Rob Elmour's blog

Just a quick note to say that the online version of April's Link magazine has been updated to reflect last minute changes to the printed version - which should be available next Sunday.

Page 33 (Diary Notes) has been updated. April's communion service was today (April 1st) and not on Easter Sunday as previously stated. Also the Maundy Thursday supper service at 6.15pm on Thursday 5th April has been added.

Yours, Rob.

SATURDAY 14th. APRIL at 8.30am.
in COURT HEY CHURCH HALL

Followed with a presentation by Peter Mack and Gavin Millar on the work carried out in 2011 and the intentions for 2012 a Divine Grace Orphanage, Ssanga, Luwero District, Uganda.

Please lend your support!

Come one-Come all!

I knew people were keen to pay their Lent tax last Sunday (11th March) because of the huge stampede of people clutching handfuls of change and more than a few notes, but I was still surprised when the total came out just short of £400!

When rumours started circulating that a BAFTA nominated TV production company had been church had been refused use of our church for filming (true, by the way), everyone assumed it was because of a clash with Aesha's dance classes. But could the truth be something a little more exciting?

Looking for a really special place to visit this summer? Why not join the expected 1,000 Methodists from across Europe who will be flocking to the 3rd European Methodist Festival to be held in Krakow, Poland over 4 days from 8th to 12th August 2012. The festival is designed to enrich us as United Methodist Christians from different European countries and strengthen our faith.

James is busy writing some games for people to play on our website. His first one, "Black N White", is an incredibly addictive puzzle game where you have to roll and bounce a ball from platform to platform, solving puzzles as you go in order to escape.

You'll find it in the OMG section of the website.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Since it's the first Sunday of Advent today I thought I'd give our website a nice Christmassy look - kind of like putting the Christmas decorations up. I hope you like it, but if you'd prefer something different, just create yoursellf an account using the link on the right. You can then choose a different appearance by editing your account settings from the "My Account" page and your choice will be remembersed when you come back to www.chmc.co.uk.

Yours, Rob.

Held on Thursday 1st December at 6:30pm.

The Guides and the Boys Brigade will be joining forces again this year after the success of last year's Carol Concert.

The concert will be held at the church, all are welcome to come along.

The theme for this years advent services is "We're dreaming of the right Christmas". "Right" in this case refers to human rights, as Sunday 11th December has been named by the Methodist Church as this year's "Human Rights Sunday". The full list of services for Advent is as follows:

I just thought I'd add my twopenneth worth on the untimely death last night of Setve Jobs, co-founder of the world's wealthiest tech company, Apple Inc. One of my favourite Steve Jobs quotes is:

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there."