13 July 2025

TRINITY URC METHODIST CHURCH NOTICES

13 July 2025

NOTICES FOR SUNDAY 13th JULY

Our Service today, Sunday 13th July will be led by Rev Mark.

Next Sunday, our Service on 20th July will be led by Steve Colling.

Also, next Sunday, we will be holding our ‘TRINITY PRAISE’ Service at 4.00pm led by Margaret Dugdale.

The Worship Area Flowers for today are arranged by Pam Shore.

The flowers for August will be arranged by Janet Kerr.

Today’s flowers are donated by Enid Flannery, flowers for 20th July will be donated by Pam Shore.

FORTHCOMING DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

TODAY, 13th July is ACTION FOR CHILDREN SUNDAY. By then most of your bulging boxes will hopefully be emptied, but if you have any more, please hand them to me.

Visit our really scrumptious cake stall to "put the icing on the cake" for this year's contribution to Action for Children! Thanks to all of you who have either bought or baked so generously. Hopefully, we can get somewhere near last year's total of over £1800 pounds!!!!! No, I can't believe it myself, but we can only try. With so much confidence in your generosity, Eileen xxx 

RISHTON GIFT DAY - TODAY, Sunday 13th July: 2pm-4pm.

Julia and Ian Kitchin will celebrate their Diamond wedding on 17th July and in recognising this, they will be providing the refreshments at our Gift Day and looking forward to seeing you all there.

New Nursery at Rishton Methodist School. We now have a nursery section at our school and anyone seeking places for pre-school children is invited to an Open Morning on Monday 14th July between 10:45 and 11:45am.

Afternoon Tea & Film: THE BUCKET LIST.

Rishton Methodist Church, Wednesday 16th July 2025, 2pm.

A 2007 American ‘buddy’ comedy-drama film - directed and produced by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham, and starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

Zackham coined the expression "bucket list" after he wrote his own "List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket" and shortened it to "Justin's Bucket List". The first item on his list was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film.

Billionaire Edward Cole and car mechanic Carter Chambers are complete strangers, until fate lands them in the same hospital room. The men find they have two things in common: a need to come to terms with who they are and what they have done with their lives, and a desire to complete a list of things they want to see and do before they die. Against their doctor's advice, the men leave the hospital and set out on the adventure of a lifetime.

The film will start at 2pm and afternoon tea served about 3.45pm. Come for both or just for tea! No charge just donations towards the cost of afternoon tea.

Great Harwood Charity Fair - Saturday 16th August 10am-12.30 pm.

Volunteers required to help set up and manage the stall. Cakes will be needed too.

There is a list in the hall to sign up for cakes and to help please see Avis Dent or Pam Shore. Thanks.

 ECO Church Tip: Buy one less new thing a month.

Rev Mark Jason. 07305 805930 Email mark.jason@methodist.org.uk

Chief Steward: John Ansell 01254-888741 jcansell@ntlworld.com

Gift Aid Secretary: Geoff Grundy,

Trinity Prayer Chain: Audrey Adams 07522486223

Room Bookings: Chris Talbot 01254883427 or 07505121210

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Streamed services: https://www.greatharwoodmethodistcircuit.org/about-us/streamed-services

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Information for this Notice Sheet to be given to Nick Schumann in writing or by email nickschumann1960@gmail.com by Thursday at 10.00am Thanks.

A Thought for Today

The Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37

Bananas and Oranges do not like each other. They live in towns next to each other: Bananaville and Orangeopolis and try to never mix. They can be mean and unpleasant to each other.

Stan is a happy banana but on the way to the shops one day he is set upon by other fruit, his money is stolen, and Stan ends up squished and peeled on the side of the road between Bananaville and Orangeopolis.

A high and mighty Lady Bananasley comes along the road and sees Stan. She is worried she will get dirty, and she is just too important and busy to care about poor squished Stan, so she carries on with her journey.

Next, the Mayor of Bananaville comes along and sees Stan, but he is late for a meeting and is way too important to stop and help so he also goes on his way.

Stan is feeling a bit upset that he is still lying squished on the road but he can hear more footsteps so he is hopeful that the next person will help.  Unfortunately, the next fruity visitor is Jason.  Jason is an Orange.  Stan really thinks he's in trouble now!

Jason the Orange wonders if he should help because, obviously, a Banana is his enemy but eventually he decides to stop.  After all, if it were him on the floor, he'd want some help!  Jason the Orange takes Stan to hospital, where he is patched up, put together again and, before long, Stan is as good as new!

The moral: be more orange. (www.flamecreativekids.blogspot.com)

Emma Howarth, United Reform Church