Worship at Home
This page was a blessing when churches were closed, but even with church services available again (click here for upcoming services) we are finding these home worship resources useful.
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If you don't already receive it, why don't you sign up for the Circuit's weekly newsletter. That's the best way to keep up to date with everything that's going on locally, especially events and services in our sister churches.
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Visit this page on the national Methodist website which collected resources to offer spiritual sustenance during locked-down isolation or click here to try out the latest podcast.
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Worship Online
We have tons of services each week in all our circuit churches again (check out the current preaching plan here) but one result of the lockdowns was that we found we could put lots of good stuff online. You can access a whole library of past services as well as recordings of weekly sermons on the Circuit YouTube channel.
Some services from Erdington Methodist Church are also shown on Erdington Church's own YouTube channel here.
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You can usually sample some of these services here on our website.
Zooming in on Prayer
Alternate Wednesdays
8.00 - 8.45 pm
Feel welcome to join and leave when you wish. There will be an opportunity for anyone to pray if they wish, but no pressure to pray aloud if you are not comfortable to do so.
Joining details are in the weekly notices the Sunday before each meeting, or can be obtained from any church friend in the WhatsApp group, or from the office, from the prayer line, or from the website.
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Some other services we have enjoyed
From Methodist Central Hall on this link. Live service every Sunday at 11.00 am.
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From Wesley's Chapel on this link. Service times are:
Wednesday 12:45
Thursday 12:45
Sunday 9:45 and 11:00
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From HTB Church every Sunday (they have numerous start times).
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From SwanBank Methodist Church on Sundays at 10:30 am on YouTube.
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From All Souls Church in London live at 9.30 am, 11.30 am and 5.30 pm every Sunday on their website.
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St Ebbes Church in Oxford has a daily service at 8.45 am every weekday and a weekly service at 10.00 am on Sundays on their YouTube channel.
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Worship on Radio and TV even on the Telephone
BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship - every Sunday at 8.10 am
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BBC Radio 4 (Long Wave) - Daily Service at 9.45 am
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BBC 1 - Songs of Praise - every Sunday at 1.15 pm
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The Methodist Church GB has two phone numbers which you can call to listen to a prayer (for that dial: 0808 281 2514) or listen to some news (for that dial: 0808 281 2478). Content is updated every Thursday afternoon.
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More locally, don't forget our own prayer line. If you need someone from our church to pray with you, or for you, email fomcprayer@gmail.com
If you know someone who is not online and who might value these telephone services please pass them the numbers.
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Worship Resources
If you don't get this already, sign up for the Circuit newsletter by clicking here.
There is a weekly Methodist Church GB worship sheet that you can use at home independently of any service. Get the current sheet on this link.
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Get a free weekly worship sheet from The Vine by registering with them here.
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Click here to visit the Singing the Faith website which has tons of free service sheets and resources for worshipping at home.
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Have a look here at the links page on the Faith and Worship site for loads of suggestions for worship resources.
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The Church of England has a prayer resources page here with a lot of material for worship at home as well as some helpful suggestions for prayers about the outbreak and praying with children at this time.
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Study Online
Would you like to engage more with Christian study?
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A good place to start might be with this page, a Word in Time Bible Study from the Methodist Church. There are studies of different lengths and on different topics collected on this page.
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Bible.org has tons of material too, whether you want to get to grips with a favourite book, or a topic that interests you, to look up different points of view on a specific verse or find a daily study plan that suits you.
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Here are loads of possibilities from Bible Society.
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All sorts of interesting materials are here on LearnReligions.com.
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Short of time? Try listening to some of these one-minute talks from Christian Standard Bible. Or perhaps meditate on a short prayer for the day from the Methodist Church.
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Sing at home
All Methodists love to sing! Here's a video of some people you might recognise singing a worship song you certainly will.
You can listen to Premier Christian Radio on a digital radio or by clicking here for the online radio player you might like to join Pam Rhodes just after the 1.00 pm news every day except Sunday. She plays a few favourite songs and hymns that we can sing along with. The bathroom gives the best acoustics!