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These are some of the things we get up to...
Weekly and/or regular activities. Please contact the Centre for more details.
The church diary, for approximately 3 months, is always in the Newsletter, usually on the back cover; also details of extra events will be inside.
Sundays
Worship Services at 10:30am and 6pm, Youth Church and Crèche at 10:30am.
Gener8 - fun games, activities and bible stories for all the family, with coffee and snacks to finish. Normally the 2nd Sunday (1st in November and December) from 9:30am.
Hearts and Hands Messy Church at Holcombe - First Sunday in every month from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Methodist School Room, Longleat Lane, Holcombe.
Mondays
Monthly Service 1:00pm
Wesley Guild 4.00pm
Monday Children & Youth Clubs (term time) 6.15pm & 7.45pm
Tuesdays
Stop-Off for tea, coffee and lunches - 11am to 1:00pm.
Women's Fellowship fortnightly - 3pm.
Housegroups - 7:30/8:00pm as arranged.
Wednesdays
Wives Group, school term time, fortnightly - 2:00pm.
Toddler Group - 12:30pm - 2:30pm during term time.
Alpha and other nurture groups - 7:30pm as arranged.
Informal badminton in church hall - evenings as arranged.
Thursdays
Monthly Service - 1pm.
Study Group at the centre - 2pm (usually fortnightly)
House Groups - 7:30pm as arranged.
Fridays
Meet for Prayer 9:45am to 10:45am.
Pop in for tea and coffee with Traidcraft stall 10am to 11:30am.
Whist Club - 2pm.
Choir Practice - 7:30pm as arranged.
Cricket Practice as arranged - during the summer.
Saturdays
Mens Breakfast Fellowship - 8.30am, breakfast from 8.00am - monthly, normally second Saturday, venues vary.
3rd one in month there is 'Fancy a Ramble' - Walks with Dee & John [details of each will be in the Newsletters and Reception]
Cricket - 2:00pm as arranged during the summer.
Saturday Night Praise & Worship - 7:30pm, third Saturday of the month.
Other Events as arranged
CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other). More about CAMEO
SMASH (Sunday Evening Discussion Group). More about SMASH
Church Weekend away at Brunel Manor, Torquay.
Action for Children sponsored walk. More about Action For Children
2009 - Look back at our 150th Anniversary Celebrations...
Church and Community - Service and Outreach
Church Project
Midsomer Norton Methodist Church has always had a community outreach programme, but since the start of this millennium, a specific charitable project has been nominated for each Methodist year, by democratic vote by members and friends.
A notional target has been set and has been exceeded every year. The chosen cause may be local, national or international. Events held have included concerts and country dances, etc. together with other fund raising activities and personal gifts. Over £34,000 has been raised to date. In addition to the annual project, the church has generously supported national and international disaster appeals.1st September each year sees a new Church Project start. In the previous months church folk have nominated various charities and then voted and the one with most votes becomes the year’s chosen charity for the Church Project, which has a target of £3,000.
For the project year just ended we raised £4,965 for
The Leonard Cheshire Home at Timsbury.
In 2011/12, until the 31st August, we will be fundraising for:
Jeevothayam Farm in Murungan, Sri Lanka
The farm at Jeevothayam was obtained by the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. It is a 50 acre site set close to a river and a most beautiful ‘tank’ (large lake) with most of the area being farmed, growing paddy (rice) and coconuts and housing a brickworks. It was a centre of agricultural training for young people and also housed a boys’ home.
The project was self-sufficient and provided income that supported the work of the Mannar Methodist Circuit.
The problem is that this area in the North West of Sri Lanka was one of the areas worst affected by the civil war with severe security restrictions and with communications being so badly affected that it was difficult to market produce. Much of the land went out of production and the neighbours’ livestock often strayed onto the land which had become unfenced. The water supply drawn from the river by wind-powered pumps was limited because the wind-mills were destroyed.
Now that the civil war is over the Methodist Church is planning to bring the farm back into production. The aim is to provide training in agriculture and animal husbandry and to generate profit that will sustain the work of the boys’ home (a western aid agency has recently announced that it will no longer support the work of the boys’ home).
The Church estimates that it will cost about £8,000 to get the farm back up and running. The extensive list of things to buy include, 15 piglets (c£570), 50 chicks (£150), 8 goats at £25 each, £1,000 to restore the fences, £750 to restore the water supply, and then there will be coconut trees and papaw trees and much else.
Our contribution to this project will enable the Church to undertake valuable work in agricultural training and in becoming self-sufficient again in an area that has been devastated by warfare and will rebuild hope.
So, thank you for taking on the project this year.
Year Nominated Charity
2010/11 Leonard Cheshire Home at Timsbury
2009/10 Local Churches Relief Fund
2008/09 Send-a-Cow, Bath
2007/08 Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance
2006/07 Bibles for Children , Timsbury, Bath. Click here for the front of their leaflet and here for the back.
2005/06 Mildmay Mission Hospital for HIV/Aids victims
2004/05 Friendship Clinic, Nepal (for wells, sanitation)
2003/04 Children’s Hospice South West – Wraxall Appeal
2002/03 Midsomer Norton & Radstock Community Minibus
2001/02 Children of Chernobyl Fund – City of Wells Branch Saravilai Village Church Building Project, South India
2000/01 Fosseway School, Radstock Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal/NCH Action for Children Stargazers, Jamaica Appeal
1999/00 Maua Methodist Hospital, Kenya
We believe the Church is part of the local community and we wish to thank all who have supported our annual appeals and continue to do so. Together we can achieve great things and make a difference, helping to maintain and hopefully improve people’s lives.
Any donations can be forwarded to the church centre - please see the Contacting Us page for details.
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Up-to-date information
and progress towards the target can be followed in the monthly Newsletter
also found on this web site.