Bulletin for Sunday 28th September 2008

 

A warm welcome to everyone who worships with us today.

Deacon Peter Ogle will lead our 11.00 a.m. Family Service.

Our 6.30 pm Evening Praise will be led by Rev Philip Ball.

11.00 Morning Worship at Selby Street will be led by Mr. Ron Taylor 

Harvest Festival

Welcome / Notices Steward

Introit – Praise and thanksgiving

Hymn 27 Let us with a gladsome mind

Prayers

Lord's Prayer

Hymn 333 For the Beauty of the Earth

Reading Psalm 126   Edna Gardiner

Anthem- All things Bright and beautiful

Reading 1 Timothy 6:6—12       Edna Gardiner

Hymn 453 sof  Our God is an Awesome God

with 10 sof  All Heaven Declares

Sermon

Hymn 1120 sof Will you come and Follow me

Offering

Dedication

Prayers / Intercession

Hymn 355 Come Ye thankful people come

Blessing

 

Thanks to our Accompanist’s today a.m. Susan White, p.m. Inga Williams.

 

HARVEST FOR THE WORLD

                                           By Dean Martin

In the third world, poverty and pain,

While others have financial gain,

Poorer countries need support,

Hunger that famines brought.

 

Just Basic amenities to seek,

Without them the future’s bleak,

Wanting water and grain to feed,

Also other provision need.

 

A healthy diet cannot ever sustain,

Because of drought, need more rain,

Unlike others the poor live without,

There is malnutrition all about.

 

If all countries united together.

Supported and made more aware,

There would be less poverty,

If we learned to share.

 

Dear friends,

Combines at a Standstill

Farmers in Yorkshire are suffering again as a result of the extreme weather conditions that we have all been experiencing this summer. The results will impact on everyone – with food prices set to rise once again as crops stand in fields.

 

The much talked about increase in farm output prices has been more than overtaken by the spiralling costs faced by farmers.

 

A poor harvest in the arable sector and an unfavourable forage harvest for the livestock sector, the financial resilience of even the best run farm businesses has been severely undermined. 

 

Added to this, farmers are becoming more concerned about the impact on next season’s oil seed rape and cereal crops as planting is delayed because this year’s crops are yet to harvest or the ground is just to wet to travel on.

 

Livestock farmers are also feeling the pressure, not knowing whether they will get enough straw to see them through the long winter months.

One Yorkshire farmer’s wife tells her own story, “My husband is absolutely past himself, on the verge of completely breaking down.

Not only has the summer been an extremely hard one as he has constantly been bedding up the pigs and cattle as they have always been wet, he is now in the position that he cannot get the straw he needs off the land.

He is absolutely tired out. He has 2,500 pigs on straw throughout the year and 100 head of cattle, what if he can’t get that straw?

As ever, the whole family is suffering as a result of this weather, it isn’t just prices and yields; it’s the usual homestead stress that is having a real impact on all of us.  This isn’t a sob story; this is how it is for us and thousands of other families.”

The Farming Help Partnership charities have a wealth and breadth of experience in working with farming people.

The wide range of help and support that may be available through the charities includes: pastoral care and support, housing provision, domestic financial help, access to debt advice, provision for the disabled and elderly, access to professional farm business advice, help with state benefit claims, advocacy in technical farm problems e.g. with government agencies.

Relevant and appropriate support can be given in any farm-related situation, whatever the issues are.

Farming Help could assist farmers and their families during the current plight. They can be contacted on 0845 367 9990.

Luke

 

News of Members and Friends

Many of you may remember Peter and Dorothy Clayton, sadly Peter died on the 28^th September in Victoria, Australia. Please remember Dorothy and the family in your prayers.

 Workshop for Christmas

This will be held from 10am to 12Noon on Saturday 18^th October, usually in the Prayer Chapel. This is an open meeting for all who are interested in helping to plan our Christmas Services.

 

 Reminder Come as You are

The first afternoon session will take place in the Prayer Chapel on Wednesday 1^st October at 2pm.  

 

World Church Lunch 

It is proposed to hold a World Church Lunch after service at 1pm on Sunday 5^th October. The cost will be as last year £6 per Adult £2 per Child. A chance to share fellowship together with our guests Lawrence and Pam Turner. If you would like to come please put your names on the list on the World Church notice Board, as soon as possible.

Roger