Welcome to the C.W.F. Autumn Newsletter and booking details for the 2017
90th Birthday Celebrations at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick,
Derbyshire, so come along and celebrate with us. We will enjoy the moment, reminisce and also
look forward to the future in God’s Grace.
We are praying for a bumper harvest of attendees so spread the word and
bring your friends.
The recent Olympics reminded us of the powerful boost we got at our 2016
convention with the message about us being carriers of the flame of God, given
by our speaker Rev Kelly Wellman. So we
know we are headed for something great in our speaker for our 2017, 90th Anniversary.
She is Rev Kate Bottley sometimes known as
‘the vicar on Gogglebox’. Many of you
will certainly know of this very talented minister from Nottinghamshire. This year we have some lovely opportunities for
all attendees to use our diverse talents as you will see from the programme
outlined later.
The details are as follows:
Date: Friday 24th –Sunday 26th February 2017
The Key Speaker: will be the
Rev. Kate Bottley (as seen on Channel 4 TV’s Gogglebox)
Friday Evening: Welcome
Saturday Workshops:
Prayer Walk Music
Writing Exercise activity with relaxation
Collage Making of “The Church where I worship” (Please
bring along a photo of your church)
Banner making: Could you prepare
something in advance and bring it with you to be sewn into our banner? We anticipate having our logo on it, a cross
too, the rest is up to you.
Saturday Evening concert: Led by our resident poet Joy Rice.
Nominations: We have a
vacancy coming up on the committee
Special events
Great Swanwick Bake Off:
We know there are great bakers among us so we would like someone to make
us a special cake for our anniversary.
We have a simple design in mind so if you can help, contact us to
discuss it and get further details. Please
email Sue Simpkin: s.simpkin@btinternet.com as
soon as possible, it would be very much appreciated.
Hymn:
We want to sing a new song. Back
in the 1960s Bertha Duncan from Coplaw
St Church in Glasgow wrote a hymn for the Christian Women’s Fellowship, and we
would like to do it again. So this is
challenge:
Could you either write new words to a known hymn tune, or write a hymn,
and we have a composer who will write a tune. Please send
Sara your hymn by December. We are
planning a souvenir publication and if the new hymn author will waive copyright
it will be published in that. Good
luck.
Present Stall:
Now for a gift: There will be no
bookstall this year but instead we will have a present stall! Please bring a wrapped gift (it need not be
expensive, something around £1), to put on the stall, (it will be like a bring
and buy). Ideas for gifts: something
handmade, crafts, toiletries, something that you’d like to receive yourself. Money raised will go into the C.W.F. funds.
Your Memories on a Postcard:
Even as we celebrate and look forward to the future, we will certainly
remember times past. We would love you
to bring your memorabilia of pictures and photos/or jot down your memories of
Swanwick , on a postcard please.
We will have our daily quite time and meditation as usual, alongside
faith, fellowship; friendship and fun, so come along and join in our 90th
Birthday Celebrations.
P.S. Replies to items on the evaluation slips:
There is no individual church name on our badges because this is an easy
way of opening a conversation. Charitable status has been considered in the
past, but is not suitable for CWF.
Our donation to the Ifacara Bread Project bought 1,657 loaves of
bread for children aged 3 to 7.
And now to the all-important cost of the weekend: The Committee
have decided the cost will be £142.00 for an en-suite room and £117.00 for
rooms in the main building.
Day Visitors are more than welcome: The cost, including morning
coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner will remain at £40.00
We accept cheques but, if you pay by this method, please make
sure you have enough money in your bank for several weeks to give the cheque
time to clear.
Subsidy Fund: We have a subsidy fund which is there to help any
member who might be deterred from coming by the cost of travel and/or the
weekend. If you would like to apply to
the fund please e-mail the booking secretary in confidence.
Have a good rest of the year. We
shall all be together very soon and February is not that far away when you
think about it. If you have any further
questions please e-mail Sara Millard Booking Secretary cello67@hotmail.com
Hope to hear from you soon
Yours in Christian Fellowship The
C.W.F.Committee
