News from the Square

News from Beyond

Below, you will find news items concerning the Square Methodist Church, and the groups that are associated with it.

Items are arranged in date-received order, newest first, so once you reach something you have already seen, you can stop reading!

Below, you will find news items received from external organisations, that may be of interest.

Items are arranged in date-received order, newest first, so once you reach something you have already seen, you can stop reading!

26 July: Circuit Farewell Service

in thanksgiving for the ministry of Karen Noble and Deacon Jacqueline Esama-John held in Zoom on Sunday 26 July 2020. Held via Zoom, and available here on YouTube.

24 April: Gift Aid Update

Steve Cantellow has provided this update on our current financial position with respect to Gift Aid, which you can see here (pdf).

31 March: Financial report following closure of "The Square Methodist Church"

Steve Cantellow has assessed the financial position of the church in view of the current closure, and his report is here.

18 March: Conservation Notice

The Methodist Church wishes to install window protection. The required notice is published here.

5 March: Help Needed with after-service drinks

The stewards team would appreciate your help to trial a new system to volunteer for providing drinks after the service on appropriate Sundays (not Communion or Cafe Worship). 

It will work in a similar way to the signup sheet used for Cafe Worship. A clipboard will live in the kitchenette and be put out on the serving table whenever drinks are served for you to sign up. 

Maybe you could help once a month or every other month? If you have not helped with this before but would like to be involved, please speak to one of the stewards - or someone serving - and we can make sure you are paired up with someone who knows how things work and where everything is.
Thanking you in anticipation!

27 February: Envelope Scheme

There will be minor changes to the envelope scheme for the new tax year from 6 April. Please see the Church Notice sheet for details.

27 February: "Square Methodist Dunstable" Facebook Group

A new private Facebook Group has been established, with the aim of improving communication among church members. Please see the Church Notice sheet for full details.

Wednesday, 29 January, 2020: Room Bookings online

Experimentally, we now have the current schedule of room bookings on the website. So you can now check for availability of a room, before you start planning your event. Find this by going through the menu items Your Event, then Rooms Booked.

Wednesday 8 January, 2020: New Webmaster

We have a new Webmaster (Nick Porter), to update and maintain our website. You can contact him through his entry on our Contact page. Please let him know of any errors in the current content of the website, and also if you have any ideas for ways we could improve it.

Received 29 April

An opportunity to contribute to a survey on theological reflection in youth work. Click here for more details.

Received 24 April

Youth and Children's Worker
This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing team at Christchurch Hitchin; a large Methodist and United Reformed Church. We are looking for a passionate leader to take a key role in our mission of Christchurch who would have responsibility for the work done with 5-25 year olds.
Closing date: Sunday 17th May 2020
Application pack and Information available from: admin@christchurchhitchin.org.uk

Received 27 February

"A Response to Grace" by Stephen Poxon

A collection of reflections, songs and poems for devotional use. £5 plus £1.60 postage & packing (10% of all income to be donated to the Training College of The Salvation Army in Sri Lanka). Orders welcome on sjp65@outlook.com Or (01727) 855948

Received 26 February

Fish & Ships

Paul Jarrett MBE is available to speak to community groups, clubs and churches, with details about the fishing industry and some of the ports where he lived and worked, and the interesting and amusing sides of life with remarkable communities. Click here for more information.

Received 13 February

Help Requested

After School Drop-in club at St John's Methodist Church

Received 11 February

Job Opportunity
Part time Youth and Childrens Worker, High Street Methodist Church, Stevenage
email Graham