SUTTON, BRANSHOLME AND KINGSWOOD METHODIST CHURCHES NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2015

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1 SUTTON, BRANSHOLME AND KINGSWOOD METHODIST CHURCHES NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2015 From the Manse Dear Friends, Read Romans 10 verses How can they come to believe if they have never heard?" (Verse 14) Surveys tend to show that most people acknowledge some sort of spiritual dimension to life and many people will join a variety or religious groups in the hope of finding a religion that will satisfy their needs. The mistake is in believing that any group, simply through its rules and rituals, will solve our problems and make us happy. It s as if there is a dimension missing from our lives and we see life like a photograph but never really capture the truth of the moment Good as a photograph is in recalling an occasion, the pictures that last are the ones etched deep in our minds and souls; these pictures conjure up not only the look of an event, but the taste, smell, sound, atmosphere and emotion of it all. The life which Jesus offers is not a two or three dimensional life but a life in the eternity of God s Holy Spirit which permeates all dimensions of our existence. In the Bible, the whole of life, with all its joys and sorrows, is revealed and following Jesus Christ leads us beyond mere existence to true fullness of life.

2 Everything is declared to be under God s care and his Son reaches out to all people bringing good news to the poor and freedom to those who are trapped in the harsh realities of three dimensions. Churches are so often listed in directories under leisure industries, along with sport, dancing, pubs, etc. but Christianity isn t just a spare time activity when the day s work is done. God, in whose image we believe we are made, demands that we acknowledge another dimension to every part of our lives. If we let the Holy Spirit guide what we do, then God offers us a new perspective, and each new perspective opens up new possibilities. God s Holy Spirit gives the breath of life to all creatures and is sent from God to breathe a new quality of life into those who believe in Jesus. But as St. Paul says in our opening reading, "How can they come to believe if they have never heard? We need to communicate our faith in many different ways, and this should be as natural to us as breathing. So let us be a breath of fresh air to the community we serve and may we be refreshed as we see the new things God is doing in our part of the South Holderness Circuit. Every Blessing Peter FUTURE EVENTS The next Communion services are on September 13th and October 25th. Wives and Friends 9 September AGM & Quiz night 23 September Rev Lansford Penn-Timity (t.b.c.)

3 Hull Methodist Women s Luncheon Club The Methodist Women s Luncheon Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at Kingston Theatre Hotel, Kingston Square, Hull. We enjoy fellowship, a good meal and have a varied programme of speakers or musical entertainment. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd September, the speaker is Rev Randall Barlow. Any lady wishing to join us will be made very welcome. If you require any further details, please contact Margaret Bettley Tel (Circuit Rep) Exploring Craft September These free to attend groups will meet at Ings Library on Friday 11th September, 10 am to 12 noon. The Central Library group will meet a weekly earlier than planned and will be on Thursday 17th September 10 am to 12 noon. For more information about the groups please speak to me in Church or phone Linda on or Barn Dance & Harvest Supper Sutton Methodist will be holding their traditional Barn Dance and Harvest Supper on Saturday October 3rd 2015 from 7 till 10 at a cost of 5 per ticket for adults and 2.50 per child. This is a social activity so ask all your friends, relatives and neighbours as it is a very good evening of entertainment, even if you can't dance the

4 music is wonderful to listen to and supper is included in the price of the ticket. The Hayriders Ceilidh band are one of the top local bands and always give us a very entertaining evening so we would appreciate your support for this event. Helen CHRISTIAN AID 2015 The total collected for Christian Aid Week was 1578 with Gift Aid to be collected on 425. This total was boosted by 382 raised at the Coffee Day at the Hornbeams. So many thanks to everyone who helped with door to door collections, the Coffee Day, gave donations, had a cake bake at work or ran their own fundraising events. Thank you all for your hard work. Ruth Harker Knitting for the premature Baby Unit Many thanks to all who have continued to send me parcels of tiny knitted blankets and baby clothes. Please continue to do so, they are very much appreciated by the hospital staff and parents of the babies. If anyone would like to start knitting for these babies, please contact me and I will let you have copies of the patterns we use. If you don't knit but would like to learn, that would be great so again, please contact me. Linda, on or

5 Knitwits Do you like to knit and/or crochet? Do you enjoy helping good causes through your knitting? KNITWITS is a friendly group who meet twice a month on a Wednesday afternoon at St Columba s Church, Laburnum Ave East Hull. New members are always welcome. If you would like to know more or donate any wool please contact Liz Pacey on knitwitliz@gmail.com Foliage for Festivities! Are you, or anyone you know planning to have conifers (the soft foliage type, not the spiky one), and/or holly plants trimmed in November? If so I would be grateful if you would let me have the pieces that are cutoff for Christmas baskets and other decorations. Please call me on , or speak to me in Church. Thank you, Susan. Church Library The Church library is open every Sunday I am in Church, and you are welcome to come and borrow the books, simply put your name, and the date in the notebook, and noting the date they are returned... Other Books, and Greetings Cards are displayed on the cake table and are for sale at 50p each with all proceeds going to the Church funds. Plants and produce are sometimes on sale too so please look out for them when you go through for your tea/coffee. Donations of books, old greetings cards and jewellery are always welcome for fundraising. Linda Whitton

6 Looking for Matthew Some may, others may not, know who the young man is who is playing the piano for Sunday services while Wendy is not able to be with us. Well this is Matthew's story. A man called Colin, who sits upstairs at Church, pondered the predicament of no regular musician. Colin lives in east Hull, and he likes to visit charity shops. He happened to be in such a shop on Hessle Road, and on the spur of the moment he asked a shop assistant if she knew of anyone who could play the piano. "Yes" was the bright reply, and told him about Matthew, and how they could meet. Matthew is a self-taught pianist, with a passion for classical music. He was feeling a bit down about his situation and was thinking of giving up playing the piano. He would like to have piano lessons to help him progress, but they are too expensive. There seemed no point in continuing with music as no-one heard him and no-one seemed interested in his musical ability. Then along came Colin, and when asked the question, Matthew was rather cautious as he had never played hymns, but was prepared to come along and see how he might help us. If you come to Sunday services, the rest you will know. Matthew is learning as he goes along with limited opportunity to practice as it is late in the week before he knows what hymns to rehearse for each Sunday. He does enjoy coming and playing for us, and hopefully one day he will be able to give us a recital of his favourite classical music too. So, thank you Matthew, the church and you seem to have been intended to meet!

7 FORTY YEARS AGO - The Church Newsletter, September 1975 Paragraph from Rev. Arnold Johnson s letter: This September, after something of a summer break (and what a summer!), our church life, work and witness is getting into full swing again. At the start of this new Methodist church year, I hope that we all renew our will and determination to make our local church stronger and more effective. It is true of all of us that our enthusiasm and commitment flags at times and needs to be renewed. Let us help one another and pray so that this may happen. If you know anyone who would appreciate flowers on the Monday after a service please give their names to Ann Borrill and Jenny Wood, whether they have been ill, sad or joyful. If you would like to receive the newsletter "hot off the press please supply your address to the Editor at the address below. Editor: sonnvi@sonnvi.karoo.co.uk or tel

8 Sutton Flower Rota 6 Sept B Berry 13 Sept Jan Gay 20 Sept M Parker 27 Sept J Dearing Sutton Cake Rota 6 Sept Ann, Brenda 13 Sept Ruth, Angie 20 Sept Helen, Fiona 27 Sept Joyce, Julie

9 SEPTEMBER at Bransholme Bransholme Women s Fellowship Bransholme Women s Fellowship meets twice monthly. Please contact Jean Lunn for further information or if you are interested in speaking to the group. In September the fellowship will be meeting on the 3rd and 5th Tuesdays at 1.45pm: Sept 15th - AGM followed by a quiz Sept 29th - Holderness Road ladies are joining us for dominoes Please come along and join us all women are welcome! From October we will be back to the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays as usual. Training Courses at Bransholme Methodist Church We still have a few spaces available for training courses 14th and 21st September: These courses are regarding Health safety, food safety, first aid, manual handling and resuscitation. Contact Lezlee Mennell for details, we are making a charge of 2.00 per course to help cover costs. Dine and View at Bransholme Dine and View, a new venture at Bransholme Methodist Church, will start on Wednesday 2nd September at 6pm. Tickets will be at an introductory price of 3 per person, There will be a light meal including a dessert. We have fresh coffee as well as coffee granules. On the 2nd September the meal will be a selection of sandwiches and salad, followed by a light desert and the usual tea and coffee, and there will be popcorn on sale to enjoy while you watch the film.

10 The films are estimated to last for around 90 minutes but depending on the film there will be some variation in the finishing times. On this occasion the film will be a drama featuring Dame Maggie Smith who people will remember from her role in the TV series Downton Abbey. Dine and View is planned to take place every 4 weeks on Wednesday evenings. So mark the date in your diary and call for tickets, it will be a great evening. Every ticket bought will include entry into a raffle. Tickets, need to be arranged in advance to assist in catering needs, and are available by phone on or contact me by at ms.lezlee@aol.co.uk We hope you will be able to join us. For further details, please contact Lezlee Mennell Moving into the 21st Century! Bransholme Methodist Church now has Wi-Fi and access to computers (not kept in the Church) so that we are able to hold computer classes as soon possible. This will be at a date to be confirmed. Please contact Lezlee Mennell if you are interested in joining a computer class because we have to take the computers to the church and we need to ensure we take enough. Concerts at Bransholme Methodist Church Lansford and Grace are organising a concert proposed for October and we are hoping to have the Beverley Amateur dramatic society hold a concert in November. Further details will be released very soon. The new sound system has now been installed at the Church, which will mean we have a better sound quality at these concerts.

11 Mercy Mission to Navasha Kenya - Bransholme s chosen charity for 2015 This year Bransholme Methodist Church has chosen the Mercy Mission to Navasha Kenya (MMNK for short) as its chosen charity for events where money is raised. This will run alongside their regular charity of send a Child to school". The charity stems from a work colleague of Tony s who comes from Kenya and his family have set up a resource centre for their local community for aids in relation to various disabilities. My colleague is now collecting items (bulky or small) to take over later in the year. If you have anything that is now finished with and wish to donate it, please contact me. Examples of items are hearing aids, zimmer frames, wheelchairs, support items of various types. If you are unsure if something would be useful, feel free to ask. Please do not donate items which belong to Social Services without permission, as such items often need to be returned. Tony can be contacted on We are also collecting money to pay for transporting the items to Kenya. Tony Garrett: Bransholme Church Send a Child to School The circuit is supporting the send a Child to School Charity, details of which are on the circuit website. We are no longer collecting hymn books, Bibles or other books for Sierra Leone and Malawi. We are still collecting cash or cheque donations for school fees, stationary for school children, used computers, laptops, children s

12 clothes, toys, shoes, school bags, stacking or folding chairs and tables, and any other school related stationary or furniture. Many Thanks for your continued support to these poor and vulnerable children of Africa. In His Service Lansford Penn-Timity Men s Fellowship at Bransholme Men s fellowship now meets regularly at Bransholme. The meetings will be twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays. This order of weeks may alter in the near future, so please contact Robin Manoury for details. Preachers at Bransholme Methodist Church during September: 6th September: 13th September: 20th September: 27th September: Mr M Cox Ms L Mennell Local Arrangement Rev L. Penn-Timity - Harvest Festival Bransholme Table Top Sale Every Tuesday am EVERY TUESDAY, COFFEE MORNING AT BRANSHOLME METHODIST CHURCH. Nearly new clothes, books, bric-a-brac, refreshments Worship and Prayer Groups at Bransholme The Worship Group is usually held on a Monday, but will temporarily be held just before the Prayer Group on Fridays at 10am. The worship group will soon be returning to Mondays.

13 Anyone is welcome to attend either of these groups. Please contact Lezlee Mennell at Bransholme for further information and to leave details of prayers you would like said on your behalf. Bransholme Weekly Diary Monday: 1.30pm-2.30pm 4.00pm Baby Soft Play closed during school holidays Worship Group Temporarily moved to Friday Tuesday: 9.30am 1.45pm Table Top Sale Women s Fellowship (twice monthly) Wednesday 4.30pm -6.30pm Messy Church (Once a month) Thursday: am Parent and Toddler Group (closed during school holidays) Friday: am Worship Group and Prayer Meeting at Church Open to everyone Saturday: 11.00am Men s Fellowship (1st and 3rd weeks) Sunday: 10.45am

14 Children s groups at Bransholme Baby soft play is back and is running from 1.30pm to 2.30pm on Mondays. Please come along with your little ones for the babies to play and for parents to socialise. For those with children a little older, parents and toddlers runs from 9.30am to 11.30am on Thursdays. Messy Church is a great way to keep your child entertained while learning the gospel. Again it is a chance for parents to get together and have a chat. For all of these, please contact Julia Sheard for details.

15 Come and join our Harvest Supper and Barn Dance On Saturday 3rd October 7-10pm At Sutton Methodist Church Hall With the Hayriders Ceilidh Band Admission Adults 5 Children 2.50 (Including supper) Tel for tickets