Keswick Methodist Church Southey Street, KESWICK www.keswickmethodistchurch.org.uk Grant to us Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and to do always those things that are right; that we, who can do no good thing without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Sunday 1 March 2015 10.45 Service of Holy Communion led by Rev Sue Edwards Coffee and tea will be served in the Grisedale room after the service All are welcome. Flowers this week: In memory of Eric Baker If you wish to take flowers to someone, please make it known after the service. To all our visitors Welcome to our church today. We hope you enjoy worshipping with us. Please sign our visitors' book and pin your pin on the map which is at the back of the Grisedale Room - and we would welcome any suggestions you might wish to make that would help us improve our hospitality. Children are welcome in our services. A box of toys and activities is available. Please ask a steward. Loop System: If you wear a hearing aid, please adjust it accordingly. Hymn Books with Tunes are available. Please ask a Welcome Steward. Large Print Hymn Books are also available from the Welcome Stewards Intercessions Book The intercessions book is kept in the Grisedale Room and will be brought up during the service each week. Please write in any individuals, groups or situations that you would like us to pray for during the Sunday service. Please check that anyone you enter is happy to be included. Notice Sheet Please send or ring notices for next week through to David Low on 017687 74573 or by e-mail to davidmlow@hotmail.co.uk by Thursday evening This Coming Week Monday 2 March 8.30am Prayer Meeting for all at Crosthwaite Church in the Sunday School room Tuesday 3 March 1.30pm - 2.30pm Churches Together in Cumbria Prayer Meeting in the Quaker Meeting House. Wednesday 4 March 7.30pm Circuit Meeting at Loreton Street. Thursday 5 March 9.30 -10.00am Prayer Group in the Church 10.15 to 11.30 am “Jubi-latté” Drop in for coffee 12.00 noon Lent Lunch at the St Herbert’s Centre followed by a talk about the Argentinian Pope Francis by Father Tom Singleton Friday 6 March 10.30am and 6.45pm / 7.30pm Women's World Day of Prayer Sunday 8 March 10.45pm Morning Service led by Dr Martyn Evans 6.00 pm Churches together Fairtrade Service Flowers next week: Women’s World Day of Prayer *** *** Advance Notices Monday 9th March 7.30pm Local Preacher’s Meeting at Loreton Street Wednesday 11 March 12.45 Convention Prayer meeting Newsletter for Lent and Easter The Newsletters for March and April are now ready for collection in the Grisedale room. They include a copy of the plan for March, April and May. Joyce Methodist Women in Britain (MWiB) Methodist Women in Britain (MWiB) aims to link all women in Methodism. Within Cumbria it produces a newsletter, full of interesting articles and the latest edition (Winter 2014/15) is now available at church. Please take one, read it and pass it on or bring it back to church for someone else to read. Cumbria MWiB also has regular get-together days to which all women are welcome. The next one is the Spring Day on Thursday 12 March at Grange over Sands Methodist Church 10.15 Coffee | 10.45 Council Meeting | 12.45 Lunch | 1.45 Angela Mills from Capernwray : “Running on Empty?” Bring a packed lunch, coffee and tea are available and refreshments will follow at 3.15pm. If you’d like transport please contact Anne Hasson (017687 75818). Get Online! We had a really good morning at Jubi-latté on Thursday when the Cumbria Methodist District drop-in computer centre called in. It will be calling again on 5 and 12 March. So bring your laptop, iPad or tablet along if you’d like some help with them or if you’ve always wondered how to get online come and find out. There’ll be two laptops and an android tablet available to try if you haven't got your own. This is a great opportunity if you just want to find out more about computers or getting online. Come and have a cup of coffee and see what it’s all about! Ann Fairtrade Fortnight 2015 This runs from 23 February to 8 March and ends with an ecumenical service in our church at 6pm on Sunday 8 March. Don't forget to look out for fairly traded products while you're shopping - and if you buy anything from Greggs before 8 March they'll give you a free Fairtrade coffee! And remember to check out what our Fairtrade stall in the Grisedale Room has to offer. One to One Mentoring Services provides offenders leaving custody or serving community sentences with individual support to overcome barriers to rehabilitation. These barriers may arise from social exclusion, limited basic skills, low self esteem, financial and accommodation problems and a range of other issues. Service users will be encouraged to move on to play a more positive part in the wider community, including moving on into further education and employment. Volunteers will be provided with training, introductions and ongoing support to help service users to engage with resources in the community in accordance with a sentence plan provided by Probation professionals. None of the service users on this project will have been assessed as posing a high risk of harm in the community. It is important that any volunteer is non-judgemental, has a respectful attitude and believes that people are capable of change. They would need to understand the rules of confidentiality and be patient, empathetic and positive about helping people move forward in their lives. For further information on the One to One Mentoring Service, please contact me or come to The Quaker Meeting House onThursday 19 March at 7.30pm David Hasson Women’s World Day of Prayer This united service will be held in this church on this Friday, 6th March. The service this year has been prepared by Christian women in the Bahamas. There will be 2 services. The first will be at 10.30am. There will also be an informal service at 7.30pm, preceded by a light meal at 6.45pm. Everyone, men and women, are invited to join us. Joyce Sunday Evening Housegroup. We meet this evening 7pm at 38 Briar Rigg. We shall be looking at the 4th session of our Lent course on ‘Songs of Praise in the New Testament’. This week Rev David Hasson will introduce our evening on ‘New Birth’ as we study 1 Peter 1 : 3-12. All are welcome to join us. Joyce Ellis Get Baking Most of you have a copy of the Keswick Methodist Church Recipe Book which was produced a while ago in aid of the Redevelopment Fund. For those who haven't yet got one you'll be pleased to know that Brian has discovered a small number and these are for sale in the Grisedale Room at £4 each. Only a few left so get yours now. Ann Hasson
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