Green Sheet – 21st December 2025

Cheshire South Circuit – Audlem Mission Area

www.audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk

(Minister: Rev Obeth Thevanesan Tel: 07597 589227 email: minister@audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk)

Newsletter for Audlem, Hankelow & Hatherton Methodist Churches

For the week commencing Sunday 21 December 2025
Services today

Audlem: Obeth leads this morning’s early communion service and Rev Rob Hilton leads the service at 10.30am

HYMNS: 181 178 160 186 208

Hankelow with Woore: At Hankelow. Obeth leads the morning service at 10.30am
At Woore Obeth leads the Carol service at 2.30pm

Audlem and district ecumenical carol service at 6.30pm at St James church.

Next Sunday
Audlem: No service

Hankelow with Woore: The service at 10.30am will be led by Trevor Hodkinson
Christmas Eve Midnight Communion here at AMC at 11.30pm will be led by Rev Obeth.

Christmas Day services: At Audlem There will be a family service at 10.30am led by Obeth
At Woore. Chris Denney will lead a communion service at 10am

Sunday 4 January 2026
Audlem: The Covenant service including holy communion will be led by Obeth

Hankelow with Woore: Morning service will be led by Yvonne Alcock

The chapel Christmas card is now in the Hall for signing.

Three T’s – There is no meeting today.

Thank you to all our cleaners for helping to keep our Church clean and tidy throughout 2025. There are up to date cleaning rotas in the porch for next year, which is nearly here!

Winterley Methodist Brass Band are playing carols at St Leonard church in Woore on Monday 22 December at 6.30pm

Blue Christmas Monday 22 December 3pm at Coppenhall Methodist Church. A quiet reflective service for those who find Christmas hard.

A fantastic total of £1200 has been sent off to the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka this week, being our donation to the urgent Humanitarian Assistance for the victims of Cyclone Ditwah. Simply THANK YOUfor your support enabling us here in Audlem to provide some small help to Obeth’s home country and the people of Sri Lanka.

The Methodist Church Advent campaign is called ‘Gifted’. The theme is based around individuals being a gift to each other, the church being a gift to the world and Christ being the greatest gift of all. As a way of joining with the campaign, we have recorded some short ‘Thought for the Day’ reflections each week in advnet that will be posted each Sunday in Advent and on Christmas Day. They can be found at Facebook-’ Gifted Advent

Methodist Homes Association with the Learning Network Dementia Inclusive Worship Training explore ways worship can be welcoming and inclusive for those living with dementia. Bookings now being taken for the session on 18 February 2026 at 6pm. Click on the link to book your place.
Dementia Inclusive Worship – Feb 2026 Registration, Mon 16 Feb 2026 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

Cheshire South Methodist Circuit requires a Church Centre Coordinating Officer for Nantwich Methodist Church 20 hours/week, £14.95 per hour (= £15,548 p.a.)

Length of contract – 2.5 years

The Cheshire South Methodist Circuit is seeking a Church Centre Coordinating Officer for Nantwich Methodist Church, to work with the Church trustees to coordinate users and activities in this vibrant and busy Church and to develop further links within the community to ensure that our offer reflects the needs of the people of Nantwich.

For more information, or an informal chat about the post, please contact:

David Maidment (maidmentrail@aol.com, 01270 627170)

Request application packs and submit completed applications via:1108info.cheshiresouth@gmail.com by 15 January 2026 Interviews 5 February 2026 Role to begin as soon as possible

Please send any notices for inclusion to Janet Furber by phone to 07889 128524 or email to furberrichard1@gmail.com by 5pm on Fridays.

Please note that there is no newsletter next Sunday, back to normal on Sunday 4 January 2026