The newsletter from Grove Free Evangelical Church provides information on opportunities to host international students over Christmas, donating to the local food bank for Christmas hampers, and upcoming community caroling. It also announces dates for prayer meetings, house groups, church services and speakers, and the church members meeting.

1. Grove Free Evangelical Church NEWSLETTER
‘Building a community of people who live out God’s purposes’
November 2016
International student needing
accommodation
Could you help by hosting an international university
student who has to stay here over Christmas?
HOST’s work is even more important now with the recent
increase of racist and xenophobic abuse across the UK.
More information can be found at www.hostuk.org
Foodbank Christmas
Donations at GFEC
Sunday 6th November
Foodbank hope to give out Christmas
hampers to needy families and
individuals again this year and are
looking for donations of the following:
Savoury nibbles, pickle, chutney,
Christmas pudding, Christmas cake or
log, sweets, chocolates etc
NB: Items need to have a best before
date of at least January 2017
If you would prefer to give money,
then please put your donation in a
marked enveloped and it will be
passed on accordingly. Food donations
are also accepted at Cornerstone but
need to be given by no later than 20th
November. THANK YOU!
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but
all its many parts form one body, so it is with
Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12
Bridge Builders update:
Following the recent Bridge Builders meetings
including the workshop run on Saturday 22nd
October
please note the dates of three further sessions as follows:
Saturday 5th
November 9:00 am – 1:00pm in the
Dixon Suite at Old Mill Hall, Grove
Monday 14th
November 6:45pm – 9:45 pm at
St John’s Parish rooms, Grove
Thursday 17th
November 6:45 pm – 9:45 pm at
Cornerstone, Grove
Don’t forget that
meet on a weekly basis: On
Wednesdays, Oasis (7.30pm),
Safari (7.45pm) and Terry and
Andrea’s Housegroups (8.00pm)
meet and on Thursdays, Gerald
and Erika’s Housegroup meet
(8.00pm).
ADVANCED NOTICE!
Friday 23rd December Community Carols
5:00 pm – 7: pm
Carol singing procession around part of Grove accompanied by
the Wantage Silver Band, lanterns and a donkey! Mary and
Joseph may even make an appearance {Open the Book}.
Starting and finishing at Millbrook School car park please join us
for the procession or alternatively back at the car park at around
6:15 pm for the final few carols and some festive food and drinks!
Family and friends welcome too!
We are delighted to share that
Gary and Marilyn’s jam making
efforts have raised over £113 for
Cornerstone. Further donations
would gratefully received.

2. ‘In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus’ 1 Thessalonians 5:18
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/
Dates for your diary
Tuesday 1st 7:30 pm OMF prayer meeting at Margaret and Lesley’s
Wednesday 2nd 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at Margaret W’s house – a morning with
Pauline Selhi
Saturday 5th 9.00 am Bridge Builders meeting at Old Mill Hall (see front page for
further details)
Sunday 6th 10:30 am Fiona Massie leads. Stuart Gilbert speaking. Foodbank
donations (see front page for further details)
7:00 pm Meet for prayer for the church and fellowship at John and
Margaret’s
Monday 7th 7:30 pm Prayer for the ‘Missions and the Suffering Church’ at Bernice’s
7:30 pm Housegroup leaders meet at Terry and Andrea’s
Wednesday 9th 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at June’s house – DVD ‘The Potter’ part 1
Sunday 13th 10:30 am Remembrance Sunday. Barbie Margetts leads. Terry Randall
speaking
4:00 pm Andy Hooker leads at Challow Mission speaking on the subject
‘Death is not the end!’
7:00 pm Meet for prayer for the church and fellowship at June’s
Monday 14th 7:30 pm Prayer for ‘The Outreach of the Church’ at Maurice and
Marthe’s
Wednesday 16th 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at Angela’s house – DVD ‘The Potter’ part 2
Sunday 20th 10:30 am Roger Middlebrook leads. Keith Stokes speaking
7:00 pm Meet for prayer for the church and fellowship at June’s
Monday 21st 7:30 pm Prayer for ‘Our Nation’ at Maurice and Marthe’s
Wednesday 23rd 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at Zita’s – a morning with Bernice White
Thursday 24th 7:30 pm Church Members Meeting at Cornerstone
Sunday 27th 10:30 am Pauline Selhi leads. John Edmonds from Freshbrook Church
in Swindon speaking
7:00 pm Meet for prayer for the church and fellowship at June’s
Monday 28th 7:30 pm Prayer for ‘The Growth and Outreach of the Church’ at
Adrian and Katrina’s
Wednesday 30th 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet at Margaret W’s – Praise, Pray and Fellowship
Items for the December newsletter to Stephanie by no later than 16th December to
news@gfec.org.uk