We are saddened that Government restrictions mean that only up to 30 mourners can be present at the funeral of Rev Robbie Bowen. However, as a result, the service will be live-streamed, so that everyone who wants to participate can be involved.
The service takes place on Saturday 14th November at 12.30pm. It can be viewed online at:
https://vimeo.com/event/431557
Sadly, as the country has once again been told to go into lockdown, our services for the rest of November have had to be cancelled. We hope to resume worship in our building on 6th December, if the Government permits.
Meanwhile, the online services will continue, and can be found via:
www.fandgmc.org.uk
These are available from 10.30am every Sunday and Wednesday.
Falmouth Cards for Good Causes is open! It is at Falmouth Methodist Church, open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday until the 11th December.
Lots of cards from about 25 charities and some gift ideas, wrapping and stationery. We also have advent calendars.
It is with great sadness that we announce that our Superintendent Minister, Rev Robbie Bowen, died on Sunday 25th October after a long illness. He was a much loved minister and friend. Robbie served the Church in Sierra Leone and in the Gambia, both in West Africa, before returning to the UK and taking up Circuit Ministry in Yorkshire, Cheshire, then finally, Falmouth and Gwennap.
Visit by the Vice President of the
Methodist Conference: Carolyn Lawrence
A Sense of Peace…
Services took place at FMC and at Mawnan Smith today, the first since lockdown for Mawnan Smith, with the addition of an online service for the Falmouth and Gwennap Circuit which was led by Revd Andrew with Bruce and Shirley Keer the link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhf3cmYLAk
In the attached photographs you will be able to view just a small selection of some of the items brought to church for our service yesterday. The service was entitled ‘Something Precious’ and all these things, and quite a few more were shown by their owners, who explained why they were precious. Many had memories of people attached to them, others had significant events associated with them.
The church beautifully decorated with a range of colourful floral arrangements, windows filled with tinned goods and packets of food for the local Food Bank and artificially created vegetables made by Tracy and co, real ones not being permissible this year, our socially distanced Harvest service began.
For our first 'Alternative' Service, we created a psalm for today (see below). After listening to Psalm 80, we thought about aspects of FMC that we valued from its past and present, things that we regret about our church, and our concerns for the church and society. Animated discussion took place (socially distanced, of course!), and the feedback was collated by Deacon Jane, who transformed the comments into a modern-day psalm.
With some things remarkably familiar and some things quite different we gathered today for the first service back in our church building since lockdown. With at least two chairs between each of us the service began. Hymns were played beautifully by David our organist, but no one sang. Andrew our Minister had to guess if people were smiling at him as we were all wearing face masks. And we offered a friendly wave to each other instead of shaking hands as a sign of the peace during a socially distanced communion.