Diary for week commencing 11 January 2015 Please pray for this week’s activities Monday 2.00 - 4.00pm 7.30 pm Tuesday 1.45 pm 6.30 pm 7.45 pm Wednesday 10.00 am 10.00 am 10.30 am 12 noon 7.15 pm 7.45 pm Thursday 7.00 pm 7.45 pm Friday 12.00 noon 6.30 pm Saturday 7.00pm Beacon Drop-in – Prayer for blessing & healing Monday Circle – Tomorrow’s Women Wirral – Maureen Thompson NOTICES FOR SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 Parents & Toddlers Guides Life Group 1 – see Barbara for details of venue Prayer Meeting Community Coffee Morning Wirral Foodbank Lunch Plus Youth Life Group – see Alison or Mark Gibbons for details of venue Life Group 3 Thursday Life Group – Montrose Court Men’s Life Group – see Clive or Mark for details of venue 10.30 am 10.30 am 7.15 pm A warm welcome is extended to anyone joining us for worship for the first time at St. Luke’s. If you would like someone to visit you, please inform the Minister or one of the Church Stewards. We trust that you will experience the presence of Jesus and that He will bless you. Tea and Coffee are served in the Community Room after morning worship every Sunday and we invite everyone to join us. AN INDUCTION LOOP IS PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF HEARING AID USERS. TO USE PLEASE SWITCH YOUR HEARING AID TO ‘T’. ROTAS 11 January 2015 18 January 2015 Welcome Team: (Door) Jane & Roger Murch Margaret & John Green Gail Lowther & Sandra Mealor Jane & Roger Murch Noel Johnstone & David Paul Averil Wilkes & Anne-Marie Smith Crèche Gail & Becci All Age Worship Tea/Coffee Barbara Brunton Leslie Newnes Flowers Gail Lowther Reader Edwina Milford Noel Johnstone In memory of his wife, Olive Jane Murch Property Steward Noel Johnstone John Mealor Friday Drop-In ‘Food & Friends’ & Wirral Foodbank Kidz Klub Golf Society Whist Evening (Roving) Stewards 10.30 am 7.15 pm Sunday 18 January 2015 All Age Worship - Reverend Ruth Jeffries Youthie ST. LUKE’S METHODIST CHURCH, HOYLAKE Minister: Reverend Ruth Jeffries : 0151 677 1736 E-mail: [email protected] Senior Steward: Averil Wilkes : 0151 632 5395 Church Office: 0151 632 6524 or e-mail [email protected] Room Bookings: Phil Critchley : 07523 066566 or email [email protected] Website: www.stlukeshoylake.com Deacon Peter Reast Crèche & TransformUs Youthie If you have any items to be included in the Notices, please forward them to Phil Critchley by 8.00 pm on Wednesday evening. E-mail is the preferred method of contact – [email protected]. Notices can also be viewed on the church website – www.stlukeshoylake.com – throughout the week. CAKE SALE TODAY! St Luke’s youth group will be having a youth weekend away in February. Youth weekends are a great opportunity for young people to enjoy fellowship together whilst also learning more about God. We are currently raising money for the weekend so we can pay a guest speaker from YFC to lead the teaching sessions and after today’s service, you are invited to buy some delicious homemade cake in the Community Room. Raising money will also help subsidise costs and make the weekend more affordable for the young people and their families. Please support us by buying some cake! CAFÉ CHURCH At tonight’s Café Church at Greasby Methodist Church, Reverend John Barnett will be talking about Christians and Ecology. This will touch on the questions of the Christian response to the care of the physical world and our responsibilities to it. Join us for coffee and stimulating conversation from 6.30pm. who attended Helen’s Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday and for your continued support. CIRCUIT ISSUES The Leadership Teams from St. Luke’s, Greasby, Irby, Moreton and West Kirby Methodist Churches will meet on Monday to consider how the latest proposals for the establishment of new groupings within the Circuit could be implemented. If anyone has a contribution to make to this discussion or feels strongly about any of the issues, please speak with a member of the Leadership Team prior to the meeting. LUNCH PLUS The next Lunch Plus will be held on Wednesday (14th January), at 12 for 12.30pm. Please let us know if you are able (or unable) to attend by contacting Margaret on 632 2924, Marjorie on 632 1043 or Val on 632 1719, by 5pm today. NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED On Tuesday evening (13 January), our first Guides meeting of the New Year will take place, while on Wednesday (14 January), the Prayer Meeting will be at 10.00am, followed by the Community Coffee Morning. Later in the week, on Friday (16 January), Kidz Klub will be at 6.30pm. WHIST EVENING The first Golf Society Whist Evening of the New Year will be held in the Small Hall at St. Luke’s on Saturday 17th January, commencing at 7.00pm. Please see David Paul or Noel Johnstone if you would like to join us for a friendly game of cards. PROPERTY & FINANCE MEETING The next meeting of the Property & Finance team will be held at St. Luke's on Monday 19th January. If you have any items for the agenda, please give them to Jane Murch, in writing, as soon as possible. THE BIG QUIZ OF 2014 Are you and your family budding quiz-tians? If so, why not join us as Youthie host The Big Quiz of 2014 on Saturday 24th January at 6pm? Tickets are £4 adults and £2 under 11s or £10 for a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 under 11s). Maximum teams of 6 people. There will be nibbles on the night and all proceeds will go towards the Youthie weekend away. Please speak to Matt Teale to sign up. PUPPET MINISTRY Next Sunday at St. Luke’s, children of all ages will enjoy the ‘No Strings’ puppet ministry, who will provide a memorable family service with Bible-based sketches and songs. Based at Altrincham Methodist Church, the puppets, who have performed throughout the North West, are sure to stimulate the interest of both children and adults alike, as they portray the Christian message as only a puppet can! SERVICE AT THINGWALL METHODIST CHURCH The Circuit Service to celebrate and give thanks for the witness and ministry at Thingwall Methodist Church will be held at Thingwall on Sunday 18th January at 4.00pm. Please come and support the friends at Thingwall as the church there closes and they continue their faith journeys elsewhere. PRAYER TREE At the last meeting of the Learning and Caring team, it was suggested we should invite friends who are not already on the Prayer Tree to think about coming on, so that when a prayer request is made, there will be more people to offer prayer support. If you would like to join us, please get in touch with Clive or Chrissie or Mary. (See phone numbers below). VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR METHODIST CONFERENCE The Liverpool District will host the 2015 Methodist Conference at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre (Floral Hall) from Thursday 25th June to Thursday 2nd July. Volunteers are required for a variety of roles – stewards, Help Desk, collators and drivers – and it’s a great opportunity to be involved and experience Conference first hand. For further details, or to volunteer to help on one or all of the days, kindly contact Iain Henderson on 0151 638 4362 or email [email protected]. THANK YOU Carl Sanderson and family would like to thank everyone for their kind expressions of sympathy, floral tributes and donations received at this sad time. Thank you to all Prayers Please note that if anyone would like a prayer on the Prayer Tree for themselves or someone else that they know, please phone either: Chrissie or Clive on 632 6252, or Mary on 625 1777. Grant to us, O Lord, purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no passion may hinder us from doing your will, and no weakness from doing it; that in your light we may see light clearly, and in your service find perfect freedom; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430)