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Churches Opening for Private Prayer and New Creation Pew News

Following the announcement by the Prime Minister that “Places of Worship” will be open for Private Prayer as from Monday 15th June, we have received various guidance and advice both from the national Church and the local Church in Bath and Wells. 

After a Joint virtual meeting with the Standing Committees of both our Churches on Friday, we are working through things in the hope of being able to open the two Church buildings for personal individual Private Prayer as from Sunday 21st June.  For many, being able to drop into the Church Building and light a candle, have a moment of calm and prayer, and feel the comfort of old familiar surroundings will be important in our journey of realising hope during these times.

Please bear with us, we are trying to do all that we can to make this possible but as you can appreciate there is lots of paperwork and practical things we are needing to sort out in order to make things as safe as possible.

We will try and keep people updated during the week on website and New Creation Facebook Page and there will be a further announcement in New Creation Pew News next weekend.  I would like to thank the Wardens and the Standing Committee for their wiliness and hard work to seek to make this possible.

Our hope is that it brings tangible hope to not only the Christian community but also to the wider community as it has been so hard for the doors to be shut as they have been for so long.

Matt Thomson  

For all other news for this week – download the latest edition of the New Creation Pew News here.

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NEW Video section each Week- “A week in the life…”

As a way of bearing witness to what God is doing in our lives during this time, look out for a new item each week on the Video Blog on Facebook.  Over the coming weeks we will hopefully gather a number of videos from a wide variety of members of the life of our churches as a witness to the Life of the Spirit amongst us as we emerge out of Lockdown.  Look out for these.

Matt

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Daily Blog – 40 Days with the Holy Spirit – Sun 31st May till 16th July:

Authors | Baker Publishing Group

Starting tomorrow, the Monday after Pentecost the “Daily Blog” on the New Creation Facebook Page will change focus to explore “40 Days with the Holy Spirit” as a way into refreshing and renewing our relationship with the Holy Spirit and how He can be relevant in our world as we live out each day and as we look to the future.

Written by Jack Levison, himself a lecturer and writer on matters to do with the Holy Spirit for over thirty years, you may wish as well, or instead, to purchase the book for yourself and make it your own discipleship journey in the coming days.

You can obtain “40 Days with the Holy Spirit” from Amazon, Eden and also as an ebook via Kindle etc.  And you can access the “Daily Blog” either by accessing the New Creation Facebook page, or watch it later in this blog stream. (You do NOT need to have an account with Facebook to access any of this material.)

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Live Stream this Sunday

Live Stream Church for Sunday: “Pentecost: praying for the coming of the Holy Spirit afresh and anew” – LIVE from the Prayer Garden in Congresbury – 10.30am

(Simply access the “New Creation Facebook Page” from Google:  https://www.facebook.com/NewCreationChurches/ or via the New Creation website: https://www.newcreationchurches.org.uk/

(You do NOT need to have an account with Facebook to access any of this material.)

This week we are going to be CELEBRATING the Gift of the Holy Spirit to the early Church two thousand years ago, and PRAYING for a renewing and refreshment of the Holy Spirit in these days, as we look to life beyond Lockdown.

The weather looks to be fine – so we will hopefully be outside in the Prayer Garden, behind the Refectory in Congresbury.

For the Service – you will need:

A Cake (or equivalent) – something to celebrate and share on the ‘birthday’ of the Church

A Light Bulb – of some description

And a towel – a hand towel or a bath towel – preferable something that is soft to touch

Look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday.

And afterwards, join us for our NEW ‘Virtual’ Coffee catch up.

Afterwards, why not join us for the second of our ‘virtual’ Coffee and catch up?  We shared the first of these last Sunday and it was lovely to see people, to hear their stories across our communities.

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Live Stream 10.30am Sunday 24th May – Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

This week we are going to be looking at the Lord’s Prayer, and also praying for God’s blessing upon our homes, our communities and upon the whole of Creation.

We are engaging in this as part of the Archbishop’s initiative called, “Thy Kingdom Come.”  ALL YOU WILL NEED for our Sunday “Live Stream” service, apart from yourselves, is a willingness to look again at the Lord’s Prayer and Prayer in general.

Afterwards, why not join us for a ‘virtual’ Coffee and a catch up?  We shared the first of these on Ascension Day, and it was lovely to see people, int heir own homes and across the communities.

So look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Matt.

To join the virtual coffee morning:-

From a computer – click here.

From a mobile device, you must first download the zoom app to your tablet or smart phone from the App Store or Google Play, it is free to download and simple to use. Then you can click the above link to enter the meeting room. Any problems – get in touch.

kirsty.bowles@newcreationchurches.org.uk 07871 513151