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Sunday 22nd May 2022

Our shared Mission aims:

1. Understand the Needs of and Value the Uniqueness of each community within Sutton Park Methodist Circuit.

2. Ensure each person is empowered and Encourage/Equip everyone to enrich their faith.

3. Encourage Linking of congregations within Sutton Park Circuit churches.

4. Speak out for justice in tangible and measurable ways.

5. Bring young people to a knowledge and love of Christ.

A few words from the Superintendent.

Please notice that this Sunday is a special activity for our Circuit Kids.. the poster is just below….. And below that it an invite for next Saturday (28th to meet the Methodist President and hear Professor Dr Anthony Reddie.

On Saturday 11th June we are invited to support our sisters and brother in Kingstanding. Flo invites us to Kingstanding Methodist Church. In celebration of the Queens Jubilee. There will be a DISCO PARTY. Adult/Child. £4.00 2.00 till 5pm. Dress as your favourite princess or prince. Prizes for the best homemade Crown or tiara. Party games. Book your place with Flo 07963841457. Refreshments included.

You may like to take a glance at the newsletter compiled by Gina Siatwinda Oliver of her work as Health Secretary to the United Church of Zambia. CLICK HERE TO VIEW.

You may also like to see a report from the church times about Rwanda.. and the decision of HM government. CLICK HERE

Last but not least, please scroll down to see details of training sessions.

Blessings

Malcolm

Please remember Malcolm can be contacted either via email malcolmoliver54@gmail.com or whatsapp 00447483355688. Please contact Malcolm if you have any news or announcements that you would like in the next bulletin.

Revd Malcolm Oliver, Superintendent, on behalf of Sutton Park Circuit CLT

Circuit Stewards Report Spring 2022

To see the report in detail please click on the button below

EMILY’S ORDINATION & TESTIMONY SERVICE

I am delighted to say that Carole McSheen has offered to coordinate the arrangements. She would appreciate knowing any arrangement you are making and if transport is required. Carole can be contacted via email:prisca1934@hotmail.com

We are delighted that Revd Emily Young will be received into Full Connexion and Ordained during the Methodist Conference which takes place in Telford from the 23rd to 30th June Emily will be ordained at St Andrew’s Church, Shifnal - 4.00pm Sunday 26 June 2022. Tickets can now be booked online using the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-methodist-conference-telford-2022-tickets-299110486517

Prior to Ordination is Revd Emily’s Testimony Service. Again we are hoping that many people will travel to attend this. Please scroll down to see the poster for this

Please do speak to others in your congregation or across the Circuit so that we can enable as many as possible to be there to support Revd Emily. It may only be possible to book four tickets at a time or per person. I suggest therefore it may be appropriate to book in groups of four. I have just booked four places and have three tickets available for use by others. Please let me know if you would like one of them. It is of course very important that we use all the tickets we book! Once we have some idea of numbers needing transport, we can consider hiring a minibus or coach.

A Mission Action Prayer for Sutton Park Circuit 2022

Gracious God

We are thankful for our churches and the love which we share.

We thank God for our many differences and the essence of our faith which holds us together

Bind us together in being a united community.

We pray for

o unity and reconciliation among your people

o a desire to pray together more

o to embrace one another and to look out for one another

o to be supportive of one another, especially those with need and

o to be an expression of God’s church in love to all

We pray for encouragement,

for God to enable us to listen and to hear each other and

to put God first instead of ourselves

We pray for wisdom, knowledge and understanding

to see the good in the other, be channels of peace,

embrace diversity and know we are all ONE in Christ.

In Jesus mighty name.

Amen with thanksgiving

Readings: 22nd May 2022

On-Line Worship

On-Site Worship

Blackwood 10.00: LOCAL ARRANGEMENT

Erdington 10.30: Revd Emily Young

Falcon Lodge 10.30: LOCAL ARRANGEMENT

Four Oaks 10.30: Revd Stephen Froggatt (HC/GCM)

Kingsbury 10.30: Revd Alan Smithson

NBMH Boldmere 10.00: Jack McGinnigle

NBMH Kingstanding 11.00: LOCAL ARRANGEMENT

NBMH Nechells 11.00: Bob Dauncey

South Parade 10.30: Glyn Constantine

St. Chad’s 12.30: Revd Malcolm Oliver (HC)

Stockland Green 10.45: STUDENT

Streetly 10.30: Angela Constantine

Witton 11.00: Deacon Rachel Thomas-Prasad (HC)

Scroll down..events in our Circuit and community

CONFIDENTIAL WASTE SHREDDING

Commercial Shredding Sacks - What Goes In Them

By now you should have received your 'Topwood’ shredding sacks as we gather confidential waste from around the Circuit.

Please fill them up to the line, or up to 15kg, whichever happens first, and secure them with a strong cable tie.

Remember that you should not be putting any Safeguarding documents in the sack - these belong to Gerald Peel and should be passed to him.

For everything else, please see the attached web page:

https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/office-holders/archivists/

or document:

https://www.methodist.org.uk/media/21513/retention-schedules-12-april-2021-v4.pdf

The sacks should then be brought to the Circuit Meeting on June 7th for collection and shredding.

Many thanks,

Revd Stephen Froggatt

Circuit Celebration Service

Please reserve the date - Sunday 31st July!

We are planning a Circuit Celebration Service at Erdington Methodist Church at 4.00pm, to be followed by a shared fellowship tea. We shall also bid farewell to our two ministers leaving the Circuit in the Summer - Superintendent Revd Malcolm Oliver and Revd Stephen Froggatt.

We do hope you can join us.

Sutton Park Circuit Leadership Team

Safeguarding Advanced Module

The Advanced Safeguarding Training Module is being run by the new Assistant District Safeguarding Officer Kay Redfern. To book training please email

Sat 21st May Quinton

Sat 25th June Stafford

Sat 23rd July Dudley Wood

Tuesday 26th July West Bromwich (provisional)

Any persons wishing to register for any of these events, need to contact me via email or telephone. If people cannot make the event in their own circuit, please consider attending a neighbouring circuit.

There will be further online dates to be published around June time.

Local Preachers and Worship Leaders need to have completed advanced safeguarding training before 31st August 2022. If there are any other people with different roles that wish to book onto the training they are very welcome.

Kay Redfern

Assistant District Safeguarding Officer

Tel : 07494 734473

Email : kayredfern@birminghammethodist.org.uk

Unconscious Bias Training

The Methodist Church are running Unconscious Bias training sessions for members and leaders of the Methodist Church. Please click on the button below to see further details and how to book.

The Vine At Home is available now.

A round up of some of the things that have been happening recently: