GATEWAY TERM GUIDE WINTER / SPRING TERM 2020 - Gateway Church Swindon
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GATEWAY
TERM
GUIDE
WINTER / SPRING TERM 2020
“There is something about God wanting to hotspot
this place... I believe they are places that God wants
to put his finger on that will act as a significant move of God
in the nation, and I believe that God wants to put his finger on this
church and on this city.
Where there has been a predictability, a normality, a ‘same old, same old’
concerning this town, God says ‘I am going to turn it around’... get ready for that in
this next season... God is about to bring some significant breakthrough for you.”
Prophetic word given to Gateway by Julian Adams, 2013
Welcome
We’re at the start of 2020, a new decade, and we’re full of faith and expectancy as we look to
the year ahead! As God is speaking to Regions Beyond, and to us, about entering a new era, A new
we want to grab hold of that with both hands and pray that God would bring it about quickly!
command I
We’re starting the year with an evening of creative worship and prayer on Wednesday 08
January, followed by 48 hours of prayer! We want to seek God, and be in His presence, as we
give you: love
set the course for the coming year. Can I encourage you to come along to that evening and one another. As I
join us as we seek after God together.
have loved you,
We’re also looking forward to gathering with other churches in Swindon to pray on Tuesday
21 January. We’re continuing to see God work incredibly in uniting his church in this town, so you must love
where once there was much division. These times are so important for us, so please make
sure you prioritise them too!
one another. By
this everyone will
I also want to take the opportunity to again encourage you to get to Fusion 2020 on the
weekend of Saturday 23 - Tuesday 26 May. Many of us went from Gateway in 2018, and it know that you are
was so good being able to spend time together as a family. If you’re not sure you can afford
it, please do let us know - we want to enable as many people to get there as possible. my disciples, if
Finally, as always, this Term Guide has details of all the groups running this term and how to
you love
sign up. We wholeheartedly believe that groups are the best place to find deep community
and family, and we have lots of different groups running this term! With such a variety, our
one another.
hope is that there is a group for you to find love, community and family in.
John 13:34-35 NIV
Colin Thornton
Lead Elder
Prayer
“Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the arm of God”
— Charles Spurgeon
Gathering to pray is essential for seeing God’s Kingdom come in Swindon, the UK and the
nations of the world. Gathering to pray is a significant part of belonging to a local church
community. We encourage you to make prayer meetings a priority and commit to coming as
often as you can.
Over the term we’ll be gathering for nights of creative worship and prayer, having nights to
pray for healing, praying with other churches in Swindon, and we’ll be running two 48 hours
of prayer! Take a look at the ‘Key Dates’ section for more information.
As always, we meet to pray every Sunday morning before the meeting:
• Gateway West, 9:15 – 9:45 am, in the Mary Jones room where tea and coffee is served.
• Gateway East, 10:00 – 10:30 am, in the dance studio where our 5-11 kids group meets.
Community Noticeboard
The “Gateway Church Swindon Community Notice Board” exists to create opportunities
to find out or advertise events that are going on within the life of the church (e.g. curry
nights, film nights, workshops, etc). To get involved you’ll need to request to join the group
on Facebook, after which you can post about events you’re running, or reply to other
events to express an interest in attending. It’s a great way to connect, interact and grow as a
community.
Authentic
Authentic is our youth group for school years 7–13. God’s
blessed us with many young people at Gateway, and we
want to make Authentic a place of great fun, where lifelong
friendships are formed, and where youth are equipped to live
out faith in their culture.
The term launch for Authentic is Friday 10 January, 7:30-
9:30pm. This will be a great evening where we’ll give more
details about what’s happening in Authentic this term.
There is no need to sign up for the term launch, you can just
turn up! We look forward to seeing you there.
Keep up to date with Authentic news and dates here:
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Monday 03 August – Sunday 09 August.
Email us: authentic@gcswindon.org.uk
Key Dates: January - February 2020
DATE WHAT’S ON DESCRIPTION TIME LOCATION
Wed 08 Jan Creative Join us for a time of worship and prayer to kick off 7:30 – Trinity Centre
Worship & Prayer the new year! We’d love for you to worship however 9:30 pm
Evening you feel most comfortable – so if you paint, bring
some paints and a canvas; if you write, bring a pad
and pen; if you craft, bring things to make with!
Wed 08 Jan 48 Hours of Straight off the back of the creative worship & prayer Starting at Trinity Centre
– Prayer evening, we’ll be launching into 48 hours of prayer! 10:00 pm
Fri 10 Jan Sign up for an hour slot at http://bit.ly/2MfXyEC
Tue 21 Jan Good News Join us as we worship and pray with other churches 7:30 – Trinity Centre
for Swindon from across Swindon! 9:00 pm
Prayer Meeting
Thu 30 Jan Fostering If you’ve ever thought about fostering or adoption, 7:30 – Trinity Centre
& Adoption we’d love to invite you to an introductory evening 9:30 pm
Evening to find out more from Swindon’s fostering team and
those with first-hand experience.
Sun 02 Feb Daniel Macleod We’ll be joined by Daniel, who leads Trinity Church 10:00 am Trinity Centre
at Gateway in London and is part of our Regions Beyond family. / /
Daniel will be preaching to us at both sites! 10:30 am Dorcan Academy
Wed 05 Feb Prayer for Seeking God for healing or breakthrough? We’d love 7:30 – Trinity Centre
Healing to pray for you. If you’ve got a passion to pray for 9:00 pm
others to be healed, we’d love you to help pray too!
Key Dates: March - April 2020
DATE WHAT’S ON DESCRIPTION TIME LOCATION
Wed 04 Mar Creative Join us for a time of creative worship and prayer! 7:30 – Trinity Centre
Worship & Prayer We’d love you to worship however you feel most 9:30 pm
Evening comofortable - so if you paint, bring some paints
and a canvas; if you write, bring a pad and pen; if
you craft, bring things to make with!
Wed 04 Mar 48 Hours of Straight off the back of the creative worship & prayer Starting at Trinity Centre
– Prayer evening, we’ll be launching into 48 hours of prayer! 10:00 pm
Fri 06 Mar Sign up for an hour slot at http://bit.ly/2MfXyEC
Sat 04 Apr Gateway Kids We’ll be hosting an Easter Party for children in 1:00 – Trinity Centre
Easter Party reception to school year 6! This will be loads of fun, 3:00 pm
with snacks, games, and the story of Jesus! It will
also be run by our young people in Authentic!
Fri 10 Apr Good Friday We’re holding a 1-hour Good Friday service to share 10:30 am Trinity Centre
Service communion together and remember Jesus’ sacrifice
at the cross in light of the victory of His resurrection!
Sun 12 Apr Easter Sunday We’ll be gathering both sites together on Easter 10:00 am Trinity Centre
Baptism Service Sunday to worship Jesus and to celebrate with those
who are getting baptised!
Sun 26 Apr Bishop Lee We’ll be joined by Lee Rayfield, the bishop of 10:00 am Trinity Centre
Rayfield at Swindon. Lee will be preaching to us at both sites! / /
Gateway 10:30 am Dorcan Academy
Groups
Our groups run on a termly basis. We have been running groups in this way for more than
two years and have found that, by adopting a termly approach, more people are connecting
into community life at Gateway, group leaders are refreshed through having a break between
terms, and people new to Gateway find it easier to get connected to a group.
Over the Winter/Spring 2020 term, our groups will mostly be starting in the week
commencing Monday 27 January. We have several new groups running this term (marked
with an *), as well as many groups continuing. We have groups most days of the week, and at
a range of different times, which maximises the opportunity for you to connect into a group.
FAQs
How do I sign up to a group? When can I sign up to a group?
Simply email groups@gcswindon.org.uk with The sign-up window for this term starts on
the details of the group(s) you’d like to attend Sunday 12 January and runs to Sunday 26
by Sunday 26 January at the latest. If you’d January.
prefer, you can fill out the form at the back of
this Term Guide and hand it in at the Connect Can I join a group after it has started?
Point (at either site) instead. Yes! if you wish to join a group after it’s
started, email groups@gcswindon.org.uk or
When do groups run? fill out the form at the back of this Term Guide
Most groups will run from the week and hand it in at the Connect Point at either
commencing Monday 27 January to the site.
week commencing Monday 30 March.
FAQs
What happens after I’ve signed up? Can I stay in the same group this term?
The group leader will get in touch with Yes! If the group you were in last term is still
you after the sign-up window has finished running, you can continue to attend. Even if
and introduce themselves. They’ll give you you plan to attend the same group, please
information about when and where the group still email groups@gcswindon.org.uk or
will meet. complete the form at the back of this Term
Guide to let us know.
Can I go to a group at either site?
You may want to go to a group led by Can I run a group next term?
someone from the same site as you, but that’s If you’re interested in leading a group next
completely up to you! Each group will indicate term, we’d love to hear from you. Send your
whether the leader is based at Gateway West group idea to groups@gcswindon.org.uk or
or Gateway East with a ‘W’ or ‘E’ respectively. speak to anyone on the Site Leadership Team
in Gateway West or Gateway East.
Can I go to more than one group?
You’re welcome to go to more than one
group, but it would be much better to attend
one group regularly than lots of groups
occasionally.
Why do I have to sign up each term?
By involving the whole church in signing up
for a group each term, it enables those new
to Gateway to get connected into community
life more quickly.
Mon / Tue Prayer for Dorcan Academy
Al Cotton (E) · Dorcan Academy · Fourth Monday of the month, 7:30 – 8:30 am
Have a passion to pray for Dorcan Academy and for the transformation of the school? Then
join us each month to pray God’s blessing over the school.
Musical Mondays
Kat Pollock (W) · Trinity Centre · Monday, 9:45 – 11:00 am
A fun music and singing group for under 5s. Thirty minutes of music, dance and singing
followed by free play, tea, coffee and biscuits. £5 voluntary donation for the term.
Men’s Prayer
Frank Hacker (W) · Trinity Centre · Tuesday, 7:00 – 8:00 am
We pray for one another, Gateway and the nations.
Life Group (Over 60s)
Barbara Webb (W) · Rodbourne · Tuesday, Midday – 1:30 pm
We meet for food, Bible study, worship and prayer.
Football
Gabriel Schmidt (W) · Grange Leisure Centre, Stratton · Tuesday, 9:00 – 10:00 pm
5 or 7-a-side football.Wed Life Group (For Mums)
Sarah Cotton (E) · Trinity Centre · Wednesday, 9:30 – 11:00 am
A chance to make friends, encourage each other in faith, and study the Bible. Coffee and
pastries to start. Children welcome!
Life Group (Nepali Speaking)
Liden/Park South · Wednesday, 6:15 – 8:00 pm
Relational, prayer, Bible study and discussion following Sunday’s preach.
Community Choir
Suzy Ford (W) · Trinity Centre · Wednesday, 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Please come and join the Gateway Community Choir for singing, prayer, communion and
growing in Christ together.
Life Group
Iain & Kerry Wear (E) · Covingham · Wednesday, 7:30 –9:30 pm
Relational, prayer, worship, and discussion following Sunday’s preach.
Life Group
Clive & Kaz Elliott (W) · Haydon Wick · Wednesday, 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Gathering to fellowship, build relationships and pursue God together.Wed / Thu Life Group
Ebenezar Vittaldoss & Mallika Ebenezar (W) · Old Town · Every other Wednesday,
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Relational, prayer, worship, and discussion following Sunday’s preach.
Men’s Group
Ant Dowden (E) · The Dockle Farmhouse, Stratton · Every other Wednesday, 7:30 pm
We’ll get together fortnightly to connect and encourage each other.
Parenting Teenagers Course*
Julian & Sarah Cooke (E) · Dorcan Academy · Wednesday, 7:30–9:30pm
We’re running this course in partnership with Dorcan Academy. It’ll be a great opportunity
to serve parents connected to the school. If you’re interested in serving this course, sign up!
Starting after February half-term, but gathering before every other week to plan and pray.
Life Group*
Alex & Kat Pollock (W) · Royal Wootton Bassett · Wednesday, 7:00–9:30pm
Relational, discussion following Sunday’s preach, and hospitality!
Life Group
Mike & Annette Derry (E) · Royal Wootton Bassett · Thursday, 7:45–9:30pm
Praying for & holding on to the vision for a site in the town, as well as worship, bible study,
and discussion following Sunday’s preach. Also meeting second Wednesday of the month.Thu / Fri
Thursday Lunch Club (Over 60s)
Shirley Baxter (W) · Trinity Centre · Last Thursday of the month, Midday – 2:00 pm
For all young people over 60! Come and join us for food, fellowship, and friendship. Feel
free to bring a guest!
Dates: 30 January, 27 February, and 26 March.
Life Group (For Women)
Noreen Thomas (W) · Freshbrook · Second and fourth Thursday of the month,
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Helping women to grow in their walk with God and to find their full potential through
prayer, encouragement, support, and reaching out to those in need.
Life Group
Pat & Dave Cox (E) · Stratton · Thursday, 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Relational, prayer, Bible study and discussion following Sunday’s preach.
Life Group
Dziki Pswarayi, Baba & Mo Fagbongbe (W) · East Wichel · Friday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Building relationships, having fun, and opening the Bible. Families & children welcome.
Board Games
Ian Gray (E) · Various Locations · Various Fridays, 7:30 – 10:30 pm
Modern games such as Catan, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride.Sat / Sun Craft Morning
Anita Thomas (E) · Trinity Centre · Third Saturday of the month, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
An opportunity to use your craft skills in a relaxed adult-only group.
Walking Group
Ian & Audrey Donaldson (W) · Various · Monthly (dates TBC)
Once a month group to chat, pray and encourage each other while out walking and
enjoying God’s creation. 4-7 miles cross-country (with stiles, etc.) for around three hours.
Prayer Group (for those working with children and young people)
Olive Pryor (W) · Trinity Centre · Last Sunday of the month, 7:00–8:30pm
Working with children and young people (i.e. social services, schools, colleges, police, child
care, etc.)? Come to be prayed for and encouraged in your role.PLEASE FILL OUT USING BLOCK CAPITALS
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