Weekly notices 26th January

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Members' Notices

Chippy Church celebrates its 1st birthday this month.Join us from 6.30pm onwards on 31st January as we explore music, its importance to us as humans and its role in worship.  A chance to get together, eat chips, make instruments from recycled materials, sing, play and discuss the subject.  Feel free to bring any instruments to share you talents (if you can't play any instruments don't be put off - you may discover talents you didn't know you had)!

The latest Sheffield Circuit update can be found on the vestibule desk.

Church Magazine If you have any articles for the spring edition, please contact Stuart Craigen by Sunday February 9th at the latest .

The next stage of theCommunity Garden is tree planting on Wednesday 29th January from 10am. Please wear wellies as the ground has quite a bit of sitting water!

You may have heard that Vernon Marsh (District Chair) is hosting a couple of discussion sessions about the Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnership Consulatation questionnaire.  These will be at St Andrews, Psalter Lane on Weds 29th Jan, 7:30-9:30pm, or Sat 1st Feb, 10am-12 noon There is no need to book in advance, but it would be useful if anyone planning on attending read through the questionnaire and its FAQs, both of which can be found the Methodist Church website, or hard copies can be obtained from the District Office (0114 281 2733). 

Prayer Column

We read from Isaiah 58 about true fasting and from John 17 where Jesus prays for himself, his disciples and all believers.

We gave thanks that Jesus prayed for us to be set apart and made holy to do God’s work. Thanks too for the righteous men speaking out for justice and pleading for the poor. May their pleas be heeded and steps taken to alleviate distress.

The Pope is still working to put right many wrongs within the Vatican and the Catholic Church.

In this week of Christian Unity we prayed or all churches, especially in our own area, remembering the ‘Fun Day in the Park’ to be held on the 3rd May. Hillsborough churches will be working together to show Jesus to this community . May we be supportive with one another.

We prayed for Nick Waterfield leading his final trial service—so near to completing his local preacher training.

Our prayers continued or peace in areas of conflict around the world especially :- South Sudan- a new country already falling apart.
Palestine - more and more land is being taken to build Israeli houses.
Syria- many thousands are without homes food water and power. May the world come to the assistance of those suffering and may
humanitarian aid be forthcoming.
In Afghanistan recent suicide bombings targeting westerners caused several deaths and injuries. We prayed for those affected. As we look to the future of that country following the planned withdrawal of troops, all we can see is more turmoil. We prayed for peace and stability.