Weekly Newsletter

Morning Service at 10.30 on Sunday 16th November at Glenvale C of E School

Message from the Vicar:

‘Connecting with Jesus, with each other, with the community’

Peterborough Diocese Website

Please can I commend our diocesan website to you which has lots of information of things coming up, including the annual Vocations Day this month enabling people to explore a possible call to ministry: https://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/

Men’s health

Please can I also commend this organisation for all things relevant to Men’s health: https://uk.movember.com/

Weekly Services:

This Sunday is a communion service.

Midweek Service at Glenvale Care Home:

All Things Christmas:

Christmas really is a fantastic time of year for the Church to shine the light of Jesus into people’s lives. So please take a look at what is going on and begin to think about who you could invite……..

Here are a few things to think about and act on NOW:

Please can you donate some Christmas goodies that can be easily shared at our events – mince pies, chocolate, stollen and anything else Christmassy! There will be a box in the foyer on Sunday mornings for you to place your donations in. Thank you everyone!
The Wreath making event is a bit early this year so please book in asap.
Can you loan, borrow and/or buy Christmas battery operated lights to be used at the ‘Carols & Lights’ event on Sunday 7th Dec. Please speak to Jackie BC.
Alex is going to gather our Christmas choir this year (can be both adults and children) for the following three events – ‘Carols & Lights’ (Sun 7th Dec 5.30pm), ‘Traditional Carol Service’ (Sun 21st Dec starts 6pm) & ‘Christingle & Nativity Service’ (Wed 24th Dec starts 4.30pm). Please speak to Alex asap if you can be available for these and she may gather you one Sunday morning after church to practice the carols.

Extra News:

Wellingborough Conference:

Dear Church Leaders,
We are writing to commend to you the “Occupy Wellingborough” event being held in the URC Church on Saturday 22 November. Please see the attached flier.

It is being organised by Tolu Oyewole, a brother from Nigeria who felt led to move to Wellingborough, and has a strong desire and prayer to see God’s Kingdom built here in our town. It is for that reason that he is organising this event to gather Christians together in worship, word and prayer. We commend it because we believe it will be significant in laying down a spiritual marker here in our town. It is an event which is not in isolation either locally or nationally.

a) Locally – On Tuesday 21 October there was a very encouraging Church Leaders Breakfast hosted by the Salvation Army where vision for Wellingborough was shared. It was decided, at the conclusion of the meeting, to follow up in some way, and this event seems a fitting opportunity for God’s people to meet together, to hear from God and to pray from that.

b) Nationally – On Saturday 25 October the Prayer Army Network, which is praying every week for a move of God across our county, hosted an event in St Giles Church, Northampton when Jonathan Oloyede spoke. He is the founder of the National Day of Prayer and Worship raising prayer across our nation. Jonathan is a visionary leader with a passion to see the UK transformed by God’s power, bringing believers together to pray, worship and stand for revival in our nation. He believes revival is coming to our nation and we must be ready for it.

What better way to prepare ourselves than by uniting together in worship and prayer for as we read in Psalm 133 “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity ….. for there the Lord bestows the blessing” Come and hear local people share vision and prayer. “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” Jer 1:7.

Let us press “Forward Together” as expressed in the Wellingborough civic motto.

Looking forward to seeing Christians uniting together on Saturday 22 November.

Yours together in Christ,
Richard Hartnell High Street, URC
Robert Chirgwin Nations
Tolu Oyewole Christ Awakening Assembly

Parish Prayer:

There are two opportunities to pray together as a parish each week:

1) Sunday mornings from 9.45am in the glass pod off the corridor at Glenvale School.

2) Tuesday mornings, 11am at the Vicarage.

Prayer Chain:

If you would like to send a prayer request to the prayer chain, or join the prayer chain, please contact Jackie Brooks Cheesman: jackiebrookscheesman@yahoo.co.uk

Giving:

Thank you to you all for your sacrificial giving. If you would like to give to the work and ministry of the church please collect a form from the table at church which will enable you to give via the recommended route of the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). However, people are welcome to give in whatever way suits them and please consider gift aiding your contribution so that the church receives an extra 25%.

Please contact Dale Gilbert for more information: treasurer@nwanglicanchurch.co.uk

Church Vision – Key Priorities

Discipleship:

Connect Groups:

Connect Group Facilitators:

Monday afternoon (fortnightly 2-4pm): Carol Maycock
Wednesday evening (fortnightly 7.30pm): Ruth Wium
Thursday morning (fortnightly 10.00am): Alan Palmer
1st Sundays in the month evening (12.20): Rev Livvi Haughton-Scales

Under 18’s:

Wholeness in Jesus/wellbeing

Creations Craft Group:

Bereavement Support Group:

The Facebook support group has 85 members and continues. If anyone feels they have the capacity and passion for reaching out to those bereaved, please speak to me.

Safeguarding:

As God’s distinctive community we want to be a church that is safe for everyone. Where there are safeguarding concerns please talk to me (or if I am away, to John Gilyead our parish safeguarding officer) as soon as they arise. Even if you’re not sure, just talk to me anyway….please. Dawn.