Callington Methodist Church

Our Links	As well as our own church groups using our chapel premises, other outside organisations from our town also use the building. We thought a complete list of classes and clubs which are held regularly might be of interest:- Kids Breakfast Club - First Sunday of each month from 9am - 10.00am - resuming September 11th 2011 Art Classes - Tuesdays all day Tamar Valley Choir Practice Cornish Language Class - Wednesday Parent & Toddler Group - Thursdays am U3A Table Tennis Friday Coffee Morning Junior Table Tennis - Thursdays (once a month) Table Tennis - Thursdays (fortnightly) For further information about these clubs and classes please contact us
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Guild & Women's Network
Table tennis

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	THE CALLINGTON AND DISTRICT FOODBANK The launch of the above took place on Saturday, 29th October 2011. A large number of people came; photos were taken, reports appeared in the local press and Radio Cornwall gave us a mention. The Foodbank is being run through the Churches Together in Callington and is part of the Trussell Trust - a Christian Charity. It gives three days of emergency food to local individuals or families in crisis. Local professionals (e.g. Social Services, Midwives, Clergy, etc.) refer clients to the Foodbank using the voucher system. All food is tinned or packaged and must have a long shelf life. How it Works - Food is donated by local people and volunteers sort and pack this into boxes. We partner with front line professionals, who identify people in crisis and issue vouchers. On taking the voucher to the Foodbank Drop-in Centre people receive a warm welcome, a hot drink and their Emergency Food Box. In rural areas food boxes can be delivered. The volunteer will signpost the client to an agency which can help with the underlying cause of the crisis. The Callington Area - Previously the Callington area has been covered by The Liskeard and Looe Foodbank, last year delivering 60 boxes to this area. They have been much busier here this year. Volunteers - The Callington Foodbank is run entirely by volunteers, with a small committee made up of members of the four Callington Churches. Many volunteers have been trained to run the drop-in centre, held at The Mustard Seed Church Parlour from 2pm to 4pm Mondays' Wednesdays and Fridays. Others have enlisted (more required) to deliver food to rural areas; fund raisers are needed to raise money towards running costs (insurances, electricity, etc.) and collectors are needed for Supermarket collection days.

	CHRISTIAN AID LENT LUNCHES £5.00 - Booking essential Friday 17th February - Stoke Climsland Friday 24th February - Callington Friday 2nd March - Tamar Valley Friday 9th March - Callington Friday 16th March - St Dominic Friday 23 March - Callington Lunch will comprise a Ploughman's or Soup followed by a dessert and tea/coffee A short 'Pause for Thought' will formally conclude each meal. A Christian Aid Prayer God of the impossible, we pray for justice, peace and reconciliation. And when the challenges seem too many, Remind us of your resurrection power, And the miracles of your love that happen Whenever injustice is dismantled and rebuilt with peace. Help us to hope that the impossible can happen and live as if it might do so today. Amen starts at 12.30pm prompt	Kids Breakfast Club - will resume on the first Sunday of February 2012 at our usual time 9.00am - 10.00am 50p admission (all our staff & helpers are CRB checked) Tel 01579 383479
	SPRING CHURCH COUNCIL Callington 7.30 Wednesday 21 March St Dominic 7.30 Tuesday 6 March Stoke Climsland 7.00pm Monday 27 March Tamar Valley 7.30 Wednesday 15th Feb	The King James Bible - has been translated in over 200 languages, is downloadable and can be bought on CD and audio. The latest project by the King James Bible Trust is an ambitious project to create a complete reading of the King James Bible on YouTube. Readers will comprise of actors, sportsmen and women, musicians, politicians and most importantly ... YOU! http://www.kingjamesbibletrust.org/

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Callington Town	Friday morning prayer & coffee there is a prayer meeting at 10.00am with a short Communion Service at this time, on the the first Friday of each month. Why not come along and join us? The format is very relaxed, consisting usually of a Bible reading, leading to a brief discussion, followed by a time of open prayer. You are as welcome to come and say nothing as to come and participate actively - so why not give it a try? Then stay for coffee, biscuits and a chat.	Coffee is served after the morning service on the LAST Sunday of each month. It is hoped as many as are able will stay for a short while and continue the fellowship of the earlier part of the morning.
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	The Circuit meetings and Church Councils have agreed that the churches in our circuit should become Fair Trade churches. This means that we use fairly traded tea, coffee etc at all our meetings, lunches, coffee mornings and other events. Callington is trying to gain Fair Trade status, whereby a number of local shops, businesses, community groups and churches use Fair Trade products, which can be purchased at the Cornerstone shop in Fore Street and the Co-op in New Road.


	OPERATION SUNSHINE ...Is a Christian charity which collects, sorts and packs good quality second hand clothing, household goods, tools, crafts and educational supplies to help those in great need. At present are in need of:- Tools - Drills, hammers, saws, sanders, files, nuts, screws, bolts, nails etc., Garden Tools - Forks, spades, rakes trowels etc., Bedding - Duvets, pillows, sheets, blankets etc., Towels. Kitchen - Utensils, crockery, cutlery, string, candles. Educational - Pens, pencils, rulers, rubbers, exercise books, clean paper. Typewriters, suitcases. Sewing - Hand/electric sewing machines, needles, threads, scissors, buttons etc., Knitting needles and wool. Babies - Nappies and nappy pins and all baby equipment. Sunglasses - for leprosy victims (the disease damages the nerves of the eyelid so they cannot blink). Medical Equipment - dressings, disinfectants, thermometers etc., Walking sticks, wheel chairs etc., Soap and toiletries and Toys Operation Sunshine started in 1981 to aid the refugees from the civil war in Mozambique, Operation Sunshine has now sent 20 and 40ft ship containers to thirteen countries mainly in Africa, but also to the Kurds in Turkey and to Armenia, Romania and Kosova. The headquarters of Operation Sunshine is at Folkestone, but there has been a branch in Tavistock for 23 years. During the last four years, we have sent at least twelve ship containers to Africa, two of which were 40 feet long. In the last year alone, Operation Sunshine has provided clothing, food, school furniture and educational and craft equipment, medical supplies, tools and building materials to the sick, poor and destitute in Northern Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Rwanda. Those we have helped have included 1.5 million refugees from the fighting in Rwanda and Burundi, the Liteta Leper Colony and Crisis Nursery in Zambia, the Canaan School for abused children and other orphanages caring for babies and small children who have been abandoned either through poverty or because they have been orphaned by the AIDS virus. If you would like to help or find out more please click on the link above to open their website.


	Do you have a child under 5? Why not 'Toddle In' for tea/coffee, play, chat with others at the Callington Methodist Church rooms (side door, Valentine Row) Thursdays from 9.30am - 11.30am. No admission charges and all are welcome.
Contact us Tel:01579 383274 Fax:01579 383274	'Toddle In' is about providing a venue where parents/carers, and the under 5s can meet. We provide a fruit snack mid morning for children and a tea/coffee for mums/carers. If during school holidays you have another child you would like to bring along, please mention it to any of the helpers but we would advise that they bring along something to occupy themselves with. All staff and helpers have been CRB checked. Our aim is to provide a relaxed, caring atmosphere where parents/carers and little children can feel welcome.
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