NEWS
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THE WESLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LECTURE AND AGM |
The 2012 Lecture by Professor John Wolffe, from the Open University, will be at The New Room on Saturday, 30th June.
National Council of Churches in Korea calls for peace building
Bristol District of the Methodist Church has strong links with the Methodist Church in Korea, and many members of that church visit the New Room and have more interest in John and Charles Wesley than many of us!
There have been messages expressing the concern of Koreans for peace in their area, and have recently held a day of prayer for peace and reconciliation.
You can read more about this HERE
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There's more, in the form of a Prayer for our Korean Methodist friends, HERE
CHRISTIAN RESOURCES EXHIBITION WEST 2013
to be at UWE
Mrs Ruth Hudson, Manager of the Shop at the New Room, has noticed that in January 2013 the first Christian Resources Exhibition -CRE West -is to be held in Bristol will be at the Exhibition Centre of the University of the West of England, adjacent to the UWE Frenchay Campus, on Wednesday, 23rd & Thursday, 24th January 2013.
The CRE is now run by the Bible Society, and their publicity states:
"Church leaders, youth and children's workers, in fact anyone involved in leadership continually need to discover new and fresh ways to communicate God's unchanging message. That's why there is no better place to equip yourself and your church than CRE West from the exhibition centre at the University of West England (UWE).
"With an anticipated 150 exhibitors from puppet suppliers to clerical vestments, church furniture to mission organisations we guarantee you won't be disappointed.
"Whatever you need to equip and resource your church can be found at the exhibition. We are anticipating there will be over 150 exhibitors representing more than 300 organisations."
Daughter for Revd Emma LANGLEY
The Minister of the Church in Westbury Park, Revd Emma Langley, gave birth to baby Constance on 12th March, and all are well.
Congratulations and best wishes, and apologies for passing on the good news so late
NOYE'S FLUDDE at VIC on 5th MAY
Jessica Cheetham, Student Outreach Worker introduced this production:
On the evening of Saturday 5th May Benjamin Britten’s 'Noye’s Fludde' was performed at Victoria Methodist Church as a “Scratch Opera”.
The idea of a Scratch Opera is that the piece is performed with minimum rehearsal, only coming together the week prior to the performance, and that prior to that different groups involved (choir, soloists, orchestra, set construction etc.) arrange and practice their contributions in their own time......
The opera was facilitated by professional company Focus Opera and you can check out their website here. They have a commitment to community opera alongside their professional productions and were very much looking forward to working on this project.
MHA - METHODIST HOMES NEWSLETTER
The District MHA Newsletter for Spring 2012 has been sent round the Circuit, but please open this version, print it out, and circulate it in the Churches if it has got stuck in the system
Also all friends looking at our website are invited to read about the valuable work done by MHA for those who need extra care later in retirement
The Newsletter can be read or downloaded HERE
THE BRISTOL METHODIST CENTRE - FAITH IN ACTION
In last summer's Newsletter from the Methodist Centre in M
idland Road the Manager Ian Webb reported that in 2009 there were 4 day centres for the homeless in Bristol. In 2011 there were only 2. The Methodist Centre now serves an average of 64 hot lunches each day they are open, in a room seating 24.
Please keep in touch with this special work and read the Spring 2012 Newsletter from the Methodist Centre
HERE
AN INVITATION TO JOIN PARKWAY GOSPEL CHOIR
Parkway Gospel Choir has performed at various Circuit events, and this is to let you know that they are offering both their ministry to the Circuit,
and also offer a chance to join them to those many talented young singers (11-18 years) around the Circuit.
They meet 6.30 - 7.30 pm every Wednesday at Parkway Methodist Church, Conduit Place, St Werburgh's BS2 9RH
(There is a a contact telephone number for the Church - 0117 9350528)
SHEEPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION
Thanks to a great deal of hard work, under the leadership of Jenny Bourne and with help from many others, one of the sucessful events in Bristol City Shopping centre over the Easter holiday involved finding a series of dramatically-decorated cutout sheep around the shops, and checking them in at the New Room.
Broadmead shopping centre has put out a press release praising the event, which you can READ_HERE
and going to the New Room page on Facebook will give you a chance to see all the sheep, safely penned in John Wesley's Chapel when the event was over.
THE SHOP AT THE NEW ROOM
36 The Horsefair, Bristol
With the closure of Wesley Owen bookshops in Bristol and Bath we remind you about The Shop at The New Room, which supplies an increasing supply of resources, Christian Literature and Gifts.
The stock includes:
New and Second-hand Books
Greetings Cards for all occasions
CDs and DVDs
'Creative Spirit' DVD, CD and Study Booklet based on the Methodist Art Collection
Hymn Books including 'Singing the Faith' Music, Words and Large Print Editions
Bibles and Prayer Books
Unique books about Methodism and its Heritage
and a range of gifts.
The Shop can order any Methodist Publishing items for you
All enquiries: phone 0117 9264740, e-mail info@newroombristol.org.uk
or go to www.newroombristol.org.uk
OPEN LEARNING
Following the loss of the courses at Wesley College, Trinity College has stepped in to help and provide a whole new opportunity for Open Learning to take place at various venues around the Circuit:
Bishopston, Horfield, Sea Mills, Staple Hill, Thornbury and Victoria in Clifton.
If you go to our page called DEVELOPMENT (click on the underlined word) you will be able to find details of places, times, contact persons and much else.
CIRCUIT SERVICE
On Sunday evening, 11th March, e
very seat in Hanham Methodist Church, and in the entrance hall and lounge, were filled with members from all over the Circuit who came to share a service in which 2 Local Preachers, Mrs Ros Sledge and Mr Howard Wilson, were recognised and welcomed as fully-accredited Local Preachers, Mr Joe Withington was presented with a 60-year long-service Local Preaching Certificate and Mr John Creech with one for 40 years Local Preaching
Pictures covering the whole event by Inseon Yoo are on our PHOTO GALLERIES (link just on the right of this)