Church Notices 22nd February-8th March

                                                 

Sunday 22nd February

10.30 a.m. – Revd Elizabeth Cushion

(Panto service)

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Sunday 1st March

10.30 a.m. – Mrs Marian Moverley

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Sunday 8th March

10.30 a.m. – Service led by Church Stewards

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Mothering Sunday 15th March

10.30 a.m. – Revd David Priestnall

(Holy Communion)

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TRANSPORT ROTA

Please let me know if transport to any of our services is required. Thanks John

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Help us, Jesus, to lean into and learn from your story;

to make it our own, so justice, loving kindness and mercy may join hands around the world that God so loves. Amen.

 (Karen McBride)

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IN YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE REMEMBER

22nd February

1st March

8th March

Our Community

Esk Drive

Elm Tree Ave

Fairway Drive

Our businesses

Pop Pharmacy

Bliss & Bloom

Coat Beauty

Our Churches

Clifton

Clifton Moor

Copmanthorpe

Our hall guests

Poppleton Panto

Craft Group

Friday Fellowship

Our Values –

our Partners

Free expression of ideas -World thinking Day

Do Little Things’

St David of Wales

Women’s achievements

International Women’s Day

CHURCH SERVICES IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

Please note changed times of Easter services

Date   Led By Date  Led by

1st Feb

E Thompson

29th March

L Harrison

8th Feb

E Cushion

2nd April 6.30 pm

E Cushion (MaundyThurs)

15th Feb

Flourish

3rd April 6.30 pm

E Cushion (Good Friday)

22nd Feb

Cushion

Easter Day 8.00

5th April 10.30

E Cushion

1st March

M Moverley

C Straton

8th March

Own arrangement

12th April

R Duck

15th March

D Priestnall (HC)

19th April

Own arrangement

22nd March

J Hayward

26th April

G Mason

 

 

 

 

February/March – OUR CHURCH EVENTS IN THE COMING THREE WEEKS

Mon 23/2, 2, 9 March

10am- 4 pm

Coffee and Lunch on the Green: Cafe in aid of Ruach. Hot drinks, cakes, scones, etc, lunch, full afternoon teas, (booking required)

Tues 24/2, 3, 10/3

10am- 4 pm

Coffee and Lunch on the Green: Cafe in aid of church funds. Hot drinks, cakes, scones, etc, lunch, full afternoon teas, (booking required)

Tues 3/3

10-1

Fairtrade and refill stall at Coffee On The Green

Weds 25 Feb  

4/11 March

11.20 pm

LUNCH CLUB – meet for armchair exercises and a home cooked lunch.

New members and helpers welcome. Please contact John ( 07963784356)

 

Concern Prayer meeting in the Inman Room

Weds 25 Feb  

4/11 March

1.45 pm

Weds 25 Feb  

4/11 March

2.00 pm

The Craft & Painting Group will meet in the hall. All welcome!! 

Wed 11/3

7.30 pm

Cameo: Chris Cade ‘Three Little Words’

Fri 27/2,

13/3

2 pm

Friday Fellowship: Feb: Befriending- Age UK.

March: Words & Music – The Priestnalls

Sat 28/2

10-12pm

Coffee On The Green in aid of Poppleton Library

Sat 14/3

3.00 pm

Songs Of Praise – led by Sarah Clark (of Anglicans) at Ebor Court Residential Home.

Sun 15/5

2 – 5 pm

Mothering Sunday Afternoon Tea. Please get tickets from Chris on 07754295850

ANIMALS – is the latest quiz. There are some different things in the clues for this one, but all of the answers are names of animals. Get your copy from Frances, Cardland or The Village Pharmacy, price £1. The Closing date is 1st April.

KEEP CONNECTED: Click on our website and Facebook links below to keep up to date with all that is happening at Church. Add your own comments and support on Facebook

email: sheilajohn415@gmail.com, mob: 07963784356. website: www.poppletonmethodistchurch.org.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577934292458

COMMUNITY DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOP – Do you want to make better use of your smart phone, tablet or laptop? If so, please let John Middleton or Peter Scholtz know and if we can get 6 interested people the Council will run a course here, just for us!

SALE OF PEWS – folk may hanker after comfy seats in Church, but there is a lot of interest in buying hard pews. Prices: A pew with two ends: £300. A pew with one end: £250 A pew without ends: £200. Delivery: £20 delivery each. Contact David Johnson, email: dandl_johnson@hotmail.co.uk.

Joseph Rowntree Theatre Musicals being rehearsed in our halls

Support them and your local community theatre.

1 – 4 May – Parade – Black Sheep Theatre Co

20 – 23 May – Calendar Girls – York Musical Theatre Co

Book at https://www.josephrowntreetheatre.co.uk

POPPLETON LUNCH CLUB – Come and join us for lunch on term time Wednesdays and if you wish, for a pre lunch armchair exercise class. Everyone is welcome, particularly if you are elderly and live on your own. Details from John or Sheila, tel: 07963784356.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE – All Saints Church, 2 pm, 6th March. This encouraging and informative service is written by the Christian women of Nigeria, and will be followed by refreshments. If you know Nigeria and would like to take part, or if you have objects that could be displayed, please contact :Moira Boast. 07988 939524 or Linda Jackson. 07841 027194

Our Nigerian sisters call us to come closer to God and find rest in him“

MOTHERING SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS – Coffee On The Green will be serving Special Full Afternoon Teas on 15th March from 2pm to 5pm in the Old Hall To include a selection of Finger Sandwiches, Savouries, Freshly baked Sultana Scones, Jam and Clotted Cream, plus a variety of homemade Cakes and unlimited pots of Tea or Cafetieres of Coffee. Cost £18 per person in aid of the RUACH project.

Please ring Chris on 07754295850 or call in at Coffee on the Green to a book table.

CHRISTIAN QUOTE:

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.” Luciano De Crescenzo