Notices 10th September

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Bible Study Group. We are meeting again from Monday 11th September, 7:30-8:30pm. Everyone welcome.

Ladies' Guild A.G.M. is on Tuesday 12th September at 2:00pm. All are welcome. Subscriptions are due.

Worship Consultation Cttee. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 12th September at 7:30pm in the Owlerton Room. This is for Stewards, Local Preachers, Worship Leaders, PowerPoint operators and musicians.

Share Food Bank. We are going to be collecting for the Share Food Bank again this year for Harvest. Priority food items: cereals, UHT milk, tinned meat, tinned vegetables and potatoes, tinned tomatoes, rice, soup, rice pudding and toiletries: toothpaste, tooth brushes, shampoo, shower gel, deodorants, toilet rolls and soap, please. Katie.

Wedding. John G. and Di are to be married this Saturday 16th September, at 12:00noon, at Wisewood. The ceremony will be followed by a buffet in the hall, to which you are all invited. N.B. No presents please.

A new group for young people in school year 6 and above will start next Sunday, 17th September, at the same time as the morning service. We will run a 5 session trial, focusing on parables. This will be Messy Church style, so come and give it a try! Wendy & Harry.

Circuit Service will be on Sunday 17th September at 6:00pm at Firth Park (not at Warren, as stated on the preaching plan). It will be led by Rev. Judith Jessop, Naomi Gordon and Nick Waterfield and will include a video about their pioneer ministries. Refreshments will be served after the service.

Joan and Ian would like to thank everyone for their good wishes and many beautiful cards to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. We were delighted and overwhelmed. You have kept Jackie G. busy!

Harvest Social. There will be a Faith Supper on Saturday 23rd September, 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start, followed by home grown entertainment. Please sign up on the list in the foyer if you are coming. If you are able to provide either a savoury or sweet dish, then this would be appreciated (please indicate which on the list) but this is not a requirement to attend. All are welcome. There is no charge. If you believe you can provide about 3 minutes of post-supper entertainment, then please see either Howard or Sue Ro.

Banner Making. Calling all who can sew...! Would you like to help make a new banner? If so, let Annette know when you are available. Thank you.

The Wesley Guild will resume on Monday 25th September. The speaker will be Katie Leonowicz. All are welcome.

Prayer Column

We read the foreword to this year's prayer Handbook written by Roger Walton, President of the British Methodist Conference 2016/17 "Freedoms to Share".

In January 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt said: "In the midst of war, I have a vision of a future founded upon four essential human freedoms: of speech, of worship, from want or poverty, from fear."

We thanked God for the freedoms we share: the infrastructure in our land, home, food, shelter, the peace that has prevailed for decades, the new road surfaces we enjoy in our location! We prayed for the areas in our world where these freedoms are denied and prayed for the agencies that bring us news of what God is doing in Syria and how the message of the Bible is giving hope and help to many refugees and poor people in Egypt, China and Algeria, where bibles are in great demand. May God's freedoms flood into the messy war-torn, unhappy corners of our world.