District News – 2 January 2025

This Week's News

Sad news

We were extremely sorry to learn of the death of Revd Louise Carr, superintendent of the Barnsley Circuit., in the early hours of 23 December after a short illness. We hold all who knew and loved her in our prayers, especially her siblings Sarah and Jonathan.
Louise's funeral will take place at Hoyland and Birdwell Methodist Chapel on Monday 3rd February 2025 at 12 noon then at Barnsley Crematorium at 1.30 pm.

Chaplaincy Gathering

Sunday 9 February 2025 – 1pm

We are holding another gathering for chaplains within the Sheffield District.

Whether you're in a paid or voluntary role, we invite you to join us for a time of networking and sharing.
This is also a time to thank all our chaplains for their hard and valuable work and will take place on Sunday 9 February from 1pm at Central Methodist Church, Aston. We will be joined by Carolyn Godfrey, the Vice-President of the Methodist Conference.
To help with catering, if you are planning to attend this, please fill in this online form by Friday 31 January.

Cliff Festival 2025:

24-27 May at Cliff College in Derbyshire

We're looking forward to gathering at Cliff Festival 2025 for a weekend of worship, learning, prayer and fellowship.
This year our Bible studies will be taught by Ben Pugh, and we're excited to welcome evening preachers including Andy Fyall, James Alaradin and Rachael Heffer.
Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more – and, as always, entry to Cliff Festival is free for under-18s.
Read more on the Cliff College website.

Urban Theology Union

Save the Date!

Faith in the City 40th Anniversary Event in Sheffield
Saturday, 12 July 2025 10am – 4pm
More details will follow in due course.

and finally ...

A prayer of praise to God

Almighty God,
Author and perfector of our lives,
you are God of all creation;
the moon and the stars sing your praises,
the rich and the poor revere you equally,
the joyous and the grief-stricken seek you equally,
the peace-lover and the warmonger look to you for strength for you are God!
You saved the world even before we knew we needed saving.
You provided for our needs even before we were aware of our nakedness.
Your grace amazes us,
your love fulfils us,
your forgiving presence instils hope and our suffering is eased.
Thank you for filling us with your vision.
Thank you for imbuing your wisdom upon us,
Almighty Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Receive our worship, hear our prayer;
for you are God. Amen!
Jongikaya Zihle, District Chair, London District