Welcome! two. How to Love the Unlovable RICK WARREN. Cuffley & Potters Bar. Monthly Newsletter. Church Members Dates Thursday 3 rd March

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1 Monthly Newsletter two One church meeting in two venues Cuffley & Potters Bar Welcome! The theme of this months Newsletter is LOVE. God s Love can be expressed in many ways. Previously we shared how this was happening with the work of BLAZE. This month we include an example of how this is happening on the Oakmere Estate through CHRYSALIS, under the leadership of Roger & Jenny Taylor. How to Love the Unlovable RICK WARREN Church Members Dates Thursday 3 rd March Vision meeting - Thursday 9 th June Vision meeting pm 7.30pm Sunday 25 th September AGM after morning Cuffley The Vision Meetings are held at 7.30 pm at our Cuffley Campus. These meetings are for those who are members or regular attenders of Life Church. Philippians 1:7a (NIV): It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. I ve discovered that if people are not on my heart, they re on my nerves. If you don t have your kids in your heart, they get on your nerves. If Our Vision Statement: To Grow through Living Out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission

2 you don t have your husband in your heart, he gets on your nerves. The reason so many marriages are crumbling is that mates are reacting to each other from their minds rather than their hearts. When your wife says, I feel depressed, listen to her; it s legitimate. When your husband says, I don t feel this is the right thing for us to do, and I think we ought to do it this other way, listen to him. Heart love begins with understanding why others feel the way they do. Ask questions, and then listen. Hear the hurt, look for the problems, and know what makes your mate tick. You need to understand the moods of the people closest to you why they act the way they do. If you care, you ll be aware. How do you love people when, even when you do understand them, you find them unlovable? Philippians 1:8 (NIV): God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. In Greek, the word affection is the word for intestines. In Greek society, people thought that the seat of the emotions was in your stomach and your liver. Paul was saying, I ve got a gut feeling of love for you. That is not a natural kind of love. It is a supernatural kind of love. That s why Paul said it s not from himself, but it s the affection of Christ Jesus. Human love wears out and dries up and dies on the vine. The only kind of love that lasts in spite of heartache and difficulty in tough circumstances is God s love the affection of Jesus Christ. So how do you get this kind of gut love? God s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us (Romans 5:5b). God s love is not something you work up. It is something that is poured into you by the Holy Spirit as you let him live in you day by day. Talk It Over Make it a habit this month to give your full attention to people as you listen, ask them thoughtful questions, and show genuine concern. What are people s reactions? Who do you need to express God s supernatural love to today? How have you seen God s love pour through you to others as you are more aware of the Holy Spirit in you?

3 Sunday Services - February potters bar campus cuffley campus am (Coffee from 9.45 am) Oakmere Community Centre Fetherstone Close, Potters Bar, EN6 5NS Note: We have a pre-service prayer meeting from am which all are welcome to attend. 7 th Intergenerational Worship (Roger Taylor) 14 th PRAYER 4. Your Will be Done 21 st Communion & Shared Lunch. 28 th PRAYER 5. Give us today our Daily Bread Our Current Sermon Series am (Coffee from am) King James Avenue, Cuffley, EN6 4LN Note: We have a pre-service prayer meeting from am which all are welcome to attend. 7 th Encounter Christ (Susan Tyme) 14 th PRAYER 4. Your Will be Done 21 st ENCOUNTER Service 28 th PRAYER 5. Give us today our Daily Bread Next Month Life Church Web Site:

4 LIFE GROUP MATERIAL The Life Group Material for the Sunday message can be found on the. church web site: Life Groups Two Thursday evening Life Groups that meet at 8.00pm are currently running this course. Let Ian & Zaida Lowry or Paul & Sandy Harvey know if you would like to attend. The remaining dates are th Feb Session 4: Perseverance in Prayer: Dealing with Disappointments 15 th Feb Session 5: Perception in Prayer: Learning to Listen 25 th Feb Session 6: Partnership in Prayer: Spiritual Warfare Note: Other Life Groups are also running this course. NOTE: Phillip has also made this material available on the Life Church Web Site (under Life Groups). You can therefore go through the material indiviudally if you wish to do so. Other Life Groups are also running the course. Seven Minute Seminary shares talks by today s theological leaders on a range of relevant topics. Some of these talks include questions that can be used in your Life Groups. The material appears on our church web site at the rate of one per month. February s edition is: Paul s Prayers in Ephesians by Dr. Fred Long, Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. Coming After Easter Six Life Group sessions looking at stories from the book of Acts. We will study how the emerging first century Church worked out what it meant to show and tell the good news of Jesus, we shall apply what they did to our own community. This material fits in with Phillips ACTS Sermon Series when he covers Acts chapters Life Church: God Centred Purpose Driven People Empowering Multi- campus

5 Chrysalis - Roger & Jenny Taylor We moved out of our rented flat and into our own home just before Christmas. It s still in the centre of the Oakmere estate, but gives us a more adaptable base to work from. The basic structure of the work here continues to be a range of voluntary activities and projects, funded by part-time paid work with Sense, Herts County Council, preaching engagements, and occasional consultancies. However, our sense is that the work on the estate will change and evolve now that we have our own base to work from. There are so many possibilities, and only so much time! Here are just a few of the area we are involved with... SENSE Jenny continues to enjoy her work with Sense (the deafblind charity), and is building strong relationships with a number of regular clients of all ages and abilities as she helps them access their worlds. WAYSIDE A partnership with the local Community centre (Wayside) has come to fruition with Roger working with them as a part-time community worker. YOUTH CONNECTIONS In addition Youth Connexions have appointed him as a part-time youth worker on this estate, and that work is beginning to take root. SCHOOLS WORK The volunteer work continues for both of us in the primary school and the children s centre, where Jenny also runs a crèche. Perhaps best of all, there s a growing sense of belonging in the community, with nearly every journey outside our home including a chat with someone. We feel not only called here, but that we belong here. CHRYSALIS GATHERINGS With the arrival of 2016 comes the start of a monthly gathering of people interested in being involved in building the Kingdom of God on this estate. We aim to meet (mostly) on the 3 rd Sunday of each month, for a simple meal, explore the bible, share communion, pray, and plan ahead. The key words are relaxed, informal, and engaging and we hope to include people at all stages of faith. If you re local, then please feel free to join us between 5 and 8pm on the following Sundays in 2016: 28/2, 20/3, 17/4, 22/5, 19/6, 17/7, 21/8, 18/9, 16/10, 20/11, 18/12/16 Perhaps more importantly, we d value your prayers as we seek to draw people into deeper expressions of faith as they participate in building shalom in Oakmere. Chrysalis Newsletter This is available at both campuses and also on the Life Church Web Site:

6 Singing for Fun Monday s during term time 1.30 til 3 pm - Church Sanctuary 8 til 9.30 pm - Rainbow Room Contact: Audrey Croll Regular Events team 8.15 pm (Rainbow Room) If you would like to receive personal prayer then please come along and speak to us, you will be welcome. Contact Fran Warboys Coffee Morning Mother & Toddler Group Tuesdays (Term Time) Cuffley Campus 2 per family Contact: Sandy Harvey Fridays (Term Time) am - 12 noon Cuffley Campus Contact: Audrey Croll Tuesday 7.00 pm - Ark Room Thursday 9.30 am - Ark Room Contact: Amanda Beeton (Tuesday) & Isabelle Clark (Thursday) BREAD Bible Readings Explained And Discussed Thursday 4 th February pm (Rainbow Room) For youth at secondary school. Friday Life Church, Cuffley Term Time Only Contact: Helen Houghton PUB LUNCH Friday 19 th February Goffs Lane, Goffs Oak EN7 5EP Wheelwrights Just turn up. We d love to see you! Contact: Audrey Croll or Pat Roser.

7 Friends Walks GROUP Wednesday 17 th February Depart Life Church Car am Contact: Audrey Croll Women s World Day of Prayer Friday March 4 th 10.30am St. Andrews Church Cuffley. Service prepared by the women of Cuba. Subject: Receive Children. Receive me. Life Church Sunday 28 th February Cuffley Campus Contact: Paul Harvey Blaze 4:16 & Potters Bar Foodbank Every Saturday 12noon - 2pm Wayside Jubilee Centre Wayside, Potters Bar EN6 5NE See Esther Tam for more details. POTTERS BAR Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday 9-10 pm (After the Bible Study) Various venues: See William & Betty Wong for more details. Sunday 13 th March People of COURAGE: Leaving Fear of Glory (Exodus 34) Palm Sunday 20 th March 10.00am Potters Bar Service: People of COURAGE: Leaving Fear of Failure (Numbers 13) 11.00am Cuffley Campus: ENCOUNTER Service Maunday Thursday 24 th March 7.45pm Joint Cuffley Campus People of COURAGE: Leaving Fear (Joshua 1) Good Friday 25 th March am Joint Cuffley Campus People of COURAGE: Moving Forward (Joshua 3) Saturday 26 th March 9.00 am Joint campus breakfast ( Cuffley Campus followed by... People of COURAGE: Holy Waiting (Joshua 5:13-19 & Exodus 3) Easter Sunday 27 th March Services at both campuses.

8 Contacts Church Office Minister Elders Deacons Youth & Children Worship Team (Cuffley) Worship (Potters Bar) Prayer Ministry Team Encounter (Cuffley) Food Bank & Blaze 4:16 Life Church King James Avenue, Cuffley, EN6 4LN Phillip Coffin Gavin Chisholm Mary Gregory John Hyde William Wong Simon Beeton Diane Gilbert Derek Gregory Julia Ellis-Hall Helen Houghton (Children s Worker) helen@lifechurch.uk.com Carol Coffin (Potters Bar Campus) carol@lifechurch.uk.com Paul Harvey (Part Time Pastor & Worship Team Leader) worshipteam@lifechurch.uk.com Jennie Campbell worshipteam@lifechurch.uk.com Esther Tam esther.chelliah@sky.com Fran Worboys b.worboys@ntlworld.com Gavin & Debbie Chisholm gavchisholm@hotmail.com Esther Tam info@potterbar.foodbank.org.uk Kathy Hillier k.hillier@ntlworld.com