Warm Space, at the church, starts on Monday 26th October, 10am to midday. Helen Shears is running the first 3 days and Chris Knight the Friday. However, there is no one to look after Thursday – do we have any volunteers?
The Boys’ Brigade would like to thank all those who supported their Lunch last Saturday. An amazing total of £115 was raised.
The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of picnic size cartons of fruit juice, chocolate, bottles of squash, custard and cartons of long-life milk. Thank you all very much.
Inside Out. Have you had your life turned through loss (loss of a loved one; loss of job; loss of identity)? A new support group is starting on Wednesday 4th November, from 2:30 to 4pm. for six weeks, where we’ll explore how stories of characters from the past could help us make sense of our journey. For more details contact Anthony Hick on 07726 342744.
The latest pastoral letter from our Superintendent is attached.
As we come to the end of October, we also come to the end of Black History Month. The theme has been ’Honouring Our Communities. Locally we remember the Bristol Bus Boycott which Forward spoke about last Sunday. On 28th August 1963 the bus company backed down and lifted the colour bar. Raghbir Singh became the city's first non-white bus conductor shortly after. Did you know that, coincidently, this was the same day as Martin Luther King’s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Reminder. Carols and Steam takes place on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th December. Be at Bitton Station at 6:45pm and ride a steam train, sing carols accompanied by the Bristol East and Kingswood Brass Band and enjoy seasonal refreshments. Booking is essential and tickets - £13 (£7 for 5 to 16 years old) - can be obtained by ringing 0117 332 0435.
This weekend the Methodist Church celebrates Bible Sunday. It’s an opportunity, not only to pay attention to God in the Scripture and in the world, but also to give thanks for the stories, poems, songs and prayers that have shaped the lives of generations of Christians. The Bible is an ancient collection of writings in different styles. The authors recorded how they experienced God at work in their lives. It helps us to understand and experience God for ourselves. But we can never fully understand God; that’s why it’s called ‘faith’. It is also possible to notice God in science and nature, in family, in work, in books, in films, in leisure, in our local community and in world events.
Lectionary for 25th to 31st October. Deuteronomy 34:1-12Psalm 90:1-6,13-171 Thessalonians 2.1-8, Matthew 22.34-46. Living legacy. Moses comes to the end of his life. He sees the Promised Land, but he will not enter it. It is time to hand over the next stage of the Israelites’ journey to Joshua. Moses is remembered for being an amazing prophet of God. Think about what it means to leave a legacy and how our actions might be impacted now if we think about the importance of the future.
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