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Chapel Anniversary
Photo from 10 years ago!
Taken at the site of Zion Methodist Church, West Street
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WEEKLY NOTICES
Sunday 20 October 2019
Church Anniversary and Gift Day
10.30am
† Worship led by Reverend Ann Lett
Bible: Genesis 28:10-19 (p30); 1 Peter
2:4-10 (p1218)
Prayer ministry: Rm3 after service
THIS WEEK
Church
Open Week concludes
Saturday 19 October
Many thanks to all those people who have volunteered.
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Sun 20 Oct
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10.30am
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Church
Anniversary and Re-dedication of Pastoral Visitors at Zion
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Mon 21 Oct
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2pm
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Knit,
Natter, Craft and Chatter at Zion
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Mon 21 Oct
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7.15pm
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Badminton at Zion; newcomers welcome!
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Tue 22 Oct
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11am-2pm
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Crossroads
Lunch Club at Restore Church
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Wed 23 Oct
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7pm
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Short mat bowls at
Zion; new members welcome
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Thu 24 Oct
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9.30am
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Drop-in coffee morning at Zion,
including short service
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Thu 24 Oct
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12pm
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Sausage and mash at
Swineshead, followed by free film
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Thu 24 Oct
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7.30pm
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Eastside
House Group
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Fri 25 Oct
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2pm
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Come And Meet Each Other (CAMEO); suggested donation £1
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Sat 26 Oct
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9am
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Men’s
Breakfast; Hospital Bridge; Roger Welberry (Lincolnshire Dialogue); please
call Malcolm to confirm attendance
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Sat 26 Oct
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7pm
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Board Games Night and
Supper at Zion; £5 per person, including sausage and mash supper;
Stephen/Irene for tickets
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Annual
Gift Day Appeal:
Sunday 20 October
It is a tradition at Zion
to have an annual gift day, to which monies received will go towards Church
funds, which enables us to keep a presence in this area.
Board
Games Night at Zion Saturday 26 October
7pm
Tickets £5 per person, including sausage and
mash supper. Money raised for Zion. Speak to Stephen / Irene for tickets.
Everyone welcome. Come and learn a new game or play some old favourites.
OTHER NOTICES
Safer
Space Update Training
There
is a list of names of people who need to do the Safer Space update training
near the door of the church, along with dates it is available. Would those on
the list please indicate which date they will attend. If you are not on the
list but would like to attend the training, or if you have any questions,
please speak to Irene.
Thank You
Macmillan Coffee Morning – thank you!
Thank
you to everyone for supporting us on Friday 24 September. We raised £367 for
the MacMillan Fund. Thanks again! Celia, Margaret and Marlene.
†Centrepoint - 13/10/19: £44.40 (made up to £50 by the Church
Council)
Rotary
Shoebox project
The
2019 Shoebox campaign is gathering momentum. Four primary schools have joined,
as has the Stump which is acting as a distribution and collection point for the
town. In addition, churches in the
Circuit are also taking part. Can we beat last year’s total, 40 for Zion, 393
altogether? Your boxes are waiting in
the coffee lounge. When you have filled your box, bring it back to Church by 3 November
when the whole collection will be blessed.
Big Fellowship Bible Study at Zion
Monday 28 October
2pm
Zion Big Fellowship
continues to look at ‘Pointers in Christ in the Old Testament’. This session we
will be looking at ‘The Tabernacle’
Zion
Christmas Fayre
Saturday 30 November
10am
As time
moves on collection boxes for items for the Christmas Fayre will soon be
appearing on the landing by the sanctuary doors. Lainey is looking for mugs and
especially cups and saucers to be filled with small gifts such as individual
sachets of coffee, wrapped chocolates and small travel size toiletries, like
miniature bath bombs, face cloths and scrunchies. We also need tombola prizes,
any unwanted new gifts, anything Christmas (no electricals), bric a brac, toys
and games, jigsaws, hand crafted items or craft kits, books, potted plants.
Cakes and pastries for sale on the day, also sausage rolls and mince pies for
coffee time. Donations of cakes etc can be dropped off at church anytime Friday
onwards. We are seeking a volunteer to make and weigh a fruit cake for guess
the weight of the cake game. The boxes will be available from the 1st
week of November. Thank you in advance for any donations you may make. Lyn and
Lainey.
Real
Advent Calendar
Orders for
Real Advent Calendars are now being taken at Centenary bookshop. Belgian Fairtrade Chocolate and The Real Christmas
Story by The Meaningful Chocolate Company. £3.80 each.
Last orders by Wednesday
20 November.
Letter from
Rev Neil Vickers and family
Updating
on how the family are settling in and thanking everyone for their support and
friendship.
To all our friends in Boston,
We
write this on another sunny morning in Grimsby, we have been here a
month and feel like we have settled in and although we haven’t yet got
to the end of ‘box city' we are mostly sorted and have made good friends
with the people at the local tip.
We wanted to thank you for your
support and friendship over the last thirteen years. We felt touched by
all the people who came to our two leaving services and by all the
generous gifts, cards and good wishes we received. The atmosphere and
singing was wonderful and we know God is with us in this move. Thank you
too, to the people who made the journey to be with us at our welcome
service, it was lovely to see you all.
Neil has started work here
and is getting to know his way around. His first major task was to
organise synod where I am sure he saw some of you. L seems to have
settled into her school and looks very smart in her new uniform. She has
started her GCSE options and managed to get into the school netball and
football teams. E is still coming back to Boston at the moment to do
various photo shoots but will look at developing links with nurseries
and children's centres here. J has been busy unpacking and getting the
house organised and then she will be looking for work here.
We hope
that all the exciting new developments you planned are coming along. We
think especially of Ann and Julie as they settle in to their new roles
and of Kirton with its new families worker and all the building plans,
of Zion’s Bible journaling group, the leadership team and everyone
involved in the Churches in Boston.
May God bless all you do, and remember we are only just up the road
Neil, J, E and L x
Men’s
Breakfast at Hospital Bridge
9am †
26 October: Roger Welberry (Lincolnshire Dialogue)
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30 November: David Parkinson (Singing)
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No meeting in December
Please confirm
attendance with Malcolm S.
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