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🍂QUIET MORNING: Autumn Stillness🍂

September 6, 2026 mossleymethodist Leave a comment

In a world of constant noise, distraction and busyness, it can be difficult to hear the deeper movements of our own hearts, let alone become aware of God’s gentle presence with us.

Quiet Mornings are an invitation to slow down.🌿

They are not a Bible study, a prayer meeting, or a church service. Instead, they offer a simple space for reflection, silence and prayer, helping us become more attentive to God, ourselves and the world around us.

🌿Times of Stillness

Join us on Saturday 26th of September 2026
@ 9:20am – Mossley Methodist Church

Each morning begins with tea, coffee and conversation before moving into a period of shared silence. During the morning there will be three short guided reflections, each followed by time for personal quiet. Participants are free to remain seated, move to another part of the church, journal, pray, reflect on scripture or simply rest in stillness.

No previous experience of contemplation is required.
The only posture we bring is one of openness.

There is nothing to achieve, nothing to perform and no expectation that you will have a particular experience. Simply come as you are.

🌿The Hope

The hope is that, in creating a quiet space away from the demands and distractions of daily life, we may become more aware of God’s presence already with us.

As John Wesley encouraged people to make use of the means of grace, Quiet Mornings offer one small way of making room for God to meet us afresh.

Whether you are new to contemplative prayer or have practised it for many years, you are warmly welcome.

🌿What to Expect

Tea, coffee and light refreshments from 9:20am
A gentle welcome and introduction at 10:00am
Three guided reflections
Periods of silence for personal prayer and reflection
A simple closing time of gratitude and prayer
Finishing by approximately 12:00 noon

Please feel free to bring a notebook, journal or Bible if you find them helpful, though none are required.

Come as you are.

Come and rest awhile.🌿

Mossley Methodist Church

🌻 Something is Growing…

April 26, 2026 mossleymethodist Leave a comment

A few months ago, during our sermon on Matthew 2 and the journey through “Egypt,” we were each given a sunflower seed and a simple reminder:

“Something is growing, even if I can’t see it yet.”

Along with a simple instruction:

Just push the seed into the soil,
water it,
and give it time.

And now, weeks later, one of our church family kindly sent a photo of theirs beginning to grow. See below.

What a lovely reminder that faith often looks like this.

We plant.
We wait.
We trust.

Sometimes in our own lives—and sometimes in the life of the church—we can feel as though nothing is changing. We can become focused on what is missing, what feels uncertain, or what we wish looked different.

But faith allows us to hope in what we do not yet see. (Hebrews 11:1)

A seed beneath the soil does not look like much.
Yet hidden growth is still growth.

Perhaps God is doing the same in us, quietly, gently, faithfully.

In our hearts.
In our healing.
In our community.
In our church.

Now that the weather is warmer and the soil is warming too, sunflower seeds can be sown directly into the garden—or started first in a little pot indoors. So if you still have your sunflower seed, plant it.

Some traditions light a candle as a sign of prayer and hope.

Perhaps this can be ours—
a small act of trust:
to place a seed into the soil,
to water it,
and to give it time.

A quiet reminder that God is often working in hidden places,
and that something is growing,
even if we cannot yet see it.

If you would like a seed—or a little biodegradable starter pot—please see Evelyn 🌻

Let’s see what grows.

“Something is growing, even if I can’t see it yet.”

Mossley Methodist Church

Sunday Sermon 192: Brought to you by Rev Sam Campbell

September 28, 2024 mossleymethodist Leave a comment

Welcome to our online Sunday 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

James 5:13-20

The prayer of faith

¹³Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. ¹⁴Is anyone among you ill? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. ¹⁶Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

¹⁷Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. ¹⁸Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.

¹⁹My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, ²⁰remember this: whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

YOUR PATHWAY TO WELLBEING: Keep spreading the word about this Partnership with our Church in Mossley Methodist.

So far, Melanie Maxwell-McIlroy from Connect North has been able to help local residents with the following issues which have had a positive impact on their wellbeing.

Access to Transport to attend both appointments and some groups
Blue Badge application
Referral to Occupational Therapy for aids to promote independence at home
Support with a CV to apply for paid employment
Several benefits checks and applications
2 x Home safety checks
1 x Fire Safety check