This document provides information about upcoming events and services at Grove Free Evangelical Church. On Sunday, October 19th, Julie John will lead the service and Ian Reynolds will speak about 'Mordecai - the forgotten man is honoured' from the book of Esther. Young people are invited to stay after the service for 30 minutes of refreshments. The document also lists various prayer meetings and housegroup meetings happening during the week and upcoming events like a harvest celebration service, shoebox packing, and a family barn dance.

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 19th October 2014
Julie John leads. Continuing the series ‘Esther – revealing a beauty
that’s more than skin deep’, Ian Reynolds speaks on ‘Mordecai –
the forgotten man is honoured’ (Esther 5-6). Includes communion.
The week ahead
Mon 20th 7:30 pm Prayer for ‘Growth and Outreach of the
Church’ at Ian and Janet’s
8:00 pm Hope Unlimited planning meeting at Paul’s
Wed 22nd 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet for ‘A morning with Paul
John’ at Lesley’s, followed by lunch at
Cornerstone
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
Thur 23rd 8:00 pm Gerald and Erika’s Housegroup meet
Sat 25th 8:30 am Building Vision Prayer Breakfast at OMH
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)
Pastor: Paul John 01235 210037 pastor@gfec.org.uk
Administrator: Debbie Hooker 01235 771322 administrator@gfec.org.uk
Next Sunday
10:30 am: Pastor Paul John leads a special service to celebrate Harvest
and to support the Link to Hope Shoebox Appeal.
We will celebrate Harvest at GFEC, next Sunday, 26th October. Our offering that day will be donated to the Sanctuary Care Home. This will also be ‘Shoebox Sunday’. Please bring a packed lunch and stay on to help pack shoeboxes. If you would like to donate items to go into the shoeboxes please bring them along to church (or take them directly to John and Margaret’s house) before the 26th. Please see the leaflets at the back of the church for further details of the Link to Hope Shoebox Appeal.
Please join us for the FEET Family Barn Dance on Friday 31st October, 7 – 9 pm at Old Mill Hall. ‘Pandemonium’ will provide the music and lead the dancing. There will a ‘Pie and peas’ and ‘Apple Nachos’ supper. The evening will conclude with a short epilogue. Tickets are £1.50 per person or £5.00 for a family ticket and can be obtained from Erika (before 20th October please, for catering purposes). All ages welcome. Casual dress code – denim and/or checks if possible!
There is a Building Vision Prayer Breakfast on Saturday 25th 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).
There is a GFEC ‘Fellowship Tea’ at Cornerstone, 3-4 pm on Saturday 1st November. Cornerstone will be open exclusively for our use to meet together for fellowship. The usual Cornerstone tea/coffee/cake selection will be available to purchase. Everyone is welcome - please bring your friends. Offers of help (to Katrina please) with drinks, serving, till and pot wash greatly appreciated.