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. Please note that some of our Christmas services will be held at the parish church of King Charles the Martyr.

Minister: Revd. Jonathan Froggatt

Our Services:

Sunday 1st December 2024

 (Duty Steward: Maree Moore)

10.30am at FMC:  Gift Service. Worship is led by the Café Worship Team.

At Mawnan Smith 10.30am Worship is led by Dr Euan McPhee.

At Langholme 3.30pm Worship is led by Revd. Andrew Mumford.

 

Sunday 8th December 2024

(Duty Steward: Anne Matthews)

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

At Langholme 3.30pm: Worship is led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt including Holy Communion.

 

Sunday 15th December 2024

(Duty Steward: Jo Walker)

10.30am at FMC: Worship is led by Miss Jean Whetham.

At Mawnan Smith: Worship is led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.

At Langholme 3.30pm Worship is led by Ms. Karen Jones

 

(Duty Steward: Sam Taylor)

FMC Carol Concert at KCM 4pm: Worship is led by Revd. Andrew Mumford.

 

Sunday 22nd December 2024

(Duty Steward: Moira McCullough)

10.30am at FMC: Worship is led by Mrs J Preston.

At Langholme 3.30pm: Worship is led by Revd. Mo Lawson-Wills.

 

 

Our Christmas Services:

Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24th December 2024

Christingle Family Service at KCM 4pm: Worship is led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.

 

Christmas Day, Wednesday 25th December 2024

 Family Service at KCM 10.30am: Worship is led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.

 

Sunday 29th December 2024

(Duty Steward: Maree Moore)

10.30am at FMC: Worship is led by Mrs Lesley Parsons.

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

 

On Sunday 1st December online worship will be led by Miss Jean Whetham.

On Sunday 8th November online worship will be led by Mrs. M Bennett

On Sunday 15th December: online worship will be led by Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.

On Sunday 22nd December: online worship will be led by Revd. Andrew Mumford.

 

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. The last date before Christmas will be on 19th December. Donations of money taken at Footsteps all goes to Foodbank. The first date in January will be on the 9th.

 Wednesday Welcome: meets on the first Wednesday in the month. The next date is on Wednesday November 6th, it will be held at Carnon Downs Garden Centre. On December 4th it will be held at Princess Pavilion.

 Please speak to, or telephone Jeanette to book.

 

 

Mid-week Holy Communion at New Street On:  Thurs 5th December at 10.30. The first of these services for January will be held on the 9th.

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 by a Methodist minister with an invitation to both congregations.

 

 

Other Notices:

Footsteps at Fairwinds Café: This Friday 29th November from 10-12.

Autumn Bible Studies:  You are all welcome to join in a series of Bible studies which will be held at The Manse.  We will be reflecting on passages from St John's Gospel. Each study will stand alone, so don't worry if you can't make them all. The date for the final session is on Friday 6th December. We will begin at 2.30pm. Everyone is welcome.  Jonathan.

 

Pilgrimage to Santiago De Compostella. An illustrated talk by Euan McPhee. Tuesday 3rd December at 2.30 at Ponsanooth Hall. All Welcome.

A Christmas Miscellany: For their Blue Bag fundraising Sarah & Ian will be holding a Christmas Miscellany at the Manse on Sunday 8th December from 7 -9pm. The evening will include readings from famous Christmas themed literary classics, mulled wine, non-alcoholic drinks, mince pies with clotted cream and other snacks for your delectation. Donations will be taken on the night.  If you would like to attend, then please give your name to Sarah.

 

Christmas Card Post Box We will once again be having our own post box for your Christmas cards to be distributed to church friends and family. PLEASE only place cards in the box for people that you know attend church; these cards are for collection only and not delivery.  It has been decided once again that donations for this will be in aid of St Petroc’s.

 

Santiago Di Compostela Pilgrimage: As many of you know I recently completed a cycle ride to Santiago di Compostela. I had not planned to make it a sponsored event, but several people asked if they could make a donation. Thus, I have set up Just Giving pages for the two charities I am supporting. If you feel able to support either of these causes would be most grateful. Thanks, Euan. (justgiving.com: Euan McPhee).  

 

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.

 

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

Cake Stall: On the third Sunday of each month there will be a cake stall to raise funds for the church. Homemade cakes only £1.50 a slice.

 

Our Preachers

Some of our church members are also Ministers & Local Preachers. Can we encourage you to pray for them and the congregations that they are visiting.

1st December

Revd. Andrew at Carharrack & Langholme.

Euan McPhee at Mawnan Smith.

Revd. Jonathan at Mylor.

Jean Whetham online service.

8th December

Revd. Jonathan at Falmouth & Langholme.

Jean Whetham at Stithians.

15th December

Jean Whetham at Falmouth

Revd. Andrew Carol Concert at Falmouth.

Revd. Jonathan at Mawnan Smith, Perranwell & online service.

22nd December

Revd. Jonathan at Carnkie, St Day

Jean Whetham at Mylor

Revd. Andrew online service.

24th December

Revd. Jonathan Christingle Service.

25th December

Christmas Day service Revd. Jonathan Froggatt.                                                                  

 

Future Dates:

Covenant Service at FMC: Sunday 12th January 2025

Eco Church Next Meeting: Thursday 30th January 11am at Emmanuel Baptist Church following on from Footsteps Café. All are welcome to join us!

FMC Church Council Meeting: The next church council meeting is on Thursday 13th February at New Street, 2.30pm.

Our church’s future story: on Wednesday 23rd April 2025, with Sharon Rowe District Learning & Development Officer, an important date for your new diaries now! This will be a day of discussing and learning together about our dreams and visions for our future church. More details nearer the time. All are welcome to attend this important event.       

   

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

 from Falmouth: - we pray for Rosemary who has had a fall, Glenys & Kerina Bakken, Sue’s sister Jean, Anne & Barry Libby & Family, Pat Tremaine, Val Thorne, Gwen Mason, Barbara Toyne, Pauline & Peter Cocks, Dorothy Penman, Gwen Dunstan, Gill Wilkinson, and the residents and staff of care homes, especially Langholme.

 

Pastoral Contact:    for December is Jeanette

 

Thinking of you and missing you at church: Kate Jago & Ann Pengelly.

 

 

The next edition of the notices will be available from Sunday 5th January 2025. Please send any items for inclusion to Sarah  before  Monday 30th December 2024. These notices will be updated once a month, so please hold onto them, do not 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, they are also published on our church website. If you have any additional notices for the month of November, then please email me and the Duty Steward will announce them on the relevant Sunday. Thank you