Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Great day at Counties annual conference in Bristol onSaturday with 300 people enjoying teachings, worship and prayer.

Penny writes; “We all had great fun at the Spring Craft night on Monday, we seemed to laugh quite a bit and some really lovely pieces were created; the glass engraving was particularly successful!! Hearts and the smell of hot cross buns will be my abiding memories!”

The next Craft night is planned for 15th June so get it in the diary now!!

Please pray for Anna who is now back at the GLO centre in Zambia. She had an amazing few weeks at the orphanage in Kitwe, experienced some real adventures and saw many changes! Pray that God will continue to work in her over the coming weeks before returning home at the beginning of April.

Abi & Hazel leave next week for their overseas placements – please remember them as they begin making preparations for their 3 month adventures. Pray that any nerves will be settled and that this next chapter will make a big impact not only on their own lives but on the lives of those they meet.

Josh is now onto his 2nd week at Tilsley College, please continue to pray for him in his studies and as he prepares for the next stage of his FirstServe programme.

FirstServe is a unique discipleship and missions programme, primarily for 18-25 year-olds on a gap year, or those with a shorter time available.

Gordon is part of the FistServe Steering Group.

Looking forward to a packed Church full of parents and children as we enjoy a finale to the Holiday Club with a Family Fun Night of games, activities and food!

Great week at Polar Explorers Holiday Club!
60+ kids most days – today is the final session and Prize-giving.

Starting this morning a 5 Day Holiday Club at Swanfield Chapel, Chichester.
Polar Explorers is Scripture Union’s great new holiday club programme for 2015, designed to help you run a successful and fun Bible-filled club for 5 to 11-year-olds.
With the help of Sir Random Finds and Bare Feet, the children are explorers who go on a mini-expedition each day and learn about a New Testament character. Through the lives of these people, they learn that no one is too anything to be part of God’s big expedition, that is, to be a friend of Jesus and go out and help other people be friends of Jesus too.

Another full to overflowing day at Noah’s Ark Carer and Toddler Group. Penny says that people are arriving early and queuing up outside to make sure of getting in! Today 80+ parents and toddlers squeezed in to Duncan Road Church. Southampton!

Good night at Costa’s! Music by Phil Overton and a thought provoking message from Ivor Cooper!

Not sure if we will sleep tonight with plenty of caffeine being consumed.

Please pray for the unChurched men who attended and the Christian booklets that was taken.

The Bible is God’s Word – Through the Spirit, it’s how He speaks to us. It tells us the good news of Jesus!
The Word One to One is a resource designed to walk you and your friends through the good news found in John’s Gospel.

I am hoping to invest sometime and do this course with one or two unchurched men in the local area.

Although Camp is not until August the planning begins now!
It was good tonight to bring together last years team for a ‘Thank You For Helping Meal!’
And to drum up some interest and support for this years Camp.

We will need a team of 30 leaders, the jobs involved range from Unit Leaders, Duties, Cooks and Sports – think you would like to help then get in touch!
Note: All leaders must be DBS checked and agree with the Counties Hampshire Child Protection Policy.

Good News Camp Promo 2015 from Gordon Curley on Vimeo.