Apr 23

Resolution for women: Priscilla Shirer

I’ve been recorded as saying that the resolution for women is possibly the best book I’ve ever read, maybe that’s because it touches on so many things God has been speaking to me and challenging me about, but I have found it inspiring, challenging and encouraging. I have really enjoyed the audio book which is read by the author but bought the book so I could see more clearly how it all fits together. By her own admission this is no beach novel, but I think there is something for everyone whatever stage of life you are at, in fact the first few chapters deal with making the most of each season and enjoying the phase we are in right now, getting everything out of it before the next phase kicks in!

The book is divided into several parts: this is who I am, which looks at what it means to be feminine, the unique gifts and opportunities God has given each one of us and how to make the best of these and manage the balancing act that we all frequently struggle with. We also look at what it means to be a woman devoted to Christ and defined by his word!

Part 2 considers what we have at our disposal and Priscilla looks at giving our best, and again living with balance not burnout! Also how we can benefit those around us by giving them the gift of our time and attention, and being free with our forgiveness. There is a very honest and challenging section on living with integrity and on being motivated to mission, as I said in my recent sermon, this book affected me a great deal and I quoted unashamedly from it!

Part 3 is all about what matters to me, so looks at marriage, family and making our homes full of grace and peace, a sanctuary to all who come into it. Priscilla is a really straight talking, passionate and Godly woman who seems to really understand the struggles and will talk from an empathetic point of view, I hope as many of you as can will get and enjoy this book.

 

Mar 28

Prophetic Encounter Evening Review

The prophetic encounter evening was an exciting evening where we saw women ministered to and many receiving prophetic words to bring them into freedom and destiny! If you have testimonies we’d love to hear them! I’m sure all of us who were there would love to thank Sarah for her words of wisdom and humour and we’d like to thank the whole team for their preparation and for serving us so faithfully!

Sarah talked about playing to our strengths and being released from things we maybe aren’t strong in. There are many resources available, one I have found really thorough is the strengths finder by Tom Rath. It’s a book but takes you into an online questionnaire which then produces a detailed analysis of your strengths.  Also there is a 10 Questions to hear God’s call for our lives by Greg Haslam. Another resource I’d like to recommend is Sarah’s talk on “someone has prophesied over me-now what?” which can be bought from her site here

Please come and speak to the In step team if you have feedback on the evening, either words of testimony or vision for what you’d like to see accomplished through In step. We’d love to pass on testimony to Sarah and her team too as it would really encourage them!

Why not leave a comment or your testimony below? If you rather we did not publish it here then its no problem, just say so in your feedback and we won’t show it as we review each comment before publication anyway!

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Feb 04

Prophetic Encounter Evening

24th March 7.00pm-9.30pm St. John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath.

We are delighted to have Sarah Rowlinson and her team for A Prophetic Encounter Evening.
We will start the evening slightly earlier at 7pm with drinks and nibbles and its an evening where the Lord will speak to, minister to and heal and ignite His women as we gather together. Sarah will be speaking and ministering with her team.

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Jan 28

A Day with Nori Chesney

4th February 12pm – 5pm St. John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath.

We are excited to have Nori Chesney coming to minister to us. Nori and her husband Dan are currently based in Horsham and travel worldwide ministering to marriages and families. The first part of our day will be looking specifically at intimacy within Marriage therefore will be limited to Married Ladies only.

 

12:15 Arrival / registration
12:30 Official welcome and Lunch
1:30 Praise and worship
2:00 Session 1: Stepping Up – Spiritual and emotional intimacy
3:00 Coffee and cake
3:30 Session 2 : Stepping In – Physical intimacy
4:30 Q and A

 

Nori will be staying with us for the evening session which will be open to everyone where we will have a session on Intimacy with God.

5:30 Evening arrival
5:45 Wine, testimonies
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Evening worship
8:00 Evening session – Stepping Out – Intimacy with God
9:00 Ministry and prayer, worship
9:30 End!

 

Jan 03

Opportunities to Serve

Warning!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN HISTORIC POST

Thus the needs specified here may now not be current. For current opportunities to serve please click HERE

 

The meeting took the format of discussing exisiting outreach members are already involved with which we considered our church getting behind and how we might be able to serve.

Mandy Jones – Discussed ARK

ARK stands for Achieving Recovery through Kingdom and involves assisting the homeless and people with life controlling issues and addictions.

They meet at United Reform Church in Horsham on Monday and Thursday 9-5 where folk are given warmth, food and showers etc. On a Tuesday evening they run the ‘store house’ where food parcels are given out.
(over 100 people have used this service in the last year).
They have a future vision which is in the planning process of providing a night shelter.
Everyone involved with ARK are volunteers.

How can we help???? The current needs are as follows:

THURSDAYS – Between 3pm – 5pm people are required for cleaning up and serving tea/coffee.

TUESDAYS – Between 5pm – 7pm people to assist packing up food parcels

TUESDAYS – Between 6pm – 9pm people to give out food, tea/coffee

TUESDAYS – Between 8pm – 9pm cleaning the kitchen

MON/THURS – Between 2pm – 3pm cleaning the kitchen, cleaning towels and teatowels.

Does anyone have secretarial skills to assist Lisa Burrell with the general admin?
Does anyone have Fund Raising skills.

Mandy recently gave out a notice in church regarding the food and toiletries box which is located in the foyer as you come into our church meeting. Donations are required so please if you can bring items on a Sunday morning they will be gratefully received!!!

If you are able to help in any of these areas please contact Mandy Jones – 01403 254463

Jill Kirby – discussed homeless and housing then went on to talk about Crowning years

This serves folk over 50 years and its vision is reaching and releasing the older generation. This is done in a number of ways with outreach, coffee mornings, discipleship groups and pastoral care home visits.

Coffee morning – At St. Peters Hall (30-40 people attend) (8.30am-9am) set up – HELP NEEDED

Lifts to and from the meetings – HELP NEEDED

Making and serving refreshments – HELP NEEDED

Greeting folk as they arrive and generally socialising – HELP NEEDED

Also anyone who is able to sing or play an instrument who could assist with the worship sessions.

If anyone is interested in helping with crowning years please contact Elsie Johnson at the Kings church office or at home on 01403 251331, or Jill Kirby on 01403 263318.

Lorraine Grant – discussed Warriors which is a ministry for children which many have behavioral and learning difficulties. This is currently closed temporarily due to lack of manpower.
They meet Wednesdays between 3.30pm – 5pm.

The current needs are people to help set up at 3.15pm and to pray.

People to drive the minibus to return the children home at 5pm.
Provision of snacks for the children and also anyone who can bake who is willing to bake birthday cakes.

If anyone is interested in helping please contact Lorraine Grant on 07891 460433

Various other brainstorming ideas were discussed regarding having craft mornings, cookery mornings and how these could serve the ladies in the church and their friends and also the possibility of encorporating them into the above exisiting outreach ministries.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SKILLS OR BURNING DESIRES TO DISCUSS BEING INVOLVED (YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE SKILLS TO RUN PARTICULAR EVENTS OR MIGHT JUST HAVE A GENERAL INTEREST) PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE IN CONTACTING EITHER HAZEL ROBINSON OR CAROLE HOGG.

 

Jan 02

Intimacy ignited: Book Review


This book walks through the Song of Songs, taking God’s Word and applying it practically to marriage. The book is very easy to read, Bible-based, and scarily easy to implement. An eight-week Bible study to be carried out as a couple or as a group of couples is included, with extensive notes and phenomenal ideas.
Married couples – do you want to ignite a passionate flame and keep it burning until the day you die? Regardless of the situation your marriage is experiencing, this book will put you on that path!

 

Jan 01

Laugh your way to a better marriage: Mark Gungor


There are various DVDs available to order and a number of preview clips on YouTube! Mark Gungor, one of the most sought-out speakers on love and marriage, explores the underlying dynamics of male/female relationships, combing striking clarity and practical solutions to common relationship woes. Mark’s humour makes his teaching enjoyable, effective and memorable, helping husbands and wives remember these insights and immediately put them to work.

Jan 01

The 5 love languages: Gary Chapman

Outlines five expressions of love–quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch–and explains how to identify and communicate effectively in a spouse’s “love language”. There are also books on love languages of children and teenagers, and men’s editions of this book

Jan 01

The power of a praying wife: Stormie O’Martian

Stormie Omartian’s mega bestselling The Power of a Praying® series (more than 8.2 million copies sold) is re–released with fresh new covers to reach a still–growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives. There are also Power of a praying parent and power of a praying woman.

Jan 01

Every Man’s battle

Shattering the perception that men are unable to control their thought lives and roving eyes, Every Man’s Battle shares the stories of dozens who have escaped the trap of sexual immorality and presents a practical, detailed plan for any man who desires sexual purity-perfect for men who have fallen in the past, those who want to remain strong today, and all who want to overcome temptation in the future. There are a whole raft of books dealing with the issue of sexual purity for men, women, young men and young women. Useful reading for those who want to help prepare either their own children or youth they have responsibility for , for this lifelong battle.

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