Week commencing 24 March 2019

AT A GLANCE

Sunday: Morning Worship @ 10.30am with Vijay Pillai speaking.  

Monday: Ladies Bible Study;Diesel Youth Club

Tuesday: Prayer Meeting: Young Adults Group

Thursday: Mainly Music: Spark: Fuel Youth Club

Friday:  Seniors@ACF

IN MORE DETAIL

Sunday

Morning Worship at 10.30am: No Communion. Pastor Vijay Pillai will be speaking and Elaine Henderson will lead worship.

Children’s Church @ ACF. Usual Sunday morning activities for children are held from 11am – 12 noon and comprise: 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: 11am-12 noon: P7-S2’s 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: 9.30-11.30am. A study, entitled ‘Discovering your spiritual gifts’ is being discussed this term, to which all ladies are invited for a great time of fellowship around God’s Word. There is room for new members to join and you will be warmly welcomed. The group runs during term time. No creche available meantime.

Diesel (S3-S6):  Weekly Youth Bible Study 7.00-9.00pm. Led by our Youth Pastor, Gillian MacKenzie

Tuesday

Prayer Meeting: 7.00pm. Led by  Calum MacKenzie

Young Adults Group (YAGS)  is for those S6/17 years old, students and young people. We meet 9-10.30pm for hot chocolate, a catch up and Bible study. For further information contact Gillian MacKenzie on gillian@aberdeencf.com.

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.

Fuel (P7-S3) Weekly Youth Cafe 7.00-9.00pm. For more information contact our Youth Pastor, Gillian MacKenzie.

Friday

Seniors@ACF: 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 at 10.30am on 31 March 2019. Communion. Cheri Young will be speaking and Malcolm Webb will lead worship.

This Sunday is a ‘Spark’  Sunday, so the children should go straight to the coffee hall, joining the adults in worship later in the morning.

After morning worship there will be a Fellowship Lunch in the coffee hall to which all are invited.

Easter Weekend

19 April: Good Friday service at 7pm led by Craig Smith

20 April: Family Fun Day  Watch this space for more details.

21 April: Easter Sunday worship including baptisms. Anyone interested in finding out more about baptism, or wishing to be bapstided, please speak with  our Pastor, Vijay Pillai.

21 April: Evening worship @ 6pm featuring a team from Tumaini Scotland, and led by Matthew Smith.

Future events outwith ACF

None at present

News

Wheelchair: A wheelchair has been kindly donated to the church, and is available to anyone attending ACF  who has mobility difficulties. Please speak with one of the duty stewards for assistance.

Care for the church: The recently formed Design Team is doing an excellent job of improving the look of the inside of the building, yes there is a but, but we who use it aren’t supporting them too well. Cups, glasses, bottles of water, tissues (used), and other stuff are being left throughout the building, particularly the main hall. If you tak it in, could ye tak it oot fan ye go,please?

While there is no issue with the young folks using the various rooms after the services, it would be good if they tidied up after themselves (forlorn hope?). Same with the creche. Perhaps parents of the children who use the rooms could check these rooms for a quick tidy before going home. If that doesn’t happen someone else who attends church will have to do it!

To support that plea we are looking at how to improve the overall cleanliness of the interior, to be good stewards of what we have been graciously given.

Rant over!!

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