Church Newsletter

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 28th September 2014
Pastor Paul John leads our service this morning. Continuing the
series ‘Esther – revealing a beauty that’s more than skin deep’, he
speaks on ‘True beauty lies within’ (Esther 2: 8-23).
There will be a music practice following the morning service.
Mon 29th 7:30 pm Prayer for ‘The Growth and Outreach of the
Church’ at Adrian and Katrina’s
Wed 1st 10:30 am CoffeePlus meet for ‘A morning with Bernice
White’ at Margaret W’s
8:00 pm Joint Housegroup prayer meeting at Old Mill
Hall led by Julie’s Housegroup
The week ahead:
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.

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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)
Advanced notice of dates for the diary:
Saturday 25th October: Building Vision Prayer Breakfast.
Sunday 26th October: Harvest / Shoebox Sunday.
Friday 31st October: FEET Family Barn Dance, 7 – 9 pm.
Sunday 16th November: Church ‘Purim’ lunch concluding our
teaching series on Esther.
Pastor: Paul John 01235 210037 pastor@gfec.org.uk
Administrator: Debbie Hooker 01235 771322 administrator@gfec.org.uk
Next Sunday
10:30 am: Fiona Massie leads. Continuing the series ‘Esther – revealing
a beauty that’s more than skin deep’, Pastor Paul John speaks on ‘Exterminate! Exterminate!’ (Esther chapter 3). Youth group meet.
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’
Psalm 91 vs 1 & 2
Congratulations to Ray and Fiona Massie. They celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary last week.
You are welcome to join some of GFEC folk and friends for fellowship and games in Cornerstone. On a Tuesday, 2- 4 pm, it’s Rummikub; and on a Thursday, from 1:30 pm, it’s Scrabble.