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The 12 tips of Christmas from your Safer Neighbourhoods Teams
On the first day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
No presents under the tree
On the second day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Lock all doors and windows
On the third day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Use timer switches
On the fourth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Don't carry too much cash
On the fifth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Use licensed cabs
On the sixth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Don't flash your Ipod
On the seventh day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Use your mobile safely
On the eighth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Take out your Sat Nav
On the ninth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Don't leave your shopping out
On the tenth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Keep your bags where you can see them
On the eleventh day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Only drink responsibly
On the twelfth day of Christmas, a policeman said to me:
Watch out for your neighbours
Don’t let a burglar spoil your Christmas
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation they talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: I don't believe that God exists. Why do you say that? asked the customer well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument the barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard he looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barbershop again and he said to the barber: You know what? Barbers do not exist, how can you say that asked the surprised barber. I am here, and I am a barber and I just worked on you! No the customer exclaimed. Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.
Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.' 'Exactly!' affirmed the customer. That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.
"The Computer Swallowed Grandma"
The computer swallowed grandma, yes, honestly it's true.
She pressed 'control' and ‘enter’ and disappeared from view
It devoured her completely, the thought just made me squirm
She must have caught a virus, or been eaten by a worm
I've searched through the recycle bin, and files of every kind
I've even used the Internet, but nothing could I find
In desperation, I asked Jeeves, my searches to refine
The reply from him was negative, not a thing was found online
So, if inside your 'inbox', my Grandma you should see
Please Scan, Copy and Paste her in an e-mail back to me.
By Mrs Valerie Waite, Derbyshire
Thanks to Valerie for allowing us to publish her work
AV Referendum Hustings 14 April 2011
It has become a tradition for Churches Together in Epsom to arrange hustings events prior to General Elections, in which members of the public can hear and question the candidates. This year, in preparation for the AV (Alternative Vote) referendum on 5 May 2011, CTiE arranged an event at the Ebbisham Centre on Thursday 14 April, between 7.30 and 9.30 p.m.
Nick Spencer of the public theology think-tank, Theos, gave a brief general introduction, arguing that we cannot read out of the Bible whether God supports AV or not. Instead we can reflect on the visions that we have for a democratic society, and the purpose of elections – for example, whether we should go for a stronger consensus around policy making, or for a strong government. The next two speakers broadly ignored Nick’s challenge. Peter Facey, Director of Unlock Democracy, and the Deputy Chair of Yes to Fairer Votes, spoke in favour of the Alternative Vote system. Chris Grayling, M.P. for Epsom and Ewell, and current Minister for Work and Pensions, presented the argument against the change.
Presentations were then followed by questions and discussion. Conservative Party supporters were dominant in the discussion. A surprising number of those who attended expressed considerable ignorance about the mechanics of the Alternative Vote.
About 60 people were present. A straw poll at the end of the meeting showed nineteen in favour, twenty-six against, and five don’t knows.
John Padwick
Final UK result
6,152,607 Yes Total votes 'Yes': 32.10%
13,013,123 No Total votes 'No': 67.90%
We
are delighted that Ben McBean, former Commando and double amputee,
came to Blenheim High School on Wednesday, 10th
November 2010, to give the first in this year’s series of
community presentations. 
Celebrating
25 years of the Amos Trust, as well as Garth's recovery from serious
illness earlier this year. Garth Hewitt is an Anglican priest, in fact a
Canon of the Church of England, who founded Amos Trust 25 years ago.
This works to bring justice to the forgotten people of the world by
working with local communities. They work with the poor of Nicaragua,
the Dalits of India, the peacemakers of Palestine/Israel and the street
children of South Africa.
So
did we do it? – Well, strictly speaking no. We did walk the 40 miles,
but we stopped at 7.30 pm after 33 miles. We run out of daylight on the
Saturday and it was not sensible to navigate in the dark. But we
completed the last 7 miles on the Sunday. Our time overall was 16 hours
but we did have a rather long rest in between.