WHO, WHAT & Where?
Please pray for;
- The Members of Kentwood as they move forward into Mission without a church building
- The Members of Three Mile Cross as they celebrate their Church Anniversary and make plans for the closure and sale of their buildings.
- The Members of Whitley as each they move into a new home for Sunday worship from 13th July.
- Christchurch Tadley, as they continue to negotiate with the local council for planning permission.
- Christ Church Woodley and Woodley Airfield Church as they go through the process of obtaining a URC minister.
- Revd Mike Hill as we say farewell to him and he prepares to move to High Wycombe.
- Revd Valerie Fisher as she "sits down" and takes on a new role in the Circuit.
- Revd Tim Moore as he prepares to join the Circuit staff in September.
DIARY DATES
Saturday 14th June Coffee morning at Emmanuel 10.00am to 11.30am
Saturday 14th June Summer Fair at Gosbrook Road Caversham 11am-2pm
Saturday 21st June QuizAid & Dessert 6.30pm Silchester in aid of Christian Aid.
Saturday 21st June Fourward Quiet Day at Newbury - look out for posters for more information.
Click to find out about Fourward.
Sunday 22nd June Church Anniversary Three Mile Cross 3pm followed by tea.
Thursday 26th June, 7.30pm at Tilehurst - meet a Bishop from Kenya.
Sunday 29th June Circuit Service at Wesley 6.30pm
July Sunday Afternoons, have a walk on the common followed by a Cream Tea at Silchester,
Sunday 20th July 6.30pm Circuit Farewell Service at Christ Church, Woodley.
Sunday 7th September 4pm Welcome Service, with Newbury & Hungerford Circuit, at Douai Abbey.
Saturday 13th September Southampton District Synod in Yeovil.
Thursday 18th September Circuit Meeting 7.30pm.
Friday 26th September Macmillan Cancer Care Coffee Morning at Gosbrook Road Caversham.
Friday 26th September to Sunday 28th, Southampton District Youth Weekend at Winchester.
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Have you heard of Compassion UK?
Compassion is an international organisation that sponsors children who are poverty stricken and who are from a variety of Religious backgrounds. The children are educated, have health checks, receive food daily, and attend a 'church based centre' where every child in a compassion programme hears the good news about Jesus.By helping one child in a family the burden of feeding that child is lifted from the rest of the family - so that means more for the rest to share. It also means the child will bring good health care back to the home for all the family to share. The child, receiving any gifts, eagerly shares those gifts with the family, especially the 'Good News' about Jesus.
Each Centre is CHURCH BASED. (This in turn has meant some churches increasing their congregations from 50 or so members at the start of its involvement with Compassion, to 300 after a while as the people see Christ at work in their community). The Mottos of Compassion are 'Christ Centred, Child Focused, and Church Based', and "One child at a time".
Compassion works in many countries. South America - Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Also Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Haiti and Dominican Republic. African Countries - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Also India and Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.
Christ Church Woodley are adopting Compassion UK for their Church Project in 2008. This will involve them in fundraising and praying for the work as well as receiving news direct from the children.
The Leadership Development Programme supports those children who have the potential for University but their individual sponsors cannot afford to pay. To find out more about this Visit the Compassion UK Website.
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