DONALD JONES

Everyone is invited to join us this THURSDAY as we bid an earthly farewell to our Recruiting Sergeant Donald Jones. The committal will take place at the Crem in Crawley at 3pm, with a Festival of Thanksgiving at our centre n Horsham at 4.30pm. This will be conducted by Major Robin McIntosh.

Join us this Sunday as we bid farewell after three years, to Ian and Susan, with Grace, Adam and Hope. They will conduct their final celebration meeting as our leaders at 10.30am

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After such a wonderful morning, nearly 100 people stayed to enjoy a buffet lunch, and the family had great time in talking and sharing together. This reflected something very special about this church community and we are grateful to all those who made time to sit and chat and build further relationships, not just with each other, but also with those who spent that time with our visiting friends as well.

After this, some stayed, other returned, as we shared TOGETHER, which focussed on 'Going Places' and was led by Candidate Kate. A beautiful time of worship prepared well the way for Ian as he spoke on how God wanted our lives to go places, and experience Him being lifted High above all things. The community hall was full for this event, and as God ministered to us, many shed tears, others valued the time to stand and bless one another in the Name of Jesus. Songs included:- Praise my soul; What a faithful God have I; Heart of Worship; My Jesus, My Saviour; This the Power of the Cross; Great is the Lord and most worth of Praise. As our gathering came to a conclusion there was the opportunity for those who wished to be free to share the Love Feast and many responded to this. Others sat and prayed with one another, and after an invitation to do so, people moved among one another and blessed each other in the Name of Jesus. Yet again at the conclusion of this great weekend, God came close and built us close together. A comment from someone stated: There was a beautiful experience of love, blessing and peace for me and us all.

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For sometime now MAD, our music, arts and drama group, have been preparing something very special to present as part of our Kids and Youth Celebration Sunday - and we were really blessed as we shared in the presentation of Joseph, which continued our journey for the day, as Captain Susan introduced. Special thanks to Karen, Barry, Katy and Ann for all they did to make this possible. The pictures do not give justice to what happened, but it was really great.

SUNDAY 1ST JULY

KIDS AND YOUTH CELEBRATION SUNDAY, celebrates the end of the school year and opportunity for the church family to welcome all our children and present them with their annual prizes. This year we were 'taken places' and Captain Susan led us through an adventure to discover a little about the challenges that come our way, but how God is in it all. As we arrived Salvation Airways issued boarding passes and our stewards showed us the important procedures for the morning ahead. Songs, challenges and some laughter, all made this part of our morning very special.  It was great to welcome so many people into our centre and to witness the many prizes presented, which included prizes presented to the team. Childrens ministries officer, Karen, presented Star Awards to our Captains

Open House

From time to time over the years our leaders have opened their home, as an opportunity of church friends to come together and enjoy time away from it all. On Saturday 30th June, many people passed through the doors - some staying all afternoon, and some just able to pop in. BUT it was great and we are grateful to all those who joined with us.

Celebrating Vera Standing

 

VERA STANDING has been an important part of our church for many years. Last week we celebrated in our mid week church (home league) 95 years of this amazing lady. Food and games were a great part of the afternoon.