| The Methodist Church, Sandbach |
| Online at: www.sandbachmethodist.org.uk |
| Minister: Rev’d Kim Stilwell | Telephone: 01270 762074 | E-mail: kim.stilwell@gmail.com |
SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY
| 9:00am | Mr Paul Jackson. |
| 10:30am | Rev’d Pauline Basterfield ~ Church Family Service. The Door Welcomers are June Davies and Linda Smith and the Flowers have been given by Hilda Tench. Please join us for Coffee after the service. There will be Prayers in the Henshall room straight after this morning’s service for the Healthy Church process. |
| 6:30pm | At Wheelock ~ Rev'd Kim Stilwell ~ Healing Service. |
This week, in our groups, meetings and homes, we pray for the scale and urgency of the situation in the east and Horn regions of Africa not to be forgotten by the international community; refugees, particularly those who have fled the conflict in Somalia, to receive adequate help – and for peace and stability for Somalia so they can return home; the relief work of all organisations involved, especially Christian Aid and ACT Alliance partners across Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Ethiopia; a resolution to rising food prices, and the effects these are having on this crisis. [From the Christian Aid Prayer Diary.]
We pray also for June Davies’ pastoral group: David and Carole Barringer; Jacqueline, Philip, Calum and Shannon Bradley; George, Debbie and Jennifer Cooper; Anne Curzon; David, Theresa, Michael and Gemma Pleavin; Derek and Wendy Sadler. Amen.
| 7:30pm | Christianity Explored House Fellowship ~ at 19 Fields Drive. | |
| 1:30pm to 3:30pm | Indoor Bowls. | |
| 10:30am | Churches Together Ladies Bible Study and Fellowship. (See Di Barnes or Melanie Parsons for more details.) | |
| 9:45am | Midweek Morning Worship ~ Discussion ~ ‘A Discipleship Movement’. | |
| 8:00pm | Focus Group meeting ~ at 10 Roman Way. We will be completing the Healthy Church bible study. | |
| 1:30pm to 2:45pm | ‘Stepping Stones’ Mother & Toddler Group. | |
| 7:30pm | Wesley Guild ~ Social Evening ~ An Evening of Magic with Tony Ashmore. | |
| 10:00am to 10:15am | Saturday Morning Prayers in the Henshall Room. | |
| 10:00am to noon | Coffee Morning. |
| From the rosters for the next week: | |
| Cleaning | Margaret Ashmore, Susan Atkin and George and Gladys Haynes. |
| Saturday coffee | Jean Eaton, Joy Wade and Sue Hitchinson. |
| Next Sunday: | |
| Stewards am | Ann Horsfield (vestry) and Linda Jones (door). |
| Stewards pm | All available. |
| Door welcomers | John and Elizabeth Bayley. |
| Flowers | Jean Ford. |
| Reader | Margaret Beard. |
| Coffee | Ken and Joy Wade and Roger and Valetta Cranmer. |
SUNDAY 5TH FEBRUARY
| 10:30am | Rev’d Kim Stilwell ~ Holy Communion. The communion offertory will be for Schools for Gambia. |
| 12:30pm | All are invited to Lunch and answer some questions to help us to identify our priorities for growth in a Healthy Church review exercise. Hope you can make it ~ we will be finished by 2:30pm. If you have any queries please contact Kim, Karen Foster or any of the Stewards. |
| 6:30pm | Rev’d Kim Stilwell ~ Taizé Service. |
| 6:00pm to 9:00pm | ‘What a Difference a Week Makes!’ ~ pre-Christian Aid Week Road Show ~ at St Mary’s, Alsager. Please see the poster for more details, and see Deborah Darnes if you are interested. | |
| 7:30pm | Ladies’ Friendship Circle ~ ‘Hearing Dogs for Deaf People’ ~ Jaqueline Snelson, June Hartstone and Paddy the dog. | |
| 7:45pm | Cell Group ~ studying Jesus’ Teaching in Parables ~ at 3 Adlington Drive. | |
| 12:15pm for 12:30pm | Community Lunch. If you have a neighbour or friend who would like to attend, tickets are available from Linda Smith or May Lewis at £8 as this is a post Christmas turkey dinner. |
If anyone would like to be informed of the hymns for the morning service in advance, please sign your name on the list at coffee, giving your e-mail address, or telephone number if you don’t have e-mail. The vestry steward that morning will then let you have the list a day or two in advance.
The Chapel Lunch last Sunday raised £536·94. As usual, thanks to everyone who helped in preparation, cooking, serving, washing up, just being there and also those who provided laundry service !!!!
If you can provide a Sweet for the Lunch on February 5th please would you sign the list at coffee today.
Pew Comfort: The Church Council has resolved that comfort in the Chapel should be improved by the purchase of cushions for the ground floor pews. At present this expenditure of approximately £2,500 is not included in the current Church budget. The cost works out at approximately £75 per pew or £15 per “bottom”. If anyone would like to help contribute to the pew cushion fund by making a donation please contact David Priaulx.
Items for next week’s news sheet to Andrew Stolworthy by 7:00pm Friday please
12 Park
House Drive, Sandbach, CW11 1YW ~ 01270 767660 ~ andrew@stolworthy.me.uk
