this week at group

N.B. No Group next week

This week at group ...

• were Andy & Jane, Jeremy and us ... Kate joined us at the end after buying coconuts - you will have to ask her.
• we talked about rats, HOTS, and a conference in April bring run by the Vineyard church which looks very interesting - details to follow soon.
• we prayed for people in the group like Jacob M and Fiona M, Tash (back), and Grace & Ruby.
• we had a great time of worship together when I felt God's love again for me and we all received Jane's prophetic word to lift up our eyes and see and focus on Jesus.
• we discussed Dave's word from Sunday as we asked ourselves what new things God was doing at the moment - Jane told a great story about Healing on the Streets (HOTS) last Saturday as they prayed with one of the the guys we occasionally see at the Soup Service - ask Jane for the full story! I shared a story from last Friday night

Notices:

• No Group next week - Andy&Mary, Jim&Kate, and Marianne and I are meeting to talk about next steps for us as a group. Please pray for us over the next week to hear God, have wisdom, and be full of faith. We really need God!
• Julian Adams is preaching on Sunday morning and Sunday evening. I've heard him preach a couple of times. I cannot encourage you enough to be there.
• Soup Service Clothes - If you have any items please take them on Sunday, remember the guidelines, casual wear in decent condition, that you would happily wear on a Saturday afternoon in town. Trainers or casual men's shoes are particularly welcome.
• Vineyard Conference Details: 'The Church has Left the Building' - April 29th - 1st May. For those interested in going with Andy& Jane and Tom&Marianne to the conference, please contact Jane. Conference synopsis:

  Can you imagine an environment where the poor are welcomed, the sick are healed and the lost are found... where everyone engages in mission, infecting their community with the Kingdom in their daily routine of life?
  
  Imagine your own region alive to the glory of God, encountering Him through His people and awakened to the glory of God, encountering Him through His people and awakened to His reality among them. Imagine healing, signs and wonders OUT THERE among the people as you impact your community with Kingdom power and authority. If you can imagine this... then you are ready to discover just what happens when the church leaves the building.
  
  Come join us for this 'hands on' conference that enables you to learn how to live a life of extreme risk unleashing the potential of your church to fulfil her mission