Diary Dates

Below is a listing of all events happening in the Ashby and Coalville Circuit over the next few months that are open for all to enjoy. Check individual churches for more details.

May
Saturday 10th May 7.00pm
100 Years of Methodist Hymns
Come and sing your "Top Ten Hymns"
Oakthorpe Methodist Church

Sunday 11th May 10.00am
Church Anniversary
Mr Andrew Davies of Leicester leading worship.
Donisthorpe Methodist Church

Saturday 17th May 10.00am
Sorry, this event has been postponed
Circuit Walk
Rearsby and Thrussington tracks. This village has been a hot bed of religious dissent. John Wesley is reputed to have preached here. Start at 10.00am, turn off the A 607 Melton Road, into Mill Lane, Rearsby, were there is ample parking. Walk length 5.5 miles.

Any further information contact John Peace on 01530 833926, or via E Mail john.peace3@ntlworld.com

Saturday 17th May 10.30am - 2.00pm
Spring Fair
Bedding plants, bric-a-brac, toys, nearly new clothes, books etc..
Refreshments available.
Marlborough Square Methodist Church

June
Sunday 1st June 10.15am
Summer Festival
Please come and join us for our Summer Festival. We have a Morning Service arranged by ourselves at 10.15 and in the Evening we have a Songs of Praise followed by a free buffet supper. Everyone is very welcome.
Moira Centenary Methodist Church

Saturday 7th June 10.00am
Circuit Walk

National Children’s Home Sponsored Walk, held on the Ashby Heritage Trail at Moira Furnace. Walk length 5 miles. Start details from Deidre Dickinson on 01530 412977.

Any further information contact John Peace on 01530 833926, or via E Mail john.peace3@ntlworld.com

Sunday 8th June
Methodist Homes Sunday has usually been held in November each year. However it has been decided (for various reasons) to change the date to the summer months. June 8^th 2008 will be the next Methodist Homes Sunday. Methodist Homes for the Aged (MHA) is about to embark on its 65^th year – but has no plans for retirement!

MHA is a major provider of quality care for elderly people in this country and has recently opened new homes in Aberystwyth and Bradford. MHA serves over 12,000 older people in residential and nursing care homes, specialist dementia care homes, sheltered housing schemes and community projects, and benefits from the dedication of 4,000 staff and the commitment of over 5,000 volunteers. The support of the Methodist Church remains central to the work of MHA, enabling the Care Group to plan confidently for the future care of older people and more vulnerable members of our communities.

All MHA homes and schemes are supported by Chaplains from the local area. Their work is equally important to the well-being of staff and residents alike. Please support the work of MHA in prayer and continued generosity of giving.

Revd Lynda Coates – former MHA Chaplain

Saturday 21st June 12:00
Table top sale & garden fair
Thringstone Methodist Church

Safe to Worship

An ecumenically organised workshop

An opportunity to look at worship through the spectacles of survivors of domestic and sexual abuse

Tuesday 24 June 9.30 – 1.00

Toton Methodist Church, Nottingham

Run by Elizabeth Ingram, Liz Cowley and Elizabeth Nash

Given that every church will have survivors in it and that there are ways of worshipping which can make it more and less comfortable for them, we shall be reflecting and thinking about what we can do to make worship easier.

Book in at: trainingpa@urc5.org.uk or East Midlands Synod Office,

1, Edwards Lane, Nottingham NG5 3AA 0115 960 9241

Further details available from Sarah Chadwick,

District Advisory Group on Child Protection

sarah.chadwick@btinternet.com

01530 223192

June
Saturday 28th June
Summer Fair 11am - 4pm
Crafts, plants, nearly new, cakes, refreshments, crockery etc
Hall Lane Methodist Church

July
Saturday 5th July
Summer Fair Opens 3pm
Games, raffle, refreshments. all welcome.
Donisthorpe Methodist Church

Sunday 20th July
Sankey special service 3pm
An invitation to anyone from the circuit to join us. Tea and biscuits will be served.
Thringstone Methodist Church

September
Saturday 7th June 10.00am
Circuit Walk

A walk with a difference. A ramble along the Ashby Canal is proposed from Shakerstone to Shenton embankment. Length 6.5 miles. The return journey is via train, provided by the "Battlefield Line Railway" either steam or diesel hauled. The cost of the fare should be approximately £4 to £5. Start at the Shakerstone station car park at 10 am.