Saturday, 30 March 2013

It's all going on...

Hi all, Don't forget we have our day together coming up on April 14th. This is a really important time together exploring who we are and what we do. We have special guests Tim Lovejoy joining us to help us with our exploration and similarly special Nigel and Emma to look after the kids.

Also this from Nathaniel from The Community Church, Storrington

Dear Friends,

I am very excited to inform you of a worship evening that will be taking place at the church on the Wiston Estate on the 21st of April at 7pm. This evening will be all about seeking the presence of God and we have some great worship leaders coming to assist us as we seek to draw close to God. We would love for you to join us. Please do pass along the invite.

You can check out some of the worship leaders music here.

Nathanael & Joshua C Edwards
http://youtu.be/wV4LNXXQKSk
http://youtu.be/IGe_At9Y9QI

Lyanna Austin
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/i-receive-your-love/id420541170?i=420541181

Matt Parry sings with Avenue Sound and the London Community Gospel Choir.
http://www.avenuesound.co.uk/

God bless, much love,

Nathanael Edwards
nat@tccstor.org

Sunday, 10 March 2013

Bits 'n' Bobs...

Study Group
Firstly news of the Bible study group which Eunice announced this morning. Eunice, Anne and Pat plan to meet tomorrow morning at 10am for coffee and a study of Mark's Gospel. If you can make it they'd love to see you.

Blessing
Eunice also shared a Celtic blessing during our worship a couple of weeks ago. I thought I'd share this with you here. Feel free to copy, paste, print and make it part of your day.

Lighter of lights – illumine us  
Fire of fires – thaw us  
Power of powers – strengthen us  
Lover of lovers – warm us  
Teller of tales – encourage us  
Destroyer of darkness – save us  
Touchstone of truth – examine us  
Summoner of stars – amaze us  
Wellspring of wisdom – weather us  
Water of life – refresh us  
Dancer of days – delight in us  
Breath of the universe – bless us.

Blessing by Ruth Burgess


Church Day
Don't forget our Church vision day on April 14th. We will meet at the Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Centre from 10am until 3pm. The aim of the day is to gain fresh excitement and vision about our purpose as a church, exploring various aspects of who we are and what we do together during the day.

Lunch will be provided and we are planning to have a team looking after the children. We will also be joined by Tim Lovejoy who will be helping us with our musings during the day.

Tony's Talk 
It was good to see some of you this morning. I hope that not too many of you have cricks in your neck from reading the words on the ceiling! You can click here to view Tony's notes.

Finally, some of you may have been at Bob and Annie's for a yummy meal  on Thursday night when Tony mentioned a report by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church through their Joint Public Issues Team, shows how evidence and statistics have been misused, misrepresented and manipulated to create untruths that stigmatise poor people, welfare recipients and those in receipt of benefits. You can click here to find a link to the report.

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

A couple of things...

Hi all, looking forward to getting together for another yummy meal this Thursday evening at Annie's. 7:30 start. See previous blog post for further instructions!

When we where last together we were blessed to have our old pals Kev and Jan with us. It was so exciting to hear their news and to chat together about Kev's latest theological conundrums including the question ' Did Jesus intend to start a religion?' If you missed it then you can CLICK HERE to listen to John's recording.

Finally, Gerald from All Hallows, Tillington has emailed with details of another PACT Spring Lecture. They are as follows;

3rd SPRING LECTURE
FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013 at 7.30pm
 Elaine Waight
Family Support Team Leader
ON 
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER 
To take place in
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, PETWORTH
GU28 0AE
FAMILY SUPPORT WORK -
 WORKING INTENSIVELY WITH FAMILIES IN SUSSEX
Ample car parking
Canapes & refreshments will be served
All are welcome.
Further information: Gerald  01798 342151

Monday, 4 March 2013

Yummy!

Dear All

It is time for our monthly supper get together this week. Bob and I are hosting here at Little Beeches and Jane has kindly offered to cook the main meal. It would be great to have an idea of numbers and any offers of grub. I am still on the 'poorly' list but not infectious and Bob is doing all the work (what's new you may ask??).

Jane will provide sausage and bean casserole and baked potatoes. Suggestions for contributions are: 1. Bread 2. Salad 3. puddings 4. drinks

Do pass on the reminder to anyone not on e mail that you meet up with. Let us know if you can come

Bob and Annie