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www.stivesmethodistchurch.org.uk
November 2009 Newsletter
Sunday Services
1
st
November 10:30amRev Matt Finch
Holy Communion
8
th
November 10:30amKeith Cakebread
Remembrance Sunday
15
th
November 10:30amRev Matt Finch
Shoebox Service
 22
nd
November 10:30am Open Circle Service29
th
November 10:30am Rev Matt Finch6
th
December 10:30amRev Matt Finch
Holy Communion
 A loop system is in use in this church.In order to use this please put your
hearing aid to the ‘T’ position
.St Ives Methodist Church27, The Waits,St Ives,Cambridgeshire.PE27 5BYMinister: Rev Matt FinchTel: 01480 462293Mobile: 07968 692390
Email: matt.finch@simc.co.uk
 
A warm welcome to anyone who is visitingSt Ives Methodist Church for the first time. Please stay fora
free
cup of tea or coffee in the church after the service.
Children’s corner
 
Activities are available at the back of church. Pleasefeel free to join us at any time during the service.
Church Meetings
St Ives Methodist Church (SIMC) run various groups that meet on
different days of the week. For more details of a specific group’s
events, please pick up a leaflet from the leaflet rack in thecorridor opposite the kitchen.Day Time MeetingMondays
(alternate weeks)
 
2-4 pm
House Group
Fellowship and BibleStudy
Tuesdays
9:30
 –
 10am
Morning Prayers /Communion
A special time of reflection
Tuesdays
10-11:30am
Toddlers Group
Meet other parents,have a chat
Tuesdays
10 -12noon
Open Door
Drop in for a cup of tea and a chat
Tuesdays
2 pm
AfternoonFellowship
Hymns, prayer,various speakers.
Thursdays
(1
st
and 3
rd
)
 
7:30 pm
Open Circle
Various speakers ontopics of interest
Sundays
7:30 pm
Phos
Young Adult group
 
A letter from the Minister...
November is a month to remember. On thefirst we have All Saints day, on Bonfire night
we will ‘remember, remember the fifth of November’, and of course on the eleventh of 
the eleventh there will be many acts of remembrance lest we forget.Remembering is important at a simple levelwithout my things to do list I am lost. But deeper and more significant isthe power of memory to envoke within us all vivid pictures and feelings.
What thoughts come to mind if I say, ‘Andy Pandy’, ‘Bill and Ben’, tothose slightly younger, ‘Mr Ben’, ‘Playschool’ or ‘Grange Hill’? Perhapsit’s
memories of being with our children or personal childhood television
viewing. In twenty years from now, ‘Maka
 
Paka’, ‘Dipsy’ and ‘Balamory’
may be equally evocative for the children around us today.Our memories are what make us who we are. One of the most terriblethings about those who lose their memory is that they begin to forgetwho they are. Yet, inspirationally it is the thought of fifty years ago thatwill bring a spark of life when today is a blur. In our world of technologywe have the ability to store masses of information, we communicatemore effectively and easily. But, I fear we remain forgetful of theimportant things despite our progress.In the Bible God frequently reminds his people to remember who theyare, who he is and what he has done. He reminds the Israelites wanderingand moaning in the desert what he has done for them and to not forgetthe story of their ancestors. For the Israelites to grasp the Promised Landthey need to remember what God has done before.In a smaller way it is the same for us. November is a month to remember.It connects us to the past, enables us to live today and make us sure thefuture is full of memories.Every blessing as you remember.Matt
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