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Transformer Club is for children
who are 5 – 11 year olds
and meets on a
Saturday afternoon,
once a month, between 2.00 and 4.00 pm
on the church
premises. The cost is £1 per session per child.
There is music, stories, cooking, games, and craft, but not
necessarily all at the same time!
Theme this time was Water (for all), and we also learnt from the
story of king George, who spent all his time in his bath-tub
with his rubber ducks, not to be selfish.
Next Club afternoon will be
on Saturday July 16th.
The Annual Quiz,
in aid of the new Church Project,
held on the evening of Saturday 5th March 2011 in Wesley Hall.
A great time was had by all : it was very competitive & high scoring.
The cost of the evening including jacket potatoes & fillings
was £5.00 per person. Church Council have since agreed that our
new project will be to support the Sutton Coldfield and District
Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society : in refurbishing their holiday
caravan at Billing Aquadrome. This is very important for
members who cannot afford a holiday elsewhere and/or need specially
adapted holiday accommodation.
Winning Team : Kath Miles & friends
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We had a Chocolate Service :
On Sunday 13th February 2010
At: 10:30am
Preacher was Revd. Garry Dawson-Jones |
This included :
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Saturday 15th
January 2011
: Praise Party, Wesley Hall
: 2 to 4 pm
TRANSFORMER
CLUB With Paul Wilmott & KATO the LION, from Stourbridge : It was Greeeeaaaat....... [Friends of Andi, Jack & GrandDad]Puppet, Juggling & Stories, Action Songs, Music, Fun and Games It was 2pm till 4pm in the Wesley Hall (& in Club Room) |
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD : 2010
Thanks to the
fantastic support of our church family and friends, we were able to fill
and pay for the transportation
of 144 shoe boxes for the “Operation Christmas Child” appeal.
By the time you read this notice our boxes will be on their way to
children in Serbia.
Thank you everyone.
Maria Jones and Kath Waller.
Thanks to all who came to the Coffee Morning which raised £166.50.
The Davies Singers Concert was very successful, and raised £830 net after all expenses had been paid.
Thanks to the performers, all helpers and everyone who came.
We have now achieved the target of £3000 for the 'Birmingham Talking Newspaper Association for the Blind'.
PARTY
This
time,
we had a Christmas Party with loads of fun, games & brilliant
food !
Transformer Club is for children
who are 5 – 11 year olds
and meets on a
Saturday afternoon,
once a month, between 2.00 and 4.00 pm
on the church
premises. The cost is £1 per session per child.
There is music, stories, cooking, games, and craft, but not
necessarily all at the same time!
Also : Advance Notice, we have a
Praise Party at our next meeting on January 15th.
Andi Markham's mate,
Paul
Willmott, from Stourbridge will be coming to lead us. Using
action songs, various puppets, lively Bible stories,
juggling
and
even a unicycle, he will entertain us. But there will be serious
message or two from the puppets also .....
http://www.countiesuk.org/people/paul-a-vanessa-willmott.html
Sunday 26th Sept : Did you
enjoy HARVEST FESTIVAL & BACK
TO CHURCH SUNDAY ! 
This year’s
Harvest Festival services were held on Sunday, 26 September and
you brought along your gifts
of non-perishable
food items which will again be donated to the Women’s
Refuge. The 10:30 a.m. service included Church
Parade for the
uniformed organisations, after which they held
a cake sale in Wesley Hall to raise money for the Shelter
Box appeal.
MRDF envelopes were in the pews and your donations
were gratefully received. Our wonderful Church was again
decked
out with some beautiful floral displays.
Also, Monday, 27th
September : was the Community Harvest Service at 2 pm, which
gave us a
chance to
meet some of
the many people who use our Church premises during the weekdays.
Churches in this circuit. South Parade has been delighted to receive 4 collapsible tables and the wooden cross from the worship area which is now in
prime position on the wall in Wesley Hall. It looks as if if has been there for many years and is a fitting place for it.
The stewards of Lichfield Road are delighted it has been found a home.
reached the stage where insufficient people were willing to take up the tasks of running a church.
Lichfield Road. We hope very shortly to announce that the contracts have been exchanged and the church sold.
The SUTTON PARK METHODIST CIRCUIT organised & ran a very fitting and enjoyable 'This is your Life' tribute evening to the retiring
Superintendent Minister of the Circuit, the Revd. John Ingyon. It was organised jointly by Margaret his wife, Mrs. Sue Stewart from Four Oaks,
and the Circuit Stewards. It was an informal evening to celebrate John's 40 years in the Methodist Ministry, beginning in Texas, USA, and ending
in Sutton Coldfield. Light Refreshments were enjoyed by all. It was held in the Wesley Hall & Church Centre, here at South Parade Methodist Church.
Photos courtesy of Martin Parry
What a delight it was to join together early this Easter Sunday to praise the Risen Saviour - what a privileged people we are !
CHURCH PROJECT REPORT : APRIL 2010
We
are pleased to confirm that we have raised the £2000 pledged to the
Ebrook Centre, and have received a letter of grateful thanks
for the difference the refurbishment of the coffee lounge has made to
the Service Users. The money was raised from a Quiz,
coffee mornings, an auction, the concert by the Davies Singers, the
Chinese New Year Party and individual donations.
Church Council agreed that the next
project will be the Birmingham Talking Newspaper Association for the
Blind, to help with
updating from a tape to a digital system. The Newspaper goes out to over
500 people. We have already raised £1000 towards the
new project. This includes £267 from the recent Quiz :
from Marion Peters &
Ruth Dennis, on behalf of the Project Committee.
Excerpt from Birmingham Mail
of Mon 18th Jan 2010 :
"A Piano playing family, originally from Tyneside, have proved that six hands are better than two,
by helping to raise more than £1000 for a children's cancer charity.
The trio, grandmother Dorothy, her daughter
Pauline & grand-daughter Naomi,
encouraged their pupils to collect
sponsor money for CLIC Sargent.
And the Sutton Coldfield family are planning a
repeat performance this year.
Dorothy first began learning the
piano when she was ten. She passed on her
love of music to daughter
Pauline, who began lessons when she was eight.
She in turn taught Naomi,
who first played at the age of five.
With pupils aged between 4 and 70 plus, more than
70 people were involved
in the sponsored practice, which culminated in
the concert.
Dorothy, Pauline & Naomi : 3 generations of piano teachers
CHURCH PROJECT : December 2009
THANK YOU to everyone who supported the recent Church Project Coffee Morning, which raised £125. Ruth Dennis
and
also many thanks to the Davies Singers for staging 'Christmas Melody',
with the West Midland Fire Services Band.
This Concert was much enjoyed by a large audience and raised £654.30 for
the Church Project, the Ebrook Centre.
This means we have raised the £2000 which we promised to the Ebrook
Centre.
Please
give any suggestions for a new project to Church Project members,
Doreen, Ruth & others.
Methodist Homes Shoppers Lunch, December 2009
I would
like to thank all the willing helpers of this event last Saturday - this
includes the male washing-up team!!
Everyone seemed to enjoy the meal and we have made over £480 - an
increase on last year which is wonderful.
We are now selling Quiz sheets at £1 each, and Janet Granger will
announce the winner in about a month.
There is a prize! Please give her your completed sheets.
Again many thanks Gill Wallwork.
Shoe Box Appeal 2009
Thanks to the generosity
of all who contributed to this year’s appeal, 138 shoe boxes are now
en-route to their final destination.
Your efforts will bring joy to the children who receive them. A big
“Thank you” to everyone at church, and to friends in the
community, who have made this possible. Maria Jones, Kath
Waller and T.A.G. members.
This was held today and replaced the cancelled event of a few weeks ago. It was shared with the Sutton Railway Club of which
Max is a keen member. We were fortunate with the weather, as it was a warm & sunny afternoon.
New Wednesday Club Season will start on 9th (and 23rd) September. Then we revert to the usual 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Keeping the passengers on time
Freight train running well
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