News...

Naomi has been working with Petworth Primary School and others from Petworth Area Churches Together to put on a week-long 'Prayer Space' event at the school form 14th  to 19th October.  Children will be invited to make use of interactive prayers tools and activities over the course of the week. Thank you to those who are on the rota to staff this event and for everyone else please pray that it is fun and impactful for the children and staff

If you would like to find out more about the organisation Prayer Spaces in School, who have supported this venture, please click here.

Talking of PACT...

The Autumn Lecture will take place in St. Mary’s, Petworth at 7.30 on Friday 22nd November.  The speaker will be Jonathan Aitken (former Cabinet minister) and his subject will be ‘From Power to Prison to Peace’.  Be sure to put this date in your diary now! All welcome – no charge. Further details Gerald at Geraldgreshamcooke@gmail.com or 01798 342151.

Remember every Friday there is the PACT Coffee Morning at the United Reformed Church in Golden Square, Petworth.

The Food Bank in Chichester has provided some boxes which are kept at Petworth United Reformed Church.  These are for short term emergency relief.  If you know of someone who needs this help ask them to call at the church on a Friday morning and ask for Maureen or Kenneth

Change of plan...

 
We were scheduled to meet for a PCC Tea-time Gathering at Keyfox on Sunday. However we have an exciting change of plan. This Sunday is the Aannual Splash open afternoon. Splash being an inititative we wholehartedly support as a church, we thought make the 'Splash Flash Live' event our activity for this coming Sunday. It's at Pulborough Village Hall from 3:00pm - 5:00pm.

Better late than never!

Hi all, I have finally been able to type up our programme for the Autumn. You can view it by clicking here or in the Links section.

We enjoyed a lovely walk in the park last weekend and only got a little wet! Thanks to Fred for organising us. Next Sunday we are at the youth club for some where we will hear from those who have recently been to Paris to see at first hand the work that Hannah is doing there.

Together again...

Hi all, we are together again this Sunday morning from 10:30 at the Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Centre. Bob will be sharing some thoughts from a recent conference and we will worship together and spend time catching up. Jane and Annie will be having fun with the children too. All welcome. See you there!

Getting Together...

Hi all, Some of you may have noticed that on our calendar we are due to meet at 16 Littlecote this Sunday! So it's a bring and share tea and a time to catch up and be together. We were to be focussing on inspirational books but this has changed to a just an informal get together with some time spent breaking bread and praying. We look forward to seeing you.

On another note, you will find in our links section Hannah's notes from her talk on worship a couple of weeks ago.

Also from October 4th - 6th John will be prayer walking through the Rother Valley. This an event which you can join in with in several different ways. You can click on the poster below to read all the details.

Change to original plan

Hi all, I hope your summers are going well. I need to remind you that our original plan for this Sunday has changed. We were due to meet at the youth club but with many people away we decided to make the party at Chris & Esthers ('Smitherfest') our gathering for this week. Sorry for any confusion!

Jonny

The news...

• This Sunday
• We will meet at the Sylvia Beaufoy Youth Centre this Sunday at the usual time of 10:30. Hannah is going to share some perspectives on 'Worship - lifestyle worship in spirit and truth' and combine it with some prayer for the people she works with. It goes without saying there will be plenty of refreshments and time to catch up.
• Last Sunday(s)
• Thanks to Tony and Ruth for hosting a lovely BBQ last time we met. And going back another week thanks to everyone who spend time preparing and praying for Kids Club. Annie tells me it was another fantastic year with good numbers and a great impact on our community. Whilst we were setting up for Kids Club we also spent time praying for a youth programme I was engaged in at the time. I am happy to report that things were markedly better from the point we prayed and the rest of the programme went from strength to strength. So thank you!
• Autumn programme
• This Sunday we will also begin planning our next set of gatherings so please come with ideas, enthusiasm and your diary!
• Davids Tent
• During our review some of us expressed a desire to devote time to worship through music and prayer. David's Tent which takes place at Wiston Park from 29th August to 1st September is three days of non-stop worship, fellowship, food and fun. There is a charge for attending the whole weekend or for day passes. Have a look at the website for more www.davidstent.net
• Eunice's Garden
• Many thanks for everyone who has helped with our project to transform Eunice's garden over the past few weeks. It's looking great and we're nearly there!
• That's all for now. God bless!

BBQ weather?

Hi all,This Sunday we are invited to Tony and Ruths for a BBQ. Details are as follows;

Springfield House, North Street (Tony and Ruth's!) on the 4^th August is the venue for a BBQ. We have a BBQ which will be ready and warm at 4.00 -  and we will provide some salads and other goodies

So can you please bring your own protein of choice -  meat, fish or whatever  - to consume yourself and/or share.   Also bring some liquid refreshment.  

 

If you are also able to bring a salad or something special to share please contact Ruth to liaise.

 

  AND please confirm if you will be joining us

 

Best wishes

 

Tony and Ruth