Weekly newsletter
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Coming up: NEXT SUNDAY, 12TH AND ALSO THE 19TH, WE WILL MEET IN THE OLD LECTURE THEATRE, as the Launton Players will be preparing/setting down their pantomime. The car parking and walkway are the same. Steve Barber will continue on the Gifts of the Spirit, and the following week he will be off to Goa to support the work of Pastor Prince and Care and Compassion.
- Sun 12th Feb - evangelism and fun day planning, 13 Nuffiled Close, 7:30pm.
PRAYER FOCUS - next date in June
Prayer support is offered after every service, within housegroups or prayer to the Chain, starting with Susan Rand or Sheila Palmer. There are also regular prayer and fasting days. This is a typical time timetable to keep your mind off food and fixed on Jesus is:
- 7:30am - early prayer time.
- 1:00pm - lunchtime prayer.
- 7:30-9:00pm - closing prayer and worship (part 1) at the Salvation Army: worship, prayer for OBF, Bicester, UK & the world.
- 9:00pm - break for refreshments.
- 9:15-11:00pm - repeated pattern (part 2). Come for all or just what you can.
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Then Sunday 19th February, at 6:30pm the Churches in Bicester unite at the Salvation Army to "Equip the Saints". Led by Dennis Niziol.
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes
The children loved packing things which they hope similar children abroad will love. A total of 37 boxes were prepared. WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE BOXES HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY IN BELARUS!! Thank you for your support. In between Christmasses, the Charity focuses on providing clean drinking water through the installation of pumps and wells. Please keep supporting them.
HEALING ON THE STREETS
This ministry started in March 2009 between the churches in Bicester, and includes some OBF members. It follows the pattern founded by Mark Marx, with simple declarations in Jesus name, using His authority and relying on His Spirit, which hasn't changed since He raised the dead 2000 years ago! The action happens every Saturday in Sheep Street at 11am and new training courses can be arranged for anyone new wanting to join the team. The group is seeking new leadership and will have a prayer and discussuion on 11th Feb, 9am at the Methodist Church. Please pray for guidance.
FOR THE KIDS
For children's talks or Sunday school we have a selection of glove puppets for drama and fun. For parents with fidgety pre-schoolers, we have a number of gym-bags containing small (quiet) toys, books and colouring. So if the service is proving too much for them, open in such an emergency and then return them in good condition ready for the next person!
CHRISTIAN LIBRARY
There is a lot to see in the free library, with brand new, unread additions from the Christian Resources Exhibition. Categories include books on the Holy Spirit, Second Coming, testimonies, fiction (teens & kids), prayer, Bible study. Also available for loan, but not on public display, are a number of drama sketch books. See Bea or Steve Foster. Feel free to borrow any titles but please return them afterwards for others to enjoy. Also browse the Methodist’s even bigger collection whenever the church is open on a weekday morning, or after their services. If you have any Christian books, tapes, CDs or DVDs, which are gathering dust on your shelves, feel free to add these to the collection. Should you forget your Bible during the service, there are a number of various translations in the library.
