4 May 2025

Sunday 4th May 2025

Third Sunday of Easter

Preacher 10:30:  Dr Pam Russo

Steward: Allison Neale Organist: Alan Amos

Welcome Steward: Ann Peill

The flowers this week are donated Miss Hargreaves and arranged by Gillian Pirrie

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 4th May 2025

Mon May 5th          Bank Holiday

Tue May 6th          09:00-09:30 Sch.Worship Nick

                              10:00-14:30 Child Minders ?   

Wed May 7th         10:00 – 14:30 Child Minders ?

Thu May 8th           09:00-12:00 Electric meter change

    19:30. Men’s Fellowship AGM

Fri.  May 9th         19:30-22:00. Acc.Camera Club

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 11th May 2025

Sun May 11th.       10:30 Sunday School Anniversary

Mon May 12th       09:00-11:00. Parents and Carers

                              13:15-15:15 Taiji Qigong

Tue May 13th         10:00- 14.30 Child Minders ?

                              09:00-09:30. Sch. Wshp. Margaret

Wed May 14th       10:00 – 14:30 Child Minders ?

Fri May 15th          19:30-22:00. Acc.Camera Club

Plan dates

The preacher at 10:30 on Sunday 11th May will be:  Rev. Dr Mark Jason.  This is our Sunday Club Anniversary Service and will include Holy Communion.

Steward: Kath Bridges

Birthday Celebrations

Brian Aspden is holding an 80th birthday party on Saturday 10th May at Rishton Cricket Club.  You are all welcome to join in the celebrations from 14:30-17:00.  A buffet will be served mid-afternoon with a quiz at 15:00!

Gift Day

Sunday 13th July 2-4pm at The Church.

Men’s Fellowship

Annual general meeting  next Thursday 8th May at 7.30pm . N̈ew members will be most welcome if you'll like to give it a try 

Table Top and Crafts Sale

Saturday 28th June. 10am - 2pm   If anyone would like to hire a table to sell goods tables are £10. 

If you require a table to sell goods, and the proceeds are for the Church the table will be free.

There will be a Cake Stall, Raffle, Light Lunches and Refreshments available.

For information and table bookings contact 

Sharon on tunstallsharon2@gmail.com or 07930930514.

All tables to be booked and paid in advance by cash or bank transfer by Friday 30th May.

Closing date for notices

It would be helpful if all notices for Sunday 11th May could be in by the evening of Wednesday 7th May.  Please send them to: steveruth.colling@gmail.com 07958 036736.

Thursday May 8th

There will be an electrician changing the electric meter in the building. The electricity will be turned off

between 9am and 12 midday.

Christian Aid Week

Christian Aid Week 2025 is on the 11th May. We are no longer involved in house to house collections but want to still support Christian Aid. There will be collection buckets around for donations and we plan to have a bring and buy stall following the service on the 25th May when the proceeds of the tea and coffee following our service, will also go to Christian Aid.  

Three Day Sale

After the surplus items from the three day sale were taken to the Age UK CHARITY SHOP they managed to raise for their charity 173.93 with additional gift aid of 43.48 the sale has not only benefitted the Church but another charity.

Spring Fayre

The Final Total raised for the Church from the Spring Fayre is 1054.20

Thanks to everyone who helped in any way to make this a successful event.

Polite Notice

Please can we respect the use of the vestry on Sundays from 10.15am until 12.00pm this is to allow the Minister, Preachers and Stewards to carry out their duties. If the occupied sign is in use please do not enter or knock on the door.

 Afternoon Family Fun

Following the morning service on May 11th (Sunday School Anniversary) there will be a family fun afternoon.  (11:30-13:30). Bring your own picnic.  Tea, coffee and juice will be provided.  There will be games and a soft archery and welly throwing competition.  (Chocolate prizes!)

Afternoon Tea & Film

Rishton Methodist Church.

Wed. 21st May 2025

Our film is  “Little Women”

A 2019 American coming-of-age period drama film, written and directed by Greta Gerwig.

It is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott.

 It chronicles the lives of the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—in Concord, Massachusetts, during the 19th century. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Chris Cooper.

Share tea and a chat with friends

Children welcome with accompanying adult.

The films will start at 2pm and afternoon tea served about 4pm.   Come for both or just for tea!

No charge just donations towards

the cost of afternoon tea.

AND FINALLY.. ( from " Hits of the 50's " ).

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.

When you swim in the sea and an Eel bites your knee, that’s a Moray!

Thanks Alan!!!

Poem: Forgiveness

Three times he asked.

Three times I answered,

each with increasing desperation.

Three times I had denied.

Three times I must repent.

Three times I met his gaze.

Three times my eyes were lowered in anticipation.

I did not wish to see the sorrow and regret.

Three times he asked, each time his voice grew deeper.

Three times my answer stuck within my throat.

Three times I trembled still disturbed by guilt.

Three times he answered, giving me a mission.

Three times I felt unworthy of the task.

Three times, until I knew I was forgiven.

At that third time I raised my eyes at last.

Three times and countless more that memory haunts me.

What love and what forgiveness in his face.

Three hundred thousand times I tell the story

of how my guilt was cancelled out by grace.

©Marjorie Dobson

Copyright courtesy of “The Worship Cloud”