Trinity United Reformed Church Wimbledon
Our Pilots company were celebrating Chinese New Year on Saturday. They played Chinese-themed games like ‘Chase the Dragon’s Tail’ and made Chinese ‘firecrackers’ with help from Trinity Elder Betty Wong.
Pilots meets between 4.00pm and 6.00pm on the first and third Saturday of every month for games, craft and fun. Email youthworker@trinitywimbledon.org for more information.
We will be holding a church supper to celebrate the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Monkey – on Saturday 20 February at 6.30pm. This is always a very popular event and numbers have to be limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Sign up on the notice board in the vestry corridor.
Adults: £10; children £6, family (2 adults and 2 children) £30. The price includes a full Chinese meal with jasmine tea (bring your own wine or soft drinks, if required).
Sunday 7 February
09:15 Bible with Breakfast
10:30 Elders’ Meeting
11:00 Morning Worship with Holy Communion
13:00 Youth Forum
17:00 Merton Winter Night Shelter
Monday 8 February
20:00 Badminton
Tuesday 9 February
20:00 Church Meeting
Wednesday 10 February – Ash Wednesday
20:00 Joint Service at St Mark’s Wimbledon
21:00 Church & Society at the Mansel Road Centre
Thursday 11 February
Friday 12 February
10:00 Trinity Toddlers
10:00 Olive Branch Café
19:45 Choir Practice
Saturday 13 February
16:00 ‘Supersonic’ Music Club
Sunday 14 February
09:30 Bible with Breakfast
11:00 Morning worship
17:00 Winter Night Shelter
The House Group will meet on Thursday 4 February (8pm) at 217 Queens Road.
We will be looking at the little letter of Paul to Philemon.
All will be very welcome. Andrew Sutton will be happy to give any further details.
Lent is the season of preparation for Easter, which starts on Ash Wednesday and takes in 40 weekdays before Easter. Lent is a time for self-examination and reflection.
Our annual ecumenical service for Ash Wednesday on 10 February at 8pm will be held this year at St Mark’s church, Wimbledon. All are most welcome.
Out of the 80 million Easter eggs sold in this part of the world every year, The Real Easter Egg is the only one which has an Easter story booklet in the box, is made of Fairtrade chocolate, and makes a donation to charity from its sales.
You will be able to choose from the Original (£3.99), Dark (£5.50) and the Special Edition (£9.99).
Place your orders with Cynthia Betts at the Fairtrade stall on Sunday mornings during coffee time. Easter is early this year, so act soon!
The Real Easter Egg was launched in 2010. Initially it was a real struggle as all the supermarkets turned it down. To date, more than one million eggs have been sold with 750,000 of these sent through the post directly to churches and schools.
Not only has there been an increase in Fairtrade chocolate sales, but nearly £200,000 has been donated to charity.
Our Foodbank provides emergency food and supplies for local people in desperate need. In December it fed over 800 people (over 300 in Christmas week alone). Now urgently needed are tinned peaches and tinned fruit salad.
Other items are always welcome:
sugar, tinned tomatoes and vegetables, ketchup, tea, custard, instant coffee, squash and mashed potato.
In addition medium sized soap powder and fabric conditioner, as well as soap are still much needed.
Donations from Trinity are hugely appreciated. Please do continue to make a difference.
Women’s World Day of Prayer 2016 is on Friday 4 March
This years’ Service has been prepared by the women of Cuba with the theme ‘Receive Children. Receive Me’.
The Services in Wimbledon will take place at at Merton Park Baptist Church (Bushey Road) at 10.30am and Holy Trinity (Wimbledon Broadway) at 8.00pm. Catherine Linsley, Youth Worker at St Mary’s church, Wimbledon, is the speaker at the morning service.
All are very welcome.
Sunday 31 January
09:30 Bible with Breakfast
09:30 Choir Practice
11:00 Morning Worship
17:00 Merton Winter Night Shelter
Monday 1 February
20:00 Badminton
Tuesday 2 February
10:30 Lettings Team
Wednesday 3 February
14:30 Wednesday Social Group
20:00 Elders’ Council
Thursday 4 February
20:00 Queens Road House Group
Friday 5 February
10:00 Trinity Toddlers
10:00 Olive Branch Café
19:45 Choir Practice
20:00 Friday Fellowship
Saturday 6 February
16:00 Pilots
Sunday 7 February
09:15 Bible with Breakfast
10:30 Elders’ meeting
11:00 Morning Worship with Holy Communion
13:00 Youth Forum
17:00 Winter Night Shelter
The Wednesday Social Group has been fortunate in securing our own Michael Young as their speaker for their next meeting on 3 February. He will be reminiscing about his recent trips down under, supported by some illustrations.
The meeting will commence at 2.30pm in the Mansel Road Centre, and following the talk there will be afternoon tea and cakes. Everyone will be very welcome to come along and enjoy this much looked forward to event.