Falmouth Methodist Church: Notices for 2nd & 9th April 2023

Minister: Revd. Andrew Mumford   

You are welcome to join us for worship. Our Sunday Services are held at New Street Church Hall, which is in New Street, just behind the Parish Church of King Charles the Martyr. Our services for this month are:

Palm Sunday 2nd April 10.30am: Worship led by the Café Worship Team

At Mawnan Smith 10.30am:  Worship led by Mrs J Preston

At Langholme: Worship led by Miss J Whetham (Covid permitting)

Easter Sunday 9th April:  Sunrise Worship Service 6am at Gwennap Pit:  Worship led by Revd. Liz Harris

Easter Sunday 9th April at FMC 10.30am: Worship led by Revd. Andrew Mumford including Holy Communion

At Langholme: Worship led by Revd. Andrew Mumford including Holy Communion (Covid permitting)

After Sunday services, refreshments are served. Please stay and take the opportunity to have a chat and get to know us better.

Looking further ahead:

Thursday 6th April:  NO Mid-week communion

Maundy Thursday 6th April 7pm:  Tenebrae Service for Maundy Thursday held at New Street

Good Friday 7th April 10.00am: Walk of Witness     

Sunday 16th April 10.30am: Worship led by Mr Paul Langford

Midweek communions- at KCM until Easter. 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 from 2-4pm.  Next meeting on Wednesday 5th April at Flicka Donkey Sanctuary. 

Other Notices:

FMC Website: These notices together with other information and articles can be found on our user-friendly church website at www.falmouthmethodist.org.uk

Churches Together Walk of Witness:  This will, once again, take place on Good Friday starting at 10am. For more information, please speak to Euan.

Easter Offering:  This year’s Easter Offering entitled ‘No Borders to God’s Love’ will be at Frogpool Chapel on Sunday 14th May followed by a bring and share tea and time of fellowship. The service is being organised by MWiB who invite all congregations across the Circuit to attend. 

Sunday 7th May we will be joining with KCM for a service to celebrate the Coronation. This will be followed by a bring and share lunch. Our church is asked to provide the savoury course and our friends from KCM will provide the sweets.

Christian Aid Booksale advance notice: Once again there will be a book sale held at KCM during Christian Aid Week (14th – 20th May). There will be boxes in New Street for your donations. If you would like any more information, then please speak to Euan.

Foodbank: So far in 2023 we, KCM and other hall users have donated 70kilos of goods to the Foodbank. Well done to all.  Our Foodbank collection bin is now in the entrance at New Street. The need for the Foodbank grows continually and we would encourage you to donate what you can. Thank you.

Annual Leave: Revd. Andrew will be on annual leave from Easter Monday for a week. Andrew and Ruth will be celebrating their Silver Wedding Anniversary 11th April.

CAKE STALL, every THIRD SUNDAY of the month. All cakes are priced at £1 per slice or pack (or your generosity). A big thank you to all those who bake the delicious goodies and the amount raised, which is usually between £35 - £40, is a very welcome addition to church funds. Jane

Pop-Up Choir: The Pop-Up Choir will help to lead singing at FMC during services. They will ‘pop-up’ unannounced and if you would like to join in then please speak to one of this group after the service or just pop up!

Pastoral Team Church Lunch: The Pastoral team are planning a church lunch out hopefully after a service. We intend to hold this at the old water sports centre now the Windjammer Café. The café, we thought, is close enough to walk from church or has a carpark next door. We propose either April 2nd or May 14th please let Jeanette or Tracy know if you would be interested in this venture.

In our prayers, we continue to hold the following before God: from Falmouth:  Jane Ellory, Sylvia Phillips, Dorothy Penman; now all at home, Bruce & Shirley Keer, June Spargo, John Bennett, Gwen Dunstan, Gill Wilkinson, Bab Minns, and the residents and staff of care homes, especially Langholme. And for all those who have been affected by the recent chest infections doing the rounds, and for all those suffering with the effects of Covid (short-term and long-Covid).

 Pastoral Contact for April is  Tracy

Eco- Tip: Health Benefits: With clean, renewable energy and more natural green spaces, air quality will be much purer, leading to health benefits for all, and reduced pressure on the NHS. Could you switch to renewable energy?

As ever, you’ll find the YouTube services on Sundays here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZkv-Db2MFXsQEzhra0azw/videos This Sunday, the 2nd April is led by L. Rowse & Sam Taylor. Next Sunday the 9th of April is led by L. Parsons & T. Rowse.

Thinking of you and missing you at church: Glennis and Karina, Janet Dale, Doris Hamilton, Daphne Rundle.