There is a Pastoral Visitors meeting on Tuesday 13th Oct, at 1pm, at the Church.
Next Saturday (17th) the BB is holding a lunch - Chicken Stew – at 12:30. There is ‘sign up’ sheet at the back of the church. Or you can contact Peter and ask him to pass your details on. It is lunch only, there is no coffee morning beforehand.
Today is Prisons Sunday. Prisoners’ Sunday is an opportunity to think about how we, as individuals, as a Church, and as communities, serve our brothers and sisters affected by imprisonment. Prisoners, people with convictions, and their children and families can find themselves on the margins of our society. Yet Jesus challenges us: “I was in prison, and you came to me…”
The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of. tins of meat, milk, fruit juice, washing up liquid, kitchen & bathroom cleaning materials and crisps. Thank you all very much.
Baby Loss Awareness Week started on Friday (9th). Its aim is raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss, the importance of bereavement support and of the vital work that is needed to improve pregnancy outcomes. There is a prayer at the end of this Newsletter
Next Sunday is: Church Action on Poverty Sunday World Mission Sunday and Anti-Slavery Day, which starts Anti-Slavery Week (12th to 18th Oct).
Warm Space runs, at the church, from Mon 26th to Fri 30th Oct.
Yesterday (10th), was World Mental Health Day. “For all the times when I feel weary, lonely and worthless I thank you that your Spirit just gently lets me know your love for me is stronger... so much stronger.”
Lectionary for 11th to 17th October. Exodus 32:1-14; Psalm 106:1-6,19-23; Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22.1-14. What kind of God? Moses has spent over a month with God on Mount Sinai; the Israelites fear something has happened to him and decide they want a different god. Aaron asks them to bring the gold they had plundered from the Egyptians, which they melt and form into a golden calf – a new god to bow down to and worship. God is angry, but Moses appeals to God’s promises and honour, resulting in God showing mercy to the Israelites. Today think about the types of things we might idolise in our lives and how we can remember how amazing God is, putting God back at the centre.
The purpose of Kingswood Methodist Church is to respond to God's Love in Christ and to live out that love in God's world