Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
1
March-April-May ’15
The Link MAGAZINE
for Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, North Road and Elvet Methodists
2
A letter from our Minister
Dear Friends,
Hi!
I would like to introduce myself. I am Andy and, along with my
wife and two primary-aged children and our cocker spaniel, I have
recently moved to Durham to take up my new post as Minister of
several churches, including Bowburn Methodist Church.
I trained at St John’s, and have most recently been a Minister of
five churches in Consett.
I look forward to getting stuck in, with all that God has planned in
our area.
Take care
God bless
Andy Longe
3
TWO MOTHERS
Long ago- so I have been told Two saints once met on the streets paved with gold. “By the stars in your crown,” said one to another, “I see that on earth you, too, were a mother; And I see by the sad expression you wear, You, too, have known sorrow and deep despair.” “Ah, yes,” came the answer, “I once had a son, Sweet little lad, full of laughter and fun.”
“But tell of your child.” “Oh, I knew I was blest From the moment I first held him close to my breast; And my heart almost burst with the joy of that day.” “Ah, yes,” sighed the other, “I felt the same way.” The former continued: “The first step he took, So eager and breathless - the sweet startled look Which came over his face … he trusted me so.” “Ah, yes,” said the other, “how well I do know.”
“But soon he had grown to a tall, handsome boy, So stalwart and kind and it gave me such joy To have him just walk down the street by my side.” “Ah, yes,” said the other, “I felt the same pride.” “How often I shielded and spared him from pain, And when he for others was so cruelly slain: When they crucified him and spat in his face, How gladly would I have hung in his place!”
A moment of silence … “Oh, you are she … The mother of Christ …” - and she fell on her knee. But the blessed one raised her, drawing her near And kissed from the cheek of the woman a tear. “Tell me the name of the son you loved so, That I may share your grief and woe.” She lifted her eyes, looking straight at the other - “He was Judas Iscariot - I am his mother.”
4
WORSHIP IN March
Bowburn
1st 10.30 a.m. Prof. Mark Wilson
8th 10.45 a.m. at Elvet - President of Conference
15th Mothering Sunday
10.30 a.m. Rev Andy Longe
22nd Passion Sunday
10.30 a.m. Mr Bill Offler
29th Palm Sunday
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Rev Andy Longe
Elvet 1st 10.45 a.m. Holy Communion - Rev Robert Fisher
6.00 p.m. Deacon Annette Sharp
8th 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Rev Shaun Swithenbank
10.45 a.m. Rev Kenneth Howcroft
President of Conference
6.00 p.m. Readers’ Service
15th Mothering Sunday
10.45 a.m. Rev Shaun Swithenbank
- All-Age Worship and Parade
6.00 p.m. Holy Communion - Rev Raymond Hay
22nd Passion Sunday
10.45 a.m. Readers’ Service
6.00 p.m. Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’
All welcome; please see page 10
29th Palm Sunday
10.45 a.m. Rev Paul Golightly
6.00 p.m. Rev Shaun Swithenbank - Discussion Service
5
WORSHIP IN MARCH
Framwellgate Moor
1st 10.30 a.m. Mrs Mary Tribe
8th 10.45 a.m. at Elvet - President of Conference
15th Mothering Sunday
10.30 a.m. Mrs Margaret Wadge
22nd Passion Sunday
10.30 a.m. Mr Tom Greener
29th Palm Sunday
10.30 a.m. Mr John Scott
North Road
1st 10.30 a.m. Mrs Norma Nevin
8th 10.45 a.m. at Elvet - President of Conference
15th Mothering Sunday
10.30 a.m. Deacon Annette Sharp
22nd Passion Sunday
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Rev Shaun Swithenbank
29th Palm Sunday
10.30 a.m. Rev Angy Long
For worship in April and May,
please consult the plan -
or your own church notices.
6
LENT
Lent will be partly over when you get this magazine, but here are
the details for Lent courses as they continue in March.
When I survey … Christ’s cross and ours Wednesdays 12.30 - 1.30pm
simple lunch followed by short talk and discussion
4th March (Waddington Street) - ‘The Child on the Cross’
11th March (North Road) - ‘Outside a City Wall’
18th March (Waddington Street) - ‘Touching the Rock’
25th March (North Road) - ‘Christ’s Cross and Ours’
All welcome
++++++++++++++++++++++
Elvet and Shincliffe Churches Together Lent meetings
Lent meetings (speaker + discussion)
will be held at St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Church
on Tuesdays
10th March
17th March
24th March
at 7.00 for 7.15pm. All welcome.
7
EDITORIAL
Dear Friends,
What’s your driving like?
I can’t remember which preacher it was, many moons ago, who
talked to us about driving. The thing with driving is that it’s all
the other drivers who are idiots or miscreants.
Other drivers deliberately drive too fast or too slow - not us - we
ourselves are always careful drivers at whatever speed we are
going. We expect other drivers to read our minds - and are
astonished when they don’t. We shout or sigh about other drivers -
and can’t understand why one of them might want to do the same
back to us.
The secret self-justification of the driver is so ordinary that we
often hide it from ourselves.
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!”
Happy Easter.
Jackie
8
Easter Services/Events
Maundy Thursday:
Communion 7.30pm at Elvet
Good Friday:
10.30 at North Road.
(The Easter Procession begins at 11.45 in the Market Place.)
Easter Day:
8.30 a.m. Communion at North Road followed by breakfast.
6pm Ecumenical Service at Elvet
………………………………………………………………………..
What is Distinctive about Methodism?
ALL CAN BE SAVED
ASSURANCE OF GOD'S LOVE
LIVING A HOLY LIFE
A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT
A COVENANT WITH GOD
BORN IN SONG
SMALL GROUPS
READING THE BIBLE
THE METHODIST QUADRILATERAL:
Scripture - tradition - reason - experience
THE CONNEXION
Visit the website of the Methodist Church to find out more about
our traditions and inheritance.
http://www.methodist.org.uk/
9
the connexion the connexion is a new print magazine for the Methodist people. The first issue (out in January, 2015) brings you news of people and projects in these islands as well as North Korea and Sri Lanka, showing how vibrant Methodism can be. It has a primary theme of evangelism (the 'e-word') and ways that Methodists can refocus on an area that many find problematic. A range of Methodist office holders received three copies in the post with a request to pass two of these on. If you didn’t get a copy, look out for someone who did! Or try looking on the Methodist Church’s website - www.methodist.org.uk. The magazine has been produced in response to calls from many Methodists for improved communications and more news about what is happening across the Connexion. Two more issues will be published in 2015 - issue two in April and issue three in September. Look out for them. ‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
JOKES AND STORIES A child asked his father, “How were people born?”
So his father said, “Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies
became adults and made babies, and so on.”
The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, “We were monkeys; then we evolved to become like we are now.”
The child ran back to his father and said, “You lied to me!”
His father replied, “No. Your mom was talking about her side of the
family.”
10
United Service: Sunday 22nd March 6.0.p.m. A magnificent triple choir should make this Passion Sunday Service
unforgettable.
On Passion Sunday, choirs from Elvet, St Oswald’s and North Road will
gather at Elvet to sing the oratorio The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. The work was composed by John Stainer in 1887, and is based on text
written by W J Sparrow Simpson. It features solos for tenor and
bass, as well as chorus work, and contains five hymns for
congregational participation.
The oratorio consists of the following movements:
1. And They Came to a Place Named Gethsemane (tenor recitative)
2. The Agony (tenor and bass solo and chorus)
3. Processional to Calvary (organ solo) and "Fling Wide the Gates”
(chorus and tenor solo)
4. And When They Were Come (bass recitative)
5. The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (hymn)
6. He Made Himself of No Reputation (bass recitative)
7. The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation (tenor solo) 8. And As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent (bass recitative)
9. God So Loved the World (chorus or quartet a cappella)
10. Litany of the Passion (hymn)
11. Jesus Said, 'Father, Forgive Them'
(tenor and male chorus recitative)
12. So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition (tenor and bass solo duet)
13. The Mystery of the Intercession (hymn)
14. And One of the Malefactors (bass solo and male chorus)
15. The Adoration of the Crucified (hymn)
16. When Jesus Therefore Saw His Mother
(tenor solo and male chorus)
17. Is It Nothing to You? (bass solo)
11
18. The Appeal of the Crucified (chorus)
19. After This, Jesus Knowing That All Things Were Now
Accomplished (tenor and male chorus recitative)
20. For the Love of Jesus (hymn)
Please, please, come along and listen to Stainer’s oratorio this
Passiontide - it deserves to be heard by a large audience.
Ann Bradbrook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Epworth Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Contact :Email [email protected]
Phone 01427872319
37 High Street, Epworth DN9 1EP
Have you been to Epworth? It’s the village where the Wesleys grew up.
You can visit the Old Rectory where the Wesley children spent their childhood. A visit to this impressive Grade 1 listed Old Rectory built in Queen Anne style in 1709, will transport you back to life in the early 18th century and introduce you to the remarkable family who lived there.
Opening times March, April & October
Tuesdays to Saturdays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 10:30am - 3:30pm
May to September
Tuesdays to Saturdays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 10:00am - 4:30pm
The Old Rectory Epworth is a registered charitable trust (number 1140335), and like every charity, we need your support to help us look after the house and collections for today’s visitors, and secure them for future generations. Donations are vital, and we are immensely grateful to you for your interest and support.
12
DAIRY FARMERS IN CRISIS
Churches call upon congregation members to reflect and act
“British Dairy farmers are facing an exceptionally difficult time so
we are calling on churches to pray for the industry, said Revd
Elizabeth Clark, National Rural Officer for the Methodist Church
and the United Reformed Church. “Give thanks for the vital food
that dairy farmers produce, pray for those struggling because of the
present low prices and pray especially for those famers who sell
their milk to First Milk whose pay cheques have been delayed.”
“Churches can also support the industry by buying British dairy
products,” said Canon Dr Jill Hopkinson, National Rural Officer for
the Church of England. “When buying milk, butter, cheese and
yoghurt look for the red tractor logo which tells you it is a British
product. Church members could also show their support through
choosing to buy milk from supermarkets that pay a fair price to
farmers. Visit http://www.nfuonline.com/back-british-farming/news
-channel/how-can-i-support-british-dairy-farmers/ to find out how.
Prayer Loving God we give you thanks for all the food that is produced for us by farmers every day. We thank you especially for milk, a vital food, which we don’t always fully appreciate. We pray for dairy farmers and the particular pressures that they face at this present time. We remember farmers under pressure because of low prices and late milk payments; may they know the peace of your presence. May we consumers never take our food for granted and may we value and support those who work tirelessly to feed us. This we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
13
TEN LITTLE METHODISTS
10 little Methodists went to church when fine, But it started raining - then there were 9. 9 little Methodists stayed up very late. One overslept himself - then there were 8.
8 little Methodists on the road to heaven - One joined a rambling club - then there were 7.
7 little Methodists heard of Sunday flicks. One thought he’d like to go - then there were 6. 6 little Methodists kept the place alive. One bought a television - then there were 5. 5 little Methodists seemed loyal to the core. The minister upset one - then there were 4. 4 little Methodists argued heatedly Over forms of worship and then there were 3. 3 little Methodists sang the service through, Got a hymn they didn’t know - then there were 2. 2 little Methodists disputed who should run The next Harvest Social - then there was 1. PTO
14
1 faithful Methodist, knowing what to do, Got a friend to come to church - then there were 2. 2 sincere Methodists each brought in one more. So their number doubled - then there were 4. 4 sturdy Methodists simply couldn’t wait Till they found four others - then there were 8. 8 eager Methodists searching round for souls, Praying, working, witnessing, draw others in by shoals - Shoals and shoals at every service, cramming every pew - O God, supply this grace and zeal in my own circuit, too.
cradle ROLL BIRTHDAYS
March 23rd Harvey Junior Lee-Dowson (ELVET)
April 28th Jacob Peter Fenwick (ELVET)
JUNIOR CHURCH,BIRTHDAYS
March 8th Callum Hall (ELVET)
May 4th Sophie Davenport (ELVET)
A Happy Birthday To You All
15
May 24th
Pentecost and Aldersgate Sunday
“When the Holy Spirit comes he will guide you.”
John 16: 13
Come, Holy Spirit,
guide us this very day.
Guide our families
lest anyone stray.
Guide our hearts
in all we say.
Guide each life
along its way.
Guide our souls,
our fears allay.
Guide us all,
for this I pray.
AMEN
16
Carols tell the story for all to hear.
It has become tradition for North Road Methodists and The Korean Church who worship in our premises, to come to together for an afternoon carol service - usually on the Sunday before Christmas Day. One of my best memories of this shared event was the year that our friends dressed in tradition Japanese outfits - the colourfulness of Christmas took on a whole new perspective - however I digress. The joy of these times is that there are always a number Korean children who worship with us for the Carol Service, which is a rare treat for us these days, and the Orchestra is boosted by the Korean members who play an instrument, plus both of Edgar and Marion’s sons who join our own skilled members for this occasion. During the service Edgar Senior paid tribute to Yoon- Sang Jang, a member of the Korean Church, who died suddenly in September. Yoon- Sang had played the violin in North Road Christmas services for many years. Edgar described him as a charming man, a skilful and enthusiastic player, who had a fine singing voice. Edgar welcomed Monica, Yoon – Sang’s wife, who was playing in the orchestra for the first time. The children sang to us – carrying out all the hand actions as only children can – with older ones helping the very young so that they brought laughter and tears to their audience. The performance was a time of participation for us all; we remembered the birth of our Lord as a baby; and sang our praises to God for his great gift to the world. This event was followed by our normal visit to The University Hospital of North Durham on Christmas Eve where our members joined friends from other Churches to sing carols to the patients and staff on all the wards. It’s always a long walk around all the wards but we are made so very welcome, patients too ill to go home appreciate this special visit and we are humbled by the gratitude that is expressed. This year we did not finish until 9.30pm as the hospital was full , but we were a happy if tired group!! My thanks go to all who came, those who played unceasingly for every ward and the lovely singing as we told again the story of the birth of Jesus.
by Maggie Best
17
EASTER OFFERING
Do you put money into the Easter Offering envelope?
Here’s some information about how Easter Offering started and what it does.
The tradition of the Easter Offering dates back to 1883 when women in Manchester collected £32 from 'Christmas pennies' at family gatherings on Christmas Day at lunch for Missionary work overseas. In March 1884, the London Districts distributed Easter envelopes and collecting bags asking for a penny a head and just over £100 was collected. From this success, the idea grew and by 1900 the amount totalled £1,655. In 1903 Easter offerings were extended to all country chapels. 'Let us bear in mind,' they wrote, 'the importance of the "Littles"'. Through gifts great and small, the Easter Offering has become a significant feature of the World Church. In 1986, the Bicentenary year, it totalled nearly £200,000. Throughout the country, effort focuses on the annual envelope collection for the Fund for World Mission through the Easter Offering and the associated service of dedication. This reflects the long history of commitment to overseas work by the women of Methodism. (The Easter Offering is organised by Methodist Women in Britain.) The Easter Offering 2015 dedication service draws inspiration from the prophetic visions, in the Old and New Testaments, of the Tree of Life producing leaves for healing. We hear stories from Partner Churches engaged in healing and healthcare and from countries around the world where the Church is involved in national and international reconciliation.
"On either side of the river is the tree of life ... and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." (Revelation 22:2)
As we hear the world news, we see the need for reconciliation and healing - of individuals, communities and nations. Jesus sent out the first disciples to "proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal" (Luke 9:2). Wholeness remains part of the Good News which the Church offers. Remember to make your contribution to the Easter Offering.
18
Afraid, alone, in pain Be the answer to Loko’s prayer this Christian Aid Week.
Loko’s choice in life is
simple: ‘If I can’t collect firewood, my children will die.’ Four times a week, in a remote corner of Ethiopia, Loko makes a back-breaking eight-hour trip to gather wood. It’s a task she dreads, but she steels herself to do it because if she doesn’t her children will starve.
She prays to God as she walks. ‘I ask him to change my life and
lead us out of this,’ she says.
Just £5 could give Loko a loan to start her own business buying
and selling tea and coffee, freeing her from her desperate task
and allowing her to spend more time caring for her family.
This Christian Aid Week, you can help transform the lives of women like Loko. From 10-16 May, churches the length and breadth of Britain
and Ireland will come together to pray, campaign and raise
money to improve the lives of people like Loko.
Every year, 100,000 volunteers
demonstrate God’s love for the poor
by taking part in house-to-house
collections for Christian Aid.
This fantastic witness is a chance to
take the mission of the church into
your community.
19
Christian Aid Week 2015
Helping people in poverty out of poverty.
Today around 870 million people are desperate for food.
One in eight people will go to bed hungry tonight.
This is a scandal.
But IF we bite back at hunger this Christian Aid Week
we can help communities find ways to not only survive
but to thrive, with enough food to eat not just today
but tomorrow.
This year Christian Aid Week takes place between
Sunday 10th May and Saturday 16th May inclusive and it
is a time to celebrate transformation, and an
opportunity to put ourselves in the frame of God’s
kingdom.
This year the churches in the Durham Christian Aid
Network are organising a number of fund raising
initiatives. In addition to the House to House
Collection arrangements are in hand for a collection to
be held at Durham Railway Station, probably on Thursday
14th, Friday 15th and Saturday 16th May. For these
efforts to be successful volunteers are needed. The
Railway Station collection only requires a small
amount of time. No-one would be expected to be involved
with the collection for a whole day, though if anyone
was willing to do this then they would not be turned
away!
Please give careful consideration to helping out during
this year’s Christian Aid Week. If you are willing to
donate some of your time as well as some of your money
to help during Christian Aid Week the people to contact
are:
At Elvet
David Ramsden ’phone 0191-386 8297/0771 345 0167
e-mail [email protected]
At North Road
Helen Wilson ’phone 0191-384 1158
e-mail [email protected]
Hilary Smith ’phone 0191 384 2858
e-mail [email protected]
20
Contaminated soil, polluted rivers and forest destruction directly
threaten the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.
Climate change is having a devastating impact on the world’s poorest
rural communities, but small miracles are taking place. This year,
MRDF is helping small scale farmers in El Salvador, and across the
world, renew their environment and reap a healthy harvest.
A free Harvest Pack includes:
* Real-life stories from El Salvador
* Ready-to-use Harvest service and school assembly
* Activities for children and young people
* Colour posters
* Gift aid envelopes
The majority of the Harvest Pack can be downloaded from http://
www.mrdf.org.uk/pages/harvest_service.php You can also order a free
hard copy, complete with gift aid envelopes and posters.
http://www.mrdf.org.uk (Methodist Relief & Development Fund)
NEW BRANCEPETH FLOWER FESTIVAL
ELVET COMMUNION COLLECTIONS
In March we will be having our retiring
communion collections for Age UK. Age UK
was launched in 2009, combining the operations
of the previously separate charities Age Concern
and Help the Aged, to form the UK's largest
charity for older people. It is dedicated to helping everyone make the
most of later life. The over-60s is the fastest-growing group in society and
there are more of us than ever before. Ageing is not an illness, but it can
be challenging. At Age UK we provide services and support at a national
and local level to inspire, enable and support older people. We stand up
and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the
long-term interests of future generations.
In April we will be collecting for Korogocho School Project. The
Korogocho School Project (KSP), a group with Small Charity status,
recognises that, for the slum-dwellers of Korogocho, Nairobi, school is far
more than a place to attend lessons. It is a shelter from some of the harsher
deprivations of slum life, a place which can provide some food, safety, and
a focus in life for young people living in difficult circumstances. By
supporting New Star Light Children of Zion Primary School, we are
supporting the education of Korogocho’s children. Yet this education is
generating the leaders of Korogocho’s future, young people that will
change both the slum and wider society in the future. (The Headmaster
and founder of the school was himself a child of Korogocho.) The New
Star Light school is run by volunteer teachers (who may or may not get a
small monthly allowance) and receives no state support. The focus of this
campaign is to fundraise for the construction of a dedicated school
building for New Star Light to move into. (Its present building still has no
electricity, water, windows or doors – nor even a roof!) The school will
then be able to teach its students in proper classrooms, and also operate as
an exam centre, which will allow it to access government education funds.
Students pay a small monthly tuition fee to the school, but around half the
pupils live in a condition of poverty and struggle to pay the fees. By
providing access to government funds, a new school building will help
New Star Light to continue to educate all its pupils. We are developing
21
links with New Star Light, so that student volunteers from Durham can go
over to Korogocho and help out with various projects, as happened in
summer 2013. (It is important to note that whilst KSP aims to facilitate these
links, the students fund the trip themselves.) As a student-run group, there
are no running costs. Thanks to the direct link with the school, there are no
middlemen or external charities involved in the project. All money donated to
KSP goes directly towards helping New Star Light Primary School, and
hopefully other schools in other parts of Kenya before long. It does not take
much to help: for instance, when we were there on 2013, we provided one
school of 50 children that meets in the local church, with an exercise book
and a pencil each, plus several rubbers and pencil sharpeners - and the bill
came to about £7-8! So in these cases a little does go a long way. We believe
that by supporting the school you will be helping the children of Kenya to
start some good of their own.
For more information, contact John or Jeannette Bygate.
In May it is, as usual for Christian Aid.
This is a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly
changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. It
works globally to eradicate the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality,
dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. Christian Aid is
part of a wider movement for social justice and provides urgent, practical and
effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as
well as its root causes. Its essential purpose is, to expose the scandal of
poverty; to help in practical ways to root it out from the world; to challenge
and change structures and systems that favour the rich and powerful over the
poor and marginalised.
ELVET COMMUNION COLLECTIONS
Amounts raised in recent collections:
September 2014 The Cedarwood Trust £85.65
October 2014 NEPACS £98.20
November 2014 The Royal British Legion £78.89
22
THE WEEK AT FRAMWELLGATE MOOR Sundays 10.30 am Morning Worship
Tuesdays 10.00 am Prayer Meeting
Thursdays 10 - 11am Dance Fusion
Framwellgate’s Church Hall is rented out during the week for exercise
classes.
Why not visit their website for details? - especially if you live in the area.
http://www.durhamdeernessmethodist.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=236
THE WEEK IN BOWBURN
Sundays 10.30 am Morning Worship
Wednesdays 2 - 3 pm Prayer & Fellowship Meeting
last Weds of month.
Thursdays 9.00 am * “Drop-in”
5.30 pm * Brownies
(Contact: Karen Heron 07921377321)
7.15 pm * Guides
(Contact Rosalind [Ros] Waites 0191 377 9995)
* term-time only
http://www.durhamdeernessmethodist.org.uk/wordpress/?
page_id=10
23
THE WEEK AT NORTH ROAD
Sun 10.30 am Morning Worship
Tues 10.00- 1.30 (fortnightly) Craftworks with Mannas light lunch
Thurs 9.30-11.30 * Messy Mornings
Fri 11.00- 1.30 Mannas - Food and Friendship every Friday
Sat (second Saturday) Coffee Morning
9.00- 10.15 (third Saturday) Men’s Breakfast
* term-time only
http://www.northroadmethodist.org.uk/
THE WEEK AT ELVET
Sun 8.30 a.m. Second Sunday, Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Morning Service & Junior Church, including Crèche
6.00 p.m. Evening Worship
7.30 p.m. MethSoc (term-time)
Mon 2.00 p.m. Prayer Meeting (2nd & 4th Mon)
5.30 p.m. Rainbows (Girls 5-7 yrs.) at St.. Oswald’s
5.45 p.m. Brownies (Girls 7-10 yrs) at St. Oswald’s
6.00 p.m. Cubs (Open Group) [Boys and Girls 8-10½ yrs.]
7.30 p.m. Guides (Girls 10-14 yrs.) at St. Oswald’s
7.30 p.m. Explorers (Open Group) [Mixed 14½-18 yrs.]
7.45 p.m. House Group at Newton Hall (alternate weeks)
Rainbows, Brownies and Guides contact number 372 1786
Tue 10.15 a.m. Halliday Grove House Group (alternate weeks)
5.30 p.m. Beavers (Open Group) [Boys and Girls 6-8]
7.10 p.m. Scouts (Open Group) [Boys and Girls10½-14½]
Wed 12 noon Lunch Stop ALL welcome (roughly equates with term-time)
2.00 p.m. Women's Fellowship (1st & 3rd weeks)
Thurs 10.00 a.m. Arts & Crafts Workshop
7.30 p.m. Thursday Club for All (alternate weeks)
http://www.elvet-church.org.uk/
24
ELVET, NORTH ROAD, FRAMWELLGATE MOOR and
BOWBURN METHODIST CHURCHES
Ministers
Rev Shaun Swithenbank BSc
Tel: 340 9701
Rev Andy Longe Tel: 384 1221
Deacon Annette Sharp Tel: 373 7446
DON’T FORGET
Copy for the June - August magazine
should reach Jackie Fielding by
April 26th
via the pocket in the rear entrance hall at Elvet,
by phone on Durham 384 7305
or by e-mail at [email protected]
Alternatively, those at Shincliffe and Bowburn can contact
Liz Atkinson on 01388 329437.
Those at North Road can contact Martin Wright.
Those at Framwellgate Moor can contact Eileen Maughan.
