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The Weekly Notice Sheet is handed out on Sundays, with news of what is happening at The Square. You can read the latest notice sheet here, and previous sheets can be found in our archive. |
Worship at The SquareFollowing our long period of closure due to Covid, we have now re-opened the church buildings for worship, and most of our services are now conducted live in church. Most of these are now also live streamed on YouTube, so you can join in online if you can't make it in person. See our Worship This Week page for up to date information. On that page, you can also find resources to help you in your worship at home, if that is your choice. In view of the increasing risk from the Omicron variant of Covid, we must ask you to wear masks throughout services held in church, and recommend taking a lateral flow test beforehand. | Worship ElsewhereOther Opportunities for online worship in South Bedfordshire Circuit are listed on our Worship This Week page. Contact Catherine Roots at catherine.roots1@ntlworld.com
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Square Groups
| Armchair Exercise Group |
| Please note that the Armchair Exercise Group will not be meeting until further notice |
Sleeping Beauty | Rescheduled to February | Come and witness the Square Drama Circle's pantomime for this season. Sure to have you rolling in the aisles! | |
| Tuesday, 25th January Church Parlour | Alternating with Fill The Gap, Meeting Point meets in the Church Parlour on alternate Tuesdays. Contact Lisa Foster, stewards@squaremethodist.org or call 01582 757983 | |
| Priory Housegroup | Tuesday, 25th January Zoom | Debate on whether animals should be used for
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| Project WW | Saturday, 29th January Church Halls | A coffee morning in support of Project WW, Please come and help if you can, or donate a few cakes or similar. And if you'd like to come along and buy them back, while having a good old chin-wag, then you'd be most welcome! |
| Tuesday, 1st February Zoom | Alternating with Meeting Point, Fill the Gap meets in fellowship in a 40-minute Zoom meeting. Contact Lisa Foster, stewards@squaremethodist.org or call 01582 757983 | |
| Thursday, 3rd February Church Parlour | Mrs Lorraine Law from Aley Green church Homemade Pickles and Jams | |
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| Thursday, 17th February Church Parlour | Geoff Lambert
Medical Detection Dogs | |
| Sleeping Beauty | Note these revised dates Thursday 24th February Friday 25th February Saturday 26th February Church Hall | Come and witness the Square Drama Circle's pantomime for this season. Sure to have you rolling in the aisles! Adult £7 Box office (01582) 527128 |
| Thursday, 3rd March Church Parlour | Liz Hughes Airport Chaplain | |
| Thursday, 17th March Church Parlour | John Pickersgill Magistrate | |
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Other Square Events
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External Events
| Sunday Evening service via Zoom | First and third Sunday of each month | Trinity Methodist Church are holding evening services twice a month at 6pm via Zoom. The initial trial period has now been extended until at least September 2021. All are invited to join us. Contact Catherine Roots at catherine.roots1@ntlworld.com |
| Positive Working Together: Growing through change and conflict | Monday 24th January Zoom | A one-day workshop to consider how conflict works in ourselves and in our church community, and develop some simple tools to transform situations of tension, conflict and change. Please only book one day by clicking the appropriate date on the left. For more information, contact Graham Jones: |
| District Discussions | Wednesday 26th January | January theme is Christmas - as in what did you do as a church? An opportunity to come together to share and learn from one another, on zoom for an hour. Wednesday 26th January 2022 at 7.30pm Registration is required using this link District Discussions in February will be about small groups and March, Memory Worship. More details to follow in the new year on both of those. |
| High Town Methodist Church, or Zoom | Saturday, 29th January | Leading Local Arrangements Worship Workshop • Do you struggle when it says LA on the plan? All these questions and more! Come and gain a greater understanding of how to craft an act of worship, be introduced to resources and share with others in discussion and planning Contact Jenny Spouge to book your place jenny.spouge@methodist.org.uk or 01582 659035 |
| Training Course: | Saturday, 29th January Toddington Methodist Church | This is a reminder that the first of our face-to-face Foundation Creating Safer Space Training Courses is taking place at 1.00pm on Saturday 29 January at Toddington Methodist Church. There are still plenty of places available on this training course. Places can be booked via Eventbrite, or you can contact me directly at office@southbedsmethodist.org. |
| Leadership Essentials | Wednesdays Zoom | A short, 4-session online course if you are:
Topics covered:
With Lorraine Darlow, Jon White, James Pickin and Nigel Pimlott Click here to book and for more information |
| Speaking Truth: Voices of Survivors of childhood abuse webinar series | Wed 23rd February | In Webinar 2 - The Church’s Response to Survivors: From Stumbling Block to Stepping Stone, we will be introduced to a consideration of the theology of safeguarding and how erroneous interpretations of scripture have been used to justify suffering or to force survivors to forgive. We will learn how childhood abuse affects future faith and the survivor’s understanding of God and church. We will look at aspects of traditional church, including language, which can be harmful to survivors. We will hear from survivors about their experiences, including alternative modes of church which they have found helpful. We will look at the Methodist Church’s work, both to make our churches safer spaces and to respond better to survivors of abuse within our congregations. |
Forward Planning (more than a month away)
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