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‘The Messenger’

Scarborough Methodist Circuit

Our monthly magazine

(edited for Internet)

‘The Messenger’

can now be read online

 

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FAIRTRADE

On the 25th June, the Fairtrade Foundation officially approved our application and granted Fairtrade Borough Status to the Borough of Scarborough

 

WOMAN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

There will be a Coffee Morning with stalls on Friday 18th July from 10-12 noon, in the Community Room at St. Laurence’s Church Scalby, where there is plenty of parking. The stalls will include hand-made greetings cards, plants, home produce, cakes, bric-a-brac etc. If you don't drive, then use the local bus to Scalby, then walk down the hill to the lower entrance to the church, where you will find the rooms - and us!  Do come for a lovely morning out, and fellowship with a smashing bunch of folk

 

CHURCH WATER RATES PETITION

As some of you may be aware, the Water Companies  are ignoring churches charitable status and starting to charge Churches for the amount of area (i.e. roofs and car parks) that will collect rainwater and discharge it into the sewer network. This will effectively raise most churches water bills by hundreds if not thousands of pounds. There is an online government petition that you can register on, please register and pass this email onto anyone else you think will sign it.............. the petition needs at least 15,000 to be noticed and at present stands at 2666 !!!!

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ChurchWaterBills