The document provides details of upcoming events and services at Grove Free Evangelical Church for the week of October 18th, 2015. This Sunday will include a service led by Roger Middlebrook focusing on shoebox donations, followed by lunch and shoebox packing. Various housegroup meetings and a prayer breakfast are scheduled for later in the week. The following Sunday will include a service speaking on walking in purity from Ephesians, with Pastor Paul John, and a farewell lunch is planned for Paul and Julie as they move to a new pastorate.

1. 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 18th
October 2015
Roger Middlebrook leads our all-age ‘Shoebox Sunday’ service this
morning. Pastor Paul John speaks.
The service will be followed by lunch and shoebox packing.
7:00 pm: Meet for prayer at June’s.
The week ahead
Mon 19th
7:30 pm Prayer for ‘Growth of the Church’ at Paul
and Julie’s
Wed 21st
10:30 am CoffeePlus meet for ‘Angels – God’s secret
agents’ with Paul John 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 22nd
8:00 pm Gerald and Erika’s Housegroup meet
Sat 24th
8:30 am Building Vision Prayer Breakfast 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)
The annual Portal Appliance Testing (PAT test) will be done on
Sunday 8th November. If anyone wishes to use electrical
equipment for GFEC, please bring it along on that Sunday.
There will be a further ‘Open House/Bring & Buy/Coffee
Morning’ at John and Margaret’s (1 Sycamore Walk) on
Saturday 24th October, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Any donations
will be used for transport for the 100 shoeboxes packed at
Church. The last Coffee Morning raised over £100, with
another £80 in extra gifts. A big thank you to all who contributed.
NEXT SUNDAY
10:30 am: Fiona Massie leads. Continuing the series from Ephesians
entitled ’Our riches and responsibilities as believers’, Pastor Paul John
speaks on “Walk in purity” (Ephesians 4:17-5:17). Youth Group meet.
7 – 8 pm: Meet for prayer at June’s.
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 WillemsenThere 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