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PRAYER DIARY
Please pray for the family and friends of Lillian Durham,
local preacher from Penwortham, who died recently, and
who many of our congregation will remember fondly. We
give thanks for her life and ministry among us at LMC, and
pray for her husband, Dick.
Please pray for all those who are unwell at this time or are
receiving treatment. We pray for John Ritchie, Chris Latus,
Jean Damp, for Andrew - Jack and Jean Dowson's son and
for all others known or unknown to us. Also please pray for
those awaiting dates for operations, including Meg Cowgill
and Jessie Sutherland. We ask for God's healing for all
these people and for them to feel his love supporting and
upholding them.
Street Pastors have asked if we will pray for all those who
sleep rough on these cold nights and for those who may
have housing but who struggle with heating or heating bills.
We pray too for the Foxton Centre as they put into action
the Winterwatch programme. Please pray for these and for
all schemes which seek to ease others suffering.
LEYLAND METHODIST CHURCH
www.leylandmethodist.org.uk
MINISTRY TEAM
Rev Phil Gough 01772 422613
Deacon Sylvie Phillips 01772 421319
Deacon Ellen Monk-Winstanley 01772 456080
If you are new to the area please make yourself
known and pick up one of our Welcome folders
The Steward today is Mark Baker
for next week it is John Burgess
(01772 617937)
10.30a.m. – All Age Parade
Led by Rev’d Phil
LARGE PRINT hymnbooks and Notice sheets are
available. Also Braille ‘Mission Praise’.
Encountering God
Led by Rev’d Phil
WE WELCOME CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Please thank God for answered prayer as the Ebola
outbreak seems to be passing its peak. We continue to pray
for all those who have been affected by this terrible disease
and for those who may have lost loved ones. We give
thanks for the research that has gone on and pray that this
will continue and be effective.
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February 8th 2015
9.00a.m. Early Communion
A Crèche for very young children is available in the coffee
bar during the main morning service. Club Sunday groups
will run this morning for children and young people of all
ages. They will be directed to leave during the service.
Bags of soft quiet toys to keep toddlers amused whilst in
church are available from the vestry.
NB. All our children and youth workers are CRB cleared
and are fully trained in Safeguarding Procedures.
PRAYER CIRCLE Call Ann Diggles – 386926 or Enid
Hallam – 431565 and your urgent prayer requests will
be passed around the circle
All Age Service and Parade
OUR CONTACT STEWARD
Please pray for all the work that goes on weekly with our
children and young people. Pray for all the many volunteers
who organise groups and activities to encourage young
people in their Christian faith. We pray for Club Sunday, ID
group, Mad Mob and Messy Church, Little Fishes and all
the uniformed organisations. We ask for God's blessing on
their work and pray that the children will come to know
more about Christ through their time together.
Pray for all areas of the world where there is warfare and
injustice. Pray that following from last week's service we
may be prompted to find some way to get involved in issues
where we see injustice.
WELCOME TO
LEYLAND METHODIST CHURCH
HEARING AID USERS
The Worship Centre is fitted with an induction
loop and hearing aid users should switch to the
‘T’ setting to `benefit.
Please contact Enid on 431565 if there are any
concerns or anyone whose name you would like
included in the prayer sheet, or prayed for during the
Tuesday prayer meeting. If you are able to join us on
a Tues at 7pm in the vestry you will be very welcome.
Equipping Disciples
6.00pm Evening Worship
A Circuit Service at
Spendmore Lane, Coppull
Taize Style Worship
PASTORAL CARE
Christine Latus is our ‘Pastoral Network Enabler’. Please
contact Christine about changes of address/phone number,
or pastoral information that may need attention from the
ministry team, e.g. hospital admission, bereavement,
request for visit. (Please respect confidentiality issues)
Phone 01772-456004 or email [email protected]
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LMC SINGERS
Do you love singing?
Then come and join us on Wednesdays 7pm-8pm, start
OR for 1/2 hour on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month
after morning service, starting 18th Jan.
Come and enjoy singing old and new music with others who
share the same love of singing!
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Urgent – Please help
Can you help our group of Little Fishes on Mondays’ 1 –
3pm on a rota basis, approx every 4 – 5 weeks. We need
help in the kitchen serving hot drinks for adults and cold
drinks and packet snacks for the children. We are a very
happy group and you will be made most welcome, there will
be someone with you to show you the ropes.
Please give it a go!!
Please contact Brenda Knight on 01772 432330
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DEVELOPING LEADERS
Now is the time to book in to the next session of Developing
Leaders, exploring our next Core Value of ‘Forgiveness’, via
a superb teaching dvd on ‘Crucial Conversations’.
On Tuesday 10th February 9.30 – 11.30a.m.
or, if you’d like to be part of a group but cannot make this
time, do register your interest and we’ll try to arrange
something to suit.
Book through the church office - Tel : 01772 453586
Email : [email protected]
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MESSY CHURCH
14th February 2015
10.30a.m. – 12.30p.m.
St. Valentine’s : LOVE
All Welcome – fun, activities, songs, stories, craft, meal
together
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Enjoying Life Together
THIS WEEK AT LMC
Monday 9th February
1.00p.m - Little Fishes
Tuesday 10th February
9.30a.m. – Developing Leaders Session 5
5.00p.m. – I.D. Youth Discipleship Group
7.00p.m. – Prayer Group Meeting
7.30p.m. – Detour Youth Club
Wednesday 11th February
9.30a.m. - Art Club
10.00a.m. - Fairtrade café open
Thursday 12th February
11am TOTS Worship –Worship led by Sue Davies,p.m.
Caren Daker – Wills, Probates etc
7.30p.m. – Thursday Fellowship : Dianne Harrison ‘Spring
will soon be here’
Saturday 14th February
10.30a.m. – Messy Church
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Next Sunday 15th February
10-30a.m. – Worship led by Rev’d J. Squares
6-30p.m. - Evening Worship Led by Rev’d Phil
Door Stewards Rotas
15th February
Upstairs: Frank Nixon
Downstairs: David Martin
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Monday 9th February 2015..... Leyland Aglow
OUTREACH meeting - guest speaker MARGARET
BENNISON - at Farington Lodge
Margaret and her husband Bob are pastors at a church in
Blackburn since they where saved in 1981 they have
worked with the BIKERS MINISTRY, "The Tribes of
Judah," whose purpose is to minister to, "the lost and
unsaved."
To book your place and choose your meal, ring : Ruth
Whiteside : 0758381618 Brenda George : 447543597213
Bookings not honoured must be paid for
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PRAYER MEETINGS.
The first meeting of the new session will be held on 10th
February 2015 at 7pm, in the vestry when all who wish to
join in a short time of open prayer are welcome.
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Enabling Giving
The Leprosy Mission needs:Postcards, medals, old matchbox collections. Foreign coins
and bank notes to assist in their fundraising efforts to
eradicate this terrible disease from all parts of the world.
There is a large box in the Church Foyer where these items
can be left. Please leave 5mm borders around stamps.
Thank you to all who have recently donated
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Tickets for this year's MadMob Show, Joseph And His
Technicolor Dreamcoat, are now available. Debbie
Sheehan will be available in the coffee bar after this
morning's worship to purchase tickets. The show will be
running from 21st - 25th March 2015.
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Gift Aid If you are a visitor to this church and do not attend
regularly here but are a Taxpayer you can increase the
value of your gift by 25p in £1.00 by placing it in the special
envelope which can be found in the foyer. Further details
from [email protected]
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Men’s Group meeting on Tues 17th February 2015
Talk by Peter Cawthorne on ‘Forgiveness’
Meet in the Church Annexe at 7.30pm, all men welcome.
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FAIRTRADE COFFEE SHOP
As from March 11th, for a trial period, there will be a revised
menu at the Fairtrade Coffee Shop, offering jacket
potatoes, sandwiches, toast, cake and scones. This is
primarily due to increasingly stringent Environmental Health
regulations and limited kitchen facilities.
We hope that our customers will still enjoy coming to the
Fairtrade Coffee Shop and supporting our two-fold aim of
providing an important community service and raising vital
funds for the developing world.
The Fairtrade Coffee Shop Co-ordinating Team
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NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK
Please ring Sylvia Travers: 01772 678820 or email:
[email protected] by Wednesday 10.00a.m.
IMPORTANT Please make sure Sylvia has the most up-to-date,
accurate information for your group activities if you wish it to go in
Embracing the World