Weekly Update

Dear Friends,
This Sunday we are exploring How to Pray - Praying with Hannah – 1 Samuel 2 1-10.  Do join us at 9 am or 10.30 am in church. You can also join us as usual every Sunday at 10.30 am on our live stream. Just follow this link: https://www.christchurchware.co.uk/live-stream.html

Children will be starting in Church during August – Groups are continuing to run during Summer from Church Centre only
 

This Sunday
Help is needed with our younger group 0-5’s.  Please contact Jess children@christchurchware.co.uk
 

Office  - Please be aware office will be closed Friday 25th August.
Due to a bereavement the office will be short staffed w/c 4th September.  Please bear with us during this period.
 

SEVEN
The next Seven Service is on Sunday 10th September – 7pm in Church. Seven Service is on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month at 7pm.  SEVEN is a lively, spirit led service with worship, teaching and fellowship.  We meet together after the service socially; it would be good to see you.
 

ALPHA - Stay curious, try Alpha.
Tuesday 26th September, 11:00am - 12:30pm. Videos and discussion. Tea and cake.
For further details please contact Marcus Hart - curate@christchurchware.co.uk
 

Dates  for the Diary:
6th September from 7:45pm – Prayer and Worship
26th September 11AM – 12:30PM  – Alpha Day Time Course Starts– Videos, Discussion, Tea & Cake
25th November 9:30M – 3:30PM  –  Need help talking about Jesus?  A day that will up skill you in how to have a natural conversation about your faith in Jesus with your friends and colleagues (without sounding weird!) 
 

Support on Sound – The 9am Service are looking for some additional help with Sound/Media to support our established team of volunteers.  Full Training will be given – please contact the office
 

Paul and Rosie's Ukrainian guests are moving into a two bedroom property in Ware by the end of the month - a wonderful answer to prayer!  It is unfurnished but mostly they have all they need thanks to the generosity of our friends and neighbours and you, our church family. However, they are still looking for:
Bunk beds to accommodate the 2 boys and leave more space in the room, An iron, A dressing table mirror


New Wine 2024 – 25th – 30th July 2024 @ Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet  New Wine 24
 

All keen Cyclist and Walkers …
This year’s annual Bike ‘n Hike – takes place on Saturday 9th September.  It is run by Bed & Herts Historic Churches Trust, who kindly gave us a grant towards the refurbishment
There are two ways you can get involved. 

• Welcome walkers and cyclist to the church - sign up for an for a couple of hours. (offers of help to church office)
• Find some friends, get some sponsors and walk or cycle to some of the churches that are open in Herts & Beds.  Info pack available from the office. Bike 'n Hike 9 September 2023

 

Children’s Ministry Update
It has been a great summer, with our regular Sunday children’s groups continuing, a summer special toddlers and two Summer Blasts! Thank you to everyone who helped make all of these events happen.
We also thank God for the safe arrival of baby Abbie and continue to pray for Lizzie and John.
We have not yet appointed someone to the role of maternity cover for the assistant children’s role while Lizzie is on maternity leave.   However, this appointment is still open if you are interested.  Therefore, we are asking for some extra help in the following ways to help support the children’s ministry over the next few months.

• It is great that we have our rotas filled in advance with so many kind volunteers.  However, there are occasions when someone might not be able to make it last minute.  Would you be willing to be on a list that Jess can ask at short notice if the leader suddenly becomes unavailable? Would you be willing to be in a Whatsapp group for this back up cover?
• We are also looking for some help in preparation for crèche sessions which can be done at any point in the week.  There is a book to get the material from, so it requires selecting a few activities for each week, putting a plan together and ensuring the resources are available. Either weekly or prepare several weeks at a time.  
• Join a children’s church rota.  Doing once a month really does make a big difference.  The groups are creche, 3-5, 5-7, 8-11s.
• Join In- We run Join In in Oct and Feb half term. In order to make this very popular event available to more people we are looking at running it for 2 days instead of just 1. This will obviously require more team. Are you able to commit to being on the team? Are you able to commit to being responsible for some of the planning and running of the event?

Please note if you do not have a current DBS with us you will need to get a DBS and complete safeguarding training. Both are very straightforward to do and the office will help you through the process.  
Jess Cole and John Hookway
 

Prayer Space In the prayer area at the back of church there are cards for you to leave a; Testimony, Things to Pray for, as well as words for us as a Church.  The Staff team will then take time to pray during for them during the week.  Please place completed cards in the offertory box or give to a member of the clergy.
 

Giving at Christ Church
All our ministries are generously supported by members of this church community. If you would like to join them in giving you can give via bank transfer:
Account name: Christ Church Ware PCC  Account Number: 00086783   Sort Code: 40 52 40  Click Here further details
 

 
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