ST PETER’S
METHODIST CHURCH
Looking Ahead
August
Wednesday 11 11.00 am Thanksgiving Service for the life pf Doris (Dorrie)
Hawkins at St Mary’s Church, Stelling. Refreshments will be
served in Stelling Minnis Village Hall immediately after the service.
September
Monday 6
7.30 pm Welcome Service for Revd Helen Letley at St John’s
Church, Argyle Road, Whitstable. Refreshments will be available
beforehand from 6.30 pm.
St Peter’s Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2BE
www.canterburymethodistchurch.co.uk
Charity No. 1128069
St Peter’s is a full member of Churches Together in Canterbury
St Peter’s and the other churches in the St Augustine’s Circuit are Fair Trade Churches.
Sunday 18 July 2010
Gospel Reading: Luke 10:38-42
Some years ago Ted Bishop produced some A5 booklets about Rome:
Unusual Events in Rome and Walks around Rome. Copies are available
from Ted for anyone who would like one, especially if visiting the city over the
summer.
Ted also has a larger book The Obelisks of Rome not necessarily for those
visiting Rome but for anyone who is interested.
ARCHE KENT requires a Support Worker for its independent living project in
Canterbury, supporting a community member with learning disabilities for 5 hours per week,
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday early evenings, with the possibility of additional hours if
available. Salary: £6.59 ph. For an application pack contact Anne Holiday, Office Manager,
L’Arche “Little Ewell”, Barfrestone, Dover, Kent, CT15 7JJ, www.larchekent.org.uk. For
more information about this role, please contact James on 01304 830930. Closing date
Friday 30th July. For more information about L’Arche, go to their web site.
We are delighted to welcome everyone to St Peter’s, especially students and people visiting
Canterbury. If this is your first visit please introduce yourself to one of the Stewards or the
Minister and sign the Visitors’ Book on the table in the Church Vestibule.
Everyone is welcome to enjoy fellowship over tea, coffee or squash after the morning service.
Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome to stay.
9.30 am
Service at Old Wives Lees Chapel led by Mrs Rita Maxwell
10.30 am
Worship and Junior Church
The Service will be led by Revd Geoff Boxer
Church Stewards: Margaret Anderson, Kaye Merrywest & Sue Floyd
Lesson Readers: Jill Butler & Ruth Denton
3.00 pm
Service in Stelling Village Hall led by Revd John Bown
7.30 pm
Music for a Summer Evening, Concert in the Church by the City of
Canterbury Chamber Choir in aid of the Mali Project.
This event replaces our evening service.
Admission £10, under 16s free. Tickets available at the door.
Notice Sheet Arrangements for August:
There will be two notice sheets produced during August this year. The first one
will be on the 1st and will cover 1st, 8th and 15th. The Second will be on the 22nd
and will also cover the 29th. Normal service will resume on Sunday 5
September. If you have items to be included for August or perhaps the
beginning of September why not send them to me now, as soon as you have
the information. That will be something less to think about whilst you are doing your
packing! JD
Items for inclusion in the next notice sheet should be with me by 10.00 pm on Wednesday
Jenny Devenish, 01227 456359, email jenny.deven@btinternet.com .
Copies of the latest edition of the Circuit Bulletin, giving information from the Special
Circuit Meeting, were available last week. If you did not receive one, further copies are
available in the Vestibule.
We are delighted to welcome everyone to St Peter’s, especially students and people visiting
Canterbury. If this is your first visit please introduce yourself to one of the Stewards or the
Minister and sign the Visitors’ Book on the table in the Church Vestibule.
Everyone is welcome to enjoy fellowship over tea, coffee or squash after the morning service.
Visitors and newcomers are especially welcome to stay.
Speak to the Stewards for details of the Crèche which is available during the Morning Service
and if you need a large print copy of the Hymn Book or Bible. There. is a Hearing Aid Loop
System in the Church. Users should switch to the ‘‘T’ position.
Minister – The Revd Geoff Boxer
Circuit Office: 01227 459449 E-mail: circuitsuper@btinternet.com
For Our Prayers this week
Thought for the Week
Notices for 19 - 25 July 2010
Tuesday 20
7.30 pm Church Stewards Meeting at the Church
Wednesday 21 10.00 am Holy Communion in the Church led by Revd Geoff Boxer
10.30-12 noon Wednesday Morning Coffee will be served in the
Foyer.
Thursday 22
1.30 pm Pebbles Group for toddlers and their parents/carers.
Friday 23
9.00 – 10.30 am Friday Coffee/Drop-in for parents/carers
"Joy does not simply happen to us.
We have to choose Joy and keep choosing it."
Henri Nouwen
We also pray for all who are in hospital or may be unable to get to church, especially
Elizabeth Leverett, Doreen Crothall, May Gurr, John and Hazel Burgess,
Jack and Sylvia Gibbons, Muriel Kempthorne, Margaret Withers, Ron Bevan, Olive
Cutting, Mary Dives. We also pray for Ray and Yvonne Pearson, who were members
here until a few years ago. Ray is unwell and has been undergoing hospital tests.
Congratulations to Joan Miles who has recently celebrated her 90th birthday
Sunday 25 July 2010
10.30 am
United Service in Old Wives Lees Village Hall
10.30 am
Worship and Junior Church
The Service will be led by Revd Dr Paul Glass
Church Stewards: Macdonald Mauchaza & Sue Floyd
Lesson Readers: Myfanwy & Aislinn McDonagh
4.30 pm
Circuit Service to celebrate the opening of the refurbished United
Church at Faversham. This will replace our evening service. Please
come along and support our friends at Faversham and see the new
worship space.
Also this Week …………
Tuesday 20
10.00 - 4.30 pm Retreat Day with Brother Martin Sahajanandra
at the Quiet View Garden in Kingston. Brother Martin is an Indian
Benedictine monk living at Shantivanam, Nr Trichy, S India. For
more information contact jill.hemmings@btinternet.com
Friday 23
7.00 pm St Rumwold Lecture 2010 at St Rumwold’s Church,
Bonnington. Speaker – Gary Lachman: Discovering Swedenborg
URGENTLY required at least one Property Steward. This entails ensuring that the
property is correctly maintained, arranging for minor repairs to be carried out, completing an
annual schedule and reporting to the Property Committee.
Whilst this in not an onerous job it is an important one, which must be filled.
Please contact either Paul Merrywest or Roy Irons for further information.
Gloria Smith would like to thank everyone who sponsored her for the ten mile walk for Mali.
The amount raised was £401.
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) has launched an
urgent appeal for West Africa as millions of people face chronic food shortages.
Poor rainfall and failed harvests in the Sahel region of West Africa have left 10 million
people vulnerable to severe hunger. Niger – the poorest country in the world according to
the United Nations – has been worst hit, with almost 60% of the population facing hunger
this year. More than 1.5 million children are at risk of becoming malnourished unless urgent
action is taken.
MRDF has already allocated £20,000 to the crisis-hit countries, and is urging people to
donate to its emergency appeal so that it can reach more vulnerable people in Niger and
other affected countries including Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
Yannick Milev, MRDF Programme Manager for West Africa, recently returned from a visit to
Niger. ‘Our partner in Niger was very distressed by the reports they were receiving from the
communities they work with,’ he said. ‘Entire villages are emptying as people flee to areas
where they think they might find food – they either simply have no food, or cannot afford it.
The price of rice has doubled in some places. Not everyone can leave their villages, and
some of the people left behind have been forced to eat roots and leaves from trees.’
‘These reports are shocking, but the important message is that we can make a huge
difference to many of the people affected by this crisis if we act quickly.’
We shall be holding a retiring collection for this appeal following this morning’s
service. Envelopes are available for those who wish to Gift Aid their donations.