Notices and Events

The next Julian meeting will be on Thursday 19th February at 4.30pm. This meeting is a monthly opportunity to sit in silent prayer in church for thirty minutes. Anyone who might be interested please contact Rosemary on 07754 976683.

Walking with the Word: The Bible study sessions have been rearranged for 7th, 14th and 21st March, 10am to 11:30am in church. It’s an opportunity to study the Bible together with no previous experience required! If you are interested, please sign up on the sheet at the back of church.

Sounds of Spring concert performed by Blackwood Clarinets: You are welcome to attend Blackwood Clarinet’s concert in Church on Sunday 22nd March at 3pm. Tickets £10. Interval drinks will be available for a donation. All proceeds going to Cancer Research UK. More information available here

Calling all Group Leaders! Please could all group leaders submit a risk assessment and role descriptors for their group’s leads and volunteers? Even if these have been submitted within the last 12 months, we’re getting all documents in line for submission to PCC every February, to help with our safeguarding audit. Many thanks. Documents to be sent to beeston.parish@gmail.com before Thursday 19th February.

Eco Group: This month the Eco Church group encourage you to spend a few minutes thinking about God’s creation and your part in caring for it. We are including some thought-provoking quotes from “PlanetWise: Dare to care for God’s world” by Dave Bookless. This is highly recommended as an accessible but challenging guide to the issues in the light of Christian faith. This week – Living it out: Lifestyle as if creation matters If somebody were to look at a street in any Western country – maybe your street – and try to spot the Christians, how easily would they find them? Apart from counting those who go to church on a Sunday, how different do Christian lifestyles look from the secular materialistic lifestyles of their neighbours? Can you spot Christians by the cars they drive (not just the bumper stickers), the contents of their shopping trolleys or the amount of waste they send to landfill? If we really believe that this earth is God’s and not ours, then the lifestyles of Christians ought to be radically different from many of our neighbours. I would suggest we all need to make a complete, radical and honest audit of our lifestyles, their impact on the poor and on the planet, and then ask God to pinpoint where we should start making changes. (p. 117 selected sentences)

New on the Eco Church noticeboard
Some new ideas to help you care for, and enjoy, God’s creation in your patch:
Map your Actions at home on the Notts Wildlife Trust map Be nature and creation-friendly in your garden with new Gardening Trends
Enjoy activities in Nature’s Playground with family and friends
Find the noticeboard to the right of the door to the toilets. You can contact members of the Eco Group at church, or send an email to the Church Office.