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Sunday 8th October 2006. 5pm-8pm (doors open at 4:15pm) @ K2 Leisure Centre Crawley.
Guest Speaker: Andy Hickford.
Worship Lead by: Matt Redman
Supported by: Shortfall

Tickets £6 if purcahsed before 6th October or £8 on the door. See N:vision website for more details.

Nooma

I Can't really believe it's taken me this long to review these amazing resources, and I'm sure that it's taken so long that nearly everyone has heard of them by now but just in case you haven't...

Nooma is a great series of DVD talks on major issues faced by young people today. The first 13 that are currently available have been led by Rob Bell (author of Velvet Elvis) and have all been very inspirational.

Although they are marketed to be used for youth small groups etc I strongly believe that they are just as relevant and powerful when used in adult settings. I know one church leader has been using them in his main church meetings as part of the worship and that they have been a blessing to the whole church.

All Nooma DVDs are available at all good Christian book shops or from the Nooma website (link opposite)

Worship central update

And I've just discovered that if you can't make it to one of the days or weekends then worship central also provide excellent podcasts with great teaching and some really annointed new songs.
The link below should take you straight to where you need to go...

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=163031572

Worship Central

"Welcome to worshipcentral a new school of worship to train and equip worship leaders, musicians and worshippers."

I Have just come across this initiative and I am really encouraged by the prospect of it.

It seems like such a great idea and useful to all worship leaders and musicians.

Worship Central is run by Tim Hughes of Holy Trinity Brompton and is in partnership with Soul Survivor. They run day conferences where they train up and equip lead worshippers through seminars and main sessions with sound teaching. As well as this they also have worship retreat weekends, all of which seem really worth while. I'm certainly going to aim to go soon.

For more info click on the link opposite.

Useful Resource #3

Want to discover your Spiritual gifts? Want to know how and where to use them to further God's kingdom? Want to know how the church as a whole could reach it's potential?

With in depth studies of what the Spiritual gifts are and practical tests to provide a snap-shot of what your current gifts are, this book by German Theologian Christian A. Schwarz could be the book for you.

Christian causes you to think about your focus and challenges you to discover your gifts and to make sure that you use them to further God's Kingdom.

This book is just one part of an important ministry called Natural Church Development (NCD) which is all about releasing the potential that God has already implanted in His church-rather than trying to make the church grow in our strength.

For more information log on to: www.ncd-international.org

The Father Heart of God

15th - 17th September 2006

(Friday 15th - 8pm
Saturday 16th - 9:30am-1:00pm
Sunday 17th - 10:30am & 6:30pm services.)

@ St Luke's Prestonville, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton, Guy Chevreau will be running a weekend conference on 'The Father Heart of God.'
Everyone is welcome to come to some or all of the weekend. There is no charge although an offering will be taken to cover costs.
If you are interested in coming or would like more information please phone St Luke's Church office on 01273 557772 so that we can have an idea of numbers.