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A Prayer for Chile

Lord of all creation,
We pray for the people of Chile, rocked by an earthquake.
 
We pray for those who have lost loved ones,
and for those who have been injured.
 
We pray for those who have lost property,
and for those seeking to bring order to the chaos.
 
We pray for those who are scared,
and for those who wait in fear to see if more damage will be done.

We pray for the Church in Chile,
that it will be a beacon of hope and security for those in need.
 
We pray for peace and stability in the midst of confusion.
Amen

The Churches' concern for the whole of this troubled world is expressed through people working and praying, especially in caring groups, one of which, covering the women of our churches, being known as 'Network'

 Network News - NOVEMBER 2009

 

 Life seems to get busy at the beginning of the new Methodist year.The 19th September saw quite a few of us from the Bristol District travelling to Cardiff for the induction of the new Connexional President, Gillian Pengelly. As the Past President described her time in office she mentioned that the only place she had not preached was the New Room. She is going to remedy this by speaking at our Easter Offering Service on 9th May.

Linked to this letter you will find suggestions of new ways for working for Network in the future.
(PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM ONLINE)
Please send your comments to me so that I can relay them to the Area rep. before Christmas.
Explanations are on the Methodist Church Web Site:
http://www. methodistchurch.org/Methodist Women in Britain Forum

We have a new District Project which we have supported before in 2004/5.
It has strong links to South Bristol and John Seward is willing to talk to meetings about it. He will be the speaker at Made for Ever in March.
The name of the project is
Crossroads for Human Development -India
The money this time is going to the sewing centre.
We have advertised John's talk as being about "untouchables" and the centre does help Dalit women from this caste but others as well

I will be standing down as Co-ordinator for the Circuit in February 2010. I agreed to be Co-ordinator for a limited period only . I am Vice President for the District and will be Inducted as President at Longwell Green in October, so I feel now is the right time to stand down.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

2010

March 17th Spring Rally 7.30pm at Made for Ever
April13th -15th  Glenfall experience.
April  16th -18th  Network/World Fed. Swanick
Easter Offering Service 9th May 3pm Speaker Judith Simms Past Connexional President
May 15th7pm  Westbury Supper and Fair Trade Fashion Show
 June28th-July 1st Methodist Conference Network/ world Fed. Stalls Portsmouth
October 6th   Induction of New District President at Longwell Green
6.30 light refreshments 7.30 Service

 

Chris Perkins  
Co-ordinator for Network in the Circuit

Her telephone number is: 0117 9491912 

email chrisbob@blueyonder.co.uk)

 

The Connexional Team's World Church Relationships Office has begun a fortnightly bulletin with news of the different ways donations to the World Mission Fund are being spent.
It includes stories from round the world of where the money has been of particular benefit. The latest one includes news from Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Brazil and Peru.
The bulletin can be found on the Methodist Church website.
To receive a copy via email, contact Sandra Lopez
lopezs@methodistchurch.org.uk


Methodist Church Bristol District

THE ENVIRONMENT
Please go to the
DISTRICT WEBSITE ECO PAGE
for a great deal of interesting material

Resources for Mission are on the Mission Action Group WEBSITE
You can read the Circuit Mission Action Group's declaration of aims and objectives  HERE


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