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BUXTON METHODIST CHURCH
The Church in the Market Place
Rev Andrew Parker Tel: 01298 23556
Church Office: Tel: 01298 27065
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
website: www.buxtonmethodistchurch.org.uk
CCL licence no. 1176263
Sunday 18th January 2015
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
10.30am MORNING WORSHIP and SUNDAY CLUB
Rev Andrew Parker
Please join us for coffee/tea after the morning service
6.00pm
CtiB Service at the Community Church, London Road
for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – see notice inside
Sunday 25th January 2015
10.30am MORNING WORSHIP and SUNDAY CLUB
Mrs Janet Evans
Please join us for coffee/tea after the morning service
6.00pm
TAIZE SERVICE
Rev Andrew Parker
Choir Practice each week on Sunday at 10 am
MESSY CHURCH
The next Messy Church will be Tuesday 20th January, from 3.30pm.
WEEKLY NOTICE SHEET – Notices please to the office by email, phone or note by 9
am on Fridays
TUESDAY COMMUNION AND PRAYERS
Communion and Prayers, a quiet 20-30 minute service, is held in the Church on
Tuesday mornings at 10.30 am
CHURCH CAFÉ
Please continue to support the Tuesday and Saturday Cafés when you can.
Tuesdays 10.00 - 12 noon and Saturdays 10.00 to 12.30pm.
Fairly-traded tea & coffee, toast, tea cakes, cookies, soup. All welcome
CAFÉ ROTAS
We would welcome new people onto our Saturday and Tuesday morning Café rotas.
This is NOT a weekly commitment and can be as little as ONCE EVERY THREE
MONTHS. It is the best way of getting to know everyone and making new friends.
Don’t worry about the jobs – we teach you how to burn the teacakes and operate our
highly efficient commercial dish washer by using one simple hand movement! So –
come and join us – or find out more from Shirley Ellis (Tuesday co-ordinator) and Mary
Davies (Saturday co-ordinator).
Notice Sheet: some members now have the Notice Sheet emailed weekly. If you wish
to subscribe, please speak to Ruth Hayter.
Alternatively, you can access the notice
sheet on the Church Website www. buxtonmethodistchurch.org.uk
We would love more people to join our team of DOOR STEWARDS. We usually
have three people meeting and greeting every Sunday – and stewards normally do
a month a year. However, dates are negotiable!
Please do think about whether you would like to do this. Visitors always comment
on the warm welcome they receive at our Church and the Door Stewards play a
vital role in this.
Mary Davies 78336
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Sunday 18th January brings a special opportunity to sing your heart out or bang some
drums – whatever takes your fancy to mark the Week for Christian Unity. We’re in the
hands of Buxton Community Church for the Churches Together service at 6pm. It will be
an opportunity to share in a different form of worship for some of us, and for all of us to
meet friends old and new and celebrate what we have in common.
Please come along at 4.30 pm on Sunday 18th January, bringing your voice and any
portable instruments, to join in an informal rehearsal. We’ve no idea what we’ll be
singing, but Andy Tooze will provide copies of the songs when we get there. (Buxton
Community Church is the one near the Fiveways junction, on the London Road way out
of Buxton.) Kate MacLean and Christine Hodkinson.
Russ Baker manages our website and he usually has a seasonal photo in a prominent
place. The last one was Monyash Church Tree Festival. Has anyone a suitable
image they could email to Russ? No prizes! And if more than one he can use them all.
[email protected]
NATIONAL METHODIST YOUTH BAND We are delighted that the band is coming for
a weekend visit to Buxton. Their visit will include a concert on Saturday 7th February
7.30 pm (tickets £5) and also playing in the morning service on Sunday 8th February.
Last time the band visited us at Buxton many people commented about their enthusiasm
and quality of the music, this is another great opportunity to hear them and to invite your
friends to hear them.
Please take your notice sheet home with you,
for your own use or to pass on to someone else who might be interested.
Financial review:
It’s that time of year when we count the cost of Christmas excesses and
re-budget for the coming year. If you are a regular giver to Buxton Methodist Church, please
consider increasing the amount of your standing order or envelope donation. The Finance
Committee reports that the Church running costs go up by approximately 4% every year….
Thank you.
Kate MacLean, Chair of the Finance Committee
Advance notice: The next Finance Committee meeting will be on Tuesday 27 January,
at 7.45 pm at the Manse. Agenda items and apologies to [email protected]
or phone 01298 78276 by Thursday 22 January, please.
Kate MacLean, Chair of the Finance Committee
NETWORK
Network starts again on Wednesday 21st January at 2.30 pm, when our
speaker will be Brian Lawrence, and his subject will be “Everyday Behaviour in Thailand”.
We look forward to welcoming him to the meeting and benefitting from the many years
he has spent working in Thailand.
Network is for men and women and we meet in the
Lower Room.
Disabled access is from Fountain Street – please let us know if you
need this door opening.
Ruth Hayter 77810
CHRIST AND METHODISM – 50 years on This is a new book which is due to be
published in the spring by Rev Robert Davies as one of the “Church in the Market Place”
publications. It is a book by John J Vincent, who traces what has happened to his
ground-breaking book in 1965. He asks the questions – What is Christ? What is a
Christian? What is Christianity? What is the Church for us today?
Copies are
£8.00 + £2.00 p & p.
If you are interested, please see Ruth Hayter to order with your
cheque.
FOOD BANK – News
One problem that clients regularly face is getting the support they need over the internet.
They often don’t have access and sometimes don’t know how to use it. The Food Bank
would like to be able to offer internet access plus the support of our workers to help
people resolve their issues, by buying a laptop and printer for use at the food bank. This
month, instead of asking for specific food donations, if you are able to give, the food
bank hopes you will consider making a contribution to their laptop appeal.
You can
donate by visiting website www.highpeakfoodbank.co.uk and clicking on ‘mydonate’ on
the home page.
Or you can send or drop in a cheque made payable to ‘High Peak
Nightstop’ to Laptop Appeal HPNS, United Reformed Church, Hardwick Square East,
Buxton, SK17 6PT. The target is £500. If you prefer to give in other ways, then the
following are currently in short supply – toothpaste for children - under 5’s, coffee,
shampoo, men’s deodorant.
NIGHTSTOP EMERGENCY PROVISION - News
As well as providing emergency accommodation, High Peak Nightstop has opened cold
weather provision over the winter months. Whenever bad weather is predicted,
supervised refuge is available for people with nowhere else to go, at the United
Reformed Church in Buxton. People who need this help also receive hot drinks and
blankets. Make referrals by ringing 07973 670 595
HERBERT WILLIAMS
We were sorry to hear the news that Herbert passed away in the
early hours of Sunday 11th January. His funeral service will take
place in Buxton Methodist Church on Monday 26th January at 1 pm
followed by the act of committal
at Macclesfield Crematorium at 2.40 pm.
Please remember Herbert’s daughter Paula in your prayers
And we give thanks for Herbert’s life and commend him into God’s
love and care.
Chapter and Verse – your Christian Bookshop on the Market Place – for cards for all
occasions, gifts, CD’s, books, fair trade goods.
Please take this notice sheet home with you, for your own use,
or to pass on to someone else who might be interested.

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