NEWSLETTER

November 2017

www.nuthallmethodistchurch.org.uk

FROM THE MINISTER’S STUDY

Dear Friends,

This is perhaps not the profoundest joke I have ever used for these articles, but it is thematic! What do you do if 50 ghosts and zombies surround your house? Answer: Hope it’s Halloween. Last night we got back from a break over half-term at Runswick Bay, near Whitby. We were in Whitby on the Friday before coming home which happened to coincide with the first day of a music festival (not that I heard any music) called the Whitby Goth Weekend. Quite why there is such a link with Whitby, I am not quite sure, but I am told it may have something to do with Dracula. Anyway, one consequence was that Whitby that day was full of middle aged people wearing some quite unusual outfits. And when I say quite unusual, I mean utterly bizarre and terrifying. Anyway, by the time this article will be in print I suppose all of us will have seen lots of youngsters also wandering round in unusual outfits as they go about the streets for Halloween. I think it is fair to say that the modern day celebration of Halloween is another festival that I am not quite sure about! It is at this time of the year that I have to remind myself that Halloween has its roots in an important Christian festival. You may know already that Halloween comes from a contraction of All Hallows Eve, indicating that Halloween is the day before All Hallows Day or as it perhaps better known, All Saints day. In the Christian calendar, All Saints Day is an occasion to celebrate the Saints, known and unknown. In Methodist theology, it is seen as a day of giving God solemn thanks for the lives and deaths of his saints, including those who are famous or obscure. In other words, it is a day for us to remember, celebrate and give thanks to God for those ordinary men and women who have lived out their Christian lives among us and who have played such an enormous part in our lives. It has been my privilege over the last few months to speak following the deaths of some of our church members and to recognise how they have touched other people’s lives. It is an honour, as a minister in the Methodist Church, to give thanks for those who have witnessed to so many people the transforming good news of Jesus.

I would encourage us all over the next few weeks, not necessarily on All Saints Day which is 1st November, to remember those faithful Christian men and women who have made a difference in our lives, and especially to give thanks to God for their witness.

Love, Peace and Joy.

Andrew

SUNDAY SERVICES FOR NOVEMBER Services are held each Sunday at 10.45 am and 6.00 pm. Junior (ages 7-11) and Primary (ages 3-7) Sunday School meet at 10.45am (except on Family Service Sunday). Late Risers (11+) meet at 6.00pm.

5th 10.45am Mr. Don Chambers

6.00pm Rev. Lawrence Sharp 12th 10.30am Rev. Andrew Charlesworth – Remembrance Sunday

6.00pm Rev. Andrew Charlesworth - Youth Service 19th 9.00am Rev. Andrew Charlesworth - Holy Communion 10.45am Rev. Andrew Charlesworth - Family Service & JMA

Awards 6.00pm Mr. David Blount 26th 10.45am Mrs. Catherine Smith 6.00pm Rev. Andrew Charlesworth - Holy Communion

JMA AWARDS

The Junior Mission for All (JMA) awards for 2016/17 will be presented at the Family Service on November 19th. Congratulations to Hannah and Thomas Lovatt, Jemima and Beaux Wildman, Molly Lee, Jack Wilson and Libby Bales who will all be receiving their long service certificates. Please come along and support our young people on this special occasion.

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NUTHALL NEWS

PRAYER STREETS

Please remember the residents of the following streets in your prayers. Our friends at St. Patrick's Church and the churches in Kimberley are joining with us in this activity. The streets in italics are in Kimberley. November 5th Birch Ave, Perivale Close & Reed Gardens

Knowle Lane & Tiptree Close 12th Redbridge Drive & Castleton Court

Oxbury Road & Laverlock Close 19th Burnt Oak Close, Cernan Court & Kenton Ave

Roxton Court & Knowle Park 26th Shelley Close, Haise Court & Highbury Close

Edinboro Row & Eve’s Mews THANK YOU

Tina, Richard, Abi, James and the wider Harvey family are very grateful for the love and support of so many of our church family during David's illness and following his death on 18 September; thank you. Thanks to your kind generosity, we will be able to support the Rosie May Home in Boossa, Sri Lanka with a significant 4-figure sum from donations you made in David's memory.

The Kendall family would like to thank everyone for their prayers, flowers, cards and words of condolence on the death of Tracey’s mum Doreen. Each one has been a huge comfort to us and we felt so loved to see faces from our church family attend the funeral too. Words cannot convey how the knowledge of such love from everyone is helping us at this sad time. God Bless you all. Many thanks to Pat Corah for coordinating the fund raising for the kitchen and organising the Gift Day which raised £4,601.11 with more still to be counted. Thank you for all your donations.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5TH, 1PM - 4PM

We have finally got rid of the children and downsized to a new home in Brinsley! If you'd like to see where, please join us for tea/coffee and cake during the afternoon at 6 Wilhallow Lane, NG16 5HH (only don't tell our children, they might find us and come back!) Lorna and Chris Page

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BESTWOOD & BULWELL FOODBANK Many thanks again for your continued generosity, especially at Harvest time. We have delivered the following gifts in your name:

September 12th 198 items October 3rd 254 items plus 250+ items from Hempshill Vale Primary

September 19th 430 items (Harvest) October 17th 266 items

The church notice board tells you the urgent food requests which we amend each time we visit the foodbank. Christmas treats would be welcomed in the run up to the Festive Season. The demand on the foodbank is always greater at this time of year and our response to it is wonderful. Please keep up the good work! Doug, Margaret, David, June and John

PAUSE FOR PRAYER

“Where two or three come together in prayer in my name, there I am with

them”

Come and join together in prayer the first Wednesday in the month and/or

the third Friday in the month, 10.30 -11.00 am. For more details ask Sandra

Tantum or Gail Brockway.

The first meeting is Wednesday 1st November at church.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

We are again collecting shoeboxes full of gifts to send to needy children overseas. Flatpack boxes are available at 30p each and will be in the coffee lounge. Pick up a leaflet or go to www.samaritans-purse.org.uk for further details. Our shoebox coffee morning will be on Saturday

4 November - please bring goodies for the boxes, completed boxes or cash donations. Our collection deadline is Sunday 12 November. Contact Richard Harvey (07985011013) for further information. We can't let this year's collection go by without recording our grateful thanks to Tracey Kendall's parents, Doreen and Ray Allen for their generous support for Operation Christmas Child over the years. Our coffee morning this year will be dedicated to Doreen's memory.

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VILLAGE BONFIRE & FIREWORKS

The Village Bonfire and Firework Display will take place on Saturday November 4th on the Temple Centre Field. Gates open at 6.00pm. Admission is £2 adults, £1 children and £5 family ticket. Hot food will be on sale. Please remember there is no parking on site. Also, no fireworks (including sparklers) to be taken in.

TOILET TWINNING UPDATE

Thank you from Dave and Richard for your support for their Sponsored Slimathon in aid of Toilet Twinning. However, it's fair to say that things have not gone to plan! At the time of writing (ahead of the final weigh-in on 2 November), Dave had chipped in with 7 of the 40lb target, but Richard (who had the lion's share of the target) had cancelled out most of that!! It's been a distracting last few months for Richard to say the least. We'll let you decide whether we deserve any sponsorship! Either way, we hope to announce the total amount raised from sponsorship and our July coffee morning in the January newsletter.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SPONSORED CHILD UPDATE

The Sunday School are continuing to sponsor a child through the charity Compassion UK by paying a monthly contribution from our collections. We have finished sponsoring James in Uganda and will now be sponsoring a little boy called Boureima Diallo who is 5 years old and lives in Burkina Faso with his family. We will be sending letters to Boureima and look forward to learning more about him and his life. Please pray for Boureima and if you would like any more information please speak to Kathryn Blount or any Sunday School Leader.

3GENERATE 2017

We are once again taking a group to 3Generate, which is the national Children and Young people's Methodist Conference and this year is being held at Pontins in Southport on 24th-26th November. There are 15 children and young people going from Nuthall, together with 6 adults who are either leaders of our group or volunteers at the weekend. We are travelling on our church coach together with groups from Hucknall and Wollaton, to join with a total of more than 1000 children and young people from around the country. Please remember to pray for good journeys, a successful weekend and for the children, young people and adults who will be taking part that they may enjoy fun, fellowship, learning, deepening faith and development of the church.

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ADVENT MEDITATIONS

These meditations will be held in the first week of December (4th-8th) meeting at 12 o'clock each day. Bring your own lunch, tea, coffee and mince pies are provided. The meditation follows at 12.30 until 1.00. This year's theme is: Ready and Waiting. All are very welcome. John Wilson.

VILLAGE CHRISTMAS CARD Work is well under way with the Village Christmas Card which we produce and distribute in conjunction with St. Patrick's and the churches in Kimberley. As in past years we are asking for volunteers to help deliver the cards in late November/early December. A sign-up list will be posted in the Coffee Lounge shortly. Please consider if you can help with this important outreach and encourage others to do so too. Thank you.

ELSIE NEEDS YOUR RECIPE!

The Coach Committee are hoping to put together a recipe book to sell to help raise money to buy a new coach when Elsie retires and would love you to give us a copy of your family’s favourite recipe. This may have been passed down through your family or may be a new one you have just discovered. Whatever it is we would love to include it. It can be anything from a master piece cake or a simple soup, a meal for a special occasion or something you like to make with your children. It may even be some hints or tips you have picked up over the years; whatever you want to contribute we will be very grateful. If you would like your recipe to be included in this very special little book then please write out a copy and pop it into the little silver box in the Coffee Lounge at Church.

CHURCH COACH TRIPS 2017

November 18th Chatsworth Christmas Market

December TBA Manchester Christmas Market and shopping

Adults £16 Concessions £14 Children £10

Contact Norma (0115) 9278429

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Elsie invites you to her

Christmas Meal

on

Saturday December 2nd

at 7.00pm for 7.30pm

Carriages at midnight

at the Hogs Head Hotel , Awsworth

Cost £23

3 Course Carvery Meal,

Tea/Coffee & Disco

Contact Norma Ellis 0115 9278429 or

Liz Wilson 0115 9770024

All proceeds to the Coach funds

Hope you can join us!

Please pay the money for this meal to Norma Ellis or Liz Wilson by November 12th at the latest. Cheques to be made payable to Nuthall Methodist Church Coach Fund.

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BEAUVALE NEWS

BEAUVALE EX-MEMBERS ACTIVITIES

Our friends from Beauvale are reminded of the following events:

Sunday November 12th at 6.00pm Greasley Group of Churches United Service will be held at Newthorpe Baptist Church. This will be a Methodist service and the preachers is the Rev. Sue Edwards. Wednesday November 22nd at 2.30pm. Beauvale Fellowship will meet at 9 Vale Close.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

NOVEMBER

1st 10.30am Pause for Prayer at church (see Nuthall News)

4th 10.00am Operation Christmas Child Coffee Morning (see Nuthall News)

4th 6.00pm Village Bonfire & Fireworks (see Nuthall News)

5th 1.00 – 4.00pm

Chris & Lorna Page Open House (see Nuthall News)

7th 12.00noon Midweek Communion

14th 2.00pm Women’s Fellowship – Dr Joan Barks. People of the Night

16th 2.00pm Take Time Together

17th 10.30am Pause for Prayer at church

18th Coach Trip to Chatsworth Christmas Market

20th 7.00pm Coach Committee Meeting at church

25th 2.00pm BPFA Jumble Sale – jumble to church on Friday evening or 1.00pm on Saturday, please

28th 10.30am Women’s Fellowship Coffee Morning at church hosted by Mrs Betty Watson

DECEMBER

2nd 7.00pm Coach Christmas Meal (see Nuthall News)

4-8th 12.00noon Advent Meditations

6th 10.30am Pause for Prayer at church (see Nuthall News)

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DUTIES AND ROTAS FOR NOVEMBER

CHURCH FLOWERS

November 5th Sue & Dougie 12th Jean Aram 19th Julie Lee 26th Gail Evans

TODDLERS' DRINKS ROTA November 1st Sue & Ken Shepherd and Ann Knight 8th Joan Buttery & Gail Evans

15th Sue Pullen & Margaret Wheatley

22nd Marjorie Silverton, Margaret & Mick Sendall

29th Margaret & John

COFFEE CORNER

November 4th Christmas Boxes 11th Sylvia & David 18th ? 25th Norma & Janet

MINISTER Rev. Andrew Charlesworth 2 Fairburn Way, Watnall, Notts, NG16 1GH (Day off – Monday)

8757414

ach2804@yahoo.co.uk

SENIOR STEWARDS Mr. Andrew Tanser 07776 070255

Mrs. Kirstie Dane 07969 646373

SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT 01623 798277 Mrs. Josie Wilcock

CHURCH / HALL BOOKING CLERK 9763028 Mr. Ian Poxon

CHURCH COACH BOOKING CLERK 9278429 Mrs. Norma Ellis

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SUNDAY SERVICE DUTIES FOR NOVEMBER

Duty

Steward Readers

Door

Stewards Pianist 5th 10.45 J. Wilson D. & G.

Gorton M. Silverton & S. Bowerman

A. Hindle

6.00 B.Langford J. Wilcock I. Lishman

S. Tantum & B. Langford

L. Page

12th 10.45 A. Tanser D. Nichols

V. Morgan J. & M. Randall

J. Wilson

6.00 S. Pullen P. Owen W. & I. Green

Youth Service

19th 9.00 K. Dane H. Gray

10.45 B.Langford S. Bowerman J. Lander

Heffernan family

J. Wilson

6.00 S. Moore S. Perrett C. Milne

S. Charlesworth & C. Milne

L. Page

26th 10.45 J. Dent G. & P. Stokes

H. & K. Cameron

J. Wakefield

6.00 C. Lovatt B. & G. Tantum

J. & T. Lander

J. Wilson

Please pass all items for the December newsletter

to Margaret Sendall, post in the box in the Coffee Lounge or e-mail to mesendall@hotmail.com

by November 19th, please

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REGULAR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

Sunday 9.00am Holy Communion (3rd Sunday of the month) 10.45am Morning Worship (crèche for ages 0 to 3) Sunday School (ages 3 to 11) Family Service (3rd Sunday of the month) 6.00pm Evening Worship Youth Service (2nd Sunday of the month) ‘Late Risers’ (ages 11+) 7.00pm Templars Youth Fellowship

Monday 7.00pm Ladies’ Keep Fit Tuesday 12.00noon Midweek Communion (1st Tues. of the month)

2.00pm Women’s Fellowship (2nd Tues. of the month) 7.45pm Badminton & Table Tennis Club

8.00pm Wives Group (1st & 3rd Tues. of month, in homes)

Wednesday 7.00am Prayer Meeting 10.00am Nuthall Methodist Church Walking Group

(3rd Wednesday of the month - contact M. Sendall 9279500 for meeting point details) 1.30pm Toddlers’ Group 6.00pm Girls’ Brigade (Explorers – age 5 to 8) 6.30pm Girls’ Brigade (Juniors – age 8 to 11) 6.30pm Girls’ Brigade (Seniors & Brigaders – age 11+)

Thursday 1.30pm Art Group 2.00pm Take Time Together (3rd Thurs. of the month) 6.15pm Dance Yourself Fit (2nd & 4th Thurs. of the month)

Friday 5.55pm Boys’ Brigade (Junior Section – age 8 to 11) 6.00pm Boys’ Brigade (Anchor Boys – age 5 to 8) 6.50pm Boys’ Brigade (Company Section – age 11+)

Saturday 10.00am Coffee Corner Come and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, homemade

cakes and scones, and of course, a chat with friends

A list of House Fellowship and Bible Study groups is available on the noticeboard in the Coffee Lounge