We’re looking forward to a great Easter Weekend at Welcome Church. Here are a few bits of news to keep you up to date, and also some prayer requests:
Prayers for the council
My Easter weekend begins this evening: I’ve been invited by the Mayor of Woking, Cllr M Ilyas Raja, to open tonight’s Council Meeting at the Civic Offices with prayers. It’s only a short slot but it’s a great chance to pray in person for our council as they make key decisions about the future of our town. Do be praying for wisdom for them all at this time. It seems that the financial challenges being faced in Woking are only just starting to bite, and worse may be yet to come as services come under pressure. Let’s pray for our town.
Church Gate
We had hoped to exchange contracts on Church Gate, the building we are buying, today (28th March) but sadly this has been delayed due to some small last minute queries being raised by banks and solicitors. This has been made worse by people raising queries and then immediately going on holiday … 🙄
Anyone who’s bought a house will know how drawn out these things can be! Please do pray that we exchange contracts next week. We are keen to get started on our plans for the future of Church Gate as soon as possible.
Good Friday
We’ll meet as a church at 7pm on Good Friday, for an hour or so, to worship, hear from the Bible, and take communion together. I’ll be giving a short talk reflecting on the cross.
Children are welcome to attend if you feel they are old enough to access this kind of meeting, but please be aware that there is no kids work, so they will need to remain with their parents/carer at all times. The meeting will be live-streamed at WelcomeChurch.online. Do join us one way or the other for a great chance to connect with Jesus on Good Friday.
Easter Sunday
Our Easter Sunday meetings, at 9am and 11am, will both include baptisms. 17 people are expected to be baptised with us that day. There will be a chocolate Easter gift for everyone who attends, so do invite your friends and family to come with you. Please also be encouraged to pray for all of those being baptised.
EARLY WARNING: It’s clock change Sunday, so the clocks will go forward one hour this Sunday morning. Don’t get caught out 🙂
Holidays
The church offices will be closed on both Good Friday and Easter Monday, and our Welcome Cafe will not be operating on Easter Monday either. A number of the team have also booked some days off next week, including myself. I’ll be back again for Sunday 7th though, when I’ll be launching our new preaching series on the book of Exodus. Don’t miss it!
Whatever you’re up to this weekend I hope you have a great Easter.
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