The Prayer Chain is there if you need prayer for yourself, for others or for members of your family. Please don’t ask for prayer outside your own family without people’s permission. To have a number of people pray just telephone Dennis (822992).

Many of you will know that because of the problems of vandalism and theft from Churches generally, the Parish Church is kept locked. Unless there is a specific reason for opening it earlier, it will be opened for Sunday and occasional services half an hour before the Service is due to start.

The i-church is launched. i-church, the groundbreaking new church on the Internet, has gone online. Though formally part of the Diocese of Oxford, the church already has more than 700 members from around the world, including a South American bishop. i-church can be found at www.i-church.org

10.00am. Please come and help decorate the church for our Harvest Festival. Flowers, fruit and greenery are always needed but most of all we need your help!

7.00 for 7.30pm. Harvest Supper in the Village Hall. Everyone welcome. Tickets from Jill Cheadle 720261, £3.50, £2.00 concessions.

Sunday October 3^rd. 10.00am Harvest Thanksgiving Family Service. Any produce donated by the congregation will be distributed among the elderly of the village.

An autumn churchyard tidying day is to be held on Saturday November 6^th, from 10.00am, followed in the evening at 6.30pm by a bonfire and fireworks. Everyone in the village is invited to attend either or both events!

This month we are giving to our mission partners in the Church Missionary Society, to aid them in the very worthwhile projects they undertake for C.M.S. C.M.S. is committed to proclaiming the gospel

through a wide range of ministries. Their fundamental motivation for proclaiming the gospel is to bring glory to God.

On Sunday 19^th September after the morning service the congregation of All Saints’ said goodbye and thank you to Lord and Lady Luke who are leaving Odell and moving to Leicestershire. Their departure is a great loss to Odell which has been the home of ‘The Lord Luke of Pavenham since the 1930s.

Lord Luke is the Patron of All Saints’ Church in Odell and as such has given support to the church over many years. Lady Luke has been very involved in village life, showing an interest in and helping with a large number of the village activities. They will be greatly missed. We wish them much happiness in their new home in a village not far from Corby..

"Feast of Tabernacles"

Sunday 3^rd October, 6.30pm St. Bartholomew’s Church

Green’s Norton

Booking essential. You will need to purchase meal tickets for this at £3 per person. Wine will be on sale. Cheques payable to "United Christian Conferences".

Payment, together with a stamped addressed envelope, should be sent to: The Revd. Canon John Knight, The Rectory, Towcester Rd., Green’s Norton NN12 8BL.

This year All Saints’ Odell was represented by two brave cyclists, Tom and Hannah Hudson, who took to their ‘bikes’ in spite of the unsettled weather. Tom and Hannah managed to visit seven churches in the area. A steady stream of cyclists visited All Saints’ throughout the day.

Many thanks to Tom and Hannah and to all those who manned the church and welcomed visitors. We hope to give the amount raised in the next edition.

For a few years now a Christian project has been operating in North Staffordshire aiming at dissuading young people from an interest in the occult and in Hallowe’en.

The project has focused on the practice of ‘Trick or Treat’ and simply suggests that local Christians display a window leaflet in their homes that dissuades children from joining in with this practice.

This strategic community campaign has gained the support of schools, police and OAP organizations.

This campaign is now extending nation-wide, with both community and local church involvement.

Special ‘No Trick or Treat’ information packs are now available. Each contains 10 window leaflets, details of how to run a local campaign and sample leaflets for school involvement.

Just send a £4.99 cheque (payable to ‘The Saltbox’) with your name and address to: Saltbox Leaflets, Gitana St., Stoke-on-Trent ST1 1DY.

On Sunday August 29^th Douglas delivered what was in his own words "his last sermon" after very nearly 51 years in the ministry.

In the October 2003 edition of this magazine we celebrated with Douglas his 50 - year anniversary in the ministry; to our delight he gave us yet another year of inspiring teaching. We are very sorry indeed to see Douglas finally step down from the pulpit but we understand that his health no longer allows him to be so active. We shall all remember his exceptionally uplifting sermons and his personal warmth – a friend to all, young and old – and his inspiration as a Christian leader. We do hope you have a comfortable and well– deserved retirement, Douglas, and still hope to see you from time to time in Odell.

On Sunday 22^nd August we said our ‘official’ goodbye to Phil and Liz Lewis – "official" as Phil had agreed to return to All Saints’ on the following Sunday to lead the worship. However, by the time this is published Phil and Liz will really have moved down to Kent, where Phil is to take up a post in The King’s School, Canterbury.

Phil and Liz have lived in Sharnbrook for over eighteen years and for much of that time attended All Saints’ Church in Odell. They quickly became involved in the life of the church, Phil as lay preacher and Liz as one of our organists and leader of the church orchestra. They gave support to every church event, accompanied over the years by Alastair, Anna and Tim. Tim and Anna will be remembered for the musical support they gave to the church. In particular Tim will be remembered for the magnificent trumpet ‘Reveilles’ and ‘Last Posts’ played at Remembrance services. More recently, Phil, Liz and Anna enchanted us with a concert of Duets and Poetry readings, performed in aid of the Church Appeal.

Most especially, we shall miss them greatly as they were very much a part of the family of our church. We wish them every happiness in their life in Canterbury and do hope that we shall hear from them regularly.

Chuck Swindoll tells the story of a lady whose doctor said to her "You've got rabies." Immediately she pulled out a pad and pencil and began writing. Thinking she was making out her will, the doctor said, "No, no, this doesn't mean you're going to die. There's a cure." "I know that," she said, "I'm making a list of the people I'm gonna bite!"

Revenge is like rabies; sometimes it devastates the one who gets hurt, but it always destroys the one who does the hurting. It's insidious, because: (1) it convinces you that it's justified (2) it forces you to get bogged down in bitterness and self-pity (3) it makes you spit in a well you may someday have to drink from (4) it sidetracks you (5) it causes you to take the low road. Listen: "Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. `I'll do the judging,' says God. `I'11 take care of it‘. (Rom 12:19 TM)

You're not qualified to judge because: (a) you don't really know what's in somebody else's heart, causing them to do the things they do (b) you're setting the standard by which you yourself will be judged. Listen: " Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged" (Matt 7:2 NLT). Can you live with that??

If you've been hurt, forgive! Then, for your own good, put it into God's hands. He's the only One who is qualified to handle it. And He will, if you let Him!

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Father God we do thank you for Your forgiveness! Help us to ask for that special forgiveness should we hurt others. Please continue to give us lots of Grace to go through each and every day. We continue to place before your throne in prayer all those who are sick and lonely. Comfort those poor souls in Russia in the school tragedy and the thousands of children already in the orphanages there. Many are losing their homes and lives in the latest hurricanes abroad and we pray for those too. Thank you for keeping our little hamlet safe. Still we continue to ask you to bring a leader into the Church here. Thank you for guiding us in all we do, for supplying our needs, bringing your healing and answering our prayers. In this sad and hurtful world one thing we can certainly do is to pray and believe that you are The God who knows all things, from the end to the beginning. We bring this prayer to you in the name of Jesus our Saviour and Intercessor. Amen.

We are sorry to hear that Douglas Smith is unwell and we send our prayers to both Douglas and Mollie thanking Douglas for his most welcoming sermons that we have listened to avidly, and hope it will not be too long before he is back in our midst albeit as a member of the congregation.

3^rd Harvest Festival

10^th Georgina Harrison

17^th Jill Cheadle

24^th Tricia Hudson

31^st Nikki Freeman

The date for this year’s carol singing around the village has been set at Saturday December 18th. As usual, singers should meet at 6.00 pm on the village green, with warm clothes and torches.

This is always a fun event and a chance to spread Christmas cheer around the village. There is always a warm snack and drinks to end the evening. Money raised goes to support several good charities.

Put this date in your diary and come and join in the fun this year.

Please send all entries for the November 2004 magazine to Tricia Hudson (patriciahudson@kbnet.co.uk), Anne Turner or Catherine Corkery by October 12^th 2004 at the latest. May we remind you that the editorial team exercises the right to edit, shorten or alter any items that are submitted. Also, the opinions expressed in the articles are those of the contributors and are not the responsibility of the editorial team.

We now have the figure for the final profit made by this year’s fete – a magnificent £2780.62. Once again, many thanks to all helpers and those who contributed in any way.