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Southlands News for 22 May 2022

Dear All

Now that we have only 1 steward on duty for each Sunday, we will not have the Bishopthorpe Road doors manned all the time before a service. Please welcome any strangers you spot coming in through the main church doors. There will still be a door steward on the Southlands Rd door.

Services for the next few weeks:
22 May 10.30am - John Bailey will be leading our service
29 May 10.30am - Michael Chester will be leading a joint service with Acomb and Holgate members at Southlands. Note there is no Young Church for this service. 
5 June 10.30am - Creative Church service for Pentecost in the garden (weather permitting)
12 June 10.30am - David Bidnell is leading our service with communion
19 June 10.30am - Gill Mason will be leading our service for Week 1 of Bible Month

Future Dates
Weekly: 10.30am Sunday service and Young Church
Weekly: 2:30pm Monday Fellowship meeting
Weekly: 2pm Wednesdays Concern group
Weekly: 11am - 2pm Thursdays Planet Food's pay as you feel café and stall
Weekly: 10am - 12noon Saturdays Gallery Café
Saturday 21 May: 2-4pm Rounders Game in Acomb
Saturday 4 June: 2.30pm Queens Jubilee afternoon tea at Southlands 
Sunday 5 June: 2-6pm Community Gardening session
Sunday 19 June: 9.30am - Southlands Singing Group session
Sunday 19 June: Southlands Annual Church Meeting and Church Council Meeting
Sunday 26 June: 6pm Warminster School Concert at Southlands

Rounders Game
Acomb are organising an “inter-church” rounders game on 21st May at Carr Junior School in Acomb. It’s aimed mainly (but not exclusively) at families attached to Lidgett, Acomb, Holgate and Southlands. See poster below. If you need a lift, Naomi may have space in the car. 

Southlands Monday Fellowship
On Monday 23rd May, Rev Leslie Newton is coming to lead our afternoon, this will be our penultimate meeting for this Church year. Please come and join us at 2.30pm on the 23rd everyone is welcome and we have a cup of tea or coffee and a chat after our informal meeting.


MWiB Circuit Easter Offering Service
The above service is at Lidgett Methodist Church on Sunday 29th May at 3pm.
I do hope that you will try to attend, you don’t have to be a member of a women’s meeting or belong to a club, it includes all of us, “Methodist Women”! Men are very welcome too, we will find out about some of the people, families, our money has helped in different ways.
I look forward to seeing you there.  Alison White

Bible Month - June
This year Bible Month will be on the topic of Isaiah. We will be having services on it a bit late, 4 weeks starting on 19th June. Below are a few resources provided nationally:

We're excited to announce that our 30 Day Isaiah Reading Plan is ready to download! If you'd like to read through the Book of Isaiah during Bible Month then this is a great tool to help you. It breaks Isaiah down into 30 bite-sized chunks and offers brief introductions to help you engage with each daily reading. To download your copy click HERE.

Online meditations on Isaiah. Register now to join in these four sessions with Rev Clive McKie as he leads us through some meditations on Isaiah. Fridays at 12.30pm from 10th June. Contact Lorraine at darlowl@methodistchurch.org.uk for more information, or see more details HERE

Jubilee Afternoon Tea
At 2.30pm on Saturday 4th June we plan to have a bring and share afternoon tea in the community garden. We are inviting members of the church, the gardening volunteers and the artists. It will be free but we will ask those attending to sign up in advance so we know numbers expected and what people plan to bring. The sign up sheet is on the table near the entrance to the New Hall. 

Southlands Singing Group
Thank you to those who attended the first session of our new singing group last week. Our next session will be 9.30am Sunday 19th June. Please let Naomi know of any favourite songs/hymns a couple of weeks in advance and also, if you have one, bring a music copy of Singing the Faith with you.

Southlands Annual Church Meeting
Our Annual Church Meeting will be held after the service on Sunday 19th July. Please can all those who currently do a job in church that is voted for at the meeting, check that they still wish to continue the job. If not, we need to know, so we can invite others to volunteer for the job. If anyone would like to join the stewards, please reply to this email to be added to the list to be voted for at the meeting. We will be loosing 2 stewards this year.

Events at Huntington
Huntington Methodist Church are holding a Coffee Morning and Gift Day on Saturday 21 May from 10am to 12noon. There will be refreshments and various stalls including cakes, crafts, books and  plants. Proceeds for Church funds. 
 
Huntington Methodist Church are having 24 Hours of Prayer in the Church as we seek God’s way forward for us as a Church and in the local community. The Church will be open from 7pm on Friday 27th May to 7pm on Saturday 28th May, beginning and ending with a short act of worship. There will be prayer stations and resources available to guide our prayers.


Beginners IT Workshop - Haxby and Wigginton Methodist Church 9th June 2-4pm
Do you know anyone who would benefit from knowing a bit more about emails or would benefit from zoom? Bring these and any other questions to The 'Home Instead' Digital Champion who will guide them through it over a cuppa and a biscuit. It's a drop in session and is free of charge but all donations will be welcome. If possible,your own device should be brought so you can see exactly how it will work on your particular technology.
Contact Lorraine Jones on 07850 631168 or email localpastor@hwmc.org.uk

Circuit Annual General Meeting
This year’s Circuit Annual General meeting will be held as part of the Circuit Council meeting on 14th June, 7pm at Haxby & Wigginton Methodist Church. This meeting is open to anyone in the Circuit who would like to come and reflect with the Circuit Council on the past year and where we are as a Circuit. It will also be available online. More details nearer the date.

Praying for our Circuit 
The church on the Circuit Prayer Rota for 22nd May is Holgate.  Thank God and pray for the work of God in that place.

This is Aldersgate Sunday, commemorating John Wesley’s life changing experience of God’s love. Have you been changed by God’s love?


If there is anything you would like included in these weekly emails, please send them to me by Friday lunchtime.

Regards, Naomi

We may have a drainage problem in the garden, but we were not expecting to have a duck pond! This week a group of ducks has taken to sleeping in the community garden orchard. 
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