What's going on?

What's going on?

It's a good question. The world seems to have gone more than slightly mad and here at Burton Joyce Community Church there seems to be so much going on that it is difficult to keep up. Or is it just me? Let's pause for a moment and rewind. What has been going on?

Counting on my fingers:

• 1. The local Methodist circuit (Nottingham East) is merging with Nottingham North to form Nottingham NorthEast. Have I mentioned this before?
• 2. The local United Reformed church is reorganising into two areas Notts South and Notts North. We fall into Notts North.
• 3. The local Anglican church (I know, I know. We're just good friends) has been reorganised into a group of six churches but (big but) they have now appointed a new vicar. Hurray!  
• 4. Several of our long serving members at BJCC have died this year and we need to pause and celebrate their lives & their contribution to the church & to the village over the years
• 5. At our last church meeting we declared a Climate Emergency and agreed to sign up to the Eco Church scheme administered by A Rocha, a Christian environmental charity
• 6. We held our Harvest Festival on Sunday 8th September
• 7. Last month, some of us went to the first session of Seasons of my Soul organised in the Methodist circuit. It was good. We might go again.
• And there's more. Enough for fingers 8, 9 & 10 

 There is a sense here that we are moving forward

We may not know exactly where we are going but we know the general direction. We know, at least, that to move forward you have to put one foot in front of the other and that is what we are doing.  Step by step we are moving on. 

A few specific things coming up:

• Friday September 27th. MacMillan Big coffee morning, 10.30 at BJCC
• Tuesday October 1st. Seasons of my Soul, session 2, 10.30 at St John's, Standhill Road, Carlton
• Sunday October 20th. Final fellowship meal & service, 4/5.30pm at Mapperley Methodist Church
• Saturday October 26th. Ordination & induction of Amanda, the new minister, 3pm at Dales URC Church
• Monday November 4th. Induction of Anna, the new vicar, 7.30pm at St Helen's, Burton Joyce
• Friday November 8th. Farewell service for Peter, the retiring Moderator, 2.30pm at Sherwood URC

So, you see, we are quite busy.
But that's enough for now. Go well.
 
 

 

Climate Action

Climate Action

Friday 15th March 2019

Friday 15th March is Climate Action day. Students and others will be marching from Trinity Square to Old Market Square in Nottingham on Friday:

NOTTINGHAM YOUTHSTRIKE4CLIMATE 

FRIDAY 15 MARCH 11.00 - 14.00 

Nottingham City Council House Old Market Square Nottingham NG1 2DT 

Nottingham march (Facebook) 

#YouthStrike4Climate 

#Fridays4Future 

#SchoolsStrike4Climate 

#ExtinctionRebellion 

#ClimateAction 

#Nottingham

So we'll be featuring Climate Action at the regular Friday morning Coffee Pop-ins at the Community Church hall this week. Come along.

The planet is in trouble

      but we can help

Use public transport, not the car

Don’t travel by air

Change to a green electricity supplier

Go for cardboard and paper

Avoid single-use plastic

Eat local and seasonal, with less meat

Lobby MPs, retailers & producers

FRIDAY 15^TH MARCH 2019
CLIMATE ACTION DAY

 

Community Crisis Appeal - the Friary

Community Crisis Appeal by the Friary

£30k target by the end of December 2017

• Without your help the Friary will not be able to provide services to the rising numbers of local homeless people in Nottingham
• the Friary services are needed but cannot keep pace with the rising demand without your help
• Please respond today!
• To donate £5 text FCCA55 £5 to 70070
• To donate £10 text FCCA55 £10 to 70070

the Friary: working locally to end homelessness

Will you give to help us help them?

the Friary

0115 981 0009
www.the-friary.org.uk
 

URC News / The Bridge Centre

URC News
From the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church

The latest newsletter can be found here

The November 2nd edition of the newsletter starts with news from The Bridge Centre in Hyson Green at the Boulevard URC church on Gregory Boulevard. There is a lot going on. 

Here is an extract from the newsletter:

The Bridge Centre, hosted by Gregory Boulevard United Reformed Church, provides a community space, with a computer room, children’s play area, prayer room and cafe. 

On Mondays you can find a ‘cook and play’ session, on Tuesdays it’s ‘Tums and Toddlers’, on Wednesdays an interfaith group serves 60-70 free vegetarian meals, on Saturdays there are classes in maths and English for Romanian children and adults and the Law Centre provides weekly advice sessions for Romanians.

A monthly group funded by the City Council supports destitute and vulnerable people from Eastern Europe.  On 16th October the national Co-op HR team held a tea party in the Centre for the local community.  After years of struggling the Bridge Centre is thriving once again.

 The newsletter also has a lot of other news from around the East Midlands.

It's well worth a look!