Bring your questions, your hopes, your unique gifts. Together, let’s discover what beautiful thing God has in store for us this year.
September marks the start of a new Connexional Year in the Methodist Church. As our church family at Mossley begins this journey together, we’re asking: What song is God calling us to sing this year?
Whether you’re a longtime member or just curious about faith, you belong here. Our programs may be simple, but our welcome is warm and our community is real.
Together we focus on deepening faith, strengthening fellowship, serving our community, and growing together in grace.
What story will you help us write? What voice will you add to our song?
To find out more join us Sunday mornings at 10:30am – come as you are!
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Jeremiah 18:1-11
At the potter’s house
18 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 ‘Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.’ 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
11 ‘Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, “This is what the Lord says: look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.”
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Jeremiah 2:4-13
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob, all you clans of Israel.
5 This is what the Lord says:
‘What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. 6 They did not ask, “Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?” 7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and made my inheritance detestable. 8 The priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.
9 ‘Therefore I bring charges against you again,’ declares the Lord. ‘And I will bring charges against your children’s children. 10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar[a] and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this: 11 has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. 12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,’ declares the Lord. 13 ‘My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
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Ready to Step Up …
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Jeremiah 1:4-10
The call of Jeremiah
4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’
6 ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord,’ I said, ‘I do not know how to speak; I am too young.’
7 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am too young.” You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,’ declares the Lord.
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, ‘I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.’
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Isaiah 5:1-7
The song of the vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: my loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
3 ‘Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? 5 Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.’
7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Ready to Step Up …
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our dear friend and sister in Christ, Debra Fox (née Reynolds).
Having Debra as part of our church family has been a true joy. Her warmth and fun shone through in her big smile and the twinkle in her eye. Loyal, trusting, empathetic, and encouraging — these are just some of the words that come to mind when we think of her. Debra’s Christian journey was open, honest, and inclusive — a breath of fresh air, just as her presence was whenever she walked into a room.
As a church family, we united in prayer for Debra during her treatment in 2023, and rejoiced with her at the “all clear” and the ringing of the cancer bell. We were overjoyed to share in her happiness when Colin proposed and they began their life together as husband and wife.
Her sudden passing is heartbreaking. The words we can find to express how much Debra was loved, and how deeply we will miss her, will always fall short of the grief her family are now carrying.
On behalf of the leadership, and all the church family and friends of Mossley Methodist, we extend our deepest love, sympathy, and prayers to her husband Colin, her parents Mervyn and Dorothy, and to all who knew and loved her. May you know the nearness of God’s comfort in the days ahead.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18)
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Funeral Arrangements
Debra will be reposing in her home, 8 Ardanlee, Culmore, Derry on Monday from 12–8 pm and on Tuesday from 12–3 pm (house private until Monday).
Funeral service will take place in Mossley Methodist Church, Manse Drive, Glengormley, on Wednesday 13th August at 1.30 pm, followed by interment in Carnmoney Cemetery.
Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu to Foyle Hospice, 61 Culmore Road, BT48 8JE.
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Luke 12:32-40
32 ‘Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Watchfulness
35 ‘Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will make them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or towards daybreak. 39 But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.’
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Hosea 11:1-11
God’s love for Israel
11 ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from me.[a] They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. 3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realise it was I who healed them. 4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.
5 ‘Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent? 6 A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans. 7 My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.
8 ‘How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused. 9 I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man – the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities. 10 They will follow the Lord; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. 11 They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes,’ declares the Lord.
Below is a video with Rev Alan Wardlow, Elaine Barnett and Rev Dr Heather Morris giving a recap on The Methodist Church in Ireland’s Conference 2025, which took place from the 5-7 June in Thomas Street Portadown. Also viewed HERE
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Ready to Step Up …
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
We want to let you know that the Pathway to Well-Being service, which has been offered in our church on Thursdays, will no longer be taking place.
Melanie will not be providing this service from our church going forward. We’re grateful for the time and care she has given, and we wish her well for the future.
Thank you for your understanding.
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Hosea 1:2-10
Hosea’s wife and children
2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, ‘Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.’ 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. 5 In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.’
6 Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lordsaid to Hosea, ‘Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. 7 Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them – not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.’
8 After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. 9 Then the Lord said, ‘Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[a]
10 ‘Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people”, they will be called “children of the living God”.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Conference 2025 – Highlights Video
Below is a video with Rev Alan Wardlow, Elaine Barnett and Rev Dr Heather Morris giving a recap on The Methodist Church in Ireland’s Conference 2025, which took place from the 5-7 June in Thomas Street Portadown. Also viewed HERE
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Ready to Step Up …
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
We want to let you know that the Pathway to Well-Being service, which has been offered in our church on Thursdays, will no longer be taking place.
Melanie will not be providing this service from our church going forward. We’re grateful for the time and care she has given, and we wish her well for the future.
Thank you for your understanding.
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
A warm welcome to our online service. Click on the video window to begin listening. Scripture and relevant links are posted below. Also any Church Announcements may be found at the end of this post.
Audio Video Sermon by Rev Sam Campbell of both Mossley and Greencastle Methodist Churches
Amos 8:1-12
A basket of ripe fruit
8 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 ‘What do you see, Amos?’ he asked.
‘A basket of ripe fruit,’ I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, ‘The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
3 ‘In that day,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a] Many, many bodies – flung everywhere! Silence!’
4 Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
5 saying,
‘When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?’– skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, 6 buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.
7 The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob: ‘I will never forget anything they have done.
8 ‘Will not the land tremble for this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt.
9 ‘In that day,’ declares the Sovereign Lord,
‘I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. 10 I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
11 ‘The days are coming,’ declares the Sovereign Lord, ‘when I will send a famine through the land – not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. 12 People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
Below is a video with Rev Alan Wardlow, Elaine Barnett and Rev Dr Heather Morris giving a recap on The Methodist Church in Ireland’s Conference 2025, which took place from the 5-7 June in Thomas Street Portadown. Also viewed HERE
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Ready to Step Up …
…to tackle global poverty with World Development & Relief?
Step Up is back – and this year it’s bigger, better, and more fun than ever! Whether you’re into baking, biking, crafting, climbing, or coffee mornings, Step Up is your chance to turn what you love into something that makes a difference.
Host a quiz night, run a bake sale, take on a physical challenge, or dream up your own creative fundraiser – whatever suits you! All ages and abilities are welcome, and there are 12 amazing WDR partners to choose from.
Last year we raised over £25,000 (€29,000) – let’s go even further together in 2025!
It’s your challenge, your way!
Decide your event or challenge, choose your partner, and let us know your plans. We’ll support you with graphics, online fundraising tools and anything else we can do!
We want to let you know that the Pathway to Well-Being service, which has been offered in our church on Thursdays, will no longer be taking place.
Melanie will not be providing this service from our church going forward. We’re grateful for the time and care she has given, and we wish her well for the future.
Thank you for your understanding.
Follow this link if you feel there is someone who would benefit from accessing this service via their telephone. Calls at a local rate.
NOTE: If for some technical reason, the video link for the service is unavailable on the website. You will likely find the most up to date sermon by the Rev Sam Campbell readily available to access and listen to on this telephone line. Simply ring this number 028 9507 2248
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