Mr/Mrs/Other Please complete and return so we can keep in touch Name: Address: Tel: Mobile: Email: Dates for Week beginning Monday 27th October 2014 Mon Oct 27 6.30- 7.30am Early morning Prayer meeting Tue Oct 28 9.30-12.30pm Art Club NO Trinity Tots (half term) Thu Oct 30 Fri Oct 31 7.00pm start Sun Nov 2 NO Tea & Toast (half term) Screening of Nefarious 10.00-10.30am Prayer + Refreshments 10.30-12.10pm Morning Service + communion Speaker: Phil Johnston Monsters Inc 1 Strongholds 11.10-12.10pm Children & Youth ministries 12.10– 12.30pm Refreshments Event On (date) Venue Name(s) attending Tel: comments Nefarious: Merchant of Souls is a hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends of modern day sex slavery. From initial recruitment to victim liberation and -everything in between—the previously veiled underworld of sex slavery is uncovered. Nefarious exposes the nightmare of sex slavery through the eyes of both the enslaved and their traffickers. It captures the gripping and triumphant testimonies of survivors in order to galvanize hope and vision. Screening: Friday 31.10.14 in the Upper Room at Trinity, starting at 7pm. Don’t miss out! News & Notices Find us online: facebook.com/elimchurchcrawley twitter.com/elimcrawley Office hours: Tues / Thurs (9.30am-1.00pm) 26th October 2014 9.15-10.00am Cornerstone Café Submissions to be sent to Lia by Wednesday 1.00pm lia.edgar@elim-church.org.uk Trinity Centre, Ifield Drive, Crawley, RH11 OAQ Tel: 01293 552244 www.elim-church.org.uk 10.00-10.30am Prayer / Refreshments 10.30-12.10pm Morning Service Speaker: Phil Johnston ‘Chosen to Bring’ part 4 11.10-12.10pm Kids + Youth ministries 12.10-12.30pm Refreshments A warm welcome to Elim Church Crawley If you are with us for the first time you are very welcome. We hope that you will feel at home and find being with us beneficial. Please fill out the information slip overleaf if you would like us to keep in touch with you and hand to one of the stewards. If you have an urgent enquiry please speak to one of the leadership team: Pastor: Elders: Phil Johnston Richard Burgan Dave Norcross Diary Dates Nov 4 CAP Money course at Trinity 8pm Nov 8 Regional Ladies Day, ‘Rebuild the Ruins’ at St Albans, 10am-4pm Nov 29 The Messiah, The Church and Israel Dec 6 Encounter Seminar 9.30am-5pm Martin Gaunt David Dickson All other enquiries: ruth.norcross@elim-church.org.uk Parking A new parking regime exists that should not affect you as a church member or visitor. Non Church cars left after 9.00am during weekdays will be at risk. Please continue to display sensitivity to pavements and driveways if parking outside the church car park. The next CAP money course will run on 4th, 11th and 18th November at 8pm in the church. Please see Norman or Sheila. Course and materials are free. Harvest Collection for Open House Throughout October we are collecting harvest gifts for Open House and Easter Team. They particularly welcome tinned and dried foods, long life milk, tea, coffee, biscuits. Also items for personal cleanliness, deodorant, soap, toothpaste, shampoo etc. Please place your contribution in the box in Reception. Harvest gifts will be taken to Open House on Thursday 6th November. Sat 29th November. These Christian conferences will give you a deeper understanding of the relationship between the Messiah, the Church and Israel. Tickets cost £24. Contact Howard Stern or see the church website for further details. Monsters Inc In November we will teach on how to recognise destructive thoughts and use biblical truths to overcome them (Strongholds, Fear, Rejection, Anxiety and Insecurity). Crawley Street Pastors initial Training Modules Roles and Responsibilities’ Modules One and Two will take place on Sat 11th Oct at Elim. Register your interest by completing your details in the Events section or speak with Frances Mwale. Every year, women from Elim Churches in the South come together for an inspirational and uplifting day of teaching, worship and fellowship. This year, focussing on the words “they will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated” in Isaiah 61:4 promises to be another great day. See the website or contact Elaine for further details. Connection Groups Encounter Seminar on Saturday 6th December 9.30am-5pm. Are you interested in living life free from fears and experiences of your past? Do you want to impart that freedom to others? Then this is the perfect event for you. Connection groups meet in various homes on different days and times, please contact the group leader to confirm. Our Connection groups have the aim of helping people build their relationship with God, each other and people in their world. We do this through prayer, studying the bible and holding events to which we can invite our friends. If you are interested in being part of a Connection group see the Connections board in reception. Vacancy After 1st December Lia will not be in a position to produce the Notice sheet anymore. If anyone would be interested in taking on this creative and very rewarding job please contact Pastor Phil. Training can be provided. Street Pastors Finance Update September 2014 Ministry Gift Aid donations £4,938.58 £4,515.58 Area Group Leaders Gift Aid rebate Langley Green (ladies) Town Centre Horley Northgate Tilgate Worth Ifield Teresa Tagarsi David & Laureen Eaton Bode & Magdalene Meduoye Alan & Irene Gaunt Paul & Christine Norcross David & Anna Searle Jone Vosloo & Sara Brown Offerings and other income Total Ministry income Total Ministry expenditure Building Fund balance Firstfruits 2014 balance Mortgage outstanding £3,159.92 £12,614.08 £8,811.36 £11,847.75 £4,051.84 £460,804.06