The holiday season is in full swing!
This has implications for the meetings at GPCC. Sunday meetings will continue as usual: morning meetings at 10.30 a.m. and evening meetings at 6 p.m. Don’t forget that on Sunday 10th August, the morning meeting will be at Cherry Tree Court, not at Market Street.
The coffee mornings on Saturdays will also continue as usual, starting at 10 a.m. and running till 12 noon.
There are, however, no midweek meetings on Thursdays throughout August and no youth club on Mondays or Parent & Toddler group on Fridays.
The prayer topic for August is to continue to pray for these church outreaches, whether meetings are being held or not. So please pray for the youth club and the Parent & Toddler group, particularly as a new academic year in September inevitably means changes to those who attend these groups. Pray that God will bring people to these and will give those who help the right words to speak His love and truth.
Pray for the coffee mornings and for the food bank ministry. Poverty continues, no matter what the time of year, and we (along with other local churches) need to continue to give consistently and regularly so that those in need can receive the help they need. Paul talked about practical ways of organising help in 1 Cor 16:2 and 2 Cor 9:7. Adding some extra tinned food or cereal to our own weekly shopping is a very practical way we can give to others and does not impoverish us. Let’s be quick to demonstrate love in practical ways, as our Bible studies have been reminding us.
Pray also for the outreach at Cherry Tree Court, that God will bless the services we hold there and speak to the residents there, encouraging those who already know Him and bringing others into a relationship with Him for the first time.