2851
Unity Distributor Helen Harper
Ecumenical Officer David Groves 020 893 8315
Bible Reading Rota Church Office 020 8810 0136
Ealing Green Church (Methodist & United Reformed)
Minister: the Rev Susan Male
07939 150194 ~ [email protected]
Church Office: [email protected] /
020 8810 0136
open weekdays 10am ~ 3pm, apart from on Wednesdays,
when it is open 1pm ~ 6pm
Website: www.ealinggreenchurch.com
Contributions to Unity: [email protected]
~ Groups ~
Afternoon Bible Study: first Thursday monthly at 1.30pm
Monday Fellowship: 2nd & 4th Mondays monthly at 1.45pm
Choir Practice: before and after the service each Sunday
Luncheon Club: Thursdays 12 noon—1.15pm
Full details can be found in the weekly notice sheet
~ You are welcome to come to any meeting ~
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October 2019
Welcome to your Unity Magazine for October 2019 and my thanks to
Sarah for filling in while I was away. It is/was very much appreciated.
I hope you enjoy the ‘new look’ of the newsletter for which I will be
happy to receive any comments you have or any further changes
that you might suggest. More of that later.
This month’s contents are listed below. Thank -you all for your
submissions.
Closing date for submissions for the November issue is
Sunday 13th October, thanks!
Contents: Page
Letter from our Minister, Sue 4
Letters and emails 6
News of the Church Family 7
South Ealing Saints 9
MacMillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning 11
Day 11 Capital Ring 12
Day 12 Capital Ring 14
Japan 16
Classic Cinema 19
Collection Point Rehema 21
Rotas 24
You will also find lots of dates for your diaries contained within Sue’s
newsletter.
Lee Horwich
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that
so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
Arthur James Balfour, 1848 - 1930
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From Sue:
Dear Ealing Greeners
It has been a good start to the new Methodist year.
We have already celebrated our Harvest Festival and done our part
in replenishing the stocks for the Ealing Food Bank, and we had a
wonderful morning at the Macmillan Coffee morning, where over
£1000 was raised for the charity. On top of that we also were
entertained by Joan’s rock choir, who made an excellent sound,
and were joined by some of the ladies who are involved in the
“Creative Conversations Project”
The “creative Conversations” project is for women of different faiths
to meet to form good relationships. We also plan, though it is almost
a secondary aim, to do something creative together. If you are a
woman of any age and would like to be involved please talk to me,
for we would love you to join us. Our next meeting is at the
Gurdwara close to Southall Station on 20 Nov, lunchtime. I will be
very happy to give you more information if you contact me for it.
We will also soon be beginning our new Bible Study Group – joint with
Kingsdown, but for both churches. The initial three meetings will take
place at Kingsdown Methodist, but after Christmas I hope to move
meetings into people’s homes. The dates which we will meet on are:
15 Nov, 29 Nov, 13 Dec, 10 Jan, 24 Jan, 7 Feb, 21 Feb, 6 March, 20
March, 3 April, 24 April, 8 May, 22 may, 5 June, 19 June, 3 July, 17
July. The First Three Sessions will be introductory, as people in the
group get to know one another better. The aim of the group will be
to help us to explore Discipleship and our relationships with God –
through Bible Study, prayer, and reflection on the world, current
affairs, and our part in it all as Christians. Put the dates in your diaries,
and here is the detail for the first three sessions.
Session 1
15 November 10-11.30 AM Why do you come to church?
An exploration of what church is for and why we come?
Session 2
29 November 10-11.30 AM What Bible passage is
special/important to you and why?
A time for sharing our most valued Bible passages
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Session 3
13 December 10-1130 AM What is prayer?
An exploration but come prepared to share what helps you to be
with God.
Planning for the Spring Term
If you prefer an Evening Bible Study group, Phil Male will be
continuing his group in the manse at 8pm on these Wednesdays:
9th October, 13th November, 11th December , 8th January , 12th
February , 11th March , 1st April
The group looks at overviews of the Books and will be looking at
Judges, the Psalms and other Books. All welcome.
Deb, Louise and Phil are busy selling tickets for our Christian Aid Fish
and Chips Quiz supper to be held on 19 October. You can come as
individuals or as teams from 7pm – 9.30 pm. you can invite family and
friends too. Tickets cost £10 for adults and £5 for children. We need
to know who is coming in advance though please so that we can
organise the fish and chips. The Quiz has been jointly organised by
Ealing Green Church and Kingsdown Methodist, and – importantly –
will take place at Kingsdown!
Now you might think I am, getting silly. It’s bad enough when the
shops look like Christmas in October … but believe me Ministers must
be just as bad. This year I really want a good turn out for our “Carols
for Christmas” Big sing. We are holding a Big Sing at our church on
Sunday 22nd December at 6pm in order to raise money for the Night
Shelter. This will take on a different form to previous Carol Services, in
that it will be Christmas centred, and the kind of jolly service which
we are hoping you will want to invite friends and family to as well.
Please put the date in your diary, and theirs too! Let them know
about the charity we are supporting!
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CHOOSE THE CAROLS! PLEASE LET ME
KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED BY THE END OF
NOVEMBER, and then invite all your friends to come and hear it.
Please ask your children and Grandchildren what they would like
too, and then bring them along to sing.
Please try your hardest to get involved in these events which will
bring new life both to you, and to your church community.
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Additional dates you might be interested in:
Mon 14th Oct 8.30pm. A very small Taize group meets monthly at
Ealing Abbey, in their Newman chapel. Phil and I are going to join
them this month. If anyone else would like to join us, let me know
and I will show you the way.
Sunday 19th January 4.30 pm at Kingsdown Methodist Church. I am
leading this years’ Service for Christians Together in Central Ealing to
come together for The Week of Christian Unity. Please put the date
in your diary and come to join Christians of all denominations for this
special service. All being well our choir should be singing at it.
With Prayers
Sue
Letters and emails
From Janette Pender
May I please extend my sincere thanks to everyone who
communicated with me during my rehab after my ankle
replacement. The cards, phone calls, flowers and visits were most
welcome and brightened up a long, difficult recovery".
Thank you.
Janette Pender.
Macmillan Coffee Morning - from Helen
I would just like to thank everyone who helped to raise over £1040, at
last count, on Saturday 28th September. I shall not be volunteering
to organise the MacMillan Coffee Morning next year, I’m getting too
old and stupid (shurely shome mishtake - ed. – see also page 11).
I would love someone to take over from me - and of course I would
help. Please think if you could do this job to help the valuable work
of MacMillan Cancer Care.
Again, thank you all. :Your generosity of money is wonderful, but it is
your generosity of spirit that makes me proud and blessed to be a
member of this very special church family.
Thank you!
Helen Harper
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News of the Church Family
Janette Pender is making great progress and we were delighted to
see her back in Church, for Harvest Festival. Please pray that Janette
will regain her confidence go out alone after three months of
enforced inactivity.
Please pray for Robina Thexton who has had surgery following a fall
and breaking her hip. She has made a remarkably quick recovery
for a lady in her 90’s! When I visited her just over two weeks later, I
had the best conversation with her that I’ve had for years!
After 2 falls at the beginning of September, Dorothy Ravillious was
admitted to hospital for 2 weeks. She was only home for a short time
when she had to readmitted. Please pray that Dorothy will regain
her strength and soon be able to return home.
Please continue to pray for Jean Rose who is getting stronger every
day and feeling much better in herself. It was lovely to see her at our
Harvest Service, supported by her family.
Please also pray for Margaret Cooper who continues to have pain,
which limits her mobility. She is expecting to have surgery later this
year.
Valerie Jokosenumi is now feeling much better. We give thanks that
she has been able to start a staggered return to work.
Peggy Allaway is in good spirits. She sends her love to all at Ealing
Green. We wish her a Happy Birthday this month.
Congratulations to Alicia on her great GCSE results. All that hard
work has paid off! Do talk to her about the interesting voluntary work
she did during the summer holidays.
Our love and sympathy to Ben Head on the death of his father and
also to Rev Rachel Bending, our Superintendent minister, on the
death of her father. We remember both families in our prayers.
We continue to remember in our prayers those of our church Family
who are housebound:- Jean Rose, Rene Edwards, Robina Thexton,
Dorothy Ravillious and Peggy Allaway. We want them to know that
although they can no longer join us at Sunday Worship, they are not
forgotten.
We pray for those mentioned above and for all who carry the
burden of illness and for their families and friends. Gill Hatherall
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Unity It’s back to work/the grindstone/real life again in our house, after a
‘break’ that we are still recovering from. More of that in future issues,
and there are a load of issues that we came across on our trip, but
first I have to thank Sarah for producing the newsletter for September.
Sarah looked at the format - sent to her as a basis for the next
month’s issue and decided that the setup that I have been using for
over 10 years was possibly not the thing to start with. I remember
upgrading to word 2007 after producing the newsletter for a few
years and have stuck with it since – not least because I didn’t want
to go and fork out quite a lot of money for an updated version of
quite expensive software. I imagine this looked somewhat
antediluvian for someone more used to moving with the times.
So she did the only thing a reasonable person could – junked my
format and software and started off with something slightly more up
to date and fresh. And I, for one, am grateful for the fresh look at
what, looking back, had become more than just a little dated. It was
well overdue for a change and I am glad that one has been made.
Unfortunately the version of Publisher that I have, the software Sarah
used, is of the same vintage as my Word software, and I have found
it a serious problem trying to get to grips with it. So I am back in the
familiar fields of Word, but hopefully reflecting the changes that
Sarah instigated.
Please let me know if you like the changes/have any suggestions for
the layout and content of the newsletter – after all it is your
newsletter, so should reflect your wishes.
God bless you.
The Jews and Arabs should sit down and settle their differences
like good Christians
Warren Robinson Austin 1877 – 1962
US Politician and diplomat
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South Ealing Saints
Sue passed this on – to see if
there is anyone who is interested
or can help.
Dear Rev.Male
My name is Carl Smith and I am
a member of St. Mary's, Ealing,
and I also help run their
associated Junior Football team
- the South Ealing Saints.
We are having a recruitment
drive and I am hoping that you
may be able to let your
membership know about us?.
To give you a little insight into
the club, the sessions usually
include both training routines as
well as matches. Although the
club does not play in a regular
league we try to arrange
friendly matches, where possible,
and regularly enter age group teams into local 6-a-side competitions
as well as competing in the London Churches Football Tournament
run by Ambassadors Football. We currently charge a one-off fee per
season of £25.00 and kit can be purchased at a reasonable cost. ---
*** Any Saints in your Family? ***
Do you like football? Are you in School Year 4,5,6,7 or 8? Then why
not join the SOUTH EALING SAINTS? We welcome both boys and girls
and everyone gets to play. Ideal for those with Sunday
commitments. The club is associated with St. Mary's, Ealing, and is
based on Christian values. We welcome children of all faiths to
participate and to have fun.
When? Most Saturday Mornings during term time
Where? Ealing Common
Time? 09:30-11:30
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We're always looking for extra adult help, so if you're a dad (or mum)
with a couple of hours free any week, fortnight or month we'd be
happy to see you. No experience necessary.
Interested? Then contact us [email protected] or call
Carl Smith on 07786726003.
Best Wishes
Carl Smith
Admin Team
South Ealing Saints Junior Football Club
Ecumenical Visit
This will be to The Regent Hall, Salvation Army church on Oxford
Street at 3pm on Saturday November 2nd.
See https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/regent-hall
If people would like to join us, please contact Noreen Barnes-
Hoggett, [email protected] or on 020 8997-4935.
She will let you know about the arrangements for meeting up.
Thank you
Gordon
Tel: 020 8997-7055 (0790 562-4562 for texts)
Rich men’s houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable and
never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of
moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to
Beauty.
Margot Asquith 1866 - 1945
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Didn’t we have fun? Well the weather didn’t help, but with a little
urging, well just a bit more than just a little, we rolled up with our
cakes (or not) and our willingness to pitch in, because, hadn’t Helen
been working on this for months now and made pretty sure we knew
which date and what was supposed to be happening – and the
consequences of not being there.
Bur she had urged us and we were
there – and ready!
The cakes and coffee went well
and some of the ’best quality’ bric
a brac’ was snapped up, but things
really got going when Joan’s friends
and colleagues Rock Choir came
along and gave a really spirited
performance of some classic rock tunes,
Then it was back to getting what
money/donations we could for the stuff
on the tables, including the cakes and
tea/coffee inside until the ‘morning’ was
over.
When the money was being counted up
Helen’s face lit up as she realised how
much her efforts had produced. Over
£1040 at the time of writing this, a wonderful result for her, those who
helped in all their various ways, and, most importantly of all,
Macmillan Cancer Support.
As you have seen earlier in this issue, Helen isn’t going to do it next
year, so would you think about taking this on?
But lastly, huge thanks to Helen for all her efforts.
Lee
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Day 11 Capital Ring: Hendon Park to Highgate
woods
This was a five mile walk that started in (possibly) the most
unattractive part of the Capital Ring walk, and ended in a lovely
wooded section of the walk.
Martin and I started the walk under the flyovers of Brent Cross. The
sky was grey and rain threatened. It did not look good as we tried to
ignore the pollution from the many cars traversing the roads and
flyovers in the area and along
the North Circular. As my trusty
guide notes, the North Circular
‘has the dubious distinction of
being the noisiest road in
Britain.’(p116). However, this
part of the walk did not last long
and we soon found ourselves
amongst the woods and parks
next to the River Brent and the
elegantly named Mutton Brook
and Dollis Brook. Remnants of
past glories could be found in the woods such as the two pepper pot
gazebos which were part of the Brent Bridge hotel- a major dance
band venue of the 1920s and 1930s.
As we walked away from the brooks we entered Hampstead
Garden Suburb. The sun began to shine and we walked through the
pretty streets of ‘one of the most affluent parts of London.’ (Trusty
guide, p119) We wended our way left and right through the pretty
streets as we followed the Capital Ring and walked through the
subway in East Finchley tube ( a rather odd part of the Capital Ring!)
until we came to Cherry Tree woods.
Many of the woods in this part of London leading up to Highgate are
remnants of the ancient Forest of Middlesex and of the Bishop of
London’s hunting park. These woods were originally named as
Dirthouse, Gravel Pit and Churchyard Bottom Woods. In the late 19th
and early 20th century they were, not too surprisingly, renamed as
Cherry Tree, Highgate and Queens woods. Each has a different
character and are lovely walks for anyone who likes walking in
woods.
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Cherry Tree wood is a quiet, dark, hilly
wood, which leads into the very
pleasant Highgate woods. Here the
woods are open and varied, with the
sunlight dappling through.
There is also a ‘plaque which marks the
spot where the Capital Ring was
formally launched on 21 September
2005.’ (Trusty guide, p122) Martin and I
stopped for a bit to decipher the
plaque and also give thanks to those
whose hard work led to the creation of
this 78 mile walk. It has given us, and
many others, much fun over the 14
years since it was created.
Queens woods, renamed after
Queen Victoria, is much wilder,
darker and hillier than Highgate
Woods. However, as we
scrunched our way through some
of the early leaves that had
already fallen, we came across a
group of children enjoying a
picnic in the woods surrounded by
little ‘tents’ made from stacked
wild branches. They all looked
very tame amongst the wild woods. We made our way out into the
sunshine, Highgate station, and our journey home. Next walk we
move onto North East London....
If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.
Margot Asquith 1866 - 1945
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Day 12: Highgate Woods to Stoke Newington
This was a walk with a lot of variety. The sun shone and other friends
joined Martin and me for the walk.
We started off in the cool of Highgate
Woods and then descended down to a
disused railway line to walk the
Parkland Way for two miles. This railway
line, the Edgware, Highgate &London
Railway was opened in 1867, but was
never very successful. In the 1930s
there were plans to turn it into part of
the Northern Line. But war got in the
way and the idea was abandoned. The line closed in 1954. Some
far-sighted people at the local council helped set it up as a nature
reserve and walk and cycle path. It’s lovely, if sometimes a bit
spooky with its abandoned platforms ( anyone for Stroud Green or
was it Stapleton Hall ??).
We emerged from the railway line path into Finsbury Park which is a
delightfully large park with children’s play areas, gardens and lakes.
And has a great cafe for a cup of tea!
Suitably refreshed we walked on to the
New River. This is neither new nor a river.
It is an unnavigable artificial
watercourse, completed in 1613 to
bring fresh water to
London from
springs near Ware
in Hertfordshire’.
(Trusty guide, p 128) There is now a walk you
can do along the New River Path all the way to
Hertfordshire. We were only walking along it for
a mile. It is a very pretty path which for some of
the way runs next to two reservoirs and where
you can see one of those Victorian water
pumping stations which is disguised as
something else. In this case it is disguised as a
castle; is no longer used for pumping and is now a ‘really good
climbing centre’, said one of our friends.
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We left the New River to walk into Clissold Park
and the two wonderful old churches of Stoke
Newington. There is an older, smaller church
called the ‘Ancient Mother Church’ from 1563,
and a larger church called St Mary’s which
was designed by George Gilbert Scott and
consecrated in 1858. (Trusty guide, p 132).
We enjoyed our packed lunches in the park, in
the shade of a large horse chestnut tree, and
mused on all the hidden paths and parts of
London we had found in our walk around the
Ring.
The delightful Church Street in Stoke
Newington, unlike many city streets, had
lots of independent shops we could
browse. We stopped to look at the town
hall and searched out the camouflage
paint that was still on part of the hall from
the Second World War, and then walked
on to find the different objects that
illustrated how, during the 17th and 18th
centuries, the village of Stoke Newington
had been a refuge for dissenters and nonconformists excluded from
the City of London e.g. Daniel Defoe who had lived in Church street.
Our last stop was Abney Park
Cemetery. Many religious dissenters
are buried here e.g. William Booth
and Isaac Watts. The cemetery was
also devised as an arboretum and has
many types of tree. As the trusty
guide notes it is a ‘cheerfully eerie
place.’ The cemetery is worth
another visit at some time to
investigate all the tomb stones and
trees, however we had come to the end of our walk and left the
cemetery to join the busy A10 and find our way back to Ealing.
Next walk I move onto Hackney Wick and the last couple of walks to
complete the Capital Ring. Pat Sucher
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Japan No.1 of a series
OK so you might’ve seen Sue
Perkins’ recent documentary and
others over the years on Japan, but
have you really seen and
understood what goes on in that
country, so far away from us and so
fundamentally different to us in so
many ways?
Sure, Japanese parents want the
best for their children and
Japanese people know they have
to rub along with each other in the
best interests of the overall community and society in general on that
crowded island, with which, tellingly, they draw comparisons with
Great Britain, but there, apart from eating and sleeping and a few of
the other things that we all do, is where parallels between us start to
break down.
Having had the good fortune of visiting Japan for work and having
lived nearby so I could go there for long weekends, the country has
fascinated me more as time has gone on. Years ago when I was
sent to Germany, to learn German and work there, by the company
I worked for there was a Japanese girl in my class. She was both
lovely and enigmatic – the latter characteristic enhanced out of all
proportion by the fact that she would not talk with anyone apart
from the teacher. This intrigued, to put it mildly, all of her classmates.
Wanting to take Jane to see something of the country as well I
arranged for a trip recently. We left a cloudy London around
lunchtime with the temperature roughly 19 degrees, missing out a
night’s sleep on the 12 hour plane
flight and arriving at 0700 the next
morning into a sun blazing 35
degree 95% humidity Tokyo. This
was enough to disorientate
anyone. Despite being allowed to
check in to our room at 0900, way
ahead of the normal 1500 check
in time and the bliss of a few hours
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sleep things did not ‘settle down’ for
days.
Tokyo is, according to Sue Perkins’
documentary, the largest city in the
world, at 37million, and the most
densely populated. It is also, even
with all those people, one of the
cleanest I have ever been in. And the
transport . . . everywhere you look
there are trains and subways and monorails – and some buses. One
thing that struck us was how few cars there were.
Another thing that struck us was the number of convenience stores.
It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that there is one on every
corner, and I do mean every corner. If not it is probably in the
middle of the block
Many Japanese are single or
do not have children, theirs is
one of the lowest birth rates in
the world. Many don’t cook
for themselves – and eat out
for all their meals, often in the
convenience stores where you
can get noodles and instant
meals, use the microwave
ovens and sit at the few tables always available. You can get almost
anything in these convenience stores, the range of foods and other
items (facemasks!!) and, our universal need, milk and tea, were as
nothing compared to some of the things we found there. We
bought a small bottle of an upmarket ‘special’ rice wine as a present
for some friends in one – as it was the only place we could find a
bottle of that size.
Cash machines, something we needed
but would otherwise have struggled to
find – are always available. So is fruit,
however, each apple, or banana or
orange, is individually and tightly
wrapped in an almost indestructible
transparent industrial film. I hesitate to
use the word cling film as that doesn’t
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carry with it the suggestion of the strength of the stuff and the force
needed to get it off!
Umbrellas are sold in convenience stores, and indeed in almost
anything else you would recognise as a shop. Looking out of the
front door on one of our days there to see it raining, the concierge
offered me a loan umbrella for the day. When I said we were
checking out he put the one offered away and then produced
another, seemingly identical one. That will be 500yen, sir (about £4)
he said. I bought it. The nearest convenience store was at the other
end of the block. I would have been soaked by the time I got there
and it would have cost the same!
There are also umbrella stands outside virtually every establishment.
Some of them have polythene covers for your umbrella so you can
take it into the shop without soaking the floor, but many are stands so
you can just leave your umbrella outside with little fear of it being
taken – honesty is another thing you begin to notice. Curiously it was
only at a few tourist spots where some umbrella stands had a locking
arrangement where you locked your umbrella in by taking a tab out
of the slot the umbrella went in and unlocked it by returning the tab.
As you step out from your shop, hotel or tourist destination, you start
to develop an awareness of bicycles – on the pavement! No matter
how crowded the pavement, there is often a bicycle weaving its
way, not necessarily at breakneck speed thank goodness, but at a
respectable speed, through the pedestrians. No one seems to see
this as an infringement of their rights to walk unhindered and
curiously, there is little animosity shown to the cyclist. It is something
that often made us jump as we were
overtaken while walking along.
The thing that really struck us, figuratively
speaking, though, was the attachment to
many bikes, on the handlebars, of an umbrella
clamp. When it rained, as it did often while we
were there, the sight of hundreds of these
things sailing along both road and pavement
was striking to say the least – and an image
that will remain with us for some time to come.
More on Japan in the next newsletter. Lee
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Classic Cinema Club Ealing , Fridays 7:30pm
Dressed to Impress
We look to cinema as a purveyor of escapist entertainment, glamour
and luxury on screen. From historical period pieces and costume
dramas, to films that set future fashion trends, the outfits veer from
chic to ridiculous. Also featuring gorgeous sets,
elaborate choreography and spectacular visual
style.
Friday October 4th
Three Days of the Condor (1975) 117mins
A man named Turner works for the CIA reading
books and postulating possible scenarios that
could be applied to intelligence work. He goes
out to get lunch but when he returns everyone
at the centre has been killed. He calls his
superior and asks for someone to bring him in, he
tells him that his section chief will get him but
when he arrives, the man tries to shoot him, he manages to shoot
back and escape. In an act of desparation, the abducts a woman
and forces her to shelter him until he can figure out what is going on.
When someone goes to the woman's house and tries to kill him, he
kills the man and discovers that he has a connection to the CIA,
which means that someone in the CIA is
behind the attempt on him. Simply put – a
classic.
Friday 11th October
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) 102 mins
Steve McQueen assembles a crack team for a
bank heist, with Faye Dunaway as the
insurance investigator on his trail. An action
caper with optical trickery, and its sexy stars
bringing the cool and the heat.
Recently remade – but this is the original.
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Friday 18th October
Dreams(1990) 120 mins
Akira Kurosawa
minutes – certificate PG – in Japanese
with English subtitles
In 8 sequences inspired by his reveries
and personal reflections, the great
director uses sumptuous imagery to
imagine childlike wonder, ancient folklore,
modern fears, and mankind’s bond with
nature.
One review: In all I recommend this film to
anyone who has the chance to see it, It is
possible that Dreams may not appeal to
a mainstream audience in terms of
content because there is a lot of symbolism and critical engagement
but the photography and sceneries are for sure something that
should not go amiss for anyone. If you get the chance it is truly worth
giving it your time, a fantastic experience.
Friday 25th October
Top Hat(1935) 93 minutes
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tap
around a love-hate flirtation founded on
a misunderstanding. Dancing Cheek to
Cheek across stunning Art Deco sets, this
feel-good rom-com is one of the best
Hollywood musicals.
Showman Jerry Travers is working for
producer Horace Hardwick in London.
Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps
late one night in Horace's hotel, much to
the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont
below. She goes upstairs to complain
and the two are immediately attracted to each other.
Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
All these films are shown in the Parlour, so ‘home’ fixtures.
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Collection Point Rehema Organisation
The people of Rehema Organisation
would like to sincerely pass their love
and greetings to you all. We extend
our heartfelt appreciation for your
great support to Rehema which has
been received monthly for over years.
The friendship was born sometime in
2008 when one of your church family
Mr Peter Firstbrook visited Kenya on a
journalism voyage to cover the former USA President Barack
Obama’s campaign that year. Peter was on a mission to look into
Obama's African roots and his
African ancestry. This
eventually led to my visit to
your Church where we met
and since then the people of
Ealing Green have been a
family to us at Rehema.
Rehema is a community Based
Organisation in Kajulu Village
of Kisumu City in Kenya in East
Africa. Kisumu is the 3rd largest
city after the Capital Nairobi
and Mombasa.
Rehema is a Swahili word for
Mercy. The organisation has 3
main branches namely:
▪Rehema Family Church
▪Rehema Children's Home
▪Rehema schools
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Other projects include
youth and women
empowerment programs.
This includes training,
mentorship and income
generating activities
programs e.g. the widows
program run by mama
Mary.
Rehema began slightly over
20 years ago as a small
project by bishop Ambros &
Mama Mary Samo. Even
though bishop Ambros has
now handed over much of
the duties to his other
leaders, he still plays an
overseer role as the father of faith to Rehema
people.
The leadership is currently shared between
pastors leading church groups like pastor
James & Alice who are leading our branch in
Kisumu, pastor Vincent in the Bandani slums,
pastor Nick of the Kajulu branch, pastor Tabitha
of the Kibos branch, pastor Mark of the
Nyahera Branch, Mary Orende of Seme and
Roy Samo who leads the organisation's
development programs like the Children's work
and Linnet who handles the schools.
The Rehema
organisation has
achieved tremendous
results in both its
spiritual programs
developing large
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active church congregations,
in supporting children and
young people schooling and
training them and, in some
cases, housing and feeding
them. There are numerous
women’s groups that have
trained and then supported
women into employment with a number of businesses being
established such as tailoring.
We welcome more support and partnerships for the organisation's
greater impact. There are various programs that needs urgent
support like the children's work that includes schooling &
accommodation. Those who want to volunteer in Africa are also
welcome during holidays or at any time in the year.
Some notable partnerships in the UK includes Ealing Green Church,
Lea Valley Church by pastor Geoff & Bo Ace, London Network
Church by pastor Alex Afriyi, Mission Africa by David & Eather Tucker
among others.
Attached are
some recent
pictures of the
organisation's
programs.
Thanking you
all,
Roy Samo
Director
25 August 2019
Please give generously.
Thank you
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Church Rotas
Could we have some volunteers for readers and in particular the prayer rota (now with only 3 persons
on it!) – Please see Sarah or myself if you are interested/willing to help. Thanks, Lee
October Preacher Bible Steward Reader Prayers Communion
Stewards
7th 11:00 Rekka Cheriyan Ela Trail Helen Harper Colin
Hatherall
14th 11:00 The Rev Sue Male Jane Horwch Elspeth NM, MR, GH, AK
Holy Communion Singleton
21st 11:00 The Rev Sue Male Nyarai Gondo Pat Sucher Jane Horwich
28th 11:00 Susan Peatfield Stalin Sundarraj Christine
Edwards
Colin
Hatherall
To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who
has ‘never had a chance poor devil,’ you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the
strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an
honest man of anyone.
Margot Asquith 1865 - 1945