Church Notices

  Droitwich Methodist Church Notices - Sunday 17th May 2026

Sunday 17th May  10.30am  Morning Worship including Communion: Rev Liz Harris - to worship with us on YouTube click HERE

Sunday 24th May  10.30am   Pentecost Morning Worship - Rev Mary Austin - to worship with us on YouTube click HERE

Sunday 31st May   10.30 am  Trinity Sunday Morning Worship - Hilary Johnson

Sunday 7th Jun 26   9:00 am   Rise & Shine

                              10:30 am  Rev Elizabeth Harris - Baptism

JANET WRENN – The funeral of Rob Telford’s wife Janet will be held at Waseley Hills Crematorium, New Inns Lane, B45 9TS on Thursday 21st May 2026 at 12.30pm (if you are unable to attend and would like the live stream link please contact the church office) and after the service at St Andrews Hotel, Droitwich.  If you plan to attend Rob and the family would appreciate it if you could let them know, especially for catering purposes.  We remember Rob and family in our prayers.

Readings For Coming Week  www.methodist.org.uk/our-faith/the-bible/a-word-in-time/

PRAYER CHAIN - our church offers prayer support through the prayer chain. Prayer requests are handled with sensitivity and care and circulated to our prayer volunteers. Janet Staley: church office contact email: droitwichmethodistchurch@btinternet.com

LARGE PRINT HYMNBOOKS AND WORSHIP BOOKS - if anyone has problems with reading text displayed on the screens in the Church/Wesley rooms can they let one of the stewards know please as it may be possible to provide large print copies of Singing the Faith and The Methodist Worship book.

BIBLE MONTH - June will be Bible month and a chance to explore Paul’s letter to the Philippians.

You are invited to share in worship each Sunday, share in Conversation each Wednesday, and study at home using the free booklet. Look out for more details or ask the stewards.

REGULAR EVENTS

Eco Church –Thank you for your continued efforts in recycling - greeting cards, stamps, empty ink cartridges, pill packs and 'spectacles’ that go to India and Africa.  Please leave them under the bench in the porch.

ECO GROUP MEETING - MONDAY 15th June at 7pm in the Quiet Room Amphlett House

MONDAY FELLOWSHIP –

·    May 18th Rev Liz Harris Pentecost.

·   1st June - Welsh Camino - Sarah Drain.

·   8thJune - Your favourite book - 2.30 in the Wesley Room - all are welcome 

WEDNESDAY COFFEE MORNING 10.30am each Wednesday in the Wesley Room. We look forward to seeing you.

CRAFT, GAMES AND CHAT - Come along and enjoy a cup of tea and cake on the 4th Wednesday afternoon of each month from 2 pm to 4 pm. Next meeting 27th May.

BABY AND TODDLER GROUP (term time only) Thursdays from 10-11.30am, during term-time. For more Info, please contact Sarah at droitwichcfw@btinternet.com.

THURSDAY FRIENDS. The next Thursday Friends meeting will be at 2.00pm in the Wesley room

·       4th June – ‘The Canaries’ speaker Sandra Drain.

Welcome café is open each Friday, in the Wesley Room, (term-time only) from 3.20 to 5.20 approx. 

Ladies Night – The next Ladies Night will be on Friday 5th June from 7pm in the Wesley Room.  The evening will be an introduction to British Sign Language (BSL). Please come along and join in. For more details, please contact Sarah Jessop.

Fundraising COFFEE MORNINGs take place on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month - Over the Summer, on the 3rd Saturday of each month, there will also be ‘A Gardening Session’ during the coffee mornings.

·       JUNE 6th No Coffee Morning re: Promises Auction later that day. (See Note ❶ below)

·       JUNE 20th - with gardening session.

·             JULY 4th in the Wesley Room                    

·       JULY 18th - with gardening session.  

·       AUGUST 1st          

·       AUGUST 15th - with gardening session.

❶AUCTION OF PROMISES- On SATURDAY 6th JUNE at 6pm to be held in the church. If you haven’t been asked to provide a ‘Promise‘ and would like to support our latest fundraising event, please speak to Sandra Drain or Mary Stanbury. Many thanks.

Holiday Messy Church - Exciting news! We are planning to run a Holiday Messy Church here at DMC during the first week of the summer holidays in July. It would run 9.30am - 12noon on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July. There would also be a special service on Sunday 26th July which will continue the theme of Creation & all things Eco. We are hoping that the whole church will get behind this and come together to host a wonderful event for the children in our community. There will be lots to do in advance and there will be something for all who are interested in being involved (details coming soon) but some role examples are: refreshments, cutting and preparing activities, running activities, welcoming people, tech team, musicians, puppeteers, woodwork skills, setting up tables etc. There will be a meeting on Saturday 6th June at 11am in the Wesley Room for anyone who would like to be involved. If you can't make the meeting but would like to get involved, then please have a chat with me. Looking forward to this exciting opportunity. Sarah Jessop.

The Hartridge Family - We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who helped in any way to prepare for Robin's service.  To Liz and Richard for leading the services, others who looked after the music, arranged flowers, ensured we had enough chairs, made coffee; the people who were ready to welcome us.   All our family, our church family, our many friends and police colleagues who had come from far and wide and online to be with us and support us, but above all to give thanks for Robin's life, to celebrate the person he was and his achievements.  Thank you. We are so, so grateful and it was lovely to see you all. Maureen, Ruth, Simon, Paul et al.

Further items of interest from CTiD, around the Circuit, DiSTRICT and Beyond:

(for your awareness, prayer and support)

Come and Enjoy Desert Island Discs with castaway Rev Patricia, at Bromyard Road Methodist Church, Worcester WR2 5DL on Saturday 30 May 2.30 pm doors open at 2.00 pm. Tea and cake to follow Tickets £5.00, please contact Anne Bisson for tickets tel: 07931 636309 Proceeds to BRMC’s overseas charity, Amaudo, a mental health project in S E Nigeria

True Colours Worcester (formerly Inclusive Gathering Worcester) A monthly gathering of LGBTQIA+ Christians and allies, who meet for worship and support. 2pm - 4 pm. every third Saturday each month, with Deacon Corinne Brown & Rev Dr Judith Rossall, at St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Pump Street, Worcester.

The Knitted Bible - an exhibition of 36 wonderful Bible stories displayed, each in its own tableau scene on table tops at EVESHAM METHODIST CHURCH - 21 May to 5 June 2026, admission free and open from 10am to 4pm every day (except Friday mornings and Sundays). Any donations offered from visitors will go to Christian Aid.

for more information

CHURCH WEBSITE: http://www.droitwichspamethodistchurch.co.uk/

FACEBOOK:https://engb.facebook.com/DroitwichMethodistChurch/    

Family Worker: - Sarah Jessop droitwichcfw@btinternet.com

Rev Elizabeth Harris - elizabeth.harris@methodist.org.uk

office: - Contact Janet Staley on the church office mobile 07922949791 droitwichmethodistchurch@btinternet.com

NEXT CHURCH Notices

Sunday 31st May. Any items for inclusion in these notices to be received by the afternoon of Wednesday 27th May please, to Elaine Humphreys Email: dmcnotices@btinternet.com – thank you.