Weekly Newsletter
LINNETTS LANE
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SUPERINTENDENT MINISTER: REV. RUTH CHARLESWORTH
TEL. NO: 01933 312778 & EMAIL: SUPERINTENDENT@NVM.ORG.UK
For Hire enquiries please contact HopeMethodistbookings@gmail.com.
Senior Steward: Tony Packham T. No. 411145 – mobile number 077 87 174 112
Web address: hope-methodist.church
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Service Sunday 20th 10.30 am: Sue Deacon – Harvest Service
Fresh produce will be taken to the Shrubbery Residential Home while tins and packets will supplement our weekly contribution to the Rushden Food Bank.
Please give generously remembering that ’God loves a cheerful giver’
thank you – Tony, Senior Steward.
(Please ensure your mobile is on silent or vibrate – thank you)
Monday 21st
1.00– 4.00 pm: Higham Piece Makers C/G*
Tuesday 22nd
10.00 – 11.45 am: Higham Ferrers Learning Group C/G*
2.30 -5.00 pm: Private Hire
7.00 – 8.00 pm: Pilates C/G*
Wednesday 23rd
9.45 am: Keep Fit
5.30 – 6.30 pm: Move with Mecia C/G*
7.00 – 9.00 pm: Higham Ferrers Gateway Group C/G*
7.00 – 9.00 pm: Higham Piece Makers C/G*
Thursday 24th
9.30 am: Zoom Pause for Prayer
(link – Meeting ID: 847 0073 1740 – Passcode: 189679)
10.30 – 11.30 am: Coffee Morning
11.30 – 12.15 pm: Fitness Group C/G*
6.00 – 7.30 pm: Girls’ Brigade
Friday 25th
12.30 pm: Friday Lunches
7.30 – 9.30 pm: Ballroom Dance Class C/G*
Saturday 26th
10.00 – 11.30 am: Coffee Morning
Service Sunday 27th 10.30 am: Rev. Ruth Charlesworth celebrating Holy Communion
and later in September:
Wednesday 30th 2.00 pm: Community Cinema showing ‘Hunt for Wilderpeople’
HOPE METHODIST CHURCH DRAFT PROPOSAL, SEPTEMBER 2026
Draft proposal for Church Council, supported by the Hope Leadership Team and the Church Stewards.
‘To pause fund raising for Redevelopment Phase 2, the first-floor upstairs space’
In order to launch an appeal for funds, there needs to be a determined group of members to apply to charities and other organisations with funds available for such project as Phase 2. Efforts to attract such people to come forward have not been successful.
It is proposed therefore that there should be a pause in raising money for redevelopment through events and coffee mornings and that the money raised at such occasions be sent to support other needy causes and charities. This will result in there being more scope for Mission work at Hope.
Individuals will still be able to make their contributions towards Phase 2 upstairs but money from events would be used for more mission work than at present, until such time as a group comes forward and is appointed to raise funds for Phase 2.
This matter is being included in the Weekly News Sheet in order to give members an opportunity to share their views with one of the Stewards before the October Church Council meeting takes place.
Nepal Flood Appeal
Thank you very much for all the donations towards the Nepal Flood Appeal. We collected £515.00 from the congregation and the proceeds from the charity coffee morning on Saturday.
Faithful Lord, we thank You for the fruit of the earth and the work of many hands. You have blessed fields, homes, and communities in ways seen and unseen. Help us never to take these gifts for granted. May gratitude shape our words and actions each day, in Jesus’ name we pray – Amen.
Please remember in prayer our friends in Hospital, Care Homes, those recovering from medical problems at home and those living alone.
Pastoral Care – if anyone is ill from our congregation, please tell our Pastoral Secretary, Janet: 356501, so that their pastoral friend may be informed. If anyone is in hospital or bereaved or needs to speak to a Minister, please contact Rev. Ruth and thanks to all who are exercising pastoral care to members and community. Hope is a sight loss friendly church.
The Thursday Group – If you know anyone from this Group who would like a card or a phone call,
please contact either Stephanie: 07 563 353 869, Chris Chettle: 317847, or Evelyn: 410586.
The Zoom codes for accessing the Sunday services are:
Meeting ID: 882 6556 3785 and the passcode is: 523927
Services live streamed from Hope – you will be greeted by a team member when you log in from 10.15 am. Just before 10.30 am, the camera view will change, and you will need to go onto mute to allow the sound to be the best quality possible.
PAUSE FOR PRAYER
Up to 10 people meet online for prayer every Thursday at 9.30 am for the Pause for Prayer meeting. We share together as we read a couple of hymns, listen to a ‘thought’ as well as pray, either silently or out loud; no one has to speak. Confidentiality is respected as we bring before God the various concerns and thanksgivings linked to a wide range of issues, from personal to global. Please join us, if you wish, for one or more visits. Zoom Link: Meeting ID: 847 0073 1740 – Passcode: 189679
If anyone has a concern, they wish to have included, please write on a bird and hang it on the prayer tree or else contact a member of the group.
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(C/G = Community Group
L A T E S T N E W S
At the Easter Sunday Service on 5th April – members of the congregation brought small bunches of flowers from home and decorated the cross
Many toys were brought to the Toy Service for eventual distribution by Mother Christmas and her many helpers to disadvantaged children in the area.
During the Service on Sunday 13th July 2025 the Girls’ Brigade celebrated the end of their year by showing slides of events they’d enjoyed during the year. They also awarded Fiona with her ’10 year Service Award’ and passed the ‘Grace Moore’ Cup to Kiara for being the overall best helper and the reason for being in the Girls’ Brigade – ‘because I enjoy everything about Girls’ Brigade’.
On Easter Sunday the cross was decorated by the congregation with flowers brought from home –
The following is a short video of our Worship and Community Room
Several members of the congregation either knitted or crocheted poppies and they have been made into banners:
On 12th May 2024 The Girls’ Brigade celebrated their 110th Anniversary Celebration Service with Rev. Nick Sissons leading worship
followed by refreshments and a celebration cake
The following Certificate has been awarded for Hope being an Eco Friendly Church
