FAMILY AND PASTORAL NEWS Larkfield and East Malling Methodist Church We ask God’s blessing on:  Tony, our Minister, and his family, Christine, Rachel and Kathryn  Liz Brown’s father, Julian, following his operation;  Hazel, aged 20, a relative of Frank Gore who has a tumour pressing on her brain which has required two operations;  For the family of Pauline Billington, especially Terry, Danielle and Michael, as they grieve for Pauline;  Val, her mother, brother and Daisy as they grieve for Jim Burnage;  For Derek’s family and friends as they continue to grieve;  Betty Freeman who has broken her wrist and is unable to get about;  all our members, friends and family who are struggling at this time;  the elderly folk of our church who have become too frail to worship with us; 6.00pm Worship at St. Martins led by Rev. Tony Graff  the GB and BB, Junior Church and all the young people of our Church; SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY  our friends at St Martin’s and those who regularly attend and lead services there;  all those in our Church who are unwell, in hospital, receiving medical treatment, recovering from an operation or suffering ill-health, sorrow or loss;  our Church finances, that we can consider prayerfully our giving to support the work of our Church and Circuit;  We ask God’s blessing on us all so that each of us can fulfil our calling to be the people of God working for Him in this place. TODAY’S SERVICES 22nd June 2014 10.00am BB/GB Parade All Age Worship Steward: Tony Buddin Door Steward: Ann Rudnicki Bible Reader: GB 29th June 2014 10.00am Doreen Koffie-Williams Steward: Brian Trice Door Steward: Alan Connor Bible Reader: Ali Lineham Intercessions: Jean Cialis read by Christine Malins Flowers: Ann Rudnicki W e welcome you all to our worship this morning. If you are a visitor, we hope to see you again. Please sign in the Visitor’s Book and take a copy of aLive our church magazine. Tea, coffee and squash will be served after the service, in the Sycamore Tree. Children and young people will remain in church this morning. *** Rev. Tony Graff’s telephone number: 01732 871436 Church Office tel: 01732 220820 Notices to Christine on 01732 842647 or email them to: [email protected] by Thursday morning. You can contact the Church Office anytime by phone, details as above. Church Website—www.larkfieldchurch.co.uk Lord, as you crossed the boundaries of age and culture, speaking to young and old, female and male, so we seek your presence here today. Touch all the boys and girls in this sharing and joining together, as we offer you our worship, in the name of Jesus. Amen. NOTICES Flower Festival— As a result of last week’s Flower Festival £178.04 was raised, of which, as agreed with the Muffins catering team, £108,04 went into the Flower Fund and £70 was split between The Heart of Kent Hospice in memory of Pauline and the new Welcome Area fund. We felt the Flower Festival and the opening of the Welcome Area was very successful and enjoyed by all those present. 50 people from outside our church came on to our premises, 37 on Saturday and 13 on Sunday. Weekly prayers on-line— Christine will be preparing the prayers next week. If you have a request for prayers, please let her know. If you do not wish a name to be online, you can send a request to Christine for t he Pr ayer W heel . em ail : [email protected] Monday 23rd June—Expressions Dance from 1.30 to 3.30pm Tuesday 24th June— Muffins & More from 10.00am to 2.00pm in the Sycamore Tree. All are welcome to come along. Wednesday 25th June—Little Larks from 1.30 to 3.30pm. Thursday 26th June—Afternoon Tea and Games in the Sycamore Tree from 2.00 to 3.30pm. Do come and join us! Sunday 29th June: Café-style worship, Sycamore Tree at 7.00pm The first of a series of monthly evening services, in different styles. This one will be led by Monica and the Worship Leaders. Thursday 3rd July the Bible Fellowship Group will meet earlier than usual at 5pm in The Upper Room for a Bring and Share Tea, followed by a reading and discussion of 1 Peter chapter 5. The meeting will end by 7pm. All are welcome. Diane will be collecting the Action for Children boxes all through June. Please bring your box any Sunday during this month. “Collection Update At end of May we are three quarters the way through this financial year. The adjusted (two advance payments for the whole year have distorted the figures) income from collections amounts to some £18,174 which is just short of our target for covering our Circuit Assessment contribution from our collection income. Don’t forget though that, at the Church AGM, members committed to increasing our contribution to Circuit assessment by £600 (about 2.5%) in the next financial year. So if you can, please look again at your giving and see if you can give just a little bit more.” NOTICES Summer Fair Saturday 12th July 11am—2pm Cakes... Plants... fruit and veg... jams and chutneys...bric-a- Message from Tracey Burch at Sutton-at-Hone Church... I have an application form for the Songs of Praise Big Sing at the Royal Albert Hall. I will be going but I wondered if anyone else would like to join me. It's a really good, if tiring day out with the opportunity to sing at the top of your voice. If you would like to attend, you will need to be available on 7th September for the rehearsal in Knightsbridge and 14th September for the recording at the Royal Albert Hall. Please let me know how many people would like to attend from your church and whether they are Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass. I am happy to apply for tickets on our behalf. Please let me know by 15th June by Email [email protected] brac...books, etc. *** All proceeds to church funds Sunday 13th July at 10.00am Deacon Vic Downs will be leading our service and: Saturday 28th June at 3pm, Gillingham Methodist Church will be having a Strawberry Tea—£3.50 adults, £2.50 children or £10 per family. Sunday 20th July at 10.00am there will be a service of Holy Communion led by Rev. David Dickins