October at City of Peace

Michelle's leaving party--First, remember that Michelle Palani's leaving party is this Friday (26th of September) at 7pm. The party will be held at at 3 houses (the Boumas, the Carpenters, and Marlene's place in London Yard). If you plan on coming then contact Lynne Hornett if you want to bring something. Hope to see you there!

Supporting Michelle--Second, in place of supporting Michelle in an internship here at City of Peace the elders felt it would be good to support her in going to school back in South Africa. Michelle is seeking an internship opportunity there while going to school and so we we've set aside 3000 pounds to help in this.

New Sermon Series--third, we start a new series on the book of Hebrews this week. Henk Bouma will start off the series for us.

Prayer Meeting--We'll be praying at Cafe Forever on the 3rd of October at 7am. Hope to see you there.

Football--interested in playing football? We're playing football at Southwark park on the 4th of October at Southwark park in Bermondsey.

Communion this Sunday

We'll have communion on Sunday on the 5th of October. We'll start having communion on the first Sunday of every month.

Youth Jam & Games Session
Date: 17th October 2008
Venue: Café Forever
Time: 7:00 - 10:00pm

Who? Age 11 and up

What to bring? Guitars,drums,games etc...

After Café Forever closes on Friday night we’ll gather for some dinner. After dinner those who’re musically inclined can spend some time with Will Davis who works for Café Forever in a Jam session. Those who can’t play music are still welcome to join us. We’ll get a video game console and play some games, or play some foosball. Otherwise, you’re welcome to just hang out with us. For questions or details, give Tom Carpenter a call at 07515030132.

LCM Open Day

Wanting to see some of the other ministries within the London City Mission. Old Routemaster buses will be going between Cafe Forever, Cafe Eterno, Departure and the LCM HQ on the 11th of October. Everything starts at 11am and runs till about 4pm. Go to this site for more information: http://www.lcm.org.uk/Articles/125254/London_City_Mission/About_Us/News_and_Events/Open_House.aspx

September at City of Peace

Michelle—we’ll hear whether or not Michelle will be granted a visa to work at City of Peace on September 1. The tribunal hearing is at 10:30 in the morning. Please be praying for that.

House Group will start up next week. The evening house groups will be continuing their study of the Gospel of Mark. The Friday morning House group will be studying the book of Ruth. Time and places are as follows:
• TUESDAYS at Henk Bouma’s house 270a Manchester Road at 7.15pm
• WEDNESDAYS at Café Forever. The group starts at 7pm.
• FRIDAYS at 272 Manchester Road. This study is for women only and provides childcare. The group starts at 9:30am.

Communion—Communion will be served on September 7 and will now be held on the first Sunday of every month.

Here’s what’s going on this month at City of Peace:

August 31—John Percival from St. Peter’s barge will be speaking on 1 Corinthians 15 in our Sunday Service.

September 5—Prayer Meeting

September 6—Quaystone and Alpha Grove Centre have invited us to a community fun day at Alpha Grove. It will last from 12-4pm. There will be games, crafts, music and a bouncy castle.

September 7—Communion will be served at our Sunday service.

September 14—Bill, Ben and Kirsty will be baptised at our Sunday meeting. A meal will follow the service.

Big Day Out Pics

street party! (click image to enlarge flyer)

june @ city of peace

New Series and Guest Speakers
This past week Simon started a sermon series called encounters with Jesus. In the coming weeks we’ll be looking at how people responded when they met with Jesus and how that changed them.

The 1st of June—Tom Carpenter will be looking at John 4 when Jesus meets with the women at the well.
The 8th of June—John Nicholls (the CEO of LCM) will be joining us to look at John 9 which covers the story about the man born blind.
The 15th of June—Henk Bouma will be looking at John 4 when Jesus meets with the royal official
The 22nd of June—Alan Black will be joining us from LCM and will be talking about Luke 18 and the 10th leper.
The 29th of June—Tom Carpenter will be looking at John 5 when Jesus meets the lame man at the pool.

The 15th of June—Communion
Communion will be served on 15th of June at our Sunday morning meeting.

House Group
We have 3 house groups that meet weekly to eat a meal study the Bible, pray and fellowship. Anybody is welcome to attend. We’re still continuing to look at the Gospel of Mark. Time and places are as follows:
Tuesday at Henk Bouma’s house, which is located at 270a Manchester Road and the group starts at 7:15pm.
Wednesday at Café Forever and it starts at 7:15pm
Friday at 272 Manchester Road and the groups starts at 9:30am. The group is for women and provides child care.

All Man Kind & a birthday celebrations…
Lynne and Elmarie’s Birthday celebration will be held at Departure (649 Commercial Road) on Thursday, June 12 from 7:30-10:00pm. There will be a 5 pound entry fee, but there will be free snacks and light refreshments available. Anyone is welcome to come, so feel free to invite your friends. All Mankind is a band that will be putting on an acoustic. They’ve played over 500 shows in Australia, the USA, and the UK.

weekend away pics

Alex Whitton Exhibitiion Highlights

Here are some pictures from Alex's Exhibition. If you weren't able to make it, Alex used over 500,000 small nails to produce the picture of Andrea (his fiancee). If you have any questions about the piece, then you'll have to follow up with Alex.