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Sunday Morning 21st October

9.30am - Sunday Prayer Time    
 10.45am - Morning Worship - Roy Guttridge
continuing the  
Armour of God series with The Sword of the Spirit
 Roy asks that everyone please bring their Bible.
Bibles are also available in the church lounge

Follow up notes from the The Armour of God series are available here

Weekly Prayer Diary
This week please BOLDLY pray for:

Monday 21st October
 Day 79 of Remembrance 100
the S Chad Church Council which meets tonight at 7.30pm 
and that positive outcomes will be reached

Tuesday 22nd October
 Day 80 of Remembrance 100
leaders, helpers and children at on Tuesdays and Wednesday's

Wednesday 23rd October
 Day 81 of Remembrance 100
 the people and families who live on Derby Street  and Eaves Lane
Thursday 24th October
 Day 82 of Remembrance 100
leaders, helpers and children at on Thursday's

Friday 25th September
 Day 83 of Remembrance 100
that the issues being raised in relation to the Universal Credit Scheme 
will be addressed by the Government bringing about the necessary changes 

Saturday 26th October
 Day 84 of Remembrance 100
there are prayer cards on the church lounge table  
(see details below)

Sunday 27th October
Day 85 of Remembrance 100
 those you know who are unwell or facing health scares



Prayer Chain requests please contact Jean Joynt, Lynne Radcliffe or Margaret Crook. 

Many thanks to Margaret Hallett who is stepping down as a point of contact

to go to the Prayer Page click here

You can email your prayer requests here

Ian Heath would like to say a big thank you to all those people who helped facilitate
Debbie Hopkinson’s Thanksgiving Service.

URGENT - URGENT - URGENT

A request from Chair of District, Andrew Lunn

"The Youth event 3Generate happens in November.  
This year Methodists have been invited to write letters to the young people attending: 
a single side of A4 to say something of your experience as a fellow member of the community of faith.

So far only 200 letters have been received; 
but they were hoping for 1000!

If you are able to write a letter yourself, that would be great or to encourage others to do the same.  
It needs to be done in the next two weeks before the end of October."

To find out more details click on the 1000 letters box above

Thank you for supporting our young people


Thank you to all who collected with Action for Children boxes. 
£172.91 was donated and a Thank You letter is on the lounge notice board.

  OCAN

OCAN Blackpool Trip is Cancelled - Friday 26th October 

OCAN have some tickets for the pantomime Cinderella, 
at Oldham Coliseum, Friday 14th December
Adults £18:00, Concessions £15:00, if you are interested see Alan Heywood or Margaret Heywood.

  CAP - Debt Saviours

If you missed watching the TV programme CAP - Debt Saviours last week 
you can still view it on the BBC iPlayer by clicking here
It is available until 25th November

Christmas Hampers 2018

We would be very grateful for your help in providing Hampers as usual to bless 
Oldham CAP clients at Christmas. 
Any contributions, large or small, will be very much appreciated and can be given to 
Marion Buxton or Hilary Guttridge
between now and Sunday, 25th November. 
There is a list of suitable items on the lounge notice board. 

Many, many thanks!


Mike and Linda Kendrick would like to say Many Thanks 
to those who sponsored them on their walk for DEPAUL - they raised approx £250 and rising
About 40 people completed the walk

Light Party, Wednesday October 31st  with pumpkin carving!

Stuart Samuels is looking for a few more volunteers to help with this event
Please sign up on the volunteer sign-up in the lounge.
Speak to Stuart for more information. 


For many years church members have kindly supported 
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal 

and you can do so again this year! 

Just cover an empty shoebox with Christmas paper and fill it with a selection of gifts 
for a child, which can include toys, school supplies, hygiene items, wrapped sweets 
and maybe a hat, scarf or gloves. 
Leaflets entitled 'How to Pack Your Shoebox Gift' are available from the table in the lounge

Boxes may be brought to church any Sunday up to 18th November

Your box will then be sent to Samaritan's Purse and used to demonstrate God's love 
in a tangible way to a needy child overseas. 
Please include a donation of £5 (if possible), to cover Samaritans Purse shipment costs etc. 

Please contact Allan Gibson if you need further details.

Please put the following dates in your diary

Mark Aldridge will be at S Chad Saturday 1st December

Annual Community Lantern Parade & Butler Green Christmas lights switch on

Friday 7th December 

The switch on will be followed by the parade around local streets to collect food donations, 
before we return to church for refreshments. 
More details will be provided later but we would value the support of church members for this important event.

'AN EVENING with EX-GLADIATOR, ACE, Warren Furman 

Warren has now shunned showbiz since becoming a Christian and an evangelist.
Click the image above for full details and to book tickets

Boaz Trust were very grateful for the harvest gifts sent by S Chad members. 

The next collection for the BOAZ shop (last Wednesday of each month), will be in November

Oldham Night Shelter

Would you be willing to help in Oldham Night Shelter in January - March 2019?

The night shelter will be run across Oldham from January to March 2019. 
Seven churches have offered to open one night per week over the 3 months with 
Hollins opening every Friday and East Oldham every Saturday. 
We are now beginning to recruit volunteers for East Oldham. 
We need a range of volunteers from those managing the shelter overnight to those helping prepare a meal 
on Saturday evening and breakfast on Sunday morning. 
If you are interested in helping please complete the list on the table in the church lounge 
or speak to Linda and Mike Kendrick.

Thank you

To view or download the Oldham & Saddleworth Preaching Plan for September - November 2018 
click here    

 

On Sunday, 4 August 1918, the fourth anniversary of the declaration of war, 
King George V and Queen Mary joined members of the House of Commons 
and the House of Lords for a special service at the Church of Saint Margaret, Westminster. 
The King had asked that 4 August 1918 should be observed as a National Day of Prayer:  

100 days later the First World War ended

 

On 4 August 2018 churches across the country, across the spectrum of denominations, start 
100 days of prayer, peace and reconciliation. 
 Remembrance 100

There will be a weekly Remembrance diary in the Notices in church to read with prayers for each day

Find out more at: www.remembrance100.co.uk

 

For more information or to volunteer please speak to either Mike Kendrick or Paul Shepherdson.
Volunteers normally do one Monday per month between 11am and 2pm. 

Donations of items for the foodbank will be really appreciated
 Thank you 

Church Notices
Items for the notices to Jennie Gilpin no later than Thursday each week:  jenniegilpin@hotmail.co.uk  

Giving: sets of weekly offering envelopes are available, 
as are Gift Aid declarations, from the table in the lounge in church. 

You can also give online through give.net via the red button (below). 
If you are in a UK tax paper, please consider using Gift Aid for regular giving or one-off donations. 

       

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

As with most organisations, 
South Chadderton Methodist Church handles personal data (personal information). 
We care about your privacy and your trust is important to us. 

 We now have our own Privacy Notice explaining how Local Churches, Circuits and Districts within the Methodist Church in Great Britain collect, use and protect your personal information. The Privacy Notice also provides information about your rights and who to contact if you have any questions about how we use your personal information. 

Contact Allan Gibson for further information.

 You can find the Privacy Notice online at: https://www.tmcp.org.uk/about/data-protection/managing-trustees-privacy-notice
A copy is also displayed on the Notice Board in the entrance corridor to Church from the car park.

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