Church weekly newsletter

1. Young people are invited to leave for their own activities
after approx. 30 minutes.
Please stay and join with us for refreshments after this service.
Grove Free Evangelical Church
‘Building a community of people who live out God’s purposes’
Sunday 10th
May 2015
Julie John leads our service this morning. Continuing the series
from the book of Colossians entitled ‘Living for Christ’; Ray Massie
speaks on ‘Continue to live in Christ’ (Colossians 2:6-23).
The week ahead
Mon 11th
7:30 pm Prayer for ‘The Growth and Outreach of the
Church’ at Adrian and Katrina’s
Wed 13th
10:30 am CoffeePlus meet for ‘A morning with Ian
Reynolds’ at June’s
7:30 pm Oasis Housegroup meet
7:45 pm Safari Housegroup meet
8:00 pm Julie’s Housegroup meet
8:00 pm Terry and Andrea’s Housegroup meet
Thu 14th
2:00 pm Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Gwenda
Lucas at St. John’s (Grove Parish Church).
8:00 pm Gerald and Erika’s Housegroup meet
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard
your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

2. For more news and information visit www.gfec.org.uk
Details of the GFEC rotas can be found at http://gfec.org.uk/blog/service-rotas/
Please send news items to news@gfec.org.uk
(before Wednesday evening for inclusion in the following Sunday’s newssheet)
Viva Network have launched an appeal for funds
following the Nepal Earthquake. Viva are working
to help children and families in Nepal – not just in
the immediate aftermath of the disaster, but also
in the months ahead. There is a further opportunity, for those who would
like, to give to Viva via the offering today. Please place your gift in an
envelope clearly marked for Viva’s Nepal appeal.
There is an Open the Book ‘Open Morning’ on Tuesday
2nd
June, 09:30 – 12:30 at The Guildry, St. Mary’s
Convent. This training morning will be led by Julie
Jeffries, Development and Training Officer, from
Bible Society Swindon. If you are interested and
would like to learn more about this project, you are
invited go along. It will be ‘a fun morning learning about a very successful
project in primary schools’. Please contact Jenny Penfold on 01235
763173 email penfoldjm@gmail.com for further information and to book a
place (before 27th
May please).
NEXT WEEK
10:30 am: Roger Middlebrook leads. Continuing the series from the book of
Colossians entitled ‘Living for Christ’; Ian Reynolds speaks on ‘Live a
Christ-like life’ (Colossians 3:1-17). Includes communion. Youth Group meet.
Cornerstone would like to raise funds to twin the toilets
at Cornerstone through http://www.toilettwinning.org
(an initiative of Cord and Tearfund). It costs £60 per
toilet and Cornerstone will receive a framed photo of
the twinned latrine to hang on the wall. If you would like
to contribute to this when you spend a penny, please
donate some money in the jar at the cash register.
Pastor Paul John can be contacted on 01235 210037 or email: pastor@gfec.org.uk