Weekly Notices - 6 November 2022

The Methodist Church London Road Horsham, St. Andrews Roffey & Partridge Green

Weekly News WELCOME Sunday, 6th November 2022 COLLECT AND BIBLE READINGS FOR TODAY Eternal God, in whose perfect realm no sword is drawn but the sword of justice, and no strength known but the strength of love: guide and inspire all who see your kingdom, that peoples and nations may find their security in the love which casts out fear; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen Haggai 1: 15b – 2:9, Psalm 145: 1-5, 17-21, 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5, 13-17, Luke 20: 27-38 St. Andrews

10.30am Morning Worship with Bob Boyce Tea & Coffee after in the Church 6.00pm Holy Communion with Rev Gavin Hancocks

Partridge Green

10.30am Morning Worship with Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly Coffee & Tea after in the Hall

London Road

10.30am Morning Worship with Communion, Church Council and Pastoral Visitors Dedication with Rev Gavin Hancocks Coffee & Tea in the Lounge Retiring Collection for ‘Operation Smile’ 12.30pm Sunday Lunch in Wesley Hall

Ministers Rev Gavin Hancocks

Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly

23 Ryecroft Drive, Horsham, RH12 2AW 01403 253915 minister@lrmchorsham.org

deacon@dhcircuit.org 01403 255718 07869 802024

Diary for the week commencing 6th November Monday 7th 2.00-4.00pm Tuesday 8th 9.00am 10.00-11.00am

Winter Warming at STaR – Cuppa & Chat

Morning Prayers at St. Andrews - All welcome Prayers at LRMC All welcome. Should you have any prayers you wish to include please send to Sandra Artes on: pray4@lrmchorsham.org

11.30am-1.30pm

Connecting Café at StAR. Open for snacks and Lunches. Open to all.

2.00-4.00pm

Crafternoon at LRMC

7.30pm

LRMC Leadership Team in the Church

9.00pm

Tuesday Evening Prayers via Zoom. Details in notices

Wednesday 9th 10.00-11.30am 10.00-12noon

Toddler Group LRMC in Wesley Hall No need to book The Café @ St. Andrews - Cuppa & Chat, Cake and Fellowship

Thursday 10th 9.00-11.30am

Bright Star Toddler Group at StAR

10-00am-12noon

Winter Warming at STaR - Cuppa & Chat

10.00am-12noon

Star Shack at STaR

2.00pm-5.00pm

Village Café at PGMC – All welcome

Friday 11th 10.30am-1.30pm

Winter Warming at STaR – Cuppa & Chat, Soup & Roll Lunch £1.

11.15am-12noon

Easy Movers at StAR. Coffee 10.30 prior to class.

7.15-8.00pm

Developing Discipleship on Zoom (See main notice)

Saturday 12th 9.30am

NO Prayer Partners at LRMC

9.30am – 12.30pm

Partridge Green Methodist Church

REFLECTIVE MORNING. Where are you? (Genesis 3: 9) Exploring our response to God through worship, fellowship and activities - art, craft, discussion, reading, writing, walking.

5.30pm

Curry and Games Night in Wesley Hall, LRMC Fun for all ages – Everyone welcome Book free tickets through eventbrite events@lrmchorsham.org for more information There will be other food options available for vegetarians and those who don’t like spicy food.

Sunday 13th November – Remembrance Sunday 10.30am

St. Andrews Morning Worship with Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly Tea & Coffee after in the Church

10.30am

Partridge Green Morning Worship with Communion with Rev Gavin Hancocks Coffee & Tea after in the Hall

10.30am

London Road Morning Worship with Christine Lawley Coffee & Tea after in the Lounge

Praying for the people of God London Road November 6th: Sue Jacobs & family, Jenny Kabiri, Dermot, Denise, Joshua & Nathaniel Kennedy St. Andrews during November: Graham & Angela Amphlett, Deborah Wrenn, Sam & Ellen Botchuy, Alan & Natasha Matthews, Savannah & Nicholas, Henry & Sophie, Sasha & Mikeila.

Partridge Green during November: Anne Tomlinson, Elaine & Mike Tunbridge, David Tutton & Susannah Staples, Con Wells.

Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude (Col 4:2 Msg)

Prayer Diary As we continue our journey of exploration, we invite you to pray that we will listen carefully, shape wisely and engage courageously with God’s dreams and aspirations for the church here in Horsham and Partridge Green. This week we ask you to pray: We pray for the Church Community as they consider the recommendation of the Combined Church Meeting

Developing Discipleship Meeting with others to share our successes and difficulties in being a Christian Friday 11th November 7.15pm - 8.00pm on Zoom 1)How are you using God's gifts?

2)What issues of injustice are you currently concerned about? What are you doing in response?

WARMSPACE PROGRAMME St Andrew's have started their #Warmspace Programme which will run until Easter, with the commitment to have the church open for people to be in a warm space for at least two hours a day every weekday. Details are in the weekly diary.

They are as follows:-

Monday 2pm-4pm Cuppa & Chat – Board Games & Puzzles Drop in for Citizen’s Advice, alternate Mondays from 31/10/22 Tuesday 11.30am-3.00pm Connecting Café 1.30pm-3.00pm (from 22nd November – Cuppa & Chat) Wednesday 10am-12pm St. Andrew’s Café – Cuppa & Chat Thursday 10am-12pm Cuppa & Chat – Puzzle Books & Magazines available Friday 10.30am-1.30pm Cuppa & Chat – Soup & Roll Lunch £1. Cont.

This will run in conjunction with other partners, and we would welcome any time that you might be able to give to this project. We will also welcome donations of magazines, jigsaws and board games, and word search books.

Please have a chat with Sarah if you have anything to offer - time or donations. Please add this project to your prayer list and pray over it.

With thanks – Deacon Sarah Pitkeathly

Creation Care www.creationcare.org.uk This is a scheme, very similar to Eco Church, where households can complete a survey and gain awards. It was set up and is run by St Paul’s Church, Dorking.

LRMC is registered with the scheme, so if you complete the survey your results will be linked to our church.

Please consider completing the survey. Wouldn’t it be great if we could present some Bronze awards before Christmas?

For further information email me: gillscott55@icloud.com

Advent Activities: Searching for Christmas - names matter As part of our Advent Activities, we are planning to explore some of the truths of the Christmas story using a book called 'Searching for Christmas'. We invite you to join in this time of fellowship and discussion on Monday evenings on Zoom or on Friday mornings at London Road (details of dates and times are in Outlook).

If you would like to get a flavour of the book, you can use this link to read Chapter 1. https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/common/productfiles/searchLook%20Inside.pdf

If you are thinking of joining us and would like a copy of the book, please email discipleship@lrmchorsham.org or contact the church office by 9am on Tuesday 15th November at the latest, indicating whether you would like a physical copy of the book or an e-book. There is a suggested donation of £2. Details of how to pay will be published in the weekly email update in due course.

This Weeks Urgent Food Requirements from Horsham District Foodbank There is an ongoing urgent need for specific contributions to the Horsham District foodbank provided by Horsham Matters. The needs change from week to week and even day to day, so please check the list of items which are URGENTLY required on the Horsham Foodbank website.

Please see food requirements for this week: They currently have sufficient Soup, Baked Beans, Cereal, Tea, Pasta, Pulses & Lentils

This Weeks Urgent Food Requirements: • Custard • Sponge Puddings • Toilet Rolls • Household Cleaning Articles • Laundry Detergent

Donations can be made Monday-Friday 9-5pm at their Redkiln Close office or at any one of our three churches. Alternatively, you can make a monetary donation here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/Horshamcostoflivingcrisis or text FOODHELP to 70470 to donate £5.

*Should you be in need of a Food Parcel please contact 0300 124 0204 for assistance.

Weekly Notices

Please send Information & Notices for ALL CHURCHES to Marjorie Hayman: e-mail: notices@lrmchorsham.org NO LATER THAN 12 noon, Wednesday before the Sunday notice(s) required

WEEKLY UNIFORMED YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR LONDON ROAD Monday Beavers 5.15pm- 6.15pm Tuesday Brownies 5.00pm-6.30pm Guides 7.00pm-8.45pm Wednesday Rainbows 5.00pm-6.00pm Brownies 5.00pm-6.30pm Thursday Scouts 7.00pm-9.00pm Friday Cubs 6.30pm-8.00pm For further details please see our Website www.lrmchorsham.org.

Contact Addresses London Road Methodist Church Address: London Road, Horsham, RH12 1AN Bookings: bookings@lrmchorsham.org 01403 240714 Church Office: office@lrmchorsham.org Tel:01403 240714 Web Site: www.lrmchorsham.org

St. Andrews Methodist Church Address Crawley Road, Roffey, Horsham, RH12 4DX Church Office 01403 275456 susanhstandrews@gmail.com Web Site www.starmcroffey.org Partridge Green Methodist Church Address High Street, Partridge Green, Horsham, RH13 8HP. A Praying Community: If you e-mail your prayer request to:pray4@lrmchorsham.org it will find its way onto our regular prayer lists Find us on Facebook LRMC – https://www.facebook.com/lrmchorsham StAR – https://www.facebook.com/starmchurch