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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An Inspirational Visit from Madeira – Paul Phillips shares:

October 6, 2023

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 visitation to the UK churches.
Sandro is pastoring the [...]

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October 2023 – Fellowship News

October 6, 2023

Five Lord’s Days in September this year – meaning many 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 [...]

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Mm, it seems about right …. (Thought for Oct 2023)

October 6, 2023

Great things, sat navs – they can sort your journey out for you so that you can sit back and blindly follow the directions (well, maybe not blindly). No worries, the sat nav – with the help of satellites above – will get you to your desired destination. Yes, but the technology can make mistakes [...]

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