Falmouth Methodist Church Notices for 14th & 21st May 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.

Sunday 14th May 10.30am Worship led by Mrs Morwenna Bennett

 Sunday 14th May 3pm Circuit Easter Offering Service at Frogpool led by Revd. Liz Harris followed by a Bring & Share Tea & time of fellowship.

 At Langholme Worship led by Ms K Jones

 Sunday 21st May 10.30am Worship led by Revd. Andrew Mumford

 Mawnan Smith 10.30am Worship led by Mrs D Goldsworthy

  Langholme Worship led by Mr P Langford

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 18th May 10.30am Ascension Day Service including Mid-week Holy Communion led by Revd. Andrew Mumford

 Sunday 21st May 6pm Revive at Stithians led by Revd. Andrew Mumford in the style of Taizé.

Sunday 28th May 3pm Cornwall & IoS District Pentecost Service at Gwennap Pit

 The Annual Church Meeting will be held on Sunday June 11th as a cafe style service with communion. At this meeting we will be reviewing the life of our church, updating the vision statement and hearing from the treasurer about our finances. Also, there will be the election of church stewards and church council members. Any nominations for either of these posts should be sent to Andrew by June 3rd. All nominees and nominators must be members of the Methodist Church.

 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 from 2-4pm. Next meeting 7th June, venue to be confirmed.

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

 Summer Sessions Bible Study: A series of one-off individual Bible studies; these are stand-alone sessions so you can dip in and out as you like. All are very welcome. They will take place on either a Thursday or Monday morning. The next session, Wings & Wheels, is on Monday 22nd May 10am-12noon at Stithians chapel schoolroom.

Christian Aid Booksale: 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.

Sunday 21st May: This will be Revd. Bill’s last service at KCM before retiring and FMC have kindly been invited for drinks & nibbles in the hall at New Street from 11.30 onwards following morning worship.

 Monday 29th May: Circuit ‘Open Garden’ event at Morwenna & Luke Bennett’s home from 10-12 & 2-4. All are welcome.

Foodbank: 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.

In our prayers, we continue to hold the following before God: from Falmouth: Jane and all the family of John Bennett, the Charman/Tredget family, Rev. Glanville and Jean Magor, Sylvia Phillips, Dorothy Penman, Bruce & Shirley Keer, June Spargo, Gwen Dunstan, Gill Wilkinson, Bab Minns, Sarah Smith, 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 May is Pauline

 Eco- Tip: Install a water butt to collect rainwater for watering the garden - many water companies and local councils offer good deals on water butts. They can be ordered free of charge from Southwest Water.

If anyone has any padded envelopes or cardboard sleeves A4 or larger that you were going to throw away, I would be very grateful. Jean Whetham

 As ever, you’ll find the YouTube services on Sundays here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZkv[1]Db2MFXsQEzhra0azw/videos

 This Sunday, the 14th May is led by Mrs M Bennett & Ms R Bennett. Next Sunday the 21st May is led by Miss J Whetham.

Thinking of you and missing you at church: Vanessa and Adrian Speller, Vanessa Uren, Jenny Tim Webster & family

The next edition of the notices will be available from Sunday 28th May 2023. Please send any items for inclusion to Sarah before Tuesday 23rd May. 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. The notices are also published once a fortnight on our church website at www.falmouthmethodist.org.uk

There are still significant levels of Covid in our community. Please be careful and take all precautions you are asked to follow. Thank you.