Framework Coffee Morning

Framework Coffee Morning

This Saturday at 10am
In the Burton Joyce Community Church hall

Please come and support the Framework Christmas Challenge

Saturday 15th December 2018
Community Church hall
10am - 12 noon

Cakes, coffee, stalls - all the usual things!
 

Carols by Candlelight at BJCC

Carols by Candlelight at BJCC

Don't forget! This Sunday!
4.30pm

Our carol service at Burton Joyce Community Church this year is at 4.30pm on Sunday afternoon. Arrive early. Space is limited. But it is always good to have a crowd.

There will be a collection in support of charities for the homeless in Nottingham.

This Sunday, 16th December 2018
Burton Joyce Community Church
Carols by Candlelight
4.30pm 
 

Carol Singing

Carol Singing

Carol singing in Burton Joyce
This Thursday!

A group from local churches will be singing carols round the village on Thursday evening this week. So, if you see them or hear them, do stop and join in. The more the merrier! Meet outside the charity shops in the centre of the village at 5.45pm on Thursday 13th December with first stop at Westwolds and then ... well, other places around the village.
 

Nativity at BJCC

Nativity at BJCC

It's up! Our new nativity scene is up and in position above the main entrance to the church on the corner of Meadow Lane and Main Street opposite the BJ Chip Shop and opposite the Post Office. And there are more nativity sets inside the church for you to look at when you visit the Christmas Tree Festival this weekend.

Come on in! The church is open on Saturday and on Sunday from 4pm.
And at 4.30pm on Sunday, we have Carols by Candlelight.

Come in to look at the christmas trees or come and sing carols, or both. 
You will be very welcome. 

Many different societies and organisations and village institutions have decorated a tree for the Festival. At last count I think it was fourteen. Or perhaps fifteen. There are trees from the BJ Library, Brownies and Guides, Womens Institute, drama, choir, flower arranging, village lunches - Oh help! Now I'm going to get into trouble because I've missed someone out. You can come and count them and check who is there. But no one is missed out because we have a Village Tree for everyone who hasn't got a tree of their own.

And there is a Memory Tree where you can write a label to tie on the tree (It's the white one) for someone or something you want to remember this Christmas. 

Christmas Trees & Carols ... and libraries?

Christmas Trees & Carols ... & libraries?

Saturday 1st December & Sunday 2nd December
Burton Joyce Community Church
For the homeless in Nottingham/shire

The opening weekend of the Christmas Tree Festival at the Community Church was an outstanding success. Loads of people from the village came into the church after the village Christmas lights event on Saturday evening. Well done to everyone involved especial all of you good people who set up a tree and decorated it. The lights sparkled and glowed and the sense of community was palpable. 

A special mention for the Library tree and its attendant who was doing brisk business on Saturday afternoon encouraging visitors to make use of the library if they didn't already do so. More strength to the village library, that's what I say!! We need these village institutions to thrive so that everyone in the community can feel that they have a place where they belong. Keep borrowing those books!

(By the way, look at all this stuff with the library:

• Notts help yourself
• Fun for kids
• Events & groups

... and there's a book group, I think. And a jigsaw out on the table you can help with.)

Sunday, there was a good turn out for the informal Carol sing-in in the Community Church hall. In fact, there were so many people that extra tables and chairs had to be found and we ran out of scones. (Did I mention the scones?)

 Next weekend, let's see if we can make it as good. 

Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th December
Burton Joyce Community Church
Christmas Tree Festival
Everyone welcome. Entry free
Open both days from 4pm
Come along & join in!
All gifts and donations will go to Framework or The Friary
Your generosity may give someone a bed this Christmas or even save a life

It's Coming!

It's coming!

It's almost here!

The BJCC Christmas Tree Festival!

• It's FREE!
• From Saturday 1st December at 4pm
• Then every Saturday and Sunday from 4-7pm
• And every Friday morning from 10-12 noon during Coffee Pop-ins
• In support of the homelessness charities in Nottingham

 

See what else is happening:

 

Christmas Tree Festival

Christmas Tree Festival @ BJ Community Church

Saturdays & Sundays from December 1st, 4-7pm

Preparations are in full swing for the Christmas Tree Festival in the church next month. A wide range of local organisations are each sponsoring a tree. We will be open for the first public viewing at 4pm on Saturday 1st December, after the school Christmas fair and the village lights switch on. Pop in and have a look.

The trees will also be on view at various other times if you want to pop in: for example, on Friday mornings 10am-12 noon during the Friday coffee morning, on Saturday morning December 15th for the Framework coffee morning and during Sunday services, e.g. on Sunday morning December 23rd 10-12.30.

So far, I understand, seven different groups have signed up with a further five pending. And there will be a Memory Tree and a Village Tree. Should I tell you who all the different groups are? No. I think not. You'll have to wait until the doors open on December 1st - unless of course you are a member of one of the groups!

It's going to be great

Trees - check
Lights - check
Decorations - check
More lights - check

Ready
Go

Coffee mornings

Coffee mornings

Life is all about a good cup of coffee. So put these dates in your diary now.

Friday 28th September 2018
Macmillan Coffee Morning
a special coffee pop-ins  

Saturday 15th December 2018
Framework Coffee Morning 
10 - 12 noon
including ... Raffle, 'Make me an offer', Cakes & coffee &cakes, etc. etc.
All proceeds in support of the Framework homeless charity

Christmas preparations

Christmas preparations

The latest update of the Christmas scedule is below.
Keep up to date with developments on the Through the Year page.

ADVENT & CHRISTMAS
Sunday services are at 10.30am unless otherwise stated

Saturday 1st December 2018
2pm Community Church stall at School Christmas Fair
4pm Church open for the start of the Christmas Tree Festival
(details to be confirmed)

Sunday 2nd December 2018
Advent Sunday service at 10.30 am
Tea & scones with carols at 3 pm

Saturday 15th December 2018
Framework Coffee Morning 
10 - 12 noon
including ... Raffle, 'Make me an offer', Cakes & coffee &cakes, etc. etc.
All proceeds in support of the Framework homeless charity

Sunday 16th December 2018
Carols by Candlelight at 4.30 pm  
Note: There will be no morning service on Sunday 16th December

Saturday 22nd December 2018
Carols round the crib at 4.30 pm
Churches Together followed by refreshments in the Community Church
(details to be confirmed)

Christmas Day
Tuesday 25th December 2018
A short service of celebration at 9.30 am

Harvest at BJCC

Harvest at BJCC

It's harvest time.

Well, it is and it isn't. Out there, in the fields around Burton Joyce, the combines have been at work. What with the exceptionally dry weather and everything, wheat and barley have been cut even earlier than usual this year. The harvest started in July.

However, in the church here at BJCC, our harvest festival is scheduled for October:

Harvest Festival: Sunday 14th October 2018
Sunday worship with a hot lunch after the service

 Are we out of step? 

By October, the harvest will have been well and truly gathered in: apples, plums and pears as well as the cereal crops like wheat and barley and maize. You can check out our Harvest Festival and other events on the Throughout the year page.

We have this poster outside our church this week:

 
Anyway, what does harvest mean anymore in our urban, post-industrial, 24 hour society? 

The Wikipedia entry on harvest contains a reminder that crops can fail. Historically, and even today Geographically, crop failure has meant (means) famine and starvation. Even in our 24 hour, post-industrial, urban society, we are still dependent on the harvest, even if we prefer to pretend that we are beyond all that. Harvest, wherever it takes place, and the subsequent arrangements for the distribution of the crops, underpin our daily or weekly visit to the supermarket. 

Of course, some people, many people, do not enjoy the privileges we have. They do not have what we call 'food security'. Often, they go without. Often, children go hungry. That is why, as a church at BJCC, we support charities like the local Foodbank and Christian Aid.

We have good reason to be thankful: thankful that the crops grow, thankful for (to) the people who plant, watch and gather them in, thankful that someone transports the crops to us, thankful that someone works in our local store. There is so much to be thankful for.

But this year, more than ever, we have been reminded to be thankful for the rain, and the sun, and the good earth without which we would starve.

And remember, Harvest Festival is on Sunday October 14th. See you there!



Footnote:
Here's a relevant blogpost about looking after the soil from the Easton Estate near Stamford in Lincolnshire. And here's a link to Friends of the Earth if you want to learn more about how we can look after the earth.




 

Christmas at BJCC

Christmas at BJCC

I know it is early to be thinking about Christmas but we are preparing a special series of events and services for Advent and the Christmas period at Burton Joyce Community Church to which you are very welcome. 

You can check for any further developments on the Through the Year page of this website.


 
School Fair & Village Christmas Lights
Saturday 1st December 2018
Church stall at School Fair
Church open: Christmas trees and Nativity sets
(details to be confirmed)
 

Advent Sunday Carol Service
Sunday 2nd December 2018, 10.30 am

Tea & scones with carols
Sunday 2nd December, 3 pm


Framework Coffee Morning 
Friday 14th December 2018, 10 - 12 noon
Raffle, 'Make me an offer' stall, Cake stall + coffee and cakes
All proceeds in support of the Framework homeless charity

Village Carols by Candlelight
Sunday 16th December 2018, 4.30 pm  
Note: There will be no morning service on Sunday 16th December

Carols round the crib 
Saturday 22nd December 2018, 4.30 pm
Churches Together event (refreshments at BJCC)

Christmas Day
Tuesday 25th December 2018, 9.30 am
A short service of celebration

Plant sale

Christian Aid Coffee Morning

Plant Sale

Don't forget the plant sale at the Christian Aid Coffee Morning this Saturday morning

Place: Burton Joyce Community Church hall on Meadow Lane

Time: 10 - 12

Opportunity: buy plants, drink coffee, eat cake, chat with your friends

Plants on sale include:

• tomato
• courgette
• squash
• pumpkin
• cucumber
• peppers
• brassica
• african marigold
• rudbeckia
• snapdragon

Everything must go!

Burton Joyce Churches Together supporting Christian Aid  #StandTogether

Sunday Services for May 2018

Sunday Services for May 2018

All services are at 10.30 am

April 29th    Communion with Rev Louise Gee

May 6th       URC lay preacher Miss Kathleen Pass

May 13th     United Service at St Helen's: Christian Aid Sunday

May 20th    Communion with Rev Louise Gee

May 27th     Methodist Local Preacher Mr Ian Clarke

Plant sale & coffee morning

Christian Aid 

Plant Sale & Coffee Morning

Saturday May 12th 2018

Come along on Saturday May 12th to a plant sale and coffee morning for Christian Aid in the Community Hall, Burton Joyce Community Church on the corner of Meadow Lane

We hope to have a selection of flower and vegetable plants ready for you to buy

There will be coffee - and maybe cake, if we're really lucky

This is a Burton Joyce Churches Together event

Christian Aid Week is May 13th-19th 2018

Safeguarding

Safeguarding Policy

Important new information on safeguarding has been added to the website. Please take time to look through our BJCC policy statement. You can find it on the People page of this website.

If you have any questions please get in touch with our Safeguarding Officer, Hilary, via the church email address here

BJCC safeguarding policy

 

Easter is coming

Easter is coming

Check out the times of our Easter services this year and come along. 
You would be very welcome. 

Here are our services for March and Easter:

March 4th: Fellowship service
Cafe church in the church hall

March 11th: Mothering Sunday
with Local Preacher Ed Lyne

March 18th: Communion
with Rev Louise Gee

Palm Sunday: Sunday 25 March 2018, 10.30 am
Sunday worship

Good Friday: Friday 30 March 2018
Churches Together service at St Helen's, 2 pm

Easter Day: Sunday 1 April 2018
Breakfast of bacon and tomato at 9.30
Easter morning worship with communion at 10.30 am
Followed by coffee

Easter is coming!

Lent Group: Churches Together

Burton Joyce Churches Together Lent Group 


Burton Joyce Churches Together Lent Group starts today, Monday 19th February 2018, meeting this evening at 7.15 pm in Dinah's home: 96 Church Road, Burton Joyce.

All welcome

The Year at a Glance

The Year at a Glance

The annual calendar has been updated with details of events throughout 2018.

Take a look. See what's coming up.

Through the Year at BJCC 

Covenant & Valentines

Covenant and Valentines

The year is off to a good start.

We were very glad to welcome Rev Richard Byass to lead our Covenant service on Sunday 28th January. We were delighted too to welcome our friends from St Helens and from the other churches of the parish, St Luke Stoke Bardolph and Holy Trinity Bulcote.

Thanks to everyone who helped make the Valentine Day coffee pop-ins a success on Friday 16th February.

It seems Christmas is hardly over and we are plunged into prepartions for Easter. The shops are already full of Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns. Easter is early this year. Valentine's Day, February 14th, was also Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent and  Easter Sunday is on 1st April which raises interesting possibilities.

Whatever you are doing or not doing for Lent, why not join us on the journey? Here are just some of the things happening at BJCC between now and Easter Day itself:

Womens' World Day of Prayer: Friday 6th March 2018
Churches Together. Lowdham Methodist Church at 2.30 pm

Church Meeting: Tuesday 6th March 2017 at 2 pm

Mothering Sunday: Sunday 11th March 2018, 10.30 am
Sunday worship celebrating all who care for others

Palm Sunday: Sunday 25th March 2018, 10.30 am
Sunday worship at the start of Holy Week
Maundy Thursday: Thursday 29th March 2018

Good Friday: Friday 30th March 2018, tbc
A short service of prayer and meditation
Easter Day: Sunday 1st April 2018
Breakfast bacon and tomato at 9.30
Easter morning worship with communion at 10.30 am
Followed by coffee
He is risen!

Happy New Year (Again)

I did post the last two posts this morning but presumably the west coast of the USA on Pacific Standard Time hadn't caught up with the rest of us . I suppose there must be a way of setting the time used on the blog but I haven't found it yet. So, if you thought I was a little premature last time, here it is again:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

A very Happy New Year to you from everyone at BJCC! We wish you a peaceful and successful year in 2018. If you can, come and join us at the Community Church this year. 
You will be very welcome


Our services for January and February 2018 are here: Services for the New Year 

Details of week by week activities can be found here: Week by Week 

Special events during 2018 will be listed here in due course: Through the Year

 

Happy New Year!

2018!

Services at BJCC for the New Year

Services for the New Year

January
 7th  -  Colin Wignall (Methodist local preacher, Sherwood)
14th  -  Ian Clarke  (Methodist local preacher, Arnold)
21st  -  Songs of Praise led by Dinah Dudley
28th  -  Rev Richard Byass (Methodist Superintendent Minister)
This service is our annual Covenant Service; United Service with Communion

February
4th  - Phil Colbourn with our monthly Fellowship Service
11th  -  Dr Francis Henman (Methodist local preacher, Mapperley)
18th  -  Mrs Jean Hudson (URC local preacher)
25th -  Rev Ruth Orton (Methodist minister rtd, Main Street, Carlton)
This service will be our monthly communion service
  
A very big THANK YOU to Dinah for arranging all our preachers and to the Nottingham East Methodist Circuit for their regular support and encouragement.