This document provides details of upcoming services and events at Grove Free Evangelical Church. This Sunday, Barbie Margetts will lead the service and Ian Reynolds will speak on "The Mystery of God's Grace" from Ephesians 3:1-13. Various other services and meetings are announced for the week, including prayer meetings on Monday and Sunday evenings. The following Sunday will focus on Operation Christmas Child with a shoebox packing event after the morning service.

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 11th
October 2015
Barbie Margetts leads our service this morning. Continuing the
series from Ephesians entitled ’Our riches and responsibilities as
believers’, Ian Reynolds speaks on “The mystery of God's grace”
(Ephesians 3:1-13). Includes communion.
Pastor Paul John is speaking at Wantage Christian Fellowship this
morning.
2:30 pm: Worship service at Wantage Nursing Home
7:00 pm: Meet for prayer at June’s.
The week ahead
Mon 12th
7:30 pm Prayer for ‘Missions and the Suffering Church’
at Bernice’s
Wed 14th
10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at Lesley’s prior to going
out for their 35th
Anniversary meal at The
Windmill Carvery, Asthall
Thu 15th
8:00 pm GFEC Members’ meeting at Old Mill Hall
We give a warm welcome to you especially if this is the first time you’ve
visited us. We trust you will experience God’s loving presence in our worship
today and we pray that you will find encouragement in God’s word.

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)
NEXT SUNDAY
10:30 am: Pastor Paul John leads and speaks at our ‘Shoebox Sunday
Service’. Youth Group meet.
The service will be followed by lunch and shoebox packing.
7 – 8 pm: Meet for prayer at June’s.
Sunday 18th
October will be ‘Shoebox Sunday’. The morning
service will include a focus on ‘Link to Hope’ and the Shoebox
Appeal, and there will be the opportunity to join together for
lunch before helping to pack shoeboxes for the poor and
vulnerable in Eastern Europe. Please bring your own packed
lunch, drinks will be provided.
There is a Church Members’ meeting at 8pm on Thursday
15th
October at Old Mill Hall (Dixon Suite).
Please note that Lesley Baker will be away Sunday 18th
– Monday
26th
October. Please send Prayer Chain message requests to Sarah
Tippet during this time.
29th
June – 3rd
July please send to John Willemsen
There is a Building Vision Prayer Breakfast on Saturday 24th
October, 8:30am at Old Mill Hall. Please come and join with
us in praying for the future of GFEC and enjoy a coffee and
a croissant (£2.00 donation appreciated).
On Sunday 22nd
November there will be a special church lunch following
the morning service. Paul and Julie will be moving to pastures new at the
end of November and this is GFEC’s opportunity to say a fond farewell. It
would be very helpful for the catering team to have an idea of how many
people will be staying for lunch – please respond yes or no, on the sign-up
sheet on the noticeboard table. Thank you.
Pastor Paul John can be contacted on 01235 210037 or email: pastor@gfec.org.uk