Green Sheet – 10th September 2023

Cheshire South Circuit – Audlem Mission Area

www.audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk

(Minister: Rev Robin Fox. Tel: 01270 812820 email: minister@audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk)
Newsletter for Audlem, Hankelow & Hatherton Methodist Churches
For the week commencing 10 September 2023

Services this Sunday

Audlem: This morning's service is led by Robin together with Chris Denney. During this service we have five young people being Confirmed into Membership and the family of the church extends a big welcome and will prayerfully uphold them as they take this important step on their journey of life.

HYMNS: 76 476 594 313

Hankelow with Woore: The service at Hankelow is led by Rev'd Jim Needham

The Audlem service is live streamed each Sunday morning from 10.30am To join it go to
https://www.audlemmethodistchurch.org.uk/live-service.html or visit the website and click on 'watch the service live' at the top of the page.

Services next Sunday

At Audlem Robin will lead the Early Communion service at 8.30am

Morning service will be led by Yvonne Alcock

Hankelow with Woore Morning service is by local arrangement

At Woore at 2.30pm Their Harvest Festival celebration will be led by Yvonne Alcock. Friends from Audlem and Hankelow will be most welcome.

Sunday 24th September:

AUDLEM: Harvest Festival celebration led by Rev Helen Kirk, Chair of the District.

HANKELOW: Morning service will be led by Robin

We will be serving a Harvest Lunch at Audlem following the Harvest Festival service on 24th September – the sheet is now in the Hall to sign up if you would like to join us.

Root & Branch Travelling Exhibition is at Englesea Brook from 24 August to 30 September.

Englesea Brook are delighted to have worked in partnership with the Probation service to bring you this untold story in our new travelling exhibition: 'Root and Branch, How 5 shillings, faith and belief inspired the beginning of the Probation Service'.

You are invited to join our Ecumenical Autumn course: Matthew for Everyone by Tom Wright. The Gospel of Matthew is an account of who Jesus was, and is to us today. It is a beautifully crafted testimony that has been passed down to us by countless generation. This is our chance to engage with the second part of this Gospel in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. The writer Tom Wright I a contemporary Christian writer, known for his warm style, deep insights and faithful life. He will be our companion and guide on this exploration.

The course is held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm during October at St Chad's Church, Wybunbury. The dates are October 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st. Please contact Rev Alison to pre-order a course booklet priced at approximately £5. revalisonfulford@hotmail.co.uk

Trinity Methodist Church, Congleton are looking for a Community Engagement Worker. This role will be focussed on building relationships and partnerships within the community and town centre of Congleton. If interested contact Becky by email to office@danemethodist.org.uk or telephone 01260 270899

Methodist Women in Britain – see their Prayer Diary for September to November on a separate sheet. Their newsletter has also been sent out by email to most of you.

ADVANCE NOTICE: Please join us on October 15th 2.30pm at Woore Methodist Chapel for an afternoon with guest speaker Allister Du Plessis from Release International, an organisation that supports persecuted Christians. Allister is the Engagement Manager for the Midlands and North and has recently visited Nigeria where many hundreds of Christians have been killed in recent years. He has some very troubling but very inspirational stories to tell. Please contact Peter Goringe on peter.goringe@gmail.com to book your place. Refreshments to follow.

Please send any items for inclusion in the next newsletter to furberrichard1@gmail.com by 5pm on Fridays
NOTE: There will not be a newsletter next Sunday 17th September.