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Sunday 5th February 2012
3rd Sunday
before Lent
“To
follow Christ we must give Him all we have for use in
His service, it’s at great cost”.
Today’s
Services
V
9:00 am Holy
Communion
Isaiah
55:1-5, Matthew 14:13-22
V
10:45 am
Morning Worship
Matthew 14:13-22
V
7.00pm Café Praise
Luke 14:25-33
The call to Decision
(1) The cost of being a disciple
St Mark’s Church -
Dates for Your Diary.
Sunday 5th February
10.45am CYFA
at the Holbrook Club
Sunday 5th February
7.00pm Café Praise
in church
Tuesday 7th February
7.30pm Alpha
at the Holbrook Club
Wednesday 8th February 9.45am Morning Worship
(Book
of Common Prayer)
Sunday 12th February
3.00pm Tea at Three
in church
Wednesday 22nd February
12.30pm Mini Marks
– in church
Friday 24th
February 7.15pm Pathfinders Games
Evening (see below)
14th - 16th September
2012 Ashburnham Weekend
Following previous successful weekends, St Mark’s
again plan to repeat this event and booking is now open! See attached
for further details
and booking form.
News and Messages
Deanery
Confirmation
The next Deanery
Confirmation service will be held at St Mary’s
Billingshurst on the 28th March.
Richard will be running a
brief confirmation course for any candidates which will
start in February.
If you are interested in
being confirmed please speak to Richard as soon as
possible or email
richardcoldicott@btinternet.com or Tel: 260435.
Stamps,
Foreign Coins and Postcards
St Mark's also
supports the Sudan Church Association by collecting
stamps, foreign coins and postcards in the basket at
the back of church.
If your stamps are on
postcards PLEASE do not tear them off the postcards as
they are more valuable to the SDA intact.
Further details on
both from: Anne and Graham Rumney (250709).
Message from Anne and
Graham Rumney (Jan 2012):
Fundukuphila
Fundraising
Thank you for helping the foster families
supported by St Mark's in South Africa. During 2011 a
total of £1,764 was sent to them and e-mails have been
received expressing their gratitude - please look at the
notice board.
You can continue to help by saving small
change, which raised the sum of £115 last year (there is
a pot at the back of church), by purchasing greetings
cards (to be found under the notice board) and by
supporting events during the year.Thank you.
Message of thanks from
Honor Locke
Many thanks to all of you
who responded so immediately to my request for jam jars.
I now have plenty for the time being. I’m sure you
would like to know that the sale of jams etc has raised
£700 so far for St Mark’s Church. The first £400
was used to help refurbish St. Mark’s House and £300 to
date has gone to a fund for new technology which I
think we all realise needs to be updated.
Your
support for this small project is much
appreciated. Honor Locke
Pastoral Team
The Pastoral Team consists
of six members plus the team leader - Leibidh Algar.
Its main aim is to
provide pastoral support for any members of St Mark’s
congregation who may need it.
Members of the Pastoral
Team are drawn from both Sunday congregations and
regular liaison is made with members of the Wednesday
service.
The team meets on a
regular basis for training and communicating needs.
Home, and as the occasion
arises, hospital, visits are made and on-going support
provided where necessary.
If you know of any
particular need, pleasecontact Richard Coldicott , Team
Vicar 260435 or by email
richardcoldicott@btinternet.com
Prayer for
Schools - This
group meets once a month on a Friday (usually the
first Friday of the month).
It provides an opportunity
to pray for any concerns or issues in our local
schools. All welcome.
Further information from Dawn Catten Tel: 262257
Prayer For Families - This small group meets
on a monthly basis in the church hall. In the busy
lives we all lead, the group aims to make space to stop
and re-focus our lives around God, share our prayer
needs and support one another. They give thanks to God
for the many blessings received in answer to prayer.
They also give thanks for the encouragement and support
received from one another. New members always welcome.
For more information
please contact KarenTel: 241825 or Leibidh Tel: 250831.
Request re Church Group
Timetables 2012
Could all those who run a
church group please review the information shown about
their group on the church website.
If you need to update the
information presently available, please email Julie
Tucker -
jandbtucker@btinternet.com the relevant information
as soon as possible.
This is especially
important for those groups that display their termly
timetables.
Cafe Praise
Informal worship with contemporary music, reflective prayer and a talk about
being a Christian in today’s world. Tea, coffee and smoothies, small cakes and
biscuits.
The service is held in St Mark’s Church.
The Café opens from 7pm with the service starting at 7.30pm for an
hour.
Induction Loop
If you use a hearing aid, please switch it
to "T". The signal is strongest in the centre of the
church, and weaker under the balcony and at the sides
beneath the sloping roof.
Forthcoming Events
“A Really Hot Potato”
The Israeli
Palestinian Conflict Sunday 29th January at 7.30pm in
The Barn, The Causeway
The
Israel Palestinian conflict is a subject that creates
heated debate everywhere.
Paul
Farmer, who spent 3 months last summer working with a
Christian organisation (EAPPI) in the West Bank
territory, will be sharing what life is really like in
Gaza. There will be plenty of time to debate our
response to the many injustices we will hear about and
our views on the actions/attitudes of both sides.
Please
come along to what promises to be a fascinating and
challenging evening.
Women’s World
Day of Prayer 2012 (Malaysia)
Friday
10th February 2012 Supper: 7.15 pm at St John's Hall,
Broadbridge Heath
Cost
of Tickets: £3.50 for Light Supper and Talk. Deadline
for ticket sales: Monday 6th February 2012
Malaysian Services -
Friday 2nd March 2012
10.30 am St Peter's Church , Slinfold
7.30 pm St Leonards Church, Cambridge Road, Horsham
There will be a children’s area within
church for the morning service and coffee will be served
after both services.
For supper tickets
or more information on the services please contact your
own church representative or Elizabeth Haverson
elizabethhaverson@hotmail.com or Tel: 250460
Dalesdown Christian
Centre Quiet Days 9.30am - 4.00pmTuesday 6th March and
Thursday 8th March 2012
Speaker: Sue
Riddell on The Book of Life
Cost: £25 per day
to include a hot meal.
If you would like to
reserve a place, please book as soon as possible as
these days are very popular and there are limited
spaces available. You can book direct on Tel: 01403
710712 or through Rachael on Tel: 01403 261380.
Soul
Survivor 2012
For: Current
Year 8s and older from across all Horsham Parish +
friends as appropriate.
When: Tues 7th to
9am Sunday 12th August 2012 (Week B).
Where: Shepton
Mallet (Bath and West County Show Ground)
What: Amazing
worship, brilliant teaching, seminars and workshops,
sports activities, wet (or even dry) weather, late
nights, gigs, clubs etc. and lots of fun with up to
10,000 other teenagers! We take a group from all the
Anglican churches across Horsham. It is a really good
opportunity for youth from different churches to get
know each other much better too.
Cost: For the event
itself:
£85 -
if paid to SS by 31 January
£94 -
if paid by end April
£104 -
thereafter
PLUS food cost
which will be about £30 - payable in July.
For more information
please phone Chris Robertson 07711 530824
Other Community Events/News
 The
British Red Cross Home from Hospital Service in the
Horsham area provides short term care and support in the
home for people being discharged from hospital. The
service is provided free of charge by volunteers.
It offers practical and emotional support for family
carers for up to 6 weeks. Support includes assistance
with shopping, light housework, looking after pets,
collecting prescriptions, or companionship. This support
can ease the process of settling back into a normal
life.
If you think you may need help or would
like more information please call 01403 264713 or email
JFitter@redcross.org.uk
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