Salisbury Methodist Church

St Edmund’s Church Street Salisbury

Newsletter

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalm 23 v 1 - 3

No. 352 February 2020

Midweek Groups

Art Group Wednesdays 2.00 pm Belletones Wednesdays 10.30 am Church Walks 3rd Thursday 10.00 am Midweek Prayers Wednesdays 10.00 am Poetry Group 1st Friday 10.00 am CAMEO Group 3rd Sunday 3.30 pm

REGULAR ACTIVITIES

(Please contact the church office for further details).

Scouts

Wednesdays

Beavers 6.00 pm

Cubs 6.30 pm

Scouts 7.15 pm

Guides

Thursdays

Brownies 6.15 pm

Fridays

Rainbows 5.30 pm

Guides 6.30 pm

Rangers. 7.00 pm [fortnightly]

Toddler Groups

Tuesdays 10.00 am

Fridays 10.00 am

Junior Belletones

Saturdays 9.30 am

House Groups

Monday Baby Interrupted Bible Study (BIBS) Afternoon Monthly The Shell Group Evening Monthly Tuesday Sarum Fellowship Afternoon Monthly Seekers Afternoon Monthly Mustard Seed Evening Fortnightly

Wednesday Reflections Evening Fortnightly Village Evening Monthly

Thursday Laverstock Evening Monthly

Little Blessings

2nd Sunday of the month 4.00 pm

Worship in February

Sunday 2nd 8:30 am Revd David Hookins

Holy Communion 10:30 am Mr Dan Bishop 6:00 pm Revd David Hookins

Quiet Service Sunday 9th 10:30 am Revd David Hookins

Holy Communion 4.00pm Little Blessings 6:00 pm Revd Steve Hawkes at Bemerton Methodist Church

Songs of Praise Sunday 16th 10:30 am Mr Brian Waddingham

All Age Worship 6:00 pm Revd Tom Grant

Holy Communion Sunday 26th 10:45 am Revd David Hookins

Three Churches Service 6:00 pm Revd David Hookins

Cafe Worship

Your Church Council January saw the first Church Council meeting of the year. The reports produced by the Team Leaders updated us on events that had taken place over Christmas and the last few months of 2019. There was also notice of future events that are being planned. A small working party was set up at the end of last year to explore the possible options for our church properties (24 St. Edmund's Church Street and 51 Greencroft Street). The Property Review Group produced an Interim Report with a list of options for consideration. The Church Council spent some time discussing some of these options, which include selling the properties or continuing to let them out. No decisions have been made yet. It is hoped that a further report may be presented to the church at the Annual General Meeting in April. During the meeting the Church Council were made aware of the need for more leaders and helpers with CHYPS on a Sunday morning. Currently there are not enough adults available to have two groups and therefore children of all ages (4 to teenagers) are meeting together in one group. Please speak to one of the CHYPS leaders or Church Stewards if you would be able to join the CHYPS team. The reports and minutes from the meeting can be found on the notice board in the corridor. Katrina Dixon Church Council Secretary

The Listening Place

The last few months have been very busy at the listening place. Our presence at

Salisbury Medical practice continues and is producing many opportunities to

promote our service.

We were approached by Salisbury Job Centre to take part in an event held at

Salisbury Playhouse. This was a De-Frazzle café, a Department of Work and

Pensions (DWP) initiative to support mental wellbeing by promoting services

available in the area. Four listeners attended across the morning interacting with

numerous people.

Not surprisingly, this has all led to a sharp increase in the number of clients we are

seeing. We now urgently need to recruit new team members to enable us to cope

with the increased workload. Look out for details of taster sessions and courses later

in the year. Or speak to Sue Robbins or Rachel Clarke for further details.

Dear Sisters and Brothers, I know you will all be joining me in praying for David during his illness, and for Helen. 2020 is the year in which the Methodist Conference will vote on its understanding of all intimate relationships, including Christian marriage. This is an extremely emotive subject for some and the Secretary of Conference, the Revd. Jonathan Hustler, has urged us to discuss this at all levels of the Church in “the spirit of friendship, care and grace…” The report exploring this issue and bringing resolutions to be voted on at Synods and at Conference, is called “God in Love Unites Us” and this title holds great wisdom for us, I believe. Taken from a hymn by Fred Pratt Green, this phrase challenges us to look beyond our views and opinions, even beyond our interpretations of the Bible, and to focus on the essence of our humanity, first individually and then corporately. We tend to define ourselves by our achievements and our opinions, and our culture encourages us to do so, because they often qualify us for membership of some more or less defined group, which gives us a feeling of solidarity and affirms us in our sense of identity. We might define ourselves as ‘working class’ or ‘a scientist’ or ‘an animal-lover’ etc. In recent years many in our society have defined themselves as ‘Brexiteers’ or ‘Remainers’ and within the church we are wont to call ourselves ‘liberals’ or ‘conservatives’. Note how these self-definitions are so often binary – we are defining ourselves over and against those other people with whom we disagree. But St Paul (or one of his followers) wrote: “…your life is hidden with Christ in God…” (Colossians 3: 3). I understand this to be a statement about our true identity; there is nothing wrong with our opinions or our achievements or in our group loyalties, but they are merely external and transient. Who we truly and eternally are is our mysterious but absolute existence within the being of God. St Catherine of Genoa daringly said: “My deepest me is God!” And of course this is true for every human being! (And indeed for all creation, as St Francis would say!) We all share a common existence within the life of God which lives indiscriminately in every one of us. It seems to me that science is telling us exactly the same thing: we are all made from the same physical “stuff” (organic chemical compounds, apparently!), organised with infinite variety to form each unique person. And so, it seems to me, this report and the discussions we will have about it, present us with an opportunity not only to make decisions, but to grow spiritually, by recognising the Divine Life in one another. Let us first look within, and discover the Divine Spark hidden beneath all the layers of our opinions and achievements. And then let us look into one another’s eyes, regardless of which side of the debate we might be on, discover that Divine Spark reflected there. In this way, God will, indeed, unite us in love.

There is a beautiful video available on the Methodist website, showing how the Task Group who prepared this report themselves experienced this process of unification in love, and I warmly encourage you to watch it. As John Wesley wrote in his sermon, The Catholic Spirit, “Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?” With love, Anna.

Creator God, out of love, dust and bone you made us; moulding, stretching, and dreaming of who we were to become. From the dirt of the earth you imagined us; to which we belong, to which we will return. For your vision of “something more” we praise you; for your dream of love made human we praise you; within this space you gift us – between dust and dust – we turn in wonder, to you and each other: we who were made from dust and bone to stand to gaze to touch to smile to weep to share to love each in our own way – restricted, at times, by our bodies, limited, at times, by our imaginations.

Creator God, in ourselves and through each other, tracing the path of incarnate love, may we discover who we are and who we are to become, seeking in our words and actions to be as you made us to be, out of bone, dust and love. Laurence Wareing

You can find the full text of the “God in Love Unites Us” report, the video mentioned above, a study guide and resources for prayer and worship at: https://www.methodist.org.uk/MandR19/ Or ask one of your Synod representatives for a hard copy of the report.

Sunday soup Thanks are due to all those members of the SMC congregation who have donated their time, money, tins and vegetables to make soup for delivery on a Sunday evening since November. Drivers deliver the flask to volunteers from Encircles who wait on the steps of the Library for people to come asking for food. The soup is an extra item being given during the winter months to help keep rough sleepers warm. It will be even more important to keep this supply of soup going in the event of extreme bad weather, so an emergency supply of tinned soup is now kept on the premises at SMC. If you manage to get to church on a snowy Sunday while others are unable to get out of their homes, we hope that, together with anyone else who is there, you will heat up the soup and work out how to get it to the library by 5.45 pm. Hopefully we won’t have such bad weather this year, but, just in case, we are prepared! Val Liversidge

Henri Nouwen says, "When we come to realize that only God saves, then we are free to serve, then we can live truly humble lives." Nouwen changed his approach

from "selling pearls," or peddling the good news, to "hunting for the treasure" already present in those he was called to love - a shift from dispensing religion to

dispensing grace. It makes all the difference in the world whether I view my neighbour as a potential convert or as someone whom God already loves.

Philip Yancey

Green Grace

We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we

were saved. Romans 8: 22-24a

Happy New Year!

“2020 must be the year of action,”

says Chris Stark, Chief Executive of

the Committee on Climate Change.

Climate Scientist Pete Smith adds,

“mass lifestyle change must be

undertaken to combat rising

temperatures, such as developing

more sustainable diets, reducing food

waste and red meat intake, and

importing fewer greenhouse gas-

heavy vegetables.”

The Joint Public Issues Team works on

behalf of the Methodist Church and other

non-conformist denominations for Justice

and Peace. The 2020 national

conference is about rethinking economic

structures and taking radical steps

towards climate justice, and how we can

all act – in faith, for people and for planet.

Keynote speakers include:

Ed Miliband, MP

Prof. Anthony Reddie (one of our very

own Methodist theologians)

Tickets £10 at http://

www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/whats-new/

conference2020/

Or see Rev. Anna Bishop

NEWSFLASH!

14th February

Youth Strike for Climate

“Who can stop climate change?

We can. You and you and you, and

me. And it is not just that we can

stop it, we have a responsibility to

do so that began in the genesis of

humanity, when God commanded

the earliest human inhabitants of

the Garden of Eden, "to till it and

keep it". To "keep" it; not to abuse

it, not to make as much money as

possible from it, not to destroy it.”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

JOIN THE SMC ECO

GROUP!

NEXT MEETING: FRIDAY

13TH MARCH 10.30am

Get ready for LENT!

Ash Wednesday is on 26th February.

Could you take up JPIT’s Living Lent

Challenge in your home or in your

housegroup?

Church Family Away Weekend

Where? Hallmark Carlton Hotel, Bournemouth

When? 16-18 October 2020

Details of cost have now been finalized and invitations and booking

forms will be going out shortly. If by any chance you don’t receive the

details, please do speak to myself, or Sue Gilbert. Booking forms,

together with the appropriate deposit, need to be returned to the church

office by the end of February so that we can firm up numbers with the

hotel. We look forward to a great weekend at this very comfortable

venue and hope as many of you as possible will be able to attend.

Monica Gillings

Church Life Team Leader

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Data Protection and emails

To avoid data breaches when sending emails to multiple recipients the following procedures should be followed: - Best practice is to send the mail to yourself and bcc (blind carbon copy) the recipients. The disadvantage of this is that unless you include a distribution list in the mail the recipients do not know who else is included in the mailing. To overcome this the Methodist Church has agreed that business mails sent to a limited distribution list within the “Methodist Family” may be copied using cc. An example of this would be a Team Leader sending a mailing to their team. If you are sending a mail to someone outside of the Methodist Church, or to a business address then cc MUST NOT BE USED. This prevents mail addresses getting into the public domain. Best practice is to send one mail to the recipient and then a second mail to the members of the Church who need to be copied in. Alternatively send the message to yourself and then bcc everyone else including the main recipient. When replying to a mail think whether you need to use Reply or Reply All. Unless it is important that everyone on the mailing needs to see your reply, it is best to use Reply. It is very easy to become involved in a long thread. This should be avoided as information may unintentionally get to the wrong person. To avoid this, it is best practice to start a new mail whenever possible. If you wish clarification or advice, please contact me. Jim Gillings Data Champion

Come and join the flower team: Maybe you could help with clearing away the dead flowers, watering them, taking out a few dead flowers, You do not need to be expert in flower arranging. A vase of tulips or daffodils, or a nice orchid would do. It would not be every week, only once a month and may not even be that. It would be nice to have a few more people interested in helping. If you think you could help please give me a ring, any little help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Alison Babey. 01722 500405 or Mob 07880 712034

Pause for Prayer

I live alone, dear Lord, Stay by my side,

In all my daily needs Be Thou my guide.

Grant me good health, For that indeed, I pray, To carry on my work

From day to day.

Keep pure my mind, My thoughts, my every deed,

Let me kind, unselfish In my neighbour’s need.

Spare me from fire, from flood

Malicious tongues, From thieves, from fear,

And evil ones.

If sickness or an accident befall, Then humbly, Lord, I pray,

Hear, Thou my call,

And when I’m feeling low, Or in despair,

Lift up my heart And help me in my prayer.

I live alone, dear Lord,

Yet have no fear, Because I feel Your Presence

Ever near. AMEN

PASTORAL PAGE (Please ensure that you have permission from the people concerned or their relatives before sending items for this page to Sandra Gunstone.)

We were sad to hear that Simon Rule had passed away in November. Our thoughts and prayers are with Karen Antony and Gayle and family.

We are also aware that many of our friends and relations have been undergoing surgery, tests or treatment and we offer them and their families our support and prayers. There is a prayer book in the Welcome area for those who wish to ask for prayers to be said at Wednesday morning prayers.

Congratulations and love are sent to all who have or will be celebrating a special occasion. We would love to share your news so please do not forget to let your Pastoral Visitor know of anything you wish to share with others – through the Newsletter – or by any other means. Please also let your Visitor know of any change in circumstances i.e. address etc.

Our love and best wishes are sent to Pam Bath who celebrates her 70th birthday in Australia with her family during February.

There is a book which is placed in the hall on Sunday mornings for those wishing to share good news and congratulations.

If you feel that you would like to become a Pastoral Visitor within Salisbury Methodist Church please contact either Reverend David Hookins or Sandra Gunstone, Pastoral Secretary 01722 412847 for more information.

Antony, Karen and Gayle would like to thank all our friends and family at Salisbury Methodist church for being able to come to Simon’s thanksgiving service and supporting us. They would also like to thank you for all your cards, prayers and words of support.

It was good to see many of the original Junior Belletones reunite to play at the end of the Christingle Service.

Sarum College one day courses:

Day courses at Sarum College that will be interesting and valuable in the coming

months include the following:

- On Tuesday 17th March: Food, God and Us

Food is essential to life but it is argued about so much

– what we eat, how much we eat, where our food comes from.

- On Wednesday, 1st April: Spiritual care of people living with dementia

How to support the spiritual and worship life of people with dementia and their

carers and loved ones.

- On Saturday 18th April: Violence in the Old Testament

Can we love the Old Testament and believe in the goodness of God?

- On Tuesday 23rd June: Methodist minister Gary Hall will lead a day on

Thomas Merton, the 20th century American religious writer. -

Each course is from 10am to 4pm and costs £60 if you book a month early. It

includes an excellent lunch as well as refreshments during the day.

Sarum College is number 19 in the Cathedral Close.

Telephone 01722 424800 or email info@sarum.ac.uk

to book and to find out about other courses.

TUESDAY HORIZONS TALKS 2020

The talks this year will given by our Supernumerary Ministers.

Tuesday February 4th Revd Margaret Jones

‘What is a preacher, then and now?’

Tuesday February 18th Revd Cecil King

The hymns of Alan Gaunt

Alan Gaunt's hymn express faith, hope and joy in the face of the desperate reality

of human cruelty, the climate crisis and the poisoning of our world, and weapons

of mass destruction. The cross of Jesus shows the vulnerability and the power and

victory of God's eternal love.

Tuesday March 3rd Revd Jane Taylor

Sharing the peace

An unwelcome interruption or a vital part of worship?

Tuesday March 17th Revd Philip Luscombe

'Science, Sacrament and Spirituality'

The 'Science and Religion' debate is very familiar, but what about science and

spirituality? Is it easier to find common ground or language here?

A quick exploration from the magic of John Dee to 'God of Concrete; God of Steel.'

Getting to know the Circuit Following my piece in the last issue of the Newsletter, there seems sufficient interest on the part of SMC folk for these visits to other churches to go ahead and there has been a positive response from the other churches in the circuit. We have a programme for 2020 which includes visits to all the localities starting at Bemerton Methodist on Monday, February 24, to join with them at 10.00 a.m. in their bread kneading group. The complete programme for the year is given below but it could be subject to change so Watch this space. It would be good to have numbers for those hosting us, so would you kindly sign the list in the corridor if you would like to come, indicating too whether you have your own transport or if you require a lift - no contact details required. As to Monday Feb 24, Moira Burton writes; To help with catering (lunch is served), could you please let me know how many people will be visiting - it doesn’t need to be exact, a good estimate will be very helpful. Barbara Hickman Monday Feb 24th, 10.00 a.m. Bemerton: Bread kneading group followed by lunch Saturday March 14th, 10.00 - 12.00, Bourne Valley, SP4 6EW: community outreach cafe Wednesday Apr 1st, Fordingbridge: coffee morning Tuesday May 6th, Pitton (St Peter’s), 2.30 - 4.00 pm: tea, cake and chatter Saturday June 20th, Winterslow, 10.00 - 11.30: common ground coffee morning Monday July 13th, Woodfalls, 10.30 informal worship followed by lunch Tuesday Sept 1st, Sandleheath, 10.00 - 11.45: coffee morning Saturday Nov 7th, Amesbury, 10.00 - 11.30: coffee morning Saturday November 7th, Wellow Wood (meeting at Sherfield English Parish Church): coffee morning, 10.30 - 12 noon Tuesday, Nov 24th, Shrewton, 9.30 - 11.30: coffee morning

CHRISTIAN AID

QUIZ NIGHT Friday 7th February 2020: 7 for 7.30pm start

St Mark’s Church Salisbury

St. Mark’s Avenue SP1 3DL

Get your brain cells working and raise

money for a good cause at our popular

quiz night!

Teams of 6; £5 per ticket.

Bring your own drinks; nibbles are

provided. Tea/coffee available

in the interval.

Parking is delimited in the surrounding streets in the evening.

Team leaders contact: Clare Tawney 01722 414855

Fairtrade Shop The mobile shop celebrated 5 years of trading in January and has built up a regular and loyal customer base, both within SMC and beyond. It is valued and appreciated both by members of our congregation and the local community. Our income is from 3 streams: the mobile shop, sales of Zaytoun Palestinian products at SCIP (Sarum Concern for Israel/Palestine) events and to Barbara’s contacts, and from stalls we supply at the Cathedral. We have now built up a healthy balance in our Community Account, sufficient to cover purchase of future stock, and at a recent meeting of the shop team it was decided that we are now happily able to donate £500 to appropriate causes.

The following distribution was decided upon:

£220 to Traidcraft Exchange, the charitable arm of Traidcraft. £180 to the Olive Tree Project ‘Keep Hope Alive’ run by Embrace the Middle East. This sum will enable the planting of 12 olive tree saplings. £100 to Salisbury Methodist Church.

Barbara is going on a ‘Meet the People’ tour to Costa Rica where she will be meeting small-scale producers supported by Traidcraft. We look forward to hearing of her experiences on her return.

Fairtrade Fortnight is from 24 February -8 March. If you haven’t yet tried any of our products, we’d love to see you at the shop!

Thank you for your continued support.

Our Zambia link: There is a display in the North Corridor about our Zambia link. Zambia is in the news at present because of the drought and famine, seen most spectacularly in the Victoria Falls running dry. Instead of water thundering over the falls at thousands of tons per second, there is just a trickle of water, and the cliffs are exposed and bare. This is the result of drought in southern Zambia for three years, and southern Zambia is the main food-producing area of the country. There are more than two million people at risk of starvation. The lack of water at the Victoria Falls means power cuts, because half of Zambia’s electricity comes from the Kariba Dam hydroelectric power station. There is so little water in Lake Kariba that much of Zambia can have electricity for only a few hours each day. Our link congregation in Lusaka – St John’s, Mtendere – is affected by the food shortage and the power cuts like everyone else, so we continue to keep them in our prayers as we are in their prayers. Do look at the North Corridor display to learn more about the life and ministry of St John’s congregation.

Cecil King

Crib Festival December 2019

The Crib Festival held at Church in December was a resounding success.

This is the fourth year we have staged this festival, showing the real meaning of

Christmas by displaying over 120 crib scenes. Some were traditional scenes, others

more abstract, some made by local groups, some much loved holiday mementoes

from visits abroad. All different, some making you stop and reflect and others

making you smile, but all giving the same story of Christmas, Mary, Joseph and the

baby Jesus.

The Church also had musical groups performing, including the Salisbury Community

Choir, New Sarum Singers, Salisbury Belletones, Close Recorder Consort,

Organists, Annabel Horner, Stuart Robson and Graham Annetts, pianists Jenny

Robert and Ute Schwarting, Ray Clarke on the guitar and the Northumbrian Pipers.

Afternoon teas were enjoyed over two days and there were general refreshments

available in the Welcome area with the added bonus of a Christmas Wreath

workshop on the Saturday morning.

This year our visitor numbers were helped by the General Election as the people

who voted at the two polling stations in the hall were redirected out of the building

via the festival!

Thanks to everyone who took part, from the exhibitors, the musical groups, the

stewards and most of all to the visitors. It was a wonderful few days showing the real

meaning of Christmas.

2020 Festival is to be held on December 10th – 12th and will be led by Diana Noble.

Please make a note in your diaries!

Crib Festival Committee

3-Churches Holiday Club

TUESDAY 14th to FRIDAY 17th APRIL 2020 10.00am – 1.00pm

at the Salisbury United Reformed Church, Fisherton Street

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Suitable for Reception Class to 11-year-olds

£1.00 per child, per session

Fun Friendships Crafts Games Stories Refreshments

Please bring a packed lunch

For Registration Form contact:

Diane Coles diane@dfhouse.co.uk or Linda Hayman outreachworker@salisburymethodist.org.uk

To, Everyone,

Everywhere.

Gone travelling -

wish you

were here! Love,

Abe, Sarah, Mo, Mir,

Paul & J.

xxx

Sunday Attendance and Offerings

Date Offering 8.00am 10.30am 6.00pm

Communion Adults Children

24/11/19 £620.07 - 118 28 15

01/12/19 £424.33 - 102 15 13

08/12/19 £611.01 - 111 12 -

15/12/19 £355.38 - 101 8 20

22/12/19 £532.75 - 149 29 124

24/12/19 - - 60 35 -

25/12/19 - - 106 17 -

29/12/19 £444.46 - 108 2 -

05/01/20 £486.58 - 95 5 12

12/01/20 £814.78 - 171 6 -

19/01/20 £411.20 - 93 10 11 11

Please note that the amount recorded here is the offering taken each Sunday and does not

include the regular contributions made to the church by standing order, which amount to

about £3450.00 per calendar month.

The February Newsletter was produced by Rachel and Simon Clarke.

Items for the March Newsletter should be sent to Rachel Clarke

email: news.smc1759@gmail.com

Material for consideration should be as follows:

An A4 word document in Arial font size 14pt

Poster, pictures or images in black and white or greyscale

Please ensure you have appropriate consent for any material submitted.

Material for the next newsletter should be received

no later than Friday 14th February 2020

February

1st 7.00 pm Social Scene Murder Mystery and Supper Evening

2nd 9.15 am Bacon Butties

4th 7.00 pm Tuesday Horizons

7th 10.00 am Poetry Group

11th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

16th 3.30 pm Cameo

18th 7.00 pm Tuesday Horizons

20th 10.00 am Church Walk

24th 10.00 am Getting to know the circuit @ Bemerton

March

1st 9.15 am Bacon Butties

3rd 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

3rd 7.00 pm Tuesday Horizons

6th 10.00 am Poetry Group

10th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

14th 10.00 am Getting to know the circuit @ Bourne Valley

15th 3.30 pm Cameo

17th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

17th 7.00 pm Tuesday Horizons

19th 10.00 am Church Walk

24th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

31st 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

April

1st Getting to know the circuit @ Fordingbridge

3rd 10.00 am Poetry Group

5th 9.15 am Bacon Butties

7th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

16th 10.00 am Church Walk

19th 3.30 pm Cameo

May

1st 10.00 am Poetry Group

3rd 9.15 am Bacon Butties

6th 2.30 pm Getting to know the circuit @ Pitton

12th 2.15 pm Sarum Fellowship

17th 3.30 pm Cameo

21st 10.00 am Church Walk

When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words; he gives us the Word; the Word made flesh who is intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what

helps the most.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Confidential Free Listening Service 01722 325294

Mondays 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm

Wednesdays & Saturdays 10.00 am – 12.00 noon

www.thelisteningplace.org.uk

Outreach Worker:

Linda Hayman

email: outreachworker@salisburymethodist.org.uk

Minister:

Revd David W Hookins

01722 320858 email:

minister@salisburymethodist.org.uk

www.salisburymethodist.org.uk

Salisbury Methodist Church, St Edmund’s Church Street, Salisbury, SP1 1EF email: admin@salisburymethodist.org.uk

Sunday Services

8.30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday of month

followed by bacon butties

(8.00 am weekly during Lent)

10.30 am Morning Worship &CHYPS/Crèche

4.00 pm Little Blessings –2nd Sunday of the month aservice for babies, toddlers and pre-school children with their parents and carers

6.00 pm Evening Worship

Midweek Prayers

10.00 am Wednesdays (Communion once a month)

Coffee Bar Opening Times Monday–Saturday 10.00 am – 12.00 noon (includingfairtrade stall on Wednesday and Saturday) Wednesday 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm (during scouts)

01722 322755 email: admin@salisburymethodist.org.uk

The office is situated on the first floor and is usually open between

9.30 am & 12.00 noon, Monday – Friday