St John's 10am Sunday Service - 28th November 2021
Please join us on Sunday 28th November at 10am in St John's. Everyone comes to church for the first ten minutes of the service, then children and their leaders will leave for their groups in the Church Centre.
We are continuing our series in 2 Corinthians. Mike is preaching and Ken is bringing us the Bible reading from Australia. The passage will be 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. You can also read the passage in Traditional Chinese.
In line with new government recommendations, we advise you to take a Lateral Flow Test before coming to church. We require the wearing of masks when entering and leaving the building, and we have three seating zones in church with varying mask and distancing requirements. Please check our COVID-19 page for detailed information. We have increased the seating available for those who wish to wear a mask. If you have symptoms of COVID, please do not come to church but take part on YouTube instead.
The service will be available online via our livestream on our YouTube channel. The livestream will start around 9.55am. Please use YouTube chat to say hello or ask questions.
Lunchtime concert
On Tuesday 30th November, starting at 12.20pm, pupils from The Grange Senior School will be performing in a lunchtime concert in St John’s.
Entrance is free and they would love to have many from the Church family and local community coming to support them.
Our new sermon series
Following on from our time in 2 Corinthians 1 v3-11 recently, you may find the following resources helpful:
Broken Works Best: When God turns your pain into gain by Catherine Campbell
Catherine Campbell has personally walked the path of the broken-hearted. She shares with us how pain shapes our faith and develops a deep trust in the God who can transform what is broken in our lives. Using God's Word, illustrated by moving true-life stories, Catherine explores the difficult questions to enable us to find help for our struggling hearts.
I’m Praying For You: 40 days of praying the Bible for someone who is suffering by Nancy Guthrie
When we hear that a friend is struggling, it can be easy to say, 'I'm praying for you', but harder to know what to actually pray. Let Nancy Guthrie show you how to do so from God’s word.
Tumbling Sky: Psalm devotions for weary souls by Matt Searles
34 gentle and wise undated reflections for bruised souls. 10 track album also available.
All available from 10fothose.com
Prayer Fellowship and Housegroups
This term housegroups are reading and discussing the book 'Love Your Church'.
The timetable for evening housegroups and prayer fellowship until the end of December is below (daytime housegroup meets on Thursday mornings, the same week as evening groups):
- 24 Nov - Prayer Fellowship
- 1 Dec - Housegroups - 'Love Your Church' Chapter 6: Honour
- 8 Dec - Prayer Fellowship
- 15 Dec - Housegroup Socials
- 22 Dec - Prayer Fellowship
- 29 Dec - No meeting
There is also a Cantonese housegroup meeting fortnightly on a Wednesday morning.
If you would like to join a housegroup, or to find out more, please contact the Church Office. A link to join Prayer Fellowship on Zoom is included in the notices email.
