NOTICES FOR THE WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY 31 MAY 2026
SUNDAY 31 MAY
Please note:- There will be no service here this morning. Instead, it is hoped that as many as possible will travel to the Bellingham Methodist/URC Church for another United Circuit Service for the whole of the Tynedale Circuit, commencing at 10.30am.
Hopefully it will be a nice day and some might be inclined to take a picnic and enjoy some of the beautiful scenery of the North Tyne! To this end, Rev Roberta Ritson has recently sent the following:- “Everyone is invited to bring a picnic lunch and suitable rug (there are one or two picnic benches, but not for large numbers). I may be able to bring one or two portable chairs. Jubilee field is close to the river with its own little car park and/or overspill parking in the grounds of St Oswald’s Catholic church. If the weather is terrible our own church hall in Fountain Terrace is a back-up.
If anyone would like to spend a little longer in the village and perhaps go up Hareshaw Linn, that’s a possibility for the afternoon. For this you’d need strong boots/shoes with good ankle support. Poles or a walking stick are useful after damp weather. We all look forward to welcoming you.”
WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE
12noon Another of the monthly “Soup and Pud” Lunches will be held in the foyer, primarily for the over 70s. If you have not been previously and would like to join in you will be very welcome but first please contact Anne Featonby (01661 853552)
7.30 to 9.00pm The Wednesday Fellowship meetings continue this evening in the foyer. As part of a varied weekly programme the group will be continuing a study based on 1 Corinthians. This week, chapter 11 verses 2 to 16, with the title “Loving Authority”. As always, these meetings are open to people from any church, or none, just come along and you will find a warm welcome.
THURSDAY 4 JUNE
9.15 to 11.30am “Soft Play” sessions for pre-school children, accompanied by a parent or guardian, resume in the hall today after the short break. Just £3 per family. Come at any time and for as long as you like.
SATURDAY 6 JUNE
7.00 to 9.00pm The Wylam and District Churches Youth Club and Gathering resumeshere this evening following the half term break. From 7.00 to 8.00pm, it will be a more traditional youth club with a wide variety of games including board games, pool, table tennis and badminton and then, from 8.00pm, for all who wish to stay, The Gathering will take place with some food, perhaps a more quiet game and some chat and discussion about Christian faith and life issues – or if you wish you can just come at 8.00pm for this session. Anyone from school year 6 and above is welcome and there’s no need to book. Weekly sub. remains at £1.
SUNDAY 7 JUNE
10.45am Our worship this week is to be led by our Minister, Rev Fiona Calverey, and will include Holy Communion
Refreshments will be available in the foyer immediately following this service and at 12 noon there will be an Extraordinary Church Council Meeting, which it is hoped as many as possible will attend. The meeting is required to formulate a response to various key proposals about which every church in the Tynedale Circuit is being asked to consider. Primarily we are asked to consider whether we support the concept of a single “Circuit Church Council”. This would mean that most functions of the individual Church Councils agreeing to join, would be taken over by a single Circuit committee on which we would be represented.
A parallel consideration is whether we would agree to a single Church Council for Prudhoe, Stocksfield and Wylam. This will clearly depend on which churches agree to the previous proposal.
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RUTH SMITH We recently reported the death on 12 May of Ruth Smith who for many years, together with her husband Colin, was a member of this church before they moved to Alnwick. Ruth’s funeral is to be held on Tuesday 9 June at 12.30pm at the Northumberland Crematorium, Bockenfield, Morpeth NE65 9QJ.
NEW PLAN AND ROTA Copies of the new Circuit Plan for June to August together with a rota of Sunday duties in this church, can now be seen on the notice board. From time to time individuals on the rota are unable to fulfill a particular duty due to changed circumstances. If you are willing to “stand by” to help in such situations, please have a word with a Church Steward.
COMING SOON
Wednesday 10 June – The final “Men at Home” meeting in the current programme will take place in the foyer at 10.30am (refreshments served from 10,00am). This month we look forward to welcoming Paul Nash, who will be giving an illustrated talk titled “The Power of Plagues”.
A new programme of speakers for 2026-27, commencing in September, is now available. Please ask Brian for a copy if you don’t have one, or check for details on the notice board.
Sunday 14 June – We are pleased to say that the “Local Arrangement” service shown on the plan for this date will be led for us by “Christians in Wylam”, a group that many will know has been meeting here on a monthly basis on a Sunday afternoon for some time – mostly people who live in Wylam or nearby, but who usually worship elsewhere. During this weekend, the group are organizing a “Stay-Cation” with a range of activities from the Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, of which this service will be a part. We are, of course, all invited to share in the activities of this group – not only during this weekend – and we are pleased to report that from September the group expect to hold worship here more frequently on a Sunday afternoon, meeting then as Wylam Community Church. More about this in due course.
BIBLE MONTH June is “Bible Month” in the Methodist Church and this year most services are likely to include consideration of a text from “Paul’s Letter to the Philippians”. We are pleased to say that copies of a “30 day Reading Guide” based on this book have been provided for every member of our congregation. If you have not already been given a copy, please pick one up from the table in the atrium.
CHURCH TELEPHONE/WiFi A reminder that the landline telephone in the vestry has now been disabled, but we now have a new (HiFibre) Broadband connection. Our WiFi code/password has changed as a result of this. Details of the new code can be found on the main interior noticeboard and adjacent to the hub, which remains on a windowsill in the church.
PRAYER FOOTNOTE Lord of all, thank you that you do not leave us alone but instead draw alongside us through your Spirit. Thank you that, just as you met with your followers on the road and your disciples in the upper room, so, in Christ, you meet with us on the journey of life, always there, in your resurrection power, to protect,comfort and support, each of us valued as a little child, chosen and precious to you. Amen Nick Fawcett
Information to be circulated? You can contact Brian Japes Tel:- 01661 852151 or email brian@japesfamily.co.uk