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Please note that August’s NEWSROUND will be a week late in delivery.Do give me time to get home and go through all those lovely emails ofyour news and future events. Keep sending them in … it might help ifyou always put “NEWSROUND item” in the subject box of your emailplease to save Meryl wondering what it is whilst I’m in Uganda.Thanks.
 Adrian 
Welcome to this month's electronic news bulletin of the St Neots andHuntingdon Methodist CircuitPlease feel free to circulate these stories by email or by cutting and pasting into your church newsletter or magazine or printing them out and pinning them on your noticeboard..........................Not a great deal of material sent in this month. The mainnews is the departure of the Project Uganda team.............
BUCKDEN
Buckden Methodist Church Chapel Anniversary Service
will be held on Sunday July 12
th
at 10.30 am. The preacher will be PaulineZarner. The service will be followed by a Bring and Share Lunch
 
Cycle ride from London to Paris
Between 22nd and 25th July, Phil Sheppard, from Buckden Methodist Church, will beparticipating in a sponsored event for Christian Aid by cycling from London to Paris, adistance of approximately 300 miles. He will be in a group of 140 cyclists from all parts of thecountry taking on this demanding challenge to raise funds to help people in desperatelyimpoverished parts of the world. To date, he has succeeded in raising the required minimumsponsorship of £1,100 but has set himself a personal target of £2,000. If you would like tosupport him in achieving this target, Phil can be contacted on 01480-431185, or, alternatively,you can donate by visiting his justgiving web page atwww.justgiving.com/philsheppard . If  people prefer to pay by cheque, payment should be made to Christian Aid and forwardedto him at the following address:11 Budge CloseBramptonHuntingdonCambsPE28 4PLFor those wishing to gift aid their donation, they would need to include their name, first line of address and post code. I can then include this information on my sponsorship form.
"Christian Aid believes in Life before Death".
 
St Neots and HuntingdonMethodist CircuitNEWSROUND JULY 2009
 
EATON FORD
Free Coffee and Cakes
on 4 July 09 10:30 - 12:00
Book Van
at Betty and Dennis's on Tues 7 July 09 10:30 -12:00 (9 Crecy Court).
PROJECT UGANDA 2009
The team sets off on 11th July to spend 3 weeks in Teso. We have cases bulging with New Testaments, medicines, gifts, school resources andtools. We want to express our thanks to everyone for their support andto ask for your prayers for the success of the mission and for goodhealth and protection for each team member.--
METHODIST CONFERENCE COMES TO WOLVERHAMPTON
The Methodist Conference meets in Wolverhampton this year. The Conference is thegoverning body of the Methodist Church and is also a festival of celebration, worshipand friendship.More than 300 representatives from across British Methodism will gather at the CivicHall from 2 to 9 July, as well as hundreds of visitors.The Conference is the time when the new President The Revd David Gamble and
RELAX
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EAT
•
SHARE
•
THINK
After a hard day, you deserve some
rest
...
relax
in an informal atmosphere
 
where you can
eat
a tasty meal,
share
with friends and find space to
think
Thursday 16 July
·
7.00pm until 9.30pmSawtry Methodist Church
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,and I will give you rest” 
 
Vice-President Dr Richard Vautrey begin their year in office. Their induction willopen the main Conference on the afternoon of 4 July. For more information aboutDavid and Richard go tohttp://methodistconference.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=conference.content&cmid=7.You can follow the main debates of Conference through Methodist Web Radio inconjunction with Premier Christian Radio athttp://methodistconference.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=conference.content&cmid=21.There is a comprehensive Conference website athttp://methodistconference.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.content&cmid=1 complete with a Twitter feed(http://methodistconference.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=conference.content&cmid=32) and a daily blog update(http://methodistconference.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=conference.content&cmid=26)................................DETAILS OF SOME CONFERENCE REPORTSHOPE IN GOD'S FUTURE (CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IN THE CONTEXT OFCLIMATE CHANGE)- a comprehensive report which tackles one of the great issues of our age. It includesscientific and biblical material to provide a theological response, before makingrecommendations of responses by churches and individuals. To read the whole reportgo to http://methodistconference.org.uk/downloads/10-hope-in-gods-future-210509.pdf .SINGING THE FAITH- Hymns are close to Methodists' hearts as they express doctrine and theology throughwords and music. The Music Resource Group has chosen hymns for a new authorisedcollection. This list was opened for consultation at the beginning of the year. Thisreport gives results of the consultation, with costings for the project and publications.To read the whole report go tohttp://methodistconference.org.uk/downloads/35-singing-the-faith-110609.pdf  THE USE OF INTERNET BANKING FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHURCHACCOUNTS- With internet banking becoming increasingly popular and easier, this reportconsiders how churches can use this facility. It includes guidelines for good practicefollowing advice from the Charity Commission, preserves the need for authorisationof payments by two individuals and makes use of the experience of bodies in theMethodist Church already using internet banking. To read the whole report go tohttp://methodistconference.org.uk/downloads/44-internet-banking-110609.pdf The complete text of all the Conference reports can be found on the Conference
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