St Peter and St Pauls - Mens Fellowship club

Feeding the sheep and Amusing the goats - Canon Michael Weaver
2019-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Talk by Canon Michael Weaver about some reflections on his life as an architect and priest. Michael is now one of the leading members of our Clerical team at St Peter and St Pauls at Rustington. Originally preaching at Arundel and before that as an active architect. He often takes groups of people around holy sites, an onerous task !!
We will meet in the church hall at 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Dr Rob Batho - Sussex Coast Talking News
2019-10-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Dr Rob Batho will talk about Sussex Coast Talking News. This local voluntary organisation provides news and information to blind and visually impaired people on the South Coast. CD’s and tapes.
We will meet in the church hall at 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Barbeque, church hall style ( + AGM )
2019-09-04 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
We have to have an AGM I’m afraid. However lets do it Mens Fellowship style with a barbeque. Card games in progress…
We will meet in the church hall at 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments, Cakes and barbequed products….
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Summer evening at the Lamb
2019-08-14 19:30 - 21:30 | the Lamb, Rustington
Please note change of date, this is the second week of the month.
Holidays are here , time for a quiet evening in the local hostelry – The Lamb. ‘Nuff said. Bring your thinking hats, we need to organise meetings for the next year. Thoughts on charities etc. Bar refreshments are available.
We will meet in the The Lamb at 7:30pm
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

My years as a commercial pilot - Bernard Standen
2019-07-03 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Bernard enjoyed an active career piloting commercial airplanes. Today he will share with you his extensive experience of the ins and outs of flying around the world. Not to be missed. Showing videos of flights and planes.
We will meet in the church hall at 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Claire Lucas - Rustington Museums old and new: Looking back at the history of the museum buildings in Rustington and forward to new museum at the Samuel Wickens Centre
2019-06-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Claire Lucas is the new Manager of Rustington Museum and she will be explaining the history of the Rustington Museums and what we can expect in the new Museum at the Samuel Wickens Centre. Why Rustington is important !!
We will meet in the church hall 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Pat Brooks - Its all in Translation
2019-05-01 19:30 - 21:30 | St Peter and St Pauls Church, Rustington, St Peter and St Pauls CHurch, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
This covers Pat Brook’s life experiences in the international translation services. The secret world of language communication and fun anecdotes.
Tea, coffee and cakes included
£1 wine raffle
All welcome

Littlehampton RNLI Lifeboat Station - visit.
2019-04-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Littlehampton RNLI lifeboat Station, Fishermans Quay, Littlehampton, BN17 5BL, United Kingdom
Visit to Littlehampton RNLI boat station. Demonstrations, talks and boats.
Illuminating, close hand examples of mans attempts to keep us safe on the sea.
Tea, Coffee and cakes.
Please give a donation to the RNLI.
If you need a lift to the station let me know 07786914795

Frank Hutchings - Navigation at Sea.
2019-03-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Church Hall, Back room – transferring later to church @ 8pm
Back room, church hall. 7:30pm
Frank Hutchings will give a talk on Navigation at Sea – The nautical chart , magnetic compass, and “Rule of the Road” at sea.
You thought it was all simple … Frank will give a taste of how to move safely on the sea and what happens if you don’t… 🙂
Its not all Sat Nav…

Tea, Coffee and Cakes

Wine Raffle £1

All welcome

Tony Turner Talk - The ships that won the War
2019-02-06 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
A Tony Turner talk – This is the remarkable story of how the Liberty ships came into being and the very considerable role that they played in winning WWII. An exciting tale involving the determination of a very brave British shipbuilder. All are welcome.
Tea, Coffee and Cakes
Wine Raffle £1

John Hawkins - History, architecture and events - St Peter and St Pauls Rustington Church
2019-01-09 19:30 - 21:30 | St Peter and St Pauls Church, Rustington, St Peter and St Pauls CHurch, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
John Hawkins with helpers will talk and explain the History, Architecture and events of Rustingtons St Peter and St Paul’s Church. Do not miss this event. John has extensive experience of describing and bringing alive past events of previous churches we have visited. Today its our church’s turn !!
We will meet in the church at 7:30pm
£2 Entrance and £1 Wine Raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship.
All are Welcome

Stephen Walby - Tips and advice for Photographing Family groups (and other animals)
2018-12-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
How to get good photographs of adults, children, couples and groups,
not forgetting babies and pets.
No jargon, just good, practical advice using accessible techniques for camera owners at all levels.
The talk will be given by Stephen Walby:-

www.stephenwalby.com/

Stephen Walby is a commercial event & portrait photographer with a studio based in Walberton Nr.Arundel Sussex. He is also a qualified adult education tutor running specialist courses covering landscape portrait wildlife action and studio photography for digital photography enthusiasts.

£2 entrance and £1 Wine raffle.
Refreshments and Cakes.
Networking and Fellowship

All welcome.

Tony Carter - Playing Cards
2018-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Tony will be introducing us to the history of playing cards through the ages.
Refreshments and cakes. Networking and fellowship. All are welcome.
£2 Entrance. £1 Wine raffle.

Dudley Hooley - The Dambusters
2018-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Dudley Hooley – Director of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum will give a talk on the Dambusters.
The story of Barnes Wallis, Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC, 617Sqn and the Dams raid
Refreshments and Cakes. All are welcome
£2 entrance.
£1 Wine Raffle

Tides - the science and spirit of the oceans
2018-09-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Frank Hutchings talks about Tides – the science and spirit of the oceans. Frank has had considerable navigational experience during his career in the Merchant Navy. Tales of the wild seas and tips on how to circumnavigate the globe.
Networking, Tea, Coffee and refreshments. Cakes of course 🙂
£1 wine raffle. £2 entry.
Church Hall, St Peter and St Pauls
All welcome.

Summer Evening Networking at the Lamb
2018-08-01 19:30 - 21:30
Hi, Its August and we normally don’t have a formal meeting. 7:30pm meeting at the Lamb in Rustington. General discussions, networking, food and drink. All are welcome.

No subscription, no wine raffle, just you. 🙂

A Tony Turner Talk - Sid Cotton’s Air Force
2018-07-04 19:30 - 21:30
This talk given by Tony Turner is the amazing story of a maverick Australian pilot who immediately before the WWII was engaged by MI6 to undertake clandestine aerial photographs of German Military installations and facilities. He went on to operate the beginnings of the RAF’s Photo Reconnaissance Unit.
Cake and Refreshments as usual.
£1 Wine Raffle

How to turn good views into good photos.
2018-06-06 19:30 - 21:30
Simple steps to taking landscape photographs that really work.
No jargon, just good, practical advice using accessible techniques for camera owners at all levels.
The talk will be given by Stephen Walby:-

www.stephenwalby.com/

Stephen Walby is a commercial event & portrait photographer with a studio based in Walberton Nr.Arundel Sussex. He is also a qualified adult education tutor running specialist courses covering landscape portrait wildlife action and studio photography for digital photography enthusiasts.
This is a mustn’t miss event. Bring your camera along, Stephen will show you how to improve your technique and photographic concepts and vision.

Refreshments and Cakes provided
£2 entry + £1 Wine Raffle !!

The Flint mines of Sussex - Alex Vincent
2018-05-02 19:30 - 21:30
Alex Vincent will give a talk on the flint mines of Sussex, Cissbury Ring mines. Film, photos and video on the research and history of the area.
Alex is a well known local amateur archaeologist from Worthing, member of Worthing Archaeology Society.
Cakes and refreshments.
£1 Wine Raffle

Show and Tell & Local Film Archive
2018-04-04 19:30 - 21:30 | St Peter and St Pauls Church, Rustington, St Peter and St Pauls CHurch, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Not quite the same as in school !!! Can all members bring a small ( fit in door or car park please ) item (a family heirloom, a treasured souvenir, a rarity, an item with a less-than-obvious purpose), and give an ‘explanation’.
Cakes and Refreshments as Usual. Wine Raffle £1.
As the Church Hall is being decorated it will be held in the South Room ( back of the Church Hall).
Unless there is a large turnout of items for the Show and Tell, we will decamp and go to the Church for a showing of the
West Sussex on Film… Presented by The South East Film & Video Archive from the West Sussex Record Office.
Including; Bognor Regis – a Seaside Girl. SIlent MOvies – A lowland Cinderella. Amateaur films of Crawley. Bognor Regis Film Society. Silver Jubilee Celebrations. Shipphams of Chichester. The Royal Sussex Regiment
SEFVA is putting together a comprehensive archive of old local films and videos from West Sussex

Emergency mission to Romania
2018-03-07 07:30 - 21:00 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
We have all seen Link Romania in Rustington and many other towns and villages, and may also join in the Shoebox appeal each Christmas. In November 1990 I took part in one of the first ‘mercy missions ‘ to Romania driving in a convoy of 7 vehicles organised by our then vicar from a church in Ilford Essex.
This is a talk by Michael Hickman.
Coffee and Cakes
£2 Entry + £1 (optional) Wine Raffle

The Way Forward + Brains Trust
2018-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Click on event to see more…A discussion on “The Way Forward”. The informal agenda will consider points that were made by those who were able to attend the January meeting. Such aspects as the name and structure of the group, the style and timing of meetings, the subject matter of possible talks and the choice or nomination of a speaker (even from our ‘in-house’ resources!) will need to be decided.
If there is time we will be holding a small ‘Brains Trust’ on local matters; and any other that people are interested in.
£1 entry + £1 Wine Raffle
Cake and Coffee as usual.
Minutes of Men’s Fellowship Meeting for January

Last meeting at the Lamb

We met last time at the Lamb to discuss the Men’s Fellowship. There were a few apologies for absence, possibly as it was just after Christmas. However, for those who arrived there was a lot of spirited interest and ideas were generated about what we would be interested in discussing and hearing about. I know it’s the cake and the coffee…. ‘What you put in then it’s what you will get out’. I have listed the points we discussed and general people’s views. There were 5 of us, we wanted to involved more people in the discussion, hence in February….

To do this the February meeting will consist of: –

7:30 -> 8:00 pm chat / networking with coffee and cake.
8.00 -> 8:45 pm Discussion about the creation of a support group ( not committee ) and the following points of interest
8:45-> 9:30 pm Brains Trust in the round. One person speaks at a time. General local issues and anything that is relevant. If any of the following points looks like it needs further discussion then it will be discussed here.

Structure of meeting

Some felt that the present method of having a short networking time ½ hour and then 1-1/2 hour talk and finish with questions at 9:30 at little too long. Concern was raised about the amount of noise during a speaker’s talk.

Committee v Support group.

Sorry but we have to have someone who can be contacted and that person will need support. If we are using the support group method, with no official positions, accounts and money have to be lodged with the Office on a meeting basis. I guess a cash pot can be kept. People help where necessary. This must be discussed. We have to have volunteers.

Christian prayers for start and finish.

Is there a sufficient Christian focus, do we try to outreach to other men’s fellowships etc.

Talk interests and persons who can do them.

Everybody must try to suggest a person or event and then if they know them and the group want to go ahead, then ask that person if they would be interested in giving a short chat. It must not be left to one person to do this. We can’t afford to pay for big names; but it’s our experience that it’s the passion of the speaker rather than the status that counts. I think we want people to allow us to discuss and be involved. It’s important to emphasise that that it is a friendly society and speakers will be given as much support as they need.

April meeting cannot be in Hall

The Hall is going to be redecorated in April so whatever we do must be relocated elsewhere.

March’s Meeting

Michael will be talking about his involvement in the emergency Romanian Orphanage supply convoy.
This will be on March 7th 7:30pm in the Church Hall.

Cake rota and coffee rota

We need to have a rota of interested Cake suppliers catering for say 15 people. Please let me/us know who can be help. If monetary help is needed then that is fine.
Paul’s wife Carol will provide cakes for February 7th and Alison, my wife, will do it on the 7th March. It doesn’t just have to be the wives !!

The coffee and Tea rota is currently being sorted by Keith, who is doing an excellent job. However he needs help on occasions. This must be discussed.

Wordsmith and marketer required.

Help for advance info for SeeSight and Pew sheet… Please

Entrance fee + Wine Raffle

At the moment we have a £1 entrance fee with a £1 wine raffle. This really should go up to £2 especially if we want to attract some speakers.

Don’t be afraid to complain.

Possible talks

We discussed: –

Red Arrows again?
Focus on Local Area
Cook a curry / signature dish
Funeral directors – options and planning a virtual funeral service in advance
Flat Pack Dan / DIY expert for those difficult DIY conundrums or equivalent
Sussex Geological Society
Holidays abroad – possibly Australia / New Zealand? / Old Singapore
Bellringing, look out two, trebles going…gone…
Fire Service / Lifeboat
Rugby at national level.
Your camera – simple tricks at getting good photos for family, landscape, macros..
Death Café ???

Please contact.

Bill Dodd 01903 752379
07786914795

Hair of the Dog - General Networking
2018-01-03 19:30 - 21:30
Hair of the Dog – General Networking – Lamb 7:30 in Rustington near the St Peter and St Pauls church.
. As mentioned at the last meeting we said that there would not be a formal meeting in January. There is an evening of discussion / refreshment at the Lamb ( Near St Peter and St Pauls) in Rustington tomorrow night at 7:30pm. No Wine Draw I’m afraid , but no cost 😊

Apart from the pleasure of seeing you all it would be good to discuss the following points in an informal way:-

We need to remove the ‘Formerly’ from our groups name. So a committee or leading group is needed to be reformed. Action people required…
We need to get ideas for meetings? Eg Tips how to do the difficult areas of DIY like hanging doors etc. Tips and advice on how to take photographs, perhaps people bringing their favourite photos. Maybe just a networking discussion evening.
We need to put together a providers list for the cakes and offer more help to Keith and John.
Let me know of any email addresses that we need to add to the mailing list.

Loads of needs.. Michael is going to give us a talk in March about the Convoy he was involved with to provide help to Romanian Orphanages and Hospitals.

Come and discuss or if you can’t make it please email back. 😊

Happy New Year to you all

Bill Dodd

First Responders - how we do it ...
2017-12-06 19:30 - 21:30
The speaker this month is Anthony Hopkins, Assistant Team Leader for the Branch Community Responders. Come and learn about this vital community action group. Cake, Wine Raffle, Coffee and Tea. Questions and AV. Excellent company.

Forthcoming - 'Hidden Mysteries of the Pipe Organ'
2017-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 | St Peter and St Pauls Church, Rustington, St Peter and St Pauls CHurch, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Most men like Swiss Army knives and their modern equivalents. Behind the shiny pipes fronting the back wall of Rustington Parish Church is the musical equivalent. This will be an illustrated hands – on event in the church (not the hall), with something to fascinate lovers of music, physics, electrics, history, computers and mystery!
bring some music if you can play keyboard of any kind.
It’s on the second rather than the first Wednesday in November.
Thought only mice and rats were there in the organ loft – amaze yourself. Practical demonstration by one of our churches inspired organists and clergy. Tea and Coffee, Cake, Wine Raffle, general good company. Come on in and see…

The Hills and Valleys of Africa
2017-10-04 19:30 - 21:30
This covers Pat Brook’s experiences in the geography and tribulations of Africa. A real must for the real geopolitic student. Enthusiastic speaker. Wine raffle, cakes, coffee, tea.. Excellent company. Come and join us…

Astronomy - Mars - Not your Grandfather`s Mars!
2017-09-06 19:30 - 21:30
Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Refreshments – Tea/ Coffee / Cakes.
The talk will be about
Mars —— Not your Grandfather`s Mars.
Telescope provided !
Prize draw
Cost £1 per head.

Summer recess
2017-08-02 07:30 - 19:30
No meeting today. Summer recess !

Wednesday 5th July 2017 7:30pm - Talk by Tony Gardener
2017-07-05 19:30 - 21:00 | The Church Hall, 77 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, BN16 3NL, United Kingdom
Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Refreshments – Tea/ Coffee / Cakes.
The talk will consist of interesting details on Worthing , Transport issues and anecdotes.
Prize draw
Cost £1 per head.
