Be anxious for nothing (Thought for August 2019)

September 1, 2019

I was reading an article today (27th August) about anxieties that particularly millennials suffer from. Specifically, it was about ‘Errand paralysis’ — a condition where errands pile up on you and you just simply can’t get around to doing them, not necessarily because you run out of time, but because they grow into big monsters [...]

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A Life Changing Year

September 1, 2019

Just over a year ago my grandson Alden and I were hit by a van while we were lying on the grass at the Ardingly show ground. We were crushed under the front bumper and both sustained serious injuries. Many people have described our survival as a miracle and I truly believe that God saved [...]

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Fellowship News (Sept 2019)

September 1, 2019

Make it a September to Remember …
Pray for our children and young people as they commence, recommence, move up, move out this month – school, new school year, college, university, new (and perhaps first) job. We congratulate those who received their GCSE or A level results and those who passed intermediate exams.
Pray that the Lord [...]

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Fellowship News (August 2019)

August 6, 2019

May this holiday month be full of the joy of the Lord and his creation for us, whether we travel afar or stay at home. Let’s pray for opportunities to share the love of Jesus with those we meet.

Please see the this months Connect Magazine for specific prayer items.

Preaching out/Serving the Lord this month:
4th Steve [...]

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Lost and gone forever? I hope not (Thought for August 2019)

August 6, 2019

It was a disaster! A calamity! I felt lost without it. We’d enjoyed a very pleasant day trip with a local coach company to north Kent, and were on our way back on the M26, when I was shocked to find that I’d lost my mobile phone. Panic! Where was it? We thought about it [...]

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Fellowship News (July 2019)

June 30, 2019

Praise; Preaching; Prayer: Picnic
How good is the God we adore! Our faithful, unchangeable friend:
His love is as great as His power and knows neither measure nor end.   Sukesh Pabari, who so brilliantly led our Awayday at Dalesdown this year, reminded us from Phillipians 4: 6  to always have a thankful heart that will lead us [...]

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In a field !

June 30, 2019

Elliot’s Weekend Experience ‘in a Field’:
Last weekend, I went along to a Men’s Festival Weekend called The Gathering (organised by CVM – that’s Christian Vision for Men) in ‘A Field Near Swindon’ – look it up on Google Maps! It was a great weekend of fellowship with Dan and several of the men from The [...]

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The Local Church as a Family (Thought for July 2019)

June 30, 2019

This was the theme of our recent Church Awayday at the Dalesdown Centre where through the ministry of Sukesh Pabari we were asked to consider life in our church family.  Families come in different shapes and sizes as does the congregation of our church. When you join in with those gathering for worship does it [...]

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There is a small child….

June 30, 2019

There is a small child with a penny in her pocket and a stamp book gripped in her hand walking alone up the road to the church.  She arrives and is greeted by a kindly elderly lady who limps badly and is dressed in black. The afternoon is a happy time and she enjoys the [...]

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Church Awayday 16 June 2019

June 16, 2019

The Local Church as a Family

Session 1  – The church as a rejoicing  family  (Philippians 4 vs 1-4)
Session 2 – The church as a caring family (Philippians 4 vs 5-6)
Session 3 – The church as biblically living family (Philippians 4 vs 7-9)

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