Thursday, 20 December 2018
Monday, 10 December 2018
Thursday, 6 December 2018
BEER AND CAROLS!
Tony Vino is a very well known Christian comedian, bring your friends and family to share in the laughter. Contact @bolsovermethodist to book on
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL AT ST THOMAS'
Christmas Tree Festival
St Thomas Church,
Chatsworth Road,
Brampton
Friday 7th December 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday 8th December 10 am - 7 pm
Sunday 9th December 1.30 pm - 5pm
Refreshments will be available in the church building throughout the Festival.
Live music
- On Saturday at 11:15 am there will be a guitar interlude
- On Saturday at 5pm there will be Christmas Carols by Inspirations Theatre Company
- On Sunday at 2:30pm there will be live organ music
NATIVITY FESTIVAL
Nativity Festival
Central Methodist Church, Saltergate
10 am - 4 pm
Join Central Methodist Church this Christmas for their Nativity Festival
with nativity scenes, children's activities, music and refreshments.
THIS WEEKEND AT LOUNDSLEY GREEN CHURCH
Saturday 8th December
10 am - 1pm
COFFEE AND LUNCH
PRESENTS, PIES & PLANTS
& Sunday 9th December 4pm
COMMUNITY CAROL SERVICE
with Phoenix Band
BUFFET TEA
Everyone welcome
JOB VACANCY AT CHILD CONTACT CENTRE
Chesterfield Child Contact Centre
Co-ordinator
This is a rewarding but complex role which ensures the smooth running of the Chesterfield Child Contact Centre on Saturdays when it is staffed by volunteers. This role is becoming available due to the forthcoming resignation of the present co-ordinator
It is a key role in the running of Chesterfield Child Contact Centre which offers supported contact between children and parents with whom they do not live. Usually there are difficult family issues which have led to this having to take place initially in the Child Contact Centre.
It is essential you have some knowledge or experience dealing with families in difficult situations and be able to understand the difficulties that parents often face and be sensitive to them. It is essential that you are well organised and can maintain systems.
We are an accredited supported Contact Centre of the National Association of Child Contact Centres. NACCC will provide co-ordinator training and we will ensure that you are well supported. There will be a handover with the existing post-holder.
The co-ordinator will provide services on a self - employed basis and be paid by invoice monthly at £10 per hour for 5 hours per week. There is flexibility when the work is done but generally there will be some work at the end of the week before the next contact session, and, following the session at the beginning of the week to pick up issues. It will be necessary to be available during working hours at agreed times as this does require some liaison (usually by telephone) with other agencies.
For further details see the job description. Available on our website www.chesterfieldchildcontact centre.org.uk or by email.
Please apply with a letter outlining your suitability for the post and CV by email to
co-ordinator@chesterfieldchildcontactcentre.org.uk.
Closing Date ….10th December 2018
Interviews will be arranged as soon as possible after this date
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
INVITATION TO PRAYER DAY
Dear Christians Together for Chesterfield,
I am organising another Prayer Day in Killamarsh and after the previous one was encouraged to enlarge it by inviting churches in NE Derbyshire and Rother Valley to join us. This is a note for you to put the date in your diaries....
Rother Valley and N E Derbyshire Gathering
February 23rd. 2019
Guest Speaker Dr. Tony Stone, Evangelist
Meeting at Killamarsh Junior School
11.00a.m. to 3.00p.m.
Everyone welcome.
Dr. Tony Stone
Dr. Tony Stone was the founder/director of ‘Team Support Ministry’, now Ten:Two Trust, from which he has retired. He has handed over the reins to Joshua Raybould.
He is a member of the board of Trustees for Christ for all Nations and therefor a close friend of both Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda.
His first ministry was as Assistant Pastor at the City Mission, Chester where he began to develop his evangelistic ministry, visiting Coffee bars and dance halls to share the Gospel.
He married Sheila in 1961 and they have two children and seven grandchildren. The couple worship in their local church at Brierley Hill.
During his early years he worked with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and in particular on all the European crusades with Dr Graham.
Through his vast experience it means he has developed into a very relevant and inspirational speaker for the church today, having also travelled to over forty nations sharing the Gospel message.
Yours in Christ,
David Taylor (Church on the Street, Killamarsh)
Monday, 19 November 2018
THE HIDING PLACE
The incredible story of the ten Boom's, a devoted Christian family who felt they couldn't just watch the devastating circumstances of the Jews so they acted and set out on an incredible rescue mission. This led to Corrie and her sister being imprisoned in the Second World War.
The production focuses on God's influence on Corrie's life and how God gave her the strength and means to do his work in terrible circumstances. It is the story of God's love and hope in an environment of darkness and brutality.
The production focuses on God's influence on Corrie's life and how God gave her the strength and means to do his work in terrible circumstances. It is the story of God's love and hope in an environment of darkness and brutality.
"What a powerful performance showing how God's love can overcome hatred and evil - it's an inspiration to us all"
SUPPORT CHURCH ON THE BUS TODAY!
You may know of us and know we're based at St Thomas' Church and have been feeding the homeless from our converted library bus since 2004.
We are in dire need of a replacement bus and are making an appeal to the Aviva Community Fund for money to achieve this. You may have seen the article on this in last week's Derbyshire times?
The choice of which charities to support is made by Aviva based on public vote, which ends this coming Tuesday, 20th November. I would like to appeal to all the congregations of all the churches in Chesterfield to support us. I would be very grateful as it will be our last chance to increase our vote, to ensure our good work can continue
How to vote:
1) Go on the site via https://Avivacommunityfund.co.uk/vote
2) 'Register to vote'
3) 'Register now'
4) Search project titles and organisation - enter Church On The Bus
Another route is to go to https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/4-1127#plus, but it might direct you to a page to register first. They will only accept someone to vote once they have registered, which involves giving their name and email address. You then have 10 votes and you could use all 10 votes for us!
Many thanks,
Bob Littlewood
Fundraiser
Church on the Bus
Friday, 26 October 2018
83/100 DAYS OF PRAYER
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No one is really willing to die for an honest person, though someone
might be willing to die for a truly good person. But God showed how much he
loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful. Romans 5:7-8 (CEV) FORGIVENESS Edith Cavell was a Christian who served as a nurse and matron in enemy-occupied Belgium during the First World War. She was executed in 1915 for enabling around 200 Allied soldiers to escape to neutral territory. The night before her execution she told the chaplain who shared communion with her: ‘Standing as I do in view of God and eternity: I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hated or bitterness towards anyone.’ Edith understood that Jesus’ greater love commands us to love our enemies as well as our neighbours and friends. PRAYER Father God, help me to love and forgive as you love and forgive me. Amen Catherine Butcher is communications director for HOPE. www.hopetogether.org.uk 100 Days of Peace and Hope is available with Bible readings, reflections and prayers for each week to download at www.remembrance100.co.uk/100-days |
Monday, 15 October 2018
IMPORTANT UPDATES
PATHWAYS SLEEPOUT
Unfortunately this weeks Sleepout outside The Spire church to raise awareness for pathways and homeless people has been postponed to a future date, due to staffing issues.
WINTER NIGHTSHELTER
Due to public request the meeting on 24th October has changed from the afternoon to the evening at 7:30pm.
JOB VACANCIES
join the lighthouse team
Project Worker Posts
Night and weekend shifts are available on a relief/ holiday cover basis
ThEsE ARE positionS based in rotherham, Chesterfield,
shirebrook lighthouses-night shifts £7.83 per Hour- 16 hours
Day time hours also available
at £8.40 per hour
We are looking for resilient people to join our small teams at our mens lighthouses
in rotherham and north derbyshire
at lighthouse homes we are offering more than a bed to our residents. we
seek to support people in the stabilisation, change and growth process.
have
you A hopeful and positive attitude to working alongside people with multiple
needs?
we are looking for committed christians, with a care background, able to
work with all traditions of the church
If so, we would like to hear from you this autumn please contact us for
an application pack and informal discussion.
Informal contact/discussion welcome with Geraldine Pearce,
Chief Executive Officer, Lighthouse Homes 01709 364600 or 07534 653229 Application
pack from info@lighthousehomes.co.uk
Monday, 8 October 2018
PATHWAYS SLEEP OUT
Could you raise awareness and raise funds for Pathways by joining the 'Sleep Out' at the Spire?
Each person will need to register in order to sleep out, it takes just 1-2mins
Register to sleep out:
Donate on-line: https://www.justgiving.com/pathways-ofchesterfield
Contact: ella.pathways@gmail.com call 01246 498204 (Mon - Fri, 10am - 3pm)
Kind regards
Sian
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
CAP CHANGING LIVES FOR THE BETTER
You may be interested in the programme The Debt Saviours on BBC 2 next Friday at 21.00. It features Christians Against Poverty https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmblny
Across Britain more than four million people have debts considered unsustainable. Responsibility for advising and helping these vulnerable people is increasingly falling to charities. One of the ...
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The BBC website says
“Across Britain more than four million people have debts considered unsustainable. Responsibility for advising and helping these vulnerable people is increasingly falling to charities. One of the biggest is Christians Against Poverty (CAP), led by its charismatic founder, Dr John Kirkby CBE, pictured.
In this access all areas documentary, director Phillip Wood follows Dr Kirkby and some of the charity's debt coaches. CAP has more than 6,000 staff and volunteers around the country providing help to people who often face losing their homes. The film shows how the home visits often include an offer to pray with clients and asks whether the real motivation is debt relief or bringing people to Jesus, or both.
One of the debt coaches featured is Gaz, who has overcome homelessness, dependency issues and losing a marriage before becoming a born-again Christian. He now works for CAP, and in the programme travels to meet donors in Jersey to help raise funds for the charity and to share with CAP's clients the story of his road out of debt.
Holly has been in debt all her young life and lives alone. She can barely afford to heat her home and is desperate for a change in circumstances. Her debt coach takes Holly under her wing as she tries to transform her life.
Ronnie was on remand for over two years before he was found not guilty. When he was released from jail he found himself homeless and in debt. He now lives alone in a bedsit, suffers from mental health issues and thinks life in jail was better. His debt coach Neil introduces Ronnie to Christianity - but Ronnie isn't sure what to think.”
Julie Minns
Friday, 28 September 2018
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
DAY 52/100 DAYS OF PRAYER
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‘Is your heart as true to mine as mine is to yours?’ Jehonadab answered,
‘It is.’… So he gave him his hand. 2 Kings 10:15 (NRSV) GIVE ME YOUR HAND The key text for John Wesley’s famous sermon on catholic spirit might appear at first to be a strange choice for Wesley’s sweeping account of Christian love, its generosity, and, as he puts it, ‘unspeakable tenderness’. He argues that diversity of opinion or belief need not prevent our walking together peaceably; ‘though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?’ The joined hands of Jehu and Jehonadab provide a glimpse of ‘tenderness’ amidst an otherwise brutal catalogue of massacre and judgement. In a context of stark enmity in the house of Israel, Wesley identifies a moment of kinship, and its wider resonance for universal love. A truly catholic spirit, Wesley writes, is a heart ‘enlarged toward’ all humanity. PRAYER Loving God, you urge us to the way of peace and kinship. Enlarge our hearts towards those we find difficult to love. May your unspeakable tenderness be known in the world. Owen Roberts is Heritage Officer for the Methodist Church. 100 Days of Peace and Hope is available with Bible readings, reflections and prayers for each week to download at www.remembrance100.co.uk/100-days |
Monday, 24 September 2018
TREASURER NEEDED FOR CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK

We are now looking for a new Treasurer to maintain the accrual based accounts and serve as a foodbank Trustee. If you are interested or if you know of anyone who might be interested, could you please contact our stand-in Chairman, Rev. Daniel Cooke, email address below, and copy info@chesterfield.foodbank.org,uk with his/her contact details.
Thank you and kind regards,
Rev. Daniel Cooke
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
CTfC FORUM THIS WEEK
A reminder that the Forum of Christians Together for Chesterfield is on Thursday at 7.30 at Central Methedists. Do be there.
Paul K.
Monday, 17 September 2018
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY CONFERENCE
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Friday, 14 September 2018
Day 41/100 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR PEACE
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid. John 14:27 (ESV) PEACE BEYOND UNDERSTANDING History has recorded many statements and quotations relating to peace. As we meditate on the events of 100 years ago we might recall those promises and commitments made to building a world that lives in peace. Ronald Reagan said, ‘A people free to choose will always choose peace’ and that is surely so. Each of us who enjoy freedom can choose a peace that passes all understanding. When we accept Jesus into our lives we receive God’s Holy Spirit; he brings a deep and lasting peace. Unlike worldly peace, defined as the absence of conflict, this peace is confident assurance in any circumstance. With Christ’s peace, we need not fear the present nor the future. In commemoration, choose that peace. PRAYER Father, thank you for your gift of peace, freely given. Help us to trust wholly in you and your will for our lives. May our actions be rooted in love for you and our neighbours and may we be instruments of your peace in the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen Michael Cooper is CVM’s National Director for England & Scotland. 100 Days of Peace and Hope is available with Bible readings, reflections and prayers for each week to download at www.remembrance100.co.uk/100-days |
Friday, 7 September 2018
HARVEST AT THE RAGGED SCHOOL
Ragged School Chapel Markham Road
Harvest Celebrations
Saturday
22nd September 7.30pm
Staveley & District
Churches united
Choir
Followed by refreshments
Sunday 23rd September
6.30pm
Harvest Service
Speaker – Sam Bown
Monday, 3 September 2018
DAY 29 PRAYER FOR PEACE
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Thursday, 30 August 2018
MENS' BREAKFAST DATES
Each meeting is in the hall at the rear of Central Methodist Church on Saltergate (S40 1UH) starting at 8.30 am with cooked breakfast and finishing by 10.00 am.
All are welcome to come to enjoy food and fellowship.
Sat 15 September - John Bown - 'British Bobby on International Beat - Nigeria and Jamaica - the story continues'
All are welcome to come to enjoy food and fellowship.
Sat 15 September - John Bown - 'British Bobby on International Beat - Nigeria and Jamaica - the story continues'
Sat 20 October - Mark and Rebekah - the work of the Elm Foundation with victims/survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence.
Sat 17 November - Glyn Wildman - Dementia Lead Nurse, Chesterfield Royal Hospital
(No meeting in December)
Brian Offiler
01246 234707 / 07791 346140