For Your Prayers

The people on our list greatly appreciate your prayers.  Please take time to pray for the following people during the week, according to their needs. To put a name on the list for the Prayer Group please phone Phyllis.

In celebration

Mark Nicholas and Bob Best who celebrate their birthdays this week.

In our community

For all those who live in Heath Road and The Highlands.

Those in particular need through sickness and suffering

Paul and Margot Preusse and Ernie Rosson.

Those who value your ongoing prayer support

Eva Griffiths, Judith Carter, May Skinner and Katie Foster

Years mind

Vic Burford, Syd Skinner and Kath Rosson

St Matthew's and the Belgian War Memorial

Having lived in Hillcroft Crescent for fifty years, I was interested to read the article about Lewis Curtis and his family.  I remember hearing that Mrs Curtis had been widowed in the War, and left with a very young child, although in those far off days I would have thought Anne was much more than four years my senior!  Their house was one of a number backing onto then open ground, and residents might be persuaded to allow friends bound for Oaklands Avenue to take a short cut through their gardens, a favour sought particularly by pupils of Broadfield School, in St Francis Church Hall, but housing developments in Oaklands Avenue in the mid 1950s put an end to that!  Mrs Curtis and Anne were regular members of the congregation at St Francis for a number of years, before deciding to worship elsewhere and had left the district by 1967.  Nicola F. Marlow

Afghanistan: Sheila Billings of Bushey and Oxhey Methodists has a son serving in Afghanistan. He is anxious to maintain his men's morale (keen young officer!), and has asked for food parcels. Up to 2 kg is free to army postings. Savoury snacks are particularly popular, and at 45 in the shade chocolate is a total no-no! Suggestions are instant noodles, vacuum packed poppadums and chappatis, rice crackers, Cheddars, Pringles, small tins of fruit, and so on.  The address is: 2nd Lt. P. Billings, 25185672, D coy., 2 Para, Op Herrick 8, BFPO 792 

Back to Church Sunday 28th September 2008: This is a national initiative that we are taking part in at St. Matthew's. The idea is that we all think of people who used to come to our church but have stopped for whatever reason and then we invite & welcome them to our service. We will be keeping Harvest Festival on 28th September so it should be a popular service. More details will follow but now we commend the day to your prayers. Fr. David

Items for the weekly notice sheet to Angela Nicholas, Email to newsletter@stmatthewsoxhey.org.uk.
Usually the deadline is Wednesday evening