Our Monthly Litter Pick will be held on Saturday 7th March. Please meet at church at 10am, all equipment will be provided, free cuppa and bacon butties available at church afterwards. All are welcome for this act of mission outreach in the local community, doing a good deed and enjoying fresh air and a chat. Hope to see as many as possible for this worthwhile activity.

Film Nite on Friday 13^th March at 7pm. Tickets £5 including supper.  Funds for ‘Room at the Inn’.

Praise & Testimony Service 1^st Sunday of the month at 6:30pm at Penketh Methodist Church.  For more details please see the poster on the notice board.

Singo Bingo on Saturday 7^th March at 6:30pm at Padgate Community Centre. Adults £5, children £2.50. For more details please see the poster on the notice board.

Tonight’s discipleship meeting. Sunday 9th Feb, has been cancelled. Sorry for the late notice.

Tabletop Sale at Padgate Methodist on Saturday 7^th March from 10:00am to noon.

Brunch at Trinity Church, Widnes on Saturday 15^th February at 10:30am.  Please see the poster on the notice board for more details.

Murder Mystery Evening raised £157.00 plus 20 meals were donated to ‘Room at the Inn’.

Celtic Lunch at Trinity Church, Widnes on Saturday 14^th March at 11:00am to 1:30pm.

Hidden Palestine talk at Stockton Heath Methodist Church on Monday 3^rd February at 7:30pm. For more details please see the poster on the notice board.

Fred Pendlebury Trust is a Warrington based charity which provides small grants in the way of goods and services to people over 50 living within Warrington Unitary Authority. The Trust is looking for a Trustee who is interested in the work of the Trust. The job is not onerous and involves attendance at two trustee meetings a year. In addition, although grants are normally approved by the Chair and deputy Chair of trustees, there are a small number that require the approval of all Trustees. Trustees must be a member of one of the Methodist churches within the Warrington Unitary Authority. If you are interested in finding out more about the Fred Pendlebury Trust and the duties of the trustees please contact Sue R (Contact Details available in Church paper notices or from Church Stewards).

Fred Pendlebury Trust is a Warrington based charity which provides small grants in the way of goods and services to people over 50 living within Warrington Unitary Authority. The Trust is looking for a Trustee who is interested in the work of the Trust. The job is not onerous and involves attendance ay two trustee meetings a year. In addition, although grants are normally approved by the Chair and deputy Chair of trustees, there are a small number that require the approval of all Trustees. Trustees must be a member of one of the Methodist churches within the Warrington Unitary Authority. If you are interested in finding out more about the Fred Pendlebury Trust and the duties of the trustees please contact Sue Rigby (E-mail & phone number published in church paper notices or available from latchfordmc@outlook.com).

Tickets are £7 pp and available within church (preferred), or e-mail latchfordmc@outlook.com.
A three course French Themed Dinner will be served during the mystery.
Please buy your tickets early as we need to confirm numbers for the catering.

As part of a week of prayer there is a Churches together event on January 19th at 4pm at St. James Church. People from Latchford are attending and lifts can be arranged if you let us know.

Murder Mystery Evening on Friday 24^th January. An evening of fun, food and mystery. There will be a 3-course meal during which the story of a murder will be told, and guests will be asked to decide who is the murderer. Further details in the New Year. We also need 6 people to play the suspects plus one narrator. It is not necessary to learn the script but there will be a couple of rehearsals to run through it. Please let Jane Otterson (phone number available upon request) know if you are interested.

Christmas carnations raised £48.10.

Thank you from Wendy for everybody who gave money for her sponsored sleep-out. She raised £230.00 for Room in the Inn.

Barbara Johnson (nee Mayne) from Norris Street Methodist Church sadly passed away before Christmas.  Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this sad time.  The funeral is tomorrow, Monday 6th Jan at 3pm at Walton Lea Crematorium.

Yesterdays Litter Pick was a great success with 4 bags of litter collected from the verges and around the village. We are making this a monthly effort and the more people who help, the easier it is.  The next pick will be on Saturday 1st February at 10:00am. Equipment will be provided, free cuppa and bacon butties available at Church afterwards. Please join us, the more the merrier as many hands make light work! We look forward to seeing you.

Litter Pick on Saturday 4^th January at 10:00am. Starting in January litter picks will be held in Latchford on the first Saturday of the month. Meet at Church at 10:00am, equipment will be provided, free cuppa and bacon butties available at Church afterwards. Please join us, the more the merrier as many hands make light work! We look forward to seeing you.

Christmas Post raised £36 for Room at the Inn. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Going Deeper will be meeting in the new year on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month (except January 6th) in the lounge at 1.30 – 2.45pm. We will be studying Jesus’ parables and we welcome all who would like to get to know Jesus’ words a bit better to join with us. It is very informal with a tea or coffee and biscuit to start us off.

Please collect your cards this morning

The flower list for 2020 is now available on the pulpit table.

If you are thinking of joining us then please see Joyce as we need to collect names.

Christmas Day Service will be at Bold street. If anyone requires a lift then please add your name to the paper on the pulpit table.

Sunday 22nd December
10:45am Carol Service led by Revd. Linda Bishop

Tuesday 24th December 
4.30pm CHRISTMAS EVE Worship and Holy Communion led by Revd. Linda Bishop

Wednesday 25th December
10.00am CHRISTMAS DAY Family Worship at Bold Street led by Revd. Linda Bishop

Sunday 5th January
10.45am Covenant Service led by Revd. Linda Bishop

St, Mary’s Church, Lymm on Thursday 18^th December at 7:30pm.

Monday 9^th December at 7:30pm at St. John’s Church Walton.

Interested in mental wellbeing and a good listener?  PeerTalk, a charity underpinned by the Methodist Church, is looking for volunteers to help run a peer support group for people living with depression, anxiety in Warrington. Training day is on Saturday 11^th January 2020 at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, 9:45am to 4pm (travel costs reimbursed). More details at www.peertalk.org.uk/index.php/volunteer or contact enquiries@peertalk.org.uk. The peer support group already runs in Warrington, meeting every Monday evening at the Gateway.  For more details please see the notice board.

Last week Linda asked “How do you show Gods love?” and gave us all a challenge.

The Challenge is to ask yourself these questions:

• What are you going to do to this week to show God’s Love?
• What will you do to recharge and to know God’s love?

Small acts of kindness can make a massive change to someones life. The little things we do often make the biggest difference.

It could be as small as giving a smile, or saying hello to someone in the street. Perhaps paying for someone to have a cup of tea or offer words of encouragement. Offer a helping hand, give flowers to a stranger, or offer to pray with someone.

This week, Linda asks that we continue with this challenge throughout the advent period and she also extended the challenge asking us to buy an anonymous gift “For a stranger with God’s love”.  

If you do something, no matter how small or insignificant you feel it is, Let Iain know and he will publish it on our website.

Either tell Iain, call him, e-mail latchfordmc@outlook.com or click “reply” below this notice on our website. Everything will be treated as anonymous, unless you your happy for your name to be shown. If you reply using facebook then your name will be public and so using the website is best.
Lets see how big a list we can collect.

If anyone wants a Christmas flower in memory of somebody please see Wendy, they are £1.20 each.

Christmas Tree Service is 8^th December.  New toys please, if wrapped please state age and gender.