ELLESMERE METHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER
This week’s service will be a joint one held at Chapel Lane and led by Mrs Olwen Weller.
Next week’s service will be a pet service at Chapel Lane and led by Deacon Carys Woodley.
This week’s Notices
Monday, 23rd September at 6 pm. Meditations with Deacon Carys (see below).
Advance Notices
Sunday, 6th October is Ellesmere’s Harvest Festival. Donations of dry goods would be appreciated which will be donated to the food bank and other produce will be sold, the money raised sent to Water Aid. The service will be led by Rev. Julia Skitt when there will also be a baptism.
Sunday, 6th October is also Chapel Lane’s Harvest Festival Thanksgiving service. The 11.00 am service will be led by Rev. Frances Biseker from Wem. The evening service at 6.00 pm will be led by Rev. Gareth Ingham of Criftins.
Monday 7th October at 7.30 pm there will be a sale of Harvest gifts at Chapel Lane.
Meditations with Carys Woodley on the last Monday of the month. These are for Christians and those of other or no faith and take place on the last Monday of the month. Join zoom meeting on
https: //zoom.us/j/94394803571?pwd=YkNOUU5uUi95UEoxaGFCLzAOUE1WQT09
Meeting ID: 943 9480 3571 Passcode: 039007
Future Dates: 28th October, 25th November both at 6 pm.
Saturday, 28th September 10.30 am-4.15 pm Environment Day Conference. The Circuit ‘Care for Creation’ Group is not organising an Awayday this year (as in the past 3 years) but is joining with the Environment Conference that is being organised at St. Laurence’s Church in Church Stretton by the Diocese of Hereford. (See details on noticeboard in foyer).
Saturday, 12th October 10 am-noon Lee Bridges are holding a coffee morning at Hordley Village Hall (SY12 9BQ). There will be home-made cakes, preserves etc. for sale. Support would be appreciated.
Other Notices
The amalgamation of congregations into one Church Council (see document on notice board).
Difficult Questions For the next few weeks we will be studying the film “The King’s Speech”. We meet at Ruthie’s on the third Friday of the month. The next dates are 18th Oct, 13th Nov. and 20th Dec. It is an informal group, we all found that studying the last film (about Stephen Hawking’s life) was very fruitful and inspiring. Please contact Julia if you would like to join us.
Church cleaning. Thanks to Nelly Bailey and Christine Howard who cleaned the church this weekend.
Facebook. You can follow us on Facebook “Ellesmere Methodist Church“, “Shropshire and Marches” and for the mobile outreach trailer “Memo Shropshire”.
If anyone has any item to add to these notices, please contact Ruthie (email:alukundo@gmail.com) who will happily include it. Please pass on these notices to anyone whom you think might like them or who is unable to attend church. Thank you. Please note: if you were not handed these notices to you personally, there are copies on the table in the foyer – please help yourself.
Rev Julia Skitt 16 Wilfred Owen Avenue, Oswestry SY11 2NB
Tel: 01691 657349 and 07810360778 email: juliaskitt@mail.com
Deacon Carys Woodley Tel:01939235504 email: deaconcarys@yahoo.com