WELCOME to the
VALE of AYLESBURY METHODIST CIRCUIT (23/29)
Pictorial Tour of the Circuit Churches
The Vale of Aylesbury Methodist Circuit is a mutually supportive group of 18 Churches in the Vale of Aylesbury committed to a common purpose of channelling God’s unchanging love for all people in our constantly changing world.
We range from the large Aylesbury town centre church with its Community Centre to smaller town or village churches.(...more)
To find Individual Churches, click the name on the main menu in the left hand column.
The Calendar section has details of our services and special events across the Circuit.
PROPERTY MATTERS
This is a new publication that will be published on-line twice yearly. Copies can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the links below. These are essentail reading for all Property Secretaries and Property Stewards.
DISTRICT MANSE VISITORS TEAM
Could you become a member of the District Manse Visitors Team?
The Northampton District is asking members to consider applying to be members of this team. For full details read the OPPORTUNITIES page
This is a FAIR TRADE CIRCUIT
FAIRTRADE MATTERS- What does it require to be a Fairtrade church?
FAIRTRADE’s campaign theme is ‘Take A Step’
What does it mean for your Church?
What does it mean for an individual?
Within the Circuit there are already a few churches registered as being Fairtrade Churches. To meet the claim of being a Fairtrade Circuit, as reported on the website, a set proportion of churches must apply and, at least annually, measure themselves against the following goals.
So what are the requirements for a church to be viewed as ‘Fairtrade’?
The three goals a church must fulfill are:
• Use Fairtrade tea and coffee after services and in all meetings for which they have
responsibility.
• Move forward on using other Fairtrade products such as sugar, biscuits and fruit
• Promote Fairtrade during Fairtrade Fortnight and during the year through events,
worship and other activities whenever possible.
Where a church membership maintains this commitment, it can register as a Fairtrade church.
As the Church is made up of individual the responsibility to achieve and maintain the privilege to call your church a Fairtrade Church lies with how its members apply themselves to buying, using and promoting Fairtrade goods.
Please consider what you and your church want to do in respect of Fairtrade.
Perhaps you could make Fairtrade a set item on your church agenda?
For more information please contact Rod Thorpe. 01844 351565 ( ...Email )
For thoughts about Fair Trade from our Circuit Fair Trade Representative ( ...click ) for information on how to get or see a catalogue of Fair Trade goods ( ...click ) for more general information go to www.fairtrade.org.uk
Karibuni Trust and Kenya
Please read the September Appeal letter ( ...click)
Please go to www.karibuni.org.uk for full details.
PILGRIMS' SERVICES - WHAT ???
Please (... click) and read this short explanation and proposal.
If you have comments or questions ...email they will be passed on and may be printed here.
Please ...click and read this report on the first two services in this series.
...click here for the report on the third and fourth service in this
series
The next Pilgrim's Service will be the 5.30pm. Service on 26th. May at Cuddington.
The invitation is to all : 'Come and be refreshed at Cuddington with Refreshments at 4.30pm and Service at 5.30pm.'
NB. This is the first occasion when there have been so few services at the same time elsewhere in the Circuit. It is hoped that 'Pilgrims' will flock to Cuddington! ( Ed)
Step Forward
This is a resource to enable small groups to grow in discipleship and discernment.
It is designed by the President of the Methodist Conference, Rev. Mark Wakelin.
It is in 8 sections altogether.
The meetings will be at two centres, the first at Stewkley led by Rev Irena Byron commencing on Thursday 18th. April and the second at Stoke Mandeville led by Rev David Jenkins commencing on Wednesday 12 June 7.30 pm.
STOP PRESS: There has been some interest in starting a day-time group, so if you are not able to start the evening one at Stoke Mandeville, then in the afternoon there will be one at Stewkley with the same material.
For full details please ( ...read) For full details of the times please (...read)
VALE OF AYLESBURY CIRCUIT HOLIDAY
Monday 20th to Friday 24th May 2013
You are invited to join Rev David Jenkins (and Paula) on the 2013 Circuit Holiday, staying at The Trouville Hotel in the heart of Bournemouth.
(...click) for full details including booking forms.
To read latest METHODIST E-NEWS & BUZZ ( ...click ) http://www.methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/the-buzz
READ DISTRICT NEWSLETTER ( ...click )
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Is you church storing old books, pew Bibles or the Old Methodist Hymn Books 1933 version. If so please click ...here
CIRCUIT HOLIDAY 2012 Torquay 21 - 25 MAY 2012
For a report see (... report) Do you want to add your own comments?
Do you have pictures you can share?
Send them to ..Email, pictures submitted to the editor by post can also be published.
Have you Gift Aided your donations to your Church or Charities? (...see)
The Super's Space has letters and prayers from the Superintendent Minister, latest
sermons and links to archived sermons and prayers for the Circuit.
Faith & Interfaith has links to further information on the beliefs and practices.
Matters of the Methodist Church of which we are part, Bible Study
and other courses. It also has links to Inter-Faith events that seek
to increase the understanding between differing Religious and
Cultural Groups.
Circuit Meeting page has all the documents circulated for meeting members
available in .pdf including the Circuit Directory. A Password is
required to access this page - if you need to know it ...Email
We hope you will browse through the site and find it interesting and informative however if you have any corrections, comments, updates or suggestion for improvements please contact the website editor. ...Email