LID District Theme: “Trusting God in Difficult Times: Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities”
2022 HURRICANE SEASON
All are encouraged to continue to monitor local storm information as issued by the Government Met Office or the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF K. G. SWANSTON MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH - RECORDING
Please note that the Service of Thanksgiving for the 100th Anniversary of the K. G. Swanston Memorial Methodist Church at its present site can now be viewed on the Circuit’s You Tube channel and Face Book Page.
ARRIVAL AND USE OF ENVELOPES
Kindly note that the weekly envelopes for the year 2022-2023 are now available. Monthly envelopes are also available at the Circuit Office. Please check with your congregational stewards or class leader. Members are encouraged to utilize the special envelopes earmarked for the different celebrations or causes. Note that the envelope for the School should be returned by the end of November 2022.
MCCA MEN CIRCUIT MEETING
The MCCA Men’s Commission is calling all Methodist Men (18 years and older) to a Meeting on Tuesday, 8th November 2022 at the St. Johnston Methodist Church starting at 5:00 pm. Please make a very special effort to be present and punctual.
REACH FOR RECOVERY – EDUCATIONAL SESSION
Reach for Recovery SKB presents the 13th Annual Educational Session, "Learn at Lunch". This will be held on October 26, 2022 from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm. at the SKCCU Conference Room. Presenter, Ms. Clariscia Natta CDDR, MR, Senior Radiographer/Mammographer, will enlighten participants on the topic "Mammogram Matters". For free registration call 667 3224 or 763 3625.
LID DEVOTIONALS VIA WHATSAPP
This week’s Devotionals will be conducted by the Montserrat Circuit.
CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS
We extend birthday and anniversary wishes to all who are celebrating this week. We remind and encourage you to offer thanks to Almighty God for his goodness and mercy throughout the years of your life.
CONDOLENCES, THANKSGIVING SERVICES AND EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS
We pray that the peace of Christ will dwell with all who are mourning at this time including:
Sisters Alexa “Irma” Nesbitt and Paulette Hector, both of the Hope congregation, on the death of their mother (Nevis).
The Thanksgiving Service for the life of the late Bro. Victor Daley will be held at the Wesley Methodist Church on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 starting at 2: 00 pm.
SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR SUNDAY, 30th October 2022
Twenty-first Lord’s Day after Pentecost
OT Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Responsive Reading: Psalm 119:137-144 (VIP 639)
The Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
DO YOU KNOW
That this week, 24-31 October, will be celebrated as Global Media and Information Literacy Week and that the ‘quality of information we engage with largely determines our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, which could be information from other persons, the media, libraries, archives, museums, publishers, or other information providers including those on the Internet?
DATES TO REMEMBER
OCTOBER 2022– Ministries Month
23 4:30 pm Circuit Pastoral/Council, Cayon
NOVEMBER 2022
01 All Saints Day
06 Harvest - Cayon, Tabernacle, Phipps Memorial, St. Johnston
CIRCUIT OFFICE
The Circuit Office is open Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm daily and can be reached via telephone numbers 465-2346/662-2885 or email, info@skmethodist.org. Tithes and offerings may also be received at the office during these hours. Contributions may also be made on-line, via the Circuit website, www.skmethodist.org.
HARMONY CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE
The Harmony Christian Bookstore has a wide variety of study materials and other Christian literature and is opened daily, Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or call us at 466-1215.
LISTEN TO MRN:
Kindly note that the Service today, 23rd October, is being broadcast from the Wesley Methodist Church. Log on to the Methodist Radio Network - St. Kitts Circuit, available via the Circuit website, www.skmethodist.org.
Kindly note that live Services are also carried on the following platforms. Please remember to “like” the Face Book pages and/or subscribe to the You Tube channels:
St. Johnston: Face Book (St. Johnston’s Methodist Church)
Wesley: Face Book and You Tube (Wesley Methodist Church – St. Kitts);
Immanuel: Face Book and You Tube (Immanuel Methodist Church St. Kitts)
Tabernacle: Face Book (Tabernacle Methodist Church St. Kitts)
RECEIPT OF NOTICES
Please note that notices for inclusion in the weekly “Notices, Reminders and Updates” are to be submitted by Thursday at 2 pm of each week via info@skmethodist.org.
Persons who desire to have the notices sent to them via email can subscribe via the Circuit website, www.skmethodist.org. The Notices can also be accessed via the website.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY…
For our Nation’s leaders and all its resources and plans, in thanksgiving to Almighty God for his continued protection of our people and country, especially at this time as we go through the challenges of the Hurricane Season and the COVID-19 Pandemic;
World Peace;
for the Connexional, District and Circuit Officers, Ministers, Leaders and other members of our Church throughout the Caribbean and the Americas;
PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS…
those who are hospitalized including Sis. Jasmine Wilson (Hope);
those who are sick, recuperating at home or otherwise being cared for, including Sis. Mary Taylor (Tabernacle); Sis. Henrietta Morris (Tabernacle); Mrs. Melissa Richardson (Teacher, EMHMJS) Alistair “Chucky” Halliday (Hope), and Rev'd Rosalind Morgan of the Montserrat Circuit];
those at the Cardin Home: [including Brothers Michael Berkley, Dudley Tyson, Derrick Marsham, Burnel Browne, Sisters Humie Lawrence, Patricia Ottley, Joycelyn Woodley, Sharon Pemberton, Helen Aponte, Beverly Phillip, Evelyn Phillip, Lilian Jones, Jacqueline Browne, Mildred Browne, and Yvonne Matthew].
those in nursing homes: [including Sisters Carmen Mills-Richards, Ruth Rogers, Marlene Liburd, Sheila Richardson, Cynthia Webbe, Mary Caines, Esther Jeffers, Oretha Isaac, Stephanie Lawrence and Lorraine Ottley; Brothers Calvin Taylor; Edmond Warner, and Hugo Mullix];
those receiving medical attention overseas: [including Sisters Sheila Douglas and Caroline Caines (KGS)];
those who are pursuing studies overseas and online;
those who are incarcerated or in juvenile centers, and their families;
those tested Covid-19 positive and those in quarantine;
those who are shut-in, those in need and those who are experiencing the harsh realities of life, but who have no experience of Christ.