Key Diary Dates
The Gathering . . .
. . . is a meeting of Christians from the different Shepton Churches at the Salvation Army Citadel. We meet to help build a prayerful community and to respond to the needs of our town. We're also part of the 24/7 Prayer initiiative and Shepton Mallet Prayer Room. The next gathering dates are: Sunday March 7th from 18.00, Saturday April 3rd from 19.00 - social and worship following the 24 hours of prayer, Sunday May 2nd from 18.00, Sunday June 6th from 18.00, and Sunday July 4th from 18.00 [read more about The Gathering]
Men's Breakfast
Saturday 6th March at The Shrubbery, Shepton Mallet. 8.15 for 8.30 start. The speaker this month is Richard Munro from MAF. For more information contact James Kendall on 01749 347683 [read more about Men's Breakfast]
Charity Coffee Morning
At the Baptist Church on 6th March from 10.30 until 12.30
Singles Lunch
7th March at 12.45 in Peter Street Rooms
Cream Tea Concert by the China Tour Quintet, Wells Cathedral School
Sunday March 21st at 15.00 in the Parish church. A free concert with retiring collection for Church funds. Programme to include Schubert, Kodaly, Bach, Wieniawski, Halvorsen. Just turn up for wonderful music and a cream tea - we'd love to see you! [read more about concerts]
Fairtrade Fortnight
22nd February to 7th March
Revd Dave Parr
Dave's licencing will be on 9th March in Melksham [see Dave's leaving present and cake photos!]
Lent Course
This year's course is entitled Love For The Future and commences on Tuesday 23rd February at 7.30 pm in Peter Street Rooms. There will also be a Wednesday afternoon course.
Prayer for This Week
Heavenly Father - Please hear our prayers as we come to You and offer our support for the people of Haiti . . .
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The Methodists
Shepton Mallet Methodist Church meets for worship most Sunday mornings at 11 o’clock. These Services are held in Shepton Parish Church where there is a sharing agreement with the Anglicans. Revd Roly Sims is the minister to us and several other Methodist churches in the area. He generally holds a Communion Service for us on the 4th Sunday of each month
Shepton Methodists are relatively small in number – currently about 12 in all, but this figure includes a local preacher and two worship leaders. Currently the Church is part of West Mendip Circuit but on September 1st 2009 this is changing to Somerset Mendip Circuit - a new circuit formed by the merger of the existing Circuits of Frome, Somerset Mission and West Mendip.
Janet Day is the Wells / Shepton Mallet Church and Community Worker and both Anglicans & Methodists help her with the Hillmead Project, which provides Christian based school holiday activities for primary school children on the estate of Hillmead in Shepton Mallet.
The Methodists play an active part in Churches Together locally, supporting events which endeavour to share our faith through words and deeds.
On the 3rd Sunday of each month, and at the Christian festivals, joint Anglican Methodist Family Services are held – usually at 10 am. On these Sundays, there is no Methodist Service at 11 am.
Details of all services are normally displayed on the notice board outside the Parish Church and anyone wanting further information should contact Marion Knight on 01749 342605 or Chloe Baker on 01749 342649
emailme@peterpaul.co.uk
