Week Commencing 1 December 2019

AT A GLANCE

Sunday: Morning Worship @10.30am: Christmas Fayre @12noon             

Monday: Ladies Bible Study @9.30 am

Tuesday: Prayer meeting @7pm

Wednesday: 

Thursday: Mainly Music @10am: Spark After School Club @4pm: Fuel Youth Club @7pm

Friday:  Seniors @10.30am

IN MORE DETAIL

Sunday

Sunday worship at 10.30am. No Communion: Our Pastor, Vijay Pillai, will be speaking. Malcolm Webb will lead worship.

Christmas Fayre. A range of home baking, crafts, and more will be on offer at our annual Christmas Fayre. All funds raised will go to support the work of Charlie House.

Children’s Church @ ACF. Sunday morning activities for children are held from 11am – 12 noon. These are: New born to age 3 – Creche in the Rainbow room; Age 3 to P2’s in the DJ Team room (by the Crèche); P3 to P6 in the Cube room. For more information contact our Children’s Pastor, David Young.

Ignite: This P7-S2 group meet in the youth room at the front of the main hall. For more information contact our youth Pastor Gillian MacKenzie.

Home Groups:  Meet on various evenings throughout the city. Please speak with Pete Henderson or contact the church office for more information.

Monday

Ladies Bible Study: Every week from 9.30 -11.15 am,  Please join us whenever you can for a friendly, informal Bible study, followed by a time of prayer. A creche will be available if needed. Ladies from other churches (or no church at all!) are very welcome to join us.

Our study this term is called Longing. We long to be happy and whole, for intimacy and purpose. God made us this way…Longing is awoken in us when we experience the brokenness of a fallen world… This study invites us to turn to God to satisfy our deepest longings.

Please contact Annabel Turner belle@belleturner.com or Isabel McHardy imchardy@btinternet.com if you have any questions. Or just turn up!

Tuesday

Prayer Meeting: 7pm-8pm. Led this week by Global Impact.

Young Adults Group (YAGS) .  Yags is for those S6/17 years old, students and young people. We meet 8.30pm-10.00pm for hot chocolate, a catch up and Bible study. For further information contact our Youth Pastor Gillian MacKenzie.

Wednesday

Thursday

Mainly Music: 10.00-11.30am.  A pre-school, faith based singing group for children and their carers, followed by coffee and free play session. If you are interested in coming along, please e-mail Pamela at maclure13@gmail.com. .

Spark: An after-school group for Nursery & P1-7’s that meets every Thursday during term-time from 4-6pm. We have crafts, games, Bible stories, songs, and more, and we even end each session with some dinner! Spark costs £3/family to attend. We’ll also have monthly ‘Spark Sundays’ where we’ll gather to present something in our morning worship service. for further information please contact our Children’s Pastor, David Young

Fuel Youth Club (P7-S3) 7pm-9pm.  For more information contact our Youth Pastor, Gillian MacKenzie

Friday

Seniors: 10.30am to 12 noon. Food, quizzes, teas, coffees and laughter. Speak to Rona Boyd for further information or contact the church office.

Future Events at ACF:

Sunday worship on 8 December at 10.30am. Communion: Our Pastor, Vijay Pillai, will be speaking. Kath Robertson will lead worship

Men’s Fellowship: 7pm-9pm. Will next meet on Wednesday 4 December at a yet to be determined curry house in the city. More information to follow.

Christmas @ ACF

  • Christmas Fayre – Sun 1st Dec, 12-1pm
  • Children’s Nativity Service – Sun 15th Dec, 10:30am
  • Carols in the Car Park – Wed 18th Dec, 7-8pm
  • Seniors’ Christmas Party – Fri 20th Dec, 10:30am-12noon
  • “All is Calm” Service of Reflection – Mon 23rd Dec, 7pm
    • ‘A time to stop and reflect amid a busy and sometimes difficult season’
  • Christmas Eve Carol Service – Tues 24th Dec, 7pm
  • Christmas Morning Service – Wed 25th Dec, 10:30am

Future events outwith ACF

Really Advanced Notice!!

The next Glorious Ladies Conference in Aberdeen will be held on 21 March 2020 in the Music Hall. More information will follow, but ladies, get it in your diaries now, and guys, you do the same, as you can volunteer to serve at it, or look after the children (if applicable). Talk about a rock and a hard place.

News

Christmas Hampers: Food collection for our annual hamper appeal will commence on Sunday 10 November and run till 15 December. In addition to the food, each hamper will have a booklet sharing why Christmas is really Good News. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the Cube Room was too small to contain the donations!! Lynne Powell will be i/c. If you know a family or families who could benefit from a hamper please let Lynne know.

Please check out our website, www.aberdeencf.com,for news about our church plant, Portlethen Christian Fellowship and continue to pray for that new church.

Tumaini Fund Scotland Christmas Appeal: Our appeal this year is to bring Hope to our orphans through education. Each child needs a set of hard backed jotters called ‘Daftari’ in order to attend school. We are delighted to be partnering with other sister Tumaini charities in order to support our ‘sons and daughters of Tumaini’ who have already overcome so much in order to attend secondary school. Every £10 raised will provide an orphan with the opportunity to be in each school for the year complete with exercise books they need.

Please consider joining with us in supporting our orphan children in need:

Please contact Donna (07968 270049) to obtain your gift card. We have a variety of cards to choose from.