Notices
Notices for 5th & 12th November 2023
Minister: Revd. Jonathan Froggatt
Sunday 5th November 10.30am Worship led by the Café Worship Team; a special service where we remember those who have died either in the preceding year, or longer ago.
At Mawnan Smith 10.30am Worship led by Pastor Jenny Lockwood including Holy Communion
At Langholme Worship led by Mr Paul Langford
Sunday 12th November 10.30am Remembrance Service: Worship led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt
At Langholme Worship led by Pastor Jenny Lockwood
After Sunday services, refreshments are served. Please stay and take the opportunity to have a chat and get to know us better.
Thursday 16th November 10.30am Mid-week Holy Communion at New Street
Sunday 19th November 10.30am Worship led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt including Holy Communion
Sunday 26th November 10.30am Worship led by Pastor Jenny Lockwood
Midweek communions- at New Street. KCM members will also be invited to join us. Midweek communion services are on the first and third Thursdays of each month, being led alternately by a Methodist minister and an Anglican priest, with both congregations warmly invited to join us.
Regular activities:
Stitchcraft: meet at the Princess Pavilion every Monday at 2pm. New members’ welcome.
Footsteps Café: Falmouth & Penryn Churches Together coffee morning, Footsteps is held every Thursday in the foyer of Emmanuel Baptist Church from 10-12 noon. Hot and cold drinks and homemade cakes available. All are welcome.
Wednesday Welcome: meets on the first Wednesday in the month. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 6th December and is at the Princess Pavilion. To book please speak to or telephone Jeanette
Other Notices
FMC Website/Notices: These notices together with other information and articles can be found on our user-friendly church website at www.falmouthmethodist.org.uk .
FAIR TRADE STALL. For personal reasons we will not be having a stall in November or December, but plan to resume in January. We may, however, be able to source anything you specially want or need. Nona and Euan
Concert at Frogpool Methodist Church, Sunday 12th November 3.30pm, Nankersey Male Voice Choir and Children of Cusgarne School, Chair: Revd. Liz Harris.
Autumn Bible Studies: You are all warmly invited to a short series of Bible studies on Tuesday afternoons. Starting on 14th November at 2.30 at our home,. The studies will then continue weekly, on 21st and 28th November and 5th December. We will be studying Jesus' parables, starting with the Lost Son. You don't have to come every week, as each weekly study will be complete- in- itself. We hope that you can join us, Jonathan, and Louise.
Circuit Prayer Meeting on Zoom: Circuit Zoom Prayer Meeting. You are all warmly invited to the next circuit zoom prayer meeting on Tuesday 21st November from 6.30 to 7.00pm We will then meet again on 5th December. If you are able to attend then please contact Rev Jonathan for the zoom link.
Coach trip to see Mousehole Christmas lights. Friday 15th December Leave Falmouth at 4.30pm to go to Beck's for fish and chips before going to Mousehole and seeing other lights on the return journey. Cost of coach is £10. To book please speak to or telephone Jeanette.
Christmas Services: We are pleased to announce the following Christmas Services advance dates:
17th December 4pm Ecumenical Carol Service with KCM in the church led by Revd. Andrew Mumford.
24th December 4pm Christingle Service in the church led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt
25th December 10.30am Joint Christmas Morning Service in the church led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt
In our prayers, we continue to hold the following before God: from Falmouth: - we pray for Ray Baker, Nona Wright, Daphne Rundle, Barbara Toyne, Margaret Lugg, Pauline & peter Cocks, Dorothy Penman, Gwen Dunstan, Gill Wilkinson, Babs Minns, Paul brother of Ian, and the residents and staff of care homes, especially Langholme and the folk at Abbeyfield including Sheila Finch.
Pastoral Contact: for November is Pauline
Eco- News: from the WWF: ‘380 new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong region in South-East Asia in the last two years. These include a colour-changing lizard, a thick-thumbed bat and an orchid that looks like one of the Muppets.’ For more information visit the WWF website.
Eco -Tip: Narrow or light versions of a font will use less ink than their bold or black counterparts. Serif fonts tend to use less ink as the lines are thinner. Century Gothic, for example, uses 30% less ink than Arial. Remember that ink cartridges can be recycled.
YouTube services on Sundays can be found by following the link here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZkv-Db2MFXsQEzhra0azw/videos
Sunday 5th November online worship will be led by Dr Euan McPhee & Nona Wright & on Sunday 12th November online worship will be led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.
Thinking of you and missing you at church: Darren & Kelly Harries and Family, Emma & Garry Hitchens and Family.
The next edition of the notices will be available from Sunday 19th November. Please send any items for inclusion to Sarah before Wednesday 15th November. Thank you! These notices will be updated twice a month, so please hold onto them, don’t delete them, until you get a revised version. That will save us time and money in unnecessary reprinting and will do another small bit for the environment.
