If you love me, you will do the things I command. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper. He will give you this Helper to be with you forever. The Helper is the Spirit of truth. John 14:15-17
Dear All
Hope you have had a good week.
Church Membership Course
We will be running the church membership course on Saturday 22 June from 10am to 12noon. If you have recently come into membership, would like to know more about membership or would like a refresher about how the church is run, please do sign up in the foyer. If you have any questions please do ask me.
Vacancy Update
It was great to be able to announce that the Tiptree leadership team, our leadership team and the candidate looking at becoming our next minister all agreed to proceed to the next stage of the process. The candidate and their family will come to Colchester and Tiptree over the weekend of 28th and 29th September to meet the congregations of both churches and take a service on the Sunday in each church. This date is at the request of the candidate. We will not be announcing who the candidate is or where they come from until nearer the time and we will not be able to broadcast the service to YouTube that week, nor upload it after the service has finished. We will also not be able to share anything on social media about the vacancy and would ask that everyone does likewise so that their current position is not compromised and to preserve their identity until a call is given and accepted to be our minister.
Could you help?
We are in need of more volunteers to help serve tea and coffee on Sundays. If you could join this rota please do speak to Jo.
Also we are in need of more Junior Church teachers. If you would like to know more about this please speak to Rachael. You do need to be a church member to be a Junior Church teacher and hold a current DBS certificate.
Holiday Club Planning
We are running a holiday club on Mondays 29th July, 5th, 12th and 19th August from 9.45am to 12noon. The holiday club will be open to all children who have attended school in the 2023/24 school year from reception to year 5. We will need people to help with the children’s groups, sound desk, games, refreshments, make cakes and help in the café area. If you are able to help with this please do speak to Rachael. You don’t need to be available for all four dates. If you are volunteering to help with the children you will need a DBS check which we can arrange if you don’t currently hold one. This is an exciting opportunity to share the good news about the Christian faith with these children so do give it prayerful consideration.
We have a planning meeting on Wednesday 19th June at church at 7.30 pm.
Prayer for the Elections
With a General Election being called for 4th July we are urged to pray for fair and honest campaigning on all sides and for the process. 24/7 have produced a resource entitled “Pray for Elections”. This was circulated by e-mail during the week and also uploaded to the church Facebook page. There are also some copies in the foyer. Please do pray for the Election and especially for understanding and acceptance of everyone’s views.
This week
There will be prayer meetings on Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 9.30 am and the Tuesday evening homegroup. Zoom details will be e-mailed early in the week.
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With love and blessings.
