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Sunday 18th November  
10:45am Morning Worship - Geoff Lamb

6:00pm Prayer Gathering
see details below

Weekly Prayer Diary
This week please BOLDLY pray for:

Monday 19th November
the people who have lost loved ones and their homes due to the fires in California, 
especially those of the devastated town of Paradise. 
Also for all those fire-fighters and emergency teams,  
putting their lives on the line to deal with the dangerous situation

Tuesday 20th November
the Government and the Brexit situation

Wednesday 21st November
all those people you know who are unwell at the moment

 Thursday 22nd November
Fusion the new after-school club at S Chad from 3:30 - 5:30pm on Thursdays

Friday 23rd November

the Street Pastors as they go out into the community tonight

Saturday 24th November
the families and people who live in Hardman Street and Henley Street 

Sunday 25th November
 the Prayer Gathering at S Chad 6pm this evening



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

to go to the Prayer Page click here

You can email your prayer requests here

Sunday Evening Prayer Gatherings 6pm @ S Chad

“Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!
My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” 
And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.””
(Psalm 27:7–8, NLT)

A series of Sunday Evening Prayer Gatherings 
  18th, 25th November, 2nd and 9th December

It will be a chance, as we enter the Advent season with all its busyness, 
to once again humble ourselves and earnestly pray for a powerful move of the Holy Spirit
in our hearts, our lives, our church and our community

“Let our hearts be joined together; let us unite our wishes and prayers; let our
whole soul pant after a general revival of pure religion and undefiled, the
restoration of the image of God, pure love, in every child of man!” (John Wesley)

Would you like to contribute a prayer 
for the 2019/2020 Methodist Prayer Handbook?

The theme for the Handbook is inspired by Our Calling and will be ‘responding to the gospel’. 
It will explore how we are called to respond to the gospel by demonstrating God’s love, 
grace and generosity.

The editor also welcomes prayers on the following themes: the integrity of creation, 
the comforting presence of God, justice, adoration and thanksgiving, confession, 
times of life and times of day.

Prayers should not exceed 120 words and should be emailed to 
prayerhandbook@methodistchurch.org.uk  by the deadline which is 11 January 2019.

The editor would also love to receive any photos that you may have that would
help to bring your prayer to life or that capture the work of the Methodist Church,
either in this country or around the world. Photos should be your own copyright.

Please email the image in its original file size to  prayerhandbook@methodistchurch.org.uk

You can download full details from the Methodist website here

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

News on what is happening in various church activities was recently requested by the Church Council. 
A new report will appear approximately every month.
This first one is about

There are prayer pointers which can be used by everyone.
Click here to go the Pop Party news


For many years church members have kindly supported 

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal 

Sunday 18th November is the last day!

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.

Many thanks to those who have already done a shoebox

The next boaztrust collection will be Sunday November 25th 

There is a list of suitable items on the lounge table or church notice board

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!

Litter PickLitter Pick

Saturday 25th November Final Litter Pick of the year! 

As always we would love to see more people join in this simple witness 
to the community immediately around the church. 

Turn up at 9.45am ready to go out at 10.00am for an hour. 

It's only an hour or so of your morning and the more of us there are the more 
likely we are able to make an impact. 

Details contact Hilary or Pauline 
 Thank you

Regular Giving to the Work of S Chad
 
Sets of weekly offering envelopes for the year commencing 2nd December 2018 
are available from the table in the lounge for those who choose to give regularly in this way.
Gift Aid declarations are also available

Many thanks to all who use the envelopes and also to those who use Stewardship for their regular gifts. 
You can also give online through Stewardship @ give.net via the red button (below). 
If you are in a UK tax paper, please do consider using Gift Aid for regular giving or one-off donations. 

       

 

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 



image created with PosterMyWall.com

A small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. 
One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. 
On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a loveable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. 
Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the Star and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told - the first Christmas.  

Oldham Night Shelter

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

There will be a initiative in Oldham from January to March with seven churches providing night shelters. 
East Oldham Methodist Church will be providing a night shelter each Saturday from the 5th January to the 30th March. We are looking for 3 categories of volunteers to support this important project. 
This includes those preparing and serving food, listeners and those staying overnight. 

To volunteer or for more information please speak to Mike or Linda Kendrick. 
We hope to recruit most of the volunteers by the end of November so volunteers can have completed the application process and training by mid December

Thank you



Click the Street Pastors logo above to read the Autumn news

Christmas Meals

You can enjoy a Christmas lunch at the Salt Cellar throughout December till 22nd.
or an Evening Christmas meal on 
Thursday, 13th December, 5:30pm, 
and Tuesday,18th December, 7:00pm. 
for full details of menus, prices and booking arrangements click here

To view or download the Oldham & Saddleworth Preaching Plan 
for December 2018 - February 2019 
click here    

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

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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