Pilgrims Way
Congregational & Methodist Church
Minister: Rev Nicola VidamourTelephone: 020 8548 4945
Nicola’s day off each week is Friday.
Church Office: 020 8552 5030
e-mail:
Visit our Website @ http://www.pilgrimsway.org
Newsletter for week beginning
10th August 2014
Worship Today
10:30am / Revd Sara Coggin – Holy Communion6.30pm / Deacon Debbie Buckley
Dates for Your Diary
Wed 13th August / 10am-12 noon / Coffee Morning and Nearly NewWed 13th August / 11:00 am / Prayer Meeting
Wed 13th August / 2:00pm / Wednesday Fellowship – There will be no Fellowship meeting in August
Pastoral Care
If you know of anyone who would like a pastoral visit, please let Nicola, or one of the Elders or the church office know. See Nicola’s and the Church telephone numbers above.
Prayer Requests
The Elders are available to pray with you after the service today and also pray during the week for any needs and concerns which have been brought to them.
Text for the Week
Nothing can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord...... Romans 8 v 39
Nicola Whereabouts
Nicola is in Russia from July 29th - Aug 11th.
Curry, Coffee and Cake Café
The next Curry Café will be held on Saturday, August 30th. We ask more people to get involved and we welcome voluntary donations to buy ingredients. Door open at 10am until 2pm.
Bart’s Study Day
Revd Bob Marshall will lead a Bible study on “The Gospel of John for Today”. Fee for the day including lunch is £7. Book now on 0208 470 0011 (St Bart’s Church Office).
Wednesday Nearly New
Desperately require clean china, vases, ornaments, kitchenware/ utensils/saucepans, knitting needles/wool, or any other curiosities. If brought on a Sunday please give to Diane or Gillian. Please remember we are not allowed to sell electrical items. We also need help, please – someone who is willing and able to help where it is needed (e.g. sorting, tidying, checking, hanging clothing, serving customers). Please see Diane or Gillian.
Circuit Choir
There will be a Circuit Service at Pilgrims Way on Sunday 31 Augustat 6pm to welcome Nicola as Superintendent and celebrate 25 years since she started preaching. We would like to have a Circuit Choir at this service. There will be two rehearsals at Pilgrims Way on Monday 18th August at 8pm and on the day of the service at 5pm. There is no need to read music. A love of singing is all that is required. We will be singing a simple reflectivesongas an anthemand leading the congregation ina new upbeat version of one of Wesley's hymns.
Own Arrangement Service
There will be an own arrangement service on the morning of September 28. If you would like to be involved in the planning and leading of this service please sign the list on the notice-board.
Biscuit Wrappers
Please keep collecting the plastic biscuit wrappers (not paper or foil).
Weekly Offertory
Total Offertory received from Envelopes and Loose offerings for Sunday, 27th
July was £387.66 and £607.41 for last Sunday, 3rd August.
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I am writing this on Sunday evening (August 3rd) in Pskov. I am sitting in the room where I lived for the first nine months of my six years in this town. It feels good to be back! Yesterday some friends took me on a tour of some of the new cafes which have appeared over the last couple of years. This morning I went to church and this afternoon I met with another friend for ice cream and a special Russian drink made out of cranberries. On Friday I went to see Yulia, Dima and Baby Katya and will be seeing Yulia again tomorrow.
I leave Pskov on the 6pm train on Monday and will arrive in Moscow twelve hours later! Roy Crowder and Dave Friswell – from the British Methodist World Church Relationships Team – are due to land in Moscow on Monday evening so I hope to spend the day in my favourite art galleries before going to meet them. We will spend the night in the Methodist seminary and then travel to Voronezh on Wednesday on a special Methodist bus for the Festival celebrating 125 years of Methodism in Eurasia. Hans will be on the bus too!
Roy, Dave and I are leading a Bible Study on Thursday morning and I am also doing a presentation on small groups in Methodism form Wesley to the present day, co-leading a workshop about The Upper Room daily devotional magazine and serving as one of the interpreters! We return to Moscow on Sunday and will have a day to sightsee before flying home together on Monday evening. Dave and Roy have never been to Russia before so I am looking forward to introducing them to my second home and my Russian Methodist family!
The situation in Ukraine is very much on the agenda here and I was amazed to discover how many Ukrainian refugees there are in Russia. 120 more refugees arrived in Pskov this weekend and 1000 school places are needed in the Pskov region for Ukrainian children! Cities all over Russia are reporting a similar influx.
From Russia with love,
NICOLA VIDAMOUR
Daily Bible Readings
Newness of Life / PsalmSun / 10th / Matthew 14 v 22-33 / 85
Mon / 11th / John 11 v 17-27 / 119 v 1-16
Tue / 12th / John 11 v 28-37 / 119 v 17-32
Wed / 13th / John 11 v 38-44 / 119 v 33-48
Thurs / 14th / John 11 v 45-57 / 119 v 49-64
Fri / 15th / Galatians 4 v 4-7 / 45
Sat / 16th / John 12 v 1-11 / 119 v 65-80
Sunday Worship Next Week 17th August 2014
10:30am / Rosemary Mutopo6:30pm / Revd Nicola Vidamour – Holy Communion
Rotas for next Week 17th August 2014
Vestry a.m. / - / DorothyVestry p.m. / - / Julian
Elder / Mary
Welcome / - / Richard
Door/Books / - / Joanne and Sheena
Flowers / - / Mary
Coffee / - / Emy, Mercy and Eric
Creche / - / Hayleigh
Organ a.m. / - / ?
Organ p.m. / - / Sue
Readers / - / Sarah C and Kelechi
Holy Communion –pm / - / Sue
Sunday Collection Cashiers / - / Olu and Sue S
For Our Prayers
Mac (Sarah McDonald) / Has health and age-related problemsTerence Baptist / In his nineties and paralysed
Sheena / Dealing with anxiety and stress
Nicky (Olu’s friend) / Receiving treatment for cancer
Barbara Dandy / On long-term sick leave with a neck and back problem
Anna (in Ghana) / Suffering ill health/memory loss
Rose / Recovering from an illness
Unemployed people seeking work
All those suffering from cancer
All those who are housebound or in Care Homes
Those receiving ongoing medical treatment or awaiting/receiving/recovering from surgery
All those finding life stressful
The situations in Iraq/Afghanistan/Syria/Israel/Gaza/Sudan/Nigeria
Churches/Christians throughout the world.