September is here and a new church year has begun - WELCOME BACK!
Despite it being a quieter time overall, lots of fun things happened over the summer including Newday (for the youth) and Commission Festival (for us all), and of course the final parts of our preaching series on the book of Exodus. I also heard about Life Groups having fun with BBQ's and various trip to beaches and parks. Whatever you got up to I hope you had some time to relax.
Most of what's coming up at church this term can be found in the new purple book that you can pick up on a Sunday morning, and it's also all in the online diary on the website and in the ChurchSuite app, but I wanted to highlight three things as the new term begins:
1. Commission Festival
We had a fantastic time as a church this summer at Commission Festival. The weather was kind to us overall, and it was great chance to hang out together and spend time with people we often only see in passing on a Sunday. We cooked and ate together as a church this year, and the food was truly amazing, so I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped to make it happen. I loved the Karaoke and the Silent Disco and, although my team didn't win this year, the Quiz Night was a lot of fun too.
On the more 'spiritual' side of things there were several helpful messages preached at the Festival, most especially by Ranjit from India, but for me the outstanding element of it all was the worship times, led in large part by our very own Jo and featuring a few other familiar faces too.
I want to say thank you to everyone who was there and, for those who couldn't attend in person, I hope the live stream was useful.
At the end of the Festival we discovered that it won't now be back until 2026 so, with that in mind, in 2025 we will be holding our very own...
... Welcome Church Big Weekend Away!
It will be held over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of August so do put that weekend in your diary now. We've already booked a venue for this event, in The New Forest, and details on how to book your place will follow soon - watch this space.
2. Prayer Week
Next week will be our prayer week to kick off the new term, and all the details for getting involved with that are in the pictures below. Do join us for as much as you can - there's no better way to start the new church year.
The week will culminate in a Prayer and Vision evening at 7pm next Sunday (15th September) so do join us if you can. We'll be talking about all that's coming up in the year ahead and sharing our hopes and aspirations for Welcome Church, all in a context of worship and prayer.
3. Loving People Towards Jesus
Our new preaching series is now also underway, and I'm looking forward to preaching part 2 this coning Sunday. To tie in with our prayer week I'll be talking about The Power Of Prayer - so make sure you don't miss it.
Outreach and evangelism is going to be a focus this term as we run up towards our Carol Services on Dec 15th. Let's all get on board with God is doing at Welcome Church. I'm looking forward to another great year together.
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