Our Services: 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

 Sunday 14th April

FMC at 10.30am Worship led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt including Holy Communion.

At Langholme 3.30pm Worship led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt

 

Sunday 21st  April

10.30am at FMC Worship led by Miss Jean Whetham

At Mawnan Smith 10.30am Worship led by Mr Paul Langford

At Langholme 3.30pm Worship led by Mrs Lucille Rowse

 

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

 

Online Services:

YouTube services on Sundays can be found by following the link here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZkv-Db2MFXsQEzhra0azw/videos

 

This Sunday 14th April online worship will be led by Morwenna & Rosanna Bennett.

 On Sunday 21st  April online worship will be led by John Harris and Debbie Goldsworthy.

 

Regular Activities

Stitchcraft: meet at the Princess Pavilion every Monday at 2pm. New members’ welcome. (No meeting on the 15th of April due to closure of the Princess Pavilion for refurbishment).

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 date is on the 1st May at the Flicka Donkey Sanctuary.  Please speak to, or telephone Jeanette to book.

 

Thursday 2nd May 10.30am               Mid-week Holy Communion at New Street

Midweek communion at New Street. KCM members will also be invited to join us. A midweek communion service will be held on the first Thursday of each month, being led alternately by a Methodist minister and an Anglican priest, with both congregations warmly invited to join us.

 

Other Notices:

Sunday 28th April 10.30am Circuit Service at Frogpool. Worship will be led by Revd. Gillian Newton, president of the Methodist Conference. No service at FMC.

Pastoral Visitor’s gathering will take place on Tuesday April 23rd at the Penmorvah Manor Hotel with coffee from 10.30 for 11am start. Lunch can also be ordered for an extra £10. Please book by 18th April by speaking to your Pastoral Leader.

Circuit Zoom Prayer Meeting  You are invited to join on the first and third Tuesday of each month - 6.15 for 6.30pm. Revd. Jonathan will email the joining link to 'regulars' but if you would like to join please email Jonathan for the link.

Wellspring Celebration Weekend -  Worship, Teaching, Fellowship across the Cornwall and IoS District, 21st - 23rd June. More information about the Saturday and Sunday, as well as bio’s about speakers will be coming out over the coming weeks. Free transport will be provided. Please see FMC’s website for details.

 Fairtrade stall will be available every second Sunday following our morning service. Nona

Easter Offering: This year’s Easter Offering entitled ‘No Borders to God’s Love’ will be a Circuit Service at Stithians on Sunday 12th May and be followed by a Bring & Share tea and time of fellowship.

Fairwinds Café: We are hoping to use the café to hold FMC coffee mornings. At first this will be a monthly event, but we are hoping to extend it to fortnightly or even weekly depending on volunteers. If you feel that you would be able to help, please see one of the Church Stewards. Thank you.

 

Future Dates:

Visit from Charlotte Betts, the Connexional Property Development Manager who will talk with us at FMC about our future plans. On Friday 3rd May 10 -12, at New Street. All are welcome to attend.

Bluebell Walk: Saturday 11th May more details nearer the time.

Sea Shanty: We will share a united service with KCM on Sunday 16th June. This will include a Shanty band and singing group.

Homes & Gardens: Once again we would like to hold a series of visits to homes and gardens in the circuit. These visits are very popular and are a great way of raising money for the circuit and charities and for enjoying fellowship together. If you would like to take part please return the form to Jo Walker by 15th April. Everyone is welcome to open their garden/home whatever the size.

 

Eco Church: the next meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd May at 11am at Emmanuel Baptist Church following the Footsteps Café. Please do join us, all are welcome. Eco Events in the planning are 1st June Beach Clean, 2nd June Café service on eco matters, 21st June Eco Prayer Walk in Fox Rosehill Gardens led by Sarah.

In our prayers, we continue to hold the following before God:

 from Falmouth: - we pray for, Sheila Finch & family, Gwen Mason, Maree, Jane, Moira, Ray Baker, John Cotterell, Hazel’s son Matthew, the Brokenshire Family, Daphne Rundle, Barbara Toyne, Pauline & Peter Cocks, Dorothy Penman, Gwen Dunstan, Gill Wilkinson, and the residents and staff of care homes, especially Langholme and the folk at Abbeyfield.

Pastoral Contact:   For April is Tracy

Thinking of you and missing you at church: Olivia Wills & Christine Collins

 

Eco Tip

For those who have the space, you can convert your plant remains and kitchen waste into rich nutrient food for your garden. This reduces the need for commercial fertilizer, adds nutrients to the soil and saves water as it holds moisture and reduces run off and of course, it reduces what goes into landfill. You can pick up a decent outdoor compost bin from as little as £15. 

  

Eco Opportunity:

 Between April and October look out for the Common Blue Butterfly Polyommatus Icarus.

 The most widespread of the blue butterflies it is found in a variety of habitats including heathland, parks, large gardens and even waste ground.

 

Additional Notice from our friends at the Foodbank:

LATEST FOODBANK NEEDS

Dear Friends Thanks as always for your wonderful support. Due to the economic situation, we have a lot more clients, many of whom are working and still finding it hard to make ends meet and at the same time we are not receiving as many food donations as we did in recent times. It has therefore been necessary for us to purchase items in order to keep our shelves from being empty. This is unprecedented, and is not necessarily sustainable, so we would be grateful if you could spread the word on our behalf; just a couple of extra items will make a vast difference to us and our clients.

 

Here is an update of the items which are most needed: GENERALLY NEEDED • Tinned tomatoes • Pasta Sauces (in jars) • Tinned Tuna/Sardines/Mackerel • Tinned Spaghetti • Tinned Potatoes • Breakfast Cereals • Longlife Semi-Skimmed Milk • Longlife Soya or Oat Milk • Tinned Vegetable Soup • Dry RIce • Small jars regular coffee • Baby wipes • Toothpaste • Teabags • Dog Treats • Small Bottle or Cartons of Squash/Juice

 

 

The next edition of the notices will be available from Sunday 28th April 2024. Please send any items for inclusion to Sarah before  Wednesday 24th April 2024. 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.