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Life September 2019 Acts 29 Lansdowne Kids Life Changing Encounters and much more ...
Immeasurably
MORE
a fortnight of prayer
September 1st marks the beginning of our
fortnight of Prayer called Immeasurably In the afternoon, we’d encourage you to
More. This is a key time in the church year, pray and eat together with others from
when we put most of our regular activities church, perhaps in your Small Groups or
on pause to focus together on prayer. serving teams. One of our Small Groups
We’re reminded again that “unless the is staying on site to picnic and pray over
LORD builds the house, its builders labour in lunch. Do bring your lunch if you have no
vain” (Ps 127:1). One of the most powerful other plans and would like to join them.
ways that we express our dependence on Our evening service will also be held at
God is to pray, confident that he “is able to Woodbury Avenue at 6:30pm and will be
do immeasurably more than all we ask or followed by an extended time of prayer and
imagine” (Eph 3:20). praise.
You won’t want to miss our all-age prayer Throughout the rest of the fortnight there
celebration from 9:30am on Sunday 1st. will be many opportunities for us to come
Woodbury Avenue will be packed full of together to pray. Please see below for
creative and engaging prayer activities for further details.
all ages and stages! There’ll be loads of ways
to pray together, whether you’re a toddler, Miles Tradewell | Minister
an OAP, or somewhere in between. At 10:30
we’ll gather together to praise God and hear *Due to increased numbers on the morning of 1st
September the car park will be used for prayer activities
from his Word. This will be a significant and therefore only be available to those with blue badges.
event, as it’s the first time the whole church **This event is for all-ages and we are looking forward
family has been together for several years. to praying across the generations. However, parents/
guardians are reminded that they are responsible for their
children throughout.
Event Time/Date/Room Notes
Prayer Lunch Tues 3 , 13:00-14:00, Hall
rd
Soup and roll lunch provided.
Prayer and Wed 4 , 19:30-21:00,
th
Bring a pudding to share.
Pudding Church Hall
Prayer Breakfast Fri 6th, 6:30-7:30, Hall Breakfast provided.
Prayer Breakfast Mon 9th, 6:30-7:30, Hall Breakfast provided.
Living with Tues 10th, 19:30-21:00, An opportunity to pray for all those who
Anxiety Church experience anxiety.
Building Prayer Wed 11th, 12:30-13:30, A chance to pray for our building project.
Meeting Church Feel free to bring a packed lunch so we
can enjoy eating together after the prayer
meeting.
Prayer and Thurs 12th, 19:30-21:00, Bring a pudding to share.
Pudding Church Hall
HOME
LEARNING
CLUB
Home Learning Club meets on a Friday after
school at the Townsend Community Centre and
it is for children from Jewell Academy.
There are eight of us in the team and although we
have different roles during the afternoon our aim
is always to help the children have a good time.
We are blessed in this country that every child
has access to education but there are times a little
extra help and support goes a long way.
During a typical afternoon we will sit with the
children and their parents working through a
maths question, reading a book or researching
a topic on the iPad as well as eating toast and
biscuits and drinking squash.
It’s a special time of sharing in the lives of others
in our community. Recently a few new families
have joined us and it’s been great to get to know
some more children.
There’s a lot of appreciation of our time and effort
and I think everyone on the team has enjoyed
the opportunity to work with some very lovely
children and encourage them to achieve their
best, it has been super to see the progress of many
who have attended regularly for the three years
we have been running the club.
Jesus said “Let the little children come to me”.
Knowing that God loves these children makes
us want to love them too and we can do that
by supporting them with their homework and
sharing our lives with them. It’s a great ministry
and personally I love being involved in it.
Rachel Smith | HLC Ministry Leader
Over the past two years I've been on the Acts 29 invested heavily in their planning
new Church in Hard Places Apprenticeship. and backed it up with their money, to make
This training course is an initiative of Acts sure that the dream of diversity was a reality
29, a global diverse network of church here. In places it felt forced and it was far
planting churches. Once a year Acts 29 from perfect. But, singing praise to God in
bring us all together for an intensive week Spanish with 1300 Christians from around
of training together. This year they sent the world was the closest to heaven I've ever
us all to Orlando to be part of their Global felt! Diversity amongst the people of God
Gathering. Here are some reflections from doesn't happen by accident - we need to
an incredible week: invest in it!
The local church is God's mission strategy Character is more important than skillset
Acts 29 is a network of churches who believe The teaching in the main sessions went
that God has called the church to spread through 2 Timothy and was incredibly
the gospel by planting churches who plant humbling and helpful for me personally.
churches in places where Christ is neither Timothy was a young leader seeking to
named or known. They are single-minded shepherd a messy church in Ephesus. Paul
about their existence. They put an incredible knew he was about to die in prison and
importance on the local church being THE wrote him his last letter to encourage him.
vehicle that God, through his word, has Paul encourages him to endure his ministry,
tasked his people with reaching the nations. keeping a watch on his character, being
The challenge for me as I settle back into patient, loving and generous. This helped
ministry life, and for us as a church on our remind me of the importance of a leader’s
journey - how important is the local church character above their skills and giftings.
to us and how will we respond to the varying Please pray for the life and character of our
situations God has given us? leaders at Lansdowne. This will be where
they struggle most and need your prayers,
Real diversity is both essential and hard work encouragement and support.
There were 1300 people at the Global Suffering is a mark of the Christian life
Gathering, from 46 different countries
and they clearly work very hard at In 2 Timothy, when Timothy is ready to jack
diversity. They have 3 priority areas as an in ministry, Paul gives him a reality check.
organisation - Hard Places, Rural Places and Over and over through the book the message
Islamic Places. These three priority areas comes through that suffering for the sake
were a big focus at the conference. Women of the gospel is the normal pattern of the
took a huge role in the conference, both in life of a Christian. Jesus endured the cross
public sessions and in the attendance list. in order to bring life. Paul endured all kinds
The speakers, musicians and music were of sufferings for the sake of the gospel. Why
more diverse than anything I've experienced would Timothy think it is any different
before. This led to a genuine feeling of real for him? And why would we think it's any
diversity across cultures, languages and different for us? Keep going, don't quit.
people groups. God's word will endure.
But none of this happened by accident. Tom Davenport | Community Worker9 November: 09:30 to 15:00 at Woodbury Avenue
An invitation to all women I have always found the women’s day
‘Life-changing Encounters’ conference to be greatly encouraging.
We encounter God initially when we It is an opportunity to enjoy spiritual
experience his unconditional love and refreshment as well as the company and
forgiveness in Jesus. To grow as His fellowship of other women.
disciples and endure life’s pressures and
challenges, encounters with God will help Please do consider taking time out of
us to keep on track and prevent us from your usual schedule to attend for what we
becoming discouraged. anticipate will be a very stimulating and
beneficial day.
Through the stories of both Moses and
Anna, we see the exciting truth that God Please book at lansdownechurch.uk/women
is always there, speaking to us powerfully In order to help us plan the catering we
through the normal patterns and rhythms would be grateful if you could book as soon
of our everyday lives. as possible or by 3/11/2019.
Please join us for a day of praise and Further information can be provided
teaching as we meet with women from through the church office.
Lansdowne and other local churches. Our
main speaker will be Siân Baker and a Hope to see you there!
bookstall will be provided by Keith Jones
Bookshop. The price includes lunch and Heather Jones | Member
refreshments.
lansdownechurch.uk/womenA
Solid
Start
September is a season of new beginnings reminded of the influence that I have upon
for many children and young people. Maybe my child’s faith development.
they are starting school, moving onto Investing time in raising children in faith is
Secondary School or even heading off to so important.
university. This new season can be exciting
but also daunting as they step into the new In Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 (NIV) it says
and grow in independence.
‘These commandments that I give
Their growing independence emphasises
the importance of raising children to have a
you today are to be on your hearts.
solid foundation of a personal relationship Impress them on your children. Talk
with God. Just like the man who built his about them when you sit at home
house on the rock. We cannot walk with and when you walk along the road,
them every step of the journey, but we have
a God that will.
when you lie down and when you get
up.’
The bible is clear:
Faith needs to be a part of their daily lives
and routine.
‘Train up a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not Parents play a vital role in investing in their
depart from it’ child’s faith development, but as a church
family we also can inspire children and
(Proverbs 22:6, NKJV) disciple them in their faith. I encourage
you to be praying for them as they step
As Abraham Lincoln once said ‘There is into the next season ahead. Pray for a solid
just one way to bring up a child in the way relationship with God that gives them
he should go and that is to travel that way strength and boldness to shine for Jesus.
yourself.’ Yesterday I was singing a worship
song and my daughter began repeating the Angelina Linden |
words I was singing. In that moment I was Family and Children WorkerSomething for Everyone
(check website for latest information)
Stepping Stones (for children under 2), Footsteps (for 2-4 Year Olds), Ground Breakers
(for School Years Reception – Year 6) Sunday mornings at Woodbury Avenue, 9:15am
and 11:15am. Children stay in for the first 15 minutes of the service.
Jelly Tots (Toddler group for pre-school children and their parents/carers)
Woodbury Avenue, 10.00am – 11:30am on Wednesdays (Term-time)
St Augustin’s Church Hall, 10:00 – 11:45am on Thursdays (Term-time)
Hi5 (school years 2-6)
Kids club, Friday evenings, Term-time, 6:30pm -7:45pm
Mum’s Bible Study (For mums with young children)
Alternate Mondays, Term-time, 10 – 12pm, Woodbury Avenue.
Lansdowne Youth (for school years 7-9).
Focus - Fridays: 7:30pm - 9:00pm (term-time).
Focus- Sundays: 11:00am - 12:30pm.
CYFA (school years 10-13)
Wednesdays: 7:30pm - 9:30pm (term-time).
‘Life’ for Students and 18- 30s
Mondays at 7:00pm at Naked Coffee (4 Christchurch Rd).
Women of Lansdowne
All meetings start at 10:00am with tea/coffee and brunch.
Men of Lansdowne
All meetings start at 8:00am with tea/coffee and breakfast.
Alpha Course (check website for dates)
Thursdays at 10:00am at Woodbury Avenue. All welcome.
Mondays at 7:30pm at Woodbury Avenue. All welcome.
Castle Coffee
Thursdays between 10:00am-12:00pm at Woodbury Avenue.
Join us for a coffee and a chat. Everyone welcome.
In Touch
Providing practical and spiritual help to the homeless.
Every Tuesday and Friday at 11:45am at St Augustin’s Church, Bournemouth.
International Cafe
Fridays at 8:00pm at Naked Coffee (4 Christchurch Rd).
Prime Time
Daytime group that meets on a monthly basis at Woodbury Avenue
Connect Groups – An informal introductory group for newcomers or those who don’t
yet feel connected to Lansdowne Church.
www.lansdownechurch.ukKey Dates
September 2019
1 September SUN AM 10:30am Mike Smailes 2 Corinthians 1: 1-7
1 September SUN PM Mike Smailes: Luke 12:13-34 Walking With God
3 September TUE Prayer Lunch 1:00pm | WA
4 September WED Prayer and Pudding 7:30pm | WA
6 September FRI Prayer Breakfast 6:30am | WA
8 September SUN AM Peter Baker: 2 Corinthians 1:8 - 2:11 (Communion)
8 September SUN PM Miles Tradewell: Luke 13:18-30 Walking With God
9 September MON Prayer Breakfast 6:30am | WA
10 September TUE Living with Anxiety 7:30pm | WA
10 September TUE Elders’ Meeting 7:00pm
11 September WED Building Prayer/Prayer Lunch 12:30pm | WA
12 September THU Prayer and Pudding 7:30pm | WA
14 September SAT Men of Lansdowne (8am) / Women of Lansdowne (10am) | WA
15 September SUN AM Peter Baker: 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:18
15 September SUN PM Miles Tradewell: Engaging Belief: No-One Can Be Sure
18 September WED Prime Time 2:30pm | WA
19 September THU Mission Prayer Central 7:30pm | WA
22 September SUN AM Mike Smailes: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18
22 September SUN PM Miles Tradewell: Luke 15 (Communion)
W/C 23 September: Small Groups meet at various times/locations
27 September FRI Fearfully & Wonderfully: Philip Yancey 7:30pm | Citygate Church
29 September SUN AM Peter Baker: 2 Corinthians 5:1-21
29 September SUN PM Peter Baker: Luke 18:18-34
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