Apr 1st Leg no better. PL visited.
3rd R insisted I go to GP again who prescribed flucoxacillin and referred me to rapid response team.
4th Nurse visited and hospital doctor prescribed IV antibiotic.
5th Littles away on cruise.
6th No church again. Nurses giving IV.
7th PL visited again. Improving.
8th End of IV course.
9th Canterbury.
10th Home.
11th Ciprofloxacin prescribed.
14th Keyes spoke at IPC Dick fine on tolerance. Mardi prolix as Edith S.
15th Dinner at Yong's Gerrards Cross.
18th Good Friday and back to IPC.
19th J&co here.
20th Littles to dinner telling of their cruise.
26th Braithwaite's here.
May 1st Lunch with Littles, Toby carver.
4th M Fox, Sarah B and Andrew Kennedy to lunch.
7th David Drew here for whistle blowers conference. Gave me his new book of autobiography.
21st Chaired IPC AGM.
25th Seabers and Ashtaroos to lunch.
Jun 1st HIRC John. First time for a while.
5th Lunch with Littles bella Italia.
6th Donald MacLeod spoke before Synod.
7th Presbytery.
8th Adam Wilson UCCF preached. Lunched with us. IPC sponsoring him to Westminster seminary. Also Naralie Grainger and Larissa Volossevich dined too.
15th Sotirovs to lunch. He is accepted by LCM to work in East London.
29th Dick Lucas at 88 very clear at IPC. HIRC Jn 3.
30th Persuaded to order eight solar panels for £12,000.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Diary w/e 2 Feb 2019
Sun 27th
Chris Roberts adult Sunday School on Christian freedom as taught by Calvin. Chris then preached on Ps 104 a wonderful God seen in his wonderful world. Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. Preached Ps 75 - present thanksgiving, past salvation, future judgement.
Tue 29th
Chris good again at ELT on Ps 17, the Lord out inheritance. Over a 45 minute wait for an E10 home, a record for a 15 minute service.
Wed 30th
Five of us at house group on Tit 2:1-10.
Th 31st
Very frosty again. Took Hazel's photo again for her Myanmar visa.
Fri Feb 1
About an inch of snow overnight. Visa received for Hazel to go to Myanmar.
Sat 2nd
Booked Hazel's ticket to Myanmar. Gunnersbury Baptist quiz night. Our Greenford table won in the best of quizzes for it has not too much popular culture. But the Bible round was too easy.
Chris Roberts adult Sunday School on Christian freedom as taught by Calvin. Chris then preached on Ps 104 a wonderful God seen in his wonderful world. Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. Preached Ps 75 - present thanksgiving, past salvation, future judgement.
Tue 29th
Chris good again at ELT on Ps 17, the Lord out inheritance. Over a 45 minute wait for an E10 home, a record for a 15 minute service.
Wed 30th
Five of us at house group on Tit 2:1-10.
Th 31st
Very frosty again. Took Hazel's photo again for her Myanmar visa.
Fri Feb 1
About an inch of snow overnight. Visa received for Hazel to go to Myanmar.
Sat 2nd
Booked Hazel's ticket to Myanmar. Gunnersbury Baptist quiz night. Our Greenford table won in the best of quizzes for it has not too much popular culture. But the Bible round was too easy.
Monday, January 28, 2019
The changing world (309) Jan-Mar 2014
Jan 1st Roes here. Deb back from Wales. J&co went home.
2nd Took Roes to Highclere. Castle closed. Windsor.
3rd Took Roes to British Library and Museum.
4th Took Roes to Westminster Abbey, St Margarets, National Portrait gallery.
5th PL on Christ's person. Lary Stenens Proverbs. HIRC Jn 19.
6th Took Roes to Bampton where Downton is filmed. They treated us to dinner at The Duke of Kent.
7th Roes left.
8th Our visitors have raised my mood.
9th Central Middlesex says K's IBS has no cause other than stress.
10th IPC meal, prayer, communion.
12th PL good on humanity of Christ. Lunch visitors from USA, Afghanistan, caribbean, Ghana , Germany and Canada. PL excellent on fear of the Lord.
14th Visited Pam Hallett, Bedford, then to Braithwaite's.
15th David Jackman gave IPC survey of Ephesians.
16th With Littles, cafe Rouge.
17th Prostate examined. Finasteride prescribed. Radiator went band. No heating nor hot water.
18th Advised to cut bacon caffeine and feeling the lack of coffee.
19th PL good on marriage then in parenting.
20th Corgi engineer sat=ys need new valve, three radiators and power flush. U3A history of Ottoman empire.
21st Spoke on Eph 1 at ELT.
24th Taking a meal to Wilcox in Hanwell K fell on stairs and smashed the dish. I had to go taking our dinner as replacement.
25th Lefroy girls did charity tea IPC followed by UCH professor on issues of life and death.
26th PL not so good on marriage but fine on Providence 2. HIRC well attended.
28th Three radiators fitted and power flush. £750.
31st Wettest January for over a century.
Feb 2nd PL Lk 15. Robert Cromie and Daniel Sweeney to lunch. PL good on Pro 3. HIRC Jn 21.
4th U3A on Roman religion. Session told of Stuart Cashman who wants to leave Duke Street baptist, Richmond.
5th U3A on EU.
6th U3A on Shari'a.
7th A morning sorting out hacked email and facebook.
9th IC back to us on Dan 3. Liz, Wyema, Clare , Ellie and Noah to lunch.
10th Winter Olympics, Sochi. Thames floods, Berkshire and Surrey.
13th Bella Italia lunch with Littles.
16th Stuart Cashman. Pm Chris R good on Ps 19.
17th U3A history on the Middle east between the world wars.
19th Deepening depression.
20th Email hacked again. Afternoon to sort.
23rd Did adult SS on the law, Heidelberg day 2. PL excellent on injustice steward. Pm good and bad sex from Pr 5-7. Very brave. Young to lunch and pastoral chat. HIRC Jn 21.
24th 35 men to hear Ian Hamilton on eldership.
Mar 1 Hauxton. Miriam has received gifts for 25 years in her job.
2nd PL good Lk 16. Good Pr 8. HIRC restated at Jn 1.
3rd At HIRC prayer herd it is to merge with Colnbrrok next door in a new contract.
4th U3A Egyptian religion.
5th I did U3A current affairs on Nigeria.
7th Presbytery where we seem to have moved to a two office view of eldership. mark and Diug staying.
8th Presbytery examined and passed Timothy Mulla.
9th PL good Lk 16, Pr 9.
10th Mattock lane clinic removal of right big toenail.
12th Sara's cancer pronounced dead.
13th Lunch with Littles Cafe Rouge. Malaysian airliner lost over pacific.
14th PL Lk 17 then Pr 11 words. Lunch at Phillips with Robert C and Barbara H.
15th U3A history on post war Middle east.
20th Session meeting with SC. We will offer him associate minister post.
21st Heard Johnson's have twins.
22nd Ramada Hotel Ruislip for Little's golden wedding.
23rd PL on Amos. Tatiana and Emmanuel to lunch and pastoral chat. PL Pr wealth and poverty.
HIRC Jn1.
24th Loss of Malaysian plane covered. No debris.
30th No church due to bad leg.
31st Coamoxiclav prescribed.
2nd Took Roes to Highclere. Castle closed. Windsor.
3rd Took Roes to British Library and Museum.
4th Took Roes to Westminster Abbey, St Margarets, National Portrait gallery.
5th PL on Christ's person. Lary Stenens Proverbs. HIRC Jn 19.
6th Took Roes to Bampton where Downton is filmed. They treated us to dinner at The Duke of Kent.
7th Roes left.
8th Our visitors have raised my mood.
9th Central Middlesex says K's IBS has no cause other than stress.
10th IPC meal, prayer, communion.
12th PL good on humanity of Christ. Lunch visitors from USA, Afghanistan, caribbean, Ghana , Germany and Canada. PL excellent on fear of the Lord.
14th Visited Pam Hallett, Bedford, then to Braithwaite's.
15th David Jackman gave IPC survey of Ephesians.
16th With Littles, cafe Rouge.
17th Prostate examined. Finasteride prescribed. Radiator went band. No heating nor hot water.
18th Advised to cut bacon caffeine and feeling the lack of coffee.
19th PL good on marriage then in parenting.
20th Corgi engineer sat=ys need new valve, three radiators and power flush. U3A history of Ottoman empire.
21st Spoke on Eph 1 at ELT.
24th Taking a meal to Wilcox in Hanwell K fell on stairs and smashed the dish. I had to go taking our dinner as replacement.
25th Lefroy girls did charity tea IPC followed by UCH professor on issues of life and death.
26th PL not so good on marriage but fine on Providence 2. HIRC well attended.
28th Three radiators fitted and power flush. £750.
31st Wettest January for over a century.
Feb 2nd PL Lk 15. Robert Cromie and Daniel Sweeney to lunch. PL good on Pro 3. HIRC Jn 21.
4th U3A on Roman religion. Session told of Stuart Cashman who wants to leave Duke Street baptist, Richmond.
5th U3A on EU.
6th U3A on Shari'a.
7th A morning sorting out hacked email and facebook.
9th IC back to us on Dan 3. Liz, Wyema, Clare , Ellie and Noah to lunch.
10th Winter Olympics, Sochi. Thames floods, Berkshire and Surrey.
13th Bella Italia lunch with Littles.
16th Stuart Cashman. Pm Chris R good on Ps 19.
17th U3A history on the Middle east between the world wars.
19th Deepening depression.
20th Email hacked again. Afternoon to sort.
23rd Did adult SS on the law, Heidelberg day 2. PL excellent on injustice steward. Pm good and bad sex from Pr 5-7. Very brave. Young to lunch and pastoral chat. HIRC Jn 21.
24th 35 men to hear Ian Hamilton on eldership.
Mar 1 Hauxton. Miriam has received gifts for 25 years in her job.
2nd PL good Lk 16. Good Pr 8. HIRC restated at Jn 1.
3rd At HIRC prayer herd it is to merge with Colnbrrok next door in a new contract.
4th U3A Egyptian religion.
5th I did U3A current affairs on Nigeria.
7th Presbytery where we seem to have moved to a two office view of eldership. mark and Diug staying.
8th Presbytery examined and passed Timothy Mulla.
9th PL good Lk 16, Pr 9.
10th Mattock lane clinic removal of right big toenail.
12th Sara's cancer pronounced dead.
13th Lunch with Littles Cafe Rouge. Malaysian airliner lost over pacific.
14th PL Lk 17 then Pr 11 words. Lunch at Phillips with Robert C and Barbara H.
15th U3A history on post war Middle east.
20th Session meeting with SC. We will offer him associate minister post.
21st Heard Johnson's have twins.
22nd Ramada Hotel Ruislip for Little's golden wedding.
23rd PL on Amos. Tatiana and Emmanuel to lunch and pastoral chat. PL Pr wealth and poverty.
HIRC Jn1.
24th Loss of Malaysian plane covered. No debris.
30th No church due to bad leg.
31st Coamoxiclav prescribed.
The changing world (308) Oct -Dec 2013
Oct 1 Session planning pastoral visitation.
2nd U3A current affairs here for first time. On Syria.
5th To Leaper's ruby wedding party.
6th Home. PL excellent Rev 15-16.
10th Katy Central Middlesex CT bowel scan. Lunch with Littles Cafe Rouge.
12th To Beverley for IC's induction. PL preached. Best church tea ever.To Harrogate.
13th Richmond taking Dorothy to lunch Catterick. G preached on Water at Jennyfields.
14th Home. Discharged by psychiatrist. IPC special prayer for planning permission.
15th U3A on secularism
19th Hauxton. Anglesey Abbey Nation Trust.
20th PL Luke then excellent Rev 18.
21st U3A history. gave paper on 0-570 AD in the Middle East.
26th Portsmouth. Isle of Wight ferry. Ryde with Littles.
27th St James Ryde an evangelical Anglican peculiar.
28th Shipwreck museum.
29th To Needles Rocket sire and batteries.
30th Pier with old underground train. Vineyard.
31st Shanklin.
Nov 1st Victoria battery.
2nd Home.
3rd Gary Williams am. Pm Dan Borvan excellent. HIRC Jn 16.
6th GP confirms cellulite. Cafe Rouge with Littles.
8th Curry night ar IPC for the Indian charity CSSI.
9th In Ade's new Mercedes to Amjad's High Wycombe conference.
12th U3A on USA religion.
14th With Littles dining Greek in Har=tch End.
15th I am paying for the fence 69 is erecting. J%co here.
17th CR good on Ex 1 and 5.
18th U3A on expansion of Islam.
19th Endoscopy. Prescribed metformin.
20th Chaired half AGM in one hour.
21st U3A on Ben Franklin.
24th Lunch house group housewarming for Van Tilburg's Sunbury. PL good Rev 20. HIRC Jn 16.
28th New front door fitted.
30th D&co here.
Dec 1st Speaker from Release for church tea. PL concludes his excellent Revelation series. HIRC Jn 17.
3rd Chuck good on American religion at U3A.
4th U3A on reform of the house of Lords.
5th Mandela dies. Ade interviewed ay Curries.
8th CR good on the folly of the cross. PL good on Hag 2:7.
9th IPC men's party with M Fox bringing beer from Belgium.
12th Dinner at Larson's, Martin cooking.
13th Did Christmas letter.
14th Hauxton.
15th PL Heb 2. Carol service. HIRC Jn 18.
16th U3A history of crusades.
17th Finished cards and emails. ELT carols with K on cello. Took K to play piano for Shaftesbury House carols.
18th Church plans approved by planning committee.
20th To Terry Beldam to give him and Dale presents.
21st Petrol 126.9/L.
22nd Toe ladies from U3A to carol service.
25th Canterbury on clear roads. Andrew, Kirsty plus Italian friend and son to dinner.
27th Deb to Devon.
28th J%co here.
29th Preached IPC on prayer.
31st To Heathrow to meet Roes.
2nd U3A current affairs here for first time. On Syria.
5th To Leaper's ruby wedding party.
6th Home. PL excellent Rev 15-16.
10th Katy Central Middlesex CT bowel scan. Lunch with Littles Cafe Rouge.
12th To Beverley for IC's induction. PL preached. Best church tea ever.To Harrogate.
13th Richmond taking Dorothy to lunch Catterick. G preached on Water at Jennyfields.
14th Home. Discharged by psychiatrist. IPC special prayer for planning permission.
15th U3A on secularism
19th Hauxton. Anglesey Abbey Nation Trust.
20th PL Luke then excellent Rev 18.
21st U3A history. gave paper on 0-570 AD in the Middle East.
26th Portsmouth. Isle of Wight ferry. Ryde with Littles.
27th St James Ryde an evangelical Anglican peculiar.
28th Shipwreck museum.
29th To Needles Rocket sire and batteries.
30th Pier with old underground train. Vineyard.
31st Shanklin.
Nov 1st Victoria battery.
2nd Home.
3rd Gary Williams am. Pm Dan Borvan excellent. HIRC Jn 16.
6th GP confirms cellulite. Cafe Rouge with Littles.
8th Curry night ar IPC for the Indian charity CSSI.
9th In Ade's new Mercedes to Amjad's High Wycombe conference.
12th U3A on USA religion.
14th With Littles dining Greek in Har=tch End.
15th I am paying for the fence 69 is erecting. J%co here.
17th CR good on Ex 1 and 5.
18th U3A on expansion of Islam.
19th Endoscopy. Prescribed metformin.
20th Chaired half AGM in one hour.
21st U3A on Ben Franklin.
24th Lunch house group housewarming for Van Tilburg's Sunbury. PL good Rev 20. HIRC Jn 16.
28th New front door fitted.
30th D&co here.
Dec 1st Speaker from Release for church tea. PL concludes his excellent Revelation series. HIRC Jn 17.
3rd Chuck good on American religion at U3A.
4th U3A on reform of the house of Lords.
5th Mandela dies. Ade interviewed ay Curries.
8th CR good on the folly of the cross. PL good on Hag 2:7.
9th IPC men's party with M Fox bringing beer from Belgium.
12th Dinner at Larson's, Martin cooking.
13th Did Christmas letter.
14th Hauxton.
15th PL Heb 2. Carol service. HIRC Jn 18.
16th U3A history of crusades.
17th Finished cards and emails. ELT carols with K on cello. Took K to play piano for Shaftesbury House carols.
18th Church plans approved by planning committee.
20th To Terry Beldam to give him and Dale presents.
21st Petrol 126.9/L.
22nd Toe ladies from U3A to carol service.
25th Canterbury on clear roads. Andrew, Kirsty plus Italian friend and son to dinner.
27th Deb to Devon.
28th J%co here.
29th Preached IPC on prayer.
31st To Heathrow to meet Roes.
The changing world (307) Jul-Sep 2013
Jul 2nd U3A World religions on Tyndale. Session allocating tasks when IC leaves.
4th Lunch Ruislip Beefeater with Littles and friends.
7th Murry first British man to be Wimbledon willer in 77 years. HIRC Jn 12.
8th Psychiatrist says Iam improved.
12th Diabetic retinopathy Greenford.
13th Excellent IPC barbecue/
14th PL good rev 12.
15th Picking gooseberries.
16th IPC Mostyn Roberts from Welwyn on Schaeffer.
20th J&co here.
21st PL good on anxiety and IC on birth of Samson.
24th Price George Albert Louis born.
27th K&D on craft for HBC.
29th IC twice on Samson. Roberts and Robert Cromie to lunch. Jn 13 HIRC.
Aug 1st Hughenden house, gardens and talk on Disraeli.
2nd Charing Cross hospital sleep clinic.
3rd Harrogate. Sara pale and drawn and sleeping a lot. A piny £1.80 at G's local.
4th Andrew and Carol's 25th near York hotel.
5th Home. Deb with Littles in Teignmouth.
6th I preached Eph 2 at ELT.
8th Lunch with Littles cafe Rouge Ruislip. Sara mat have lymphatic cancer.
9th Fields visited for lunch.
10th Deb back from Devon.
11th Two good sermons. M Fox Rom 6, J Young 2Pet 3.
13th Preached Eph 2 again ELT.
16th Tired of recurrent bad pharmacy dreams.
18th Preached Good Shepherd then IC great on Samson and Delilah.
21st Elissa stayed overnight.
23rd Picked nearly 4lb brambles.
24th Barbecue for Clements farewell.
25th IC's last sermon here. Andrew Leon Phi3 HIRC Kn 14.
26th J&ci here. Girls staying for BC.
27th HBC started well. IC's last ELT Mic 4.
31st HBC picnic. H&B home. Our table won Oldfield Baptist quiz night.
Sep 1st Presentation to Levy's for ten years service. Jn 14 HIRC.
3rd I led U3A on history of church government and denominations.
5th Lunch with Littles at The Pheasant Stoke Poges.
6th IPC Craig Troxlal Keeping the heart
7th More Troxall. Lacks application. I did seminar on Tyndale.
8th Trexall twice.
11th Last time with psychologist Tessa.
12th U3A good on Brunel. Agreed to host Current Affairs while the convenor is in hospital. Did not know I was to permanently host it as convenor too.
13th PL drove to presbytery in York. Matthew Roberts now moderator.
15th Geof Thomas twice. very good.
16th History U3A Hanwell on Cranmer.
22nd PL twice. Excellent on Rev 13. HIRC true vine.
25th John Corcoran decorating front of house.
26th Emigration to USA in 19th century.
27th D&co here.
28th Family walk Burnham Beeches.
29th Took K to church and left her as Ealing Half Marathon closed the roads. HIRC Jn 15.
30th Central Middlesex gastro consultant thinks K has IBS.
4th Lunch Ruislip Beefeater with Littles and friends.
7th Murry first British man to be Wimbledon willer in 77 years. HIRC Jn 12.
8th Psychiatrist says Iam improved.
12th Diabetic retinopathy Greenford.
13th Excellent IPC barbecue/
14th PL good rev 12.
15th Picking gooseberries.
16th IPC Mostyn Roberts from Welwyn on Schaeffer.
20th J&co here.
21st PL good on anxiety and IC on birth of Samson.
24th Price George Albert Louis born.
27th K&D on craft for HBC.
29th IC twice on Samson. Roberts and Robert Cromie to lunch. Jn 13 HIRC.
Aug 1st Hughenden house, gardens and talk on Disraeli.
2nd Charing Cross hospital sleep clinic.
3rd Harrogate. Sara pale and drawn and sleeping a lot. A piny £1.80 at G's local.
4th Andrew and Carol's 25th near York hotel.
5th Home. Deb with Littles in Teignmouth.
6th I preached Eph 2 at ELT.
8th Lunch with Littles cafe Rouge Ruislip. Sara mat have lymphatic cancer.
9th Fields visited for lunch.
10th Deb back from Devon.
11th Two good sermons. M Fox Rom 6, J Young 2Pet 3.
13th Preached Eph 2 again ELT.
16th Tired of recurrent bad pharmacy dreams.
18th Preached Good Shepherd then IC great on Samson and Delilah.
21st Elissa stayed overnight.
23rd Picked nearly 4lb brambles.
24th Barbecue for Clements farewell.
25th IC's last sermon here. Andrew Leon Phi3 HIRC Kn 14.
26th J&ci here. Girls staying for BC.
27th HBC started well. IC's last ELT Mic 4.
31st HBC picnic. H&B home. Our table won Oldfield Baptist quiz night.
Sep 1st Presentation to Levy's for ten years service. Jn 14 HIRC.
3rd I led U3A on history of church government and denominations.
5th Lunch with Littles at The Pheasant Stoke Poges.
6th IPC Craig Troxlal Keeping the heart
7th More Troxall. Lacks application. I did seminar on Tyndale.
8th Trexall twice.
11th Last time with psychologist Tessa.
12th U3A good on Brunel. Agreed to host Current Affairs while the convenor is in hospital. Did not know I was to permanently host it as convenor too.
13th PL drove to presbytery in York. Matthew Roberts now moderator.
15th Geof Thomas twice. very good.
16th History U3A Hanwell on Cranmer.
22nd PL twice. Excellent on Rev 13. HIRC true vine.
25th John Corcoran decorating front of house.
26th Emigration to USA in 19th century.
27th D&co here.
28th Family walk Burnham Beeches.
29th Took K to church and left her as Ealing Half Marathon closed the roads. HIRC Jn 15.
30th Central Middlesex gastro consultant thinks K has IBS.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Diary w/e 26 Jan 2019
Sun 20 Jan
Chris Roberts new adult Sunday school series on Christian liberty. Levy on Lots of the Sabbath. Afterwards I anointed with oil and prayed for a visiting lady who has cancer but her own church would not anoint. IPC elders do. I was very tired in the evening and stayed home.
Mon 21
Well attended men's evening at IPC. Pizza them Dave Thomas of Christchurch Romford on masculinity.
Tue 22
Ealing lunchtime talks Chris Roberts on Jn 6 - eating and drinking is believing on Christ as the food for eternal life. A slight covering of snow froze.
Wed 23
Housegroup with seven of us at the Wilcox on Tit 1:10ff.
Th 24
10/11 elders at early morning prayer braving the frost. Thankful our 11th member, Chuck, is now out of hospital.
Chris Roberts new adult Sunday school series on Christian liberty. Levy on Lots of the Sabbath. Afterwards I anointed with oil and prayed for a visiting lady who has cancer but her own church would not anoint. IPC elders do. I was very tired in the evening and stayed home.
Mon 21
Well attended men's evening at IPC. Pizza them Dave Thomas of Christchurch Romford on masculinity.
Tue 22
Ealing lunchtime talks Chris Roberts on Jn 6 - eating and drinking is believing on Christ as the food for eternal life. A slight covering of snow froze.
Wed 23
Housegroup with seven of us at the Wilcox on Tit 1:10ff.
Th 24
10/11 elders at early morning prayer braving the frost. Thankful our 11th member, Chuck, is now out of hospital.
The changing world (306) Apr-Jun 2013
Apr 3rd Looks like morning services will move to Drayton Manor School.
5th Deb to Route 66 weekend in Kent.
7th I did adult SS on church discipline. PL Lk1. Van Tilburgs to lunch. Borvans too. IC on Tit 1. HIRC Jos 21.
8th Dorset. Lulworth Cove cold. Lady Thatcher died.
9th Deb discovered burglary at Levy's.
10th Kimmeridge. Home.
11th Accepted ADT burglar alarm.
13th Braithwaites. Bunyan museum.
14th PL transfiguration in Lk. PM Is 55.
15th Bombs at Boston marathon.
17th By 9am the crowd outside St Pauls was three deep. Very friendly. No protesters. Packed by the time of the procession. Only saw the Queen getting out of her car having come by a different route. Man police. Gun carriage bore the coffin.
18th U3A Mozart. Bella Italia with Littles.
19th K at English course Reading.
20th Keith Patterson memorial service Dean Hall.
21st IC on Titus. Visitors from Beverley Congregational where we think he will be called. PL good Is 55.
23rd CR ELT 1Jn 2. 69 agrees on fence replacement.
24th New psychologist, Tessa.
25th U3A on Southall margarine factory. Library lecture on Drayton Green said nothing new.
26th Session hoping building plans will be approved under delegated powers.
28th First morning at Drayton school. Much better facilities. Alison and Devon to lunch.
29th ADT alarm installed.
30th CR ELT 1Jn 2.
May 1st U3A current affairs NHS reorganisation. Boring.
2nd U3A on wine buying.
4th UKIP did well in local elections.
5th Did adult SS last judgement. PL Lk 9. Paul Meiners and Roberts to lunch. PL Lk 9. Jn 8 HIRC.
9th U3A parliamentary broadcasting. Dull.
11th IPC on nature of God as trinity.
12th PL excellent Rev 1-3.
13th Session and deacons on budget. Healthy.
14th IC is called to Beverley.
16th U3A Scopes monkey trial.
17th Lunch with Kenneth Skilling at The Fox.
18th Farewell barbecue for Wells at IPC.
19th IC twice on Tit 2.
26th PL good on Good Samaritan. Excellent on Rev 4-5. HIRC Jn 9.
27th To the Shard. Magnificent view and no time limit.
30th D&co here to stay. With family to Hendon RAF museum.
Jun 1st To Hauxton with S&Z.
2nd PL Mary and Martha then Rev 6. God Shepherd at HIRC.
3rd Canterbury family returned.
4th Lords pass homosexual 'marriage' law.
5th U3A current affairs on benefits.
6th Lunch with Littles Ruislip Beefeater. Peter Humphrys staying.
7th Synod at IPC but no kimchi with Korean dinner.
8th Presbytery.
9th Rodney and Chris left after the latter's night cycle ride. PL Lk 10 lord's prayer. Great on Rev 7, palmy army.
10th To Amjad with two pauls and Bib H to discus future plans.
11th U3A world religions women in Islam.
15th Little's barbecue and saw Queen's trooping of the colour fly past.
16th PL casting out demons Lk 10. Rossini's to lunch. PL PM Rev 8.
21st Charing Cross sleep clinic. Leaking machine means I am dopey in the day.
23rd IC Tit 3 twice. HIRC Jn 10.
24th HIRC prayer at West Drayton.
30th PL Lk 11. Meiners to lunch. PL good Re 10-11. Jn 11 HIRC.
5th Deb to Route 66 weekend in Kent.
7th I did adult SS on church discipline. PL Lk1. Van Tilburgs to lunch. Borvans too. IC on Tit 1. HIRC Jos 21.
8th Dorset. Lulworth Cove cold. Lady Thatcher died.
9th Deb discovered burglary at Levy's.
10th Kimmeridge. Home.
11th Accepted ADT burglar alarm.
13th Braithwaites. Bunyan museum.
14th PL transfiguration in Lk. PM Is 55.
15th Bombs at Boston marathon.
17th By 9am the crowd outside St Pauls was three deep. Very friendly. No protesters. Packed by the time of the procession. Only saw the Queen getting out of her car having come by a different route. Man police. Gun carriage bore the coffin.
18th U3A Mozart. Bella Italia with Littles.
19th K at English course Reading.
20th Keith Patterson memorial service Dean Hall.
21st IC on Titus. Visitors from Beverley Congregational where we think he will be called. PL good Is 55.
23rd CR ELT 1Jn 2. 69 agrees on fence replacement.
24th New psychologist, Tessa.
25th U3A on Southall margarine factory. Library lecture on Drayton Green said nothing new.
26th Session hoping building plans will be approved under delegated powers.
28th First morning at Drayton school. Much better facilities. Alison and Devon to lunch.
29th ADT alarm installed.
30th CR ELT 1Jn 2.
May 1st U3A current affairs NHS reorganisation. Boring.
2nd U3A on wine buying.
4th UKIP did well in local elections.
5th Did adult SS last judgement. PL Lk 9. Paul Meiners and Roberts to lunch. PL Lk 9. Jn 8 HIRC.
9th U3A parliamentary broadcasting. Dull.
11th IPC on nature of God as trinity.
12th PL excellent Rev 1-3.
13th Session and deacons on budget. Healthy.
14th IC is called to Beverley.
16th U3A Scopes monkey trial.
17th Lunch with Kenneth Skilling at The Fox.
18th Farewell barbecue for Wells at IPC.
19th IC twice on Tit 2.
26th PL good on Good Samaritan. Excellent on Rev 4-5. HIRC Jn 9.
27th To the Shard. Magnificent view and no time limit.
30th D&co here to stay. With family to Hendon RAF museum.
Jun 1st To Hauxton with S&Z.
2nd PL Mary and Martha then Rev 6. God Shepherd at HIRC.
3rd Canterbury family returned.
4th Lords pass homosexual 'marriage' law.
5th U3A current affairs on benefits.
6th Lunch with Littles Ruislip Beefeater. Peter Humphrys staying.
7th Synod at IPC but no kimchi with Korean dinner.
8th Presbytery.
9th Rodney and Chris left after the latter's night cycle ride. PL Lk 10 lord's prayer. Great on Rev 7, palmy army.
10th To Amjad with two pauls and Bib H to discus future plans.
11th U3A world religions women in Islam.
15th Little's barbecue and saw Queen's trooping of the colour fly past.
16th PL casting out demons Lk 10. Rossini's to lunch. PL PM Rev 8.
21st Charing Cross sleep clinic. Leaking machine means I am dopey in the day.
23rd IC Tit 3 twice. HIRC Jn 10.
24th HIRC prayer at West Drayton.
30th PL Lk 11. Meiners to lunch. PL good Re 10-11. Jn 11 HIRC.
Friday, January 25, 2019
The changing world (305) Jan-Mar 2013
Jan 1st Deb back from Cornwall surfing weekend.
2nd DSZ came by train.
3rd To Gunnersbury Museum. Mask Dishley to dinner.
4th Psychologist suggest i join University of the Third Age. New TV.
5th D&Co left.
6th PL Jacob blesses sons.PM assurance. Jn 3 HIRC.
7th Start of week of prayer with well attended first meeting.
8th ELT PL 1 Tim 1. He then led children's prayer ar IPC.
11th Met John Sullivan at Cherwell Valley Services and caught up family news.
12th To first showing of Les Miserables. Excellent. Potluck, prayer, communion to end week of prayer.
13th Chris Cradock ordained. Braithwaite's to lunch.
17th Joined U3A with Donkey Sanctuary talk. Ruislip Beefeater with Littles.
18th Snow.
20th At IPC chapel due to snow closing UWL car park. PL's 98th and last sermon on Genesis. More snow. PL assurance excellent pm.
21st Session. We are going from NIV to ESB.
27th C Ash Ps 5. PL losing assurance. HIRC Jn 4.
31st U3A on blue plaques in Ealing.
Feb 2nd IPC Sam Alldyce excellent on homosexuality.
3rd PL angels witness to Christ. PM Eph 1 and assurance. HIRC Jn 5.
4th Hammersmith hospital ECHO.
5th First U3A world religions on history of RCC. Convenor Tony Cnstable is an apostate RC. He proved to have one tune for his fiddle, church schools indoctrinate children.
6th Joined Worls religions current affairs - on China.
7th Ealing haematology discharged me. U3A on heyday of British cinema.
10th William Taylor of St Helens excellent on Gen 3.
11th Hammersmith dermatology froze wart on face. J,Bh here.
12th IC good on Jn 15 ELT.
13th Decond William's lecture IPC on Bible MSS rather boring.
14th U3A on chemical cosmos. Left half was as boring reductionism.
17th PL sower. Tea in honour of Pam Hallet leaving. I gave tribute. PM PL very good Lk 16.
20th Hammersmith cardiology discharged me for two years.
21st Lunch with Littles cafe Rouge with Jill and Deb.
23rd Westminster Library for archives. Found no St James Overends but did get some in Rhode Island.
24th PL on Jesus stilling storm. IC excellent on david among Philistines. HIRC Jn 6.
25th Psychiatrist and Harmondsworth prayer meeting.
26th IC Jn 15 ELT.
28th U3a Caravaggio.
Mar 1st Elissa here for piano lesson.
2nd IPC G Williams good on Luther.
3rd IC twice. PM good on witch of Endor. HIRC Jn 7.
4th Knee X-ray central Middlesex.
5th U3A on does organised religion do good.
6th Neal from Baku staying.
7th Presbytery. Truman on importance of confessions.
8th Presbytery Truman on Luther and Warfield.
9th Wells here all day.
10th K surmised with Mothers day gift of a Kindle. Truman on Levite's concubine I thought inappropriate. PL excellent Is 29.
11th K to Benslow cello.
14th U3A madness in 10th century. K back from Benslow.
15th Canterbury. D is an excellent cook. Jalfezi chicken.
17th PL on Legion. IC's last on 1Sam. Chis Leaper visited.
18th Last visit to psychologist Grania. Too much introspection.
20th Sorry to hear Wells leaving in June.
21st Northolt ophthalmology says no glaucoma. Galatians survey for Kingsdown Methodist group.
22nd Two molars extracted in Hounslow.
24th PL not inspiring on issue of blood but very good on miracles at the cross. HIRC.
25th Braintree crematorium for Warwick Leaper's humanistic funeral. Cold in and out.
28th Lunch with Littles at Beefeater.
29th Good Friday. PL good on gospel. Deb had five to lunch. J&Co here.
31st PL twice on resurrection.
2nd DSZ came by train.
3rd To Gunnersbury Museum. Mask Dishley to dinner.
4th Psychologist suggest i join University of the Third Age. New TV.
5th D&Co left.
6th PL Jacob blesses sons.PM assurance. Jn 3 HIRC.
7th Start of week of prayer with well attended first meeting.
8th ELT PL 1 Tim 1. He then led children's prayer ar IPC.
11th Met John Sullivan at Cherwell Valley Services and caught up family news.
12th To first showing of Les Miserables. Excellent. Potluck, prayer, communion to end week of prayer.
13th Chris Cradock ordained. Braithwaite's to lunch.
17th Joined U3A with Donkey Sanctuary talk. Ruislip Beefeater with Littles.
18th Snow.
20th At IPC chapel due to snow closing UWL car park. PL's 98th and last sermon on Genesis. More snow. PL assurance excellent pm.
21st Session. We are going from NIV to ESB.
27th C Ash Ps 5. PL losing assurance. HIRC Jn 4.
31st U3A on blue plaques in Ealing.
Feb 2nd IPC Sam Alldyce excellent on homosexuality.
3rd PL angels witness to Christ. PM Eph 1 and assurance. HIRC Jn 5.
4th Hammersmith hospital ECHO.
5th First U3A world religions on history of RCC. Convenor Tony Cnstable is an apostate RC. He proved to have one tune for his fiddle, church schools indoctrinate children.
6th Joined Worls religions current affairs - on China.
7th Ealing haematology discharged me. U3A on heyday of British cinema.
10th William Taylor of St Helens excellent on Gen 3.
11th Hammersmith dermatology froze wart on face. J,Bh here.
12th IC good on Jn 15 ELT.
13th Decond William's lecture IPC on Bible MSS rather boring.
14th U3A on chemical cosmos. Left half was as boring reductionism.
17th PL sower. Tea in honour of Pam Hallet leaving. I gave tribute. PM PL very good Lk 16.
20th Hammersmith cardiology discharged me for two years.
21st Lunch with Littles cafe Rouge with Jill and Deb.
23rd Westminster Library for archives. Found no St James Overends but did get some in Rhode Island.
24th PL on Jesus stilling storm. IC excellent on david among Philistines. HIRC Jn 6.
25th Psychiatrist and Harmondsworth prayer meeting.
26th IC Jn 15 ELT.
28th U3a Caravaggio.
Mar 1st Elissa here for piano lesson.
2nd IPC G Williams good on Luther.
3rd IC twice. PM good on witch of Endor. HIRC Jn 7.
4th Knee X-ray central Middlesex.
5th U3A on does organised religion do good.
6th Neal from Baku staying.
7th Presbytery. Truman on importance of confessions.
8th Presbytery Truman on Luther and Warfield.
9th Wells here all day.
10th K surmised with Mothers day gift of a Kindle. Truman on Levite's concubine I thought inappropriate. PL excellent Is 29.
11th K to Benslow cello.
14th U3A madness in 10th century. K back from Benslow.
15th Canterbury. D is an excellent cook. Jalfezi chicken.
17th PL on Legion. IC's last on 1Sam. Chis Leaper visited.
18th Last visit to psychologist Grania. Too much introspection.
20th Sorry to hear Wells leaving in June.
21st Northolt ophthalmology says no glaucoma. Galatians survey for Kingsdown Methodist group.
22nd Two molars extracted in Hounslow.
24th PL not inspiring on issue of blood but very good on miracles at the cross. HIRC.
25th Braintree crematorium for Warwick Leaper's humanistic funeral. Cold in and out.
28th Lunch with Littles at Beefeater.
29th Good Friday. PL good on gospel. Deb had five to lunch. J&Co here.
31st PL twice on resurrection.
The changing world (304) Oct-Dec 2012
Oct 1st G&S staying.
2nd Lunch at Greyhound, Chalfont St Peters. Chiltern brewer shop. Amersham.
3rd Walked round walpole Park. Well attended prayer meeting.
4th G&S left.
6th Hauxton with Burroughs. American cemetery over 3000 WW2 graves.
7th IC 1Sam. Ruth Van Tilburg, Andrew Leon and M Fox to lunch. PL good on Rom 14. Had 3 HIRC.
9th CR Ps 22 ELT.
10th Greenford diabetic clinic on diet. I subsequently took no notice.
12th Julian Lloyd-Webber one of his last cello recitals before retiring.
13th Treated by Kenneth S to Royal Albert hall Festival of Welsh Male Voice Choirs.
14th Preached Rom 12 at Camden IPC. PL good Rom 15.
16th CR ELT Ps 23.
17th Podiatry at Greenford diabetic clinic.
20th J&Co here and D&Co and Littles for his 40th with mark Dishley too for curries.
21st IC twice. D&co left after lunch.
22nd HIRC prayer at Baptist church. The road junction coming home is a nightmare in the dark.
23rd CP Ps 23 ELT.
24th Last Right Start for diabetes at Greenford.
26th Funeral of Raymond Skilling St Columba's Church of Scotland. Trimble, Mellor, Viscountess Chobham and Diana's stepmother Countess Spencer there. Reception at Sloane Club.
27th Kenneth S to dinner.
28th To Ashford. Lunch with David Legg and family. Interviewed on depression at Congregational Church.
Nov 1st Dinner at ACE Cafe.
3rd With Ade to Amjad's Pakistai evangelism conference High Wycombe. K&I to Pete Williams at IPC on Is the Bible reliable. Very good if rather academic.
4th HIRC transfiguration.
7th Obama reelected.
17th Deb had a crowd round for her birthday with Persian Palace food.
18th D Gibson Phil 2. CR Ps 23.
19th Charing Cross Hospital for ultrasound imaging of leg that has caused pain and been treated with coamoxiclav.
21st Half AFGM with PL back from USA fundraising.
22nd To 52 for farewell party with those who have stayed there. Found I first went there 21 Jul 69 the moon landing day.
25th Led adult SS on WCF marriage. PL Gen 48 and i was awake for the morning sermon for the first time in months. HIRC Jn 1.
27th IC Has 3 ELT.
30th Presbytery. Dinner at Mangal. Joe Martin staying with us.
Dec 1st Presbytery with S Arscott on re-baptism and Paul Wells, union with Christ. CR 30th birthday party with pre-ordered Indian takeaways.
2nd James Torrens good on Jn 1 Patterson family to lunch with baby Karl. Levy Ps 126. Lamb of god at HIRC.
3rd Did Christmas letter and emailed it.
7th Canterbury.
8th My Christmas treat from David, tour of Shepherd Neame Brewey, Faversham. Home.
9th Dopey in PL Is wo. IC on Nabal and Abigail.
10th Christmas cards done.
11th CP ELT three kinds of laughter.
12th K playing piano for Oldfield carols then cello for Shaftesbury.
13th Lunch with Littles hatch End Fish restaurant.
14th To see Elissa as Mary in Oldfield school nativity.
15th Hauxton for Bethany's 12th.
16th PL Matthew's genealogy. PM carols and on Merry Christmas. Wiggins sports personality of the year.
17th Grania Shafer new young psychologist. IPC mens party.
18th Took K to play ELT carols. £35 Christmas cake from Waitrose as K had not made one this year.
19th Dopey at IPC then carols and Mt 2 at HIRC.
24th J&co here. Sara in hospital with cellulitis.
25th After IPC did most of the presents before excellent turkey.
26th Deb did her good broccoli and turkey bake at Littles.
27th J&co left.
28th With Littles and Deb to Canterbury. Highlight was Ethan on electric guitar.
31st Did not stay u. Trimmed beard.
2nd Lunch at Greyhound, Chalfont St Peters. Chiltern brewer shop. Amersham.
3rd Walked round walpole Park. Well attended prayer meeting.
4th G&S left.
6th Hauxton with Burroughs. American cemetery over 3000 WW2 graves.
7th IC 1Sam. Ruth Van Tilburg, Andrew Leon and M Fox to lunch. PL good on Rom 14. Had 3 HIRC.
9th CR Ps 22 ELT.
10th Greenford diabetic clinic on diet. I subsequently took no notice.
12th Julian Lloyd-Webber one of his last cello recitals before retiring.
13th Treated by Kenneth S to Royal Albert hall Festival of Welsh Male Voice Choirs.
14th Preached Rom 12 at Camden IPC. PL good Rom 15.
16th CR ELT Ps 23.
17th Podiatry at Greenford diabetic clinic.
20th J&Co here and D&Co and Littles for his 40th with mark Dishley too for curries.
21st IC twice. D&co left after lunch.
22nd HIRC prayer at Baptist church. The road junction coming home is a nightmare in the dark.
23rd CP Ps 23 ELT.
24th Last Right Start for diabetes at Greenford.
26th Funeral of Raymond Skilling St Columba's Church of Scotland. Trimble, Mellor, Viscountess Chobham and Diana's stepmother Countess Spencer there. Reception at Sloane Club.
27th Kenneth S to dinner.
28th To Ashford. Lunch with David Legg and family. Interviewed on depression at Congregational Church.
Nov 1st Dinner at ACE Cafe.
3rd With Ade to Amjad's Pakistai evangelism conference High Wycombe. K&I to Pete Williams at IPC on Is the Bible reliable. Very good if rather academic.
4th HIRC transfiguration.
7th Obama reelected.
17th Deb had a crowd round for her birthday with Persian Palace food.
18th D Gibson Phil 2. CR Ps 23.
19th Charing Cross Hospital for ultrasound imaging of leg that has caused pain and been treated with coamoxiclav.
21st Half AFGM with PL back from USA fundraising.
22nd To 52 for farewell party with those who have stayed there. Found I first went there 21 Jul 69 the moon landing day.
25th Led adult SS on WCF marriage. PL Gen 48 and i was awake for the morning sermon for the first time in months. HIRC Jn 1.
27th IC Has 3 ELT.
30th Presbytery. Dinner at Mangal. Joe Martin staying with us.
Dec 1st Presbytery with S Arscott on re-baptism and Paul Wells, union with Christ. CR 30th birthday party with pre-ordered Indian takeaways.
2nd James Torrens good on Jn 1 Patterson family to lunch with baby Karl. Levy Ps 126. Lamb of god at HIRC.
3rd Did Christmas letter and emailed it.
7th Canterbury.
8th My Christmas treat from David, tour of Shepherd Neame Brewey, Faversham. Home.
9th Dopey in PL Is wo. IC on Nabal and Abigail.
10th Christmas cards done.
11th CP ELT three kinds of laughter.
12th K playing piano for Oldfield carols then cello for Shaftesbury.
13th Lunch with Littles hatch End Fish restaurant.
14th To see Elissa as Mary in Oldfield school nativity.
15th Hauxton for Bethany's 12th.
16th PL Matthew's genealogy. PM carols and on Merry Christmas. Wiggins sports personality of the year.
17th Grania Shafer new young psychologist. IPC mens party.
18th Took K to play ELT carols. £35 Christmas cake from Waitrose as K had not made one this year.
19th Dopey at IPC then carols and Mt 2 at HIRC.
24th J&co here. Sara in hospital with cellulitis.
25th After IPC did most of the presents before excellent turkey.
26th Deb did her good broccoli and turkey bake at Littles.
27th J&co left.
28th With Littles and Deb to Canterbury. Highlight was Ethan on electric guitar.
31st Did not stay u. Trimmed beard.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
The changing world (303) Jul-Sep 2012
Jul 1st Mehnaz back to Leicester with Farsi Bible. Dick Lucas pm. HIRC Eph 1.
3rd Wedding suit fitting.
6th Elissa's Oldfield International Fayre.
7th J&co here.
8th Preached twice at London City Presbyterian and astonished not to be offered lunch.
14th K at hen party for Emmanuelle.
15th IC good twice on 1 sam.
17th CR ELT Is 41.
19th Harrow Prezza lunch with Littles.
21st To Lowick farmhouse with Deb and D&co.
22ns Woolwer Evangelical. Painted school at Ford. Found great grandparents graves.
23rd Crabster. Dunstanburg castle. Went to see cousins, Halls.
24th Cragside mansion.
25th Seahouses. Warne Islands. Seals, puffins, arctic terns very noisy.
26th Berwick records office. Dickensian.
27th Holy Island. Olympic opening ceremony.
28th Home to hotter London.
29th IC 1Sam particularly good on Saul and Jonathan. HIRC Eph 2.
Aug 2nd K&D to Olympic hockey.
4th To Braithwaites and a walk by river in Bedford.
5th M Fox am, P Mienrs pm. Eph 2 HIRC.
6th Dismantling shelves in Blue room. Diabetic retinal screening Greenford.
7th M Durham ELT.
9h Bella Italia for anniversary meal.
10th Luke Jenner took Halifax wedding rehearsal for Emmanuelle and Simon. Dinner ar his mother's. Bradford Hilton hotel.
11th I played father of the bride giving Emmanuelle away and speech at reception. Many there from IPC.
12th Home. End of Olympics. Preached on faithfulness.
13th Down. K&D painting blue room.
15th IC has the money to buy the Coach House.
17th Deb to Wales joining Littles on holiday. Bought book shelves where I hate, IKEA.
18th With K assembled two shelf units.
19th PM preached Ps 77.
20th Completed shelving.
22nd J brought and left the girls.
24th Took girls to excellent renovated Brentford Musical Museum. Deb back from Wales.
25th J&M picked up girls.
26th IC twice. Lloyd, Paul H and Kramens to lunch. IC excellent pm on 1 Sam 20 David and Jonathan. Ps 77 at HIRC.
27gh Down. Deb at IPC for HBC preparations.
28th HBC started. ELT Haggai.
29th Visited mahands.
31st Day night ODI beating South Africa at Oval.
Sep 1st End of HBC champ challenge. Picnic.
2nd Adult SS trinity. PL Ten 1 and Rom 11. Ps 119 at HIRC.
3rd Heathrow to Dusseldorf. Anthea mistook her timing and was late collecting us.
4th Anthea took us to see where my grandfather was in the army of occupation, 1918-19. All but one place cognisable from the postcards he sent home. But Duren had been destroyed by RAF bombing in WW2.
5th Anthea took us to a pretty medieval town.
7th Anthea took us to picnic by a town on the Rhine then we took her to dinner as Graeme was away.
8th Yet another quaint town, I cooked tandoori dinner.
9th Dusseldorf Anglican church.Picnic by Rhine. Flight to Heathrow.
10th Session concerning Amjad and Chris Cradock.
11th IC at ELT.
12th Presbytery at Drayton Hotel. Ian Hamilton excelled on spiritual gifts. Ranald on pietism.
13th Larsons to dinner.
14th Good chat to new neighbour, Hindu at 69.
15th Dele phoned. He had sent us an invitation letter for visiting Nigeria back in July but it had gone surface mail. The first of two planned return visits to be frustrated.
16th PL Gen 42. Mullahs from Ilford to lunch. He is MBB, she Brazilian. PL Rom 12.
18th Early IPC prayer. ELT.
19th New at housegroup Ruth from India and Witse from Holland.
20th Bella Italia lunch with Littles.
22nd J&Co here for him to go with us to Paul Clowney's memorial service.
23rd Dis adult SS on trinity. PL pm Rom 13. I did Had 1 HIRC.
24th Down. Session. AR talks a lot.
27th Dis Mk 1-2 at Kingsdown Methodist.
28th CSSI curry night at IPC.
30th PL Joseph. PM good on Rom 13. Had 2 at HIRC.
3rd Wedding suit fitting.
6th Elissa's Oldfield International Fayre.
7th J&co here.
8th Preached twice at London City Presbyterian and astonished not to be offered lunch.
14th K at hen party for Emmanuelle.
15th IC good twice on 1 sam.
17th CR ELT Is 41.
19th Harrow Prezza lunch with Littles.
21st To Lowick farmhouse with Deb and D&co.
22ns Woolwer Evangelical. Painted school at Ford. Found great grandparents graves.
23rd Crabster. Dunstanburg castle. Went to see cousins, Halls.
24th Cragside mansion.
25th Seahouses. Warne Islands. Seals, puffins, arctic terns very noisy.
26th Berwick records office. Dickensian.
27th Holy Island. Olympic opening ceremony.
28th Home to hotter London.
29th IC 1Sam particularly good on Saul and Jonathan. HIRC Eph 2.
Aug 2nd K&D to Olympic hockey.
4th To Braithwaites and a walk by river in Bedford.
5th M Fox am, P Mienrs pm. Eph 2 HIRC.
6th Dismantling shelves in Blue room. Diabetic retinal screening Greenford.
7th M Durham ELT.
9h Bella Italia for anniversary meal.
10th Luke Jenner took Halifax wedding rehearsal for Emmanuelle and Simon. Dinner ar his mother's. Bradford Hilton hotel.
11th I played father of the bride giving Emmanuelle away and speech at reception. Many there from IPC.
12th Home. End of Olympics. Preached on faithfulness.
13th Down. K&D painting blue room.
15th IC has the money to buy the Coach House.
17th Deb to Wales joining Littles on holiday. Bought book shelves where I hate, IKEA.
18th With K assembled two shelf units.
19th PM preached Ps 77.
20th Completed shelving.
22nd J brought and left the girls.
24th Took girls to excellent renovated Brentford Musical Museum. Deb back from Wales.
25th J&M picked up girls.
26th IC twice. Lloyd, Paul H and Kramens to lunch. IC excellent pm on 1 Sam 20 David and Jonathan. Ps 77 at HIRC.
27gh Down. Deb at IPC for HBC preparations.
28th HBC started. ELT Haggai.
29th Visited mahands.
31st Day night ODI beating South Africa at Oval.
Sep 1st End of HBC champ challenge. Picnic.
2nd Adult SS trinity. PL Ten 1 and Rom 11. Ps 119 at HIRC.
3rd Heathrow to Dusseldorf. Anthea mistook her timing and was late collecting us.
4th Anthea took us to see where my grandfather was in the army of occupation, 1918-19. All but one place cognisable from the postcards he sent home. But Duren had been destroyed by RAF bombing in WW2.
5th Anthea took us to a pretty medieval town.
7th Anthea took us to picnic by a town on the Rhine then we took her to dinner as Graeme was away.
8th Yet another quaint town, I cooked tandoori dinner.
9th Dusseldorf Anglican church.Picnic by Rhine. Flight to Heathrow.
10th Session concerning Amjad and Chris Cradock.
11th IC at ELT.
12th Presbytery at Drayton Hotel. Ian Hamilton excelled on spiritual gifts. Ranald on pietism.
13th Larsons to dinner.
14th Good chat to new neighbour, Hindu at 69.
15th Dele phoned. He had sent us an invitation letter for visiting Nigeria back in July but it had gone surface mail. The first of two planned return visits to be frustrated.
16th PL Gen 42. Mullahs from Ilford to lunch. He is MBB, she Brazilian. PL Rom 12.
18th Early IPC prayer. ELT.
19th New at housegroup Ruth from India and Witse from Holland.
20th Bella Italia lunch with Littles.
22nd J&Co here for him to go with us to Paul Clowney's memorial service.
23rd Dis adult SS on trinity. PL pm Rom 13. I did Had 1 HIRC.
24th Down. Session. AR talks a lot.
27th Dis Mk 1-2 at Kingsdown Methodist.
28th CSSI curry night at IPC.
30th PL Joseph. PM good on Rom 13. Had 2 at HIRC.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The changing world (302) Apr-Jun 2012
Apr 1st Spoke on Psalm Sunday at Hirc.
4th Kathleen Gula spoke at IPC prayer meeting.
5th Gulas left.
6th Richard Bewes preached for Good Friday. Then PL announced death of Paul Clowney. I wept.
7th Tina Lawler's wedding to Jonathan Yorall at St Paul's.
8th Easter day. PL twice. pm on Ps 16.
9th Hauxton.
10th Finding tiredness depressing.
13th Larsons took us for Thai dinner. Deb to cardiff for a wedding.
15th Did adult SS on providence. Youngs to lunch.
16th Session and deacons budget meeting.
18th Counting the days to the end of boring employment.
19th With K to art exhibition Pitshanger Manor.
22nd Rom 6 a blessing. Preached HIRC David and Bathsheba.
24th Mark Ladpo stranded at Heathrow so stayed with us.
27th Speedwell surgery treated me to lunch, a decanter and a malt.
28th IPC church cleaning.
29th Frasers from WEC to lunch. He is a deer stalker. PL good Rm 6 pm. HIRC on Ps 31.
30th Last day at work. No thank you card or gift from my mean employers.
May1st ELT C Roberts. PL took me to lunch at North Star.
2nd Took Mondeo to Icthus Motor Mission and gave it away.
3rd Kingsdown Methodist led on Gal 5 for hazel. Election for mayor and assembly. Voted Boris J, CPA and Tory.
4th Clare A round wanting reconciliation. Patoral visit Pam H. Larsons to dinner.
5th Boris is mayor. Red Ken retires from politics. Rachel drove us to Canterbury for the day.
6th IC time on 1Sam. Did forgiveness at HIRC.
8th ELT. A lot of viewers to buy 69.
6th IPC AGM.
7th Not so depressed now at home but no energy or drive.
12th Took J&co and R&Co to pub lunch in Bushy then A treated me to Chiltern Brewery tho.
13th Lilia and William to lunch.
15th Early prayer. ELT Charlie Sheen week of talks.
16th ELT.
17th Session prayer. ELT.
18th Last ELT of week.
20th PLexcellent pm on Rom7. Seaber's to lunch.
22nd ELT PL Lk 1.
25th I have transferred GPs to the local one and was impressed by the nurse Shain. I may qualify for a gastric clip.
26th To Onamusi grandson's naming ceremony. Shocked to hear John Majiyagbe is a Muslim.
27th Teddy and Shan Shan to lunch. Dick Lucas Act 9 pm. Act 2 at HIRC.
29th CR Lk 9 ELT.
31st Littles treated us to Cafe Rouge lunch. Session interviewed Amjad.
Jun 2nd To Sunbury for Terry Beldam's 75th.
3rd Watched Diamond Jubilee river pageant on TV. Ps 103 at HIRC.
4th Went to Horsenden Hill jubilee beacon, a pathetic affair.
5th Jubilee party at the end of our road went well.
6th Joanna and Nate names their son after me. Bob Dawson at IPC pm.
9th Wilcox party picnic Osterley.
10th PL starts on Joseph. Onuhas to lunch. Florida choir excellent before PL good on Rom 8.
12th Measures for wedding suit. IC ELT.
14th Habib pleasant Egyptian psychiatrist. Kyle elders staying.
15th Presbytery and synod.
17th PL good Joseph and Rom 8. Good house group barbecue at Littles.
19th Sunburned at Oval ODI. England win.
21st Charing Cross sleep clinic. Harrogate.
22nd Headingly ODI rained off. Visited Haogate pump room museum.
23rd Home.
24th PL good Gen 38. HIRC Eph 1.
25th Harmonsworth parish church for HIRC prayer.
26th IC at ELT.
28th Nurse says I have type 2 diabetes but I have no symptoms. Session considering Chris Craddock for elder.
29th Iranian Mehnaz staying vis MOST. Geneticist nominally Muslim.
30th Took our visitor to see South Bank and City. Church barbecue. Uxchoir Hayes did Last Night of the Proms.
4th Kathleen Gula spoke at IPC prayer meeting.
5th Gulas left.
6th Richard Bewes preached for Good Friday. Then PL announced death of Paul Clowney. I wept.
7th Tina Lawler's wedding to Jonathan Yorall at St Paul's.
8th Easter day. PL twice. pm on Ps 16.
9th Hauxton.
10th Finding tiredness depressing.
13th Larsons took us for Thai dinner. Deb to cardiff for a wedding.
15th Did adult SS on providence. Youngs to lunch.
16th Session and deacons budget meeting.
18th Counting the days to the end of boring employment.
19th With K to art exhibition Pitshanger Manor.
22nd Rom 6 a blessing. Preached HIRC David and Bathsheba.
24th Mark Ladpo stranded at Heathrow so stayed with us.
27th Speedwell surgery treated me to lunch, a decanter and a malt.
28th IPC church cleaning.
29th Frasers from WEC to lunch. He is a deer stalker. PL good Rm 6 pm. HIRC on Ps 31.
30th Last day at work. No thank you card or gift from my mean employers.
May1st ELT C Roberts. PL took me to lunch at North Star.
2nd Took Mondeo to Icthus Motor Mission and gave it away.
3rd Kingsdown Methodist led on Gal 5 for hazel. Election for mayor and assembly. Voted Boris J, CPA and Tory.
4th Clare A round wanting reconciliation. Patoral visit Pam H. Larsons to dinner.
5th Boris is mayor. Red Ken retires from politics. Rachel drove us to Canterbury for the day.
6th IC time on 1Sam. Did forgiveness at HIRC.
8th ELT. A lot of viewers to buy 69.
6th IPC AGM.
7th Not so depressed now at home but no energy or drive.
12th Took J&co and R&Co to pub lunch in Bushy then A treated me to Chiltern Brewery tho.
13th Lilia and William to lunch.
15th Early prayer. ELT Charlie Sheen week of talks.
16th ELT.
17th Session prayer. ELT.
18th Last ELT of week.
20th PLexcellent pm on Rom7. Seaber's to lunch.
22nd ELT PL Lk 1.
25th I have transferred GPs to the local one and was impressed by the nurse Shain. I may qualify for a gastric clip.
26th To Onamusi grandson's naming ceremony. Shocked to hear John Majiyagbe is a Muslim.
27th Teddy and Shan Shan to lunch. Dick Lucas Act 9 pm. Act 2 at HIRC.
29th CR Lk 9 ELT.
31st Littles treated us to Cafe Rouge lunch. Session interviewed Amjad.
Jun 2nd To Sunbury for Terry Beldam's 75th.
3rd Watched Diamond Jubilee river pageant on TV. Ps 103 at HIRC.
4th Went to Horsenden Hill jubilee beacon, a pathetic affair.
5th Jubilee party at the end of our road went well.
6th Joanna and Nate names their son after me. Bob Dawson at IPC pm.
9th Wilcox party picnic Osterley.
10th PL starts on Joseph. Onuhas to lunch. Florida choir excellent before PL good on Rom 8.
12th Measures for wedding suit. IC ELT.
14th Habib pleasant Egyptian psychiatrist. Kyle elders staying.
15th Presbytery and synod.
17th PL good Joseph and Rom 8. Good house group barbecue at Littles.
19th Sunburned at Oval ODI. England win.
21st Charing Cross sleep clinic. Harrogate.
22nd Headingly ODI rained off. Visited Haogate pump room museum.
23rd Home.
24th PL good Gen 38. HIRC Eph 1.
25th Harmonsworth parish church for HIRC prayer.
26th IC at ELT.
28th Nurse says I have type 2 diabetes but I have no symptoms. Session considering Chris Craddock for elder.
29th Iranian Mehnaz staying vis MOST. Geneticist nominally Muslim.
30th Took our visitor to see South Bank and City. Church barbecue. Uxchoir Hayes did Last Night of the Proms.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The changing world (301) Jan-Mar 2012
Jan 1st IC good on Hannah's prayers. Deb back from Cornwall.
2nd Burroughs here. J&Co depart.
4th K&R to Joe's funeral.
7th Down. Braithwaites across. Hordenden hill. Poppy their dog ate my stilton after tea.
8th Sermons by D Jackman and IC. 13 new members received from 10 countries.
10th Work a struggle.
12th Down.
14th Emptying loft of 28 years accumulations. Wilcox housewarming Hanwell.
15th PL Lk 3 not inspiring. Wilcox, Alanna and Abi to lunch.PL ditto Rom 3:1-8.
16th Seriously considering retirement.
19th Down. Loft now insulated. Met with architects with new IPC plans.
21st J&Co here. K took B&H to Nutcracker, Richmond. J&M to Les Miserables.162 killed in Kano bombings.
22nd Down. Steadfast love at HIRC.
24th Heathrow. SAS Stockholm. Tallin.
25th Museum of Occupation. Orthodox Cathedral. Town hall square. Snow and ice everywhere.
26th Tram to Tsar's palace. City museum.
27th Judy J with. Old town, two cathedrals, walls. Down.
28th William and Lilia wedding in very impressive church. Bilingual service. Buffet. Evening hotel dinner.
29th Home via Stockholm. London felt warm.
30th Down and considering retirement.
31st Handed in notice. Staff not happy nor K.
Feb 1st No response from my employers.
2nd The Bard Ruislip very posh dinner with Littles for their 70th birthdays.
4th Amlad's leaders meeting. Many workers but only three converts none of whom have stayed. 2" snow.
5th PL encouraging on Christ the king has come. Sotirovs, Pam and John C to lunch. Pam is failing. Mk 8 at HIRC.
6th Sujad took me to dinner and tried to persuade me not to retire.
7th First reading of so called marriage equality bill - Cameron's shame.
9th Ealing hospital says blood counts OK. ECHO at Hammersmith. Da Silva will sign me off for a month but I declined.
10th Snow.
12th Jonny Gibson on Ps 8. Lunch at Meiners with Jones. PM preached IPC Mk 8.
13th Miguel in Ealing hospital with encephalitis. Emmanuelle and Simon engaged.
16th Depressed. Visited Miguel n hospital.
18th Visited Miguel again.
19th Good from Chuck on lepers cleaned. Frosts to lunch. IC pm.
21st Session with a serious case of financial irresponsibility.
22nd Nearly a two hour wait at Hammersmith cardiology.
23rd Visited Miguel at home now.
26th Encouraged to see Paul Larson family at IPC in the morning, straight off plane from Kenya. Edit, Goes and Penny to lunch. Hope preached at HIRC.
29th Down. IC very good introduction to Esther for house groups.
Mar 1st Da Silva prescribed quetiapine.
2nd Mark H and Doug staying for presbytery.
3rd Presbytery encouraging especially new men from Scotland including Stuart McKinnon of Elgol wise daily run boat trips to the Collins.
4th James Torrens Ps 126. Did hope again at HIRC.
6th Encouraging early session prayer.
7th Fasting bloods Ealing. HIRC for security photos. Eleanor Grace Levy born.
10th Chris and Emma's wedding Haven Green. Party at the Drayton.
11th No-one turned up to teach adult SS so I did WCF on good works. IC twice, I Sam. One Iranian baptised.
12th Katy to Benslow cello course.
13th Down.
14th John and Catherine Young are a great addition to our housegroup.
15th K back from Benslow.
16th Started quetiapine as antidepressant.
18th Ethan baptised and all the family there.
20th Very tired. Quetiapine side effect?
21st K&D to IPC members meeting on building. I slept.
23rd With K to Groucho Club, Soho, to meet Kenneth's family celebrating his daughter's marriage. Met Trstram Blamires again after 38 years.
25th HIRC for morning service but a second speaker turned up. IC good 1Sam 8.
27th Down.
30th Rodney voting and Gulas.
31st Devon to lunch then Uxchoir Stainer's Crucifixion.
2nd Burroughs here. J&Co depart.
4th K&R to Joe's funeral.
7th Down. Braithwaites across. Hordenden hill. Poppy their dog ate my stilton after tea.
8th Sermons by D Jackman and IC. 13 new members received from 10 countries.
10th Work a struggle.
12th Down.
14th Emptying loft of 28 years accumulations. Wilcox housewarming Hanwell.
15th PL Lk 3 not inspiring. Wilcox, Alanna and Abi to lunch.PL ditto Rom 3:1-8.
16th Seriously considering retirement.
19th Down. Loft now insulated. Met with architects with new IPC plans.
21st J&Co here. K took B&H to Nutcracker, Richmond. J&M to Les Miserables.162 killed in Kano bombings.
22nd Down. Steadfast love at HIRC.
24th Heathrow. SAS Stockholm. Tallin.
25th Museum of Occupation. Orthodox Cathedral. Town hall square. Snow and ice everywhere.
26th Tram to Tsar's palace. City museum.
27th Judy J with. Old town, two cathedrals, walls. Down.
28th William and Lilia wedding in very impressive church. Bilingual service. Buffet. Evening hotel dinner.
29th Home via Stockholm. London felt warm.
30th Down and considering retirement.
31st Handed in notice. Staff not happy nor K.
Feb 1st No response from my employers.
2nd The Bard Ruislip very posh dinner with Littles for their 70th birthdays.
4th Amlad's leaders meeting. Many workers but only three converts none of whom have stayed. 2" snow.
5th PL encouraging on Christ the king has come. Sotirovs, Pam and John C to lunch. Pam is failing. Mk 8 at HIRC.
6th Sujad took me to dinner and tried to persuade me not to retire.
7th First reading of so called marriage equality bill - Cameron's shame.
9th Ealing hospital says blood counts OK. ECHO at Hammersmith. Da Silva will sign me off for a month but I declined.
10th Snow.
12th Jonny Gibson on Ps 8. Lunch at Meiners with Jones. PM preached IPC Mk 8.
13th Miguel in Ealing hospital with encephalitis. Emmanuelle and Simon engaged.
16th Depressed. Visited Miguel n hospital.
18th Visited Miguel again.
19th Good from Chuck on lepers cleaned. Frosts to lunch. IC pm.
21st Session with a serious case of financial irresponsibility.
22nd Nearly a two hour wait at Hammersmith cardiology.
23rd Visited Miguel at home now.
26th Encouraged to see Paul Larson family at IPC in the morning, straight off plane from Kenya. Edit, Goes and Penny to lunch. Hope preached at HIRC.
29th Down. IC very good introduction to Esther for house groups.
Mar 1st Da Silva prescribed quetiapine.
2nd Mark H and Doug staying for presbytery.
3rd Presbytery encouraging especially new men from Scotland including Stuart McKinnon of Elgol wise daily run boat trips to the Collins.
4th James Torrens Ps 126. Did hope again at HIRC.
6th Encouraging early session prayer.
7th Fasting bloods Ealing. HIRC for security photos. Eleanor Grace Levy born.
10th Chris and Emma's wedding Haven Green. Party at the Drayton.
11th No-one turned up to teach adult SS so I did WCF on good works. IC twice, I Sam. One Iranian baptised.
12th Katy to Benslow cello course.
13th Down.
14th John and Catherine Young are a great addition to our housegroup.
15th K back from Benslow.
16th Started quetiapine as antidepressant.
18th Ethan baptised and all the family there.
20th Very tired. Quetiapine side effect?
21st K&D to IPC members meeting on building. I slept.
23rd With K to Groucho Club, Soho, to meet Kenneth's family celebrating his daughter's marriage. Met Trstram Blamires again after 38 years.
25th HIRC for morning service but a second speaker turned up. IC good 1Sam 8.
27th Down.
30th Rodney voting and Gulas.
31st Devon to lunch then Uxchoir Stainer's Crucifixion.
Monday, January 21, 2019
The changing world (300) Oct-Dec 2011
Oct 1st Hottest October day on record.
2nf IC very clear on 1Pt 1:12f. Clements to lunch. Rom 8 HIRC.
4th CPPE Ealing town hall on arthritis a waste of time.
5th Chis Roberts engaged to Emma Vane. Hilton High, Aberdeen to leave Church oh Scotland for IPC over homosexuality.
8th Visited Wells in Staines.
9th Marcis from Latvia to lunch.
10th Larsons to dinner. They are to sell 52.
11th Dinner at denims with Nothnagels, Lesley, Hosiers and paddock.
13th Lunch at IPC with Roy Bartlett who endured the Ealing blitz as a boy. Session with AR questioning building plans and IC and PL the use of the common cup
14th Bipolar meds make me feel dopey but do nothing else. The valproic acid levels down the good times but does nothing for depression.
15th Marcis music student lodging. Hauxton for Hannah's 8th birthday.
16th EPCEW Chelmsford preached sealing of the spirit and on providence.
18th To Bala holiday chalet with deb too. Bala. Dogellau. Considering purchase of chalet.
19th Portmerion and the coast.
20th Lake Vyronwy and home.
23rd Dopey in PL on Lk 2. Kenneth Skilling to lunch. PL Rom 2. Preached remembrance HIRC.
24yh Eccleshall. Adam and family to dinner.
25th To Pickering and dinner with Rayners.
26th We are staying as family not B&B guests. To Knaresborough meeting G&S.
27th Askrigg for time share presentation. Took Dorothy to lunch and Lightwater valley.
28th Robin Hoods bay. Flamborough Head.
29th Home.
30th St Marys Paddington to hear North Korean refugee. PL Rom 2. Remembrance again HIRC.
Nov 1st Three Pakistani cricketers guilty of corruption.
3rd Church safe delivered so we can keep marriage registers.
4th Failed Greek economy dominates news.
5th Second Right Way conference High Wycombe. I shred a platform the Bishop Nazir Ali.
6th C Idle excellent Ps 74. Chris b and M Fox to lunch. Robin Weeks very good on blood of covenant. HIRC on forgetting.
11th Tired and blaming valproic acid. Called two minutes silence at work.
13th Preached remembering and forgetting at Chelmsford.
17th Kingsdown Methodist on Gal 6 for five ladies.
19th J&Co here. Deb had six friends round for Persian palace take away.
20th Robin Weeks pm.
21st Did Christmas letter.
23rd IPC half AGM on building plans.
26th Canterbury.
27th Emmanuel Church. Home.
29th Dinner with Bill N at Urban Karahi. Cousin Ron Julien died aged 66.
Dec 1st Did Christmas cards.
3rd Presbytery at Greatham.
4th Emmanuelle and Simon to lunch. On treble at HIRC.
5th Seem to ne getting down.
8th Emailed Christmas letters.
9th Leapers staying.
10th Deb and I to Wembley. Saracens v Ospreys. great seats.
11th Not impressed by J's new church Melbourne Baptist.A pulpit uded by CHS but not them. J eventually was to leave after six years as they would not allow non-immersed to be voting members.
13th Tooth extraction so with anticoagulants there is bleeding.
14th Struggle with depression.
15th Messiah at Royal Albert Hall.
17th Down. KD and Chris did decorations for church.
18th Down. Ee Wei to lunch. carol service. Ten in orchestra Elissa sang well.
19th Santa suit on at work.
22nd Psychiatrist says i am better than last year. IPC mans party.
23rd Customer Mr Ruge died age 99. A refugee from Hitler whose ancestor was a refugee like Marx and Engels in 19th century.
24th Canterbury.
25th Vineyard such as I never want to go again. Andrew with us for lunch.
26th Home.
27th Games at Littles.
29th J&co here. KRE to Cinderella at Richmond.
31st Down. The visitors are hard work. Perivale woods with Littles.
2nf IC very clear on 1Pt 1:12f. Clements to lunch. Rom 8 HIRC.
4th CPPE Ealing town hall on arthritis a waste of time.
5th Chis Roberts engaged to Emma Vane. Hilton High, Aberdeen to leave Church oh Scotland for IPC over homosexuality.
8th Visited Wells in Staines.
9th Marcis from Latvia to lunch.
10th Larsons to dinner. They are to sell 52.
11th Dinner at denims with Nothnagels, Lesley, Hosiers and paddock.
13th Lunch at IPC with Roy Bartlett who endured the Ealing blitz as a boy. Session with AR questioning building plans and IC and PL the use of the common cup
14th Bipolar meds make me feel dopey but do nothing else. The valproic acid levels down the good times but does nothing for depression.
15th Marcis music student lodging. Hauxton for Hannah's 8th birthday.
16th EPCEW Chelmsford preached sealing of the spirit and on providence.
18th To Bala holiday chalet with deb too. Bala. Dogellau. Considering purchase of chalet.
19th Portmerion and the coast.
20th Lake Vyronwy and home.
23rd Dopey in PL on Lk 2. Kenneth Skilling to lunch. PL Rom 2. Preached remembrance HIRC.
24yh Eccleshall. Adam and family to dinner.
25th To Pickering and dinner with Rayners.
26th We are staying as family not B&B guests. To Knaresborough meeting G&S.
27th Askrigg for time share presentation. Took Dorothy to lunch and Lightwater valley.
28th Robin Hoods bay. Flamborough Head.
29th Home.
30th St Marys Paddington to hear North Korean refugee. PL Rom 2. Remembrance again HIRC.
Nov 1st Three Pakistani cricketers guilty of corruption.
3rd Church safe delivered so we can keep marriage registers.
4th Failed Greek economy dominates news.
5th Second Right Way conference High Wycombe. I shred a platform the Bishop Nazir Ali.
6th C Idle excellent Ps 74. Chris b and M Fox to lunch. Robin Weeks very good on blood of covenant. HIRC on forgetting.
11th Tired and blaming valproic acid. Called two minutes silence at work.
13th Preached remembering and forgetting at Chelmsford.
17th Kingsdown Methodist on Gal 6 for five ladies.
19th J&Co here. Deb had six friends round for Persian palace take away.
20th Robin Weeks pm.
21st Did Christmas letter.
23rd IPC half AGM on building plans.
26th Canterbury.
27th Emmanuel Church. Home.
29th Dinner with Bill N at Urban Karahi. Cousin Ron Julien died aged 66.
Dec 1st Did Christmas cards.
3rd Presbytery at Greatham.
4th Emmanuelle and Simon to lunch. On treble at HIRC.
5th Seem to ne getting down.
8th Emailed Christmas letters.
9th Leapers staying.
10th Deb and I to Wembley. Saracens v Ospreys. great seats.
11th Not impressed by J's new church Melbourne Baptist.A pulpit uded by CHS but not them. J eventually was to leave after six years as they would not allow non-immersed to be voting members.
13th Tooth extraction so with anticoagulants there is bleeding.
14th Struggle with depression.
15th Messiah at Royal Albert Hall.
17th Down. KD and Chris did decorations for church.
18th Down. Ee Wei to lunch. carol service. Ten in orchestra Elissa sang well.
19th Santa suit on at work.
22nd Psychiatrist says i am better than last year. IPC mans party.
23rd Customer Mr Ruge died age 99. A refugee from Hitler whose ancestor was a refugee like Marx and Engels in 19th century.
24th Canterbury.
25th Vineyard such as I never want to go again. Andrew with us for lunch.
26th Home.
27th Games at Littles.
29th J&co here. KRE to Cinderella at Richmond.
31st Down. The visitors are hard work. Perivale woods with Littles.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
The changing world (299) Jul-Sep 2011
Jul 2nd Church barbecue.
3rd PL excellent on Zech. Wells to lunch. Dick Lucas good on John the Baptist.
5th Session. Amir needs to reconcile with Chuck. Shocked to hear a previous weekend at home speaker, MD, has left his wife and church.
6th Down.
7th Natalia loses baby in childbirth Walked to Urban Karahi for Ian C's stag curry.
8th Lunch at customer Stephenson's and given a 2000 year old lamp.
9th Picked gooseberries. News of World closed.
10th PL good on John the Baptist and excellent on God of all comfort. Johnsons arrived from Sacramento. Session concerning Amir.
11th Took visitors to Bath. Roman baths. Royal Crescent.
12th Took visitors to Warwick castle.K, D and Noah too.
13th All morning hearing Amir's side of his problems. With visitors to Westminster.
14th Johnsons left. Air thinks he has been despised and not consulted. Will not work with MTW but only IPC.
15th To Ludlow. Lunch at Witley with amazing baroque church. Good cottage near Oswestry.
16th Oswestry iron age hill fort. Crick. Telford's aqueduct. Crick Castle. Highest falls in wales.
17th Off citalopram. Western Ryn congregational. Digby James. Lunch with them. Marriage says I need lithium for bipolar. Llangollen Evangelicl church.
18th Home. Third freezing of wart. Session united on need to discipline Amir.
19th Encouroging elders prayer. GP will refer me to psychiatrist over bipolar.
20th researching Overends at National Archive Kew. Visited Kew Gardens.
21st After seven months seem out of depression. Repeat of yesterday at Kew archives and gardens.
22nd Hatfield House. Great history and paintings.
23r Saw India bowled out at Lords .
24th IC good on Lev 16. He, Alison and William to lunch. Ps 40 at HIRC. Sad to hear AA unrepentant and not communicating.
25th K&D at HBC preparations.
26th Much better at work now. Funeral o Amy Winehouse. Sent card to her mother. Concern for CA in hospital for birth.
27th Back to some enjoyment at work.
28th Kew records again but nothing more discovered. Found that Fiona Newton who introduced us is now a rural dean.
29th Exceptionally good at work.
30th K&D to IPC to put up D's mural for HBC.
31st Ps 42 at Camden IPC. Walked the canal to east Acton. Ps 40 at HIRC.
Aug 2nd Asked by HIRC chaplain to help a Pakistani Presbyterian detainee appealing for asylum.
3rd Witness at immigration tribunal. No presumption of innocence there only of lying to get asylum.
4th Rigoletto at Richmond. Excellent lust, revenge, murder, folly.
5th Nor surprised to hear our Pakistani's appeal failed. Judge said he had evaded his pursuers for a year so could go back and still be safe. Incredible.
7th IC on Naaman. A Congolses and Californian to lunch. Took Jordan to HIRC. Too lively for him. Riots in Tottenham.
8th Riots spreading all over London and police not coping.
9th London's worst night of fires since the Blitz. People staying home. Shops shut on my way home including Sainsburys. Sunderban restaurant with Littles. They would have shut if we had not booked. People are frightened but Cameron will not call in the army.
10th Riots move to Manchester. Here it was lawlessness and looting not protest.
11th Visited Shabaz at HIRC and heard of his illegal entry to UK. Jalil Arian born.
12th K away to IC's wedding.
13th Prayer vigil at Ealing Green after the riots. One man killed in Ealing.
14th PL on annunciation. Lunch at Mahands. PL excellent 1Jn 2. Pater for HBC.
15th DSZ arrive by train for HBC.
17th Rioters being given stiff sentences.
18th To Worcester buying goods from retiring Cross family.Elizabeth came and Kirsty to dinner.
19th Dr De Souza diagnoses cyclothymia. This was in Greenford where I also visited George from 69. K to wedding rehearsal Jennifer Cortney.
20th Test at Oval. Bell 235. Came home in rain 3pm.
21st PL excellent on magnificat. Three Courneys saying prior to wedding.
22nd Tripoli falls to rebels. K takes food to Arians.
23rd Only Gerry Tan turned up to ealing Forum meet at Red Lion.
24th Walked the canal to Hammersmith cardiology. All OK.
25th AA breaks off all links with IPC.
26th Deb to IPC's Swansea by the Sea. Boko Haram bombs UN Abuja office.
27th St Mary's Hanwell Jennifer Courtney wed. Tom C great sermon. Brentham Club reception on a table with Robertsons of Dundee.
28th Spoke on sealing of the spirit at IPC.JMBH here. Girls staying. R Bewes pm.
29th Black Park with Littles. Session sacked and disciplined AA. Sad.
Sep 1st ECG Ealing hospital. J took B&H home. Session. IC back from Cyprus honeymoon.
3rd Amjad's barbecue. Richmond for Five Days in may with W Clarke - one of his last roles. Made one proud to be English but angry with stupid anti-smoking laws so WSC had ho proper cigar.
4th Carl Truman good at IPC. Hristo, Yordan and Elana to lunch. PL starts Romans. Emergency members meeting on AA. HIRC on providence.
7th Picking up Joel from tube after IPC prayer found from =t door chained. Thief came over back fence and in kitchen window. Deb lost laptop and camera. K a watch and me my grandfathers silver pocket watch. Police helpful.
8th Contacting insurers of window and contents. Place taking details of losses.
9gh Rugby World Cup starts in NZ. Took Joel to presbytery then we went o Stan Reddington's funeral.
10th Toured Cash Converters etc but no pocket watch. Last night of proms.
11th David Gibson excellent on Naaman. Victor v and dentist Nick to lunch. PL wrath of god.
13th £500 dining table delivered.
14th Housegroups together on 1Th at IPC.
15th Simon Callow brilliant Richmond one man show on Dickens.
16th Security people put alarms on house.
17th Swindon GWR museum. Mike and Kathy Butts silver wedding at Hilton hotel. Free bar but I was driving.
18th IC on 2Pt 1.
23rd Gary Williams OK on knowing God at start of IPC weekend at home.
24th G Williams excellent on love of god. Led seminar on depression. KICC Walthamstow for Love Joh event. IPC evening social.
25th GW on Philemon. HIRC on depression.
29th Ealing hospital ECG. Met Aussie Erica at Victoria. On way back slept past Alperton.
30th CSSI curry night at IPC. Sorry to hear Roes are not coming as Esther is not well.
3rd PL excellent on Zech. Wells to lunch. Dick Lucas good on John the Baptist.
5th Session. Amir needs to reconcile with Chuck. Shocked to hear a previous weekend at home speaker, MD, has left his wife and church.
6th Down.
7th Natalia loses baby in childbirth Walked to Urban Karahi for Ian C's stag curry.
8th Lunch at customer Stephenson's and given a 2000 year old lamp.
9th Picked gooseberries. News of World closed.
10th PL good on John the Baptist and excellent on God of all comfort. Johnsons arrived from Sacramento. Session concerning Amir.
11th Took visitors to Bath. Roman baths. Royal Crescent.
12th Took visitors to Warwick castle.K, D and Noah too.
13th All morning hearing Amir's side of his problems. With visitors to Westminster.
14th Johnsons left. Air thinks he has been despised and not consulted. Will not work with MTW but only IPC.
15th To Ludlow. Lunch at Witley with amazing baroque church. Good cottage near Oswestry.
16th Oswestry iron age hill fort. Crick. Telford's aqueduct. Crick Castle. Highest falls in wales.
17th Off citalopram. Western Ryn congregational. Digby James. Lunch with them. Marriage says I need lithium for bipolar. Llangollen Evangelicl church.
18th Home. Third freezing of wart. Session united on need to discipline Amir.
19th Encouroging elders prayer. GP will refer me to psychiatrist over bipolar.
20th researching Overends at National Archive Kew. Visited Kew Gardens.
21st After seven months seem out of depression. Repeat of yesterday at Kew archives and gardens.
22nd Hatfield House. Great history and paintings.
23r Saw India bowled out at Lords .
24th IC good on Lev 16. He, Alison and William to lunch. Ps 40 at HIRC. Sad to hear AA unrepentant and not communicating.
25th K&D at HBC preparations.
26th Much better at work now. Funeral o Amy Winehouse. Sent card to her mother. Concern for CA in hospital for birth.
27th Back to some enjoyment at work.
28th Kew records again but nothing more discovered. Found that Fiona Newton who introduced us is now a rural dean.
29th Exceptionally good at work.
30th K&D to IPC to put up D's mural for HBC.
31st Ps 42 at Camden IPC. Walked the canal to east Acton. Ps 40 at HIRC.
Aug 2nd Asked by HIRC chaplain to help a Pakistani Presbyterian detainee appealing for asylum.
3rd Witness at immigration tribunal. No presumption of innocence there only of lying to get asylum.
4th Rigoletto at Richmond. Excellent lust, revenge, murder, folly.
5th Nor surprised to hear our Pakistani's appeal failed. Judge said he had evaded his pursuers for a year so could go back and still be safe. Incredible.
7th IC on Naaman. A Congolses and Californian to lunch. Took Jordan to HIRC. Too lively for him. Riots in Tottenham.
8th Riots spreading all over London and police not coping.
9th London's worst night of fires since the Blitz. People staying home. Shops shut on my way home including Sainsburys. Sunderban restaurant with Littles. They would have shut if we had not booked. People are frightened but Cameron will not call in the army.
10th Riots move to Manchester. Here it was lawlessness and looting not protest.
11th Visited Shabaz at HIRC and heard of his illegal entry to UK. Jalil Arian born.
12th K away to IC's wedding.
13th Prayer vigil at Ealing Green after the riots. One man killed in Ealing.
14th PL on annunciation. Lunch at Mahands. PL excellent 1Jn 2. Pater for HBC.
15th DSZ arrive by train for HBC.
17th Rioters being given stiff sentences.
18th To Worcester buying goods from retiring Cross family.Elizabeth came and Kirsty to dinner.
19th Dr De Souza diagnoses cyclothymia. This was in Greenford where I also visited George from 69. K to wedding rehearsal Jennifer Cortney.
20th Test at Oval. Bell 235. Came home in rain 3pm.
21st PL excellent on magnificat. Three Courneys saying prior to wedding.
22nd Tripoli falls to rebels. K takes food to Arians.
23rd Only Gerry Tan turned up to ealing Forum meet at Red Lion.
24th Walked the canal to Hammersmith cardiology. All OK.
25th AA breaks off all links with IPC.
26th Deb to IPC's Swansea by the Sea. Boko Haram bombs UN Abuja office.
27th St Mary's Hanwell Jennifer Courtney wed. Tom C great sermon. Brentham Club reception on a table with Robertsons of Dundee.
28th Spoke on sealing of the spirit at IPC.JMBH here. Girls staying. R Bewes pm.
29th Black Park with Littles. Session sacked and disciplined AA. Sad.
Sep 1st ECG Ealing hospital. J took B&H home. Session. IC back from Cyprus honeymoon.
3rd Amjad's barbecue. Richmond for Five Days in may with W Clarke - one of his last roles. Made one proud to be English but angry with stupid anti-smoking laws so WSC had ho proper cigar.
4th Carl Truman good at IPC. Hristo, Yordan and Elana to lunch. PL starts Romans. Emergency members meeting on AA. HIRC on providence.
7th Picking up Joel from tube after IPC prayer found from =t door chained. Thief came over back fence and in kitchen window. Deb lost laptop and camera. K a watch and me my grandfathers silver pocket watch. Police helpful.
8th Contacting insurers of window and contents. Place taking details of losses.
9gh Rugby World Cup starts in NZ. Took Joel to presbytery then we went o Stan Reddington's funeral.
10th Toured Cash Converters etc but no pocket watch. Last night of proms.
11th David Gibson excellent on Naaman. Victor v and dentist Nick to lunch. PL wrath of god.
13th £500 dining table delivered.
14th Housegroups together on 1Th at IPC.
15th Simon Callow brilliant Richmond one man show on Dickens.
16th Security people put alarms on house.
17th Swindon GWR museum. Mike and Kathy Butts silver wedding at Hilton hotel. Free bar but I was driving.
18th IC on 2Pt 1.
23rd Gary Williams OK on knowing God at start of IPC weekend at home.
24th G Williams excellent on love of god. Led seminar on depression. KICC Walthamstow for Love Joh event. IPC evening social.
25th GW on Philemon. HIRC on depression.
29th Ealing hospital ECG. Met Aussie Erica at Victoria. On way back slept past Alperton.
30th CSSI curry night at IPC. Sorry to hear Roes are not coming as Esther is not well.
Diary w/e 19 Jan 2019
Sun 13 Jan
Cancelled my Harmondsworth preaching and never even ventured to church. Chest infection has not eased. Weak. No taste or appetite.
Mon 14 Jan
Food has a little more taste but I still feel weak and full of cold so I missed the elders meeting.
Tue 15 Jan
Some better but stayed in and finished the mammoth biography of the Brontes.
Wed 16 Jan
U3A history here with members from England, Germany and Iraq discussing Spain, reconquest, exploration and inquisition. Northwick Park urology consultants offers more botox. Only five of us at Wilcox housegroup on Tit 1:5-8.
Th 17 Jan
Our monthly lunch with the Littles senior.Cafe Rouge Ruislip is a frequent venue. I do not think I shall reorder rare steak.
Fri 18 Jan
Antibiotic finished. Not 100% but a lot better.
Sat 19 Jan
Visited out good friends for 49 years, the Braithwaites near Bedford.
Cancelled my Harmondsworth preaching and never even ventured to church. Chest infection has not eased. Weak. No taste or appetite.
Mon 14 Jan
Food has a little more taste but I still feel weak and full of cold so I missed the elders meeting.
Tue 15 Jan
Some better but stayed in and finished the mammoth biography of the Brontes.
Wed 16 Jan
U3A history here with members from England, Germany and Iraq discussing Spain, reconquest, exploration and inquisition. Northwick Park urology consultants offers more botox. Only five of us at Wilcox housegroup on Tit 1:5-8.
Th 17 Jan
Our monthly lunch with the Littles senior.Cafe Rouge Ruislip is a frequent venue. I do not think I shall reorder rare steak.
Fri 18 Jan
Antibiotic finished. Not 100% but a lot better.
Sat 19 Jan
Visited out good friends for 49 years, the Braithwaites near Bedford.
Friday, January 18, 2019
The changing world (298) Apr-Jul 2011
Apr 1st Still no pleasure in work but not so anxious.
2nd J&Co here.
3rd PL not so brilliant Gen 33 and Heb 10.
7th Down. Session on budget.
10th PL Gen 33 Dinah. Abi and Sarah to lunch. Pm PL new and living way.
11th Good budget meeting session with deacons.
16th Took Deb to buy bike in Chiswick. D&co here.
17th PL good on Jacob's return to Bethel and her 11.
18th Elders and deacons on budget.
19th Early IPC prayer. First up day since October.
22nd Good Friday. R Bewes on Jn 12. To Canterbury and back.
24th PL on resurrection. Peter and Allison Shute to lunch. Perivale Weed with Littles. Bluebells past their best. 1Cor 15 at HIRC. Free from anxiety and depression.
25th Hauxton.
27th Housegroups together on Ps 119 introduction.
29th Public holiday for William and Kate's wedding. Beautiful day.
30th Kenyan Philomena round.
May 1st Down. PL Mat 28. Great lunch at Susan Barnes. PL Heb 12.
2nd Bin Laden killed in Pakistan.
3rd Down.
5th Voted in alternative voting referendum. Wanted no change and got it.
5th Dinner at Aryans.
6th Church cleaning.
7th Down. PL Mat 28 and good on Heb 12.
9th Kenneth Skilling and Judy took me to lunch Tally Ho.
11th IPC AGM Adrian chairing.
12th Millett Arms for birthday meal.
13th Paul M and David Jones to dinner.
14th J&Co here. To Isabella Plantation Richmond Park. Flowers past their best.
15th Great housegroup barbecue at Littles. PL Heb 13 encouraging.
19th First time four day week. CBT with Spanish woman.
22nd Aussie Mulder family and a Singaporean to lunch. Ps 30 at HIRC.
25th Hard struggle.
27th Funeral of Roger Sith.
29th To Braithwaite's. Spoke at Yarlswood IRC. Over 100 women there.
30th Levy got me ticket to Championship play off at Wembley, my first visit there. Swansea 4 Reading 2.
31st Very down. Session. PL says we can buy the Coach House. He wants two presbytery.
Jun 1st Down with more pharmacy contract demands.
2nd Lunch at The Fox with KDREE. CBT.
3rd Synod. Simon Arscott and Doug Curry staying here.
4th Presbytery.
5th PL Mal 1. Joel to lunch. Ian C excellent on Lev 8-10.
11th To Gunnersbury with David Robertson debating Sanderson on secularisation.
12th PL on Mal, IC Lev.
14th Down.
16th Lunch with Larson's. Excellent Yes Prime Minister, Richmond.
17th Do not want the introspective thought analysis CBT requires.
18th Chelmsford EPCEW hog roast.
19th PL Mal, pm repentant thief. Pam, Yordan S and a Brazilian woman to lunch.
21st My assistants cousin has stabbed his wife to death.
22nd The family are devastated. The killer was depressed and does not know why he did it.
23rd Session. Air fallen out with Chuck again.
26th Preached London City Presbyterian on idols than HIRC on providence.
28th Greece in economic crisis.
2nd J&Co here.
3rd PL not so brilliant Gen 33 and Heb 10.
7th Down. Session on budget.
10th PL Gen 33 Dinah. Abi and Sarah to lunch. Pm PL new and living way.
11th Good budget meeting session with deacons.
16th Took Deb to buy bike in Chiswick. D&co here.
17th PL good on Jacob's return to Bethel and her 11.
18th Elders and deacons on budget.
19th Early IPC prayer. First up day since October.
22nd Good Friday. R Bewes on Jn 12. To Canterbury and back.
24th PL on resurrection. Peter and Allison Shute to lunch. Perivale Weed with Littles. Bluebells past their best. 1Cor 15 at HIRC. Free from anxiety and depression.
25th Hauxton.
27th Housegroups together on Ps 119 introduction.
29th Public holiday for William and Kate's wedding. Beautiful day.
30th Kenyan Philomena round.
May 1st Down. PL Mat 28. Great lunch at Susan Barnes. PL Heb 12.
2nd Bin Laden killed in Pakistan.
3rd Down.
5th Voted in alternative voting referendum. Wanted no change and got it.
5th Dinner at Aryans.
6th Church cleaning.
7th Down. PL Mat 28 and good on Heb 12.
9th Kenneth Skilling and Judy took me to lunch Tally Ho.
11th IPC AGM Adrian chairing.
12th Millett Arms for birthday meal.
13th Paul M and David Jones to dinner.
14th J&Co here. To Isabella Plantation Richmond Park. Flowers past their best.
15th Great housegroup barbecue at Littles. PL Heb 13 encouraging.
19th First time four day week. CBT with Spanish woman.
22nd Aussie Mulder family and a Singaporean to lunch. Ps 30 at HIRC.
25th Hard struggle.
27th Funeral of Roger Sith.
29th To Braithwaite's. Spoke at Yarlswood IRC. Over 100 women there.
30th Levy got me ticket to Championship play off at Wembley, my first visit there. Swansea 4 Reading 2.
31st Very down. Session. PL says we can buy the Coach House. He wants two presbytery.
Jun 1st Down with more pharmacy contract demands.
2nd Lunch at The Fox with KDREE. CBT.
3rd Synod. Simon Arscott and Doug Curry staying here.
4th Presbytery.
5th PL Mal 1. Joel to lunch. Ian C excellent on Lev 8-10.
11th To Gunnersbury with David Robertson debating Sanderson on secularisation.
12th PL on Mal, IC Lev.
14th Down.
16th Lunch with Larson's. Excellent Yes Prime Minister, Richmond.
17th Do not want the introspective thought analysis CBT requires.
18th Chelmsford EPCEW hog roast.
19th PL Mal, pm repentant thief. Pam, Yordan S and a Brazilian woman to lunch.
21st My assistants cousin has stabbed his wife to death.
22nd The family are devastated. The killer was depressed and does not know why he did it.
23rd Session. Air fallen out with Chuck again.
26th Preached London City Presbyterian on idols than HIRC on providence.
28th Greece in economic crisis.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
The changing world (297) Jan-Mar 2011
Jan 1st Lunch with Burroughs and heard of his centenary visit to Kabwir.
2nd Anxious. packed little Shelford parish church.Good service. No welcome after. Home. Did HIRC on new covenant, creation etc.
3rd Down.
4th VAT up to 20%.
6th Down.
8th David Lefroy treated me to Arsenal 1 Leeds 1.
9th PL on justification then Heb 3/4.Lefroys to lunch.
10th Down. Routleys from Argentina to dinner.
12th Anxious. Encouraging house group with new member Vallin Wells.
13th Anxious
14th Down
15th To Braithwaitres.
16th PL justification. M Fox Ps 1. Levy bans my tambourine.
18th Down.
19th GP prescribes citalopram 40mg. Jonathan Wells led housegroup.
20th Down.
22nd Vonikovs have taken loan of our old piano.
23rd PL justification. Did Job 1-2 at HIRC.
26th Down.
29th Uzchoir Handel opens.
30th PL justification. IC good on Habituate 2.
Feb 4th Daphne observing the pharmacy for nurse prescriber training.
5th Worked at home on information governance - the unnecessary stuff which puts me right off modern pharmacy.
6th Very down.
7th Ealing haematology says I am OK.
9th Down.
12th Matt and Gillian to dinner.
13th PL a blessing on justification. Seaber's and Pam to lunch. PL Heb 4.
15th Earely IPC prayer. Down.
17th Down and lacking all energy and enthusiasm.
18th Deb to Canterbury.
19th Elissa a delight singing the alphabet.
20th PL a blessing on faith the instrument of justification. First year anniversary of Farsi service with a baptism. PL Heb 5.
21st Down.
22nd Talked to boss who does not want me to retire. Went to The Kings Speech in Acton. Brilliant and uplifting. Cheered me up.
24th Tulsi has passed country assistant's course.
27th PL justification because of grace. Did Jn 14 HIRC.
28th Ealing dermatology third freezing of wart. Very painful. GP offers CBT.
Mar 1st I want to retire. Staff do not.
2nd Found JS went to school with the Stewart woman found guilty of murdering her husband and lover's wife in NI. Will L is reporting on the trial.
3rd Very down.
4th Leo and Tom from Belgium staying.
5th Presbytery. Val Inchley to dinner.
6th PL not edifying on RCC view of justification. Better pm on Heb 7.
10th Down.
11th Big Japan earthquake and tsunami.
12th R into Ealing with a bleed but no labour.
13th R home. PL Rom 3 and Heb 8.
14th Tsunami devastation horrendous.
15th Wanting to retire ASAP.
17th K&D to R's baby shower.
18th Iranian new year CELEBRATIONS DEAN HALL.
19TH Bosses took me to dinner and were supportive.
20th R to hospital. E with us. PL last on justification then Heb 9.
21st 7:35am Ethan Thomas Little. 9il 6oz. Thankful but depressed. Visited hospital.
23rd Down. J Wells is very encouraging at housegroup.
24th Good session on budget. No fly zone over troubled Libya.
25th Work a struggle with no delight.
26th Looking at open market options on annuities.
27th PL Jacob wresting. Ps 119;1-16 HIRC.
29th Another struggling down day.
30th Stock taking. Finished online information governance. Enjoyed housegroup at Wells, Hillingdon.
31st Tool Kingsdown Methodist Bible study on prophecy.
2nd Anxious. packed little Shelford parish church.Good service. No welcome after. Home. Did HIRC on new covenant, creation etc.
3rd Down.
4th VAT up to 20%.
6th Down.
8th David Lefroy treated me to Arsenal 1 Leeds 1.
9th PL on justification then Heb 3/4.Lefroys to lunch.
10th Down. Routleys from Argentina to dinner.
12th Anxious. Encouraging house group with new member Vallin Wells.
13th Anxious
14th Down
15th To Braithwaitres.
16th PL justification. M Fox Ps 1. Levy bans my tambourine.
18th Down.
19th GP prescribes citalopram 40mg. Jonathan Wells led housegroup.
20th Down.
22nd Vonikovs have taken loan of our old piano.
23rd PL justification. Did Job 1-2 at HIRC.
26th Down.
29th Uzchoir Handel opens.
30th PL justification. IC good on Habituate 2.
Feb 4th Daphne observing the pharmacy for nurse prescriber training.
5th Worked at home on information governance - the unnecessary stuff which puts me right off modern pharmacy.
6th Very down.
7th Ealing haematology says I am OK.
9th Down.
12th Matt and Gillian to dinner.
13th PL a blessing on justification. Seaber's and Pam to lunch. PL Heb 4.
15th Earely IPC prayer. Down.
17th Down and lacking all energy and enthusiasm.
18th Deb to Canterbury.
19th Elissa a delight singing the alphabet.
20th PL a blessing on faith the instrument of justification. First year anniversary of Farsi service with a baptism. PL Heb 5.
21st Down.
22nd Talked to boss who does not want me to retire. Went to The Kings Speech in Acton. Brilliant and uplifting. Cheered me up.
24th Tulsi has passed country assistant's course.
27th PL justification because of grace. Did Jn 14 HIRC.
28th Ealing dermatology third freezing of wart. Very painful. GP offers CBT.
Mar 1st I want to retire. Staff do not.
2nd Found JS went to school with the Stewart woman found guilty of murdering her husband and lover's wife in NI. Will L is reporting on the trial.
3rd Very down.
4th Leo and Tom from Belgium staying.
5th Presbytery. Val Inchley to dinner.
6th PL not edifying on RCC view of justification. Better pm on Heb 7.
10th Down.
11th Big Japan earthquake and tsunami.
12th R into Ealing with a bleed but no labour.
13th R home. PL Rom 3 and Heb 8.
14th Tsunami devastation horrendous.
15th Wanting to retire ASAP.
17th K&D to R's baby shower.
18th Iranian new year CELEBRATIONS DEAN HALL.
19TH Bosses took me to dinner and were supportive.
20th R to hospital. E with us. PL last on justification then Heb 9.
21st 7:35am Ethan Thomas Little. 9il 6oz. Thankful but depressed. Visited hospital.
23rd Down. J Wells is very encouraging at housegroup.
24th Good session on budget. No fly zone over troubled Libya.
25th Work a struggle with no delight.
26th Looking at open market options on annuities.
27th PL Jacob wresting. Ps 119;1-16 HIRC.
29th Another struggling down day.
30th Stock taking. Finished online information governance. Enjoyed housegroup at Wells, Hillingdon.
31st Tool Kingsdown Methodist Bible study on prophecy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
The changing world (296) Oct-Dec 2010
Oct 1st D&co here.
2nd Ruislip Lido with our visitors and Littles.
3rd Elissa wants a sister. Paul Vounikov baptised.
4th Wart frozen with pain at Ealing Hospital.
6th Carpenter non understairs cupboards. Heard Paul Clowney clear of cancer - bit it must have returned.
8th Osteria del Portico farewell meal for Jennifer Reid.
9th Hauxton for Hannah's 7th.
10th Camden. Pete H OK. At lunch met MTW team. Walk in Regents Park. Only one local plus church workers in evening which does not bode well.
11th Session and deacons on budget.
12th Town Hall CPPE focus on dementia. Not a lot learned.
13th 20 out of 33 Chilean miners rescued. Funeral of Ali, Iranian taxi driver from 65.
14th All miners rescued.
15th Practice at IPC for Sarah C's wedding.
16th Sarah and Rory's wedding was really a blessing. Party in evening with Tessa and Shan Shan too.
17th IC preaching. Levy in Portugal. Rebecca Pfenning and Liz Harris to lunch.
18th Found Chuck is really Alvin.
19th Only IC and I at early prayer.
20th Hammersmith cardiology wants me to have 24 hour monitor again.
21st David and Marcia Jones staying.
23rd Shopped Westway centre with K.
24th PL good on Jacob and Laban. To Leapers.
25th National Arboretum. Impressed by Shot at Dawn.
26th Excellent talk on Stafford history at mayor parlour. Saw ancient charter and maces.
27th At Richmond took Dorothy to Weatherspoons lunch. Harrogate
28th Skipton. Truman statue. Grassthwaite.
29th Skipton grave. Grahams. Stockton. Simon and Ruth with L"Abri links.
30th Settle. Kendal. New Inn Yard up 52 steps to a small flat with no wifi. Supper at Cartmels. Shish with Ian Bainbridge. George from 69 now in a home. I had tried to see if he could be taken into care before but was told only if he was a danger to himself tor others. Social services visited and took him into care after a fall. We were to find he had cut his family out of his will so they were to stop visiting. He was leavings money to charity. I doubt if there was any for with the house sold all the money would have gone on his care. It was over six years before he died. I did visit on a couple of occasions but did not do to his funeral. A sad man with a personality disorder.
Nov 1st Howtown. Stainton. Keswick. Ambleside.
2nd Have rain. Museum of lakeland Life.
3rd garaged over sands. Barrow. Coniston Water. Rain.
4th Shap. Rain all day.
5th Tarn Hows. Cockermouth. Still signs of last year's flood.Creator Moor.
6th Home on a glorious day.
7th PL good Jacob and Laban. Took K for MRI Clementine Churchill Hospital. Did Ps 22 at HIRC
8th Session prayer heard from Adrian of plan to buy out Simon.
9th Bush defends water boarding. Deb to Wyema's 60th.
10th Half AGM well attended.
13th Charing Cross Road tobacconist did three new pipe mouthpieces. CSSI meeting South ealing with Aloe Vera snake oil selling.
14th PL on Jacob leaving Laban andHeb1.
15th Down.
16th Early prayer. William and Kate Middleton engaged.
17th Down.
18th Took K,D, R to Persian Palace.
19th Deb cooked for us all at Littles with J&co hear too.
20th Party for J&D but no other guests.
21st IC on Phil, PL Deb 1.
23rd Resumed citalopram. Nikides staying.
25th Session.
27gth Down.
28th D Jones encouraging. Did Ps 62 at HIRC.
29th Nikides leave. Down.
30th Did Christmas letter.
Dec 1st Good IPC prayer. Down.
2nd 1' snow.
3rd Down.
4th Started Christmas cards. Uxchoir carols.
5th Down. Anxious. PL on Jacob and So Great salvation.
6th Crysotherapy at Ealing not so painful this time.
7th Down spite an Ashes win.
8th Down.
9th Ditto.
10th Nikides treated us to Urban Karahi.
11th J&Co and D&co to Littles for Bethany's 11th birthday. Irrational neighbour thinks they own the road.
12th EPCEW Chelmsford preached Ac 20 at elder installation than idolatry.
13th K Shaftesbury carols. Session. Concern over relationship with Amir.
14th Early prayer at IPC. Down.
15th Stopped in Lee Rd (or so I thought) to buy fish and chip supper and returned to find no car. Reported it stolen.
16th Down. No ne2s of car.
17th Very down. IPC mens party great as before.
18th 4" snow. Sang outside Sainsbury's but Dean hal carols cancelled.
19th Locked out of TVU. Back to our chapel. Poor attendance at evening carols due to snow. Anxious.
20th Going to work in frost found I had left the Yaris in Empire Road, not Lee, five days ago. No tickets on it as the snow saved me from wardens. Felt a real idiot but relieved.
22nd Down. Still travel chaos.
23rd Down. Anxious.
24th J&co arrived.
25th PL on Christ, real, royal , rescuer. Down. Snow on ground.
26th J&Co at Littles. Deb cooked. HIRC.
27th J&co back home.
29th England retain Ashes. D&co arrive.
30th Littles round for Sunderban Indian take away in honour of Ade's birthday. Deb in Cornwall.
31st To Hauxton. Petrol from 121.9 to 129.9/L.
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2nd Ruislip Lido with our visitors and Littles.
3rd Elissa wants a sister. Paul Vounikov baptised.
4th Wart frozen with pain at Ealing Hospital.
6th Carpenter non understairs cupboards. Heard Paul Clowney clear of cancer - bit it must have returned.
8th Osteria del Portico farewell meal for Jennifer Reid.
9th Hauxton for Hannah's 7th.
10th Camden. Pete H OK. At lunch met MTW team. Walk in Regents Park. Only one local plus church workers in evening which does not bode well.
11th Session and deacons on budget.
12th Town Hall CPPE focus on dementia. Not a lot learned.
13th 20 out of 33 Chilean miners rescued. Funeral of Ali, Iranian taxi driver from 65.
14th All miners rescued.
15th Practice at IPC for Sarah C's wedding.
16th Sarah and Rory's wedding was really a blessing. Party in evening with Tessa and Shan Shan too.
17th IC preaching. Levy in Portugal. Rebecca Pfenning and Liz Harris to lunch.
18th Found Chuck is really Alvin.
19th Only IC and I at early prayer.
20th Hammersmith cardiology wants me to have 24 hour monitor again.
21st David and Marcia Jones staying.
23rd Shopped Westway centre with K.
24th PL good on Jacob and Laban. To Leapers.
25th National Arboretum. Impressed by Shot at Dawn.
26th Excellent talk on Stafford history at mayor parlour. Saw ancient charter and maces.
27th At Richmond took Dorothy to Weatherspoons lunch. Harrogate
28th Skipton. Truman statue. Grassthwaite.
29th Skipton grave. Grahams. Stockton. Simon and Ruth with L"Abri links.
30th Settle. Kendal. New Inn Yard up 52 steps to a small flat with no wifi. Supper at Cartmels. Shish with Ian Bainbridge. George from 69 now in a home. I had tried to see if he could be taken into care before but was told only if he was a danger to himself tor others. Social services visited and took him into care after a fall. We were to find he had cut his family out of his will so they were to stop visiting. He was leavings money to charity. I doubt if there was any for with the house sold all the money would have gone on his care. It was over six years before he died. I did visit on a couple of occasions but did not do to his funeral. A sad man with a personality disorder.
Nov 1st Howtown. Stainton. Keswick. Ambleside.
2nd Have rain. Museum of lakeland Life.
3rd garaged over sands. Barrow. Coniston Water. Rain.
4th Shap. Rain all day.
5th Tarn Hows. Cockermouth. Still signs of last year's flood.Creator Moor.
6th Home on a glorious day.
7th PL good Jacob and Laban. Took K for MRI Clementine Churchill Hospital. Did Ps 22 at HIRC
8th Session prayer heard from Adrian of plan to buy out Simon.
9th Bush defends water boarding. Deb to Wyema's 60th.
10th Half AGM well attended.
13th Charing Cross Road tobacconist did three new pipe mouthpieces. CSSI meeting South ealing with Aloe Vera snake oil selling.
14th PL on Jacob leaving Laban andHeb1.
15th Down.
16th Early prayer. William and Kate Middleton engaged.
17th Down.
18th Took K,D, R to Persian Palace.
19th Deb cooked for us all at Littles with J&co hear too.
20th Party for J&D but no other guests.
21st IC on Phil, PL Deb 1.
23rd Resumed citalopram. Nikides staying.
25th Session.
27gth Down.
28th D Jones encouraging. Did Ps 62 at HIRC.
29th Nikides leave. Down.
30th Did Christmas letter.
Dec 1st Good IPC prayer. Down.
2nd 1' snow.
3rd Down.
4th Started Christmas cards. Uxchoir carols.
5th Down. Anxious. PL on Jacob and So Great salvation.
6th Crysotherapy at Ealing not so painful this time.
7th Down spite an Ashes win.
8th Down.
9th Ditto.
10th Nikides treated us to Urban Karahi.
11th J&Co and D&co to Littles for Bethany's 11th birthday. Irrational neighbour thinks they own the road.
12th EPCEW Chelmsford preached Ac 20 at elder installation than idolatry.
13th K Shaftesbury carols. Session. Concern over relationship with Amir.
14th Early prayer at IPC. Down.
15th Stopped in Lee Rd (or so I thought) to buy fish and chip supper and returned to find no car. Reported it stolen.
16th Down. No ne2s of car.
17th Very down. IPC mens party great as before.
18th 4" snow. Sang outside Sainsbury's but Dean hal carols cancelled.
19th Locked out of TVU. Back to our chapel. Poor attendance at evening carols due to snow. Anxious.
20th Going to work in frost found I had left the Yaris in Empire Road, not Lee, five days ago. No tickets on it as the snow saved me from wardens. Felt a real idiot but relieved.
22nd Down. Still travel chaos.
23rd Down. Anxious.
24th J&co arrived.
25th PL on Christ, real, royal , rescuer. Down. Snow on ground.
26th J&Co at Littles. Deb cooked. HIRC.
27th J&co back home.
29th England retain Ashes. D&co arrive.
30th Littles round for Sunderban Indian take away in honour of Ade's birthday. Deb in Cornwall.
31st To Hauxton. Petrol from 121.9 to 129.9/L.
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Saturday, January 12, 2019
The changing world (295) Jul-Sep 2010
Jul 1st Robertson has sacked me as the Record's English correspondent.
4th PL fine on Isaac and the wells. Sarah Julien, Seaber's, Pam and Leonard to lunch. First is it to Harmondsworth. Preached on depression.
5th Bought an orange dye to dye a t shirt supporting Netherlands in World Cup.
6th Citalopram reduced to 10mg. Got my red world cup shirt back with the message added that we only win under an English manger.
7th Kenneth S took his friend Judy, K and me to dinner.
8th Visited Ibrahim Tijani, Hausa Muslim at HIRC.
9th Coming home through Alperton the Yaris clutch wet. RAC called.
10th To meet Dele and Grace in Redhill. Great IPC barbecue with steak.
11th Leafleting outside morning service. Unexpected treat of father's day lunch at Persian palace . PL SS 2. Members meeting not quorate for budget. Paul Clowney has bladder cancer.
12th RAC took Yaris for clutch repair. Long session on budget finance.
13th Visited Ibrahim HIRC.
14th Unsatisfactory reply from mayor Boris about the Sunday disruption with the Sky cycle ride.
15th Toyota will not pay for clutch under warranty as not their mechanic. I had not known it was under warranty.
17th Visited mosque then to HIRC with K to see Ibrahim. Left him testimonies in Hausa.
18th Access to TVU impeded by road closures for cycle ride. IC excellent on yeast of pharisees. Hazel Mangaser and Jennifer red to lunch. Martin Fox on Samuel and Saul.
20th Good early IPC prayer.
25th Camden IPC now near the tube. Pete Harris excellent Mk 11. HIRC met Nigerian from Delta seeking asylum due to terrorist rebels there.
27th Edgware Hospital smoking cessation course.
28th Charing Cross sleep clinic. B&H staying.
31st Took girls home.
Aug 1st Preached Gen 22 IPC. Idolatry. Dan 3 preached at HIRC with 13 Africans and a Brazilian.
3rd Heard Quebe sisters excellent Texan music.
5th Troy Hamilton and family t dinner.
6th Mrs Damji visited after eight years in Florida. Boss treated me to dinner at Lisa'a.
7th Canterbury. Walked by Great Stour from Barton ferry.
8th Ten AIM workers murdered in Afghanistan. Good retired SB preacher at Immanuel on waters of Mara. Home run delayed by Mela in park.
9th Session in our garden. PL seemed discouraged I do not know why.
10th PL treated my to some pints. Says I am not approachable but not to change. A mystery?
11th Anniversary meal at Lisa's.
12th Babysat E whole R with D to HBC prep at IPC. R is pregnant.
13th Picked raspberries and blackberries. Braithawites to lunch and walk in Osterley park.
15th IC excellent on rich fool. Coston and family to lunch. IC good on Is 40. HBC prayer.
16th Took Craig of OPC Chicago to LTS. Lunch at Fenella's flat. Ladies to Natalia's hen party. Elders prayer at Littles where I babysat.
17th Few at early prayer. Manny's stag drinks at Drayton Court.
18th Picked church brambles. Richard Bewes on prayer at IPC.
20th Amjad and Sarah to lunch. Want to move from Masih Ghar to us. Natalia and Manny's wedding rehearsal. Picked elderberries and barb;es.
21st IPC wedding with dinner and Igbo dancing.
22nd IC good on anxiety from Luke. Amjad family, Sarah Penny and Johnny to lunch. HIRC showed Nigeria pictures and preached on Daniel in lions den.
23rd Deb bust with HBC pep. Phoned Pam in Clementine Churchill Hospital.
24th Picked washed and froze brambles from church.
26th K pain from trapped nerve. HBC ends well. Long chat with Pam out od hospital with less of sight from one eye.
27th Elissa feb out of bed and broke arm in two places again Cocodamol from GP not much pain relief for K.
28th With Trevor at Lords. Saw 1 wickets fall before rain. Later when we saw the TV replays there was obviously a scam going on with no balls and three players were banned. Elissa home in plaster.HBC ends.
29th PL good on Jacob and Esau. Preached Canada Water.
30th Martin Fox, Sarah, Alison Tina to lunch.
31st K to be referred to spinal clinic.
Sep 1st K at Ealing Hospital all day as they insisted E be kept n overnight . Neal and family from Baku here.
2nd Session on adjusting the budget. Three Pakistani cricketers charged over betting.
4th Met Habula Kohon at Victoria and showed him the place, Westminster, British Museum and Library.
5th PL excellent on Jacob's dream. Preached HIRC. Neal and family back from Dorset.
7th Neal and family left.
8th Joel staying.
11th With K to Tottenham and bought a £3000 Yamaha piano.
12th PL good on Jacob's ladder. Larson at IPC tea and Elliott emotional telling of the ten who were murdered.
13th Good elders prayer. K's back still bad.
16th Pope visits Scotland and the Queen.
17th Saw Pakistan beat us at Oval ODI.
18th Saw Warwick beat Somerset in Lords final.
20gth Carpenter finished bedroom cupboard.
22nd Housegroup leaders at IPC but K too much pain to go out.
23rd Katy on child protection course at IPC. Five of us for breakfast and book discussion. To Amjad's fellowship.
24th IC on Luk 12. Lunch at Meiners. ver 20 at HIRC from 9 countries.
29th New piano delivered.
4th PL fine on Isaac and the wells. Sarah Julien, Seaber's, Pam and Leonard to lunch. First is it to Harmondsworth. Preached on depression.
5th Bought an orange dye to dye a t shirt supporting Netherlands in World Cup.
6th Citalopram reduced to 10mg. Got my red world cup shirt back with the message added that we only win under an English manger.
7th Kenneth S took his friend Judy, K and me to dinner.
8th Visited Ibrahim Tijani, Hausa Muslim at HIRC.
9th Coming home through Alperton the Yaris clutch wet. RAC called.
10th To meet Dele and Grace in Redhill. Great IPC barbecue with steak.
11th Leafleting outside morning service. Unexpected treat of father's day lunch at Persian palace . PL SS 2. Members meeting not quorate for budget. Paul Clowney has bladder cancer.
12th RAC took Yaris for clutch repair. Long session on budget finance.
13th Visited Ibrahim HIRC.
14th Unsatisfactory reply from mayor Boris about the Sunday disruption with the Sky cycle ride.
15th Toyota will not pay for clutch under warranty as not their mechanic. I had not known it was under warranty.
17th Visited mosque then to HIRC with K to see Ibrahim. Left him testimonies in Hausa.
18th Access to TVU impeded by road closures for cycle ride. IC excellent on yeast of pharisees. Hazel Mangaser and Jennifer red to lunch. Martin Fox on Samuel and Saul.
20th Good early IPC prayer.
25th Camden IPC now near the tube. Pete Harris excellent Mk 11. HIRC met Nigerian from Delta seeking asylum due to terrorist rebels there.
27th Edgware Hospital smoking cessation course.
28th Charing Cross sleep clinic. B&H staying.
31st Took girls home.
Aug 1st Preached Gen 22 IPC. Idolatry. Dan 3 preached at HIRC with 13 Africans and a Brazilian.
3rd Heard Quebe sisters excellent Texan music.
5th Troy Hamilton and family t dinner.
6th Mrs Damji visited after eight years in Florida. Boss treated me to dinner at Lisa'a.
7th Canterbury. Walked by Great Stour from Barton ferry.
8th Ten AIM workers murdered in Afghanistan. Good retired SB preacher at Immanuel on waters of Mara. Home run delayed by Mela in park.
9th Session in our garden. PL seemed discouraged I do not know why.
10th PL treated my to some pints. Says I am not approachable but not to change. A mystery?
11th Anniversary meal at Lisa's.
12th Babysat E whole R with D to HBC prep at IPC. R is pregnant.
13th Picked raspberries and blackberries. Braithawites to lunch and walk in Osterley park.
15th IC excellent on rich fool. Coston and family to lunch. IC good on Is 40. HBC prayer.
16th Took Craig of OPC Chicago to LTS. Lunch at Fenella's flat. Ladies to Natalia's hen party. Elders prayer at Littles where I babysat.
17th Few at early prayer. Manny's stag drinks at Drayton Court.
18th Picked church brambles. Richard Bewes on prayer at IPC.
20th Amjad and Sarah to lunch. Want to move from Masih Ghar to us. Natalia and Manny's wedding rehearsal. Picked elderberries and barb;es.
21st IPC wedding with dinner and Igbo dancing.
22nd IC good on anxiety from Luke. Amjad family, Sarah Penny and Johnny to lunch. HIRC showed Nigeria pictures and preached on Daniel in lions den.
23rd Deb bust with HBC pep. Phoned Pam in Clementine Churchill Hospital.
24th Picked washed and froze brambles from church.
26th K pain from trapped nerve. HBC ends well. Long chat with Pam out od hospital with less of sight from one eye.
27th Elissa feb out of bed and broke arm in two places again Cocodamol from GP not much pain relief for K.
28th With Trevor at Lords. Saw 1 wickets fall before rain. Later when we saw the TV replays there was obviously a scam going on with no balls and three players were banned. Elissa home in plaster.HBC ends.
29th PL good on Jacob and Esau. Preached Canada Water.
30th Martin Fox, Sarah, Alison Tina to lunch.
31st K to be referred to spinal clinic.
Sep 1st K at Ealing Hospital all day as they insisted E be kept n overnight . Neal and family from Baku here.
2nd Session on adjusting the budget. Three Pakistani cricketers charged over betting.
4th Met Habula Kohon at Victoria and showed him the place, Westminster, British Museum and Library.
5th PL excellent on Jacob's dream. Preached HIRC. Neal and family back from Dorset.
7th Neal and family left.
8th Joel staying.
11th With K to Tottenham and bought a £3000 Yamaha piano.
12th PL good on Jacob's ladder. Larson at IPC tea and Elliott emotional telling of the ten who were murdered.
13th Good elders prayer. K's back still bad.
16th Pope visits Scotland and the Queen.
17th Saw Pakistan beat us at Oval ODI.
18th Saw Warwick beat Somerset in Lords final.
20gth Carpenter finished bedroom cupboard.
22nd Housegroup leaders at IPC but K too much pain to go out.
23rd Katy on child protection course at IPC. Five of us for breakfast and book discussion. To Amjad's fellowship.
24th IC on Luk 12. Lunch at Meiners. ver 20 at HIRC from 9 countries.
29th New piano delivered.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Diary w/e 12 Jan 2019
Sun 6 Jan
Adult Sunday School Chris Cradock on Synod of Dordt. Two excellent sermons by Paul on fasting and then Num 26-27. One Iranian convert baptised. Major influence in her conversion was the life of a fellow Iranian who is a Christian and showed a different character. We are on hospitality rota. No new visitors came but we had two English, one Chinese and one South African to lunch. Memorable for Katy forgetting to serve any carbohydrate with the chicken casserole.
Mon 7th
Start of IPC week of prayer with over thirty at evening prayer.
Tue 8th
Led U3A World Religions on usury and banking. Amazing the prominence of Jews. I was surprised to hear the Jews in my group recon I have a better knowledge of their scriptures than they do and a RC member saying they are not taught the Old Testament.
Wed 9th
Full complement of ten of us at housegroup prayer last night.
Thu 10th
My worsening cold and cough led t some breathlessness in the night so Katy said I should see the GP who thinks I may have a chest infection and prescribed antibiotics. I felt weak and skipped the church prayer lunch.
Fri 11th
IPC day of prayer and fasting. Water only until our 7pm meeting. I felt better than yesterday so did not take the illness excuse. About fifty of us breaking the fast then ending our church day of prayer and fasting at the Lord's table.
Sat 12th
Quiet day at Evangelical Library. Returned home with no appetite or taste for food. Watched Dark Son the documentary on how Harold Jones who killed two girls in Abertillery in 1921 probably was involved in killing six prostitutes in our area of London in the early 1960s. The second girl in Abertillery was my fathers fourth cousin. We were at the rededication of her grave this year which event was on the documentary. The Jack the Stripper murders are the worst unsolved serial killings in the UK.
Adult Sunday School Chris Cradock on Synod of Dordt. Two excellent sermons by Paul on fasting and then Num 26-27. One Iranian convert baptised. Major influence in her conversion was the life of a fellow Iranian who is a Christian and showed a different character. We are on hospitality rota. No new visitors came but we had two English, one Chinese and one South African to lunch. Memorable for Katy forgetting to serve any carbohydrate with the chicken casserole.
Mon 7th
Start of IPC week of prayer with over thirty at evening prayer.
Tue 8th
Led U3A World Religions on usury and banking. Amazing the prominence of Jews. I was surprised to hear the Jews in my group recon I have a better knowledge of their scriptures than they do and a RC member saying they are not taught the Old Testament.
Wed 9th
Full complement of ten of us at housegroup prayer last night.
Thu 10th
My worsening cold and cough led t some breathlessness in the night so Katy said I should see the GP who thinks I may have a chest infection and prescribed antibiotics. I felt weak and skipped the church prayer lunch.
Fri 11th
IPC day of prayer and fasting. Water only until our 7pm meeting. I felt better than yesterday so did not take the illness excuse. About fifty of us breaking the fast then ending our church day of prayer and fasting at the Lord's table.
Sat 12th
Quiet day at Evangelical Library. Returned home with no appetite or taste for food. Watched Dark Son the documentary on how Harold Jones who killed two girls in Abertillery in 1921 probably was involved in killing six prostitutes in our area of London in the early 1960s. The second girl in Abertillery was my fathers fourth cousin. We were at the rededication of her grave this year which event was on the documentary. The Jack the Stripper murders are the worst unsolved serial killings in the UK.
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
The changing world (294) Apr-Jun 2010
Apr 1st GP prescribed citalopram for my depression. No joke. Surrounded by drugs at work I had always resisted medication.
2nd Good Friday. PL good on redemption. Kenneth Skilling to lunch. Elissa with us overnight as R&A were at a wedding.
3rd Cardiff wedding of Andrew Phelps and Jess Track. PL preached. Visited Balfours. Evening wedding reception.
4th Anxious. David Cross preached EPCEW Emmanuel Cardiff. Lunch at Naylors.
5th Down.
6th Anxious about planned trip to Baku.
9th Bill Goodman boss of MTW staying. he treated us to Siloam Village dinner.
10th Good meeting with Bill Goodman, Jun Lemass and Ken Matlock, all of MTW. MacBook screen replaced.
11th PL on healing of blind man. Susanna and Paul Coleman to lunch. Dick Lucas excellent on 1Cor 15.
12th Fed up with blanket news coverage of coming general election.
13th Confirmed Aeroflot tickets to Baku.
14th Thrilled to see Dale on video winning third prize in Essex public speaking competition - all about Marjorie.
15th Volcanic ash from Iceland closes all UK airports.
16th Our flights to Baku cancelled. Rebooked in four days time.
17th Chartwell -best National Trust property. Gives one a patriotic thrill. White Hart, Bletchingly.
18th St Nicholas, Sevenoaks. Knole Park magnificent 15th C house.
19th RHS Wisley.Tropical and alpine glasshouses the highlights.
20th Early prayer IPC and lunchtime talk at town hall - Ic on Jn 5.
21st To Leapers.
22nd Shugnorough hall home of earls of Litchfield.
23rd Sudbury hall. Museum of childhood poor. Third day of depression.
24th Home. Did Record article on co-belligerents.
25th PL birth of Isaac. Ee wei and Jenifer Courtney to lunch. Rebecca Cradock baptised. PL on Christ as Lord - excellent. Petrol 120.9/L and rising.
26th Board meeting.
28th Brown recoded calling a woman a bigotafter he left her company.
May 1st Polls show Torys ahead but no working majority.
2nd Down. PL Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Raju good talk, rambling sermon.
3rd JMBH here also RAE for tea.
5th Citalopram kicking in.
6th Voted. Exit polls show hung parliament.
7th Bed 3am. Polls were right. Looks like a Conservative Liberal deal. I am disgusted.
8th DSZ arrived. Osterley Park. Leeds promoted.
9th PL death Sarah and Trinity.
10th Visited Michael Owen who has cancer Northwick Park. Brown to reign Labour leadership.
11th Cameron as prime minister with Clegg deputy.
12th Cardiologist says need to lower BP.
13th Kenneth Skilling took me to Tally Ho lunch.
14th K with R at Ealing Hospital as E has another fracture.
15th With PL, Tom Courtney and David cross at IPC sorting out the mess Chris Bear has caused at Canada Water. At Richmond for Honeysuckle Weeks in Witness for the Prosecution.
16th PL good on Isaac Bonnie Lawrence and Sfeffen Muller S Carolina to lunch. David Gibson pm.
17th Katy on Benslow cello course. Looks like Camden Town not financially viable.
18th New parliament with coalition front bench.
20th Surprise visit of Mardi going from Kabul to Canada.
21sg Church planting committee with Ed Hartman and Ken Matlock. We are to withdraw minutes about Ed which frankly I think are true. Joel staying.
22nd Visited Michael Owen.
23rd PL on Jacob and Isaac. Yohan B, Sarah B and Limas to lunch. John Ross good on great commission.
24th Down.
25th Went to visit Michael O but he had been admitted to hospital.
27th Session. PL wants enthusiasm over building.
28th English class barbecue.
29th Lords with Trevor against Bangladesh. Left 1:30 due to rain.
30th Down. IC 2Jn. Pm introduction to Song od Songs.
31st Down.
Jun 1st Elders prayer encouraging. JBHRAE here for Sunderban take way for K's birthday.
2nd Good IPC prayer. Taxi driver shoots 12 dead in Cumbria. Had seemed a normal bloke.
4th Presbytery prayer then Kingston synod. Great food. Tom Nachtergale staying with us.
5th Presbytery here. PL took over as moderator. Elders to Amit to pray for healing of Bell's palsy.
6th IC on 3Jn. Macintyres, Clare Arian's parents to lunch. PL on SS1
10th Session prayer
11th Maite Larsin to lunch from Bahrain. Start of SA world cup.
12th Barbecue at Littles with bunting and fly past of RAF. The Knave, Dorset. England 1 USA 1. Pathetic.
13th Corfe Castle Congregational and Torbay Gospelaires who we heard later at The Blue Pool. Pm back to IC's father's church.
14th Wareha. Kempton Lacey gardens. Wareham minster with chained library. Katy lost camera.
15th Wareham. Brownsea Island. Expensive ferry. Red squirrels. Bloody Sunday report from saville Commission.
16th Tolpuddle Nartyrs museum. Told curator their caption was wrong. Their leader looked to heaven not in despair. Cider museum. Found you need apple juice only to produce cider. Lyme Regis baptist church to find the parade to commemorate the lifting of the longest civil war siege.Became a parliamentary pikeman for the day. Kept quiet about having a C of E priestess on parade. Totally non-historic.
17th Studland Bay. Knooll beach to Shell beach and up to Old harry Rocks. Nudist beach mainly populated by homosexuals.
18th Durdle Door. Lulworth Cove. Fieldstone Manor.
19th Home. Picked red currants and gooseberries.
20th Levy excellent on Is. BA to Dusseldorf. Met by Anthea Weale in big Mercedes. Huge apartment.
21st Went looking unsuccessfully for Elizabeth Nauman in hospital.
22nd Marburg. Found Elizabeth strong in faith in hospital.
23rd England 1 Slovenia 0. Our restaurant of choice for supper closed for the football. Enjoyed being with a Ghanian as the only one on his side in Germany 1 Ghana 0.
24th Edersee and dam busters museum.
25th World Heritage Mine Museum.
26th Home. Picked strawberries.
27th M Fox Ps 2. Germany 4 England 1. Robbed of a goal by a blind referee. PL good SS 1.
28th Harmondsworth Baptist meeting four volunteers and assistant chaplain for prayer.
29th INR good.
30th £220 for new glasses.
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2nd Good Friday. PL good on redemption. Kenneth Skilling to lunch. Elissa with us overnight as R&A were at a wedding.
3rd Cardiff wedding of Andrew Phelps and Jess Track. PL preached. Visited Balfours. Evening wedding reception.
4th Anxious. David Cross preached EPCEW Emmanuel Cardiff. Lunch at Naylors.
5th Down.
6th Anxious about planned trip to Baku.
9th Bill Goodman boss of MTW staying. he treated us to Siloam Village dinner.
10th Good meeting with Bill Goodman, Jun Lemass and Ken Matlock, all of MTW. MacBook screen replaced.
11th PL on healing of blind man. Susanna and Paul Coleman to lunch. Dick Lucas excellent on 1Cor 15.
12th Fed up with blanket news coverage of coming general election.
13th Confirmed Aeroflot tickets to Baku.
14th Thrilled to see Dale on video winning third prize in Essex public speaking competition - all about Marjorie.
15th Volcanic ash from Iceland closes all UK airports.
16th Our flights to Baku cancelled. Rebooked in four days time.
17th Chartwell -best National Trust property. Gives one a patriotic thrill. White Hart, Bletchingly.
18th St Nicholas, Sevenoaks. Knole Park magnificent 15th C house.
19th RHS Wisley.Tropical and alpine glasshouses the highlights.
20th Early prayer IPC and lunchtime talk at town hall - Ic on Jn 5.
21st To Leapers.
22nd Shugnorough hall home of earls of Litchfield.
23rd Sudbury hall. Museum of childhood poor. Third day of depression.
24th Home. Did Record article on co-belligerents.
25th PL birth of Isaac. Ee wei and Jenifer Courtney to lunch. Rebecca Cradock baptised. PL on Christ as Lord - excellent. Petrol 120.9/L and rising.
26th Board meeting.
28th Brown recoded calling a woman a bigotafter he left her company.
May 1st Polls show Torys ahead but no working majority.
2nd Down. PL Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Raju good talk, rambling sermon.
3rd JMBH here also RAE for tea.
5th Citalopram kicking in.
6th Voted. Exit polls show hung parliament.
7th Bed 3am. Polls were right. Looks like a Conservative Liberal deal. I am disgusted.
8th DSZ arrived. Osterley Park. Leeds promoted.
9th PL death Sarah and Trinity.
10th Visited Michael Owen who has cancer Northwick Park. Brown to reign Labour leadership.
11th Cameron as prime minister with Clegg deputy.
12th Cardiologist says need to lower BP.
13th Kenneth Skilling took me to Tally Ho lunch.
14th K with R at Ealing Hospital as E has another fracture.
15th With PL, Tom Courtney and David cross at IPC sorting out the mess Chris Bear has caused at Canada Water. At Richmond for Honeysuckle Weeks in Witness for the Prosecution.
16th PL good on Isaac Bonnie Lawrence and Sfeffen Muller S Carolina to lunch. David Gibson pm.
17th Katy on Benslow cello course. Looks like Camden Town not financially viable.
18th New parliament with coalition front bench.
20th Surprise visit of Mardi going from Kabul to Canada.
21sg Church planting committee with Ed Hartman and Ken Matlock. We are to withdraw minutes about Ed which frankly I think are true. Joel staying.
22nd Visited Michael Owen.
23rd PL on Jacob and Isaac. Yohan B, Sarah B and Limas to lunch. John Ross good on great commission.
24th Down.
25th Went to visit Michael O but he had been admitted to hospital.
27th Session. PL wants enthusiasm over building.
28th English class barbecue.
29th Lords with Trevor against Bangladesh. Left 1:30 due to rain.
30th Down. IC 2Jn. Pm introduction to Song od Songs.
31st Down.
Jun 1st Elders prayer encouraging. JBHRAE here for Sunderban take way for K's birthday.
2nd Good IPC prayer. Taxi driver shoots 12 dead in Cumbria. Had seemed a normal bloke.
4th Presbytery prayer then Kingston synod. Great food. Tom Nachtergale staying with us.
5th Presbytery here. PL took over as moderator. Elders to Amit to pray for healing of Bell's palsy.
6th IC on 3Jn. Macintyres, Clare Arian's parents to lunch. PL on SS1
10th Session prayer
11th Maite Larsin to lunch from Bahrain. Start of SA world cup.
12th Barbecue at Littles with bunting and fly past of RAF. The Knave, Dorset. England 1 USA 1. Pathetic.
13th Corfe Castle Congregational and Torbay Gospelaires who we heard later at The Blue Pool. Pm back to IC's father's church.
14th Wareha. Kempton Lacey gardens. Wareham minster with chained library. Katy lost camera.
15th Wareham. Brownsea Island. Expensive ferry. Red squirrels. Bloody Sunday report from saville Commission.
16th Tolpuddle Nartyrs museum. Told curator their caption was wrong. Their leader looked to heaven not in despair. Cider museum. Found you need apple juice only to produce cider. Lyme Regis baptist church to find the parade to commemorate the lifting of the longest civil war siege.Became a parliamentary pikeman for the day. Kept quiet about having a C of E priestess on parade. Totally non-historic.
17th Studland Bay. Knooll beach to Shell beach and up to Old harry Rocks. Nudist beach mainly populated by homosexuals.
18th Durdle Door. Lulworth Cove. Fieldstone Manor.
19th Home. Picked red currants and gooseberries.
20th Levy excellent on Is. BA to Dusseldorf. Met by Anthea Weale in big Mercedes. Huge apartment.
21st Went looking unsuccessfully for Elizabeth Nauman in hospital.
22nd Marburg. Found Elizabeth strong in faith in hospital.
23rd England 1 Slovenia 0. Our restaurant of choice for supper closed for the football. Enjoyed being with a Ghanian as the only one on his side in Germany 1 Ghana 0.
24th Edersee and dam busters museum.
25th World Heritage Mine Museum.
26th Home. Picked strawberries.
27th M Fox Ps 2. Germany 4 England 1. Robbed of a goal by a blind referee. PL good SS 1.
28th Harmondsworth Baptist meeting four volunteers and assistant chaplain for prayer.
29th INR good.
30th £220 for new glasses.
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Saturday, January 05, 2019
Diary w/e 5 Jan 2019
Sun 30 Dec
Laurens Du Plessis was good on the ascension's purpose. Fourteen for lunch at the Littles. Pizza to celebrate my son in law's birthday. I preached to about twenty detainees at Harmondsworth, encouraging the with sex new things for a new year.
Mon 31 Dec
Katy started the morning helping the Ealing Night Shelter at IPC. At home and not even bothering to stay up and see the new year in.
Tue Jan 1
Quiet at home and glad I did not see Khan's pro-EU propaganda fireworks last night.
Wed Jan 2
Only a couple of members joined me for U3A current affairs on Brexit - the state of play. Opinions have not changed from the way we voted over two years ago. We agreed on our ignorance as to the future. Around twenty at church prayer.
Th 3 Jan
Dinner at Cafe Rouge Ruislip as I had a half price deal.
Sat 5 Jan
Seven of us for cafe breakfast and six on a cold Greenford bookstall.
Laurens Du Plessis was good on the ascension's purpose. Fourteen for lunch at the Littles. Pizza to celebrate my son in law's birthday. I preached to about twenty detainees at Harmondsworth, encouraging the with sex new things for a new year.
Mon 31 Dec
Katy started the morning helping the Ealing Night Shelter at IPC. At home and not even bothering to stay up and see the new year in.
Tue Jan 1
Quiet at home and glad I did not see Khan's pro-EU propaganda fireworks last night.
Wed Jan 2
Only a couple of members joined me for U3A current affairs on Brexit - the state of play. Opinions have not changed from the way we voted over two years ago. We agreed on our ignorance as to the future. Around twenty at church prayer.
Th 3 Jan
Dinner at Cafe Rouge Ruislip as I had a half price deal.
Sat 5 Jan
Seven of us for cafe breakfast and six on a cold Greenford bookstall.
The changing world (293) Jan-Mar 2010
Jan 1st Lunch with Burroughs. Staying in Hauxton.
2nd Met Jane's parents from Ipswich. Home.
3rd PL on Lot and on Peter's denial. Amazing Man U 0 Leeds 1. First win for us there since 1981 and their first third round defeat by a lower league in fifty years.
4th Deb now wants a car.
5th Battle with depression.
6th Snow all day.
7th Coldest night for years.
8th All UK has snow.
9th Pakistani TVC restaurant with Amjad.
10th After TVU service to Redhill and naming ceremony for Albert OOTT Onamusi in C of E hall.
14th RPSGB inspector visited. No problem.
15th Snow gone after eleven days. BBC Sunday radio programme recorded me on beards.
16th Visited Amjad in High Wycombe.
17th IC on Rut 1. Christina Goh, John Cordle and Alison Kelly to lunch.
21st Down. DSZ here for Elizabeth's grandfather's funeral. 400+ killed in Jos.
24th IC Rut 2. Mk 15.Ali and Isaac Hosier to lunch.
26th Down.
27th First article published in Free Church Record.
30th To Amjad's MBB fellowship.
31st Down. IC twice on Ruth. Voinikovs and Bulgarian Valentin to lunch.
Feb 2nd Down
6th To Braithwaite's.
7th PL on contentment and Christ mocked.
8th Haematology said white count down. Met with three Church of Scotland men thinking of secession. They did but only one joined IPC.
12th Treated to Indian buffet by hazel Mangaser.
14th PL on generosity. Tina Lawler to lunch.
15th A new Yaris delivered - pre-owned.
17th Down.
18th J&Co brought electric oven. Skype with Bill who is leaving MTW.
19th Conference call towhead of MTW and Enterprise in Europe.
21st John Dugan died. C Roberts on new birth. Visited Pam Hallett in pain from spondylitis. Levy good on darkness at noon.
23rd Skype with Romania. IPC chapel has been grade II listed.
24th Down.
27th Canterbury.
28th Emmanuel church good.
Mar 1st Working on information governance , the ultimate in wasting time instead of working.
5th Harrogate.
6th Took Dorothy to Ravensworth.
7th IPC York ordination. Home.
8th More killings near Jos.
9th John Dugan's funeral. Saw his army officer's commission fro George VI.
12th Presbytery ate at Persian Palace. Nico Farrelly staying with us.
13th Presbytery at Culcheth. Persian new tear party at South Eaing Mission.
14th PL widow's mite and last one on Mark.
16th Down. Met 97 year old Michael Davis in park.
18th Session. Canada Water has parted from us. We will buy out Simon Hui to build.
20th Lunch at Gotlops and given my second portrait.
21st PL Ps 126. Frosts, Carlos and Reda fares to lunch. Barry Shuter ordination at Masih Ghar with Greg Livingstone preaching.
24th Waste of time PCT meeting Edgware over new smart cards.
26th Excellent curry evening South Ealing Mission and learned of CSSI charity in India.
27th Hauxton. EPCEW presbytery.
28th PL on propitiation and Good Samaritan.
31st Anxiety.
2nd Met Jane's parents from Ipswich. Home.
3rd PL on Lot and on Peter's denial. Amazing Man U 0 Leeds 1. First win for us there since 1981 and their first third round defeat by a lower league in fifty years.
4th Deb now wants a car.
5th Battle with depression.
6th Snow all day.
7th Coldest night for years.
8th All UK has snow.
9th Pakistani TVC restaurant with Amjad.
10th After TVU service to Redhill and naming ceremony for Albert OOTT Onamusi in C of E hall.
14th RPSGB inspector visited. No problem.
15th Snow gone after eleven days. BBC Sunday radio programme recorded me on beards.
16th Visited Amjad in High Wycombe.
17th IC on Rut 1. Christina Goh, John Cordle and Alison Kelly to lunch.
21st Down. DSZ here for Elizabeth's grandfather's funeral. 400+ killed in Jos.
24th IC Rut 2. Mk 15.Ali and Isaac Hosier to lunch.
26th Down.
27th First article published in Free Church Record.
30th To Amjad's MBB fellowship.
31st Down. IC twice on Ruth. Voinikovs and Bulgarian Valentin to lunch.
Feb 2nd Down
6th To Braithwaite's.
7th PL on contentment and Christ mocked.
8th Haematology said white count down. Met with three Church of Scotland men thinking of secession. They did but only one joined IPC.
12th Treated to Indian buffet by hazel Mangaser.
14th PL on generosity. Tina Lawler to lunch.
15th A new Yaris delivered - pre-owned.
17th Down.
18th J&Co brought electric oven. Skype with Bill who is leaving MTW.
19th Conference call towhead of MTW and Enterprise in Europe.
21st John Dugan died. C Roberts on new birth. Visited Pam Hallett in pain from spondylitis. Levy good on darkness at noon.
23rd Skype with Romania. IPC chapel has been grade II listed.
24th Down.
27th Canterbury.
28th Emmanuel church good.
Mar 1st Working on information governance , the ultimate in wasting time instead of working.
5th Harrogate.
6th Took Dorothy to Ravensworth.
7th IPC York ordination. Home.
8th More killings near Jos.
9th John Dugan's funeral. Saw his army officer's commission fro George VI.
12th Presbytery ate at Persian Palace. Nico Farrelly staying with us.
13th Presbytery at Culcheth. Persian new tear party at South Eaing Mission.
14th PL widow's mite and last one on Mark.
16th Down. Met 97 year old Michael Davis in park.
18th Session. Canada Water has parted from us. We will buy out Simon Hui to build.
20th Lunch at Gotlops and given my second portrait.
21st PL Ps 126. Frosts, Carlos and Reda fares to lunch. Barry Shuter ordination at Masih Ghar with Greg Livingstone preaching.
24th Waste of time PCT meeting Edgware over new smart cards.
26th Excellent curry evening South Ealing Mission and learned of CSSI charity in India.
27th Hauxton. EPCEW presbytery.
28th PL on propitiation and Good Samaritan.
31st Anxiety.
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