Sunday notice please

 

5th February 2012

 

A New Year with Christ

 

Today   -   Worship, offering, “Natural behaviour?”

 

Tonight 7pm  the Joint churches’ meeting

 

The Groups are meeting this week.

Friday 10^th              Prayer Meeting at 8pm at John

                                and Sandra’s.

Sunday 12^th            10.30 am Goffs and 7pm at

                                Green Fields.

 

 

Finance:      Accounts for January

             Income:        £4,490.12    Expenses:    £6,503.09

 

Sent in by Dave -  Another quote from Lilias Trotter:

‘Behold he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.’ 

We were noticing, as we came down into the Taberkatchent valley (in south Algeria), how the mules who had stepped with absolute surefootedness on the steep difficult tracks - often on a double slope, downwards and outwards towards the edge - stumbled along the government road below.  It was because the creatures of the mountain are so at home in difficult places that they are the easiest of any to them.  Praise God that our Beloved finds difficulties the most natural places to act in and the easiest way of approach to our souls.

 

 

Vine Men's Meal

Thursday 23rd February

At a Local restaurant (venue to be announced) 8pm -  All Vine men and friends welcome

Dates For Ladies

23^rd  February Thursday  7 pm at Gill's house

Spud night. We bring the fillings, potatoes provided.

 24^th  March Ladies’ breakfast with a difference at

Gill's again.  Bring yourselves and a small donation to........what about shelter boxes?  Many Thanks   -  there will be lists - Jean

 

 

A lot of VERSES

To help think about some ideas From 2 Peter  -  they captivate the unstable ones, and their techniques of getting what they want is, through long practice, highly developed.  They are born under a curse, for they have abandoned the right road and wandered off to follow the old trail of Balaam, son of Peor, the man who had no objection to wickedness as long as he was paid for it.  But he, you remember, was sharply reprimanded for his wickedness - by a donkey, of all things, speaking with a human voice to check the prophet's wicked infatuation!

These men are like wells without a drop of water in them, like the changing shapes of whirling storm-clouds, and their fate will be the black night of utter darkness.

With their high-sounding nonsense they use the sensual pull of the lower passions to attract those who were just on the point of cutting loose from their companions in misconduct. They promise them liberty. Liberty! - when they themselves are bound hand and foot to utter corruption. For a person is the slave of whatever masters them.

If people have escaped from the world's contaminations through knowing our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, and then become entangled and defeated all over again, their last position is far worse than their first. It would be better for them not to have known the way of goodness at all, rather than after knowing it to turn their backs on the sacred commandments given to them. Alas, for them, the old proverbs have come true about 'a dog returns to his own vomit',  and "the sow that had been washed going back to wallow in the muck".

 

 

FEBRUARY birthdays

 7th Doreen Poole       9^th  Anne Hill

10^th Jae Simon            15^th Jacqueline Perkins

20^th  Angela Brown      23^rd  Carol Summers

 

 

contact the Vine Christian Fellowship -     John Adlington e: atwinad@gmail.com 01293 560584 – www.thevinecrawley.co.uk