Keith from Lyons court has sent us a wonderful thank you card. He wanted to thank everyone for all the effort that went into the hamper he won. Keith attended a recent event and was surprised at the friendliness he received from everyone within the church.
He isn’t very well at the moment and so please pray for him.
50 Refugee families have moved into the Fur Grove Hotel and help is needed with many different events but especially English lessons. Please see Julian for further information
On Christmas Eve New Song will be distributing Hot Drinks at Christmas Eve Hot Drinks at Walton Crem and Fox Covert from 10am until 3pm. See Kit if you can assist.
On Saturday 17th December we will be Carol Singing and handing out Christmas Angels and Mince pies in Latchford village.
Come and sing with us please. We meet at Church at 10am to prepare and then head into the village at 10.30am
On Saturday 10th December we will be hosting our Christmas Bunch starting at 11.30am
There will be coffee and mince pies as well as stalls to browse including a cake stall and a craft stall. There will be a gift wrapping service and a children’s craft corner.
Why not come along and have a browse over a hot drink and a mince pie?
On Sunday 11th December we are collecting NEW toys, unwrapped please, for families who are really struggling over Christmas.
Please place them under our tree for later collection.
We are offering a warm space to anyone in the community who is struggling to keep warm starting this week on Wednesday 7th December between 11am and 2pm until January or longer if its needed.
There will be lots going on including:
Please pass this on and share with anyone in need.
Anyone willing to assist with serving, cleaning, chatting or praying for the initiative then that would be really appreciated. Please see Margret F or Wendy T for further details.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 4th December service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
A prayer a day from Dec 1st until Jan 1st is available within a prayer booklet produced by Rev Linda. Please collect a copy from within the Church for use as a resource over the Christmas period.
There is a New song cafe today between 7pm and 9pm
A huge thank you to everyone who attended or helped with yesterdays Christmas dinner. We raised over £300.
Photographs of the meal can be found in our Church Gallery on our website by clicking here
Please use caution if you need to go near the alter or behind the Christmas tree due to the electrical cables used to power the lights on our tree.
Warm space initiative starts on Wednesday 7th December. More details soon.
Sunday Services will now start at the earlier time of 10.30am to align ourselves with the other churches within the circuit.
If you have any empty cake tins / Celebration Tins / Quality Street tins etc then could you please donate them to Rita.
Please see Rita for further information. Thank you.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 27th November service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Christmas Eve – Joint with New Song – Christingle – 6pm
Christmas Eve – New Song – Hot Drinks Ministry 10am – 3pm
17th December – Joint with New Song – Carol sing, distribute Christmas angels and mince pies in Latchford village.
Everyone is welcome to join in and share God’s love with the village.
Saturday 10th December – Christmas Brunch, Coffee and mince pies
Present wrapping service, children’s craft table and other stalls.
Monday afternoons 28th November to 19th December
Advent fellowship group using the theme ‘there is room’
2pm in the lounge all welcome
Saturday 26th November at 1pm.
3 course Christmas dinner at church – Tickets £12 Children under 10 £6 includes entry into prize draw. Please see Wendy for tickets.
We believe God made this world,
God loves this world, God lives in this world.
We believe God holds it and cradles it in loving hands:
holding its pain,
caring for every memory of every person in conflict.
We believe God loves each human being,
on every side of every struggle,
who has given of themselves,
even to death,
for their friends and family and country.
We believe violence breaks Gods heart;
bullets tear through Gods realm;
and war opposes Gods love.
But we believe love lives longer than hatred;
hope burns away at despair;
God calls to us from the violence,
and we can work in love for a better world.
So be it.
(seasons of the spirit)
Prayer
Lord on this Remembrance Day we pray for peace in our world, we long for an end to all war, conflict and suffering. We feel helpless in these days and our hearts break in sadness and sorrow at our broken world.
We pray for all those who grieve the loss of loved ones lost in war and conflict, on this day of public remembering give them strength to remember with thanksgiving and hope for a better world.
Holy Spirit sweep the lands, turn hatred to love, sorrow to dancing and despair to hope. Help us all to live together with our difference and celebrate diversity. Help us to be peacemakers in our own homes, our own communities.
As we wear our poppies today, symbols of hope in our brokenness, we reflect on the Christian symbol of the cross, where our saviour gave his life for our freedom. To live in freedom within ourselves and the world is a longing of every heart. Lord give us the courage to live out the sacrifice of Christ and the countless lives lost in battle, may peace begin with us.
Amen
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our last four Sunday worship services are now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Today our church is 128 years young!
Just a reminder that next Sunday 16th Service starts 15 minutes earlier at 10.30 as we have the honor to stream our service to the circuit.
It’s harvest festival in two weeks. If you will be staying after the service for the faith lunch then please add your name to the list so we can get an idea of the numbers to cater for.
Don’t forget our Christian book lending library can be found near the entrance door between the church and the hall.
It’s well worth a read
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 9th October service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
A big thank you to everyone who attended or helped at our first coffee morning of this new season with a special thank you to Jane.
Our next Church Council meeting is on the 19th October at 7.30pm.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend to learn what is going on within our church and have your say.
An early reminder that on Sunday 16th October (in 2 weeks) our service will start at the earlier time of 10.30am.
This is because we have been honoured to be added to a rota of six (?) churches that livestream services to the whole of the Sankey Valley Circuit and most churches start their service at 10.30am.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 2nd October service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Coffee morning this Saturday 1st October from 10.30am until 12 in the lounge.
Hope to see you there.
As our church building was closed this morning due to road closures for the Warrington run our members of the church supported the running event by having a table and handing out water and sweets to runners. Well done to all who took part.
Road closures for the Warrington Fun run will prevent access to our church on Sunday 25th and therefore we will NOT be holding a service within the building or on our facebook or youtube page.
Instead, Rev Linda will hold an online service on the Warrington Methodist Facebook page. You will need to preregister for access to this site of you don’t already have access.
A copy of this service will be viewable on our website later on Sunday.
We will be handing out water etc to the spectators and runners from our Car Park in the morning and we would welcome volunteers to assist providing you can walk to and from the church.
Our Harvest Festival service on October 23rd will be in support of the Food Bank.
Followed by Faith Lunch and auction of fresh produce brought to the Harvest festival service.
Items needed by the Food Bank include:
Cereal, Sugar, Tinned Meat, Jelly, Custard, Sponge pudding, Soup, UHT Milk, Biscuits, Pot Noodles, Carnation cream, tinned fruit, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cordial, all toiletries please.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 18th September service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Ladies group will start again on Thursday 15th at 2pm. All are welcome.
September 25th Sunday Worship Service will be online only. This is due to the fun run road closures outside our church making attendance difficult.
We will set up a table in our car park and hand out free water to runners and spectators. If you would like to volunteer to help out with this then please contact a Church Steward.
The Advent group will meet for 4 weekly sessions from On Monday 28 November and then on Monday 5th, 12th and 19th December. All are welcome.
Due to the passing of our Queen the restart of the Monday group (Bible study group) has been postponed from Monday September 19th to Monday September 26th.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 11th September service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Churches Together in England statement at the death of Her Majesty the Queen
It is with deep sadness that Churches Together in England receives the news of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II at home in Balmoral. Churches Together in England unites 52 Church denominations in England including Anglican, Catholic, Free Church, Pentecostal, Charismatic and Orthodox traditions. Our Member Churches unite in offering deepest condolences and prayers for HRH the Prince of Wales and the whole Royal Family at this time.
HM Queen Elizabeth has reigned happy and glorious for over 70 years. As monarch she has often spoken about her Christian faith and how it has strengthened her and been a guide and source of hope during her entire reign. During her reign she has invited fifteen Prime Ministers to form governments in the United Kingdom. She has seen the highs and the lows of the nation’s history over these past decades. She has been a steadfast presence in the midst of the changing sands of time. Churches Together in England’s Member Churches are grateful for her reign and the value she has placed on the role of all of the Churches in the fabric of our nation and the nations of the Commonwealth.
We join with the people of our nation in mourning her loss and pray for those involved in making preparations for the funeral. We pray comfort and strength for the whole nation at this time as we join together to mourn the passing of Her Majesty the Queen and reflect on her life well lived.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 4th September service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 28th August service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
We received notification that our defibrillator was called upon last week. It was deployed but ultimately not required.
Patient confidentially prevents us from learning any details.
This is the second time our defibrillator has been deployed within the last 9 months and so we must have it in a good location.
The defibrillator is back in service and ready for it’s next call.
We understand that Barbara Cubly funeral will be in Blackpool. We can send cards – Please contact a steward for the address.
A Very Happy Birthday Blessing for Derek and for Margaret
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 14th August service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 7th August service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Congratulations to Ken for winning the MHA quiz
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 31st July service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 24th July service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Barb is pleased to announce that the final amount raised for MHA is £750.10. Barb would like to thank everyone for their hard work and contributions.
A pair of glasses has been found in the rear pews. If anyone knows who they belong to then please let us know so we can return them.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 10th July service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 3rd July service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
The circuit is asking if its possible for Sunday service in all churches start at 10.30am.
Due to the shortage in the number of ministers some churches from October may struggle to hold a service. The idea is that if all churches can start their service at the same time then some churches will be able to livestream their minister lead service to other churches on a rotational basis.
Linda asks that we think about this question and please discuss it further with her and provide your thoughts and feedback.
Last weekends table top sale for Church funds and Church growth raised £216. Congratulations to everyone involved.
You are invited to walk with us on Warrington walking day, this Friday 1st July.
Please be at church at 8.50am for a short prayer before we depart church on foot at 9.05am.
There will be a coach available to return us to the church at the end of the walk.
Please share any photographs of the walk with Iain for inclusion in our church album.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 26th June service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Rev David Easton’s farewell and thank you service is on Sunday 31st July 2022 at 3pm at Stockton Heath Methodist Church
If you will be attending please let Viv Palmer at Stockton Heath know – [email protected]
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 19th June service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Welcome churches request
Volunteers are needed who can help teach Afghanistan refugees basic English.
Materials will be provided and no experience is required but you do need to be able to commit a few hours on a regular basis.
Please see Jean B. for further details
There is an extra Church Council Meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Church members will be asked for their views and approval for:
Agenda:
The house group will be meeting tomorrow (Monday 13th) at 2pm.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Envelopes for making donations to the MHA can be found in the pews and will be collected over the next few weeks.
Copies of the MHA magazine listing all the work they do can be found on the table and is well worth a read.
Barbara would like to thank everyone who attended yesterdays hotpot supper and Beatle drive. We raised £170 towards MHA.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 12th June service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 5th June service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Rev David Easton is leading a party of travellers from the Sankey Valley Methodist Circuit to the Oberammergau pilgrimage of 2022 (delayed from 2020). We fly from Manchester very early on the morning of 20th July and return on the afternoon of 27th July. I understand that covid requirements now require only proof of vaccination and we are not required to show negative lateral flow or pcr results. A valid passport showing an expiry date longer than February 2023 is required. We will be staying at a hotel in Stobl, Austria until Monday 25th July and then going to Oberammergau for the Passion Play before returning from Munich to Manchester on Wednesday 27th July. If you would like to know more please contact me by phone on 263612 or by email at [email protected]
On the 18th June we will be holding a table top sale in aid of Church Growth funds and we would welcome any donations. Please see Joyce or Jill for further information.
Tickets are now available for the Hotpot Super and beetle drive on 11th June from Barbara George. They are £5 each.
Rev Linda is on holiday from Monday 30th May (tomorrow) returning Tuesday 7th June. If there are any emergencies then she can be contacted but please contact Rev David Easton instead.
Could all church council members please attend an extra Church Council meeting scheduled for Monday 13th June at 7.30pm in the guild room. It will not be a long meeting.
We need update the council on the progress of our building plans and seek approval to proceed with:
Need church council review and approval to proceed with applying for grants and seeking circuit and district approvals as these are big spend projects.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 29th May service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
Could all church council members please attend an extra Church Council meeting scheduled for Monday 13th June at 7.30pm in the guild room. It will not be a long meeting.
We need update the council on the progress of our building plans and seek approval to proceed with:
Need church council review and approval to proceed with applying for grants and seeking circuit and district approvals as these are big spend projects.
This Thursday we will be holding a Dedication of the Easter Offering service with our circuit churches at Latchford.
The service starts at 2pm on this Thursday, 26th May, at 2pm.
Refreshments will be available afterwards
There is a Jubilee Quiz for M.H.A. Only £1 per go with the prize a £20 voucher.
Please see Barbara G for an entry form.
A big thank you to Ken for all the weeding and tidying up he has done at the front of the church and making it look so lovely.
Pentecost 2022 in Liverpool
Two Cathedrals Service
Pentecost – June 5th from 3pm
The traditional Pentecost service returns to Liverpool 40 years after Pope John Paull II made his historic visit to both cathedrals in 1982. Our ecumenical Pentecost celebrations also form part of our celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen.
The celebrations start with an act of worship on the steps to the Metropolitan Cathedral. Worship continues with an all age family service at Liverpool Cathedral starting at 3:45. Following this we have the Big Picnic for the Platinum Jubilee. With big games and fun activities provided by In Another Place we invite you to bring a picnic and join in the fun. We will have food and refreshments available from the Welsford Bistro.
Order of the day
3.00pm Act of worship at foot of Metropolitan Cathedral
3:45pm All age worship at Liverpool Cathedral
4.00pm Big Picnic starts inside Liverpool Cathedral
Please revisit the CTMR website for further details. They will be added as they become available.
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 22nd May service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
There is a Jubilee Quiz for M.H.A. Only £1 per go with the prize a £20 voucher.
Please see Barbara G for an entry form.
The next Monday afternoon group will meet this Monday 16th May and then on the 23rd May. There will then be a short gap due to the forthcoming Bank Holiday with the group next meeting on June 13th.
We will be following a 5-session course called “God has no Favourites”
We meet in the lounge at church from 2pm to approx 3.15pm. All are welcome; there is no commitment to be at every session. A Bible will be useful if you can bring one.
More details from Kit Heald
For anyone without access to facebook or youtube a copy of our Sunday 15th May service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
For anyone without access to facebook a copy of our Sunday 8th May service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
The Monday afternoon group will start meeting again from Monday 9 May and will be following a 5-session course called “God has no Favourites”
We meet in the lounge at church from 2pm to approx 3.15pm. All are welcome; there is no commitment to be at every session. A Bible will be useful if you can bring one.
Other dates will be arranged at the first meeting and will be announced next week.
More details from Kit Heald
A big thank you to everyone for contributing to the Easter Craft Stall. We raised £115.
Thank you to Gill for organizing it.
Please return any MHA envelopes asap.
Many thanks
We are looking for volunteers to help clean the church rooms. Any help would be welcome.
Please talk to Jean O for information.
For anyone without access to facebook a copy of our Easter Sunday service is now available on our website under “Recordings of our Services“ to listen or download. This includes the last 15 minutes of the service that facebook didn’t show.
The website allows you to download the recordings for later playback on your personal devices. Why not listen again in the car, garden, whilst walking or exercising?
JOURNEY INTO PRAYER
Prayer forms part of our lives, as Christians, but sometimes we struggle with dryness, boredom or lack of enthusiasm. We need a booster, some ideas to encourage and support us but often we draw blanks as we try to find how to make prayer meaningful in our daily lives. As a way of responding to many calls for help we are planning to run a course exploring the many rich methods of prayer in our Christian Tradition. The course will comprise of 12 fortnightly, sessions, beginning in September 2022 and ending after Easter 2023. They will be on Tuesdays from 10 – 3pm. We plan the day to include some teaching on the various traditions, time to explore the method and some sharing on how it was for each one.
We know prayer is about our relationship with the God who loves us unconditionally. It’s not about ‘getting it right’, being perfect at it, spending hours at it. It is about finding what helps me, now, how to deepen this relationship that I already have and maybe help others too. We are all on the journey of deepening our relationship with the God of Love, and from time to time we all need a helping hand to guide us on the way.
The course will be held at the Cenacle Convent, Tithebarn Grove, Lance Lane, L15 6TW. The leaders will be Sr Winnie Morley, Revd David Frudd and Revd Karen Beck, they are all Ignation trained, spiritual directors and experienced in running courses.
For more information or to apply join the course please contact Sr Winnie on 0151 722 2271 or email to [email protected] . The closing date for applications is August 1st 2022.
On Saturday 11th June there will be a Hot Pot supper followed by a Beatle drive in aid of the MHA (Methodist Homes Association).
Tickets are £5 each. Please see Barbara G. for further details.