A little local difficulty

Thanks to the IT expertise of the Linden Administrator, on Friday the hard drive of the office computer was wiped completely clean.

The benefits of this move should be obvious: a load of rubbish was deleted and the computer runs a whole lot faster.

On the down side, a number of slightly important but not irreplaceble files and documents were also lost.

Included in the 'useful but gone' category are email addresses.

The Administrator would be so pleased if you - if you want Linden to have your email address - were to drop an email to extremely.linden@lineone.net

Several people have asked the Administrator how she managed to wipe the drive clean. She would like to make it clear that it was not an easy thing to do and, in fact, took most of the morning.

fish and turkey

A great harvest meeting followed by a delicious Rip-Off Lunch (soup and bread for £5) was enjoyed by loads of people last week. Well over £1,000 was raised towards the Mutende Children's Village Fund.

This week we're starting a new Sunday morning series, Echoes of a Voice. Tim Brown is speaking on Putting the World to Rights - Justice.

The series continues the following week with The Hidden Spring - Spirituality, with Chris. That meeting will be followed by lunch together for those who wish to stay, probably with baked potatoes and assorted fillings.

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Half-term is approaching rapidly and that means the welcome return of the Community Cafe in Red. The first weekend (28-29 Oct) will be child-focused so if you have any hair-braiding, face-painting, story-telling, circus skills etc, please contact Kristina or Jared at the cafe (362122) to offer to help.

Otherwise if you'd be available to help with cafe itself, in the kitchen or on the till, volunteers would be welcome too.

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We're still collecting items for our grand auction in November - on Thanksgiving weekend so we'll be having turkey too.

Can you offer a service or something money can't buy? Do you know any businessmen or craftsmen who'd be willing to donate something? A meal in their restaurant, a hair cut, a massage etc?

Contact Chris or Liz on 403777 if you can help.

New granny and gramps

Congratulations to Angela and John Percival, and to Adina and Leon on the birth

of Jedidiah Joel on 24th September!

If he grows up to be half as good a man as his uncle Jared, he'll be a star!