A message from the Rev David Newton

SPRING TIMETABLE

We have a range of interesting talks scheduled this Spring 2025. Do come and join our friendly, welcoming group for more interesting and entertaining afternoons.

Fortnightly meetings with speakers and varied activities.

Thursday afternoons 2.00 – 3.30pm

The Eversfield Centre,
11, Eversfield Gardens,
Mill Hill, London NW7 2AE

There is a car park on site – the building is fully accessible, on one floor and with a ramp to the main door.

16 January 2025

The London that never was – plans that never came to fruition
With Colin
Oakes

30 January 2025

Tales of an amateur Mill Hill clockmaker
with Martin Bourn

13 February 2025

KFC and other reflections on a visit to Japan
With Pauline Seaton

27 February 2025

Bees in Space
With Emily Cox

13 March 2025

More animal stories
With Simon Brown

27 March 2025

40 years of the Good Neighbour Scheme
With Jeanette Poulton

10 April 2025

A history of Madeira in 8 women
With Maggi and Harry Lamb

The Lord’s Prayer is written from a perspective where God is all powerful and we are, it seems, like very small children wholly dependent on his benevolence for our wellbeing. This seems in complete contrast with the warnings about global warming; despite the vast size of the earth, we have collectively brought about a dangerous situation and it is up to us to sort it out. I for one have never thought to pray, ‘Dear Lord please keep the atmosphere from heating up by more than two degrees Celsius by 2050.’ 

Somehow, we need to bridge these two contrasting views of the human situation. The Lord’s Prayer rightly reminds us that God is the source of our being, all we have is a gift from God, and all we have achieved is done through the skills and resources God has given us. The Prayer also reminds us that God is the epitome of all goodness, and it is to him that we look to discern what our course of action should be if we are to make a ‘success’ of the life we have been granted. Somehow in our current situation we need to keep these two things firmly fixed in our mind as we roll up our sleeves, and get on with fixing our problems.