1. Children & 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 22nd September 2013
Andy Hooker leads our morning service. Continuing the series
from Ecclesiastes, ‘How can I find meaning in life?’; Pastor Paul
John speaks on ‘The search for meaning continues’.
(Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11).
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Open House at Paul and Julie John’s
The week ahead:
Mon 23rd
7:30 pm Young People’s Housegroup meet at the Kerr’s
8:00 pm Prayer for ‘Outreach of the Church’ at
Maurice and Marthe’s
8:00 pm Elders meet
Tue 24th
8:00 pm Light Party planning meeting at the Harwood’s
Wed 25th
10:30 am CoffeePlus meet to watch a DVD entitled ‘The
Story of Sue Thomas’ (part 1) at June’s
7:45 pm Safari Housegroup meet
8:00 pm Julie’s Housegroup meet
8:00 pm Terry and Andrea’s Housegroup meet
Thur 26th
7:30 pm Simon’s Housegroup meet
8:00 pm Gerald and Erika’s Housegroup meet
Sat 28th
8:30 am Building Vision Prayer Breakfast at OMH

2. Pastor: Paul John 01235 210037 pastor@gfec.org.uk
Administrator: Debbie Hooker 01235 771322 deacon.admin@gfec.org.uk
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Next Sunday
10:30am: Julie John leads and Paul John speaks at our All-Age Harvest
Celebration service.
Foodbank collection. Offering dedicated to Tearfund.
The morning service will be followed by a shared lunch.
There is a Building Vision Prayer Breakfast on Saturday
28th
September, 8:30am at Old Mill Hall (Dixon Suite).
Please come and join with us in praying for the future of
GFEC and enjoy a coffee and a croissant (£2.00 donation
appreciated).
Next Sunday, 29th
September we will celebrate Harvest
with a special all-age service followed by a shared lunch.
There will be an offering taken dedicated to Tearfund.
There will be a meeting to plan the Light Party on Tuesday 24th
September at 8:00 pm at the Harwood’s house. We hope to plan
a theme and activities for all-ages to which the whole family
can come along to and celebrate light and life, as an alternative
to traditional Halloween activities. See Helen for more details.
Lesley Baker will be away Sunday 22nd
September - Saturday 28th
September. Please send Prayer Chain messages to Sarah Tippet.
Our next collection of items for donation to the Wantage and
Grove Foodbank will be at our Harvest Celebration next Sunday,
29th
September. Please see the list at the back of the church
for suitable items for donation.