Standard Bearer. November High Wycombe Salvation Army. Happy to Belong. Three New Adherents REGULAR CORPS EVENTS

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1 REGULAR CORPS EVENTS Sundays Meetings at a.m p.m. Mondays Over 60 s Club Fortnightly Next meeting 3rd Nov Open Door 10 a.m. 12 p.m. Bible Study Weekly, 7.30 at the hall. Next one 3rd Nov. Tuesday Parents and Tots 10 a.m Not school holidays. Afternoon Fellowship 1.45 p.m. For everybody Wednesday Cameo Club second Wednesday monthly 7.30 p.m. Thursdays Tea, Toast and Toys 9 a.m a.m. Open Songster practice 1st Thursday each month Fridays Coffee Morning and Lunch Club 9.30 a.m. and Saturdays Walk first Saturday every month. Details from Barrie, or Gladys. All welcome November Sun 2nd Sun 9th Sat 15th Sun 16th Thurs 20th Sun 23rd First visit by Cadets to observe Meeting Songs of Praise then Buffet tea Remembrance Sunday 4.30 Meeting Bible Explore and Praise Christmas Fayre. 10 a.m. 1 p.m meeting Majors Stephen and Christine Perkins Band on duty at the turning on of the town Christmas lights Meeting Cadets No 4.30 meeting instead. Messy Church 3.30 p.m p.m. Sat 29th Black and White Evening See Page 8 Sun 30th First Sunday in Advent. Standard Bearer High Wycombe Salvation Army November 2014 Year 14: Issue 9 Commanding Officer Captain Hilary McClintock Happy to Belong Last month s Bible dingbat solutions; For ever and ever (Rev 22:5) Golden Calf (Exodus 32) Editor: Carol Gibson. Tel Mob carol@standardbearer.info Magazine Website Corps Officer Tel Three New Adherents

2 Time to de-clutter and buy something completely different this year. I have recently helped a friend to move house and I ve also been to the local tip a few times. It s amazing that we can have so much clutter of things we often do not use, even bought by ourselves! On that matter, if you have anything that would make a nice gift for someone else, please consider donating it to our Christmas Fayre which takes place on Saturday 15 th November (why not come along between 10.00am and 1.00pm?). Now is a good time to look through your cupboards and literally take stock. Holy living involves taking stock and de-cluttering our lives from the things that would crowd out the space we have for God and good things. It s about the numerous choices we make each day to live the way God wants for us. It s about not doing things that clutter our brains, our hearts and our hands with things that we know we should not be doing. Holy living is about filling that space instead with things and matters of long-term value. Kevin s monthly Sudoku..With the letters of My Saviour instead of numbers, you know how it works. November Puzzle October Solution V O A R M S A I V M V U M R O S O U R O R U M U Bible Dingbats What do they say? I I U A Y S M R V O M V Y R U O I A S O R S A I V U M Y S Y O U V A M R I U A R S M I Y O V V M I O R Y S U A A O U I Y R V S M R I M V O S A Y U Y S V M A U O I R Christmas will be here soon, yes indeed, and the shops are already filled with delightful and delicious gifts and food. But think before you cram your cupboards and freezer full of things you may later chuck. The Salvationist publication of 1 st November 2014 reveals that in Britain each year we throw away 74 million mince pies, 5 million Christmas puddings and 2 million turkeys. Why buy now to throw away later? Why not consider putting your money into buying gifts of long-term value that are guaranteed never to end up on the tip? I m referring specifically to The Salvation Army Gifts Catalogue which is out now, full of ideas to help others develop their livelihoods in communities that have much less than we have. Items this year include, for example, a bag of cement 7, composting toilet 15, fishing net 10, teaching someone to read 8, support for a trafficking survivor 20, and school books 6. See the catalogue Just Gifts for more information or call the Salvation Army International Development Department on God bless you, Captain Hilary Page 2 Page 11

3 Christmas Events November 15th Christmas Fayre p,m, Friday 5th Carolling at Marylebone Sat. 6th Carolling at Asda Morning Sunday 7th Messy Christmas 3.30 p.m. Band at All Saints for Mayor s Christmas Festival 5 p.m. (No 4.30 p.m Meeting) Fri 12th Carolling at Marylebone p.m. Sat 13th Carolling at Eden Centre a.m. Sunday 14th Toy Service 4.30 p.m. YP Band at Nancy Hall Ct (tbc) Monday 15th Over 60s Club Christmas Festivities 2.00 p.m. Tuesday 16th Toddlers party a.m. Cameo at Shelburne Lodge 2.30 p.m. Wednesday 17th Last CAMEO before Christmas 7.30p.m. Thurs 18th Last TT&T before Christmas 9 a.m. Fri. 19th Last Lunch Club before Christmas Carolling at Marylebone Sat. 20th Carolling at Eden Sunday 21st Carol Service 4.30 p.m. Christmas Card Distribution Tuesday 23rd Community Carol Service 11 a,m. Tea/Coffee Light lunch to follow Wed. 24th Carolling at Eden Thurs. 25th Christmas Meeting 10 a.m.. Wed. 31st Watch Night Service p.m. Commissioner Harry Read from his series Heart Talk. An Inward Struggle There is a gap, a tension found between. My aspirations and reality. All that I am, and all I want to be, My longings noble and my longings mean. Left to myself, my life can only sink And find a lower level day by day. I cannot lift myself, nor find a way, Nor change the way I act, or way I think. But, still the tension pulls, just like a hand Stretched out to hold which will not be denied; A shining light from which I cannot hide; A voice which, speaking, I can understand. More than all else, dear Lord, I would respond And claim your love as my eternal bond. Romans 7: When I want to do good evil is right there with me. There are some who will remember Major Alan Crossland who was stationed here more than thirty years ago. Harold informed me that he was promoted to glory after a long illness. Please remember his family in your prayers. Major Mervyn Evans, whose birthday was last Monday, is very unwell and I believe is still in Wexham Park hospital. Your prayers would be appreciated. Please pray for Jackie Bennell also who underwent surgery last week. Quotable quote. Prayer prevents us from sinning. Sin prevents us from praying. Captain Hilary Page 10 Page 3

4 Christmas Fayre Saturday 15th November. 10 a.m. 1 p.m. We have cakes, gifts, wrapping paper, handicrafts, knitted goods, Christmas cards, books, jigsaws, Small bric-a-brac. Contributions to stalls still welcomed. Help is needed on the Saturday, during and after the sale. Please see Gladys or Melinda to offer your help. We look forward to seeing you. Please bring friends and family with you to bag a bargain and enjoy some refreshments, which, of course, include our bacon rolls. Important If you provide home made food products., i.e. cake, preserves, etc. Please write on a slip of paper the ingredients you use. This is to comply with Health and Safety requirements concerning allergens. We do not need the recipe, only a list, such as flour, sugar, eggs, margarine, dried fruit, nuts. Thank you. Things financial. Amount raised for the Big Collection Harvest Altar Service 900 Thanks to all. Page 4 Seekers after truth. Bible Study Group. A very warm welcome awaits you on... Monday evenings... at.. The Hall...in... The quiet room...at p.m.where A small group of people... Read Scripture... Try to understand it And it s relevance for us today. There are no theologians No examinations No fees. No trick questions No membership requirements. There are some empty seats Just waiting to be filled by Other seekers after truth Who want to know God And His will for us. Could you fill one of those seats? Come along and give it a try. Our Cadets Introducing Cadets Julia Mapstone and Sandra Wiersma. Julia comes from Morriston Corps in Wales. Previously she was part of a team, planting a new Salvation Army expression in Gibbonstown just outside of Cardiff. She left behind her dog Jess, who has been adopted by her old boss, and worked as a vascular scientist. Sandra is from Almere Corps in Holland and worked on THQ fundraising She left behind her two dogs, but is very happy to be training in England. She was brought up in the S.A., she has a brother who has two children and a cousin with three children. They are both looking forward to getting to know us all. Their next visit will be on November 23rd, when they will be leading our morning worship. Let us make them really welcome and pray for them. Page 9

5 A special event in aid of Good Friday Service 2015 Tickets from Captain Hilary New Things Two very special events for four very special people. Above we see Captain Hilary presenting William, Patrick, Matthew and Ali with their young musician commissions. Some of them have been playing for several years, but this is the first time they have been acknowledged in this way. Let us pray that they will always use their talents in the Lord s service. Below are three ladies who have decided that The Salvation Army is their church. Avril Stone, Olive Stone (no relation) and Irene Anderson are already valuable members or our fellowship and now they are Adherents and on the roll at High Wycombe. We welcome them into our Corps and pray that they will know more and more of God s grace as they share fellowship with us week by week. Page 8 Page 5

6 shows us the actions Our God is a great big God, and Joan and Eniola bravely volunteered to delve into the bin bags to try and identify the objects hidden in them. Sundays We never know quite what will happen in our Sunday meetings. Here we see Dequain playing the part of Moses as the battle against the Amalekites raged before him. Hands held high in prayer and the battle went the way of the Israelites, but when exhaustion set in (well you try holding your arms up for hours at a time), then help is needed. In our meeting it was Captain Hilary and Grace who did the honours and the battle was won. The lesson learned is that working together, helping each other is so important in the Christian life and prayer is paramount to anything and everything we do for God. In the lower picture Dequain reads his own prayer. No matter our age, God hears and answers our prayers. The other pictures illustrate the happenings later in the month, when Anese, aided by Grace led our morning meeting. Grace Page 6 Liz and Hope together cradling their little one, just days old. Proud parents, eager for their child to be brought into worship from the very beginning. Ijeama Amanda seems perfectly happy when the band plays no crying. Liz is determined she will be a real Army girl, and was delighted to receive a toy tambourine as one of Ijeama s first gifts. A new baby too in the Taylor/Gibson family. Seen in the photo, when one day old, being introduced to her siblings, Lewis and Amelia, Elspeth Skye is a delight to them and to Tessa and Paul and Grandparents Carol and Alan Gibson. Many of us remember well the Corden family who were once part of our Corps. James, with his wife Julies, have also had a baby girl last week. Her name is Carey. Margaret and Malcolm are delighted with her, but not looking forward to January, when James and family will be going to America for five years. Please pray for all these little ones and their families, that they may grow well and strong and come to know Jesus in their lives. Commissioning 2015 Next year s commissioning will be on Saturday 27th June at the Westminster Central Hall. Our Corps will have an interest in six of the cadets who will be commissioned on that day Emma, Gemma, Theresa and Adrian who visited us last year for part of their training and Julia Mapstone and Sandra Wiersma who will be with us over the next few months. Sign up on the notice on the board if you would like to go. But hurry, tickets go fast. Page 7