Circuit Bulletin: Sunday 22nd November 2020
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ONLINE WORSHIP FOR SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2020
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Circuit Service 9:30am (45 minutes) with Gospel Central and Revd Dr Jimmy Dube
From Stockland Green Methodist Church This weeks bible reading is Ezekiel 34: 11-16, 20-24 The Service will be broadcast from the Circuit's YouTube Channel.
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Circuit Service 10:30am - 11:00am with Revd Stephen Froggatt
This week's Sunday morning worship comes to you live from Four Oaks Methodist Church. The service is led by Revd Stephen Froggatt.
This week's Bible reading is Matthew 25:31-46 and the hymns are StF Numbers 319, 337 and 185.
The Service will be broadcast from the Circuit's YouTube Channel.
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District Service 10:30am
The Birmingham District has kindly agreed to resume its weekly broadcasts during Lockdown.
Please download the Order of Service or the Service with Full Words.
The worship will be broadcast from the District's YouTube Channel and Facebook page.
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Junior Church 4pm - 4:30pm
This is a 'live and lively' half-hour of fun and worship over Zoom.
Please contact Revd Malcolm Oliver for log-in details.
Zoom details will also be published on the usual WhatsApp channels.
Please note that for Safeguarding reasons we can only allow children and their parents/carers to participate. Also, unrecognized names in the 'Waiting Room' will not be admitted.
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Circuit Evening Service 6:30pm - 7:30pm
This week's Evening Worship will be led by one of our Local Preachers On Note, Mrs JulieAnn Read, under the supervision of her Mentor, Mrs Angela Constantine. Please encourage JulieAnn using the Chat facility in YouTube as this will help to provide feedback for JulieAnn's assessment portfolio.
The Service will be broadcast from the Circuit's YouTube Channel.
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EDITORIAL - Revd Stephen Froggatt and Revd Malcolm Oliver
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This Week..
Welcome to this page. We continue to pray for each other as we wander in the wilderness of the effects of Covid19. We hold in our prayers those people who we know as struggling at this time.
You have many options this Sunday as our Circuit is broadcasting two services of different styles: One at 9.30 am and the other at 10.30 am . Also, the Birmingham Methodist District has decided to weekly broadcast again.
As we soon begin the advent season, we bring to your attention the concept of Doorstep carols. On the 21st of December at a set time you are invited to join others around the area in singing carols on your doorstep... The will be a backing track that can be accessed over the internet. Please click for a poster
We will be holding our Circuit Meeting on the 8th of December.. over Zoom. At this meeting, we will be formally appointing Martin Waller (Member at Kingsbury) as our Circuit Treasurer. We do however still have a vacancy for a Circuit Meeting Secretary. Please do contact Malcolm(Superintendent) or Marion(Senior Circuit Steward).
Lastly, I would like to bring to your attention a paid community position in the Erdington area. Please CLICK here Also CLICK here to view paid post within the Birmingham Circuit for a Communications Officer.
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WORSHIP AT HOME RESOURCES W/C 22nd NOVEMBER
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Methodist Service Sheets - 22nd Nov
Each week the Methodist Church has been producing a Service Sheet for people to use at their own pace, in their own homes and at their own time. These also make an excellent resource for a form of midweek worship.
Regular and LARGE PRINT VERSION available.
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The Vine At Home - 22nd Nov
Available in PDF or DOCX versions.
This week Tim reflects on the set gospel reading and challenges us to look deep within ourselves and reflect on what it means to each of us when we read “Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me”, especially in the light of Black Lives Matter.
The opening prayers this week are also available as a free downloadable video - Click here
Don't forget that The Vine at Home is live-streamed every Sunday Morning at 10.30am on Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth and Lympstone Methodist Churches Facebook page. It is then posted later in the day onto to The Worship Cloud Facebook page.
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IDEAS Family Friendly Worship - 22nd Nov
Sunday before Advent and Christ the King.
A complete service for the Sunday before Advent or Christ the King and based on the Parable of the Sheep and Goats. There are also prayers, a readings, songs and an address from IDEAS to make a rich visual worship experience. The service is led by Rev'd Ann Bossingham.
We are also presenting a lively session for children based on the the parable of the Unforgiving Servant with a John Hardwick Bible-Bop, a children's video and a lively children's song.
All the songs in these videos are covered by PRS Licence LE-0017937. If you wish please forward to folk who may benefit from these services or you may download these videos and blow them onto a DVD to share it with someone who has no access to the internet or you can print the prayers and address below and share them with someone who has no other way of sharing these resources.
These can be found on our Lockdown Services page.
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Weekly News
Connexion News for 19th November is available here. In this issue:
- Training Webinars
- Global Relationships Team
- Evangelism and Growth
- MHA
- JPIT
- Action for Children
- Prayer for Ethiopia
- Christmas!
- Carols in BSL
- Wandering Wise Men - craft idea
- Christmas CD
- Carols on the Doorstep
- 3Generate 365
- Year of Prayer - Participate & Watch
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JPIT - Joint Public Issues Team
News from JPIT for November is now available here. In this issue:
- EU Settled Status Scheme
- Homeless Outreach in COVID times
- COP26 (UN Climate Change Summit)
- Reset The Debt - latest news
- Hope In God's Future (Report & SG)
- Blog Roll
- Interview with Shane Claiborne
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Singing The Faith PLUS
This month's newsletter from StF+ is available here. In this issue:
- God Is With Us - the new campaign
- Christmas Worship on CD (free!)
- Year of Prayer 2020/2021 - update
- The next Methodist Prayer Handbook
- A new Andrew Pratt collection
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LPWL e-News
Click here for the November newsletter for Local Preachers and Worship Leaders.
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Chaplaincy Everywhere
Click here to read the latest Chaplaincy news from David Butterworth and Paul Chesterman.
(Issued on 20th November 2020)
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Congratulations to Tracey Gough from Falcon Lodge who was awarded the Helen Davis Prize at the recent Cliff College Graduation Ceremony 2020. You can see the ceremony yourself on YouTube - Tracey is at 1 hr 12 mins.
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Words on the Word
Revd Stephen Froggatt's reflections on the Lectionary Readings conclude today. Find them all on the Circuit Website.
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