Cell Meeting Outline week beginning Sunday 3rd February 2008 Matthew 6:19-24
Welcome
What do you most enjoy doing in your spare time?
Word
Read Matthew 6:19-24
Between you, can you summarise the main teaching points from Sunday’s sermon?
What basic problem is Jesus dealing with in this passage?
What is Jesus saying when he talks about ‘moths, rust and thieves’? Can you think of modern day equivalents?
What happens when a Christian loses his or her focus on Biblical values (v.22-23)? How might this show itself in their life?
In what ways do you encounter the tension in v.24 between serving God and serving money?
Worship
Read Psalm 51:1-12
Play a quiet hymn/worship song on a CD and, while thinking about your own attitudes to money and material possessions, pray individually in your own hearts and minds during the track, asking God to change, shape and mould you where necessary.
Witness
What has been the most challenging thing for you so far in our teaching series about money? Is there anything that you as an individual or a group need to do to respond to it?
Pray for the mission agencies you support. Should anyone in your group be writing to any missionaries you support for their encouragement and to let them know you pray for them?
Do you need to make plans for your next social evening? Are you still praying about people you want to invite to such an evening? Would it be worth making a fresh list of people you would like to invite between now and the summer?
ST JOHN’S MESSENGER 3rd February 2008 Sunday before Lent
§ Church Web Site: www.stjohnsleyland.co.uk
§ Vicar:
§ Associate Minister: Barbara Wilson Tel: 435340
Welcome to St John's parish church,
If you would like someone to pray for you there will be two people available at the front of church after most services and also during the period of distribution in our Communion services
HEDGE TRIMMING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
At 9am on Saturday 9th February, Dave Riley who normally cuts our grass will be helping us to radically trim the large beech hedge in the church/vicarage garden. He has kindly offered his services for free but requires a team of willing workers for the day. Please let Alistair or Tom know if you can help. Pippa will supply refreshments and lunch to the workers.
February Special Events
Wed 6th Feb Lunch Club in the Church Lounge
Fri 8th Feb 7.30pm Men’s Group Quiz & Hotpot supper
Thu 14th Feb 7.30pm Deanery Synod at St John’s Leyland
We will need people to organise refreshments for this,
volunteers please see Alistair
Thu 21st Feb 7.30pm Whole Church Meeting
– Doug Harris of the Reachout Trust on the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Would anyone be able to offer Doug a bed for the night?
Please let Alistair know
Articles & Notices for The Messenger
to be sent to Alan Scarff by the Thursday before
to alanandpam@blueyonder.co.uk
Please remember in your prayers
Geoff Brown Mick Davies Elsie Deacon Agnes Duffy Eileen Fisher
Win Loftus Carol Sergeant Thelma Thomas
Diocesan Courses for Children’s Workers
Sat 9th Feb 9.30am – 1pm Quiet Day at Tabor Retreat Centre, Preston
Cost £10, includes lunch
Sat 16th Feb 10am – 12noon Mid Week Clubs, at St James Clitheroe
Cost £5
Sat 8th Mar 10am – 12noon Roots – new material for children
at St Cuthberts, Fulwood. Cost £5
Tue 11th Mar 7.30pm Child Protection Training
At St Gabriel’s, Blackburn. No charge
Churches Together in Leyland Lent Meetings 2008
This year’s Lent meetings will be held in the Methodist School Hall, Canberra Road
7.15 for 7.30pm, till 9pm
Come to listen, pray and discuss some of the key issues affecting our community
Thu 14th Feb ‘Migrant Workers’
Thu 21st Feb ‘Key Project (Youth)’
Thu 28th Feb ‘SLEAP (Homelessness)’
Thu 6th Mar ‘Drugs, etc.’
Please pray for our next PCC Meeting which includes the following items on the agenda
Eric & Anna Hornbuckle
This year’s Mission Action Plan
Setting up a new congregation
Wills & Legacies
Easter Mission 29th March – 5th April 2009
ST. JOHN’S SERVICES AND EVENTS
Sun 3rd Feb 9.45am Prayer in the Creche Room
10.30am Holy Communion
Mon 4th 6pm Level 1 for Infant school aged children
Tue 5th 6.15pm Level 2 for Junior school aged children
7.30pm Churches Together in Leyland meeting at St James
Wed 6th 10am Holy Communion
1pm Lunch Club in the Church Lounge
7.15pm Level 3 for High school aged children
Fri 8th 7.30pm Men’s Group Quiz & Hotpot supper in the Church
Lounge
Sat 9th 9am Hedge trimming work party in the church/vicarage
Garden
Sun 10th Feb 9.45am Prayer in the Creche Room
10.30am Holy Communion
Mon 11th 6pm Level 1 for Infant school aged children
7.30pm PCC in the Church Lounge
Tue 12th 6.15pm Level 2 for Junior school aged children
8pm Alpha Course at 22 Crawford Avenue
Wed 13th 10am Holy Communion
7.15pm Level 3 for High school aged children
Thu 14th 7.30pm Deanery Synod at St John’s Leyland
Sun 17th Feb 9.45am Prayer in the Creche Room
10.30am Morning Worship
Thu 21st Feb 7.30 – 9.30pm Whole Church Meeting
Doug Harris of the Outreach Trust
“Jehovah’s Witnesses”
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