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.

Monday afternoons 28^th November to 19^th December

Advent fellowship group using the theme ‘there is room’

2pm in the lounge all welcome

Today our church is 128 years young!
H a p p y  B i r t h d a y  L a t c h f o r d  M e t h o d i s t  C h u r c h 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Congratulations to Ken for winning the MHA quiz

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

A big thank you to everyone for contributing to the Easter Craft Stall. We raised £115.

Thank you to Gill for organizing it.

If you use the church hearing aid loop, or may wish to use it in the near future then please could you let Iain know to aid future planning.

Envelopes for the Easter Offering can be found in the pews. Please return them within the next few weeks if you decide to make a donation.
All donations go towards the World Methodist fund.

Gill has made some wonderful items for Easter and they are in the hall. Please give your money to Gill if you decide to buy anything.

• Maundy Thursday at 7.30pm in the Guild Room
• Good Friday – Reflections at the Cross at 2pm
• Easter Sunday at 10.45am

All services will be in person as well as live streamed.
Please join us; everyone is welcome.

Each year we hand out Hot Cross Buns within the village to celebrate Easter.
If you can spare a little time to help with this then please meet in the Church hall on Saturday at 10am.

Sadly, we have had to postpone next weekends “Easter eggstravaganza” due to illness.

Now the church is fully open we need volunteers for Door Stewards and Vestry stewards for one Sunday each month. If you are interested then please talk to Julian.

For anyone without access to facebook a copy of our Sunday 27th March 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?

Church Council meetings are very important as they allow the direction and activities of the church to be set and agreed. If you don’t like something, or want the church to do something new or different, or want to understand why certain things are done then this is the best place to discuss it.
Tonight we have some very important items to discuss and seek approval (or not) and so its really important you attend.

All Church council members should be there but these meetings are open to anyone to attend.
Only Church council members can vote but everyone’s opinions do make a difference.
Please join us in church on Thursday 31st March at 7.30pm

If anyone would like to help with the Hot Drinks Ministry at the crem and Hill Cliffe cemetery on Mothering Sunday 27 March.

We are at both places 10am-3pm and helpers usually offer hourly slots though shorter times are also appreciated.

Please contact Kit for further details.

Could anyone please spare 30 minutes on the Saturday before mothers day to help Margret hand out flowers around the village? Please see Margret F for further details or meet in church at 10.30am.

Rev Linda will be leading an online Lent study group on zoom beginning Wednesday 9th March at 7.30pm all welcome. Please contact Linda for the zoom codes.

Saturday 5th March table top sale was a great success and raised £372.87
Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved.

A Lent group will meet weekly on Mondays at 2 – 3.30pm from Monday 7th March until Monday 11th April (6 weeks).
It will be in the lounge. Everyone is invited to any of the sessions, you don’t have to commit to coming to them all, and if you need to arrive a bit later or leave early that is no problem. More details from Kit Heald.

There will be a table top sale on Saturday 5th March at 10.30 for raising money towards Church funds. Please come along and pick up a bargain.

If you have any items you would like to donate or are able to assist on Saturday then please see Joyce.

There will be a table top sale on Saturday 5th March at 12 for raising money towards Church funds.

On Wednesday 2nd March from 12 until 2.30pm we are hosting a community “Soup & Chat” and we need people to help in the Kitchen or to sit and chat with people.
If you can help then please let Joyce know as soon as possible. Thank you.

Please let people know about this event and invite them to attend this community event.

If anyone is interested in helping to distribute Mince Pies around Latchford and then have a short Carol Singing in the Village then please meet up at Church at 10am on Saturday 18th. (Next Saturday)

For anyone without access to facebook a copy of our Sunday October 24th online 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 are excited to announce that weekly Sunday worship services will commence from next week, July 4th instead of the current fortnightly schedule.

All services will continue to take place under current Covid rules and regulations.  Temperatures will be checked upon arrival, social distancing seating will be maintained and masks will need to be worn at all times. Sadly we still can not sing but hopefully the government will update their rules soon.

A Letter to yourself!

This might sound odd but can be very powerful.

Take a few minutes to write a letter to encourage yourself in your faith journey.

Think about who you are in Christ…

You might want to write a specific scripture or prayer; or write of God’s love for you; or that He has chosen you and adopted you into His family; or that He is with you in all things…

You could use a blank postcard or write in a journal, but date it and place it somewhere to be ‘found’ at a later date. If you have a stamp, why not pop it in the post addressed to yourself or ask someone else to send it to you in a few weeks time?

You may just find that when you read it at a later date, that God speaks to you afresh.

Prayer Walking: What is it and how could I do it?

There’s nothing too scary about Prayer Walking.

It’s not about standing on pavement corners, hands together, eyes closed, feeling awkward and a spectacle! You can go alone or with someone else.

It’s about chatting to God, wherever you are, for everything around you. Prayers don’t need to be formal or long, and they can be mixed in to the general conversation – ‘what a lovely garden’ ‘Thank you Lord for the care and love put into tending this garden’.

There is nothing that is too small to pray about.

There is nothing that is too big to pray about!

Prayer walking can be done by walking around an area, or using Google maps or a paper map. It is literally being in conversation with God as you explore an area, either one familiar to you, or a new one.

As you set out, invite God to walk with you and open your eyes and ears to see / hear things that are on His heart. Praise and pray as you go. Thank God for the little things – a flower, bird song, a birthday or new birth banner in a window – and pray His blessing and light into each place.

As you ‘walk’, pray for the things around you –

Homes and the issues people are facing, businesses, schools, parks, doctors, dentists, churches, public transport, supermarkets, dangerous traffic junctions… the list is endless.

Is God speaking to you? Do you have a sense of Him as you walk? Do you find yourself praying for something you hadn’t thought of before? Have you noticed something you’ve not seen before? Are you aware of a need in the area? Do you find yourself suddenly thinking of someone who lives there? Any of these can be prompts from God, invitations to act. Possibilities of things that the church could get involved in…

You may find that your walk is interrupted by someone you know who wants to chat. You might be just who they need. You might be an answer to their prayer, so don’t see it as an intrusion, but as God placing you in the right place at the right time. Silently pray for the person, that God would steer the conversation and give you the best words to support them.

Prayer Walking is a deliberate action of inviting God to walk with you to explore the area with new sight, fresh perspective. A walk involving God. It may feel strange to begin with, but the more you do it the more natural it becomes. God is with us at all times and rejoices when we seek to walk with Him and invite Him to speak to us about our area.

Go (or sit) expecting prayer walking to have an impact. Expect results. After all, the living, loving God is walking with you!

Amanda D. is taking part in the RSPCA Pet Challenge to raise some money so they can get the old dog block refurbished and operational.

If you would like to help out then you can donate via this link:

We will be holding short 30 minute services within our building on the first and third Sunday of each month at 10.45.

These services will follow covid regulations which includes social distancing, face masks and no singing. These services will be live streamed to our facebook and youtube pages.

Rev Linda will continue to lead a full weekly Sunday Service live on facebook at 11am.

Please keep an eye on our “Church Schedules” page of our website for the latest information.

Thanks to grants and support from Warrington Borough Council community initiative fund, AED Donate and Tesco Bags for life we have installed a public defibrillator outside the church hall doors for use by anyone in the area.

In the event of an emergency call 999 and ask for the Ambulance service who can then provide the access code.

We will be holding an opening ceremony when covid restrictions permit.

Maundy Thursday

Live in the upper room at 7.30pm on facebook with communion. Please bring something to eat and drink.

Good Friday

Live on facebook at 2pm for reflections on the cross.

Easter Sunday

Live on facebook at 11am
Our church building will be open between 10.45am and 11.45am for private prayer and reflection.