DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH

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May/June 2010
History Of The Church
Part Two “The Work Continues”
The
object
of
the
Ins.tute
was
to
afford
the
men
of
Brentwood

the
 means
 of
 social
 interac.on,
 mutual,
 mental
 and
 moral

improvement
 and
 recrea.on.
 Although
 they
 were
 naturally

concerned
about
the
spiritual
welfare
of
the
men,
the
Ins.tute

was
conducted
on
non‐sectarian
and
non‐poli.cal
lines
in
order

that
 all
 may
 feel
 welcome.
 Concerts,
 whist
 drives
 and

parliamentary
 debates
 were
 held
 monthly.
 The
 Ins.tute
 was

open
 daily
 between
 8a.m.
 and
 11p.m.
 billiards,
 draughts
and

other
 games
 being
 available
 together
 with
 a
 good
 supply
 of

daily
papers.
Membership
was
for
men
18
years
and
over
for
a

fee
of
 4
shillings,
(20p)
 per
year.
The
Recrea.on
Hall,
(no.128),

had
a
brass
band
and
the
1st
Brentwood
Boys
Brigade
Company,

which
had
been
formed
in
the
1890’s,
met
there.
Mr
Cook
was

the
Brigades
Commandant
and
it
formed
an
 important
part
of

the
 Cook
 family’s
 work.
 Physical
 training
 and
 drilling
 were

involved
as
was
the
regular
 Sunday
 parade.
 The
annual
 camp

was
popular
and
who
went
depended
on
their
aQendance
at
Bible
Class
and
Drill.
They
were
obviously
fond
of
the

carrot
and
s.ck
approach.
Mr
Cook
was
known
to
tell
the
boys
to
“buck
up”
and
not
play
truant.
Playing
“hookey”

is
obviously
nothing
new!





















Mr
 Cook
and
his
colleagues
were
very
concerned
that
all
should
sign
the
Temperance
Pledge.
It
is
apparent
that

drunkenness
was
a
 very
 great
 problem
 at
 that
.me.
Sta.s.cs
quoted
 in
 the
Recrea.on
 Hall
 Magazine,
 (bound

copies
of
which
are
now
lodged
in
the
Brentwood
Reference
Library),
state
that
“three
million
children
are
born

annually
of
drunken
parents.
Half
a
million
of
these
are
born
idiots.
Three
hundred
thousand
are
born
deaf,
dumb

or
blind”.

The
wording
of
the
Total
Abs.nence
Pledge
was
as
follows:
‐
“I
promise,
by
God’s
help,
to
abstain
from

all
intoxica.ng
liquors,
(except
under
medical
order),
as
beverages,
and
to
encourage
others 
to
do
the
same”.
They

held
Temperance
Sunday
mee.ngs
when
 people
were
urged
to
sign
 the
pledge,
 however,
not
always
with
 great

success
as
can
be
seen
from
the
February
1911
edi.on
of
the
R.H.
magazine,
when
the
editor
says
that
it
is
“
high

.me
that
we
did
wake
up
to
the
fact
that
England
is 
not
a 
sober
na.on”.
(Sounds
familiar!).

Mr
Cook’s
family
took

an
ac.ve
part
in
the
work.
His
son
Edward
was 
captain
of
 the
Boys
Brigade,
Miss
Marion
Cook,
who
died
in
1910,

played
 the
 violin
 and
 led
 the
orchestra
 and
 Miss
 Lucy
 Muriel
 Cook,(
 who
 was
 always
 known
 as
 Muriel),
 sang.

Mission
was
very
close
to
Mr
Cook’s
heart
and
contribu.ons
were
made
to
the
China
Inland
Mission,
the
Japanese

Evangelis.c
 Band
 ,
 Dr
 Barnardo’s
 Homes
 and
 the
 Salva.on
 Army.
 Another
 work
 was
 the
 Pleasant
 Sunday

A_ernoon,
(P.S.A.),
held
every
Sunday
at
3pm
in
the
Recrea.on
Hall.
This
was
a
na.onal
movement,
formed
in
the

1880’s
which
aQempted
to
keep
in
touch
with
the
working
classes.
Its
moQo
was
“Brief
 Bright
and
Brotherly”.

It

was
held
on
a 
Sunday
a_ernoon
so
that
men
would
not
feel
ashamed
to
come
in
their
working
clothes.
It
was
part

entertainment,
part
evangelical
and
part
poli.cal,
although
it
is
doubaul
if
poli.cs 
came
into
Mr
Cook’s
version
of

the
P.S.A.
some
of
the
early
Labour
leaders
spoke
at
these
mee.ngs
and
in
the
20th
 Century
the
P.S.A.
became
the

basis
of
the
Interna.onal
Brotherhood
Movement.


To
be
con.nued:‐

Janet.

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DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH May/June 2010
Testimony
By Genia
In
 November
 2008
 I 
was 
 due 
to
 have
 a
 rou.ne
 decide
 to
 do
this.
 No,
 God
 was
 not
 going
 to.
 
 I

opera.on
 (minor)
 –
 it
 turned
 into
 a
major
 and
 I
 must
have 
slept
for
a 
few
hours
because 
I 
woke 
up

stayed
in
hospital 
for
3
days,
very
 sore,
sick
and
a
 and
 the 
 room
 was
 filled
 with
 a
 golden
 light,
 I

bit
 miserable.
 I
 prayed
 as 
 always 
 and
 was 
 sent
 realised
God
had
 held
 me 
in
His 
arms 
and
there

home
 only
 to
 become
 very
 ill 
 in
 the
 night
 and
 was
a 
way
forward.
Many
were 
praying
I
know
and

progressively
 worse.
 I
ended
 up
 back
 in
 hospital
 that
was
such
a 
blessing
and
comfort.
I
shall
never

feeling
as 
though
I 
was 
dying,
 I
had
contracted
C
 forget
that
.me,
a
year
ago.
difficile
(superbug).
 I
 felt
 so
 ill 
and
my
 body
 was

Everything
is
according
to
God’s
.me,
not
ours.
not
responding
to
anything.

I
cried
out
to
God
“if
you
want
to
take 
me
home
–
 Genia.

please
do!”
I
was 
prepared
to
accept
God
may
just


Serenity
Day Event
Let
the
music
of
God’s
voice
Be
heard
above
the
tumult
of
this
world
And
his
s.ll
small
voice
Monday Tots
Aloud
‐
1
‐
3
PM
Penetrate
the
storms
in
the
mind,
The
turmoil
of
life
is
stayed
When
others
have
prayed
on
your
behalf,
Tumultuous
waves
become
a
sea
of
clam, Tuesday WIN
‐
11.30
AM
‐
2.30
PM
And
the
peace
of
Christ
brings
balm
To
the
troubled
soul,
Faith
beckons,
there
is
a
s.llness Lunch
Time
Prayer
Mee.ng
And
trust
in
an
unseen
presence, Wednesday
The
omniscient, Bible
Study
‐
8
PM

 Omnipotent,

 
 Omnipresent,

 
 GOD A_ernoon
Bible
Study
Thursday
Margaret.
 TASC
‐
3.30
‐
5.15PM

Friday Crusaders
‐
6.30
PM

Saturday ‐

Morning
Service
‐
10.30
AM

Sunday Youth
Group
‐
5.30
‐
7
PM

Care
Groups
‐
6
‐
8.30
PM

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 Jems Section
DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH May/June 2010

This month we have a simple reminder of the importance of friendship, taken from our church
pamphlet: A Caring Church.

In the mid 1980’s Brian Keenan (an Irish academic) left Belfast to go and work in the American
University of Beirut. Shortly after he arrived four Shiite militiamen kidnapped him, this being the
beginning of a four-and-a-half-year ordeal. So how did Brian get through this difficult time?

On his release Keenan spoke of the strength of friendship that he formed with fellow captive
John McCarthy despite them being so different from each other. Brian was an English public-
school educated journalist, and John was, what he would term, a working-class Irish socialist. Yet
on his release Brian made this comment:

“I remember every moment of my time alone, my time with John and with those other captives. And
I remember how we first met, our relationship, the kinds of needs I had of John and he of me. And
how we sought always to give and take, thinking always of each other. And as I review it all, all the
wonder, I see his face stare at mine. I had watched this man grow, become full and in his fullness
enrich me.”

God entered our world of pain and suffering in order to offer the hand of forgiveness and
reconciliation through the death of His own son. The whole purpose of Covenant is that God could
live with us by His Spirit, and bring us into the eternity prepared for those who love Him. In light of
this, friendship has to be the heart of true fellowship. We need to seek to make time for and
understand one another.

Jesus said, “I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10

God knows all about us and still wants to know us. Don’t write off others just because they are not
like you; don’t write off others because they do not deal with issues as quickly as you think they
should. Get alongside them and be a friend. Earn the right to speak into someone’s life and make
sure it is the mind of Christ you are speaking and not your own ideas.

“O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thought from far away.” Psalm 139:1-2

TASC
‐
Thursday
After
School
Club
We
are
now
entering
our
3rd
year
and
have
been
blessed

with
a
con.nual
amount
of
children.
It
is
always
hard
to
see

them
go,
some
moved
away,
some
moved
schools
etc.
But
it

has
been
a
privilege
to
be
part
of
those
young
lives.

At
the
moment
we
have
16
children,
some
may
not
come

each
week
due
to
family
commitments
but
it
is
such
a
joy,

.ring
though
it
may
be,
to
hear
and
see
these
young
people

!
learning
about
God
and
enjoying
each
other’s
company.


For
Mothers
Day
we
made
cards
for
the
children
to
give
to
their
Mothers.
Max
very
kindly
took

individual
photos
of
each
child,
with
permission
of
course,
for
the
cards.

This
photo
is
of
a
few
of
the
children
that
aQend
the
club.


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 God At Work
DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH May/June 2010

Editorial Work
Place
Sunday



Welcome
to
the
3rd
Edi.on.
URGENT


There
 are
 two
 things
 I
 would
 like
 to
 Your
Work
place
needs

bring 
 to
 your
 aQen.on.
 1.The
 YOU
Chris.an
 roots
 of
 many 
 well
 known
 To
Pray
companies
 and
 2.
 Can
 we
 make
 a
 



1.
For
the
success,
efficiency,
well
being
and
integrity
of
the


difference
 in
 the
 work
 place
 and
 be
 







Company,
Ins.tu.on,
Organisa.on
you
work
for
agents
of
change.


 




2.
Bless
and
pray
for
your
work
colleagues
every
day
Companies
with
Chris.an
Roots. To
Serve


There
 are
 many
 companies
 whose






1.
Your
company






2.
Your
colleagues
roots
are
Chris.an
who
not
only 
made

To
Make
a
Difference
a
difference
to
the
work
place
but
also









1.
To
Be
Salt
to
society.

See
next
page.









2.
To
Be
Light
Barclays
Bank 
is
one
 and
 I
 heard
the
 







3.
To
Be
Yeast
‐
a
small
amount
of
yeast
makes

a
big
difference
current
chairman
speak
and
he
talked

about
 Barclays
 heritage
 and
 said
 we
 
 Jesus
 has
 absolute
confidence
 in
 US
 
 John
 StoQ
 in
 his
 book
 Chris.an

should
 not
 be
 ashamed
 to
 embrace
 Counter‐Culture
 about
 the
 bea.tudes
 says:
 the
 very
 no.on
 that

the
past. Chris.ans
can
 exert
a
healthy
influence
in
the
world
should
 bring
 us
up

with
 a 
start.
 
 What
 las.ng
 good
 can
 the
 poor
 and
 the
 meek
 do,
 the

I
believe
that
God
is
totally
commiQed
 mourners
and
the
merciful,
and
 those
who
 try
 to
 make
peace
not
war?


to
 and
 interested
 in
 our
 workplace
 What
 can
 they
 accomplish
 whose
 only
 passion
 is
 an
 appe.te
 for

situa.on,
 therefore
 that
 should
 righteousness,
and
whose
only
weapon
is
purity
 of
 heart?
 
Are
not
such

e n c o u r a g e
 u s
 t o
 h a v e
 m o r e
 people
 too
 feeble
 to
 achieve
 anything,
 especially
 if
 they
 are
 a
 small

confidence
that
 we
 can
 be
agents
of
 minority
in
the
world?


change
and
transforma.on.

 It
is
evident
that
Jesus
did
not
share
this
scep.cism.
Could
we
commit
ourselves
to
pray
for
our
work
places
regularly
over
the
























SUPPORT
Talk 
to
Robin
 or
 myself
if
there
is
any

next
month
and
see
what
happens 
and
then
share
the
stories
with
each

way
you
feel
we
can
support
you. other.

Remember
Robin’s
vision
for
mentors. Have
an
agenda
People
who
you
 can
 talk
to
 and
 pray
 Find
somebody
to
pray
with

with
in
confidence.
Terry Luke
10

“From
The
Workplace” Pray
For
Robin
Maillard:
runs
his
own
financial
services
business
Let
us
know
if
you
have
any
thing
 Mission
Statement:
To
provide
honest
and
helpful
advice
to
our
customers
to
 share
 from
 your
 work
 place;
 Praise:
Thank
God
for
being
with
me
through
the
experiences
of
the
last
2
years
Are
there
other
Chris.ans
there
,
 Prayer:

That
I
can
help
people
to
see
God
at
work
and
do
his
will
is 
there
 anything
 to
 give
 thanks

Pennie
Kemble:
Associate
Volunteer
Working
with
Mary
in
the
Shenfield
School

for
where
 you
 have
seen
 God
at

CU

work. Mission
statement.
To
provide
Chris.an
educa.on
Prayer
and
Pastoral
support.
Call
to
business
DVD
Contact
the
 Praise.
 That
 the
 students
 are
 willing
to
 come
 and
 share
 with
 us
 and
 open
 to

office
for
a
free
copy. learning
about
God
Prayer:
For
my
witness
and

that
students
will
come
to
know
Jesus,

Steve
Inkersole
:
Works
for
BT
as
D1
operator
with
TV
+
Media
broadcast
Mission
Statement:
Trustworthy,
helpful,
straighaorward,
inspiring
heart
Praise:
Thanks
to
s.ll
be
at
work
Prayer:
For
peace
at
work

Antonella:
Works
as
a
Domes.c
Assistant
Praise:
For
her
job
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 Companies With Christian Roots
DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH May/June 2010

George
 Cadbury:
 Chocolate
 Manufacturer
 at
 1828
he
would
not
open
on
Sundays
and
refused


Bourneville to
 sell
 indecent
 magazines
 because
 of
 his

Chris.an
principles.
Joseph
 Rowntree:
 Chocolate
 Baron
 and

philanthropist.
 Friends’
Provident:
 
Started
by
Quakers 
and
 their

Chris.an
 principles
 were
 were
 part
 of
 the

William
 Lever:
 Founder
 of
 what
 is
now
Unilever
 founda.ons
of
the
insurance
company.
at
Port
Sunlight

 BARCLAYS
Titus
 Salt:
 
 owned
 the
 largest
 tex.le
 Mill
 in
 Barclays
 has
 long
 been
 a 
 banking
 firm
 of
 great

Europe
 significance.
 OriginaOng
 in
 1690
 as
 a
 private

Quaker
 partnership
 located
 in
 the
 city
 of

These
 men’s
 private
 lives
 and
 business
 lives
 London's
Lombard
Street,
by
 the
early
twenOeth

reflected
 their
 commitment
 to
 Christ.
 Their
 century
 Barclays
 had
 grown
 to
 become
 one
 of

business’s
 were
 built
 on
 ChrisOan
 ethical
 Britain's
 "Big
 Five"
 corporate
 High
 Street
 Banks

principles
they
built
villages
to
take
workers
away
 and
 a
 significant
 financial
 actor
 within
 the

from
 slums
 with
 neat
 houses
 and
 gardens
 internaOonal
economy.
In
the
1930s
the
Barclays

sanita.on
 and
 community
 halls.
 These
 Model
 group
 was 
 the
 largest
 banking
 company
 in
 the

villages
 set
 standards
 for
 future
 urban
 world,
a
status
reflected
in
its
growing
orienta.on

development.
 to
the
world
economy.
 At
the
end
 of
 the
Second



 World
War
a
quarter
of
the
Barclays 
group
assets

Joseph
Rowntree
set
up
 
a
founda.on
more
than
 were
 held
 abroad
 and
 the
 bank
 sustained
 its

a
hundred
years
ago
to
cure
the
great
scourges 
of
 commitment
 to
 interna.onal
 banking
 so
 that
 by

the
day.
The
founda.on
operates
to
day
and
did
a
 the
 1980s
 it
 owned
 more
 "overseas"
 branches

recent
 report
 on
 the
 current
 ills 
 of
 the
 na.on.
 than
the
combined
total
of
the
U.S.'s 
banks.
Today

Melanie
 Phillips
 wriOng
 in
 the
 Mail
 July
 2007
 it
 remains
 one
 of
 the
 world's
 most
 important

commenta.ng
 on
 the
Rowntrees
family
 felt
 that
 financial
 corpora.ons.
 In
 a
 business
 where

there
modern
day
 perspec.ve
would
 be
that
we
 prudence
is 
valued
but
risk‐taking
rewarded,
three

live
 in
 a
 post
 religious
 culture
 consumed
 by
 hundred
years'
experience
is
an
asset
in
itself
and

materialism
 which
 has
 simply
 lost
 its
 Moral
 one
worthy
of
a
celebra.on
asser.ng
acumen
and

bearings
along
with
its
soul. longevity
in
an
uncertain
world.

Care
 for
 workers
 which
 extended
 beyond
 TROPICANA
FRUIT

housing
 including
 the
 environment
 Titus 
 Salt
 Anthony
Talamo
Rossi
(1900‐1993)
 was
an
Italian

fiQed
 smoke
 burners
 to
 his 
 factory
 chimneys 
 in

immigrant
 who
 founded
 Tropicana
 Products,
 a

Bradford. producer
 of
 orange
 juice
 founded
 in
 1947
 in

Bradenton,
 Florida
 in
 the
 United
 States
 which

George
Cadbury
was
the
first
in
1902
to
appoint
a
 grew
 from
 50
 employees
to
 over
 8,000
in
 2004,

resident
 doctor
 by
 1907
 Rowntree
provided
 free
 expanding
into
mul.ple
product
lines
and
became

medical
and
dental
services 
along
 with
seven
full‐ one
 of
 the
 world's
 largest
 producers
 and

.me
welfare
workers.

 marketers
of
citrus
juice.

In
1907
William
Lever
 introduced
into
Parliament
 Mr
 Rossi
 
 became
 a
 noted
 religiously‐oriented


the
idea
of
a
State
Old
Age
pension
paid
through
 businessman.
Beginning
 in
1952,
he
made
annual

the
Post
office. trips
back
to
Sicily.
At
Messina,
in
1966,
he
helped

fund
 a
 church
 and
 mission
 there.
 In
 the
 United

George
 Palmer
of
 Bristol
 who
 owned
the
largest
 States,
 he
 established
 the
 Aurora
 Founda.on,

biscuit
 factory
 in
 the
 world
 introduced
 sickness
 which
 has
 funded
 Chris.an
 educa.onal

benefits
and
a
pension
scheme. ins.tu.ons,
 Chris.an
 missions
 and
 other

chari.es.
Jermiah
 Colman
 (Colmans
 Mustard)
 appointed

the
first
 industrial
 nurse
 in
 BriQain
and
provided
 Mr
Rossi
was
a
pioneer
in
the
inclusion
of
Florida

accident
insurance
in
for
his
workers. Citrus
juices
in
school
meals
programs.

W
 H
Smith:
 
His
newspaper
 chain
was
started
 in


5
 Tots Aloud
DODD ROAD COMMUNITY CHURCH May/June 2010

The
mother
and
toddler
group
has
been
running
as
a
church
ac.vity
since
September.
Thanks
to
the
church

and
Brentwood
Connexions
we
have
collected
a
lovely
selec.on
of
quality
toys
that
will
last.
All
the
helpers

are
Grandmas
so
we
hope
that
we
have
a
wealth
of
experience
to
pass
on.

We
 run
 from
1‐3pm
on
a
Monday
 in
term
 .me.
 Each
week
 we
have
a
small
group
of
 Mums
who
enjoy
 a


relaxed
.me,
where
they
can
chat
and
support
each
other
while
their
children
play.
At
2:30
we
have
a
music

session
and
get
out
the
percussion
 instruments.
 The
children
and
Mums
enjoy
 singing
nursery
 rhymes
and

making
lots
of
noise!

If
there
is
anyone
who
would
like
to
pop
in
and
see
what
we
get
up
 to
and
 have
a
cup
 of
 tea
with
us,
you


would
be
most
welcome.

Margaret
Dent.



A
few
words
found
by
Irene:
 Coming Soon...

By
Mar.n
Luther. 22nd
May
‐
Quiz
in
aid
of
Kenyan
project.
Price
£5,
please



 try
to
get
a
table
of
8
together.
Feelings
and
the
Word
12th
June
–
The
Doddinghurst
Road
Church
Summer
Fete.



11am
‐3pm.
For
feelings
come
and
feelings
go,
And
feelings
are
deceiving;
My
warrant
is
the
Word
of
God,
Naught
else
is
worth
believing.


Though
all
my
heart
should
feel
condemned,
For
want
of
some
sweet
token.
There
is
one
greater
than
my
heart,
Whose
word
cannot
be
broken.


I'll
trust
in
God's
unchanging
word
Til
soul
and
body
sever.
For
though
all
things
shall
pass
away,
His
Word
shall
stand
forever.

EDITOR Do
YOU have
a
story
for
next
month,
or
will
YOU be
celebrating
a
Birthday?

If
so
tell
us!
Matt Betts
If
you
have
any
articles
please
see
Matt
or
Julie.
Contact
Details:
LAYOUT DESIGN Email:
newsletter@doddroadcommunitychurch.org
Will Caine Phone:
01277
224528
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you
would
like
your
contact
details
included
on
the
church
directory
or
your
details
need
amending
please

see
either
Garry
or
Julie
to
fill
in
a
form
or
alterna.vely
complete
a
form
inserted
in
this
month’s
edi.on
of

the
church
magazine.

Further
copies
of
this
form
can
be
obtained
from
the
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office.

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