Easter comes early this year. This means of course that Lent, the period in the church’s calendar leading up to Easter, begins a little earlier than usual. Perhaps, you are reading this already having had your pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and are well into a traditional time of abstinence. Lent can mean many things for many people and takes on different emphases in different traditions. One is to see the period of Lent as a time of journey. In Mark’s gospel we have a turning point in the story where Peter affirms Jesus as the Christ (Mark 8: 29). Up until this point, Jesus has been wandering and ministering in Galilee, now he sets out for Jerusalem. The story becomes heavier with meaning and several times he tells his disciples about the death and resurrection that await them at their destination. Jesus knows his death lies in Jerusalem, yet he sets out on this journey just the same. Lent is an opportunity for us to travel with Jesus, to reflect on where we are heading to and how we are progressing on the journey. Are you accompanying Jesus? Or do you prefer to think of him accompanying you? How do you envisage the destination? What do you hope to find there when you arrive? How is the journey? Is it a gentle riverside walk or a difficult mountain pass? Does it feel like a lonely trek through the desert or does it feel more like battling along Northumberland Street on the last shopping day before Christmas? Who are you travelling with? For a large part of our Christian journey we get pushed along by events and life and don’t always stop to take notice of the view around us or to reflect on the journey. Lent, with its tradition of abstinence, comes as a reminder, or perhaps a challenge, if you like, to take stock of how we are getting on. Take time this Lent, as we set out towards Holy Week and Easter to reflect on

How’s your journey going?

your Christian journey. Do you need to change course? Do you need to stop for a rest? Perhaps you need a guide for this next bit, or just a companion to share the journey with.

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Psalm 122: 1 (NRSV)

Wishing you all peace and grace on your journey, Michael Rev Michael Holland

Dear Friends It is really good to be back in full swing at church after being away for six months; and it does surprise me how quickly time can pass! If you are anything like me, then you too will sometimes wonder what you have actually managed to achieve as the clock continues to race us by. And so I for one, am really thankful that this year, Lent comes early. I am ready to set time aside for contemplation and reflection over the life altering events in my personal life over the past six months, and I also very much look forward to using this opportunity to re-calibrate my spiritual life. It is just incredible how much one's life can alter in six months. The dynamics of relationships can change completely, or the loss of a loved one, an illness, a birth, a realisation that the world has moved on and somehow we find ourselves disorientated in the new circumstances, or a new challenge or call to be more or different to what we have been before, can all reshape the landscape of our lives forever. Yet often at the same time, normal, everyday living continues as if nothing has happened at all - unless of course the change is so extreme that life is beyond all recognition, like the outrageous atrocities that our television sets show us that people have had to endure over the past months.

The greatest challenge for me during such times, is holding on to those things that are meant to sustain, strengthen and keep me focused in order to manage my walk with God better, and to discern what He might be saying through it all. Practising those spiritual disciplines of prayer and fasting, studying Scripture, meditating, and spending time in God’s presence, always has the ability to bring back balance and peace, and yet we so easily neglect them as we attempt out of our own strength to make sense of our lives. I love the permission and focus that the season of Lent gives us to get back on track with those things that truly nurture and intensify our walk with God. It is my prayer and challenge to myself and to us all to use this season wisely and to nurture those spiritual disciplines which should be habitual in our Christian walk. What will your focus be on during this 40 day season of reflection and preparation? Blessings and prayers, Liesl

Israel and Palestine Trip

Recently an opportunity came up for me to go to Palestine. I went with a group called Friends of Sabeel UK, a Christian charity that promotes nonviolence and justice in Israel and Palestine. I arrived at Tel Aviv, managed to get through passport control without too much trauma, and was picked up to head to my destination Bethlehem, in occupied Palestine. We stayed in the beautiful Manger Square Hotel right next to the Church of the Nativity which was our base for the trip. On arrival I passed checkpoint 300 and the separation wall in Bethlehem, and got a little taste of what I might see on the trip. We paddled in the Jordan River, read the story of the Good Samaritan as we walked the Jericho road, visited the church of the 10 lepers and navigated our

way around all the amazing sites that Jerusalem has to offer, including visiting the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, walking the Via Dolorosa, visiting the Holy Sepulchre and the Garden Tomb and praying at the Wailing Wall.

During our time in the Holy Land we met and got to know many people, both Israeli and Palestinian, and heard about their experiences of life in the West Bank and living under occupation. We witnessed the separation barrier and its effect on villages and land, we met villagers who had demolition orders on their homes and those that had lost homes and farmland due to land confiscation. We met with many human rights groups and activists who were resisting and campaigning to see equality, and an end to separation and oppression. We visited amazing projects

and were inspired by people I will never forget, who are choosing to love and react peacefully despite the ongoing fight they have over their rights, property and future.

I’ve spent the last month reflecting on what I have seen and heard. Palestine is a place of great heritage and beauty, but it is also a place of real struggle and pain. It is such a complex situation, and one I would encourage others to find out more about, and to continue to hold Israel and Palestine in your prayers. Some excellent organisations to look up are www.amostrust.org

www.holylandtrust.org and

www.friendsofsabeel.org.uk

Jill Foster

Young Adult Worker

I guess we all have different ideas as to how much we are worth but most of us will acknowledge it is a question that has many answers. When we look around the world and see war and terrorism, poverty and starvation wrought by the hand of man, we might say there are some who think that humankind is worth nothing: that it can easily be snuffed out without a second thought. Sometimes the idea that we aren’t worth very much comes from ourselves; from the values we have, the choices we make, and the life-styles we embrace. One lifestyle choice that has been very much in the news of late is the drinking culture that we see among the young. Today we are seeing young twenty- year-olds suffering from diseases that previously were seen in long term, heavy drinkers, and that cannot easily be cured and that will eventually kill. One wonders how much they think they are worth that they should treat their bodies in such a way.

Sometimes we meet people who think they are not worth much because of what life has done to them; perhaps a broken home life, an abusive relationship, a stolen childhood. We know how long-lasting such experiences are and how difficult it is for people to get over them. Through these experiences they are convinced that they cannot be worth much otherwise why would such things happen to them? Some years ago a friend gave me a defaced penny coin. It is twisted and misshapen and even if it were to be made straight again there would be marks and scars still visible on the coin. Yet the coin would retain the same value as the unmarked coin. If I were to take it to the bank as it is, they would change it and give me a coin worth the same value. It may be damaged and quite different from what it was intended to be, but its worth would not have changed. That’s the way it is with God and us. Scripture tells us “while we were yet sinners he loved us”. While we were still marked and twisted by sin he loved us and gave his life for us. That’s what we are really worth. Marion Mountain Lay Pastoral Worker

Students and Young Adults Christmas Party

During the Christmas period the Students and Young Adults enjoyed the

annual Christmas party. It was great to share the joy of Christmas

together with an evening filled with games, food, Christmas music and of

course plenty of Christmas jumpers! Massive thank you to Gail, Colin

and Barbara for cooking for us.

As we enter 2016 we pray for all students facing exams and assignment

deadlines. We think about our community at Brunswick and pray that we

will be a place of comfort and support to those facing stresses at work or

university. We also look forward to upcoming events such as the 20s-

30s formal - we pray that this event will bring people together from

different churches in the city, forming new friendships as well as raising

money for AGAPE. We thank God for the opportunity to work with other

churches for this event. We also thank God for the opportunity to serve

Newcastle University Christian Union during their events week, as we

prepare to cook for them on one of the evenings during the week. We

pray that connections, friendships and God’s love will continue to

flourish throughout 2016.

God bless

Georgia

Extravagant Grace

Mark 14: 3-9

The account of the woman who anointed Jesus is the focus of one of the daily reflections in the book I am studying through Lent 2016. It is a story of beauty, extravagance and grace against a background of betrayal, cruelty and ugliness. It is also a story of conflict. The woman who anointed Jesus in the house of Simon the leper at Bethany is not named. In the story, she is immediately despised for her action, condemned for her senseless waste. The critics' voices are pragmatic, moralistic, high-toned, perhaps reserved for "the sort of women" who would buy this kind of luxurious oriental cosmetic, let alone drench the Master in its overpowering scent. How inappropriate; what bad taste! Jesus, however, responds with gratitude, grace and love: "Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me." The critics see only a frivolous and meaningless gesture. Jesus experiences it as rich with meaning. She is saluting him magnificently as the one getting ready to die for all. "She has anointed my body beforehand for burying." The anointing of the head in Jesus' culture and religion is the ritual conferring royalty; Messiah means anointed one. No one else has openly proclaimed Jesus as Messiah; no one has anointed him as the Messiah of God. This woman comes to the leper's house with her perfume and she takes it upon herself to act as priest and prophet and anoint Jesus' head. Her action was daring in the extreme. Jesus promised that the story would be told in memory of her throughout the world, wherever the good news would be preached. This woman is part of the good news, the part that reminds us that the human heart has within it a well-spring of worship, a place where courage rises up in love no matter what conventions are disturbed, where there is a flame of generosity and response to grace. Reflection drawn from A Season for the Spirit, Martin L. Smith (1991). Chris Carroll, Community Worker

Meet the Congregation – Beth Henderson

Hi - I'm Beth Henderson. I'm

19 and a first year Chemistry

student at Newcastle

University. I'm from

Cramlington, a town not very

far from Newcastle, and

have been brought up in the

Methodist church, having

attended my first service

aged only 27 hours old! Being

local means that I've been

visiting Newcastle most of my

life and I love everything about being here. The people are

amazing, the football is 'interesting' (not sure how else to describe

the great passion we Newcastle supporters have even in the face

of terrible football) and Newcastle University is known for being

high class. That's why it made sense for me to put down

Newcastle as an option for University. On moving into Newcastle

itself I knew I wanted to find a new church to call home and tried

many churches around the city before coming to Brunswick.

Coming to Brunswick I was made to feel very welcome and from

there started coming to the Thursday night student group and

joined the worship band as well as attending Sunday services. In

the short time I've been at Brunswick I've been challenged to do

things I never thought I would, such as going to 3Generate and

going to a taster session of Ignite at Jesmond Methodist. Thank

you for giving me such a warm welcome and I look forward to

continuing to worship with you in the future.

Llama Trekking, Summer 2015

New Year Message from Jill Barber, Vice-President of the

Methodist Conference

Praying for a Miracle As I reflect with grief on the state of the world – the suffering of hundreds of thousands of refugees who are hungry, cold and afraid, and the over-indulgence of others, like us in Britain, guarding the borders of our comfortable lives – I know the world needs a miracle. It needs a miracle like the feeding of the 5,000. A miracle of sharing. It begins with one boy who opened his heart and shared the little he had. This unlocked something in other people, enabling them to do the same. Instead of selfishly hanging on to what they had got, they offered it to others, and there was enough, more than enough for everyone. So now, at the start of this new year of 2016, I pray for a miracle of radical generosity, and may it begin with me. ‘So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you. Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking around life – and place it before God as an offering … Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.’ (The Message, Romans 12.1-2)

Batty Idea

Forty years after he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, David Steele, the former England batsman, has reflected on how cricket has changed. Twenty20, the razzmatazz version of the game, is silly and more like rounders, he told the Cricinfo website, but he would still have liked to play it. ‘Don’t they have music playing as batters go in to bat?’ he said. ‘My theme tune would be Onward, Christian Soldiers. I’m a Methodist.’ Not sure that is the sexy image the organisers were seeking.

The Times, 24.12.15

Submitted by Peter Aughton

Message from Dewi and Rusmin (Vincent’s parents) Greetings and blessings at Christmas. Everyone at Brunswick is always in our hearts and prayers. Hope to see you soon!

Communion Stewards We would like to recruit some new communion stewards to go onto the rota to help with the communion services. If you would be interested in this please give your name to either Hena or Howard as soon as possible. Thank you

Morning Prayers in the Prayer Chapel on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10.15 to 10.30. All Welcome.

Brunswick News 2016

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Chinese New Year

Our friends in the Chinese congregation have invited us to join

them to celebrate Chinese New Year on Sunday 14th February at

1pm for their service, at which Michael Holland is preaching,

and to share food afterwards..

March 6th Mothering Sunday

Help support mums facing crisis this Mother's Day As we celebrate Mother’s Day, thousands of women across the country will turn to foodbanks because they cannot afford food. 1 in 5 UK mums skip meals to make sure their children have enough food. But it’s not just hunger that mums at foodbanks struggle with - many cannot afford basic toiletries and sanitary products either. Women deserve the dignity of having enough to eat, and of being able to care for themselves and their families. “I’ll be able to wash my hair for my job interview now - I’ll feel so much better and fresher.” That's what a mother told us when she came to a foodbank after being made redundant and having struggled with homelessness and temporary accommodation for a month; she hadn’t eaten properly for weeks. Her eyes lit up after seeing that the foodbank had a box filled with toiletries like shampoo. We're asking people to help us show mums a little kindness this Mother’s Day by donating chocolates, new toiletries, nappies and sanitary items to foodbanks to help mums facing crisis.

February Item-of-the-Month – Tinned Tomatoes

March Item-of-the-Month – See above Please donate 'normal' sized food items - the Food Bank staff are not allowed to split packets of food, so 5kg bags of pasta are a challenge! Also, please feel free to leave any unwanted plastic carrier bags beside the food bank box - they are used to put the food in for the clients. If you would prefer to make a financial contribution, you can make cheques payable to Newcastle West End Food Bank, or you can transfer money directly to their bank account, or you can post your donation to the treasurer’s address. There is an information sheet in the folder attached to our Food Bank box in the worship area. For any further details, please speak to Ruth, and thank you for your continued

support!

West End Foodbank

As many of you will have seen in the local papers or heard on the radio, on the night of 7th December the Benwell offices of the West End Foodbank were broken into and thieves stole many of the Christmas presents that had been collected for Newcastle’s disadvantaged children as part of their Christmas Appeal.

I heard about this on the radio at lunchtime on the Wednesday, and was horrified that people could do such a thing. I work for a large company called Interserve, and as part of our business we operate a charity called the Interserve Employee Foundation (IEF) which encourages employees in actively engaging in community and charitable activities. This is achieved through receiving monetary donations to finance employee run charitable projects, and capturing and sharing charitable activities from across the group, inspiring employees to give back to their communities. We are all encouraged to 'Give A Day Of Your Time’, and this is a company-wide scheme in which employees can request up to two days leave for assisting with a local community project or charity. My Manager has been asking for ideas for a while now and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

Now I was hoping to be able to write of all the wonderful things we had done by now, but with the Christmas break and some issues getting the equipment we needed, we will actually start the work as this magazine goes to print. Anyway, I spoke with Michael, the Foodbank Manager, and organised to go and see the damage for myself. We had an immediate £1000 approved by the business to help with restoration, so I took my Manager to show him the work they got up to.

After an hour on site, we had an agreement to:-

1. Repair the outside wall that had been ripped down by the burglars and temporarily repaired by the Council.

2. Repair the fence which had been broken while gaining access.

3. Replace the lighting to the main area of the Portacabin where lunches are served twice a week.

4. Repaint and tidy up the toilets.

5. Fit new splashbacks to the sink and cooker.

6. Fit new kitchen units to one wall of the kitchen along with a worktop.

The picture shows the ¼” steel plate which has been lovingly painted in our workshops and is now ready to become the new outside wall of the Portacabin and will hopefully make it almost indestructible.

More photos and a follow up in the next magazine.

Richard Warren

On Friday March 18th, why not

spend your lunchtime in the

wonderful setting of St

Nicholas’ Cathedral listening

to beautiful music?

My choir, Project:Singing, will

sing unaccompanied music by

Bruckner and Brahms and you

are all welcome!

The recital will take place at

1.05pm and will last for approximately 45 minutes. Admission is free,

although there is a retiring collection following the recital to help defray

costs.

The Lantern Café is open before and after the recital, for a tasty lunch or

snack.

Ruth Colclough

January 2016

To Newcastle City Centre Churches Together,

A happy new year to everyone. The beginning of this new

calendar year prompts us to look forward to future

opportunities for NCCCT and our ministry together.

I have been tasked to distribute the prayer list for this

year (see next page). Please use it regularly as a part of

your prayer life.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January

reminded us of God’s desire that Christians should dwell

together in love, and in His service. The primary thing that

we can do in this sense is to pray with and for one

another, as well as to continue to affirm our churches’

working together to reveal God’s love for Newcastle upon

Tyne.

I will also be sending out a prayer card each month to the

Church community that is being held in prayer during that

period. This, I hope, would encourage our ongoing

commitment to prayer. Please look out for these prayer

cards, so that everyone can be encouraged to join in this

continual act of prayer for NCCCT.

Let us all hope and pray for a fruitful year ahead. The light

of Jesus Christ be known in our communities, now and

always!

Yours in faith,

Revd. Anthony O’Grady,

Assistant Curate at Christ Church with Saint Ann

Newcastle City Centre Churches Together Prayer is the best thing that we can offer each other

For all those within our congregation who love praying. Please pray each

month for the churches and organisations that are listed. Many thanks!

Month Churches to pray for

January The Parish Church of St. Andrew (Newgate St)

and The City Centre Chaplaincy

February The Cathedral Church of St. Mary

and The Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas

March St. John the Baptist (Grainger Street)

and St Andrew (Worswick St)

April The Danish Church

and The Martin Luther Kirche

May St. James’s United Reformed Church

and The Religious Society of Friends (The Quakers)

June Brunswick Methodist Church

and the Salvation Army

July Northern Lights Metropolitan Community Church

and St. Thomas the Martyr (Haymarket)

August St Andrew’s Church of Scotland

and all the summer activities being organised by our

churches

September Christ Church with St. Ann, and The Holy Biscuit

October Newcastle and Northumbria University Chaplaincies

November The Unitarian Church and St. Dominic (Red Barns)

December The charities around the city that we each support

On 22nd December Rev Eden Fletcher, our former minister, sent a newsletter which he asked to be dispersed widely. It is a very long letter, so what follows here are only a few highlights! If you would like a full copy, please ask in the church office. Dear Friend, I hope that this, slightly impersonal letter, finds you well as we approach Christmas and the New Year. I have never written a Christmas letter before but as I have had so many letters and cards asking how I’m getting on out here in Vietnam, I thought that this would be the easiest way to let you know. … I am both a Mission Partner (in the UK Methodist World Church) and Missionary (in the United Methodist Church of the USA) and my task is primarily to Coordinate Resources, Staffing and Finance for the Vietnamese Mission. It will be an important work in terms of helping the fast growing mission to get to the next stage of development, formulating strategy, training young leaders and establishing a further 500 congregations by 2020. Next year a major bill on religious freedom will go through Parliament. At the moment the bill requires all religions to register but many parliamentarians and religious leaders are actively campaigning to have that struck from the bill and giving all religions and religious groups complete freedom throughout Vietnam. Do please pray for Vietnam next year as this important bill is debated. Even to have the bill debated shows the transformation sweeping through Vietnamese society. The present situation means that the Methodist Mission is not a legally recognised church yet, though there have been extensive talks with government departments. The work has to be undertaken very carefully and sensitively and I need to make sure that my presence does not add to the complexity of registration. So, after finding the manse (a modern, 9th floor, two bedroom apartment) my first four weeks in Vietnam were spent hard at work studying for the CELTA, which would allow me to teach English as a foreign language. I have to say, despite being educated to Master’s standard, this had to be one of the most difficult and testing courses I have ever undertaken! I have been reflecting upon it these past few days and feeling that the course has been my forty days in the wilderness with severe testing and many doubts and uncertainties filling my exhausted mind! However, I finally succeeded, with no little thanks to many friends and a great amount of encouragement. So, now I will endeavour to find a part-time teaching job which will secure for me a visa and work permit enabling me to stay in the country and support the mission.

I have already had meetings with mission staff and the work will begin in earnest at the end of January. I intend to spend much of January learning Vietnamese! Please pray for me. Throughout this time, the bible passage that has spoken most profoundly to me is Acts 16: 1 -15. Paul and Timothy forbidden from entering certain places and doing certain things

until just at the right time. The vision of the man in Macedonia pleading with Paul to come over and help, comes to Paul in a dream and he immediately sets off arriving eventually in Philippi. But even here in the appointed place he is made to wait - ‘we remained in the city for some days..’. Then, eventually he meets, not a man, but Lydia. Before setting off for my sabbatical many possibilities were set before me yet none seemed of God. Now I look back upon these past eighteen months and see the almighty hand of God, guiding, instructing and clearing the way making the seemingly impossible utterly possible. And so I am here, in the city and I wait and in the waiting I know that God is active, the people, the places are appointed and I simply must trust and do my work when God opens the way. In April next year I will travel for three weeks to Portland Oregan where the UMC General Conference meets gathering UMC members from around the world. I will receive training and then be commissioned at the final service of the General Conference. Now just a few days before Christmas, I am reminded that the Christ child comes at the appointed hour, the expected one ‘O Come, O Come Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel.’ So, I pray that we all might know the joy of the coming of our Lord Jesus into hearts and minds, communities and nations, that he may indeed ransom all who are held captive. I think often of all my friends and family at home this Christmas. I miss the snow, the cold mornings and nights, clanking heating systems and bright Christmas lights, mulled wine and mince pies, I miss carol singing and Christmas trees and Advent candles, I miss it all, but I know that I am where God has called me to be and right here he will provide for all that I need. May you have a truly blessed Christmas and may God bless you in all that he invites you to share with him in.

Peace, joy and love to you

Eden Fletcher

Thursday, 4th February 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D821 Edvard Grieg: Sonata in A Minor, Op. 36

Niall Brown (cello) Isabelle Trub (piano)

Thursday, 18th February 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle Rose Consort of Viols

Ibi Aziz, John Bryan, Alison Crum, Andrew Kerr, Roy Marks Flights of Fancy: fantasias, In nomines and dance music from Tudor and Stuart part-books, including music by Tallis, Byrd, Ferrabosco and Holborne.

Thursday, 3rd March 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Brunswick Place, Newcastle Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata, Op. 47

Iona Brown (violin) Jenny Martins (piano)

Thursday, 10th March 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes

Joel Sachs (prepared piano)

Thursday, 14th April 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle Beethoven: Bagatelles, Op. 119, Nos. 1-4 Haydn: Sonata in C, Hob XVI/50 Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau (from first book of Images) Chopin: F Minor Fantasy, Op. 49

Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)

Thursday, 28th April 2016

1:10PM - 2:00PM Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle The Band of The Royal Armoured Corps

A varied programme of traditional and contemporary military music featuring their Big Band, with a few surprises along the way.

Ladies Tuesday Circle: Tuesdays - 2:00pm (meet at 1.45pm)

Brunswick Club for Men: Tuesdays - 10:30am – Noon

Feb 2nd

No Session

9th

16th

23rd

March

1st

8th

15th

22nd

29th

Rev Terry Hurst

No Session

Mrs C Carroll

No Session

Art Therapy

No Session

Rev Michael Holland

No Session

Feb

2nd

9th

16th

23rd

March

1st

8th

15th

22nd

29th

Trades in Tyneside (6 to 6) – Speaker: Yvonne Young

The George Stephenson Story and Tombstone – Speaker: Ron Henry

In the Footsteps of the Pharaohs – Speaker: Alan Spoors

The Street of Surprises – Speaker: Rev Terry Hurst

A Woman in a Man’s World – Speaker: Vera Selby MBE

Weather – Speaker: Hannah Bayman

Hollywood’s English Gentleman – Speaker: Prof John Derry

The Frustrated Plumber – Speaker: Dr Jared Johnson

It Really is a Wonderful Life –Speaker: Bernard Hope

February 10.45am 6.00pm

7th Rev Michael Holland Mrs Margaret Storey

14th Mrs Margaret Harrison Major Gotobed

21st

28th

Deacon Liesl Warren

Rev Michael Holland

Rev Wesley Blakey (Holy Communion)

Major Gotobed (Café Style Worship)

Worship Leaders

Morning Prayers in the Prayer Chapel on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10.15 to 10.30 - All Welcome

Young Adults (Global Family) each Thursday at 7.00pm

Brunswick Friendship Group (BFG) each Thursday at 4.30pm

First Saturday monthly, Prayer Breakfast in the hall, 9.00am–10.30am

The Over 60s Luncheon Club each Friday at 12noon with a speaker on the first Friday of each month

Worship Group – singing rehearsal – second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the hall

The Workshop Student Café – a place for students to gather, study and socialise – every Wednesday 3.00pm-6.00pm in the foyer

G.I.G.G.L.E.S. (Girls in God, Growing, Learning, Eating, Sharing) meets on the first Monday of the month at 6.30pm in the hall. All girls of all ages welcome!

Other events in March and beyond

Palm Sunday March 20th - Circuit Service at 6pm at Allen Memorial Church taken by the Chair of District Rev Stephen Lindridge. There will be no evening service at Brunswick on that day.

Maundy Thursday Communion Service on 24th March at 7pm.

Good Friday joint service with the Salvation Army at 10.30am followed by a Walk of Witness and Service at Monument.

Easter Sunday 27th March will be a service of Holy Communion in the morning and the evening; evening worship will be Cafe Style Worship .

Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’ will be performed at Brunswick on Saturday 19th March 2016 at 6pm. To sing in the choir, join the rehearsal in the afternoon, organised by the Newcastle Methodist District Music Society.

The Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne District Walk, Bank Holiday

Monday 2nd May 2016. Please put this date in your diary and come along for an

easy five mile walk amongst good company – meeting new and old friends.

Start and end at Lemington Methodist Church (Newcastle West Circuit) NE15

8DT.

Brunswick Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Tel (0191) 232 1692

e-mail: admin@brunswickmethodist.org.uk

www.brunswickmethodist.org.uk

Ministerial Team: Rev Michael Holland, Deacon Liesl

Warren, Marion Mountain and Jill Foster

Brunswick Methodist Church

Submissions for the next edition (April - May) are welcomed.

Please forward these to Ruth Colclough or the Church Office by 20th March 2016

You should state clearly if the contribution is original or indicate the source for copyright purposes

Due to limited space we cannot guarantee to include all submissions

All photographs used with permission