Oops!

Apology's to those 'followers' who receive email updates from the Blog. You would have received a blog entry mistakenly posted here instead of my personal blog - www.jonandnaomiwelch.blogspot.com with me waffling on about children and half term. Not exactly critical church news!

To make up for this error here's a funny rap/poem to make you laugh - which is of course critical church news!

Any thoughts...

The Big Church Day Out has come and gone. The weather was great, Delirious were great and the traffic jams... well anyway I hope you all enjoyed the day. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts and read your comments regarding the event. As a church we have stepped away from our church life being all about meetings and this was the mother of all meetings! So why do we meet, do we need giant gatherings and what was your 'best bit' of the Big Church Day Out?

BCDO

Everyone's looking forward to the Big Church Day Out! Thousands are booked in and the weather's looking good too. Annie has kindly put together some information about the days events. Click here to view. See you there!

Help!

We've been encouraged to keep a written record to document our life's 'journey' over the next few months as our Sunday morning teaching is also looking at the journey's of some who encountered Jesus.

So, does anyone actually keep a journal or diary? I have to confess I'm struggling to get in to a rhythm so what's the secret? What do you write, when & do you ever go back to what you've written. Or maybe you think they're naval gazing and a waste of time.

According to Ron Klug...

'A journal is also a tool for self-discovery, an aid to concentration, a mirror for the soul, a place to generate and capture ideas, a safety valve for the emotions, a training ground for the writer, and a good friend and confidant.'

I'm not quite there yet but I'll keep working on it. This article was helpful

Reach for your diary/PDA/calendar!

* YAK for May and June has arrived. click on the text in the 'links' box to open a copy.

* You can also take a sneak peak at the plans for our Sunday get-togethers until July by clicking on 'PCC Summer Sundays'

* Also you can look at Johns notes from his talk on Peter by clicking on 'Peter's Journey With Jesus'

* Finally some info from John R that didn't quite make it into this edition...

Hi PCCers

A reminder for this Sunday…

After Sunday’s Gathering…we are invited to celebrate and remember the life of Naomi’s Dad, David Etheridge, with a picnic in Petworth Park overlooking the Downs .

Whilst the Thursday Front Room Group is sychronised with YAK, it appears that both the Tuesday FR Groups have somehow got out of synch and are meeting on 5th & 19th May and 2nd, 16th and 30th June.

Joining us for our Day Away at Dalesdown, planned for Sunday 21st June, will be Chris Seaton, one of our trusty friends and adviser and also Billy & Caroline Kennedy who will be reviewing developments in Pioneer http://www.pioneer.org.uk in the context of the way Jesus is currently leading His church in this generation and at this time and what that might mean for us. Do please schedule this into your plans for June.

Also, I’ll be sending out info about the Dalesdown Gala Dinner (Friday 19th June), Fun Day (Saturday 20th 1pm-4pm) and Cricket Match (from 11am). I’ll be asking on Sunday if you might like to play for the Dalesdown 11 in the cricket and whether you might be willing to oversee one of the Fun Day activities for an hour.

The 24/7 Prayer taking place 17th-23rd May at Wiston, preceding the Big Church Day Out on 24th May, is being launched at a gathering in the Church at 7:30pm on Sunday 17th May. PCC are covering the 9 hours from midnight on Monday 18th to 9am on Tuesday 19th. Do sign up for an hour or two of this or any other time slot. I’ll have a sign-up sheet with me this Sunday.

There is then a BCDO Ascension Day prayer evening at Wiston at 7:30pm on Thursday 21st May .

A team will also be serving the local community on Saturday 23rd May, the day before BCDO, in Washington, Wiston and Steyning from 9.30-12.30 along the same lines as HOPE 08. Dan Sneller is involved in the planning for this and will lead the Steyning area team which is great! A team of about 30 is needed (10 in each location). A packed lunch picnic all together in Wiston Park from 12.30-1pm will be followed by providing help to Tim Jupp and the BCDO team with any last minute help they might need on that Saturday afternoon for those that can stay around. To sign up for a prayer slot or serving local communities on 23rd May, please email: tobyandkatiemason@gmail.com

John C has successfully undergone his course of radiotherapy some weeks ago and is feeling better as time goes by, but still suffers with a skin irritation which has developed.

Gwen has yet to decide whether or not she will undergo a course of chemotherapy to treat a carcinoma in the area of her lungs.

There’s also a typo regarding the weekly Liaise clinic which takes place at the Petworth Children & Family Centre (next to the Primary School)

Also… in case you haven’t realised, when you get an email from someone called “R Obrien”, please do open it cos it will, in actual fact, be some headline news from, Linda, our PCC YAK editor. I think she’s aiming to sort it soon! Thanks Linda for this month’s YAK rendition.