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, 5^th February 2012- Ordinary 5

Today’s Services

9.00am Holy Communion led by Rev Gary Homewood

(with an additional collection for The Children’s Benevolent Fund)

10.30am Morning Worship led by Mr Alan Crowle

Tapes and CDs 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. Please return CDs and tapes after use.

Isaiah 40:21-31 / Psalm 147:1-11, 20c / 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 / Mark 1:29-39

Loving God,

the light of the minds that know you,

the life of the souls that love you,

and the strength of the wills that serve you :

help us so to know you

that we may truly love you,

and so to love you

that we may truly serve you,

whom to serve is perfect freedom;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

	Stewards	Door Stewards	Organist	Bible Reader
9.00am	David Herbert Mary Stock		Josh Ford	Steward
10.30am	David Herbert Mary Stock	David & Peggy Birch	Josh Ford	Tony Stock

Kath Hazelden gives flowers in memory of her dear son Geoffrey on his birthday

Today

· Pudding Club meets in the Wesley Hall after the morning service

Monday

· Funeral for Clem Cooke 1.30pm in the Church

· Belmont Bible Study Group meets 8.00pm at 11 Belmont Road, home of the Barratt's. All newcomers are more than welcome to join us as we would love our group to grow in size. Contact Ruth on 784630.

Tuesday

o Toddlers 9.30am

o Wesley Walkers meet 10.30am at Burchetts Green School car park, Burchetts Green Road (OS Ref 838812) for a 3 mile walk around Hall Place and Prospect Hill. Due to limited space, car sharing is advised. Lunch after at Shire Horse, Littlewick Green. Contact Hugh & Margaret Phoenix 01628 627037.

· Brownies meet 6.15pm and Guides meet 7.00pm

· Finance Committee meet 7.45pm in the Bromley Room

Wednesday

· Cubs 6.30pm in the Upson Room.

Thursday

· High Street Art Workshop 10.00am – 12.30pm in the Bromley Room. Check beforehand with Liz on 625604.

· Lunchtime Communion 12.45pm in the Church

· Beavers meet 6.00pm

· Mission & Outreach Committee meets 7.45pm in the Bromley Room

· Questors Bible Study Group meets 8.00pm at the new home of Lavinia and Elijah Kommu, 16 Redriff Close, Maidenhead SL6 4DJ. We would welcome new members. For more information ring Rosemary and Arthur on 633720.

Friday

· Church Open Morning 9.30am – 12.30pm

· Coffee 10.00am to 12 noon in the Wesley Hall – Elizabeth Barker

· Lunch Club meets 1.00pm in the Wesley Hall

· Junior Church meets 4.00pm in the Bromley Room/Wesley Hall

· Scouts meet 7.30pm

Saturday

· Church Open Morning 10.00am – 12.00pm – Maureen & Luke Over

· Coffee 10.00am to 12.00pm in the Wesley Hall – CHIME

DATES FOR 2012 (See notice board for more details)

· Tuesday 14^th February, 2.00 – 4.00pm – Kids’ Film Club in the Wesley Hall. Open to all - Just turn up, no need to book.

· Wednesday 15^th February, 12.30pm – Ladies Evening Group meet for lunch at OTT, on the river at Bourne End. The lunch will cost £18.00 per head. To reserve your place, please contact Barbara on 636240 BEFORE NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1^ST.

· Saturday 25th February, 7.30pm - Reading Phoenix Choir will be returning to delight us.  Tickets priced £8.00 are available NOW and all seats are reservable. Contact Sid Barker (01628 625823) or email webmaster@methodistmaidenhead.org.uk

· Sunday 26^th February, 6.00pm – International Taizé Service at St Luke’s Church. Service will be followed by refreshments. All welcome.

· Thursday 28^th February, 7.45pm – Circuit Meeting at Ledgers Road Methodist Church. All welcome.

· Monday 5^th March – Daffodil Day at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. This is the largest Methodist meeting of the year and a coach has been booked from Burnham for those who wish to attend. To reserve your place please contact Jo Webb on 01628 603014. Tickets priced £10 inclusive are available now.

OTHER NOTICES

· MAIDENHEAD AND DISTRICT ARTS COUNCIL MaDac) is organising an Auction event in aid of Norden Farm Arts Centre which has lost Arts Council funding. The plan is to raise some much needed money for the centre and bring Community Arts together for a sociable/fun evening. MaDac is looking for 'promises' to auction.  Please contact Tony Stock (tel 630907 email tonythestock@btinternet.com ) for details.

· TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS -The path between West Street and the Church is going to be closed from Monday 13 February to Friday 13 April. During this period users of West Street car park will need to come through the little alleyway opposite the Portland Arms.

· CHURCH QUESTIONNAIRE – We will shortly be starting to collate responses, but are still hoping to get a few more questionnaires returned. The more questionnaires we receive, the more representative the results will be, so we would like to encourage anyone who has not yet completed a questionnaire to do so as soon as possible. Forms are available in the Church. YOUR views are important to us.

· ACTION FOR CHILDREN (NCH) – It is time for boxes to be returned for their annual opening. If you are unable to bring them to church, please contact Jean and Bill Barnett on 629675 to arrange collection. Thank you.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN MAIDENHEAD

· Maidenhead Churches FoodSHARE - URGENT APPEAL Foodshare is now supplying food to over 20 families in Maidenhead and this need is likely to increase over the coming weeks. Those urgently seeking help from Foodshare are experiencing severe poverty through no fault of their own. One couple has recently been diagnosed as suffering from malnutrition. The Foodshare store of food is reaching critically low levels and your help in contributing items – rice, soup, tea, pasta, coffee, dried milk, cereals etc. – would be gratefully received. A tin of soup or packet of rice etc. per person on a regular weekly basis would alleviate considerable suffering for a lot of families. Thank you for your support.

YOUTH AND FAMILY NEWS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

MESSY CHURCH

Our Next Messy Church is Sunday 26th February. Our theme is lent. There are art, craft and food activities. There are also workshops for adults including one with Gary - Lent or Given. All ages are welcome. If you are available to help with Messy Church I would be delighted to hear from you.

Forward Dates

Sun 26^th Feb Fri 6^th April (Good Friday) Sun 27^th May

Sun 24^th June - BBQ at the Manse - Priesthaus East Road

Sun 16^th Sept Sun 14^th Oct Sun 25^th Nov

JUNIOR CHURCH

February 5^th – Full time Junior Church

February 12^th – We start in Church

Junior Church gets busier and so if you are available to help out in any way on a rota system then please see Pauline Joseph or Vicky.

Friday February 10^th, 4.00 – 5.30pm – Junior Church Club

Burgers, Hot Dogs, Tuck shops, Games for Junior Church and their friends. Offers of help are welcome!

Holiday Activities for Junior Church

If you are available to help me run holiday activities I would love to hear from you - Vicky.

CHURCH FAMILY NEWS

Sunday, 12^th February 2012

10.30am Holy Communion led by Rev Gary Homewood

(with an additional collection for The Children’s Benevolent Fund)

6.30pm Evening Worship led by Mr Eric Hewitt

Stewards : John Shoesmith & Margaret Maskell

The Offerings for Sunday 29^th January 2012 totalled £ 902.95

Items for the next Notices to Anne in the office by Friday 9.00am latest

Published by High Street Methodist Church Maidenhead

Minister: The Rev Gary Homewood Tel: 626668 e-mail gary.homewood@btinternet.com

Church Office: Tel: (01628) 628104 e-mail: office@highstmethodist.plus.com

Caretaker: Mobile: 07703 476 325

Website: www.methodistmaidenhead.org.uk

Church copyright licence no: CCL4890

Charity Registration No. 1129473