Sunday 2 nd September Morning Worship with Communion. Rev. Tim Cooke I Don t Know. Morning Worship. Rev. Tim Cooke I Don t Know NO SERVICE

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1 Introducing people to Jesus Notices Sunday 2 nd September am 9.00am 6.30pm Morning Worship with Communion Rev. Tim Cooke I Don t Know All our Communion bread is gluten-free and our wine is non-alcoholic Morning Worship Rev. Tim Cooke I Don t Know Tattie Pot & Pudding Lunch to Follow NO SERVICE Tues. 10am Service Mr. Lawrence Tomlinson You are most welcome to worship today. Please do join us for tea and coffee in the hall, after Morning Worship. If you would like someone to pray with you please speak with one of those leading the service.

2 The Methodist Prayer Handbook PRAYER POINTERS Each year the Methodist Church publishes a Prayer Handbook. Each new edition connects Christians from different times, places and walks of life. Classic prayers are interwoven with new contributions from Methodists across the districts and around the world and arranged as a 31-day prayer cycle. Here are a couple of prayers from this year s book: Jesus, you are our portal to God. You radically change people s lives: you turn arguing to peace, hatred to love, darkness to light, death into new life. As the Flood in the story of Noah washed the world clean, make our world sparkle with your love and joy. Let our lives shine like dazzling stars so that your love can be seen from light years away. Amen (Pupil Worship Team, Hippings Methodist Primary School, Oswaldtwistle) Generous God, thank you for the many blessings of the Cumbria District which are rich and varied; For the beauty of the landscape and the warmth of the people; For the way that Methodists and other Christians are joining together to create new forms of ministry and mission. We praise you that faith is deep and hope is real (from Day 9) It s not too late to get hold of a copy! URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: please call or admin@penrithmethodist.co.uk and we will pass on your request to all members of our congregation who are on .

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4 Circuit Magazines The Circuit Magazines are ready for collection and distribution in reception. Selah Monday 3 rd September, 7.30pm at The Bridge. Blessing we ll be sharing a meal together and making an angel. Coffee Morning and Plant Sale Saturday 8 th September at PMC. 10am 11.45am Proceeds to the Methodist Church Fund for World Mission. Contented with the Time An evening of poetry, prose, and a little music for solo violin. Presented by Vincent Raven Saturday 8 th September, 7.30pm at PMC Refreshments to be served during interval. Tickets on the door 8 proceeds to Eden Animal Rescue. The Osiligi Maasai Warriors Wednesday 12 th September, 7.30pm at PMC. Tickets: Adults 10, 18 & under 4 Available during Sunday morning coffee or from Styleline, the Church Office or on the door. We also need volunteers to serve refreshments at the above concert. Please either sign the list in reception or contact the Circuit Office. Thank you. Half Marathon Rebecca Frost runs her first half marathon on 9 th September. If you wish to sponsor her, please see the sheets in reception. BRIDGE Working Parties More Volunteers URGENTLY needed All skills or none Indoor and outdoor Tuesday 4 September From Thursday 6 September From Equal pay - Flexible working hours Old clothes ESSENTIAL - Sweet Tin Further details from Don Agus dcagus@btinternet.com Other days possible don t let this opportunity pass you by! Creating Safer Spaces Safeguarding Training As Methodist policy, we need to ensure all our leaders who work with young people or vulnerable adults have completed the 'creating safer spaces 2017' module or they will not be able to work with the groups in these roles. The next training which is the 'mop up of mop ups' will take place on Thursday 6 th September at 7.30pm in the Sandgate Room. Many blessings, Alison Birkett. Visiting Preachers On Sunday, 16 th September here at PMC our preachers and leaders of worship will be Sam & Sara Hargreaves. They are joint authors of the book Whole Life Worship, lead the worship at Spring Harvest, and head up engageworship.org which exists to resource and train the local church for innovative, creative and world-changing worship. Make sure you join us for an exciting morning

5 Request for Help with Local FX Conference Delegate Accommodation, 10/11th November We are running the second Cumbria FX conference over the weekend of 10/11th November. Saturday is based at Stoneybeck Inn, Sunday has the option to join a special '4th Sunday Adventure'. Is anyone willing to offer a bed for the night for those delegates travelling from out of county who wish to stay & experience an adventure? Please contact Sarah Hulme if you can help - many thanks. ( or sarah.hulme@carlislediocese.org.uk) Launch of our next All We Can Project At the Harvest service on 23rd September you'll hear about our new project supported by All We Can (Methodist Relief and Development). Farmers in Malawi are being helped to irrigate their dry land with pumps and solar panels. Envelopes will be available to enable you to support this. Operation Christmas Child Please join us at our coffee morning and communal shoebox packing morning on Saturday 22nd September from 10 am to noon. Bring some items with you and join with others to pack boxes. If you need ideas of suitable items or are doing your own box, leaflets to guide you are in Reception and the last day to leave boxes at PMC is Sunday 18th November. The Harvest Service at PMC this year will be on Sunday 23 rd September at 10a.m. and as there is just one service it would be lovely if all of us coming to the service could bring a gift of any food that is long-life (food bank items) to put by the altar. The Flower Ladies are also running a workshop on Saturday 22 nd September from 9.30am to 12midday (ish) to make baskets of flowers and fruit to decorate the church and later to take to those who are in our thoughts and prayers. Why not come and make a basket too? We d love to see you. Averil Cozens P.S. Help! Baskets needed! If you have any suitable please leave them in the reception area between now and then. Thank you. Summer Evening Walks The last of this year s Summer evening walks was held on 21 st August with 19 of our church members and friends enjoying a fine evening ramble from Langwathby to Edenhall and the Ladies Walk beside the River Eden. The charity sponsored by this year s walks is the Penrith Community Gardens scheme: towards which the sum of 660 has been collected. Thanks must go to those who have been so willing to lead the walks, transport our walkers and provide refreshments at the end of each evening. Interest in the walks this year has experienced something of a renaissance with larger numbers coming to enjoy the evenings than in the previous couple of years. Next Summer s programme of evening walks will commence on Tuesday 7 th May Graham & Thelma Allan

6 WEEKLY DIARY Monday 3 rd September 9.30am Monday Walk Meet at PMC 7pm Choral Group Get together at Cottage Wood 7.30pm Worship Group Church 7.30pm Selah - Bridge Tuesday 4 th September 10am Service Church 2pm Prayer Refresh - Church 6.30pm Watch Hour Prayer Meeting Crush Hall Wednesday 5 th September 7.30am Wednesday Morning Prayer Meeting 18 Brent Road 9.30am Prayer Time All welcome Meet at PMC 2pm Women s Fellowship Tea & Chat Upper Link 7.30pm Ubuntu HG Cranberry, Beacon Street 7.30pm Local Preachers Meeting Beacon 8pm Fellside HG - Langwathby Thursday 6 th September 10.30am St. Kilda HG 5 Pennyhill Park 11am Desperate Housewives HG - Bridge 1.30pm Twinkly Tots - Ullswater 6pm Ministers Drop In Upper Link 7.30pm Beta Group - Beacon 7.30pm Safeguarding Training Sandgate Room Friday 7 th September 7.30am Friday Blessings Contact Byron Hadley 10.30am Tiddlywinks Bridge 12 noon Lunch Club Ullswater 7.30pm Senior Youth Club - Ullswater Saturday 8 th September 10am 11.45am Coffee Morning & Plant Sale - Ullswater 12 noon 5.30pm Saturday Café Bridge Sunday 9 th September 9am Morning Worship Rev. David Milner 10.45am Morning Worship with Communion Rev. David Milner 6.30pm Café Worship Mr. Paul Rose

7 9am & 10.45am: I Don t Know Selected verses from Job Kerla Floods Appeal We will be taking a retiring offering today for Christian Aid to go towards helping flood victims in Kerala. Tea & Coffee: 9am: John & Audrey Peacock; 10.45am: Hulme HG Next Week: 9am: Lawrence & Heather Tomlinson; 10.45am: Centrepoint; 6.30pm: Judith Joyce, Steve & Laura Clements Welcomers Next Week Team 4: 9am: Deborah Newman & Dorothy Robert 10.45am: Dorothy Robert, Robin Capstick & Maureen Balmer 6.30pm: Robin Capstick & Maureen Balmer Ministers Drop In Dave or Tim will be available in the upstairs link area each Thursday between 6pm & 7pm. Do come and drop in if there is anything you would like to have a chat about. Items for the Sunday Notices to be at the Circuit Office by THURSDAY, 12 NOON please. Information can be delivered by hand, left in the Circuit Office Pigeon Hole in Reception or sent by to admin@penrithmethodist.co.uk The notices are also available on our website. Please the Circuit Office if you wish to receive the link which is sent each Friday.

8 Superintendent Minister: Rev David Milner 1 Lamley Gardens, Penrith, CA11 9LR Tel: dave@revmilner.plus.com Children s & Youth Work Team Leader: Paul Rose Tel: paul@pmcyouth.co.uk Minister: Rev Tim Cooke 44 White Ox Way, Penrith, CA11 8QP Tel: tim.cooke@methodist.org.uk Eden Debt Centre Manager: Jon Cook Tel: joncook@capuk.org Pastoral Care Team: Olive Jenkins Tel: Kathleen Humphreys Tel: Paul Swain Tel: If you have any pastoral concerns please contact the ministers, one of the above or the Church Office. Circuit Administrator: Michelle Rudhall Administrative Assistant: Maureen Brunskill Penrith Circuit Office opening hours: 9am 1pm, Monday to Friday Penrith Methodist Church Wordsworth Street, Penrith, CA11 7QY Tel: admin@penrithmethodist.co.uk PMC Web Site: District Website Connexional Website Tax payers can Gift Aid today s giving! If you re a visitor (a very warm welcome!) Single Gift envelopes are available at the end of each row in church, in reception and the Crush Hall or please ask any of the door stewards. Regular members please see Malcolm Teed Tel: