Notices 17th July

Sunday, July 17, 2016

'Branching Out' Summer edition of the church magazine is ready for collection from Sunday 17th onwards. Please do help yourselves to a copy and enjoy!

Mission in Britain. Could all boxes and donations be passed to Hilde / Neil as soon as possible. Thank you in anticipation.

Overseas Mission. Please let Jill Platts have all donations at your earliest convenience. Thanks.

Action for Children. Gift envelopes are still available for donations in support of the continual vital work being carried out, helping neglected and vulnerable children and young people. "Across the UK 3.7million children live in poverty. 1.7million live in absolute poverty." If you are making a donation and are a tax payer able to Gift Aid your donation, please do so. This will provide an additional 25p for each £1.00 at no extra cost to ourselves. Thank you for your support. It will be most gratefully received. Stella.

Ladies' Guild Coffee Morning will be on Saturday 23rd July 10:30am-1:00pm. There will be cakes on sale, and Bring & Buy stalls. Please support us as the money will go to two charities of our choice. Pat & Sue.

Table Top Sale on Saturday 23rd July, at 10:00am, in the flats at the bottom of Laird Drive. It will include a tombola, a raffle and refreshments.

FREE Summer Fun Day on Saturday 23rd July 10:30am-2:30pm at Walkley Ebenezer Church, AFCH Training Centre, Greenhow Street (off South Road) S6 3TP. It will include fun dance & drama, karaoke, BBQ, raffle, free tasters in our arts and crafts, drama games, mock-tail making, hair plaiting, nail painting and lots more. Please use public transport whenever possible (bus 95 is the most frequent). Parking is very limited. Directly opposite the entrance, there is a chemist and a medical centre with a small car park, where you can park for short periods of time. Hope to see you there. Si. Contact: 0114 3485547 / 07788526667 / allfriendscommunityhub@outlook.com / communityhub.yolasite.com.

Becca's Farewell Service is on Sunday 24th July, 10:30am, led by Katie Leonowicz.

Becca & Dave’s Wedding. Everyone is invited on Saturday 30th July, at 1:45pm, at Wisewood Church. If you live locally and can avoid using your car, or share lifts with each other, please do, in order to leave room for guests travelling from across the country. Thank you.

The Methodist Conference 2016 unanimously passed a resolution calling for respect and tolerance in our national life in the wake of the divisive EU Referendum Campaign. It asked that a letter be sent to MP's and others in positions of leadership, via www.methodist.org.uk/nationallife which makes it easier, by automatically generating an email based on the postcode you give, addressing it to the correct MP. Alternatively, there is a link on the page to a Word document, if you prefer to send it via Royal Mail.

Golden Wedding Anniversary. Some of you will remember Rev. Abraham Williams who had hoped to come to our church from Cuba a number of years ago. You may be interested to hear that he and his wife Hilda will be celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on 6th August. The church will be sending a card. Margaret P.

Prayer Group Report

We read from Acts, chapter 6 - seven men are chosen to concentrate on prayer.

May we glorify the Christ who intercedes for us and may the gentleness of Jesus permeate people's hearts.

We prayed for Biblelands whose aim is to see that everyone has access to God's Word. May many more people engage with the Bible.

Embrace asks us to pray for the deaf, especially for improved opportunities for them at its learning centre in Lebanon.

Tearfund would welcome more volunteers to serve in various places around the world for periods between 2 weeks and 6 months.

We prayed about the situation in America remembering the families of those killed by the police and the families of the policemen shot, and those injured, in Dallas. We gave thanks that in our own country we have laws restricting the ownership of guns.

We prayed for our new Prime Minister, who will need support in the weeks to come.

May each believer live closely with the Bible and be able to treat everyone lovingly as God intends.

Lord, help us to live together in love.