Kenley & Purley Methodist Church, Sylverdale Road, Purley
MINISTER: Faith Nyota email fynota@btinternet.com
Senior Steward: Wendy Heslop wendy.heslop@btinternet.com
Church Lettings: Carole Short carole@churchestogetherpurleykenley.org.uk
We are a small but friendly congregation and a warm welcome is given to all.
Flower Secretary: Trevane Wallbank
Mission:
Our mission as The Church in this area is to:
Worship God and proclaim the Gospel of Christ through prayer, music, hospitality and openness; and to show the love of God by nurturing everyone in the Christian faith, by challenging injustice wherever it is found and caring for the environment through energy conservation and recycling.
Church Services:
celebration of Holy Communion, it will also be our Covenant Service and our friends from St. James's will join us.
Sunday 5th February 10.30am Preacher: Mrs Marion West
Sunday 12th February 10.30am Preacher: Mr Tom Maughan
Sunday 19th February 10.30am Preacher: Mr Alan Coombe
Sunday 26th February 10.30am Preacher: Revd. Faith Nyota -celebration of Holy Communion
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NOTICES AND DATES:
2012 Covenant Service will be on 29th January to which our friends from St. James's will be invited.Friday 2nd March Women's World Day of Prayer. 10.30am at United Reform Church. This year's service has been arranged by women from Malaysia.
Sunday 4th March MWIB (formerly Network) Mission Lunch. The appropriate theme for 2012 is "The Olympics". We are delighted that Maureen Chitty, Olympic long jumper, who competed for Britain in the 1968 Mexico and 1972 Munich Olympic games has agreed to be our speaker. Tickets will shortly be available.
Saturday 17th March: Dr. Paul Kybird, District Development Enabler, will be leading a course on 'Talking about God' from 10.00am to 4pm at St. Mary's Church Hall in Farleigh to help members in Warlingham share their faith. The morning session will be around the subject of 'starting the conversation and conversation stoppers' followed by 'conversation in context and living the conversation' in the afternoon. It is not intended that anyone will be taken out of their comfort zone. There will be 25 places available for members of other churches in the Circuit. Contact Brian Sherrell at Warlingham to book your place as it will not be possible just to turn up on the day.
Sunday 25th March: Celebration afternoon - held by the Circuit - called 'The World in Purley' from 5pm at Warlingham. This will be fellowship followed by tea and worship on an international theme. Everyone is invited to bring food to share with an International Theme.
21st April: Our 5th Musical Allsorts. John Hoskins is assembling items for the programme. If you have any requests, ideas for participants or for performance please speak to him. As usual home made cakes will be offered for sale in the interval. Members of KAG will be co-ordinating these. Please speak to Ann Jones, Wendy Heslop, Judith Parfitt, or Trevane Wallbank for more information. As usual admission will be by ticket for which a donation is invited. These will be available from March. One of the charities we will be supporting this year is "The Gill White Trust"(TGWT). This is a small charity whose aim is 'to support organisations that strive to make a difference, create the changes needed and above all to help and protect the vulnerable.' The organisations currently supported are: Sarcoma Research; The Royal Marsden Hospital Trust; The Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice; The Woodlands Trust.
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Regular Church Events/Meetings:
Each Monday: Monday Fellowship @ 2.30pm in Room 4. All welcome.
Open Church: Wednesdays 10am - 12noon.
Open to Question: 3rd Monday in the month. 8pm in Room 4. This month's discussion will ask the question: Can a Christian life be lived in a corrupt society?
Reading Group: Meets at 2.30pm at 67 Pampisford Road. The next meeting will take place on 22nd February. This month we will share music. All are welcome.
Network Coffee Morning - Usually first Saturday in the month at 10.30am. Best to check email Wendy - details above.
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Dear Friends,On Sunday 29th January we celebrated our covenant service and renewed our convenant promise. This entails offering ourselves wholly to God for the purpose of God's kingdom.
The service is celebratory and solemn; celebratory because it affirms God is gracious enough to call us and equip us, and solemn because it reminds us that for God's will to be accomplished we will have to make numerous sacrifices.
For some, the words of the promise are hard - too hard. For example the words 'Let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you' are poignant for any persons who feel unable to be as active as they once were. But we do believe that God in Christ is with us, helping us to pray and to work for God's glory.
For others the words of the promise come easy -too easy. Like New Year resolutions, the promises are forgotten once said or set aside when they become too difficult. Yet we believe in a God whose coming in Jesus confronted the way the world worked. Following his footsteps is bound to challenge and change us.
Having renewed our covenant, may each of us be able to accept God's purposes and may we daily embrace the call to love and serve God in all our life and work.
Grace and Peace
Faith