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Noah Online Holiday Club
Missional-Discipleship Enabler post
Bentley MC items
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British Methodist Youth Choir
Action for Children Webinar
Dial-a-prayer free phone line
District Children's Support Fund update

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Noah Online Holiday Club
Vickie Heydon-Matterface is organising a Holiday Club style 'Holiday Fun Session' via Zoom on Thurs August 6th. It's for Primary aged children and all children must be accompanied by an adult on Zoom. Booking essential. See flyer below for further details. 

Missional-Discipleship Enabler required

Hadley Methodist Church

Part time post (average 7 hours per week) initially for 24 months

 Missional-Discipleship Enabler

 Hadley Methodist is aiming to make discipleship its central focus. We are looking for a gifted discipler, who is passionate about mission, to establish a rhythm of missional-discipleship within the life of the church, and to help develop a learning strategy to support that rhythm. 

Hours to be worked flexibly as agreed with line manager, including most Tuesday evenings.

Please note: due to the make up of the current membership at Hadley Methodist, the majority of this ministry will be with women.

For an application pack:

·         email to: smason.tmc@gmail.com

·         post to: Simon Mason, 43 Caldera Road, Hadley Telford TF1 5LT

·         telephone: 01952 244664

Closing date: 28^th August 2020

Interviews: week beginning 7^th September at Hadley Methodist Church or on Zoom

This is a fixed term appointment of 24 months at £9.30 per hour from early October 2020.

 There is a genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a Christian

An Enhanced DBS check will be required

Bentley Methodist Church items

Bentley MC which has closed, still has about 30 stacking padded tubular chairs to get rid of free of charge but you will have to collect. We also have a small moveable pulpit, lectern and some stackable tables. If anyone is interested please contact Joan Wickett on 01902 634771 soon, as we need to clear the building.

British Methodist Youth Choir

 Following a hiatus of 18 months, we are writing to inform you that the British Methodist Youth Choir is now back up and running. You may know that in 2022 the BMYC will be celebrating its 40th anniversary and is now in preparations for rebuilding the choir and the membership.
 
We have recently taken over as administrator and musical director after being elected at the most recent AGM and are keen to try to recruit as many members as possible to restart this choir, so that we can sing throughout the connexion and truly show the Methodist spirit of ‘Born in Song’.
 
We would be very grateful if you could assist us by promoting the choir in your district by asking that this information is disseminated in the circuits and sharing our contact details for people to make enquires. We currently have an age range of 14-27, but we will shortly be increasing this to an upper age of 30.
 
Here are some links to our social media sites.
 
https://www.facebook.com/TheBMYC/
 
https://twitter.com/bmyc?lang=en-gb
 
https://www.instagram.com/thebmyc/?hl=en
 
https://www.bmyc.info/ (the current website is under development and so doesn’t reflect the current status of the choir)
 
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBMYC
 
Please contact us if you would like any more information. We very much look forward to hearing from the young people in your District who may be interested in joining the British Methodist Youth Choir.
 
Yours in Christ,
 
Judith Laycock (administrator) and Jason McMahon (musical director)
 

Action for Children Webinar

Action for Children unavoidably had to miss the Methodist Conference this year. We always enjoy meeting up with our Methodist friends and updating them on our work. We would still like to share what is happening through a webinar.  
 
Covid-19: Adapting to the changing needs of our children and families
 
Date:    4 August 2020
Time:    3pm
Venue: Online. Registration required
 
More than 4.2 million children were locked in poverty before Covid-19 hit the UK. It was clear how a pandemic would make things worse for families who were already struggling. So, Action for Children sprang into action.
 
In this webinar, Action for Children staff tell how the charity rapidly acted to ensure that we could continue to support our children, young people and families in spite of the pandemic.
 
Disadvantaged children and families were disproportionately affected by the multitude of challenges that Covid-19 brought e.g. closed schools, loss of income, dealing with existing health conditions. Adapting our services and fundraising activities quickly gave families a lifeline in extremely difficult times.
 
Click here to sign up for this webinar: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/3WYD-6R7/covid-19-webinar
 
Blessings and peace,
 
Karis Kolawole
 

Dial-a-prayer free phone line

A FREE phone service to hear prayers and news from the Methodist Church has been launched.

Listen to a prayer: 0808 281 2514

Listen to news: 0808 281 2478

Content is updated weekly on Thursday evening.

 For more information click the following link: https://www.methodist.org.uk/signpostforministry/

District Children's Support Fund

The funding allocated specifically to the support of children and families in the District - particularly those experiencing some form of deprivation - is still open to accept applications at the moment.  Are there projects you might consider which could offer support even during the lockdown?  

The maximum amount of any claim is £500 and a Church can apply at any time using the attached form and send it electronically to Tim Lorimer who will process your application and give a decision within six weeks of receipt. The application will need the support of the hosting Church and circuit superintendent. Church’s cannot apply for retrospective funding.
We would hope that individuals and groups that have contributed in the past to the Holiday Fund will still wish to do so knowing that there money will still be used for Children’s Projects.  For more information please contact Tim Lorimer   on lorimertim@yahoo.co.uk 07971899084. 
 

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