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December 2013 Advent PEEBLES BAPTIST CHUR CH
For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given
Isaiah 9:6
W ith just a few weeks left of 2013, we’re
nearly at the end of our E100 bible study challenge. For those who don’t know what
that is, we decided at the beginning of the year to journey together and inspire one another to read the
Bible. As a whole church we’ve been working through “E100″: 100 essential Bible passages from both the
Old and New Testaments, that together help show the ‘big picture’ of God’s plan for mankind. It’s
interesting to reflect on this during Advent - the season when we await the birth of Jesus - because if you’ve been taking
part in E100, you will have noticed how the readings have been consistently pointing forwards or backwards to Jesus. It’s all about him.
Part of the point of doing this was to help people get into the habit of
regularly setting aside time to pray and study God’s word. For many people that’s a hard discipline to cultivate, but it’s such an important one
for the growth and development of our relationship with God. So whether you’ve being doing E100 enthusiastically, or you started it but fell behind
in the readings, or even if you never tried it at all - let me encourage you to plan something into your day for this coming year that will keep you
listening to God. We’ll be talking about some of the options for bible reading aids in the next few weeks - but you don’t need to wait until
January 1st to start!
In the meantime, you might want to set your Sky+ boxes or DVD
recorders to Channel 5. Starting at 9pm on Saturday 30th November,
“The Bible” is a 10-hour mini series which journeys from Genesis to Revelation, visiting famous stories and iconic
characters: from Noah’s Ark, the Exodus and Daniel in the lion’s den to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
It’s definitely one to watch!
If you’d like to know more about what our friends in the other
Peebles churches are doing, you can find some of their own
magazines online:
Old Parish Church: topcopmag.wordpress.com
St Peter’s: www.stpeterspeebles.org.uk/netmagazine.php
St Joseph’s: www.stjosephschurch.org.uk/?Home%3A:Current_Newsletter
Ian
From the Editor Well, it’s that time of year. . . Merry Christmas everyone! There are
lots of ecumenical advent events on over the coming weeks, some are
detailed in the magazine, but others are awaiting confirmation on
dates/times, so please keep checking the weekly bulletins and the
church website.
You will see that the Christmas theme runs through the magazine:
there is a review on a new Christmas Worship album and a review on a
topical but fictional Christian book –well worth a read.
However, as much as we would like them to, the problems the world
faces do not disappear for Christmas. Please take note in the BMS
section of the magazine a small notice about how people in the Philip-
pines could be helped with the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan by our
donations. I’m sure there are different charities providing aid, but the
details for the BMS appeal have been given here as an option.
Thank you for the jars of coffee and hot chocolate that you have
brought in so far – we still have another week or so to meet our target.
Wishing you all a lovely Christmas,
Morag
Cards by Margaret
Pack of cards: £2.50
Pack of gift tags: £1
PCT Carol Singing Saturday 21 December
Tontine Square From 10.30 AM to 11.30 AM
Accompanied by the Silver Band
Prayer Breakfast Saturday 14 December 7–8AM, The Manse (Breakfast 8–8.30 AM)
Vicky’s Tearoom
Sunday 8 Dec
3 – 4 PM
Ladies Who Lunch
12 AM, Wed 11 Dec
Carfraemill
Carol Singing
Friday 20 December
7.30pm on the King’s
Meadow
Messy Church
Saturday 7 December
3.30 - 5.30pm
Helpers needed to set up,
cook, serve, play, chat, and
clean - see Ian if you’re
available.
Special Church
Members Meeting
Sunday 1 December
after the service over
lunch
The Alpha Course
Leaders/helpers
meeting
Monday 25th Nov
7.30pm at Christine’s
house
Diversity for women of all ages
Hear about BMS Insight
women’s trip to India
Thurs 28th Nov 7.30pm
23 Kingsmeadows Gdns
Carol Singing at
Peebles Nursing Home
Time and date to be
confirmed - watch out
for details!
Nativity Play
11am, Sunday
22 December
Advent Evening Service
6.30 PM
Victoria Park Centre
Community Christmas Meal
Friday 27th Dec
in the VPC - watch out
for more details
PYT Christmas Hampers
packing
Sunday 15 December
2 – 4 PM
St Joseph’s Neighbourhood
Centre
Singing Together at
Dovecot Court
Wednesday 4 December
2.00 PM
See Christine or Linda for
more information
E100: Any Questions? Tuesday 17 December
7.30 – 9.30 PM in Drovers Way Send any questions to Ian in
advance, if possible [email protected]
Open Doors Tues 10 December
10 AM
Christmas Service
Wednesday 25 December
10 AM
Victoria Park Centre
The Alpha Course
Leaders/helpers
meeting
Monday 25th Nov
7.30pm at Christine’s
house
Diversity for women of all ages
Hear about BMS Insight
women’s trip to India
Thurs 28th Nov 7.30pm
23 Kingsmeadows Gdns
Carol Singing at
Peebles Nursing Home
Time and date to be
confirmed - watch out
for details!
Nativity Play
11am, Sunday
22 December
This year we sent 58 shoeboxes, 1 online £20 donation and 44 jumpers
(knitted and donated by Margaret Johnston to Belarus. Thank you to
everyone who got involved in this and who helped in any way—large
or small. Every box does make such a difference.
Love in Jesus
Margaret Cowan
Prayer Points Pray for the survivors of Typhoon Halyan which devastated the Phil-
ippines. Its Chief Executive Saleh Saeed said “the needs are so great with hundreds of thousands of people displaced. People desperately need the basics of food, water and shelter” Pray also for the 12- strong team of British Doctors, Surgeons and Paramedics who have landed in Manila to help treat the survivors of the Typhoon.
Continue to pray for our Link missionaries as they work hard to bring practical help to people in various countries.
Pray for our town of Peebles and the other Border towns.
Pray for the youth of our towns, those who wander aimlessly about the streets at night.
Continue to pray for Baby Kendal and her mum Jade that our Father will be all that they need Him to be at this time.
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Psalm 46:1
Prayer Breakfasts Early mornings: pray 7 –8 am, breakfast (optional) 8–8.30 AM Late mornings: breakfast (optional) 8.30–9AM, pray 9–10 AM
Date Time Place
14 December 2013 Early morning The Manse
11 January 2014 Late morning John and Moira’s
8 February 2014 Early morning Bill and Jennie’s
8 March 2014 Late morning Carlyn and Douglas’
12 April 2014 Early morning Janet’s
10 May 2014 Afternoon tea Jacqueline’s
14 June 2014 Late morning Frank and Christine’s
A Prayer of Blessing from Persecuted Children
Open Doors Dear God, Please bless my mummy and all my friends. Please keep my Country safe and protect all the children here from terrible things Thank you dear God for the birds, the beautiful sky, butterflies and all the animals. Help me to remember them when things get bad. Help me to have good dreams because bad dreams make me afraid. You can do this because even though you are everywhere, you are also with me in my heart and stay with me when I sleep. Thank you God for the gifts you give us. Thank you for every believer from around the world who helps you to do this, so that we can have the things we need. Thank you for everything. Father I love you! Amen.
Prayer Time before Sunday services
Please remember that there is a group of people who meet Sunday
mornings at 10.30 AM to pray for the service. This is really important
and we would urge you to join us – just follow the signs in the foyer.
Rev. Alex Russell
As the magazine goes to press, we’ve just heard of the death of Alex Russell on Wednesday 20th November. Alex was pastor here at Peebles Baptist Church from 1997 - 2001, and also served in Alexandria, Buckhaven, Dunoon, Bromley and Wester Hailes. Please remember Eileen and the rest of the family in your prayers.
King’s Meadow Update As we get ready for winter, we can reflect on the first year of the Kings
Meadow garden. The plot has developed into a space where we will
be able to grow veg, fruit and flowers over the next few years. As with
any community project, it is unfolding as we go; the generosity and
goodwill from people around us and from local organizations have
made this first year very productive. Many of us have noted how great
it is to spend time with others in the garden – it’s a time when the
world drifts away a bit, and we get caught up in the job in hand and
relationships and friendship blossom as do the plants! The garden has
become part of the life of the church and it’s been a real lesson in re-
minding us to give thanks to a God whose business is growth and new
life. All he asks from us is that we respond with glad and grateful
hearts and share his generosity and love with the world around us.
A working party in November put some spring bulbs, wallflowers and
polyanthus into the beds to ensure some colour after winter. These
bulbs will eventually be transplanted to new beds in the far end of the
garden where a seating and social area is planned.
The wildflower bed was a test patch this year and it was a big success.
One passer-by on Saturday asked whether we would be planting
more wildflowers in 2014 and the answer is definitely ‘yes’ since these
Scottish wild flower seeds added a beautiful splash of colour and
seemed to go on and on all through the later months in the summer.
One of our regular volunteers, Alexander, is studying horticulture at
the High School and has a great knowledge of plants and propagation
and so we are looking forward very much to his input to the garden.
More volunteers (old or young) are very welcome to join us. Saturday
morning sessions will be scheduled throughout the winter (weather
permitting) and these will focus on the structure of the garden - shed,
compost bins, paths, trellis etc, leaving the plot ready for serious
planting next spring.
Being a community garden isn’t much good without the community
using it, so if there are any groups or organisations out there who
might have an interest in using some growing space in the raised beds
please give Ian a ring on 07881 518854.
Directors appointed for
International Mission
Centre BMS World Mission is delighted to announce
a new joint appointment of Rev Claire Ord
and Rev Mark Ord as co-Directors of the In-
ternational Mission Centre (IMC) in Birming-
ham.
Former mission workers in Italy are to share Director’s role at BMS
World Mission’s training facility.
IMC is the training centre for all BMS mission personnel, from gap
year students on our Action Team programme to those who will serve
long term in various countries.
Claire and Mark both trained at Spurgeon’s College in London, and
served in Italy with BMS from 1994 until 2010, in Liguria. Initially
Mark was pastor in Genoa and Claire was pastor of a Filipino congre-
gation in Rapallo. They then became joint pastors of the Baptist
church in Genoa and over ten years the church grew significantly into
a diverse multi-cultural community. They also had pastoral oversight
of the other Baptist churches in Liguria.
Since their return to the UK they have served as co-pastors at Burton
Latimer Baptist Church and Claire has served as a Trustee of BMS
World Mission.
Claire and Mark have three children, Elizabeth 20, Naomi 17 and Lew-
is aged 4.
Commenting on their appointment, Mark and Claire said, “We feel
very blessed by God to be back with BMS: it feels like coming home. It
will be a great privilege to work with people who are responding to
God's call and going to serve and follow Christ in places of need.
“We are really excited about being involved in the formation of mis-
sion personnel going to a variety of places and occupying such a wide
range of roles.”
David Kerrigan, General Director of BMS, added: “We are delighted by
this joint appointment, a first for BMS at Director level, and we look
forward to Claire and Mark joining the team in the summer of 2014.
They bring so much to this role including their years of mission experi-
ence, rich theological insight, a commitment to justice in all its forms,
and a proven ministry of sharing the good news of Jesus in such a way
that lives are transformed.”
7/11/13
Our New Link Partner… Who: Sarah McArthur
Where: Peru
How long: Since 2013
Principal ministries: Development
Sarah is moving to Peru in early 2014 after a period of training at IMC. Sarah will be joining other BMS workers in Nauta, in the Amazon forest, helping to train pastors and the local community in creation care and sus-tainable agricultural methodology such as plant propagation. She may also be involved in youth work through the local church.
Sarah was born in Kuwait and moved to Scotland when she was seven. She has previously been working as a plant propagator at Glendoick Gardens, mainly working with rhododendrons. She has been on two work parties to Peru and Tanzania and she feels God has been preparing
her for work with BMS. Her home church is Perth Baptist Church.
&
Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines appeal
BMS is responding through Baptist partners in the Philippines to bring
emergency relief to the thousands of people left homeless by Typhoon
Haiyan.
You can donate online here: http://www.bmsworldmission.org/donate?
donation_area=BMS%20Philippines%20Appeal
Sarah is
coming to
Peebles! Please
keep Thursday
Jan 9th free.
Update from Cathie Aberdour Dear All,
I'm writing this from the States. I arrived here a
week ago and God willing I'll be here until I get
back to Scotland on Dec. 9th. I've been helping
Judy get things done in her house. She'll be having
two Brazilians and three Canadians staying with her over Christmas. Just
before I left Scotland I was able to have a Skype contact with Domin-
guinho. He and his wife Sandra are with Brad and Melissa just now in
Manaus as he has some health problems and hasn't been well for a while.
Brad and Jason had a recent visit to the Apurina and so Brad brought him
out to Manaus to get some medical help. It was really good to speak face to
face with Dominguinho after not having had contact with the Apurina for
more than a year. Brad and Jason have now made a few visits to Monkey
River and plan to go again soon. Brad has made some more copies of Apu-
rina Genesis as he's been teaching the Apurina from this part of Scripture.
I'm in the process of sending Apurina Exodus to him so that he can make
more copies of this book as well.
A few weeks ago I translated the first chapter of 1Samuel into Apurina as
Jason requested the first few chapters of 1 Samuel. He's going to get
Makoaa to check this and send me the results back and then hopefully this
method will work to translate further chapters. Jason got Makoaa to trans-
late Psalm 2 and we've still got to check that out. Do value prayer that
Jason will learn Apurina so that he can do the translation himself. He's
already been working on the first two lessons of the Apurina grammar
book. My breast cancer surgery was successful but I still have to have radio
therapy as a cautionary measure and that begins the day after I arrive back
in Scotland, so value prayer for that as I'll still be getting over jet lag!
Thanks for your prayers,
In Him,
Cathie
Strong in the Lord
It’s tempting to hear a very different message from that of Paul, namely, ‘Come on, get your act together! Keep pressing on. Stand on your feet. What’s wrong with you? Shouldn’t you dare to be a Daniel or be another David?’ That’s not the message of grace. The gospel comes to us and de-clares, ‘Be strong in the Lord.’
A more accurate translation of this verse is ‘Be strengthened in the Lord and in the power of his might.’ We’re looking at a passive imperative sim-ilar to the one we find in Ephesians 5 where Paul says ‘Be filled with the Spirit.’ It’s easy to obey an active imperative like: ‘Be quiet’. But ‘be filled’ or ‘be strengthened’? How do you obey an imperative that’s passive? Scripture that give us keys to this.
‘Be still and know that I am God.’ – Psalm 46
It’s a real tonic to stumble on a command like this, particularly when you’re going through a tough patch. In the margin of the NASB it says ‘relax, cease striving’. In other words, ‘enough, stop’.
You can’t skip over those things, you need to let them pour into your in-ner being. How do we go the long journey? How did Moses keep going year in year out, decade in decade out? How did David keep going through the hounding of Saul with the heartbreak of Absalom? How do you do this? How did Paul do it? I think God just found some very strong people. No He didn’t! He found some people who discovered how to draw down the energy of God into their little lives.
Change your attitude
Before we come to these pieces of armour, there’s the call, ‘Be strong!’ It’s possible to sidestep this command and charge for the armour. This can
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full ar-
mor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
(Eph. 6:10-11)
Part 2
result in a rather defensive attitude: ‘Circle the wagons, hold the fort, watch out’. But Paul begins, ‘Be strong.’ Strength comes first. We’re called to have a good attitude or morale before we get into the battle.
Confidence changes things
You don’t play to your strengths without confidence. And here Paul is say-ing: ‘Now come on, I want you to have the kind of attitude that declares, ‘I’m strong’. Paul is reminding his readers that they’re not injured civil-ians but soldiers who have been equipped for warfare.
Isaiah declared, ‘Awake, awake, clothe yourselves in your strength O Zion. Clothe yourselves in your beautiful garments. Shake yourself from the dust. Rise up. Loose yourself from the chains around your neck’ (Is. 52:1,2). He was calling God’s people to recognise who they were. ‘Come on,’ he was urging. ‘God has called you. You’re his people. Don’t live in the dust; don’t live in chains. Shake them off.’
Saints not sinners
Paul echoes his words. He too is writing not to sinners, but to God’s peo-ple whom the New Testament describes as saints. It’s very important for us to understand that God calls us saints. Too often I meet with people who want to appeal to the fact that they feel that they’re pre-eminently sinners. They say things like: ‘I’m just one sinner telling anoth-er sinner how to find God’. The Lord disagrees. True, you were once far off, living in darkness, godlessness and hopelessness, but now you’ve been brought near to God and He’s made you into a new creation.
‘New creation’ is your new identity. You used to be darkness. Now you’re light in the Lord! That’s who you are! In Jesus’ estimation either you’re a bad tree producing bad fruit, or you’re a good tree producing good fruit. So many Christians think that they’re still a bad tree, trying to tie some fruit onto the branches, trying to do good things to make God happy. When you’re born again you have a new identity and new life flows from within.
Paul is writing to soldiers, people who are the light of the world, God’s blessing to the nations. He tells them that once they were nowhere with God, but that now they have a totally new nature. The people who were once nobodies have been transformed into a people who are the praise of God’s glory. ‘Be strong’ he says, ‘and be aware of exactly who you are.’
This post was adapted from the 1st of three sermons on the Armour of God preached at Together on a Mission 2010; www.terryvirgo.org/Articles/264622/Terry_Virgo/Resources/Articles/Series/Armour_of_God_A_fighting.aspx
Book Review Title: Oriel’s Diary: An Arch angel’s account of the Life of Jesus
Author: Robert Harrison
Publisher: Scripture Union
Release date: 10 April 2002
Price: £9.99
About the Book Told from the perspective of Oriel, one of the angelic host and an archan-
gel colleague of Gabriel and Michael, this fictionalised re-telling of the life
of Jesus is closely based on Luke's Gospel. The diary opens with the Boss
giving the go-ahead to initiate the plan of salvation, Gabriel is about to
appear to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus...
A fresh view of a very familiar story giving, as it were, sneak insights into
God's intentions. Very entertaining, often humorous, and sometimes very
moving. This book will appeal to both Christians and non-Christians.
About the Author Robert Harrison studied theology at Oxford, then became a church youth
worker in Coventry, involved in Christian drama in church and street the-
atre. After ordination, he was seconded as Religious Programmes Produc-
er of Radio Solent, moving on to become Communications Officer for the
Bishop of Willesden and part of the London Diocese Communications
Team. For a number of years Robert has been the Vicar of Hillingdon in
West London.
Customer Reviews Sapphira Brown
Amazing – 5 stars
you should DEFINITELY purchase this book! It is one of the best books I
have ever read, in terms of characters, plot, quality of writing, etc. Oriel,
the archangel who narrates the book is so funny, though Jesus was my
fave character, because He is cool and passionate, and so Godly yet so hu-
man at the same time! It's a really hard concept to understand, but Harri-
son puts it across crystal clear.
I could not put this book down. I now want all my friends to read it. You
don't have to be all religiony and Christiany to enjoy it, just read it be-
cause it's funny and sad and totally totally gripping. It'll make you laugh
and it'll make you cry.
Louise Knight
Insightful and well researched – 5 stars
This is a delightful book! A must to read at Christmastime. It may change
your thinking on the birth of Christ forever.
KK-Gee-Att
Excellent – 5 stars
This is the first one of this series of boks that i read. I could not put it
down. Once i finished i was straight on the net buying the next one. I even
bought my mum one of the books. any time someone visits looking for a
christian fiction this is one of the first books i recommend. Happy read-
ing. An Angel's world is an interesting one and humorous too.
Cristine Robinson
Wonderful – 5 stars
This is probably the most beautiful, lovely story of the life of Jesus after
the Gospels - Its good for adults and children alike, I've used it in our
church services on several occasions - if you haven't read it yet - you're
missing out!
Music Review Title: Christmas Worship
Artist: Paul Baloche
Price: £9.20
A brave question is asked by consummate worship leader Paul Baloche with his first Christmas offering, Christmas Worship. The question is, “Do our cherished Christmas carols encourage passionate sprit and truth worship? If not, then should we do something about that?” To some the question could be akin to asking, “Does the Mona Lisa need a mustache?”
With Christmas Worship Paul Baloche sat down with such eminent writ-ers as Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, George Frederick Handel, and John Francis Wade and then invited some of this century’s most influential hymn crafters into the room: Jason Ingram, Lincoln Brewster, Graham Kendrick, Glenn Packiam, and Kathryn Scott. Paul, together with these artists, furnished classic hymns such as “Hark the Harold Angels Sing,” “Joy to the World,” and “O Come All Ye Faithful,” among others, with singable choruses that complement the themes of each hymn and raise their overall emotive power, fit for the modern musical sensibility.
And the overall result is the Christmas album every worship leader must have in their arsenal.
Matching his non-seasonal releases, Baloche created this with his col-leagues in mind (as well as their congregations)—Christmas Worship is a worship-leading tool, completely unique in its purpose and approach. Songwriting, song selection, song augmentation, and even the addition of a worship choir on many tracks makes this release the most congrega-tionally intentional Christmas release we have ever come across.
As he’s done before, Baloche also put new settings to a few of his original songs. “Offering” has been given a Christmas treatment before, and is represented again here flowing from a contemporary worship arrange-
ment into a gospel choir sonic-explosion of praise. We also receive a re-vamped “Your Name” with incarnation-inspired verses and bridge. And the Kendrick/Baloche classic “What Can I Do?” where Baloche left the chorus intact but completely retooled the verses, is just as powerful as the original.
While it’s filled with Christmas songs that have a bit of the season’s musi-cal touches, Baloche and co-producers (Michael Rossback and Ben Gow-ell) also made sure the sounds avoid Christmas cliché—the overall tone conveying a wintery, yuletide Montana ranch rather than your typical winter wonderland. The driving guitar and jingling bells are spare, yet lovingly accent just the right notes, and the mandolins and kick drums fill just the right spaces, while the stringed arrangements amplify the true glory of the incarnational message that spans the centuries, both in con-tent and in collaboration.
Less a single artist’s take on the Christmas season and more a collective of worship artists and leaders joining to serve worshipers everywhere, Christmas Worship will, without doubt, infuse new life into our seasonal services for years to come.
Jeremy Armstrong – 4.5 stars
Sunday 1 December
Children’s talk: Jacqueline Wilson
KAOS: Jennie Jacobs, Pat Hamilton & Wilma Wintour
Flowers: Hazel Hogan
Stewards: Christine Drummond, Gordon Craig
Teas: Frank Drumond
Transport/Setup: Team 1
Communion Servers: Christine Drummond, Liz Keiro
Sunday 8 December
Children’s talk: Rab Bramhall
KAOS: Rab Bramhall, Charles Tulloch & Christine
Drummond
Flowers: Carlyn McCall
Stewards: Bill Jacobs, Liz Keiro
Teas: Kenny Hamilton
Transport/Setup: Team 2
Sunday 15 December
Children’s talk: Jacqueline Wilson
KAOS: Christine Drummond, Janlyn Townley & Moira
Dalrymple
Flowers: Margaret McLennan
Stewards: Jenny Jacobs, Carlyn McCall
Teas: Helen Henderson
Transport/Setup: Team 1
Communion Servers: Jaqueline Wilson, John Dalrymple
Services in Victoria Park Centre (unless otherwise indicated)
Pastor: Ian Gray
07881 518854
Secretary: Christine Drummond
01721 722062
Treasurer: Liz Keiro
01721 730217
Website: http://peeblesbaptistchurch.org
Sunday 22 December: Family Service & Nativity Play
Flowers: Wilma Wintour
Stewards: Frank Drummond, Janet Smith
Teas: Hazel Hogan
Sunday 29 December
Children’s talk: Carles Tulloch
KAOS: Jenny Jacobs, Pat Hamilton, Wilma Wintour
Flowers: Margaret Johnston
Stewards: Carolyn Munro , Lindsey Gray
Teas: Douglas McCall
Transport/Setup: Team 1
Transport
Team 1 – Douglas McCall, Jackie Tidder, Margaret Cowan
Team 2 – Christine Drummond, Margaret Cowan
Setting up
Team 1 – David Tidder, Frank Drummond, Janet Smith,
Team 2 – Janet Smith, Bill Jacobs, Jacqueline Wilson
Laying Communion Table in November
Pat Hamilton
Services in Victoria Park Centre (unless otherwise indicated)
Pastor: Ian Gray
07881 518854
Secretary: Christine Drummond
01721 722062
Treasurer: Liz Keiro
01721 730217
Website: http://peeblesbaptistchurch.org
Articles for the magazine We would like the magazine to be as informative and relevant as possible. We aim to provide news about Peebles Baptist Church, it’s wider concerns and in-volvement, and Peebles Churches Together. If you have anything you feel you could provide a regular report about, or something you feel should be included in the magazine one month, a Christian book review, a report on an event etc., please do get in touch with us at [email protected]. All articles should be sent to this email address by the 12th of every month. If you do not have internet access or if you think you might have a problem meeting the deadline one month, please don’t let that put you off; speak to Morag Bramhall to see how best you can supply something. We would love to have you involved in this project and enhance our church community.
Eco Tips Wash up wisely If you use a sink of water to wash up twice a day in-stead of having the hot tap running, you could save up to £35 a year on your gas bill and £30 on your wa-ter bill (if you have a water meter). To load or not to load Your washing machine uses more water and energy for two half loads than for a single full load. So to save on your water and energy bills, it’s better to wait until you have enough laundry for a full load.
Ditch the pre-wash
With today’s modern washing products you shouldn’t need this function.
Try not using the pre-wash and see how much you save on your water and
energy bills.
The cleanest way to save Thanks to the great cleaning power of Ariel, Flash and Fairy you could save up to 30% energy – which adds up to £20 every year:
- Switch from 40ºC to 30ºC when washing your clothes with Ariel - Use 50ºC or 55ºC eco cycles instead of Intensive when using Fairy dish-washer tablets - Swap 40ºC water with 20ºC water for Flash floor cleaner
