23 Feb 2014 News Sheet 1 4
Welcome to Highfield Church
Sunday 23 February 2014
After The Deluge
8am Holy Communion - Order One David Corfe
It’s not dealing with the initial crisis as much as living well through its aftermath that matters. Long after the cameras and the journalists have gone home, people in flooded areas will still be clearing up and working to restore their homes and livelihoods. The loss of your home as a safe place is a particularly personal grief. Pray for churches and church leaders, that they may be filled with deep wells of hope and peace from God to be able to share that with their neighbours and communities. Pray for peace and goodwill in communities, especially for our farmers - it’s a stressed profession at the best of times, with a high suicide rate, and these are some of the most challenging conditions imaginable. Mike Archer
Find out more? Like to know more about what goes on at Highfield? Do fill in a welcome card and give it to a member of the welcome
9.15am All Age Service with Baptism LUKE 8:40-56
Pete & Caroline Hutchings Jairus’ Daughter 11am Morning Prayer with Baptism LUKE 8:40-56
John Griffin Jairus’ Daughter 4.30pm Reasonable Faith Why so much killing? David - greatest leader or villain? 6.30pm Holy Communion MATTHEW 6:1-4
Neil Hopkins Acts of righteousness With Coffeeand…. before and after
Baptisms today
SoulSpace Residential 2014
We welcome the family and friends of Joshua Gordon being baptised at our 9.15am service and Jasmine and Zachary Mabey at our 11am service. Please pray for them, their parents and Godparents as they seek to bring them up in the Christian faith.
As many of you will know the Youth headed out on our annual residential, but what none of us knew, was that it was to be with a difference! We drove to Avon Tyrrell and set up for our weekend away, God was so present and Friday night was wonderful. However during the night the power went out and to cut a long story short we ended up completing our weekend in the church centre. We are so thankful for all your prayers, as peace reigned, the youth and parents cheerfully went with the flow and the fab team adapted and overcame! But most of all, God moved, young people encountered him and we had a wonderful time ‘away’ together. So a big thanks for all your prayers, to God for a wonderful time together and all those involved in making the weekend.
Children & Shine Today is an All Age at 9.15am because it is half term and the Shine leaders are having a well-earned break. There will be a crèche in the vestry for 2s and under but we hope that families will enjoy worshipping God together in the services. Next Week - 2 March This will be a Holy Communion service so please take your children straight to their groups (9.05-9.15am). Parents of children in Crèche, Wobblers and Tumblers will need to collect them at 10.10am and return to the service. Is yellow your colour, can you help? We are currently looking for volunteers to help in the Shine groups. It’s an opportunity to serve with fantastic people, learn, grow, give back and have fun as we share Jesus with the children. If you think yellow might be your colour then Sammy and Helen would love to talk to you.
Tower of Power Parents, the Tower of Power will be available during today's 9.15 service. Children are encouraged to use it as a space to sit and chat to Jesus, catch what he is saying to them, or just be quiet. Someone will be available to help them, you are welcome too.
Celebration of Southampton’s Jubilee Tomorrow, Monday 24 February, 5pm at St Marys Church. A meeting to celebrate the beginning of Southampton’s 50th Jubilee. All welcome!
Erica Roberts You are invited to join us for the Licensing of Erica to her new role of City Chaplain for Older People at 11am on Sunday 23 March. Bishop Jonathan will be joining us and there will be refreshments afterwards. Erica will continue to be part of our staff team here at Highfield.
Hungry Mums This Tuesday 25 Feb, 9.30-11am in the Upper Room.
Baptism Course A series for parents exploring baptism or thanksgiving for their children, Wednesday evenings, starting this week 26 February to 2 April. Contact Frances Tyson on 8077 7921 or [email protected]
Women@8 Breakfast
Website Update
Saturday 22 March in the Church Centre 8-10am. All women are welcome. More details to follow.
We now have the members’ area installed on our website. Log in is bottom right of the home page with the details as before, username is church and password, dailybread. This is where we will be putting future notes and information for you to access easily.
Parish Deliveries 2-3 times a year we deliver leaflets to our parishioners informing them of our special services and events. We still have a few roads with no-one to deliver to, can you help? It’s a wonderful opportunity for us to pray for each household as we go around the parish. Either sign up on the form at the back of church or contact the Church Office.
Finding The Best Sound The best position in the Church for your particular needs are shown in the plan.
Pancake Day! We will be having a pancake party on Tuesday 4 March, 5-7pm in the Centre Lounge. BYOT (bring your own topping) we will supply the pancakes. All welcome. Highfield School would like our help making pancakes with all of the infants on Tuesday 4 March. If this is something you feel you could help with please contact Sammy.
Prayer Course Following the success of the HTB Prayer Course on Tuesday evenings we will be canvassing opinion as to what the best time would be to run it again. More details next week.
Please let us know if this works for you.
Giving at Highfield Highfield Church’s Income Account, into which standing orders are paid, is being closed by the bank in a few months time. If you are presently giving by this method and have not already received a letter or email from us, please contact David Roberts at [email protected] or the church office urgently. Thank you.
SCM Basics Bank They are particularly short of tinned meat (cold and for heating), tinned vegetables and cook-in sauces. They fed almost 900 people again in January so continue to be very busy, hence the shortage of key food items. They also need more men's coats, t-shirts, jeans, socks and shoes; children's 3yrs+ and teenagers’ clothing in general. All donations gratefully received, just put them in the trolleys in the store room at the back of church.
Boxes On 30 March the Shine groups will be thinking about Joshua and the walls of Jericho. We would like to bring the story to life for the children and so, if you have any large cardboard boxes (shoe box size as a minimum) then we would love to have them. Please bring them on Sundays and hand them in to Sammy, Helen or the Explorers team. Thank you.
Prayer at Highfield 9am Prayers Monday - Friday 9am Holy Communion on Wednesday 7am Thursday Prayers, 107 Highfield Lane Sunday 2 March 2014 8am Holy Communion 9.15am Holy Communion 11am Morning Prayer 4.30pm Reasonable Faith 6.30pm Informal Service For regular activities during the week, please check information in the Welcome area. Small Groups We have many small groups meeting each week. If you would like to know more or want to join one please contact Chris Halls [email protected] Contact us… Vicar: Mike Archer 023 8122 8151 [email protected] Associate Minister: Chris Halls 023 8178 4846 [email protected] Church Wardens: John Zealander & Tim Billington [email protected] Pastoral Needs: Rosemary Corfe 023 8058 5557 [email protected] Gift Aid Secretary: David Roberts 023 8055 7757 [email protected] Office Open: Monday-Friday 9.30am-noon Office Manager: Jo Ladkin 023 8055 8234 [email protected] Operations Manager: Kelly Worthington 023 8055 8234 [email protected] Facilities Manager: Jeannie Thistle 023 8057 7839 [email protected]
New to Highfield? Like to know more about what goes on at Highfield? Do fill in a welcome card and give it to a member of the welcome team or TEXT to CONNECT – 07935 878826 to find out more, or be put in touch with someone to chat to or pray with, text Jo (Office Manager). We’d love to hear from you! You can also check out our website www.highfield.org.uk and our members page log in is username: church, password: dailybread You can also find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/
Sunday 23 February 2014
After The Deluge
8am Holy Communion - Order One David Corfe
It’s not dealing with the initial crisis as much as living well through its aftermath that matters. Long after the cameras and the journalists have gone home, people in flooded areas will still be clearing up and working to restore their homes and livelihoods. The loss of your home as a safe place is a particularly personal grief. Pray for churches and church leaders, that they may be filled with deep wells of hope and peace from God to be able to share that with their neighbours and communities. Pray for peace and goodwill in communities, especially for our farmers - it’s a stressed profession at the best of times, with a high suicide rate, and these are some of the most challenging conditions imaginable. Mike Archer
Find out more? Like to know more about what goes on at Highfield? Do fill in a welcome card and give it to a member of the welcome
9.15am All Age Service with Baptism LUKE 8:40-56
Pete & Caroline Hutchings Jairus’ Daughter 11am Morning Prayer with Baptism LUKE 8:40-56
John Griffin Jairus’ Daughter 4.30pm Reasonable Faith Why so much killing? David - greatest leader or villain? 6.30pm Holy Communion MATTHEW 6:1-4
Neil Hopkins Acts of righteousness With Coffeeand…. before and after
Baptisms today
SoulSpace Residential 2014
We welcome the family and friends of Joshua Gordon being baptised at our 9.15am service and Jasmine and Zachary Mabey at our 11am service. Please pray for them, their parents and Godparents as they seek to bring them up in the Christian faith.
As many of you will know the Youth headed out on our annual residential, but what none of us knew, was that it was to be with a difference! We drove to Avon Tyrrell and set up for our weekend away, God was so present and Friday night was wonderful. However during the night the power went out and to cut a long story short we ended up completing our weekend in the church centre. We are so thankful for all your prayers, as peace reigned, the youth and parents cheerfully went with the flow and the fab team adapted and overcame! But most of all, God moved, young people encountered him and we had a wonderful time ‘away’ together. So a big thanks for all your prayers, to God for a wonderful time together and all those involved in making the weekend.
Children & Shine Today is an All Age at 9.15am because it is half term and the Shine leaders are having a well-earned break. There will be a crèche in the vestry for 2s and under but we hope that families will enjoy worshipping God together in the services. Next Week - 2 March This will be a Holy Communion service so please take your children straight to their groups (9.05-9.15am). Parents of children in Crèche, Wobblers and Tumblers will need to collect them at 10.10am and return to the service. Is yellow your colour, can you help? We are currently looking for volunteers to help in the Shine groups. It’s an opportunity to serve with fantastic people, learn, grow, give back and have fun as we share Jesus with the children. If you think yellow might be your colour then Sammy and Helen would love to talk to you.
Tower of Power Parents, the Tower of Power will be available during today's 9.15 service. Children are encouraged to use it as a space to sit and chat to Jesus, catch what he is saying to them, or just be quiet. Someone will be available to help them, you are welcome too.
Celebration of Southampton’s Jubilee Tomorrow, Monday 24 February, 5pm at St Marys Church. A meeting to celebrate the beginning of Southampton’s 50th Jubilee. All welcome!
Erica Roberts You are invited to join us for the Licensing of Erica to her new role of City Chaplain for Older People at 11am on Sunday 23 March. Bishop Jonathan will be joining us and there will be refreshments afterwards. Erica will continue to be part of our staff team here at Highfield.
Hungry Mums This Tuesday 25 Feb, 9.30-11am in the Upper Room.
Baptism Course A series for parents exploring baptism or thanksgiving for their children, Wednesday evenings, starting this week 26 February to 2 April. Contact Frances Tyson on 8077 7921 or [email protected]
Women@8 Breakfast
Website Update
Saturday 22 March in the Church Centre 8-10am. All women are welcome. More details to follow.
We now have the members’ area installed on our website. Log in is bottom right of the home page with the details as before, username is church and password, dailybread. This is where we will be putting future notes and information for you to access easily.
Parish Deliveries 2-3 times a year we deliver leaflets to our parishioners informing them of our special services and events. We still have a few roads with no-one to deliver to, can you help? It’s a wonderful opportunity for us to pray for each household as we go around the parish. Either sign up on the form at the back of church or contact the Church Office.
Finding The Best Sound The best position in the Church for your particular needs are shown in the plan.
Pancake Day! We will be having a pancake party on Tuesday 4 March, 5-7pm in the Centre Lounge. BYOT (bring your own topping) we will supply the pancakes. All welcome. Highfield School would like our help making pancakes with all of the infants on Tuesday 4 March. If this is something you feel you could help with please contact Sammy.
Prayer Course Following the success of the HTB Prayer Course on Tuesday evenings we will be canvassing opinion as to what the best time would be to run it again. More details next week.
Please let us know if this works for you.
Giving at Highfield Highfield Church’s Income Account, into which standing orders are paid, is being closed by the bank in a few months time. If you are presently giving by this method and have not already received a letter or email from us, please contact David Roberts at [email protected] or the church office urgently. Thank you.
SCM Basics Bank They are particularly short of tinned meat (cold and for heating), tinned vegetables and cook-in sauces. They fed almost 900 people again in January so continue to be very busy, hence the shortage of key food items. They also need more men's coats, t-shirts, jeans, socks and shoes; children's 3yrs+ and teenagers’ clothing in general. All donations gratefully received, just put them in the trolleys in the store room at the back of church.
Boxes On 30 March the Shine groups will be thinking about Joshua and the walls of Jericho. We would like to bring the story to life for the children and so, if you have any large cardboard boxes (shoe box size as a minimum) then we would love to have them. Please bring them on Sundays and hand them in to Sammy, Helen or the Explorers team. Thank you.
Prayer at Highfield 9am Prayers Monday - Friday 9am Holy Communion on Wednesday 7am Thursday Prayers, 107 Highfield Lane Sunday 2 March 2014 8am Holy Communion 9.15am Holy Communion 11am Morning Prayer 4.30pm Reasonable Faith 6.30pm Informal Service For regular activities during the week, please check information in the Welcome area. Small Groups We have many small groups meeting each week. If you would like to know more or want to join one please contact Chris Halls [email protected] Contact us… Vicar: Mike Archer 023 8122 8151 [email protected] Associate Minister: Chris Halls 023 8178 4846 [email protected] Church Wardens: John Zealander & Tim Billington [email protected] Pastoral Needs: Rosemary Corfe 023 8058 5557 [email protected] Gift Aid Secretary: David Roberts 023 8055 7757 [email protected] Office Open: Monday-Friday 9.30am-noon Office Manager: Jo Ladkin 023 8055 8234 [email protected] Operations Manager: Kelly Worthington 023 8055 8234 [email protected] Facilities Manager: Jeannie Thistle 023 8057 7839 [email protected]
New to Highfield? Like to know more about what goes on at Highfield? Do fill in a welcome card and give it to a member of the welcome team or TEXT to CONNECT – 07935 878826 to find out more, or be put in touch with someone to chat to or pray with, text Jo (Office Manager). We’d love to hear from you! You can also check out our website www.highfield.org.uk and our members page log in is username: church, password: dailybread You can also find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/
