This week Tristan is leading our morning worship and I hope you will be able to join him via the video page on our website or Facebook. Sue is leading our evening worship so do join us on Zoom at 6:30.

I don't know if you have been following the American election results. Josh and I have been following with great interest the full complexity of the system and the disputes as they unfold. It's good to debate and for people of different opinions to settle their views through elections. However, in times such as these I hope and pray the end of this election will result in unity. Communities, Countries and The World need to work together at such times. So it's more important than ever that we remember all the things we have in common and the bonds we share. As a Church our bonds are stronger than links of steel. You and I are bound together by Christ, we are held each as a part of the body of Christ. Let's Praise God for that.

As well as following the election we have had a fun week. Josh and Beth are building in Minecraft and by the time the lockdown is over they may have architected an entire city! School continues and the children had the opportunity this week to support the Poppy appeal by purchasing various poppy appeal items in class. It was lovely to see how excited they both were to take their coins and buy pencils and rubbers etc. Beth took a shopping list - so sweet!

A few things to draw you attention to in this week's notices. Firstly, there will be a Zoom service this Sunday evening, details below. Secondly, there has been a security issue at the premises this week, more details in this sheet. Thirdly, Andy is publishing a daily devotional through lockdown and you can read this on our Facebook page (You don't need a Facebook account to do that). Finally, Ann Middleton has produced an amazing video concerning rememberance. You can fnid it on our Facebook page and via the link below.

With our love!
Jon, Helen, Josh and Beth
xxxx

SERVICES
Please do remember there are two services this week, you can watch our online service via the link on this page. Please note this is only available after Tristan uploads it so check back if it's not there now. You can also watch recordings of all our previous services.
http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/video
In addition, on Sunday night at 6:30 there will be a Zoom service led by Sue Bolt. Details on how to join can be found further down this notice sheet.
Hope to see you there :-)


From Di
The Church Council agreed to hold Evening Services via Zoom at 6.30p.m.
ID for all services; REDACTED
15th November - Andy.
8th Sue Bolt, and 22nd - to be agreed.

The Church Council agreed that the Stewards, Property reps and Andy would meet to discuss ways and means of opening from Advent Sunday, 29th November. Obviously due to the recent Lockdown, we will not be able to open until the following week at the earliest - more details later.

REMEMBRANCE
You can watch the remembrance service produced by Ann our Performing Arts Mission Enabler on her Facebook page here facebook.com/performingartsmission

SECURITY - From Tony
On arriving for the working party on Wednesday 04.11.20 at 09:10 the Church front door was found to be unlocked although no one else was in the building.

This is by no means the first time this has happened. As far as could be seen no damage or theft took place but it could have been a very different story.

What is wrong with our keyholders that they cannot secure the premises on departure?
Property Committee

CONTACTING OUR MINISTER
Rev Andy Chislett-Mcdonald
07960 050355


SERVICES

You can find all our services on our Church website here

http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/video-services

FEEDBACK

Tristan and I would love to receive your formal feedback please. We need one formal review for each service we submit as a part of our portfolios so if you are able to compete a form now and then that would be great! You can find them here :-)Feedback

Thank you !

Jon

Contact Details

The NOTICES

Please remember you can get these notices via our notices blog on this page of our website:http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/notices-blogso if you don't get this email do check there, anytime.

PRAYER

For those who would like to we are continuing our Wednesday prayers, starting at 7pm we are each praying at home. We end at 7:15 with the Lord's prayer. You can find out more on our website.

JAM & IMPACT

JAM & IMPACT are yet to return to their on-line or in-person sessions, we hope to provide details about the plans soon.

COFFEE MORNINGS

Please remember Denise hosts a coffee morning at 1030 each Saturday on Zoom, please get in touch for zoom details.

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I hope many of you will be able to join us on-line as usual this Sunday. Our service is being led by Tristan and I think he will be bringing us Leviticus. I'm looking forward to watching it this morning. Hope you will be able to catch the service, links are below.

In this week's lectionary there is also Psalm 90. It contains this portion:

"Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days."

Even though restrictions are lighter in our part of the world and many of us are able to get out and about, life is still a new challenge and different. I know some of you still find yourselves very much home alone. The passage immediately made me think of the idea that God's love, his wonderful unending love, is sufficient for all our needs and all our situations. Sometimes we just need to pause and focus on that fact. Secondly it tugged my mind to think about rejoicing every day. That is a really hard ask, but a valid one. We should seek to count our blessings and be joyful in them, making the most of each day as best we can. This week we did exactly that and after school we had an end of term disco. Just the four of us, music, party games, party tea and disco lights. Click the link below to see a video.
http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/images/Notices/CarhartDisco.mp4

So we have tried this week to make the most of our day and I hope you will be able to find the opportunity to do the same.

The Church council met this week on Zoom and have decided to offer more Zoom services in the evenings. You can find details of this in the text below from Di. Equally the council have directed the stewards and property team to consider a physical opening in November, again details below.

Well there we are, it is half term and I am ready for a rest as are Helen and the children. Let's hope the weather improves, Josh wants to explore Dartmoor. I'd better find my compass :)

May the God of love bless you with days full of blessings counted and time spent in his presence.

With our love!
Jon, Helen, Josh and Beth
Xxxx


From Di
The Church Council agreed to hold Evening Services via Zoom at 6.30p.m.

REDACTED - CONTACT US FOR DETAILS

Dates already agreed are: 25th October - Di Smart; 1st and 15th November - Andy.
8th and 22nd - to be agreed.

The Church Council agreed that the Stewards, Property reps and Andy would meet to discuss ways and means of opening from Advent Sunday, 29th November. More details later.

HARVEST As well as the generous Harvest donations of food for the Food Bank, the wonderful amount of 330 pounds was given in money, which the treasurer will send to help in the great work that the FoodBank does. Once more EMC has shown it's generosity to those less fortunate than ourselves.

A SCAM
We have been asked by Tony to share this with you:
Phone scam: People get an automated call informing them that "Due to illegal activities, their access to the Internet is going to be removed within the next few hours", or similar words. They are then informed and invited to contact their Internet supplier by pressing 1. DON'T PRESS ANYTHING. JUST HANG UP.

Church building security
Some time between noon on Thursday 3rd September 2020 and the morning of Monday 7th September 2020 and again between Thursday 1st October and Tuesday 6th October 2020 one of our keyholders entered the building by the car park doors but when they left they omitted to set the top and bottom bolts before locking the rear door. This meant that the doors could be pulled open and anyone could enter the building. These top and bottom locks must to set before leaving and locking the building securely.

CONTACTING OUR MINISTER
Rev Andy Chislett-Mcdonald
07960 050355

SERVICES

You can find all our services on our Church website here

http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/video-services

FEEDBACK

Tristan and I would love to receive your formal feedback please. We need one formal review for each service we submit as a part of our portfolios so if you are able to compete a form now and then that would be great! You can find them here :-)Feedback

Thank you !

Jon

Contact Details

The NOTICES

Please remember you can get these notices via our notices blog on this page of our website:http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/notices-blogso if you don't get this email do check there, anytime.

PRAYER

For those who would like to we are continuing our Wednesday prayers, starting at 7pm we are each praying at home. We end at 7:15 with the Lord's prayer. You can find out more on our website.

JAM & IMPACT

JAM & IMPACT are yet to return to their on-line or in-person sessions, we hope to provide details about the plans soon.

COFFEE MORNINGS

Please remember Denise hosts a coffee morning at 1030 each Saturday on Zoom, please get in touch for zoom details.

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Half term has been a combination of rest and fun, the weather has made some of our plans more difficult but it's still been fun :-) Josh has had a haircut and now looks ready for action, and I have regrouted the kitchen worktop, oooh I hear you cry, will the excitement never end!
Helen seems to be on a knitting frenzy I don't know what she has been making but I am hoping for something warm to wear.
One of our fun activities has been a short treasure hunt around the village. If you fancy having a go yourself you can find the clues we used here on the church website.
http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/images/Notices/Treasure_Hunt.pdf

This week in the service we are looking at Journeys. We have all doubtless been on a long journey and experienced the various practical aspects. If you have been anywhere with me, whether for work or pleasure you will know that getting lost is the primary characteristic of my journeys. I have lost the hire car in High Wycombe, walked 8 miles in a complete and repetitive loop in East London, failed to find my hotel in Spain (despite my excellent 7 words of Spanish) and driven more times around heathrow in a perfect circle than I am prepared to admit. Some of you have experienced this first hand of course, you know who you are! Physical journeys are a great metaphor for the Christian faith journey that we are all on. What we need in a real journey is a map, in our faith journey we get even better directions. Those directions come in three ways: We get them through the Bible - it is a great source of truth and wisdom but we need to spend time with it to understand it. Secondly, there is those we are journeying with - People will come and go and today we celebate all those who have helped us in our Christian journey. It is really important that we support direct and build one another up in the challenges of life and faith. Finally and most importantly, we have the direction of God himself - who speaks in our hearts and minds if only we will learn to listen for him.

Well the journey continues and who knows what tomorrow will bring. I am pleased to say I look forward to journeying on with God and with you in fellowship.
May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back and until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his Hand!

With our love!
Jon, Helen, Josh and Beth
xxxx

SERVICES
Please do remember there are two services this week, you can watch our online service at any time from now via the link on this page. You can also watch recordings of all our previous services.
http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/video
In addition, on Sunday night at 6:30 there will be a Zoom service lead by Andy. Details on how to join can be found further down this notice sheet.
Hope to see you there :-)


Shoe Boxes
A reminder from Rachel that shoe boxes need to be completed this week, either dropped to her, collection organised or taken directly to Super Tramp on Breakwater Road.


An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

May God be with you and bless you,
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor misfortune,
Rich in blessings,
May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward.

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind always be at your back,
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home,
And may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on, May blue be the sky above you, May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hears that love you.


From Di
The Church Council agreed to hold Evening Services via Zoom at 6.30p.m.
ID for all services; 872 4350 4045 Password: REDACTED ONLINE - Contact us for details.
1st and 15th November - Andy.
8th and 22nd - to be agreed.

The Church Council agreed that the Stewards, Property reps and Andy would meet to discuss ways and means of opening from Advent Sunday, 29th November. More details later.

CONTACTING OUR MINISTER
Rev Andy Chislett-Mcdonald
07960 050355

SERVICES

You can find all our services on our Church website here

http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/video-services

FEEDBACK

Tristan and I would love to receive your formal feedback please. We need one formal review for each service we submit as a part of our portfolios so if you are able to compete a form now and then that would be great! You can find them here :-)Feedback

Thank you !

Jon

Contact Details

The NOTICES

Please remember you can get these notices via our notices blog on this page of our website:http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/notices-blogso if you don't get this email do check there, anytime.

PRAYER

For those who would like to we are continuing our Wednesday prayers, starting at 7pm we are each praying at home. We end at 7:15 with the Lord's prayer. You can find out more on our website.

JAM & IMPACT

JAM & IMPACT are yet to return to their on-line or in-person sessions, we hope to provide details about the plans soon.

COFFEE MORNINGS

Please remember Denise hosts a coffee morning at 1030 each Saturday on Zoom, please get in touch for zoom details.

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LYRICS

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard My people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.
I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?

Here I am Lord, Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people's pain.
I have wept for love of them,
they turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak My word to them
Whom shall I send?

I, the Lord of wind and flame
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them,
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide,
Till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give My life to them,
Whom shall I send?


One more step along the world I go,
One more step along the world I go;
From the old things to the new,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.

Round the corners of the world I turn,
More and more about the world I learn;
All the new things that I see
You'll be looking at along with me.
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.

As I travel through the bad and good,
Keep me travelling the way I should.
Where I see no way to go,
You'll be telling me the way, I know.
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.

Give me courage when the world is rough,
Keep me loving though the world is tough;
Leap and sing in all I do,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.

You are older than the world can be,
You are younger than the life in me;
Ever old and ever new,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.


We are marching in the light of God,
We are marching in the light of God,
Repeat
We are marching, marching,
We are marching, marching,
We are marching in the light of God.
Repeat

We are living in the love of God.......

We are moving in the power of God.......

Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos'.........

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This week we are really blessed as Andy is leading our worship with Helen on music (lyrics are at the end of this message). You will no doubt be relieved it's not Jon again!

One of this week's reading's is from Paul's letter to the Church at Thessalonica. As I read this morning of Paul's warm and happy greeting to the Church his description of Thessalonica made me think at once of parallels with the Church at EMC.

Paul mentions the "welcome we had among you", this resonates with the warm welcome folks so often mention when they come to EMC. That warm welcome is in turn representative of a deep felt love between those in fellowship within our Church. That love pours out to those who come to visit us. We may not always agree, we may not always see eye to eye but there is still a strong sense within EMC of that deeply felt love, shared to/from and with those who imitate Christ.

Imitating Christ is another parallel we can see between those in Thessalonica and EMC. Again in this we may often fail but we are drawn together because we seek a common goal to strive to know him and imitate him more.

Finally, Paul talks of how he remembers them in prayer. EMC is a praying community and it fills me with great joy to know that we are holding each other in prayer through the weeks.

As to our week, half term is fast approaching, and we are very excited to be having a week off :-) School has been different for the children and we will be buying the children thermal underwear this next week; just as the school have suggested. This is because whilst the heating will be on this winter, the windows will be kept open. That will make it a bracing place to learn no doubt! I would need a lot of layers, I'm cold in the heat of summer!

Right I must go edit the video for this week's service. I hope you have had a good week, and will have a blessed weekend and week to come!

With all our love!
Jon, Helen, Josh and Beth!
xxxx


HARVEST As well as the generous Harvest donations of food for the Food Bank, the wonderful amount of 330 pounds was given in money, which the treasurer will send to help in the great work that the FoodBank does. Once more EMC has shown it's generosity to those less fortunate than ourselves.


FROM THE ARCHIVE
I have joined in this week with a local history group and one of the really exciting resources they shared with me is this tithe map from 1837-1847. If you have a little time to spare you can, as Josh and I did, find some local locations such as the Church, the school and our house :-). None of the buildings are there yet, but the field boundaries and roads remain largly unchanged.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/plymstock/

A SCAM
We have been asked by Tony to share this with you:
Phone scam: People get an automated call informing them that "Due to illegal activities, their access to the Internet is going to be removed within the next few hours", or similar words. They are then informed and invited to contact their Internet supplier by pressing 1. DON'T PRESS ANYTHING. JUST HANG UP.


Church building security
Some time between noon on Thursday 3rd September 2020 and the morning of Monday 7th September 2020 and again between Thursday 1st October and Tuesday 6th October 2020 one of our keyholders entered the building by the car park doors but when they left they omitted to set the top and bottom bolts before locking the rear door. This meant that the doors could be pulled open and anyone could enter the building. These top and bottom locks must to set before leaving and locking the building securely.

CONTACTING OUR MINISTER
Rev Andy Chislett-Mcdonald
07960 050355

SERVICES

You can find all our services on our Church website here

http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/video-services

FEEDBACK

Tristan and I would love to receive your formal feedback please. We need one formal review for each service we submit as a part of our portfolios so if you are able to compete a form now and then that would be great! You can find them here :-)Feedback

Thank you !

Jon

Contact Details

The NOTICES

Please remember you can get these notices via our notices blog on this page of our website:http://www.elburtonmethodist.org.uk/index.php/notices-blogso if you don't get this email do check there, anytime.

PRAYER

For those who would like to we are continuing our Wednesday prayers, starting at 7pm we are each praying at home. We end at 7:15 with the Lord's prayer. You can find out more on our website.

JAM & IMPACT

JAM & IMPACT are yet to return to their on-line or in-person sessions, we hope to provide details about the plans soon.

COFFEE MORNINGS

Please remember Denise hosts a coffee morning at 1030 each Saturday on Zoom, please get in touch for zoom details.

UNSUBSCRIBE If you've had enough of receiving this notice sheet it's easy to unsubscribe. Please just reply to this email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE.

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