St Gabriel's Church

Here is the latest update from Gary and Naoko, our missionaries in Japan! Please click on the photo or here for Gary and Naoko's Update

Are you enjoying Lent? Lent isn't about just giving something up but about growing closer to God. Have you thought about the true meaning of Easter or want to know more? Are you wondering how you can not only learn more but also grow closer to God? Well come and join us in St. Gabriel's as we seek and learn what helps others grow in their faith and relationship with God. Each Sunday we will find out what helps others and hopefully it will help us as a church family too! 22nd February - "Reading my Bible" with David Thompson 01st March - "Song and Worship" with Debs Davies 08th March - "My Church" with Alan McKinnell 15th March - "Trials" with Paul Hart 22nd March - "Prayer" with Paula Bridson 29th March - "Palm Sunday" with David Griffith-Jones 02nd March - Maundy Thursday team service in Gabbies 7:30pm for an 8pm start 03rd March - Good Friday Special for Messy Church at 4:30pm 05th April - "...

Christmas is nearly upon us and we at St. Gabriel's are getting ready for Jesus' birthday! Please do join us for our Christmas Eve Midnight Service starting at 11pm or our Christmas Day informal family celebration at 10:30am. Or if you are feeling up for it, why not both?

Well here we are approaching Christmas once again and what a Christmas we have planned! Sunday 30th November : We start putting up our Christmas tree (as seen in the picture above.) The usual 10:30am start. Sunday 7th December : Our all-age Christingle service and decorating the tree! Not sure what a Christingle service is or what it involves? Come join us and see! It all kicks off at 10:30am. Saturday 13th December : The Christmas fair. We are joining with St. Cleopas on Mill Street for a joint Christmas Fair starting at 10:30am. Sunday 14th December : Carols by Candlelight at 6pm. God has blessed us with such an amazing building and we want to use it to its strengths. A delightfully atmospheric and traditional service with candles (as seen in the picture) as we sing carols and tell the true story of Christmas. Sunday 21st December : Christmas Messy Church at 4:30pm. An afternoon based service with crafts, a short talk, pizza and cake aimed at primary age children and ...

Tuesday,  1pm to 3pm and  Thursday,  1pm to 3pm What an exciting first day at the Foodbank. We had three people come to it the first one arrived at 1250 before we had even finished setting up, all three got to hear the Good News of Jesus and two of them left with Bibles. The team all worked well together and there was a real feeling of the presence of the Lord. We look forward to more of the same and the opportunity to share Jesus! If you would like to know more about the Foodbank in any way, please contact us.

What is happening at St. Gabriel's in April? Well why not come along and find out! But here are just a few things to keep in mind. Good Friday (18th April) 11am Service at St. Cleopas which will be more of a quiet/meditative service. 4:30pm Messy Church will be a Good Friday Special, one not to miss! Easter Sunday (20th April) 10:30am Resurrection celebration service! Thursday We have started a prayer time in church on Thursday afternoons. Join us as a few of us meet 12-1pm. The church will still be open 1-3pm for a quiet time to pray with, be prayed for or just relax in the presence of God. Multisports Will restart in the church hall/basement after Easter 10:30am-12. Team Service Sunday 27th April will be a team service at St. Philemon's Church on Admiral Street followed by APCM. Please also note that the service at St. Philemon's will be at 10:30am!

Please join us in welcoming our new evangelist/outreach worker Alan and his wife Jean! They have come all the way from Scotland to join us in spreading God's message of love to the community. Please help us to make them both feel welcome! To find out more, join us on Sunday's at 10:30 or contact us via email, facebook or phone.