The Methodist Church Tower Hamlets
News and Calendar
What’s On weekly
Sunday Services in our Circuit Churches as per plan
NB Bi-monthly services at the Whitechapel Mission start at 3pm. They are available on the Mission website
Monday
Tuesday Circuit Morning Prayer via Zoom @ 8am
Thursday: Coffee and a catch-up in the QVSR cafe from 2pm - all welcome
Friday
Saturday Circuit Morning Prayer via Zoom @ 8am
QVSR Cafe at 2pm on Thursdays You are invited for tea and chat with friends and neighbours from Poplar Church, QVSR, Circuit Churches and anyone else who would like to call in. Rev Cameron (QVSR Chaplain) will be there and you will be made welcome! (It's a nice cafe with a selection of fare at very reasonable prices)
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You are invited to join the Ghanaian worship group at Wesley's Chapel
From the Whitechapel Mission:
See current needs of the Mission
Our doors will be open every day during 2024
Your Harvest Gifts will be warmly welcomed.
Since
1876, we have been helping Londoners to help people who are rough sleeping, meeting the specific needs of each man and woman who walks
through our doors.
The Whitechapel Mission is called
to serve men and women caught in the cycles of poverty, hopelessness
and dependencies of many kinds, and to see their lives transformed to
hope, joy and lasting productivity. Based in the Methodist circuit, we are
volunteer led, working with very few staff, but this does not mean we are a
small organisation. We promote the concept of being part
of the Mission and taking ownership of the Mission. Any and all who
come are welcome.
See more under Congregations Social Ministries and the Mission's own site
THE BOW FOODBAND has replaced the former Bow and Bethnal Green foodbanks.
See link to their website for address and times of opening. Map
FOODCYCLE offers prepared, cooked vegetarian meals to sit and eat together, on a Friday night at our Bow Church
Zacchaeus project runs at Bethnal Green
A full day's programme continues to run on Tuesdays at Bow
See the Zacchaeus website for details
Find us on Facebook @zacchaeusMCTH
Call 020 8983 1568 or 07712 332324 or email Debbie for more information
At
Zacchaeus we recognise and support unpaid carers in our community.
Break 28th - 4th November
Foundation Level Safeguarding Training
It is essential
for all of us to understand the Methodist culture of Safeguarding, plus Church Policies and Procedures to implement it, and it's a
basic mandatory requirement for anyone in a church post, paid or voluntary. Time and place can be arranged to suit you. Currently there are plans for a Friday in November, at our Bow Church. If you are due
for a refresher, or would like to attend a class, please contact Sally
in the Circuit Office.
The course has been rewritten and a new presentation is now running. Refreshing your experience should prove stimulating and helpful, not a tiresome chore!
John Wesley's Chapel, House and Museum website
The Chapel and Museum is open for formal visits Tuesday to Saturday from 10.30 -16.00. The Georgian Town House is not always open for unbooked visits and it is best to check before coming any distance, as a shortage of stewards can occasionally force unexpected closure. Entry to the House is charged at £6 per person.
Would you like to volunteer as a Heritage Steward?
You choose your own shifts; just twice a month 10.30-16.00 as a minimum.
You meet people from all over the world and make them welcome.
You show visitors around the site; the Chapel, Museum and John Wesley's Georgian House.
There can be a lot of running around and it can be tiring, but, if you are less physically fit, the team will work with you so you can be seated, serving in the little shop, or by the entrance to greet, or in a position where you can speak to visitors but remain comfortable. Knowledge of other languages can be useful, but is not a requirement.
There are many Brazilian pilgrims who call in, so anyone who speaks Portuguese would be especially useful.
Training Given.
Contact Museum Curator:museum@wesleyschapel.org.uk
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Tower Hamlets Circuit is registered for the Easyfundraising site, which means you can raise money for the church when you buy online via Easyfundraising
1. Register as a user and choose “Methodist Church in Tower Hamlets” as your cause
2. Go to easyfundraising.org.uk first when you buy online. Find the retailer’s name, click through to their site and shop
3. The church gets a percentage of what you spend
Charity Number 1134888