It is confirmed that a funeral service for the Rev David Hardy will be held at St Andrews (Filton), at 2:30 on 16th October. This will be preceded by a committal at Westerleigh, which will be for family only. Methodist News, a weekly on line email, across the whole connexion has an article paying tribute to David, an unusual occurrence: it shows how much he was loved and respected.
Homelessness Sunday 2026. Housing Justice holds Homelessness Sunday on the Sunday before World Homeless Day – 10th Oct - each year. This year, Homelessness Sunday falls on 4th October, and the theme is ‘Community Cohesion’. The aim is to raise awareness of the issues surrounding homelessness among Churches. There are various statistics surrounding the issue but the one that caught my eye was 176,130 children were without a permanent home living in temporary accommodation.
Today is also both Grandparents Day and Silver Sunday. The latter being a day for older people to have something special to look forward to and enjoy themselves.
There is a Pastoral Visitors meeting on Tuesday 13th Oct, at 1pm, at the Church.
The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of washing up liquid, tins of meat, cartons of fruit juice & long-life milk, men’s deo, rice pudding and tins of toms. Thank you all very much.
October is Black History Month. We will recognise it on the 18th. However, it is worth noting that today (4th) is the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Three is a plaque marking the occasion which says “The people of East London rallied to Cable Street and forced back the march of the fascist Oswald Mosley and his blackshirts through the streets of East London. They shall not pass.” Members of St George’s Methodist Chapel on Cable Street, led by minister the Revd Percy Inneson, opened the church to the crowds fighting the Blackshirts, offering vital support and comfort.
The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of washing up liquid, tins of meat, cartons of fruit juice & long-life milk, men’s deo, rice pudding and tins of toms. Thank you all very much.
Do you think the Methodist Church in Britain could respond to its historical links to the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, and address ongoing legacies today? If so, how? There is a on-line survey here Get involved - The Methodist Church. Deadline is 17th November.
Lectionary for 4th to 10th October. Exodus 20:1-4,7-9,12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3.4b-14; Matthew 21.33-46. A God to honour. On Mount Sinai, God gives Moses instructions – the Ten Commandments – to help the Israelites live according to God’s ways, so that they can stay in a good relationship with God and each other. Today we look at what honour means and how we might understand the link between honouring God and other people.
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