Notices 22nd May

Sunday, May 22, 2016

No Evening Service at Wisewood on Sunday 22nd May, as there is a Justice & Peace Circuit Service at Victoria Methodist Church, Stafford Road, at 6:00pm. Come at 5:30pm for tea and home made cake.

"Annie Get Your Gun" Crucible Musical. Group booking arranged for Tuesday 3rd January 2017 at 7:15pm. Tickets are £24 if 25+ people book (or £25 if 10 to 24 book) to be paid by 31st May.
Cliff P.

Summer Edition of the Church Magazine. The deadline date for all articles is Sunday 12th June.

Syrian Aid. If you have or know of a space roughly the size of a double garage that can be used to store and sort clothing and water to be taken out to Syria in two months' time, please see Becca.

The Joint Public Issues Team, who brought 'Think, Pray, Vote', have produced an impartial resource about the major issues in the EU Referendum coming up on 23rd June. There is a printed copy on the front desk which you are welcome to read and then please leave for others to do the same. You can get your own copy at http://www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Think-Pray-Vote-EU-Referendum-resource.pdf.

"The Servant Queen and the King She Serves" published by the The Bible Society. Copies of this book have been ordered. Watch out for them! For further details, please speak to Joan B.

"A Mind Apart" Club is a drama group which takes place every Friday 5:00-6:00pm, at church. Suitable for children aged 5-11 years. For more details, ask Cliff P.

A Summer Concert will be performed at Wisewood Church, on Saturday 9th July, at 7:30pm, by The City of Sheffield Teachers' Choir and Chester-le-Street Community Choir, to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday and the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. For tickets, ask Joan Warby, Marjorie Cockburn or John G.

Prayer Group Report

Reading from 2 Samuel, we see that God chooses and uses the most unlikely people to spread His message of love.

At this time of Pentecost, we prayed that God's Holy Spirit will bring power to His people to proclaim the message of Jesus far and wide.

We prayed for those meeting this week to discuss the problems caused by corruption and how to combat this and tax avoidance. If all legitimate taxes were paid many countries would be lifted out of poverty and the present world aid budget would be unnecessary.

Hundreds of people are still trying to cross from Africa (in particular Libya) and the Middle East to Europe and again during the past week hundreds were saved from flimsy boats, and almost certain death, by Italian patrol boats.

We prayed for peace and for the peacemakers to stop the exodus of those who feel impelled to flee their homes to escape war and turmoil.

We gave thanks for the many years of peace we have experienced in our own country.

The Methodist Prayer Handbook directs us this week to pray for the islands of the Caribbean.

We prayed for all those mentioned in our prayer book and for others known to us who are in any kind of distress.

In Psalm 51 we read: " Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me".