Streetly Methodist Church

Streetly Methodist Church

Prayer

Part of our mission is to serve the people of our neighbourhood and this week we are praying for the residents of Royston Chase. We also pray and work for justice worldwide.

This Monday we pray for those struggling with ill health or or loneliness. For all attending the Fellowship Lunch,

The Prayer Diary for September is available from the door stewards. It is collated by Mavis Brain, Marion Watts and Sheila & Peter Johnstone. Please speak to them with any suggestions for the October or future diaries. (Suggestions may also be left in the box at the back of the church or emailed to prayer@streetly methodist church.org.uk)

Bible

Verse of the Day

Art & Flower Festival

14-15 June 2008 Streetly and Blackwood Churches held an Art and Flower Festival at Blackwood Church.

The inspiration for the theme of the flower arrangements is taken from Shakespeare’s poem in ‘As you like it’. We have taken some liberties with the Ages; for example in modern England many more young people are familiar with being a student than a soldier. ‘Soldier’ has been incorporated into ‘Worker’ and ‘Lovers’ into ‘Youth’. However, we have focused on the opportunity for today’s young people to be students, a rare privilege in Shakespeare’s day, and therefore a cause for both celebration and hope for our future.

All the world’s a stage:
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A flavour of Shakespeare’s life and times in Elizabethan England.

 Birth:
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Why is it that a child makes a life worthwhile?
Why is hope with each new birth new born ?
William Byrd

Toddler
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Bright colours and simple flowers reflect a toddler's curiosity and delight in the world around them. “One day I shall be big - now I am having fun exploring the wonderful world in which I live.”

 School Age
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Brownies from both churches have made these miniature gardens.

Youth
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In Victorian ‘flower language’ red and white roses together mean Unity. Yellow roses mean Friendship and here they are arranged in coffee mugs to represent the social side of student life. The laurel wreath represents graduation and victory. Single red roses represent the ‘Lovers’ in Shakespeare’s poem.

Worker
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Hats off to the workers who: guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us.

 Retirement
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Not a time for sitting back but for taking on new challenges or improving old skills. The garden reminds us all of the things we can do.

Old Age

Flowers to depict the seven ages of man,
And time has elapsed since the journey began.
Senses may fade and childhood reappear
But the 'autumn of life' holds memories so dear
Of hopes and dreams, and people we've known,
Of a life full of colour- as in flowers we are shown.
Let's not face 'oblivion', as Shakespeare would say,
But the richness and colour of God's eternal day.

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All people that on earth do dwell

Different coloured flowers depict the different peoples of the world; white, cream and blue for the colder parts of the earth, yellow and orange for the hot countries near the Equator. Fatsia leaves depict hands reaching towards Jesus, Saviour of the world, at the centre.

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Church Calendar

 15 th SeptemberNewsletter Deadline
7.45 pm15 th SeptemberWorship Consultation
7.30 pm19th SeptemberFinance & Property Committee
7.45 pm29th SeptemberStewards Meeting

 

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Monday 8th of September 2008