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This Sunday we say ‘farewell’ to Revd Andrew Orton and wish Carl and himself God’s blessing as Andrew retires. Andrew will be our preacher and will be exploring St Paul’s encouragement to ‘let love be genuine’.

Please join us next Sunday in the church or online at 10:30am. Please contact us beforehand to reserve seating for you and your bubble. You now have the option to have a free seat either side of your bubble for limited distancing or you can ask for socially distanced seating. Please reserve your place in church by Email to our reservations manager, stating how many people will be with you in your “bubble”. Reservations are taken from midday on Monday until midday Friday.

In your email:
Tell us if you want to be socially distanced (2 empty chairs or 1 metre away from another bubble)
Tell us if you want an empty seat next to you.
Tell us if you will sit anywhere and next to anyone.

Please note protective measures at our services are being relaxed gradually over the summer:

• Please continue to wear your mask in the church especially for singing, unless you have a medical exemption
• Please use sanitiser and provide your details for our track and trace records.
• Please be respectful to those who are not yet comfortable with the relaxation of social distancing requirements and may wish to maintain 2 metres distance

For those unable to attend church in person please watch our service recording online

Following prayerful consideration by the whole Church, the Methodist Conference has voted to confirm provisional resolutions on the principles or qualities of good relating, understanding of cohabitation and same sex marriages conducted on Methodist premises or by Methodist office-holders. If you would like to know more about the changes please read the details on the Methodist Church website or reach out to us on our “contact us” form or both!

Pushchair Club will return in September. Please watch this space for further updates

Join us as we support the continuing work of Christian Aid.
See the work Christian Aid are doing in this video and help us raise money by contacting our plant growers to buy plants for your garden, or donate using our church’s  e-envelope   Thank you for your help 

If you have a specific need for Prayer email our prayer group on prayers@solihull-methodist.org.uk
or send a prayer request in a text message to: 07928 818562
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Keep up with our latest news by reading our newsletter – “The Messenger” – which we publish at the start and middle of each month. Click here to read the latest issue

FREEPHONE numbers for prayers, reflections and news from the Methodist Church
Listen to a prayer: 0808 281 2514
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We have been supporting vital repairs for a reconciliation project in South Africa. View the latest update from our 2019-20 Church Project – Camp Joy.

Attendance at funerals is unfortunately restricted. If you can’t attend a funeral, The Methodist Church has produced a service for you to use at home to help you say your formal goodbyes. Click Here to access the service.
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