PARK LIFE FUN! - Church on the roundabout

We continue to get some great feedback from people who have had
their names up. The Pitts family children said it “made their year” seeing their
names up
NEW GOD LOVES YOU SIGN
This month: JAY (a local request given to
Tony & Sue during a band practice), NITA,
LEWIS (Helen’s work colleagues),
SARAH M (a work colleague of Paul’s),
JACK RAW-CAW (from Phil’s Diner)
50 Old & 50 New Testament
readings giving us the
bigger picture of the Bible
in 2011
MARCH READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT: Joseph
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Sold into Slavery: Gen 37
Prison & Promotion: Gen 39– 41
Ten bros go to Egypt: Gen 42
The bros return: Gen 43, 44
Joseph reveals his identity: Gen 45– 46v7
NEW TESTAMENT: The miracles of Jesus
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Feeding the 5,000: Luke 9v1-36
Walking on Water: Matt 14v22-36
Healing the Blind Man: John 9
Demon Possessed Man healed: Mark 5v1-20
Raising Lazarus from the Dead: John 11
We hear that Lucy
has had some
challenging questions from
Phoebe & Jamie!
PARK LIFE FUN!
BIRTHDAY FILE
5th Paul Carrington; 13th Clive;
16th Jonathan is
9; 15th Jacquie;
17th James is 15;
19th Tina; 26th
Peter, Sebastian
is 8
Congratulations
John & Cecile who
celebrate their 11th
anniversary on 4th,
Peter & Jean (56
years on 5th),
Martin & Susan (20
years on 23rd)
CHURCH LEADERS Tony & Sally 529948 Peter 528507, Paul & Tina 761818, Ryan 290546
SUPPORTERS OF
THIS MONTH: Details of LENT CHALLENGE,
latest news from PRETY, Marriage MoT report, why RICK RULES... and much more!
INSIDE: Find out what
we’re doing on 18th
MARCH 2011
MARCH DIARY
CHURCH SERVICES THIS MONTH
6th
11am Tony speaking on “Acts 1-15 summarised in two words”
Welcome: Team Ryan & Annette (tbc)
13th
11am Lent Challenge #1- Caring like Jesus (Tony)
Welcome: Team Martin & Susan (tbc)
20th
11am Lent Challenge #2– Praying like Jesus (Sally)
Welcome: Team Chris & Gina
27th
11am Lent Challenge #3- Saying No like Jesus! (Ryan)
Welcome: Team Paul & Tina
WEEKLY
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Mondays 7.30pm Prayer in various homes (see
Paul B for details)
Tuesdays 7.30pm Bible Study in various homes
(see Ryan for details)
Wednesdays 12pm “Lunch on the Roundabout”
Thursdays 7.30pm Prayer @Chris & Gina’s
Sundays 7pm Men’s Footy (check with Tony)
PLUS...
Mon 14th 7.30pm Causeway. (Details from Terry &
Chris)
Sat 12th 2-4pm Roundabout Xchange with Pool
Competition & Family-film (Dragon-based!) on big
screen
Fri 18th 6pm Youth Nite invites you to “Red NoseNoodle Night” , a night of comedy & karaoke
Weds 30th 8-9pm Christian Meditation Night, at
Church Centre with Susan Gibson
GIVING 2011
2011 INCOME £4,217.73
February: £1,684.38
Offerings £1,574.38 Use of Building
£110.00,
2011 EXPENSES £3,375.81
February: £1,964.46
Tony & Sally wages £720; Giving (Elim, YFC,
Missions UCB & Compassion) £246.43;
Building (rent & maintenance) £388.73; Kids
& outreach £62.95; Stationary & printing
£60.16; Catering & cleaning £109.40 Carpet
insurance excess £250
2011 OVERALL +£841
The hope is that by June we have a
surplus of £3-5,000. This will make
paying Tony a full time wage in
September a realistic option, the
plan being to fully release the potential in the fellowship.
COMMUNITY USE OF CHURCH CENTRE
Tues 1st Age Concern (am); Tues 1st Bikers; Mon 7th Metal Detectors; Tues 8th Metal Detectors-2; Sun 13th
Salvation Army; Mon 14th Home Education Pi-Day; Mon 14th Causeway; Tues 15th “People First”;
Weekly: Tues 5.30pm Pirate– training! Weds 7.30pm Zumba Night; Thurs 7pm Salvation Army; Fri 4pm STOP,
NEWS & VIEWS
New for Lent-11!!! Marriage MoT Report RICK RULES!
Lent is a funny old time, where Here’s a report, written by
a lot of people like to give up
doing something!
My thoughts are, Why give up
chocolate when you can do
something positive! So during
the season of Lent, each Sunday, the sermon will be on a
particular spiritual challenge,
which involves focussing on
becoming more like Jesus. The
services will also contain a series of physical and mental
Krypton Factor/ The Cube challenges (not compulsory!!!)
Susan Gibson, from her blog
page www.wightweirdos.co.uk
“We were greeted
by a glass of Bucks
Fizz and a lovely
meal. During the
meal we were
given a check list of things to talk
about and rate how we were doing
from 1-5 in areas of our lives such
as: children, finances, romance,
hopes and dreams, friends, time
alone etc. We were encouraged to
think about anything we would like
to do about these areas.
We had a couple of short talks one
from a couple (Paul & Tina) who
had been together for 25 years,
talking about some early memories
If you do want to give up someand what keeps them going
thing this Lent, try Carbon
through the ups and downs and
(emissions). Details
what they appreciate about each
www.tearfund.org
other which is always lovely to
hear.
The other talk was just a little idea,
I liked the idea and have taken it
on board.
The idea was to send texts to your
This is a question from Prety, in
loved one with “I love you beher recent letter to the Church.
Please let us know your answers! cause….”. Since then I have been
sending Martin annoying little
Pretty is a little girl in India, that
the Church has funded for a num- texts with “I love you because you
ber of years now. Here is an exert made me a nice cup of tea” etc.
etc.
from her recent letter to us...
The reason I like this is because it
“I am fine here by the grace of
God and because of your prayer. makes me regularly think really
positively about Martin and reMy mother is ill, she is suffering
from viral fever, so I would like to mind me how much I love him and
what a lot I have to be grateful
request that you would please
pray for her that God will heal her for. This tends to translate to me
soon. Please pray for the peace of being nice to him rather than
moaning at him which is good for
God in my family
the harmony levels in the house!
Try a Carbon-Fast!
Which is your
favourite dish?
BOTTOM LINE… Grace & peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God & of Jesus our Lord (2 Peter 1v2)
Rick won the February pool
competition. Come and
knock him off his perch at
the next Xchange on
Saturday 26th 2pm
Rick
Liam/ Sophie
Tony/Ryan
Paul C
P
3
3
3
3
Pts
27
24
22
13
We finished off with pudding and
coffee and a chance to chat with
some other people as well as our
lovely partners
we also had a chance to listen to
What I Call Romance by Paul Bell
which is one of my all time favourite songs. A couple of the lines in it
make me want to cry every time I
hear them!
BECOMING A CHRISTIAN
God doesn’t just want us to know
about Him, he desires to have a
personal relationship with us. Jesus is only ever ONE PRAYER
AWAY… try saying one like this...
“Lord Jesus, thank you that you
died on the cross to pay the price
for all my sin. Please come and fill
my life today. AMEN”
BOTTOM LINE… Grace & peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of