There are some special meetings happening in October. The ‘Churches Together’ monthly prayer meeting will be on Tuesday 9th October at 10.30 a.m. at GPCC. This is an opportunity to pray with Christians from local churches about our lives, our communities and the wider world. Prayer is at the heart of the Christian life and if you are free on Tuesday, we invite you to join with us to pray for God’s will to be done and His kingdom to come in our local area. So often, we feel too busy to pray, but as one leader commented, we are too busy NOT to pray. Prayer has to be the source of our energy, as we wait on God and seek His face for revival, blessing and favour.
On Sunday 21st and 28th October we will be hosting a Christian bookstall from CLC Bookshop in Sheffield. This is an opportunity to buy Christmas cards, diaries, books and gifts without having to travel to Sheffield!
On Wednesday 31st October we will be hosting a ‘Churches Together’ family fun day, when we will be holding a ‘Light Party’ from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This is an opportunity to explore the fact that Jesus is the Light of the world and calls us to be light, carrying ‘the light-giving message into the night’ (Phil 2:15, The Message). There will be craft activities, games and free refreshments. We will be looking at heroes of the faith as well, and if you would like to tell us about your heroes (from the Bible, from history or from modern day life), we would love to hear about them and include them in our ‘heroes’ labyrinth’ on that day.
Please pray for these opportunities for outreach as well as for our regular outreach to children on Monday nights, on Friday mornings and for the coffee morning on Saturday mornings as we seek to be salt and light in our community all the time. There are opportunities for other groups to start using the building shortly, including a befriending social club which looks at tackling isolation and loneliness among the over 65s and a Movement and Music class for under 5s. Pray for these groups too.