Flower Festival 2009

Our annual flower festival was held on 4th and 5th July. The church was open to view the exhibits all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Light refreshments were available, and strawberry teas were served both afternoons.
The theme of the event was "Women of the bible" and displays were inspired by:

Eve:

Ruth;

The widow's oil;

Mary and Martha;

Lydia;

Dorcas;

The widow's offering;

The woman at the well;

June 2009

Oue midweek group continued to study women from the bible and the Ladies group met to hold an event in aid of Martin House hospice. At this event, the 50th birthday of our pastor Susannah was celebrated.
On June 21st we held a family service to celebrate Fathers' Day. Jonathan led the service and everyone went home with a "Book of Fathers" which contained pictures of fathers as diverse as Homer Simpson, Father Ted and Tony Blair.
The Supper club was held on June 25th and was very successful. The menu was; melon medley, home boiled ham salad followed by table cream with poached pears. The speaker was Louise Yaull, a church army captain.

May 2009

Our fellowship bible study meetings have continued tolook at women from the bible, this months' were Dorcas and Mary and Martha. Severalof our members entered the Sheffield Christian Education Council Arts and Crafts competition and achieved high placings. The Hallam Art group held a sketching day in readiness for the art exhibition later in the year, and despite the weather, enjoyed the day. Another such day is planned for later on.
The Pet Service was on Sunday May 17th, an extremely wet day. This meant that the service was held inside. A number of dogs accompanied the ferrets in the church and the horse stood at the door,unfortunately she could not be persuaded to enter.
The supper club met on Thursday May 28th. The speaker was from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service, and a donation from church funds was added to the collection taken up at the supper. £350-00 was sent in total.

Spring 2009

Following Easter, we have been very busy. Sunday April 19th was the first of our afternoon services. This was a "Cafe Church" on the theme of "Light". Appropriately titled "The Light Bite", a variety of activities were used to focus our attention on the imagery of light in the Scriptures.

Refreshments were available throughout and Susannah, our pastor, brought the afternoon to a conclusion.
Our midweek bible fellowship reverted to twice monthly now lent is over and we resumed our study ofWomen in the Bible.
On Thursday the 23rd of April, the first in our summer season of Supper Clubs took place. The menu was: Mock Crab and melba toast, Chicken Fricassee with seasonable vegetables, followed by Rhubarb sponge and custard. Tea, coffee and after dinner mints followed and then Sam Bown spoke to us.

Easter 2009

Our celebrations of Easter started at 8-00a.m. on Friday April 10th with our circuit service at St.Mary's Wesleyan Reform Church where Carole Parkinson led worship and holy communion for Good Friday.

Laterin the day, our pastor, Jonathan, led worship at 7-30p.m. at Mayfield. His text was the curtain in the temple being torn in two from top to bottom. The service concluded with a celebration of holy communion.

Saturday was oneof our coffee mornings, which was well attended. Jackie had done a lovely job of preparing the room for this event, and providing a table of activities for any children who came.

Easter Sunday started early when our pastor, Susannah, led 8-00 a.m. worship. Her theme was the walk to Emmaus and being recognised by our actions. The service concluded with a celebration of holy communion. Following the service, we ate breakfast in the back room. David and Elaine did a great job of preparing bacon and eggs for us all.

After the breakfast (and the clearing up!) Brian Kay led our morning worship at 10-30 a.m. and spoke on Matthew's account of the resurrection

Approach to Easter 2009

On Saturday April 4th we were visited by the Curbar and District United Churches Choir. They came to provide us with a presentation in words and music entitled "The Story of the Cross". The programme included readings, congregational items, solos and choral items. It was a memorable evening, and thanks are due to all members of the choir for their efforts. The retiring collection raised the sum of £80-00 for W.O.R.K. Ltd on Ringinglow Road.

Early 2009

As might be expected, since Christmas has been a relatively quiet time for us. The new year started with our annual covenant service led by our pastor Susannah.
The first coffee morning of the year was on January 17th and was exceptionally well attended, we ran out of cups!
At our church a.g.m. on January 22nd we decided on a number of activities for the coming year, details are on our website, on the "Events 2009" page. Follow the link on the left of the blog if you are interested. As the year progresses there will be others added.
The church party on January 31st was a great success when we invited the preachers from the previous year to join with us. Our carol quiz where people were invited to identify carols from a line in the text caused some head scratching.
The next coffee morning was on February 21st. Our bible fellowship meeting has started a Lent course. This year we are following a course from the Leprosy Mission "God's upside down world" For details see the website.
On March 1st, Mr Dave Tuckett led our annual Tear Fund Service, where we were encouraged to support and pray for the work of Tear Fund. Our offering was sent to Tear Fund and after the service we met for a simple meal in the back room.
Our heating has been giving us some trouble this month, but we hope that we have sourced the (obsolete) parts which we require and should be back to normal soon.