ECO TIP
As autumn approaches, gather fallen leaves to create a mulch which can
be used to enrich the soil, or just leave them in a quiet area of your
garden, which may create a safe habitat for wildlife. And now is the time
to start thinking about spring bulbs …
OUR SCARGILL WEEKEND 2027
Next year we will have the chance to visit Scargill House in the Yorkshire
Dales for a church weekend again, this time from September 17th to
19th, 2027. We have around 20 places available, and rooms will be
allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
A limited number of en-suite double rooms are available for £207.50 per
person, and other rooms (with plentiful facilities near each one) will cost
£182.50 per person. The booking list opens on Sunday September
6th. To secure a room, you need first to notify Robert Beale of your
intention and then to pay a deposit of at least 25 per cent. Reductions are
available for students, children (under-5s go free), carers and singleparent families. The programme will run from 4pm on the Friday to 2.30pm on the Sunday.
PRAYING TOGETHER
The chapel is open again on Monday 7th September at 6.30pm (and
most Monday evenings after) for a time of prayer. This is an informal
gathering and everyone is welcome – you can join in praying aloud or just
sit quietly whilst others do. The evening is led by one of our lay people
and the chapel is open for around an hour.
SQUAD, ATTENTION!
JC Squad re-starts on Sunday 13th September at 10.30am: the
young gather in the Meeting Room, while adults are in church for
worship, to learn about God, Jesus and the Bible and have loads of fun.
The Squad is led by experienced people who want to share the Good
News message. All are welcome, both former members and new ones.
GOOD TIME TO JOIN A HOME GROUP
Home groups start again on Thursday 17th September. The earliest
Christian congregations met in people’s homes, and today at St John’s we
have three fortnightly small groups. One meets on Thursday afternoons at
2.30pm in the chapel – Reverend Debra has further information; the other
two groups gather on Thursday evenings – speak to Reverend Rodney or
else Irene Pennington or Carol Cosham. All are for Bible study and
relaxed discussion and begin new programmes in September, so now is
the ideal time to join.
HARVEST TIME
Our All-Age services recommence on 4th October, and this is our Harvest
Festival Sunday. We will all be together as a church family at 10.30am, with no
JC Squad, and the Holy Communion service is at 6.30pm in the chapel. All gifts
of tinned or dried goods, coffee, tea, biscuits and dog food will be delivered to the
Booth Centre in Manchester for the homeless and needy people they serve.
Planning for the All-Age service will begin on Wednesday September 2nd at
2.15pm in church. If anyone is interested in helping, just come along or speak to
Reverend Debra for more information.
HELPING YOUNG AND OLD
If anyone is interested in joining as leader or helper for the JC Squad, please speak
to Reverend Debra. We would also love to see new people join our small teams
who visit Debrook Lodge, the care home opposite the church, on a rota to lead
informal worship on the second Tuesday of the month at 10.30am. Residents are
brought along by the staff and love to hear prayers, readings and singing. If you
are interested in this, please also speak to Reverend Debra.
PLEASE NOTE.....
Thursday Holy Communion services are to be held at St. John’s at 10.30am on 3rd and 17th September and 1st October, and at St Michael’s Flixton at 10.15am on 10th and 17th September.
Our Coffee, Tea and Chat social afternoon is on Tuesday 1st September –
from 2pm to 3.30pm in church. Come, and bring your friends.
Urmston Choral Society’s concert at St John’s is on Saturday 12th
September, from 2.30pm. Tickets priced £10 (£2 for students or children)
are available from Maxine Summers, text 07961 121 637 (or tel. 0161 748
0903). Please book in advance if possible, although you can also pay at the
door.
Don't mention the C word … but please put these dates in your diaries:
13 December, 2pm-3.30pm – Messy Church Christingle.
20 December, 6.30-7.30pm – Carol Service.
A new Methodist Minister is joining the Trafford circuit: please pray for
Reverend Louisa Taylor in her new role
FACEBOOK PAGE
St. John’s in Flixton has a Facebook page – search St. John’s Flixton for regular Facebook updates on events and activities taking place in church. Please “like” the page and encourage neighbours, family and friends to do the same to help us grow our followers.
Join the JC Squad!
'The J C Squad' is the new name for our Sunday School, and it runs at 10.30am during morning service. Children rejoin their parents in church at the end of the main service and often share with the whole congregation something of what they've been doing that day.