Welcome to our service of Morning Worship. Antoine has chosen all the worship for this service, for which we'll be using song sheets etc. It will be followed by a Christening in the chancel area, while others stay on for…?
LIFE. Remember the David Lister Carol service (CS2) before Christmas? Tessa Oram & Julia Clapp are now willing to help fulfil a vision at St John's of planting a youth Church ('LIFE'). They will put on a LIFE event each month (3-4pm), and offer training for the hour beforehand. They're committing to a 6-month programme, at the end of which we take over responsibility. This is really exciting, and we start next Sunday. So…
Next Sunday we have Elkana with us, and he will be our preacher. Godwin & Nkeiruka will also be with us, and we'll have a Nigerian style Morning Worship service. We will then have buffet lunch in Church, followed by training for LIFE, and the LIFE youth event.
Elkana is my friend from Nigeria, who has been studying for a Masters Degree in Transportation, a subject which he teaches at the Institute of Transportation in Zaria. He is married to Esther, with 3 boys, and is a non-stipendiary minister (Anglican). He has visited St Johns a few times, but not now for a year. His last day in Birmingham will be 30/1, when he will be awarded his degree. He will then be staying on with us for up to two weeks before returning home.
Come Together. Our Wednesday a.m. meeting - 9.30 Holy Communion, Coffee, chat, etc.
Confirmation. As a follow on from Alpha, some of you have said you'd like to be confirmed this year. I can now confirm that the Confirmation service in E. Hull on June 21st will be at St Johns at 6.30 pm. The course we'll be following is an Emmaus course called 'Nurture' and is recommended as an 'after Alpha' course. If you'd like to join the group, but have already been confirmed that's not a problem. I gave out a draft programme last Sunday, but set out below an amended one, starting on March 4th @7.30pm.
What Christians believe
March 4 Believing in God
March 11 We need God in our lives
March 18 The life and ministry of Jesus
March 25 The death and resurrection of Jesus
April 1 The Holy Spirit
April 22 Becoming a Christian
How Christians grow
April 29 Learning to pray
May 6 Reading the Bible
May 13 Belonging to the Church
May 20 Sharing Holy Communion
Living the Christian life
May 27 Living God's way
June 3 Serving the Lord
June 10 Your money and your life
June 17 Learning to love
June 24 Sharing the faith
All sessions will be at St Johns, and last from 1½ -2 hrs. Each part of the programme is timed, and there's a handout sheet for each session. For e.g. Session 1 programme consists of:
Introduction: Welcome, prayer and opening exercise 15 mins
Testimony: The leader's story 5
Introduction and ground rules 5
Buzz groups 10
Is God really there? 10
Buzz groups 5
'I believe in God' 15
Buzz groups for questions 10
Question time 10
Knowing God and closing prayer 5
As you can see, the sessions are part sharing, part teaching and part inter-active. If you know of folk who you think may be interested (even if they may not want to be confirmed), let me know.
Christenings. Advance notice that Aimee Robinson will be christened on March 1st, during our 10.30 service. There will also be another family - Aaron Finney, Alice Marshall, with their children Jake, Kenzie & Amelia - and I will be christening Amelia (born within a few days of Aimee). Hot Gospel Choir have also been asked to take part in this service, for which we are expecting a full Church. Do ask your friends! Buffet lunch to follow.
Many thanks to those of you who offered to help with the children. Ann will work on a programme, and get back to you.
Baptisms. Photos of the baptisms on January 4th @ back of Church. If you write your name on the back of any you'd like, I'll try and get copies.
Nick Carter was successful in his interview, and stayed on the Isle of Man to start work. He is having his things sent on, so we may not see him for a while. He sounded OK when I spoke to him. Hopefully, we'll keep up to date via Bethany & Karl.
DCC meeting - Monday Feb 1st @ 7p.m. at St John's.
Next Sunday. Morning Worship 10.30 a.m. followed by buffet lunch & LIFE training/event.
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