Agape Community Church

Haiti/Christmas

cej — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:30:40 +0000

Hiya people,

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve managed to book my time off work for the Haiti trip in February so thank you so much for your prayers!!

I thought this would be a good time (if not a little late!) to remind you of the link that I gave you last year…

…”If you are planning to buy any Christmas presents on-line this year, if you start from the www.buy.at/Haitihospitalappeal site, and link from there to your favourite sites (Amazon, Marks & Spencer, Play.com, HMV etc) and buy as you normally would. You get the same discounts and offers, but as you started from the Haiti web shop, the Haiti Hospital Appeal will receive a donation from the site you purchase from - for free!”…

Carwyn has also asked me to make you aware of the following site…

http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/pr/2300/proj2229a.html

…”as Haiti Hospital Appeal have been enterd into a competition with some other charities to see who can raise the most amount of money between now and Dec 15th. Basically if we raise $5,000 and get 50 different supporters to sponsor us we win $2,500. If we raise the most money over all we win $10,000, and if we recieve the most unique individual donations we win $15,000. All you need to do is make a donation, even if it’s only £1! The more we get the better.”

Carwyn and Reninca move out to Haiti just after Christmas for a whole year so I know they would value your prayers!!! As you can imagine things are a little hectic for them as they sort out their UK work/home/lives and get ready to move out.

The charity’s website address is http://www.haitihospitalappeal.org/ and there is a small team there at the moment… so pray away!! (The team also have a blog on the website while they are away which includes some lush news about some of the children you will have heared of from my last trip).

Love you all,

See you at Christmas.

cej

If you were involved in 418 in any way, I need your help!

Rebecca Owen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:33:37 +0000

For one of my modules this term, and eventually for my dissertation I need some responses from the wonderful people who volunteered during 418.

There is only 6 questions, and it shouldn’t take more that 10minutes. I would really appreciate your ideas and thoughts. Just click on the link below, and follow the instructions. Be as honest and inventive as you like, it is all anonymous, and loads of fun!!!

Thank you for all your effort during the weekend!!!

Bec.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Zy_2fH78J4oeBvzlyuIMNm1Q_3d_3d

The group with a new name!

Rebecca Owen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:15:57 +0000

Well… I know you have all been eagerly anticipating the naming of the Thursday youth group and I am pleased to inform you that we have finally setlled on one…

Drum roll please……………………………..

We can now be refered to as ‘Flame!’

The astute among you will notice that we have gone for a grown up Spark/Sparx!!!!

I do not know why it took us so long, but the girls have all agreed that this is a good name!

We hope you approve. If you don’t, please tell the girls so they can argue their case, also so you can see the sadness in their eyes rather than tears in mine! My guess is that you will be much less likely to risk upsetting a child, and therefore will keep your opinion to yourself! lol

Anyway, it is getting late. More details will follow!

Thanks for your prayers for the group, please keep them up!

Bex.

1 Kings 19 How does God speak to you?

Colin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:47:53 +0000

God Speaks

God Communicates.

God wants to hear from us . Be real. Tell it how it is.

Things are not always as they seem. His purposes are accomplished in His way.

You are not alone. God loves you & will give you direction.

God wants his presence with us to be personal

To the Manor ‘burn (er…did I just write that!)

Tim Crahart — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:00:44 +0000

Evaburn return to the Manor for another evening of spiritually uplifting ‘rawk’.
To entice people out of their warm cosy houses on a chilly October night, we are providing a buffet and free soft drink (if you bring along a flyer).

Please let everyone know and keep your eyes peeled for those flyers.

A storm brewing in Sparx

Tim Crahart — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:31:59 +0000

The Sparx group started back a few weeks ago and there was trouble brewing already. Well not quite! The children covered the story of Jesus claming the storm and created some wonderful pictures of it.

We hope you like them. We think the children have done a great job and they also really enjoyed making the pictures.

Thursday group is back… still looking for a name!

Rebecca Owen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:20:30 +0000

A very wise person once told me to ’start from the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start!’
Ok, it was Maria in the sound of music, and she wasn’t really telling me, but seven strangely attentive and responsive children, but we can pretend!

Yesterday we held the first youth group of the year, and I think it was enjoyed by all. We started at the very beginning of time, and managed to fit seven days in to one hour session. We talked about creation, and they created the world. I thought you might like to see what we made… here it is…

If you are in year 6/7/8 please come along to the TLC on a Thursday evening at 6 til 7. It would be great to see you there.

Also, if you are free on a Thursday between 5.45 and 7.15 and would like to help out please let me know!

Bec.

Preaching Theme Sept -Dec 2008

Colin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:46:51 +0000

We are going to be looking at the lives of Elijah & Elisha . (see 1 Kings 17 where Elijah suddenly appears)

These were two remarkable prophets & we we want to discover how God worked in their lives & how those who came into contact with them were affected.

There are some powerful events & miracles that occur but also deep emotion & trials

Start reading from 1 Kings 17 to be prepared.

Horizon 2 Horizon

Colin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:59:10 +0000

This the organisation that Phil Hefner is involved in. (Colin)

Welcome to H2H!

Reaching Today’s World

What’s It All About

We are very happy that you have decided to stop by our site to check us out!!! So just what is The Horizon to Horizon Evangelistic Association - H2H? First of all… we are people. People who care about others throughout the world who have not found the wonderful experience awaiting them when they learn to know Jesus Christ as their savior, God, and friend. We want to help you start a relationship with Jesus Christ without any preconceived notions of religion. Look around and check out our site and learn more about us… and maybe even a little about yourself.

Where Does H2H Fit in the Plan?

The goal of Horizon to Horizon is to proclaim the gospel of the Lord to people of all ages. Our audience are those people whose image of Jesus Christ comes from a society where Jesus is “what my grandparents did” or whose experience with church is drawn from a vision of Christianity that is more worried about the outside than the inside or a Christianity that is so narrow that only one style of worship or music is allowed – fit in or get out.

Want to Know Christ?

Looking for something in your life to fill the emptiness but don’t know what?

What’s it all about??? What’s the bottom line??? Simply put… Christian is FUN!!! Today’s world increasingly believes that becoming a Christian means giving up all that makes life worth living. This is about as far from the truth as you can get and it’s time for those of us who know the real Jesus to step up and tell them the truth. Those who know the truth have a responsibility to share the truth… that Christianity is finding a life filled with happiness and satisfaction that the world can never match. It is time for us to show those people in this world who have been beaten up, discounted or looked down upon by religion the REAL Jesus Christ - the Jesus who loves each and every one of us no matter who we are. That is the true Jesus Christ!!Those of us who are living in this modern, advanced society have at our fingertips things never dreamed of 50 years ago – IPods, cell phones, news and communications instantly from around the world, but even in our world of technology and “stuff” we have never been more unhappy. People today are empty… hurting… looking for something and unfortunately our society has them looking in all the wrong places. Newer, bigger, better, or more will not fill the emptiness we feel today. That emptiness is a hole – A hole created in the Garden of Eden when sin entered the world and ruined our relationship with God. And that emptiness has been with humankind ever since. It shows up as fear, loneliness, anger, insecurity…. We try to find a cure in drugs, drinking, friendships that don’t last, relationships; but the only cure is a relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only cure that will never let us down. This is the message we need to spread to our friends, our family, our classmates, and our coworkers. This is the message they need to hear – God Loves You.

418 is quickly approaching. Have you filled in a form?

Rebecca Owen — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:28:35 +0000

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to the Agape Website - here is some more news about 418.

As I hope you are aware, next weekend we are embarking on a (mostly) new venture for Agape.

We have nearly 40 volunteers giving a total of 320 hours to serve our community. We have around 12 projects proposed so far, and are still accepting more to give us all something to do on Sunday afternoon.

The BBQ and band evening are all set to feed and impress… We will be joined by ‘Evaburn’ and a jazz band called ‘Close Quarters’ for an evening of band swapping entertainment. The BBQ is free to all residents and volunteers so please bring people along. There will be games and crafts for the children as well as a potential face painter - watch this space for more details!

The event is really gaining steam now as we enter into the last week of preparation.

Please pray for good weather - most (almost all) of the projects require at least dry weather, and we haven’t been seeing much of that recently. God is able!!

Also continue to pray for the residents and their acceptance and understanding of what we are doing. Our main aim is to show the awesome love of God to the community. Pray that they will have open hearts for what we are doing, and what we have to say.

Pray for the safety of the volunteers - some will be up ladders, others walking precariously close to the canal to pick up that little bit of rubbish that’s actually out of their reach! Pray for God’s protection on the volunteers as they serve, but also on the residents as they join with us to regenerate the community!

Please pray for me, Bec, that I can be more than sufficiently organised for this event - I don’t want to forget anything.

Please do remember that God is in complete control of this event, and that we want his will to be done.

In the awesome name that is above all names…

Amen.

See you Friday!!!!