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"Methodist and United Reformed Church News in Darwen” CHURCH DIRECTORY Working together to learn, live, love and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. BOLTON ROAD Secretary: Nancy Briggs Phone 01254 775053 email [email protected] June and July 2019 CENTRAL: Secretary: Liz Rutherford Tel 01254 774715 Email: [email protected] Room Lettings: Janice Cowell Tel 01254 706379 BOLTON ROAD email:[email protected] NEW CHURCH CENTRAL Stewards: Valerie Gregory Tel 705314 Jean Fish, 8 Calder Ave, Darwen. Tel 773935 Karen Rowley, 2 Lyndhurst Road, Darwen. Tel 07941 881833 NEW CHURCH SPRING VALE Room Lettings: Marion Haslam, 4 Sunnyhurst Close, Darwen Tel: 773633 TRINITY SPRING VALE Stewards: Lilian Nicholson, 660 Bolton Road, Darwen Chris Allan, 2 Sudell Close, Darwen TOCKHOLES Irene Hindle Donna Boothman Julie Jones Room Lettings: David Foster, 4 Derby Close, Darwen Tel 703858 MINISTER email: [email protected] TRINITY, LOWER DARWEN Secretary: George Grime Tel 01254 54305 email: [email protected] Rev Louise Makin 2 Highercroft Road Lower Darwen, BB3 0QR (01254 678858) TOCKHOLES: Secretary: Kathleen Knowles. Tel 01254 706489 email: [email protected] CHURCH NEWS EDITOR Liz Rutherford 68 Barley Bank Street, Darwen Tel 774715 email: [email protected] FORMAL YOUTH ORGANISATIONS Spring Vale: Guides, Brownies, Rainbows; New Church: Brownies, Rainbows PARENT AND TODDLER GROUPS Central Website: www.centralurcdarwen.org.uk Weekday Groups at Central, Spring Vale, Trinity and New Church Methodist Website: www.wpmmethodist.co.uk ENQUIRIES: The Churches welcome all enquiries. For Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals please contact one of the Ministers before any other arrangements are made. Other enquiries may be made through the Ministers, Secretaries or Stewards. 28 1 WORSHIP FOR JUNE BIBLE READINGS SUNDAY 2nd June Bolton Road 10.30am Rev Geoff Tolley JUNE JULY Central 9.30am Rev Geoff Tolley 10.30am Doreen Goodship Mary Irokansi 1 Luke 7.18-30 1 Luke 13.1-9 New Church 10.30am Judith Wilcock 2 John 17.20-end 2 Luke 13.10-21 Spring Vale 10.45am Rev Louise Makin: All Age Worship 3 Luke 7.36-end 3 Luke 13.22-end Trinity 10.30am John East: Communion 4 Luke 8.1-15 4 Luke 14.1-11 Tockholes 2.00pm Doreen Goodship 5 Luke 8.16-25 5 Luke 14.12-24 6 Luke 8. 26-39 6 Luke 14.25-end PENTECOST SUNDAY 9th June 7 Luke 8. 40-end 7 Galatians 6.1-16 Bolton Road 10.30am John East 8 Luke 9.1-17 8 Luke 15.1-10 Central 10.30am Rev Geoff Tolley: Communion Margaret Williams 9 John 14.8-27 9 Luke 15.11-end New Church 9.30am Rev Louise Makin: All Age Worship 10 Luke 9.18-27 10 Luke 16.1-18 Spring Vale 11.00am Rev Louise Makin 11 Luke 9.28-36 11 Luke 16.19-end Trinity 10.30am Colin Garley 12 Luke 9.37-50 12 Luke 17.1-10 Tockholes 2.00pm Yemi Ajibola 13 Luke 9.51-end 13 Luke 17.11-19 SUNDAY 16th JUNE 14 Luke 10.1-16 14 Colossians 1.1-14 Bolton Road 10.30am Ken Fish 15 Luke 10.17-24 15 Luke 17.20-end Central 10.30am John East David Yates 16 John 16.12-15 16 Luke 18.1-14 17 Luke 10.25-37 17 Luke 18.15-30 New Church 10.30am Kath Hodkinson 18 Luke 10.38-end 18 Luke 18.31-end Spring Vale 10.45am June Littlemore 19 Luke 11.1-13 19 Luke 19.1-10 Trinity 10.30am Barbara Dickinson 20 Luke 11.14-28 20 Luke 19.11-27 21 Luke 11.29-36 21 Colossians 1.15-28 Tockholes 2.00pm John East 22 Luke 11 37-end 22 Luke 19.28-40 SUNDAY 23rd JUNE 23 Galatians 3.23-end 23 Luke 19.41-end Bolton Road 10.30am Barbara Duxbury 24 Luke12.1-12 24 Luke 20.1-8 Central 10.30am Yemi Ajibola Margaret East 25 Luke 12.13-21 25 Luke 20. 9-19 New Church 10.30am Rev Louise Makin: Communion 26 Luke 12.22-31 26 Luke 20.20-26 Spring Vale 10.45am Rev Jim Henderson 27 Luke12.32-40 27 Luke 20.27-40 Trinity 10.30am Colin Garley 28 Luke12.41-48 28 Colossians 2.6-19 29 Luke 12.49-end 29 Luke 20.41-21.4 Tockholes 2.00pm Barbara Duxbury 30 Galatians 5.1,13-25 30 Luke 21.5-19 SUNDAY 30th JUNE 31 Luke 21.20-28 Bolton Road 10.30am Rev Geoff Tolley Central 10.30am Barbara Duxbury Beryl Shaw New Church 10.30am Rev Christine Leech Answer to last Word Search— Bartholomew Spring Vale 10.45am David Farnworth Trinity 10.30am Rev Lena Talbot Deadline for August/September magazine—Sunday 21st July Tockholes 2.00pm Ian Smith: Anniversary 2 27 GROUPS AT NEW CHURCH WORSHIP FOR JULY Sunday 10.30 am Sunday Service with Junior Church SUNDAY 7th JULY 2nd Sunday in month All Age Worship Bolton Road 10.30am Doreen Goodship: Communion Monday 10 am to 12 noon Stroke Association Choir 1st Monday each month Central 9.30am Rev Geoff Tolley Monday Rainbows 10.30am Simon Baker Eileen Pye Monday Brownies New Church 10.30am Jim Proctor Tuesday 10.30 am to 11.30 am Tai Chi classes Spring Vale 10.45am Simon Huggill: All Age Worship Tuesday 7.00 pm Unity Choir Trinity 10.30am John East: Baptism Wednesday 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm Trefoil Guild (once a month) Tockholes 2.00pm John East Wednesday 5.00pm to 7.00 pm Weight Watchers SUNDAY 14th JULY Thursday 9.00 am to 11.00 am Weight Watchers Bolton Road 10.30am David Foster Thursday 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm Home Group Central 10.30am Barbara Duxbury Janet Goodship Friday 9.30 am to 11 am Stay & Play—parents/carers, babies and toddlers. New Church 10.30am Local Arrangement Friday 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm West Pennine Slings Group for parents/carers, Spring Vale 10.45am Rev Louise Makin:Communion babies & toddlers (for parents/carers wishing to know more about baby carriers and slings) Trinity 10.30am Yemi Ajobola Friday 1.00 pm—3.00 pm All-Age Drop-In Group Tockholes 2.00pm Rev Daleen ten Cate Saturday 8.00 am to 10 am Weight Watchers SUNDAY 21st JULY Saturday 10.00 am to 3.30 pm Darwen Textile Group 2nd Sat each month Bolton Road 10.30am John Bidwell GROUPS AT SPRING VALE Central 10.30am Rev Geoff Tolley Bill Chynoweth Sunday 10.45 am Sunday Service New Church 10.30am Rev Louise Makin:Communion Monday 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm Rothwell Arts (dancing) Spring Vale 10.45am Peter Wray Tuesday 10.00 am to 11.00 am Adventure Babies (0-12 months) Trinity 10.30am Colin Garley Tuesday 11.00 am to 12 noon Adventure Babies (6-24 months) Tockholes 2.00pm CLOSED Tuesday 5.45 pm to 7.00 pm Rainbows SUNDAY 28th JULY Wednesday 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm Brownies Bolton Road 10.30am CLOSED—at Spring Vale Wednesday 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm Guides Central 10.30am Ken Fish Alizon Elliott Thursday 10.30 am to 12 noon Stay and Play—Parents/Carers and Toddler Group New Church 10.30am Debra Phillips Thursday 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm Rothwell Arts (dancing) Spring Vale 10.45am Kath Hodkinson Friday 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm Walk this Way Choir Trinity 10.30am Rev Lena Talbot Saturday 9.00 am to 12 noon Starlight Kids Dance and Stage School Tockholes 2.00pm CLOSED Saturday 10.00 am to 2.30 pm Rothwell Arts (dancing) 26 3 Minister’s letter Central Flower Rota June 2nd Margaret Turner Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire 9th ‘Memories of Mum and Dad’ Annette and Ruth uttered or unexpressed 16th Harry and Barbara Duxbury 23rd ‘Remembering Alex’s birthday’ Irene Gordon The words of a hymn and a truer word has never been spoken, when we 30th Edith Tolley read names of people who are sick on a Sunday. It is not just letting us July 7th ‘In memory of G E Yates’ the family know they are ill etc but to remember them in private prayer. Prayer has 14th ‘In memory of Clifford and Marjorie Sharples’ the family been part of my life more this year than ever before; my wife Edith is not 21st ‘In memory’ Margaret Williams well, my daughter has had a major brain operation and of course my own 28th David and Jean Yates problems (plus our dog Carrots who has also been unwell (!!!!). Central Coffee Rota It is interesting to note that during his life on earth Jesus prayed before June every event; in addition, using the complete prayer which we know as the 2nd Dorothy Yates, Mavis Aspinall. Lord’s Prayer. Some of you remember the Rev Arthur Climpson who 9th Beryl Shaw, Karen Narramore. passed away some time ago. When I came to Darwen in 1986 I had Ar- 16th Kathleen Knowles, Doreen Bannister, Margaret Burns. thur as a student in his final year of training. When he was at Mevaggis- 23rd Janice Cowell, Elsa Peacock. 30th Barbara Duxbury, Liz Rutherford, Margaret East. sey he became very ill, so Edith and I visited him in hospital and at home. One Christmas Eve sometime later, he rang me at 8 p.m. on Christmas July Eve and said he wanted a coffee in Darwen.