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At the South East District Synod every Circuit was given a candle to celebrate Rev Alison Tomlin's year as President of the Methodist Conference.
The Thames Valley Circuit’s candle will be used each week as we remember and support her in prayer.
It will travel round the 12 churches during her year of office, spending one month in each church.
It was at St Andrew's during July.
08.00 Holy Communion led by Rev Linda Hillier
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Mr Gordon Franklin and worship leader Jenny Sturgeon.
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road including Communion led by Rev Emmanuel Jacob.
Lectionary Readings:
Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14, 2:18-23
Colossians 3: 1–11
Luke 12: 13-21
For your information:
During the school summer holidays there will be no Young Church, but activities for children
under 11 years will be run instead by a team of volunteers.
Also note that uniformed groups take a break for the duration of the school holidays.
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship including Holy Communion led by Rev John Newton
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu, including Holy Communion led by Rev John Newton
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Alan Crowle.
Lectionary Readings:
Genesis 15: 1-6
Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
Luke 12: 32-40
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Nichola Shaw.
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Gordon Franklin.
Lectionary Readings:
Jeremiah 23: 23-29
Hebrews 11: 29 – 12: 2
Luke 12: 49-56
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Connie Jeffery .
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road including Communion led by Rev Barbara McIntivey.
Lectionary Readings:
Isaiah 58: 9b-14
Hebrews 12: 18-29
Luke 13: 10-17
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Richard Hall
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Rev Emmanuel Jacob.
Lectionary Readings:
Proverbs 25: 6-7
Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16
Luke 14: 1, 7-14
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 All-Age worship led by our new minister: Rev Andrew Baker
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road.
All notices for Sunday 5 September to Jenny Sturgeon by
8 pm on THURSDAY 2 SEPTEMBER.
01753 521862 or jenny@sturg.co.uk
THIS MONTH’S DIARY
Please note that if anyone needs the use of a room for a meeting, including church committees, etc., they must make a booking via the bookings secretary, Joyce Jarman on 01753 578652. Thank you.
Note: Uniformed groups take a break for the duration of the school holidays.
Nothing else happening at St Andrew’s during August that I’ve been told about! Contact us if you know otherwise.
Message from Bobby Malik:
Bobby (Imran) is running the Windsor half Marathon on the 26th of September in aid of Living Hope, supporting less fortunate children in Pakistan.
He would like you to help raise money by asking your friends and family to donate.
He does not wish to be responsible for any money; instead he would ask for a postal or email address so that Living Hope can request your donation when Bobby has finished the marathon.
Thank you so much for your help,
Sarah and Bobby Malik
Website link to www.living-hope.webs.com
email link to: school_livinghope@mail.org
A Sponsor Form will be available on the church noticeboard for everyone to sign.
Please support Bobby in this very worthwhile effort.
FUTURE EVENTS
For events happening at other venues in the Thames Valley Circuit, see the Circuit Diary:
http://www.methodistthamesvalley.org.uk/diary.pdf
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at 11.30 to coincide with Soup and a Roll lunch: Mid-week Holy Communion Service
Friday 20 August - last date for contributions for Sep/Oct Grapevine.
See the Grapevine page for contact details.
Old Windsor Methodist Church, St Lukes Rd., Old Windsor:
TRAVELLERS’ TALES
Thursday, 12th August 2010 at 2.30 pm
Whatever Next?
An illustrated, light-hearted talk by Ian Haggarty including
The quirky! The unexpected! The humorous! The bizarre! The scenic! The OOOH!
Admission Price £3, including afternoon tea.
Everybody welcome.
Sunday 22nd August 20.00
Serenity Female Choir
Tickets £5, children free: Call 01753 861 821; 01628 628 104
Serenity is a fun and exciting female voice choir based in Cardiff with a repertoire ranging from gospel to pop, classical to jazz, songs from the shows and Disney!
With a “sensational” performance at their Area selection stage of the BBC Choir of the Year competition, Serenity was awarded a Choir of the Day certificate and is through to the national selection stage of the competition.
This concert is being given in aid of the High Street Youth Worker project.
Thursday 2nd September 19.30 at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Slough: Circuit Welcome Service when we welcome our two new ministers, Rev Andrew Baker (Superintendent) and Rev Gary Homewood and their families.
Sun 12th September 18.30 Ecumenical Service at Trinity United Reformed Church, Windsor Road, Slough. This is part of the 'Churches Together in Slough – Open to God 2010': A year of themed ecumenical events to which all church members and friends are invited.
More details and tickets available from the Secretary: Rev Alan Bignell,
email address: abignell@waitrose.com.
HTTP://WWW.METHODISTTHAMESVALLEY.ORG.UK
is the address for the Thames Valley Circuit website. Have a look now!
The Circuit Preaching Plan can be found there.
For events happening at other venues in the Thames Valley Circuit, see the Circuit Diary: http://www.methodistthamesvalley.org.uk/diary.pdf
Would you like to be part of a team of people to operate the projector on Sunday mornings?
IT skills desirable but not essential. Training will be given.
Speak to Chris Clifford, Dave Sturgeon or Liz Tottingham.
Also, if you would be interested in operating the amplification system,
speak to Dave Sturgeon or Liz Tottingham.
PICTURES TO SHARE
The Circuit has purchased two sets of illustrated books which are intended for use with people who have problems in communication, such as those suffering with stroke or dementia.
Three of the books in this series are available to us at St. Andrew's and can be found in the Prayer Room.
If you wish to borrow a copy please sign on the list provided and return after use.
There is a leaflet giving advice as to how to use them and with whom.
By visiting Amazon through the Traidcraft website and buying goods, you can raise money for Traidcraft Exchange - they will receive up to 10% of the value of your item.
Go to www.traidcraft.co.uk/amazon
and bookmark the page for your next Amazon order.
MOBILE METHODIST PRAYERS
Following a successful pilot, the Methodist Church is now offering free weekly prayer texts to help Methodists join in prayer with hundreds of others on topical and personal issues.
To register for the texts, simply send a text message reading PRAYNOW to 82088. You will be charged your standard network rate. Each week thereafter, you will receive a prayer text free of charge.
As examples, here are a couple of prayers sent recently:
'Lord help me to hear your word speaking into my life through the stranger I meet along the way. Amen.'
'Lord be my shepherd. Lead me beside still waters and restore my soul so that all I do and say reflects you.
Amen'.
The results from the pilot study were very positive. Comments included: “I welcome those prayertime texts, they make me stop and pray whatever I'm doing, wherever I am.”
PRAYNOW reminds us that we are part of a growing community of prayer, whatever may be going on around us.
Wexham Park Hospital Weekly Sunday Service in the Chapel
A request comes via Churches Together in Maidenhead for more teams to offer to lead a half hour service of prayers and hymns at the hospital at 10.30am on a Sunday which is followed by a short communion service
led by the hospital chaplain.
Most of the church teams currently participating are from Slough but a team of 6 people from St Luke’s CofE in Maidenhead goes 4 times a year.
The team needs to arrive at 09.30 to prepare by going round the wards to check the list of patients and staff who wish to attend the service. Obviously the more teams which offer to lead worship the less often they are required.
For more information please speak to the chaplains on 01753 633 660.
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REV ALISON TOMLIN: PRESIDENT OF THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
2010 - 2011
Supported in prayer
2010 - 2011
Supported in prayer
At the South East District Synod every Circuit was given a candle to celebrate Rev Alison Tomlin's year as President of the Methodist Conference.
The Thames Valley Circuit’s candle will be used each week as we remember and support her in prayer.
It will travel round the 12 churches during her year of office, spending one month in each church.
It was at St Andrew's during July.
SUNDAY 1st AUGUST 2010
08.00 Holy Communion led by Rev Linda Hillier
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Mr Gordon Franklin and worship leader Jenny Sturgeon.
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road including Communion led by Rev Emmanuel Jacob.
Lectionary Readings:
Ecclesiastes 1:2,12-14, 2:18-23
Colossians 3: 1–11
Luke 12: 13-21
For your information:
During the school summer holidays there will be no Young Church, but activities for children
under 11 years will be run instead by a team of volunteers.
Also note that uniformed groups take a break for the duration of the school holidays.
SUNDAY 8th AUGUST 2010
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship including Holy Communion led by Rev John Newton
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu, including Holy Communion led by Rev John Newton
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Alan Crowle.
Lectionary Readings:
Genesis 15: 1-6
Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
Luke 12: 32-40
SUNDAY 15th AUGUST 2010
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Nichola Shaw.
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Gordon Franklin.
Lectionary Readings:
Jeremiah 23: 23-29
Hebrews 11: 29 – 12: 2
Luke 12: 49-56
SUNDAY 22nd AUGUST 2010
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Connie Jeffery .
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road including Communion led by Rev Barbara McIntivey.
Lectionary Readings:
Isaiah 58: 9b-14
Hebrews 12: 18-29
Luke 13: 10-17
SUNDAY 29th AUGUST 2010
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 Morning worship led by Richard Hall
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu led by Rev Anees Bruce
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road led by Rev Emmanuel Jacob.
Lectionary Readings:
Proverbs 25: 6-7
Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16
Luke 14: 1, 7-14
SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2010
10.00 Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 Preparation for worship
10.45 All-Age worship led by our new minister: Rev Andrew Baker
12.30 Zimbabwean Methodist Fellowship
16.30 Worship in Urdu
18.30 Evening service at Ledgers Road.
All notices for Sunday 5 September to Jenny Sturgeon by
8 pm on THURSDAY 2 SEPTEMBER.
01753 521862 or jenny@sturg.co.uk
THIS MONTH’S DIARY
Please note that if anyone needs the use of a room for a meeting, including church committees, etc., they must make a booking via the bookings secretary, Joyce Jarman on 01753 578652. Thank you.
Note: Uniformed groups take a break for the duration of the school holidays.
Nothing else happening at St Andrew’s during August that I’ve been told about! Contact us if you know otherwise.
Message from Bobby Malik:
Bobby (Imran) is running the Windsor half Marathon on the 26th of September in aid of Living Hope, supporting less fortunate children in Pakistan.
He would like you to help raise money by asking your friends and family to donate.
He does not wish to be responsible for any money; instead he would ask for a postal or email address so that Living Hope can request your donation when Bobby has finished the marathon.
Thank you so much for your help,
Sarah and Bobby Malik
Website link to www.living-hope.webs.com
email link to: school_livinghope@mail.org
A Sponsor Form will be available on the church noticeboard for everyone to sign.
Please support Bobby in this very worthwhile effort.
FUTURE EVENTS
For events happening at other venues in the Thames Valley Circuit, see the Circuit Diary:
http://www.methodistthamesvalley.org.uk/diary.pdf
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at 11.30 to coincide with Soup and a Roll lunch: Mid-week Holy Communion Service
Friday 20 August - last date for contributions for Sep/Oct Grapevine.
See the Grapevine page for contact details.
Old Windsor Methodist Church, St Lukes Rd., Old Windsor:
TRAVELLERS’ TALES
Thursday, 12th August 2010 at 2.30 pm
Whatever Next?
An illustrated, light-hearted talk by Ian Haggarty including
The quirky! The unexpected! The humorous! The bizarre! The scenic! The OOOH!
Admission Price £3, including afternoon tea.
Everybody welcome.
Sunday 22nd August 20.00
Serenity Female Choir
Tickets £5, children free: Call 01753 861 821; 01628 628 104
Serenity is a fun and exciting female voice choir based in Cardiff with a repertoire ranging from gospel to pop, classical to jazz, songs from the shows and Disney!
With a “sensational” performance at their Area selection stage of the BBC Choir of the Year competition, Serenity was awarded a Choir of the Day certificate and is through to the national selection stage of the competition.
This concert is being given in aid of the High Street Youth Worker project.
Thursday 2nd September 19.30 at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Slough: Circuit Welcome Service when we welcome our two new ministers, Rev Andrew Baker (Superintendent) and Rev Gary Homewood and their families.
Sun 12th September 18.30 Ecumenical Service at Trinity United Reformed Church, Windsor Road, Slough. This is part of the 'Churches Together in Slough – Open to God 2010': A year of themed ecumenical events to which all church members and friends are invited.
More details and tickets available from the Secretary: Rev Alan Bignell,
email address: abignell@waitrose.com.
OTHER NOTICES
HTTP://WWW.METHODISTTHAMESVALLEY.ORG.UK
is the address for the Thames Valley Circuit website. Have a look now!
The Circuit Preaching Plan can be found there.
For events happening at other venues in the Thames Valley Circuit, see the Circuit Diary: http://www.methodistthamesvalley.org.uk/diary.pdf
HOW COULD YOU BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN ST ANDREW'S IN 2010?
Would you like to be part of a team of people to operate the projector on Sunday mornings?
IT skills desirable but not essential. Training will be given.
Speak to Chris Clifford, Dave Sturgeon or Liz Tottingham.
Also, if you would be interested in operating the amplification system,
speak to Dave Sturgeon or Liz Tottingham.
PICTURES TO SHARE
The Circuit has purchased two sets of illustrated books which are intended for use with people who have problems in communication, such as those suffering with stroke or dementia.
Three of the books in this series are available to us at St. Andrew's and can be found in the Prayer Room.
If you wish to borrow a copy please sign on the list provided and return after use.
There is a leaflet giving advice as to how to use them and with whom.
By visiting Amazon through the Traidcraft website and buying goods, you can raise money for Traidcraft Exchange - they will receive up to 10% of the value of your item.
Go to www.traidcraft.co.uk/amazon
and bookmark the page for your next Amazon order.
MOBILE METHODIST PRAYERS
Following a successful pilot, the Methodist Church is now offering free weekly prayer texts to help Methodists join in prayer with hundreds of others on topical and personal issues.
To register for the texts, simply send a text message reading PRAYNOW to 82088. You will be charged your standard network rate. Each week thereafter, you will receive a prayer text free of charge.
As examples, here are a couple of prayers sent recently:
'Lord help me to hear your word speaking into my life through the stranger I meet along the way. Amen.'
'Lord be my shepherd. Lead me beside still waters and restore my soul so that all I do and say reflects you.
Amen'.
The results from the pilot study were very positive. Comments included: “I welcome those prayertime texts, they make me stop and pray whatever I'm doing, wherever I am.”
PRAYNOW reminds us that we are part of a growing community of prayer, whatever may be going on around us.
Wexham Park Hospital Weekly Sunday Service in the Chapel
A request comes via Churches Together in Maidenhead for more teams to offer to lead a half hour service of prayers and hymns at the hospital at 10.30am on a Sunday which is followed by a short communion service
led by the hospital chaplain.
Most of the church teams currently participating are from Slough but a team of 6 people from St Luke’s CofE in Maidenhead goes 4 times a year.
The team needs to arrive at 09.30 to prepare by going round the wards to check the list of patients and staff who wish to attend the service. Obviously the more teams which offer to lead worship the less often they are required.
For more information please speak to the chaplains on 01753 633 660.
Click here to go to the Main Menu.