Café Church @ Nero’s Café Church @ Nero’s is a Fresh Expression of church which will offer ‘church’ within an environment that is safe and familiar to people who would not usually come into a church building for worship. We offer the opportunity for people to address contemporary issues that impact on their daily lives and touch their innate spirituality in order to develop a greater sense of wellbeing and give meaning and purpose to their lives. Our approach is informal and low key, but clearly Christian. Nero’s is already the focus of a “café culture” that brings in people from the shops and offices round about as well as shoppers. Local clergy are also frequently to be found taking coffee there, and members of the public are used to encountering them there! It is therefore an ideal venue for what is hoped will attract these same people. The “café church” will be open at the end of the café’s normal working day, and therefore at the end of shop and office working times. We will meet on the first Wednesday of every month at Caffe Nero the coffee shop in the centre of Kidderminster in Weaver’s Wharf. People are encouraged to arrive from 5.30pm, gather together and enjoy their coffee. At 6pm when the café usually closes it will remain open and the theme for the evening will be introduced. The evening will continue with discussion, quizzes, audio visual presentations, reflection and lots of coffee drinking and will end at 7pm. This is an initiative of St Mary’s Church and Trinity Methodist Church in Kidderminster working together and fully supported by the staff of Nero’s and their head office. Minister of Trinity Mary Austin says: “For too long the Church has waited for people to come to us and do things the way we would like to do them. Café Church is an opportunity to explore a whole new concept of Church with people where they are”. _____________________________________________________________________ Table top sale. The next sale will be on Saturday 31st July from 9.00a.m till 1.00p.m. in the Town Hall. To book a table for £10 contact Derek. Donate a chair. As part of the restoration of Trinity we need to refurnish the church with chairs and as part of the fundraising for the restoration we are inviting people to ‘purchase a chair’. You may like to buy a chair in memory of someone and if you choose you can have a small brass plaque which reads ‘In memory of…….or Donated by……. Each chair is £65 and if you are a tax payer you can ‘Gift Aid’ your contribution and that helps further towards our fund raising. Forms are available in the Foyer and in Trinity Tidings, or speak Derek Austin (823300) Cheques payable to Trinity Methodist Church. Wednesday 4th August “The Sound of Music” Birmingham Hippodrome for the matinee performance with best front seats in the circle. Leave Trinity at 1pm, picking up in Blakedown and Hagley if requested - Tickets fully inclusive £42 - Contact Celia Philips Philips Travel - 01299 402989 Collection of old or unwanted Gold and Silver We have found a local businessman: ADAM BOURNE JEWELLERS Lion St., Kidderminster who is sympathetic to our cause and will give us a fair price for any gold or silver. He will make sure we trade when the prices are favourable and will advise us on which pieces of jewellery will fetch more if sold on and which we should have melted down. So – we need to have a search and talk to friends and family. What we need is any GOLD, SILVER or RINGS. They can be broken, have stones missing or one earring. Every gram will add up so please have a good look in boxes and drawers and see what you can find. Please hand any donations to a steward or to Anne Perkin or even, if you would like to, put it in a marked envelope on the collection plate and offer your gift to God, maybe as a thank you for all that you have received at this church. Remember those famous words; "Take my silver and my gold- not a mite would I withhold". If you would like to organise an event or to help with those events already taking place please contact Julia Pittaway (01562 67961). Donations of cakes, bric a brac, books etc. are also needed for our monthly table top sales and can be left at the Church with Paul (custodian) or contact Julia.