Newsnotes

Community Carol Singing, 16 December
Our choral partners are at in again! This time we get the Hot Drinks, Hot Dogs & BBQ out as we wrap up warm to join the Martlets Choir in the traditional carol singing outside the church. We start belting out the ‘celestial hits’ around 4pm and hope to go on till 5.30pm. Proceeds going to the Martlets Hospice and Action for Children and more….
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Messy Church continues to go from strength to strength. Last Friday’s very messy and creative activities showed the children how the Lord our Shepherd loves and cares for every sheep. Then the calming reflection & worship song up in the Sanctuary, with dimmed lights, had everyone equally engaged. Afterwards at teatime, we all enjoyed pizza. Please keep Messy Church in your prayers and if you would like to volunteer for our ‘4th Friday of each month’ sessions, please contact Sue Jacobs. Sessions re-start in 2024 and more….
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Last Saturday our church was bursting at the seams with people, laughter and love. The Martlets choir were fantastic and had us dancing in the isles. We raised a fantastic total £895.76 for a fantastic cause and all whilst having fun! Thanks to everyone who helped make the afternoon such a success and more….
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This past Wednesday 8 November, we lost our beloved Sylvie Ransome. Tributes and messages of support have been flooding in particularly evidenced by a dedication from her friend Rose (see page 1). Funeral will be held on 1 December from 11am at The Downs Crematorium followed by a Celebration of life from 2pm at HMC and more….
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We are the Champions!
We can all acknowledge, very modestly I might add, that Hove Methodist Church is a church of Champions. Need some proof? Well, first of allow me to present, Gloria…the recipient of The Dupont Art Club’s award for ’Picture of the Year 2023’. She beat off stiff competition from a world renowned artist to snatch this prestigious accolade and more….
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Wow!; What a Chomp session we had. Thank you to the Brighton Morris dancers for coming along and entertaining us! We even had a 6-week-old baby joining in the dancing! Thank you as ever to the volunteers for everything. So much fun and love was shared! and more….
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Last Sunday’s One World/BHM service was a blessing by all accounts. With some new faces joining our regular congregation, the beauty of diversity in our community was truly evident and rightly celebrated. Here’s a graphic of the 4 R’s (Recognise, Respect, Relationships & Represent) to remind us of those life habits we need to exhibit and more….
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Dear all, having more or less emerged from the cloud of tissues and lemsip, I just wanted to thank you all for the great send-off on Friday. I appreciate it all so much, the spread, the presents and cards, and most of all you lovely beings coming along. I thought Methodists on leaving a post got a posy, a card and a warm handshake, so I was well shook at your munificence. A huge thanks to everyone who must have put in a lot of work be-hind the scenes, especially our Rach and our Caroline. I hope to be up and about for church on Sunday. Much love, Elin……and more….
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Our service last Sunday, was a true celebration of the love we all share in HMC. It was a great pleasure to witness the baptism of Harmony and to join in with her family and friends to welcome her into the faith. To see and feel God at work in our church was so beautiful! To God be the glory! When can we do it again?!and more….
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Sue Jacobs visited Sandy last
weekend and was able to spend a
couple of hours with her. There was
a Chaplain present and they were all
able to share communion together.
The lovely card and gifts from HMC
were very well received. Terry and
Alison have also been up to visit,
and Sandy is hoping to be able to
come home soon and more….
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