- 1 Stanley Road
- Teddington
- TW11 8TP
020 8973 1880
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News and Notes
For details of upcoming Services and to download the Prayer rotas please see our Services Page
Email us at newsandnotes@teddingtonmethodistchurch.org.uk by Friday at 9am to have any items included in Sunday's News and Notes edition.
Sunday 28th September
10.30am Harvest Festival Service.
Led by Alfie Evans
Sunday 5th October
10.30am Communion Service.
Led by Rev David Innes
Contacts & Links
News & Notes The next edition will be 28th September. Items should reach Sarah at newsandnotes@teddingtonmethodistchurch.org.uk by 9am on Friday 26th September. If you would like to receive News & Notes by e-mail, please get in touch.
Senior Steward: Alfie Evans. Email: odsh01.s4370@gmail.com
Safeguarding Officer: safeguarding@teddingtonmethodistchurch.org.uk
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WhatsApp Group If you have a smart phone and would like to join our WhatsApp group please get in touch. There is also a What's App Prayer group to share prayers that are needed for ourselves, our friends and the wider world.
General Information & News
Visitors and those new to Teddington Methodist Church A leaflet “Teddington Methodist Church – A Warm Welcome for the Whole Community” is available on request. We welcome anybody who may wish to become a member of TMC.
Churches Together in Teddington. Please pray for: St Francis de Sales Church.
Circuit Prayers: Please pray for:
Hanworth Methodist Church and their solar panel project
Bristol District.
Saudi Arabia – enormous oil wealth. World’s worst human rights record. Religions other than Islam can’t be practised openly and believers can’t gather privately. Saudis do become Christians but face the death penalty if discovered. Pray for strength, wisdom and courage for believers.
Part-time Job for Christian Charity, Embracing Age The Richmond-based Christian Charity Embracing Age is seeking an Administrator to the CEO. This flexible and hybrid role would be a great opportunity for someone looking to work part-time (10-12 hours) providing high-level administrative support to the CEO while helping the charity make a real difference to older care home residents and unpaid carers, and equipping churches. For full details and to apply, please visit: www.embracingage.org.uk/jobs.html
Request for accommodation My name is Lois and in October I will be starting a one-year internship as a tapestry conservator at Hampton Court Palace, and I am looking for accommodation. I am 26 years old and have been working for the National Trust in Norfolk for the last two years. I am planning to travel back to Norfolk most weekends but would like to spend the occasional weekend in London. Please email the News and Notes email address if you would like to get in touch.
Arts, Crafts, Cookery & Flower Show - Saturday September 27th It’s not long now until show day, so please check what you are going to enter (schedule is on TMC website and paper copies are available too)
We will also need helpers as follows:
Friday afternoon 3pm to set up the tables for the show and Saturday to clear away at 4pm.
Saturday:
Stewards to accompany the judges – 11.30am – 2.30pm
Scribes to write winners certificates – 12.30 – 2.30pm
Cakes for coffee morning and afternoon teas (both in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support). If you are baking for the show, we would love to have your leftover scones and ginger biscuits. Also, helpers to serve at either time.
If you can help with any of these tasks, please talk to Jenny Ansell.
FOCUS NEWSLETTER – YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS PLEASE. The deadline for our next newsletter is Tuesday 28th October. Please send Helen Benson articles, updates, details of church events (past and upcoming), news, book reviews, poems, jokes, recipes, puzzles, etc. Focus aims to foster our sense of community and provide a window into our church for the wider community, visitors and potential new attendees so let’s make it interesting and reflective of the warm, welcoming church that we are. The best format is a MS Word document. Make sure you have the person’s consent if sending photos and let Helen know when you send them. Email your contributions to focus@teddingtonmethodistchurch.org.uk or speak to Helen if you do not have access to a computer. Thank you!
Sewing Machine Saskeija is looking to buy a second-hand sewing machine. If you are able to help, please speak to Chris Evans.
Can you help our Sunday Projection Team? We're looking for people to join us in preparing and projecting the services onto our screens. We work on a rota basis, so you would take a turn every 4 - 5 weeks. We use Powerpoint and do most of the preparation on our home pc's. We have an extensive database of hymns and other items, which we use to build the weekly Powerpoint file. If you are interested, please speak to Richard Bott, Sarah Waine or Sharon Barbarez who can explain what's involved and give you a demonstration.
Dates for your Diary
Weekly coffee mornings in the church on Saturday mornings 10.30 - 12.30. Do come and spend time together over coffee and cakes/scones. If you would like to run a coffee morning to raise money for a charity of your choice, please speak to Sue.
Wednesday Mornings 11am Bible Study. Next term we will be studying Romans for a year starting on 10th of September. (During half terms the meetings will be on zoom.)
Saturday 27th September Arts, Craft and Flower Show
Sunday 28th September is our Harvest Festival when gifts of non-perishable food, clothing and toiletries will be received for Whitechapel Mission, and the loose cash will go to All We Can.
Fridays October 3rd & 17th, November 7th & 21st, December 12th. Friday Fellowship. This autumn, we'll be exploring a lovely little book in the Old Testament, Nehemiah. All are, of course, Fridays at 11am.
Sunday 12th October will be the celebration of the Church Anniversary and we hope to organise a Church Lunch (Soup and Dessert). It will also be a Gift Day, an opportunity to give money for essential work to maintain the premises. We haven't had a Gift Day for several years but this year we need to replace the failing lights in the church and fix a leaking roof by the bell tower.
Saturday 22nd November Christmas Card Sale