Week commencing 4 June 2107

AT A GLANCE

Sunday: Morning Worship, 10.30am. Preaching: Pastor Vijay Pillai. Leading worship: Malcolm Webb. Crèche, Children’s Church and Ignite are all taking place 11-noon.

Sunday: This week is a Messy Church week

Sunday: Evening Service this week, led by the Youth Group.

Monday: Women’s Bible Study and Diesel

Tuesday: Prayer Meeting

Thursday: mainly music and Fuel  

Friday: Seniors Friday 

This week is not a Home Group Week

IN MORE DETAIL

Sunday worship at 10.30am – Noon on 28 May. Our Pastor, Vijay Pillai will be speaking and Malcolm Webb will be leading worship.Communion will be served. Creche available.

Messy Church: Is held on the first Sunday of every month from 4pm to 6pm. The next Messy Church will be on 4 June. Messy Church is open to all children aged 3 to 11 years, and will include a wide range of appropriate activities for the children, who will also have some food together. Messy Church is a great opportunity for children to invite their friends to something where they will hear the gospel, and their parents might just also, so if you’re not in the habit of taking the children, please consider it.  See David Young for more information.

Sunday evening services are held on the first and third Sundays each month, commencing at 6.30pm. The next service will be on June 4 when Matthew Smith and our Youth Group will take the service.

Children’s Church @ ACF: 

Sunday morning activities for children are: Age 3-P1’s in the DJ Team room (by the crèche); P2-P3’s in the coffee hall; P4-6’s are in the cube room; *Parents, please pick your children up after the service* ; Ignite: P7-S2’s meets in the youth room at the front of the main hall. All groups run from 11am to 12 noon.

Home Groups: Meet throughout the city on the second and fourth Sundays, and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of the month. Please speak with Pete Henderson or contact the office for further details.

Youth @ ACF: 

Diesel (S3-S6) Weekly Youth Bible Study is on a Monday Night 7.00-9.00pm.

Fuel (P7-S3) Weekly Youth Cafe meets on a Thursday night from 7.00-9.00pm.

On the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month, after the evening service, all the youth meet at the Webb’s from 7.45-9.00pm for a social. It is open to anyone in P7-S6.
For more details on any of the youth activities speak to Gillian MacKenzie.

Women’s Bible Study: Meets every Monday at 9.30am. This term the study is entitled ‘Living in Jesus’. Crèche available. All ladies welcome!

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Tuesdays 7.30pm to 9.00pm. This week Daniel Paterson will be looking at the current Gender debate from a Biblical perspective. On behalf of Local Impact, Helen Prakash will lead the prayer time.

Mainly Music is a fun music time for parents/caregivers and their preschool children, followed by coffee and free play session. It meets every Thursday from 10.00am-11.15am during term time. If you are interested in coming along, please speak to Donna Cuthill.

Seniors Friday: Held every Friday from 10.30am to 12 noon. Food, quizzes, teas, coffees and laughter. Speak to Bert or Beth Wilson for further information.

Future Events at ACF:

Sunday worship at 10.30am on 11 June. Daniel Paterson will be speaking, and Elaine Henderson will be leading worship.Communion will be served.

Home Groups: Meet throughout the city on the second and fourth Sundays, and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings of the month. Please speak with Pete Henderson or contact the office for further details.

Future events outwith ACF:

None meantime

News:

Recruitment Drive for mainly music. Mainly music is a family outreach to the local community that has been running every Thursday morning during term time for nearly six years. Several volunteers are moving on at the end of this term and we are looking to replace them.

We are seeking those with a heart for connecting with families and sharing Jesus with them. Please consider if God is laying it on your heart to serve in this way. For further details please contact David Young, Pamela Maclure directly or via the church office.

ACF FOOD BANK: To support The Lighthouse and others in need, food items such as cereal, sugar,tea, coffee, biscuits, and tins/jars/packets of soup, meat, meals, vegetables, together with household cleaning items and toiletries, can be donated. Plastic collecting bins will be in the foyer for this purpose.

RECYCLING FOR TUMAINI: ACF is collecting clothes for recycling, the proceeds going to support the work of Tumaini. There is a collecting bucket in the foyer. Every donation helps.