Since our last blog we have done the usual range of activities at Mayfield.  Worship has been held every Sunday,

the Bible fellowship has been held twice a month, at present we are studying Nehemiah, and his saga of building walls round the city.  We intend moving on to Ezra later to look at his take on the same series of events.

The supper clubs restarted in April, and have run every month, as have the men's breakfasts.
On May Day bank holiday we held our "Bake Holiday Bun Day" event, where we invited people to visit us, bring something they had baked, and bring the recipe.

The Ladies' Fellowship has met every month, and in July they hosted a visit from the Hampden View fellowship meeting.

At the time of writing, we are looking forward to our summer family camp, later in august.

February 2014

An apology to our regular readers for the lack of information about what we have been doing.  Unfortunately, blogging had to take a back seat in view of all that has had to be done.  In addition to everything at church, Jonathan and Susannah have moved business.  The locals among you will know that the Castle Market in sheffield has succumbed to the ravages of time, and the final day's trading was on November 23rd.  The new market on The Moor opened on Monday November 25th.  These two simple sentences give no impression of the amount of work that was involved over the months, and is continuing as Susannah and Jonathan work full time, 6 days a week in the new market.  If you are interested in the business, please look at http://s-and-j-s.blogspot.co.uk   If you are interested in the Moor Market, much more information is available at www.facebook.com/MoorMarket

Since early October we have held our annual festival of light on October 31st,

our annual barbecue and bonfire on November 2nd

and our Christmas events in December.
The Christmas events included:
Advent Carol service, "Five Courses and Carols", Carol singing with the Salvation Army Band, Christmas Carol service, Carol singing round the local area and a Christmas morning service.
January, as usual, was a quieter month, with our annual church party, the church meeting, and the bible fellowship restarted on the third Tuesday.
February was similarly quiet with just the regular meetings taking place.  A new innovation for 2014 is that the cleaning day is to be combined with a time of fellowship.  This will take place on the Thursday of the week following the bible fellowship on the first Tuesday of the month.
The real highlight of February was the completion of our decorations by the signwriter who relettered the text above the chapel front.

August, September and Early October 2013

The main event in August, was the family camp.  This was held over the weekend of 16th to 18th August.  The event was a great success, with several family groups sharing in the events of the weekend.

 Saturday evening was a barbecue which was shared with other members of the congregation.

 Sunday morning dawned bright and clear, and members of the congregation shared breakfast with the campers.

 Following breakfast, the campers led the morning worship for the rest of the congregation.

Over the months, all our regular activities continued unabated.  The Bible fellowship, supper clubs, Ladies' fellowship, Sunday worship all happened regularly.  The church meeting took place on the 9th of September,and many decisions about our future and ministry took place.  There will be a planning meeting in November to decide our programme for 2014.

On the 14th November we held our first quiz night which was a great success, this will probably be repeated in the future.

The 21st November was our annual McMillan coffee morning.  Because Susannah was elsewhere on the actual McMillan weekend, this was actually a week early.

Our annual Harvest festival was held on the 6th October.  Our visiting speaker brought us information on the work or Tear Fund in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Our harvest donations were taken to help the work of St Wilfrid's project in the city centre.  They had specifically asked for dried and tinned foods.

Flower Festival 2013

Our annual flower festival took place on 6th and 7th July.  The church wasopen from 10-30a.m. to 4-30p.m. on Saturday and 12-00noon to 6-00p.m. on Sunday.  Refreshments were available whenever the church was open, and a good number of visitors came.  The theme of the displays was "Men of the Bible."  Grateful thanks are due to all who did anything to make the event such a success.

Moses

Adam

David

Jesus

John the Baptist

Lot

Luke

Paul

Solomon

More pictures will be available on our website, as soon as they can be published.  Please follow the link to the side and look for the "Flower Festival 2013" page.

June and July 2013

Through out the months, the regular activities took place.  The bible fellowship met twice a month to continue our study of the book of Daniel.  The Ladies' Fellowship met in June to hear a speaker update them on Martin House, a hospice which they have supported for some years, and in July, Steve Drinkell spoke on the theme "Forever wild".
Worship continued every Sunday, and we are grateful to those who come to lead our thoughts week by week.

The plants in the bog garden have become established and are now showing off their glory as the seasons progress.  In the way of these things, some were not suited to the surroundings, and so we have less than we planted, but the ones which have survived are quite impressive.
The big event of these time was the flower festival, please see separate post, and website for details.

March, April and May 2013

Sorry for the lack of posting, but it has been a hectic three months, both at church and in our family lives.  Susannah and Jonathan have finished one business ("Bright and Beautiful", a pet supplies shop on Fulwood Road) and opened another, ("S and J's Pantry", a stall in the Sheffield Market, selling Traditional, local, Artisan and Fairly-Traded produce.)  If you would like details of the new venture, look at http://s-and-j-s.blogspot.co.uk
An "edited highlights" of the church's activities will have to do for these three months, or I could never get back up to date.
We struggled with some extremely unseasonal weather,

looked for problems with the drainage in the field,

and started to mow (after the mower had come back from being serviced!)

All the regular activities have continued;

the bible fellowship, the ladies' meeting, Sunday worship, the men's breakfast.

 The supper club started in April, and met in May.  Two church meetings happened, and a coffee morning was held.  A needlework day was organised, a coffee morning and carwash took place on Easter Saturday,

We organised a pie and peas supper in support of St. Luke's Hospice and held a Garden Party on the Bank holiday Monday.

February 2013

February started with the Christening of Jasper, younger brother of Barnaby who was Christened about 18 months ago.  Our pastor Susannah led the service, which was well attended.

 The Bible fellowship met on February 5th when we continued our studies of Amos.  The men's breakfast on the 11th was again poorly attended due to the weather.

Even the crows were grounded!
On the 19th we started out Lent study course.  We are following the CTBI course "This is Our Story"  Journeys of Faith.
The second session was on the 26th.