Squeeze Breakfast Club returns from 10am on Sunday the 3rd of March at Herstmonceux Village Hall, everyone is welcome to join us for breakfast, the Sunday papers, crafts and chat.

Lawrence Keeley has completed almost ten years worth of work on his life story which has just been published. Copies are available from Herstmonceux Village Information Centre for £14 each.

What happens when a farmer loses the tenancy of his farm? This particular farmer ate pig swill, went to jail for burning waste, slept on the streets (to raise funds for a homeless shelter), and saw life from a whole new perspective. The unexpected turns in this farmers’ life have fostered in him a deep-seated compassion for the underdog, causing him to campaign on issues of housing, farming and care.

This true story is a moving first-hand account of an individual trying to make his mark on the world, against the background of a rapidly vanishing way of life, and is not to be missed.

Helen Shapiro Gospel Outreach

Helen Shapiro, whose singles ‘Don’t Treat Me Like a Child’, ‘You Don’t Know’, ‘Walking Back To Happiness’ and Tell Me What He Said’ sent her soaring to international stardom at the tender age of fourteen, has been going strong ever since 1961!

Helen is a highly respected jazz singer. She performed with the likes of Humphrey Lyttelton and his band from 1983 to 2001, and also with the BBC Big Band. Helen has also been in demand as a panto principal boy and appeared in many stage musicals. In May 1995 she was the ‘gob-smacked’ subject of ‘This Is Your Life’ on BBC TV.

In August 1987 Helen became a committed believer in Jesus. Several months of searching the Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament, and seeing their fulfilment in the New Testament, culminated in her being opened to the truth of Jesus as Saviour of the world and the promised Messiah of her own Jewish people.

In 1989 Helen held the first of many Gospel Evenings to coincide with the release of her first gospel album ‘The Pearl’. This album, along with her second gospel album ‘Kadosh’ (Holy) proved to be a very big seller. At these ‘Gospel Outreaches’ as they are now called, Helen presents her challenging story. She begins by singing a selection of worship songs for approximately 15 minutes, aided by live accompaniment. She then follows on to tell about how she came to faith in Jesus. This time of testimony is interspersed with songs (including the ever-popular ‘Walking Back to Happiness’) sung to backing tracks. She concludes the evening with a powerful, personal Gospel challenge

In 1993, Helen’s autobiography entitled ‘Walking Back To Happiness’ (what else!) was published by Harper Collins and Helen has held outreaches in the USA, South Africa, Spain, Holland and Russia,. Her 1995 Gospel album entitled ‘Nothing But The Best’ includes a duet with Cliff Richard and her fourth Gospel album, entitled ‘Enter Into His Gates’ was also a big seller. Most of the tracks from all four Gospel albums have now been put on a double CD entitled ‘The Gospel Collection’. Helen’s newest Gospel album (released in 2010) is called ‘What Wondrous Love Is This’ and is Helen’s first Gospel release in 12 years!

Helen now devotes herself solely to her Gospel outreaches having come out of show business at the end of 2002, after 42 years of touring.

Helen will be hosting a Gospel Outreach at The Reid Hall, Boreham Street on Saturday the 11th of May starting at 7:30pm.

The verse for Squeeze this month is from Matthew 13:33: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast in bread… it permeates every part of the dough.”