two Cuffley & Potters Bar Monthly Newsletter

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1 Monthly Newsletter two One church meeting in two venues Cuffley & Potters Bar Welcome to the December edition of our newsletter. Christmas Services In addition to our usual December Sunday services, there have been some additional events organised. These include at the Cuffley Campus - a Christmas Concert on Saturday 16 th December, a Carol Service at 6pm on Sunday 24 th December and a Christmas day service on Monday 25 th December. Some details are included in this newsletter, other information is available on separate leaflets. Thank You In October Jennie Coomes organised an event to raise funds for Kidney Research. The total raised was 1,000. Thank you to all those who helped with the event and contributed financialy. Members Meetings These are held at our Cuffley Campus at 8.00 pm: Thursday 7 th December 2017 Thursday 1 st March 2018 Thursday 7 th June Thursday 6 th December Our AGM is on: Sunday 23 rd September after the morning service at Cuffley. For those thinking about becoming a church member we run a CLASS 101 Church Membership Course See Phillip Coffin or Matt Archer for more details. Pauline Ezigibo has completed this course. We will be recommending her for membership at the next members meeting. Life Church Web Site:

2 Sunday Services Life Church meets at two different campuses each Sunday. The details of these services are below: potters bar campus am (Coffee from 9.45 am) Oakmere Community Centre Fetherstone Close, Potters Bar, EN6 5NS cuffley campus am (Coffee from am) King James Avenue, Cuffley, EN6 4LN Please let Phillip or Matt know if you would like to be baptised. Sunday 7 th Jan At our Cuffley Campus. All are welcome! Candles & Message As Christmas is approaching, we remember Jesus coming as the light of the world. This is great news to share with our neighbours! From Sunday 3 rd December, there will be packs available containing 10 candles with a simple Christmas message. These candles are for you to take and distribute amongst your friends and neighbours, or to simply leave on your neighbour s doorstep. A donation pot will be available for your contributions to the cost of this. With Sadness Bayly Spencer Bayly was admitted to Barnet General Hospital on Saturday November 25 in the late evening. It was hoped to eventually transfer him to Isobel Hospice, but he was too weak to move there. However, palliative nurses took care of him extremely well at Barnet, and he was made to feel comfortable and pain free. His health continued to deteriorate, so with sadness we announce that he died peacefully last Wednesday evening. Bayly will be sadly missed at Life Church. He fought a brave battle with pancreatic cancer, surviving much longer than the doctors expected. There will be, at a further date, a service of thanksgiving at Life Church, which we will keep you

3 informed about. Please pray for Mary and all those touched by Bayly s death. Sadie Stock - Update Due to further investigations into the cause of Sadie s death, her funeral and thanksgiving service will not take place until the new year. We will let you know as soon as we can confirm a date for this. Please continue to pray for Sadie s family at this sad time, especially her husband James, young son Joshua, and baby Bradley. Pray also for her mum Melinda and other members of her family as they make plans for the future. During the advent period, beginning Sunday 3 rd December, we will be collecting money for Sadie s children. The money will be designated especially to provide for Joshua and Bradley. If you would like to contribute to this fund, please use one of the marked envelopes available by the main entrance doors. Please put your cheque (payable to Life Church ) or cash inside the envelope and then either place it the Sunday service collection bowl or the plate in the foyer. Many thanks in advance for your generosity! Previous Group Material This material is still available for download from the church website. It is based on the theme of last Easter s Spiring Harvest. This material was used during our month of Prayer and Fasting in October. It is still on the church web site available for download should you wish to make use of it. Life Group Material is available from our church web site: lifegroups Life Church: God Centred Purpose Driven People Empowering Multi- campus

4 Community News At Life Church we believe in being involved in our local community. There are many ways we can do this, for example through our Foodbank or CAMEO - our Potters Bar based lunch club. Please find below two other examples of our involvement in the community. Singing for Fun - Community Events Tuesday 5 th December We have been invited by Longlands Primary School in Turnford to sing at their morning Assembly at 9 am. Saturday 9 th December Carol Singing outside Tesco at Brookfield Farm from 11 am -12 noon. Please feel free to come along and join in. Wednesday 13 th December Homemakers in Cuffley Hall from 11 am - 12 noon. Saturday 16 th December Our Christmas Concert in the church with the Salvation Army pm for 7.00 pm start. You are warmly invited to our Christmas Services Saturday 16 th December 6.30pm Singing for Fun Christmas Concert with the Salvation Army Sunday 17 th December 11.00am Morning Service including Children s Play Sunday 24 th December 11.00am Exploring Christmas - for All Ages 6.00pm Traditional Lessons & Carols Monday 25 th December 10.30am Joint Campus Christmas Morning Service King James Avenue, Cuffley, EN6 4LN

5 We re coming near the end of our first term and Sowing Seeds and we wanted to give you an update on how it has been going. For the first term we have had six children on roll and have been running sessions 3 days a week. A number of other families have come to visit us and have been really impressed by what they have seen; the majority of these families have also signed their children up and they will be starting at different points in Currently, we are relying on children s fees as well as donations so we have been looking into a variety of fundraising ideas. We have found a great website called Easy Fundraising which allows people to do their regular shopping online and a donation is sent to Sowing Seeds Preschool through the website. We would really appreciate if you could sign up to the website: and search for Sowing Seeds Pre-School as this is a great way for you to support us at no extra cost. Thank you for your continued support and keep spreading the word about us!

6 Regular Life Church Mother & Toddler Group Tuesdays (Term Time) pm 2 per family team Wednesday 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 BREAD Bible Readings Explained And Discussed Next Meeting Thursday 7 th December New 9.45am for 10.00am Rainbow Room Cost 2 for drinks & toast See Phillip Coffin for more info. See Matthew Archer for more info. Tuesday 7.30pm & Thursday 9.30am Contact: Amanda Beeton (Tuesday) & Isabelle Clark (Thurs) For youth aged 9-13 Friday Life Church, Cuffley (Term Time) Contact: Matt Archer

7 Contact: Audrey Croll PUB LUNCH Goffs Lane, Goffs Oak EN7 5EP 3 rd Friday of each month Wheelwrights Just turn up. We d love to see you! Contact: Audrey Croll or Pat Roser. Potters Bar Friends Walks GROUP 3 rd Wednesday of each month. For more details please contact Audrey Croll Drop-in & Lunch Club See Roger Taylor or John Hyde for more details. Potters Bar Foodbank & Blaze 4:16 Helping Local People in Crisis & Enriching the Local Community We don t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That s why we provide three days nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. Blaze 4:16 If you have a keen interest in playing any one of these instruments, then come and sign up for these FREE classes: Guitar, Cajon (drums) and Keyboard English, Maths, IT, Social Media, Cooking & Zumba There is also a Health Clinic open alternative Saturdays advice and guidance by a Paediatrician for children up to 16 years old. Open every Saturday 12:30 to 2:30 Wayside Centre Potters Bar, EN6 5NE Website: info@pottersbar.foodbank.org.uk If you d like to volunteer, please Esther Tam at the address above.

8 Contacts Church Office Ministers Elders Deacons Youth & Children Worship Team (Cuffley) Worship (Potters Bar) Prayer Ministry Team Food Bank & Blaze 4:16 Life Church King James Avenue, Cuffley, EN6 4LN Phillip Coffin (Senior Pastor) Matthew Archer (Youth & Community Pastor) (Mobile: ) Gavin Chisholm John Hyde Susan Tyme Amanda Beeton Julia Ellis-Hall Carol Coffin (Potters Bar Campus) Jenny Campbell Alison Hockney Esther Tam Fran Worboys Esther Tam Kathy Hillier Our Vision Statement: To Grow through Living Out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission