19th July 2026
By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 23 July 2026
Hello everyone,
This page includes details of all the events coming up in the next couple of weeks, including our Church Family Picnic, Sunday services, Family Fun Day and more, together with details of our I Will Hear Clearly Then Appeal and our Charity of the Week.
Do keep reading for details about all of these exciting happenings.
SATURDAY 18th JULY 10.30am ALPHA
The Alpha course meets for the last time before taking a summer break. The final couple of sessions will be in September.
SUNDAY 19th JULY
10.30am – HOLY COMMUNION at St Columba’s with the next sermon in our series looking at the Psalms, this time Psalm 22. ENERGIZE groups for children and young people will be meeting for the last time before the summer holidays and so the children will be having a party!. The service will be available on YouTube here:
https://youtube.com/live/bgBy2axkPSs?feature=share
CHURCH FAMILY PICNIC at East Carlton Park
Please join us for this new activity with fun and games for ALL the church family. Pack up your picnic and drinks (no barbecues) as well as chairs and/or blanket and come along! Don’t worry if you have not signed up just drive out and join us. We will be on the right as you drive in, near the car park, and will be there after coffee at the end of church, so maybe from about 12.45.
WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY 10.30am and 7.30pm Andrew Ollerton’s Course looking at “God’s Book: An Honest look at the Bible’s 7 toughest topics” reaches its conclusion with a look at at Revelation & Judgement. Everyone is invited to come along to share in fellowship, bible study and prayer, it won’t matter if you have not been to the previous sessions.
SUNDAY 26th JULY
10.30am – MORNING WORSHIP at St Columba’s with a sermon looking at Psalm 100. There will be activity sheets for children at the back of church, but children will need to be supervised by parents as the Energize leaders will be taking a very well deserved break. The service will be available on YouTube here:
https://youtube.com/live/geQkEDUvvA0?feature=share
FAMILY FUN DAY Saturday 1st August 11am to 2pm outside church
This event is aimed at children and families, those who come to church and those who don’t. If you know someone who would like to join in with some free food, games, face painting, singing, bouncy castle, puppet show, and the only thing you need to pay for is the ice cream van!
Do spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested.
SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST
10.30am – ALL AGE WORSHIP at St Columba’s when we will be thinking about Psalm 23, the most famous Psalm, with a child friendly approach. The service will be available on Youtube here: https://youtube.com/live/HP1gIkYi5ck?feature=share
6pm – HOLY COMMUNION at St Columba’s our regular Sunday evening service which last month attracted 26 people, so why not come along and experience the different atmosphere of this service.
I WILL HEAR CLEARLY THEN APPEAL
PCC have agreed to some much needed work on the church sound system. We are most grateful to Kev Speirs for looking into this and coming up with proposals to update the system, while keeping all that is working well. Sadly nothing is cheap and even with Kev’s careful planning and generous offer to do much of the work himself, we still need to find £2400.
So we are launching an appeal called I WILL HEAR CLEARLY THEN, because the aim is that, after this work, everyone in church, including those watching online and the Worship Group, will be able to hear clearly.
We will be most grateful for any donation to this appeal, and the wooden box at the back of church will be re-designated for the I WILL HEAR CLEARLY THEN APPEAL for the next few weeks. Don’t forget that you can GIFT AID your donation so that it is worth 25% more – details on the Gift Aid envelopes or from Justin. If the appeal raises more money than we need for the sound system we will use the extra towards the cost of replacing the church heating.
CHARITY OF THE WEEK: Fusion books for young people going to university
Last week we prayed for children about to leave primary school and move to secondary school. This week the focus is on those leaving secondary school and preparing to go to university. The church has donated two books to each of the young people who attend our Get Closer group, one with general advice about university and the other with encouragement to continue in the Christian faith while at university. Please pray for those who received the books here, and for many others across the country who will receive these books over the next few weeks, especially asking that their Christian faith will flourish at university.
God bless you all,
Ian
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