WELCOME TO THE SERVICE

Please join us for coffee and tea in the Wesley Hall following the 10:30am service. Traidcraft goods and greetings cards will be on sale. If this is your first visit, we invite you to sign the Visitors' Book and collect a Welcome Pack

Creche facilities are available at the 10.30am service.

Please ask a steward for directions.

Sunday, 28^th September 2008 – Ordinary 26

MRDF Harvest Day

Today's Services

10.30am Parade Service and Harvest Festival led by

Rev Philip Morse

THE ENORMOUS TURNIP

Tapes of this service are available if you are, or know of someone, unable to make it to the service. Please ask one of the stewards if you wish to borrow one of them.

6.30pm Holy Communion led by Rev Philip Morse

THE HARVEST SUPPER

Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 / Philippians 2:1-13 / Matthew 21:23-32

Father of all,

you gave your only Son,

to take upon himself the form of a servant

and to be obedient even to death on a cross.

Give us the same mind that was in Christ Jesus

that, sharing in his humility,

we may come to be with him in his glory;

For he lives and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever, Amen

A warm welcome to the uniformed organizations that are with us,
and participating in the service today. 

	Stewards	Door Stewards	Organist	Bible Reader
10.30am	Sid Barker Ruth Hill	Peggy & David Birch	Gillian Yard	Uniformed Organisations
6.30pm	Sid Barker Ruth Hill		Pat Crowle	Luke Over

Flowers are given by Judith and Alan Hartridge

Today

• Harvest Bring and Share Lunch immediately following the 10.30am Parade Service. Please join us even if you have not brought a dish - all are welcome. There is a bountiful table laid out in the Bromley Room, for all to enjoy. Thanks to all for the hard work in preparing this meal for us. 
Monday
• Pinkneys Green House Fellowship meets 8.00pm at 8, The Paddock.
Tuesday
• Toddlers meet 9.30am
• Brownies meet 6.15pm and Guides meet 7.00pm
Wednesday
• Cubs meet 6.30pm
• Friendship Hour 2.30pm in the Bromley Room (see Dates for Diary)
Thursday
• High Street Art Workshop 10am – 12.30pm. Check beforehand with Liz on 625604
• Lunchtime Communion Service at 12.30pm.
• Beavers meet 6.00pm
• Questors – seeking to draw closer to Jesus - meet 8.00pm at the home of Lavinia and Elijah Kommu, 20 Winbury Court, West Road, SL6 1PD. (See Other Notices)

Friday

• Coffee 10am to 12 noon in the Wesley Hall – Lois Buck
• Scouts meet 7.30pm
• Choir practice 8.00pm
• Arts Café 8.15pm in the Wesley Hall. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets £5.00 available from Church Office.

Saturday

• Coffee 10am to 12 noon in the Wesley Hall – Scouts
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
• Saturday 4^th October, 10 for 10.30am – 4.15pm. The 2008 Western Area Meeting at Trinity Methodist Church, Woking. This year's theme is "The Church in the Community/Moving Forward Together". Our Thames Valley Circuit belongs to this District, and all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please contact Marian Fox if you are interested in going.
• Saturday 4^th October, 5.30-8.30pm – African Harvest Supper at Boyn Hill Baptist Church. All welcome. Tickets 50p in advance.
• Sunday 5^th October – PUDDING CLUB returns – see you there!
• Tuesday 7th October - Wesley Walkers meet 10:15 at the Royal Standard, Wooburn Common Road, Wooburn Green, HP10 0JS (grid ref SU922876.   Walk about 4 miles. The route is almost flat with no hills and was firm and dry but could get muddy if it rains. Contact Gordon Nevill (01628-638745)
• Saturday 11th October, 7.30pm in the Wesley Hall, "Once upon a Time....." a story-telling, by David England . Café style event with coffee and cakes. Tickets price £5.00 available from Jean Barnett 01628629675 (children free). Please come and support this event for the Restoration Fund.
• Saturday 11^th of October - Coach/Boat Trip to the Isle of Wight arranged by Burnham Methodist Church. Coach leaves Lent Rise at 8:30am, and gets the Red Funnel Ferry to Cowes at 11am. A 2 hour lunch stop in Shanklin then on to Totland Methodist Church for tea. Approx return time to Burnham 8:30-9:00pm. Cost is £25.00 for the day (coach, ferry and tea included). If you are interested, please call Jo Webb 01628 603014 as soon as possible for more details – there are only a few seats left.
• Sunday, 19^th October, 3.00 pm - Maidenhead Interfaith group service hosted by the Christian Science Church, Maidenhead during the Week of Prayer for World Peace (19^th – 26^th October). Christian churches are asked to lead both the opening and closing ten minute slots, which is a kind recognition of the Christian community's majority presence in the area. This event can include music, dance or religious poetry. Anyone interested in sharing in this service please contact either Philip Ind 01628 477425 mtpipind@aol.com or Barbara McIntivey 01628 626533 RevBarMc@aol.com by 1^st October
 

OTHER NOTICES

• Wednesday October 1^st sees the launch of a new monthly meeting in our Church calendar, The Friendship Hour. Meetings are open to everyone and will be held on the first Wednesday of each month. We hope this will be a place where new friendships are formed and old friendships strengthened. Please join us on Wednesday if you can, when our theme is Harvest. For details contact May Tribe (01628 630978) or Gillian Yard (0118 934 5010).
• If anyone would like their name put on the preaching plan list, please telephone Jill Griffiths on 675652
• We know how much the Church Choir is valued on a Sunday to lead the singing, but recently we have lost several members, and we are now in need of some new voices, particularly sopranos. If you feel you could help us, please speak to any choir member. Training could be given if necessary. Please think carefully whether you could help, otherwise we may find it very difficult when the Carol Service etc. comes along.
• Sunday Coffee - maybe YOU would volunteer to serve coffee after Church on Sunday mornings.  Please ring 01628 7625823
• Tokens wanted - The Maidenhead Advertiser is offering a share of £20,000 to Community Groups who collect a minimum of 200 tokens from the paper, commencing on the 25th September. Tokens for the Scout Group should be given to Dorothy Minors, or for the Guides should be given to Don or Judy Stimson, or left in the pigeonhole for Claire Boycott.
• Questors House Group – Jack Roberts will be leading a series on The Revelation of St John. Please come and join us, everyone is welcome. For more information ring Rosemary and Arthur 01628 633720.
• Jack Roberts in Bourne End is offering some interesting, constructive and relevant Bible Study.  He is willing to come to a morning, afternoon or evening group.  Please contact Jack at 01628 522 131 to make arrangements.
• Every month Waitrose in Maidenhead donates £1000 to a local charity. Customers are given a green token at point of sale to put in a collection box near the door. Three charities are nominated each month with a percentage of the money going to all of them dependent on the number of tokens collected. The Bridge Trust (which sponsors Re:Charge) and Family Friends have been nominated as two of the charities for this month. Please help us by doing your shopping at Waitrose and donating your token to us.
• Action for Children (formerly NCH) – Thank you to all who supported Roger Wilson in last Sunday's Windsor Half Marathon. He raised £765, a great effort on our behalf.
• A team is walking the Maidenhead Boundary Walk on 5th October to raise fund for Re:charge.  All monies raised will go towards supporting the work of Re:charge with young families and young people in Maidenhead. If you would like to donate please send your cheque to "The Bridge Trust Thames Valley" at Kingsway House, King Street, Maidenhead SL6 1EB.  If you are a UK taxpayer please let them know so they can collect the Gift Aid too as that would be a bonus.
CHURCH FAMILY NEWS
• Congratulations to Janet and Glenn Gibson on the birth of their first grandchild, Max Flynn
Sunday, 5^th October 2008 – Disability Sunday

9.00am Holy Communion led by Rev Barbara McIntivey

10.30am Morning Service led by Mrs Anna Mwadiwa

The Offering for Sunday 7^th September totalled £868.11

for Sunday 14^th September totalled £976.66

for Sunday 21^st September totalled £734.12

Items for Notices :

E mail to Anne in the office at office@highstmethodist.plus.com or

telephone on (01628) 628104 by Friday 9.00am latest

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