WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The Women’s World Day of Prayer is a worldwide movement of Christian women of many traditions, who come together to observe a common day of prayer on the first Friday of March. Each year, the programme is prepared by a different group of women. This year, the women of France have prepared a service entitled “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
The service for Ickenham and Ruislip will be held at 12.30pm on Friday 1st March at St Martin’s Church, Ruislip. Although the service has been initiated by women, the invitation to attend is warmly extended to all – men and women, young and old. The service will last about an hour, but please stay on afterwards if you can, and enjoy a lunch ‘French style’ in the church hall.
For further details, please contact Anne Whitlam on 01895 678169.
ST GILES’ CHURCH STREET PRAYER LIST
Each Sunday at St Giles’ Church we pray for all the people who live or work in a particular road in the Parish. During March we will pray for the following roads:
Mar 3rd Tavistock Road
Mar 10th Tayfield Close
Mar 17th The Avenue
Mar 24th The Chase
Mar 31st The Drive
If you live in one of these roads why not join us at our 8am or 9.45am services? You will be most welcome.
FROM THE CHURCHES’ REGISTERS
Baptism at St Giles’
Feb 10th Riya Electra Frances Silwal
Cremations at Breakspear Crematorium
Jan 24th Elsie Taylor, aged 89
Feb 1st John Partington, aged 84
Feb 1st Derek Price, aged 81
Feb 7th Mary Mitchell, aged 79 (after service in St Giles’)
Feb 8th David Payne, aged 56
Feb 8th Audrey Upton, aged 76 (after service at the URC)
BRING ON THE HAGGIS!
Douay Martyrs’ Chef, Sharon, proudly presented a Nessie-sized haggis (made to her own recipe) to the Burns Night gathering at the school. And Pipe Sergeant Sean Walker was on hand to accompany it.
The occasion was Ickenham Festival’s fourth Burns Night, attended by 120 appreciative residents who ate, drank a bit, danced a lot and were very merry. The ‘Larkrise Ranters’, led by Ed Pritchard, provided the music, and their lovely tunes got the dancers to their feet, performing ‘The Dashing White Sergeant’, ‘Gay Gordons’ and ‘Strip the Willow’ among others.
When it came to ‘Auld Lang Syne’ everyone would have liked more, but compere Doug Neilson reassured us that “There’s always next year”. Money raised during this enjoyable evening went to Douay Martyrs’ Tanzanian Charity.
LONDON’S AIR AMBULANCE MOVES TO RAF NORTHOLT
London’s Air Ambulance has moved its overnight airbase from Denham to RAF Northolt. The relocation of the MD902 Explorer helicopter (the quietest in its class!) will reduce flight time to and from the helipad at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, thereby saving on fuel costs. And Northolt’s position closer to sea level will also potentially reduce the impact of adverse weather conditions, such as low cloud, for this life-saving service.
The Air Ambulance service began in 1989, and the team, which at all times includes a Senior Trauma Doctor and a specially trained Paramedic, can perform advanced medical interventions, normally only found in Hospital Emergency Departments, in time critical, life threatening situations. Missions commonly involve serious road traffic collisions, falls from height, industrial accidents, assaults and injuries on the rail network. We are aware of at least two instances over the years when the Air Ambulance has touched down here in Ickenham to provide vital medical assistance.
The Air Ambulance service is an independent charity, and whilst it receives a significant contribution from the NHS, (which includes the salary payments of the seconded doctors and paramedics involved), the service relies heavily on donations from organisations and individuals. To find out more about the service, or if you wish to make a donation, see their website at www.londonsairambulance.co.uk.
