Healing Steps - Summer 2012
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In this issue<br />
Editorial<br />
Editorial 2 - 3<br />
Mary Slater<br />
Our oUT-GOING Senior 4 - 5<br />
Chaplain writes<br />
Kath Batte<br />
Help needed! 5<br />
Colin Crook<br />
easter retreat 4-7 april 6 -7<br />
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE cchc 8 - 9<br />
Heidi & Penny<br />
THANKSGIVING DAY 21 ST JULY 10<br />
Prayer Focus 11 - 14<br />
Shirley Dawson<br />
autumn splendour: 15<br />
through the eyes of a leaf!<br />
Georgie<br />
HEALING TESTIMONY 15<br />
Tamara<br />
Bible study (Luke 18:9-14) 16 - 17<br />
the tax collector & the Pharisee<br />
Colin Crook<br />
miracles still happen today 17<br />
Yvonne Taylor<br />
Introducing ... 18 - 19<br />
Paul & Olive Deeming<br />
A story of healing 19<br />
Janet M Reeve<br />
Garden News 20<br />
Desmond & Cliff<br />
book review: Akiane 21<br />
Colin Crook<br />
bookstall 21<br />
August rest & refreshment 22<br />
THE serenity prayer 22<br />
Calendar of events 23<br />
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I begin this editorial in<br />
‘unpredictable April’.<br />
Lots of sun and lots of<br />
(much needed)<br />
showers, though<br />
hailstones the size of<br />
marbles are never<br />
needed, especially if you<br />
are outside!<br />
This magazine is one of hello’s and goodbyes!<br />
On Saturday June 2 nd , we will be saying our sad<br />
farewells to David and Kath Batte, as they retire<br />
from their work at the Centre. They have been<br />
a blessing to us all over the last five years and<br />
will be greatly missed.<br />
A farewell service of thanksgiving, open to all,<br />
will take place in the large Chapel for Kath and<br />
David on 2nd June at 10.15am. All are very<br />
welcome to attend the service but lunch will<br />
only be available to guests, staff and volunteers.<br />
You are, however, very welcome to bring a<br />
picnic lunch if you would like to enjoy the<br />
beautiful grounds<br />
(weather permitting of<br />
course!).<br />
We are delighted to<br />
welcome the Revd<br />
Stephen Gendall as our<br />
new Senior Chaplain.<br />
We wish him every<br />
blessing and extend a<br />
warm welcome. Stephen<br />
will introduce himself in<br />
the autumn magazine.<br />
David Podevin, our bookkeeper, is retiring in<br />
May and his replacement, Chris Fincham,<br />
Financial Administrator, will be in post by the<br />
time the magazine goes to print. We wish David<br />
an enjoyable retirement and extend a warm<br />
welcome to Chris, who I hope to introduce<br />
with a photo and article about himself in the<br />
autumn issue of the magazine.<br />
His<br />
<strong>Healing</strong>steps<br />
We also said goodbye to Sophia, one of our<br />
cooks, who left in April to take up a new<br />
catering post. We wish her every success in her<br />
new job.<br />
In this issue<br />
Our ‘Out-going Senior Chaplain,’ Kath writes<br />
her farewell letter.<br />
There are several testimonies of healing, two of<br />
which relate to the healing of asthma.<br />
Paul & Olive Deeming introduce themselves,<br />
with a fascinating account of their lives and how<br />
the Lord has led them to the CCHC.<br />
We continue with our ‘Day in the Life’ feature in<br />
which six questions are put to two of our staff.<br />
who share their thoughts about their working<br />
life at the Centre.<br />
Our popular Easter Retreat took place in early<br />
April and some of the guests share their<br />
thoughts and reflections on pages 6 & 7.<br />
IMPORTANT<br />
REMINDER!<br />
Saturday 21 st July is<br />
our Annual<br />
Thanksgiving Day,<br />
a day of great joy<br />
and celebration, when we all<br />
come together to give thanks to<br />
God for His goodness over the<br />
past year. John Ryeland<br />
(pictured) from the Christian<br />
<strong>Healing</strong> Mission will be<br />
preaching in the morning and<br />
afternoon. Read more on<br />
page 10.<br />
SUMMER <strong>2012</strong><br />
For those of you with computers, our<br />
programme of events/courses etc can be viewed<br />
on our website, www.crowhursthealing.org.uk.<br />
The website is full of information about the<br />
CCHC, giving background history, showing<br />
photographs of the Centre, our programme and<br />
also the opportunity to download current and<br />
previous magazines.<br />
If you would like to read our magazine via the<br />
Internet, please let the office know so that<br />
savings can be made on postage. With the<br />
recent increases in postal charges, any savings<br />
that can be made will benefit the running of the<br />
Centre. As many of you will know, there is no<br />
actual charge for our magazine, but if you are<br />
able to contribute, a donation of £10.00 per<br />
year would help cover printing and postage<br />
costs. Also, if you are in the position to Gift Aid<br />
your donation, this will add another 25p for<br />
every £1 that you give. Details of Gift Aid can be<br />
obtained from the office.<br />
Thank you to everyone who has sent in<br />
contributions for the magazine. If you would like<br />
to send any articles and/or photos directly to me,<br />
my email address is survivor95@hotmail.com.<br />
I hope you all have a sunny and blessed<br />
summer!<br />
Every blessing, Mary Slater<br />
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