West Kirby Methodist Church
Welcome to Worship
28th JULY 2024
Church website: www.westkirbymethodist.org.uk
Minister: Rev Noel Sharp. Tel: 0151 633 2558.
Email: noelsharp@wirralmethodist.org.uk
Church & Community Development Lay Worker:
Sam Hepworth Tel: 0151 625 3224
Room Bookings: Sam Hepworth Tel: 0151 625 3224
Email: westkirbymc@yahoo.com
NO SERVICE AT WEST KIRBY
Instead we will be joining the congregation at
St. Luke’s, Hoylake at 10.30 a.m.
for a communion service led by Rev Noel Sharp.
4th AUGUST SERVICE
10.00 a.m. Rev Noel Sharp
Café Style Worship
NOTICES DURING AUGUST
Please note that there will be one notice sheet covering the four Sundays in August. If you have anything you wish to be included, please send it to Elaine Phillips no later than Wednesday, 31st July. Any additional notices should be handed to the Steward on duty to be read out to the congregation.
NOTICES
WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING
A reminder that weekly prayer meetings are now being held in the Church Office each Friday morning from 9.45 a.m. until 10.15 a.m.
As we go forward, if there is anyone who feels called to lead once a month, then please do come forward, contact me and we can set up a rota.
Sam Hepworth
The organisers of last Saturday’s Coffee Morning held at St. Luke’s Hoylake would like to thank West Kirby for their support and friendship which was much appreciated. Together with annual donations from supporters, £835.64 was raised – a magnificent sum!
Following last week’s retiring collection also for Action for Children at our church the sum raised amounted to £175.50. Thank you to all who donated.
TECHY COFFEE
The next session will be on Friday, 2nd August for those needing help with their ipads, laptops, iphones etc. Age UK now ask for a donation of £1 per person.
STRAWBERRY TEA
Elaine Phillips will be hosting a Strawberry Tea in her garden at 13 Burlingham Avenue, West Kirby on Saturday 3rd August from 2.30 p.m. Tickets are £6 and are available from Elaine. All money raised will be for the next MWiB (Methodist Women in Britain) Special Project. Additional garden chairs much appreciated.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FELLOWSHIP
TAF will meet for cakes and chat at 2.30 p.m. on 8th August in the Hilda Shore Room.
JESUS MARCH – A CHURCHES TOGETHER EVENT
This event will be taking place on Saturday, 17th August at various locations around the Wirral, including West Kirby, with walking prescribed routes, scripture readings, worship and prayer tents. See posters for further details.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wirral Heritage Open Days 2024 are Friday 6th to Sunday 15th September. There will be a 10-day programme of visits to historic sites and buildings, guided tours and special talks. For full details see www.wirralhistoryandheritage.org.uk Brochures available in libraries.
WIRRAL FOODBANK
The Wirral Foodbank are very grateful for all the food that our church donates to them. They have suggested that we focus on the following items, as a necessity for the boxes they pack:
Tinned fish, meat, vegetables (peas, carrots, sweetcorn, potatoes) also tinned tomatoes.
Tinned rice pudding, fruit
UHT milk
Deodorant & shampoo
Every week they are giving out 1000 tins of fish, 800 tins of meat and 600 tins of fruit. So, the more we can give of these items, the more help we will be.
The Foodbank picks up donations from Tesco in Heswall on a Monday and Thursday. Given the need, it would be good if, as a church, each week we could put as much as we can in the box in the foyer and Eve will take it to Heswall every week if possible.
Another positive about Tesco is that for every kilo of food donation they will make a cash contribution to the Foodbank. Apparently, they don’t mind if it has come from another supermarket.
Many thanks in advance for your generous giving.
Eve Townley
Items for inclusion in the notices should be sent to the Editor, Elaine Phillips, 13 Burlingham Avenue, West Kirby, CH48 8AJ (Tel: 0151 625 2615) or emailed to elaine5649.ep@gmail.com by 11.59 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding the Sunday of publication. Any additional notices may be handed to the Steward on duty to be read out to the congregation