Larkfield and East Malling Methodist Church TODAY`S SERVICES

Larkfield and East Malling Methodist Church
22nd March 2015
TODAY’S SERVICES
10.00am
5th Sunday in Lent
Olwen West
Steward: Tony Buddin
Welcome Steward: Ann Fletcher
Bible Reader: Patricia Arnold
Intercessions: Sylvia Ratcliff
Organist: Rob Wilding
7.00pm
Healing and Wholeness
Rev. Tony Graff
Steward: Brian Trice
SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY
29th March 2015
Palm Sunday
6th Sunday in Lent
Lesley Trott
Steward: Brian Trice
Welcome Steward: Christine Malins
Bible Reader: Emily Christian
Intercessions: Ali Lineham
Organist: Rob Wilding
Flowers: Monica Wilding
W
e welcome you all to our
worship today.
If you are a visitor, we hope to see
you again.
Please sign in the
Visitor’s Book and take a copy of
aLive our church magazine.
Tea, coffee and squash will be
served after the service, in the
Sycamore Tree.
Children
and
young
people
will go to their classes after the
second hymn.
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
we
believe: You are the Way, the
Truth, and the Life.
We
gather together today to
proclaim that reality in our
worship. We are your people
and you are our God.
Receive our prayers and
praise in His name. Amen.
NOTICES
We will never know how often the Lord quietly protects us, directs or leads
us. He is an ever-present companion.
Water Aid— We will be collecting your
loose change during Lent for Water
Aid. There is a glass jar in church this
morning for that purpose.
Draft copies of the Annual Church
Meeting are available on the
Notice Board in the Welcome Area.
Feel free to take a copy.
Weekly prayers on-line: Christine
will be preparing the prayers next
week.
If you have any requests for
prayers, please let her know.
A Foodbank has started to
operate from The Dorcas Centre,
in the grounds of the Brookfield
schools, on the corner of Swallow
Road withKingfisher Road. It will
be open on Wednesdays initially
from 10am until 11.30am, any
maybe will also be open on Saturday mornings, depending on the
number and availability of volunteers.
Christine’s email address is:
[email protected]
Monday 23rd March—Expressions
Dance meet from 1.30 to 3.30pm in
the hall.
Tuesday 24th March—Muffins &
More invite you to join them from
10.00am to 2.00pm.
Easter Morning Sunrise Service
Sunday 5 April 2015 at 6.30 am
Bluebell Hill Picnic Site
Every Thursday 11.00am to 1.30pm
at
The Dorcas Centre, Swallow Road
Larkfield
Activities with a light lunch
Cost: minimum donation of £3
Free door to door transport within Larkfield,
Leybourne, East and West Malling, Kings Hill
areas.
Wednesday
25th
March—Little
Larks meet in the hall from 1.30 to
3.30pm.
Thursday 26th—Afternoon Tea and
Games - Do come along and join us
where you will find good company, tea,
cake and board games from 2.00pm
and finish at approx. 3.30pm.
A senior lunch club
To book your place and transport call 07434150922
With communion
Led by Rev Clifford Newman
Circuit News
NOTICES
Another Chrestos Training Session has been arranged for:
Saturday 28th March 2015 at 9.30am till about 11.00am
At Union Street Methodist Church
CIRCUIT REFLECTIONS
Please could you let Simon or Martin have any names of those hoping to attend.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Roughshod Theatre Company present...
Monday 30th March—Holy Week Prayer Labyrinth—10am to 12 noon
Spital Street Methodist Church, Dartford.
Death-defying stories of hope, courage & resistance. Discover what it means
to make a difference no matter what the cost may be. Say ‘YES’ to this
counter-cultural concoction of temptation, trials & triumph in Roughshod’s
liberating new show.
Tuesday 31st March—”The True Vine” - from 1.30pm
Union Street Methodist Church, Maidstone/
Friday 27th March
7.30 pm
Gillingham Methodist Church
Suitable for those in senior school upwards
Wednesday 1st April—”Unless I wash you….” Two short reflections on
Mary anointing Jesus and Jesus washing the disciples’ feet.— 7.30pm at the
Church in Eccles.
Tickets £7 / £5 (concessions)
For more information about the production - http://ridinglights.org/irresistible/
Easter Saturday— “Out of the darkness…..” - Quiet morning with five
short reflections at Hartlip Retreat Centre. Come and go as you please, between 9.00am and 12 noon.
Walk to Emmaus for Men Friday (pm) 1st May to Monday 4th May 2015
Richard Vincent is running a Walk to Emmaus workshop in May and he
needs to fill it with Men from the Circuit. It is a weekend event which the Circuit has selected as being one which will help our personal journey of discipleship and at the same time to draw people into the love of Christ. We have
one member from Larkfield already attending and we would welcome as
many as possible.
Promise of a weekend when you will be with a group of people sharing their
love of Jesus, (there is a real chance Tony Graff is coming). web site is:
http://www.emmaus-walk.org.uk/about-emmaus/is-it-for-you/
Please contact Monica Wilding for more details, or if you would like to assist.
FAMILY AND PASTORAL NEWS
Happy Birthday to Rebecca Smith on 28th March
Methodist Women in Britain
South-East District Day
We ask God’s blessing on:

Tony, our Minister, and his family, Christine, Rachel and Kathryn;

Don and Jill’s grandson Neil who has just been diagnosed as having
Polycystic Fibrosis, an hereditary kidney disease;

Don Freeman remaining in hospital receiving further treatment;

Delphine Priest in severe pain;

Trevor Lineham, Ali and Emily adjusting to a life change;

Rick Lambert awaiting an operation on 30th March;

all those of our members and friends who are also struggling with ill
health or other problems at this time. Lift them, heal them, and
support them, we pray;

the elderly folk of our church who have become too frail to worship
with us;

for all the children and young people and their families, who come
week by week to clubs and events at our Church. We pray for their
leaders that they will be inspired to share their love of Jesus with the
youngsters in their care.

our friends at St Martin’s and those who regularly attend and lead
services there;

our Church, for growth, in faith and in numbers. We give thanks for
the difference the Welcome Area has made.

We ask God’s blessing on us all so that each of us can fulfil our calling
to be the people of God working for Him in this place.
Rev. Tony Graff’s telephone number: 01732 871436
Church Office tel: 01732 220820
Notices to Christine on 01732 842647 or
email them to: [email protected] by Thursday morning.
You can contact the Church Office anytime by phone, details as above.
Church Website—www.larkfieldchurch.co.uk
Find us on Facebook —www.facebook.com/groups/larkfield
“One Mission”
Speaker: Revd Alison Walker
Former Mission Partner in Florence, Italy
at Tonbridge Methodist Church
Higham Lane, Tonbridge, TN10 4JT
http://tonbridgemethodistchurch.org/
Saturday 28 March 2015
10.30am (for 11.00 start) to 3.30pm
Bring a packed lunch – drinks provided
£3.00 minimum day charge covers refreshments
and contribution to expenses
Collection in support of MWiB Partnership for Dalit Solidarity
Local contact: Daphne Arden 01732 355620