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The Alpha Launch Event – with guest speaker Jago Wynne from Holy Trinity Brompton – will be held at 7.30pm on 9th September at St John’s Church, Ambleside Avenue, Walton-on-Thames
Details of our Autumn Alpha Courses are now available on our Alpha page.
To register please complete an Alpha Invitation and email it back
PS – Have you seen the video Bear Grylls did Alpha?
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Sunday@5@Costa meets on the second Sunday of the month in Costa Coffee in The Heart (opposite Sainsbury’s) from 5pm-6pm.
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Sunday school teachers from both St Mary’s and St John’s attended the recent training day entitled ‘Creating Sparks’ organised by the Diocese. The main speaker was Mary Hawes, National Children’s Adviser, who gave an overview of what life is like for children in this country backed by many worrying statistics. She then laid down a challenge to churches, using research from a book on Children’s Spirituality, to consider 6 issues in relation to our work with children. These are:
Space – consider the buildings and rooms available and …
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Parish Family Day
Saturday 8th May 11.00 am – 2.00 pm St John’s Church
Come and join us for a fun time, whatever the weather: enjoy the BBQ, refreshments, bouncy castle, tombola, children’s stalls and all the other goodies.
Donations of bottles (for the tombola), cakes and homemade produce, raffle prizes, books and DVDs, new/nearly new toys and children’s clothes and plants (nearer the time) will be most gratefully received. There are boxes at the back of both Churches for the items.
If there is anyone who can help in any way, either on the day …
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Children matter to Jesus
Jesus said: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14, NIV.
He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my …
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Come and help build the Kingdom of God!
St John’s Church, Saturday 10th April, 2-5pm We continue to build God’s kingdom through this valuable one-off event for the children in our local community. All the planning and preparation is underway and now we invite you to come and help us deliver a fun-packed afternoon, building relations with children who have little or no Christian understanding, and sharing with them the love of the risen Jesus Christ. It will be an afternoon of games, crafts, food and Christian message. For more information or …
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Do come and join us for these short services of songs, stories and prayers specially designed for small children. Mothers, fathers, carers, grandparents, brothers and sisters are most welcome.
For more details contact Jackie Richardson 07787 445 272