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Welcome to this newsletter and to the ministry of MCC
Manchester. If this is your first contact with us,
know that you are welcome. You can take part in
our ministry through attending our worship services or
mid week meetings, or by using the various resources on
our website. You can keep in touch with us in
person, by email, or by text. It is our prayer
that our people grow as committed disciples of the Lord
Jesus.
Today's
Service
marked All Saints Day which actually fell
on Thursday. Andy highlighted both
Catholic and Protestant views of what a saint is, and
showed that we are all saints – and are called to live
lives of holiness. He said that
whilst the saints were undoubtedly they were also very
human and struggled with all the human frailties that we
do.
This and
That Thanks to Neil, Steve,
Philip, Susan, Megan, Anna and Mark
who came to our Come and Sing day yesterday learning new
songs we will be singing in December and the New
Year. Our Emmaus Group is
having a short break and meets next on Thursday 29th
November at Gwen and Margaret’s home in
Altrincham. This is a small group
meeting together to study and get to know each
other. See them for more
details. If you would like to sing
or play an instrument in worship see Neil or Philip
– we are always looking for more people to get
involved. The main commitment - other
than helping to lead the singing and music in worship
– is to be at church for 3pm to rehearse.
Thanks.
Thank
you for your generosity last
week.
44 people worshipped
with us and the collection was £106.
This is on top of the £1500 or so a month that
is given directly to our bank account via
standing
order. 73 attended MCC Manchester at
least once in October this year compared to 52 who did
so in September last year. Thank you as well for the
£100 raised for the new MCC plant starting in January
in Glasgow. A few more people wanted
to give to this project so we haven’t sent the money
yet – if you still would like to give please let Andy
have the money then we can send this
off.
Annual General
Meeting.
Each year we
have our AGM on the second Sunday of Advent whilst St
Chrysostom’s host the Victoria Park Carol
Service. This year our AGM falls on
Sunday 9th December. We
will consider the pastor’s report for 2007, accounts
for 2006, and for the first 10 months of 2007, elect new
members to our Board and a lay delegate.
We will, therefore, NOT be serving refreshments
after church on that Sunday. Instead
we will travel to Sedgley Park Police College (lifts
available) for a Christmas Dinner, AGM and concert from
Neil. There will also be a bar open
for the evening where we can buy drinks.
The cost for the meal is £18 (unwaged £10) but
we don’t want to exclude anyone on the grounds of
cost. If the reduced price is
problematic please speak to Andy.
Elections
We have elections for three positions on our
Board of Directors. Each post is for
two years. The Board share, with
Andy, the leadership of the church in the areas of
finance, policy and administration.
They meet at least four times a year and do much
work by email. Our constitution lays
down exacting criteria for Board members and these are
outlined on the nomination forms.
Similarly we will elect a lay delegate to serve
as our representative to Fellowship and Regional
Conferences. The Lay Delegate is not
a member of the Board but attends Board meetings and
takes a full part in the discussions.
Nomination forms are at the back of church, or
can be emailed to you, and should be completed and
returned to Andy well before the AGM.
Andy's Movements this
Week Andy is working from
both home and church this week on. He
is available on Monday afternoon, Tuesday
and Thursday morning. He has a
meeting on Thursday afternoon, takes the service at the
police college on Monday lunchtime and sits in court on
Wednesday.
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In Your
Prayers
Please
remember
The Rev Jane
Clarke’s father who is gravely ill at the
moment.
Khang
Nguyen, partner of the Rev Thomas Friedhoff of MCC
Hamburg. Khang is slowly
recovering from TB but won’t be back at work
until the New Year and is still very
tired.
Alma’s father
who is unwell, Margaret in a lot of
pain.
Daily
Devotional
You can get our daily
devotional in church or on our website. It
is designed to help us grow spiritually by giving
a resource for our own daily prayer times.
It consists of a short "order of worship" of a
Psalm, other Biblical reading and a
reflection. It also gives ideas of things to
pray for.
Birthdays This
Month
Robin’s is
on the 3rd – next Saturday,
Smiley’s is on the 15th, Jane
Hallewell’s on the 20th, Johannah’s
on the 24th, and Alma’s on the
26th.
On Our
Website
Our website is
an excellent way to keep in touch with what we are
doing. You can catch up with the sermon, and
listen to it, if you missed church, you can
download the daily devotional, read the
newsletters, visit the church blog, do some
quizes and find out more about
us.
Contact
Details
MCC
Manchester,
PO Box
19,
Manchester,
M34 3XF
www.mccmanchester.co.uk
revandy@mccmanchester.co.uk
Phone: 0161
249
0649
Text:
07781 472445 Emergency:
07944 378049
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