Don’t forget to put the clocks back an hour tonight or you’ll be very early for church tomorrow!
There are a number of different events happening in November apart from our usual meetings. Details are given below:
Thursday 3rd & 17th November
On these two Thursdays, there will be an opportunity to prepare with the community choir for the ‘Churches Together’ carol service on Friday 9th December. The choir practice will start at 6.30 p.m., immediately before the Bible study at 7.30 p.m.
Sunday 6th November
Meetings at the usual time of 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m., with the family service looking at our identity as children of the King.
Thursday 10th & 24th November
Our prayer meetings will be at 7.30 p.m. Do come along to pray for revival, for our outreaches, and for the Christmas Market outreach. Pray for the youth club on Monday nights, the Parent & Toddler group on Friday mornings, the coffee mornings each Saturday morning, the badminton group on Friday evenings and all the community groups who use the building throughout the week. Corrie Ten Boom once asked if prayer is our steering wheel or our spare tyre. It’s so important to pray! – and praying together is as vital as praying individually.
Sunday 13th November
The morning meeting will be at Market Street at 10.30 a.m. (not Cherry Tree Court), and there will be a Christian bookstall at both morning and evening services – an opportunity to buy Christmas cards, calendars, CDs, books and gifts, Advent devotionals, children’s books and so on. Payment is needed on the day, with CLC donating 10% of all sales to the church.
Saturday 19th November
This will be the Big Local’s ‘Winter Wonderland and Christmas Market’ event at Thurnscoe Flower/ Memorial Park (just off High Street) from 12 noon until 6 p.m. A lovely opportunity to buy Christmas purchases and enjoy a community event, complete with skating rink and Santa’s grotto.
Sunday 20th November
This morning’s service will be at Cherry Tree Court at 10.30 a.m., with the evening service at 6 p.m. at Market Street.
Wednesday 23rd November
Preparation day for the Christmas Market! If you are free from 9 until 11 a.m., come along to prepare the 300 goody bags we will be giving out to families who come in to our building. A joint ‘Churches Together’ project, the goody bags will contain literature about Christmas for children and adults, sweets and glow sticks to light up the carol service as well as information about church services and community events. We pray God will really use these to speak truth into people’s hearts and to encourage people to consider the meaning of Christmas.
Sunday 27th November
Fredrick and Reeba will be with us all day, sharing about the work they are doing in India, helping us to prepare for the missions’ trip (April 2017) and enjoying fellowship with us. Come prepared to chat and maybe stay longer than usual!
