• Cafe on the Green: Saturdays 17th and 24th December 2:30-4:30pm FREE coffee, tea and cake and the chance to meet friends and make new ones.
• Christmas Decoration Workshop: Wednesday 21st December 10am-12pm. Let loose your creativity! A morning for adults and children to make a Christmassy decoration for your tree, home or even a last minute gift for someone you love. Drop in for 30 minutes or stay all morning. All materials provided.
• Carols on the Green (or indoors if raining): Christmas Eve – Saturday 24th December 6:45pm. Come and sing some traditional carols by lantern light (or bring your own torch) as we prepare for Christmas Day.
• DIY Nativity Service: Christmas Day – Sunday 25th December, 10-11am. Dress up as a character in the nativity and join in our fun and noisy retelling of what happened that first Christmas.

Our annual week of prayer will commence on Sunday 11th September, with an evening prayer service, and run through to Friday 16th September. Details about the week and church opening times will be made available in due course.

Neal and Lesley in Austria

The Grindrods are now in Austria for their three month mission trip. Please follow them on their blog http://nealandlesley.simplesite.com/.

Midweek Service

The next Midweek service will take place on Wednesday 24th August. Please speak to Eric Seager for further details.

Soul Survivor

Please pray for our young people who have gone to Soul Survivor. They will be returning on Wednesday.

Another new youth group is starting!

Engage is a youth group for Years 3 – 5 (ages 7-10) starting on Friday September 9th, 4.30-5.30pm to be held at Priory Street. Please pray for this new group. Please continue to pray for Energize (years 6 and 7, ages 10 -12), the first term has been a real blessing with 16 different children attending at any one time, many that don’t attend CBC. 

Prayer points for Energize

• Thank God for all the children who have attended Energize;

• Pray for the group to continue to bond together and for relationships to deepen with each other and with leaders;

• Pray for the leaders to grow through this ministry;

• Pray for the group members who are starting secondary school;

• Pray for the children to have a desire to know God.

If you want to know more about the groups, please speak to Rhiannon. Thank you.

Grace Place

A reminder to our women to check out the GRACE PLACE blog over the summer holidays! Anxiety and worry are addressed through the gospel lens of Philippians 4:6-7.

Harding Wedding

Tim and Kate are getting married on Friday 19th August at 2pm. Everyone is welcome to attend the church ceremony.

…Over the next few months…

19^th August: Tim Harding wedding, 2:00pm

24^th August: Midweek service, 2:00pm

3rd Sept: Craft Club, 10:00am

4th Sept: Lancasters’ re-commissioning service

11th Sept: Evening prayer meeting, 6pm

11th-16th Sept: Week of Prayer

17th Sept: Safe to Grow training session @ Priory Street, 9am

24th Sept: The Ark, 10am