Fellowship News (February 2024)

February 6, 2024

Praying & caring for the Community – Park Terrace East, Livingstone Road, Stanley Walk
Preaching out this month:
4th Feb Dave Ansell – Slinfold pm; S Piggott – Binfield am
11th Feb Stuart Beadle – Slinfold pm
18th Feb Dave Ansell  – Horsham URC am; Steve Piggott  – Smallfield am
25th Feb Dave Ansell  – Wivelsfield am; Stuart Beadle  – [...]

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Who’s to blame? (Thought for February 2024)

February 6, 2024

Have you come across people who, when challenged about something, will always seem to blame somebody else? I have (and I hope you don’t think that I’m one of them!) In effect, they’re saying “It’s not my fault” and they try to pass the blame onto others.
I got that impression when we heard from the [...]

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An Inspirational Visit from Madeira – Paul Phillips shares:

January 13, 2024

An Inspirational Visit from Madeira – Paul Phillips shares:
On Tuesday evening 26th September, we were blessed with a visit to the church by Pastor Sandro Farinha from Christ’s Church in Funchal on the island of Madeira. We were also pleased to meet Sandro’s father in law Andy, who has been driving Sandro around for his [...]

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January 2024 – Fellowship News

January 13, 2024

A new year to renew prayer – and new opportunities to hear and be taught from God’s Word this  month. Pray during the week for those preparing to preach, and for them as they deliver the Word on the Sunday, including those preaching out at other churches. Please pray for Holy Spirit anointing on preachers [...]

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Pray Continually (Thought for January 2024)

January 13, 2024

“pray continually” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) This verse formed part of our motto text for 2023. Although I have not chosen one for2024, this verse could well be a candidate. For it speaks of what is my great desire for us as a church: that we would “pray continually.” Allow me to give 3 reasons [...]

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A Forward announcement from Sue Fermor-Bradstock

December 4, 2023

Connections Ladies New Year Breakfast Saturday January 13th, 9am at Rehoboth
Speaker: Kate Bishop – trustee of Nkuringo Education and Community Support

All ladies welcome!
In October 2014 Janet Duchesne and her husband, Steve Knowlden went on a trek to see the gorillas in Uganda. Coming out of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest they came across the village of [...]

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The Hen & Chicken Men – aka MOTW

December 4, 2023

After our monthly gazing at each other on Zoom as we discuss the studies we’ve just watched on the Ligonier videos, some of us took the opportunity to see each other across the table (in the flesh, so to speak) at the Hen & Chicken restaurant in Southwater last month.
While the regular video expositions, courtesy [...]

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Advent Attention! (Fellowship News Dec 2023)

December 4, 2023

This month our services and other happenings will have an Advent/Christmassy feel—in particular those indicated in red on the dates page of the website.
May we pray for those leading our services of worship, that the Lord would powerfully bless the proclamation of the Christmas Gospel message.

For families, we have our Christingle service at 4pm on [...]

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Great Expectations (Thought for December 2023)

December 4, 2023

We have reached the season of advent. A time when we look forward to several services of worship and celebration and blessing as we read those accounts familiar to many of us, but still foreign to many outside the church. We read of a long expected saviour – to some their expectations were of a [...]

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Outreach UK

October 6, 2023

A recent letter received from Pam, one of Outreach UK’s associate evangelists & GNFE rep:

Dear friends, there’s a care home in my area for people with mental health issues ages 18-70 years. The owner of this home we’ll call X, wouldn’t allow me (GNFE) to give the residents a New Testament each, but I could [...]

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