13 April 2025

Sunday 13th April 2025

6th Sunday in Lent

Palm Sunday

This service will include Holy Communion

Preacher 10:30: Rev Dr Mark Jason

Steward: Allison Neale. Organist: Gill Davenport.

The flowers this week are donated by Marian and Margaret

and arranged by Gill Davenport.

Welcome Steward: Lucy Bridges.

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 13th April 2025

Sun Apr 13th.             14:30-16:30 Family Film Afternoon

Mon Apr 14th      13:15-15:15 Taiji Qigong

Tue Apr 15th        10:00- 14.30 Child Minders ?

Thu Apr 17th         19:30 Maundy Thursday Service

Fri. Apr 18th.         10:00 Good Friday CTiR Service

                                 Then Procession to Esplanade

Dates for your diary w/c Sunday 20th April 2025

Mon Apr 21st         10:15-15:15 Church Walk

Tue Apr 22nd        10:00-14:30 Child Minders ?   

Wed Apr 23rd        10:00 – 14:30 Child Minders ?

Fri.  Apr 25th           19:30-22:00. Acc.Camera Club

Spring Fayre

The Spring Fayre total for 2025 is £979.70.  This is £159.70 up on 2024. 

There will be a final total to follow shortly 

Many Thanks 

Deborah and Sharon

"Easter Offerings"

Once again it is the time of year to support the work of the World Mission Fund of the Methodist Church. 

The fund supports the work of the Methodist Church in Britain's 107 partner churches around the world, and their work is only made possible by kind donations from church members. Donation envelopes will be available in church over the next few weeks and can be returned via the collection plate. Thank you in anticipation of your generous giving and continuing prayerful support.  Margaret H.

 Used Postage Stamps. 

Thank you so much to everyone who has been saving the stamps in aid of the East Lancs hospice.  We are still collecting them, so thanks again in anticipation, but please remember to leave a frame of at least two centimetres from the envelope.  The collection box is still to be found on the foyer table. Madeleine

Good Friday Service at Rishton Methodist Church

A joint Churches Together in Rishton service is planned for Good Friday, April 18th with our friends from St Peter and St Paul and St Charles.  This will commence at 10:00 followed by a procession with the cross to the Esplanade.

Plan dates

9:00 Easter Morning Communion service led by Rev Dr Mark Jason.

The preacher at 10:30 on Sunday 20th April (Easter Sunday) will be: Stephen Colling  

Steward: Derek Rostron 

School Collective Worship in Church

There will be no collective worship in church on 8th, 15th and 22nd April.  The next service in church will be on Tuesday 29th April led by Steve. We also would like to thank the school for their lovely Easter work which is on display in our foyer.

Maundy Thursday service at Rishton

The Maundy Thursday Holy Communion service is on Thursday, 17th April at 7.30pm.  This is a circuit service and all are welcome. Rev. Mark.

Free Family Film and Pizza Afternoon

Sunday April 13th at Rishton Methodist Church from 2:30-4:30. Popcorn, pizza, cake and light

refreshments.  The Film is “Hop”

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Closing date for notices

It would be helpful if all notices for Sunday 20th April could be in by the evening of Wednesday 16th April. Please send them to: steveruth.colling@gmail.com 07958 036736.

AND FINALLY. . ( From " Gardening Monthly ")

Last week my friend's wife told him that she was leaving because of his obsession with flower puns!   It didn't help one bit when he replied..

“For goodness sake petal, where has all this stemmed from?”

 Going up to Jerusalem

 Loving God, at this time,

we remember that going up to Jerusalem

cost Jesus his very life.

So we come before you,

conscious of the way religious words

and holy phrases

can slip so easily from our lazy lips

and our hardened hearts.

What do we really know

of your mountainous truth,

your rock-hard integrity,

the depth of your suffering

for love of us all?

Forgive us for the shallowness

of our faith,

and the timidity of our following:

forgive us for the ready excuses

we make for going our own way

and claiming it as yours.

Turn us round again, we pray,

by your Holy Spirit,

active within us and among us.

Show us how to be open again

to your faithfulness

and to your freedom,

that we may live

new lives

and be again bearers

of the seeds of the Kingdom

of Jesus.

By John Harvey

Taken from Eggs and Ashes by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill

(Copyright courtesy of “The Worship Cloud”)