Sunday Service online

Here is the zoom link recording of Sundays service, it will be available for a week.

IMPORTANT NEWS

Sunday Service online 
We are using ZOOM for our Sunday Service
Join the service from 10.00am
Service begins 10.30am

To join the service follow the instructions in the email you should have received. If you have not received one and wish to join us please contact Ali - email address at the bottom of this post

If you haven't used Zoom before,
please join the service early, anytime after 10.00am.
This will give you time to connect.

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We still love you

We may not see you for a while but we still want to know if you need anything at all and if you have a prayer need.  If you need anything please ask - Melvyn, Ali or someone from church will be able to help.  If you have a prayer request please send it in.  Please make your requests for any need or for prayer known by replying to this email.  And please do let us know if you are unwell.  Thank you.
Email addresses:
melvynpereira@gleneaglesanglicanchurch.co.uk
rev.ali.j.middleton@gmail.com

Prayer together on Zoom

It is so important for us to come together to pray always and especially in our current situation.  So we are introducing two online prayer meetings on Tuesdays.  If you cannot join us please send your prayer requests or prayer suggestions to Melvyn.

To join please click on the respective link(s), provided by email to church members, close to the meeting start time.
If you have not received the links please contact Melvyn on melvynpereira@gleneaglesanglicanchurch.co.uk

Thank you.

Bible Verse of the Day

Building for the Future

We have met in Redwell Junior School for over 20 years, but have now purchased land in order to build our own church building. We are very excited at everything God is doing amongst us and this new phase in our history! We have preliminary plans for a building which will serve the community seven days a week and have launched our building fund.

Have You Seen Our Video?

We are proud of our promotional video, made by Clive Wagner, it's our vision for the future of Gleneagles Church. View promotion video

Help Us Build Our Church!

You can help us raise funds towards our new building (at no cost to you!) by doing what you normally do, that is buying on-line, but going via The Giving Machine.

Every time you make a purchase at one of these on-line stores: Viking, Amazon, Ebay, Sainsbury's, John Lewis, M&S, Next, Argos, Tesco, Debenhams, Homebase, Bodens, The Trainline and hundreds more, a small percentage of the purchase price comes to Gleneagles Anglican Church.

For more information please visit our Church Building Fund website.

Update from The Rocks

Hi All,

I have attached a link to a video update form us about how we are responding to the challenges related to the lockdown and helping those who most need it.

https://youtu.be/bYJa4slLlGM

If you would like to donate to help families who need it, you can do that through the church's Paypal account vineyardfloripa@gmail.com or contact us directly through my e-mail jimmyrocks1@gmail.com.

Much love,

The Rocks Family

View the latest link letter (16) here

Gleneagles Anglican Church Services and activities Suspended!

In the light of the latest government guidelines aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus and following instructions issued by the Church of England, we are stopping our services and all other events and activities until further notice.  Like everyone else, we do not know how long this situation is going to last but we will be back as soon as we are advised that it is in the interests of public health to do so.

From now, until further notice, all activities of the church are stopped.  This includes homegroups, prayer meetings, Wellitots, Ignite, the Easter Scavenger Hunt, Friendship Group, youth group and church services.

If you have any queries please contact Melvyn at melvynpereira@gleneaglesanglicanchurch.co.uk.

Please pray as there is so much and so many to pray for in this current situation.

THANK YOU

Message from Melvyn
Staying strong through coronavirus

Hi Everyone,

When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is He said:

‘“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: “Love your neighbour as yourself.”
Matthew 22: 37-39

Living our lives, with these two commandments at the centre, will enable you and I to get through the current coronavirus crisis well and to help others to do so.

Firstly, stay close to God.  Talk with Him, read our Bibles, worship and praise Him, cast our cares upon Him, express our concerns and worries to Him, let Him take care of you.  Stay close to God.

Secondly, love others, putting them first. Let's see how we can concern ourselves with the needs and plight of others and find ways to help them.  This will give us less time to worry about ourselves.

To do the second well, we need the Fruit of the Spirit to grow in us.  Well, guess what?  If we do the first well, the Fruit of the Spirit will grow in us.

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." 
Galatians 5:22,23

As the fruit of the Spirit grows in us and makes us strong we can apply the fruit in ways that help ourselves and others.

First and foremost let's love God with everything and then let's put His love in us into action to serve and help others - taking all the necessary precautions, of course.

Let's allow God's joy to rule over our fears and anxieties.  If you and I can be joyful at a time like this and put our trust completely in God, it will help us and others greatly.  Speak fear and anxiety and we create more fear and anxiety - but speak with joy and we allay fears and anxieties.  The secret to this is knowing God's peace deep down in our innermost beings.  As Jesus said, it is a peace that the world does not know or understand because it's a peace He gives to us which we can experience even in the direst circumstances.  In those troubled conversations, where friends or family are expressing their fears, let's be peace-bringers and joy-givers.

Let's be patient, kind and good even with the panic-buyers and those ignoring social distancing advice.  We can and should let them know that their behaviour is unacceptable, but we can do it without behaving badly ourselves and with patience, kindness and goodness.

Let's be faithful to God, to our friends and family and to those in our community, by doing all we can to help with gentleness.  And at this time, when emotions can get the better of us, let's seek God's help to maintain our own self-control.

Stay close to God, let the Holy Spirt grow his fruit in us every day, which will make us more like Jesus.

And at this time, let's make this our prayer for each other:

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." 
Ephesians 3: 16-19

God bless,

Melvyn

Church Weekend Away 3^rd to 5^th July – Latest News

At this moment in time we do not know if the Church Weekend Away is going to happen due to coronavirus restrictions.  Up to now Kings Park Conference Centre have not cancelled the event.  They have also let us know that they cannot change the date of our booking even to next year.

Due to the unusual circumstances we have been able to negotiate revised deadline dates with Kings Park which are as follows:
For those who have not booked your place yet, booking deadline day to book your place on the weekend is Tuesday 16^th June.  By this date we will know if the weekend is going ahead.  This means that you do not need to book your place until we know that the weekend is going ahead.  All monies are payable with your booking.  For details of the weekend and how to book please contact Melvyn who can send you the leaflet and booking form.

For those who have booked and paid your full balance, THANK YOU.  For those who have not paid the full balance, this is now not required until 10^th June when we will know if the event is going ahead.

If the event is cancelled all balances will be refunded and we will negotiate with Kings Park for the return of deposits.

Any further queries, please ask one of the Weekend Away Team: Ruth Gilbert, Heidi Ellson, June Pereira, Melvyn.

Bereavement Group

PRAYER MINISTRY FOR INNER HEALING - TRAINING

Are you interested in learning about how to pray for people to receive healing for issues, problems or hurts that may have lasted many years?  Jesus said, 'I have come that you may have life in all it's fullness.'  And he said, 'The truth shall set you free.'

Prayer ministry for inner healing sets people free through the application of truth, Biblical principles and prayer.  They are then free to enjoy life in all it's fullness, as Jesus promised.  Perhaps you have done some training and would like to do a refresher course.

The training will be over two Saturday mornings or four evenings.  If you are interested or would like to find out more please contact Melvyn.  Thank you.

Melvyn—melvynpereira@gleneaglesanglicanchurch.co.uk

Click here to read the latest news update from Mark and Arleen Rowell in Moldova

Freedom in Christ Course

Galatians 5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.”

The Freedom in Christ Course is run over ten sessions plus the “Steps to Freedom in Christ” day on a Saturday.

The course is for every Christian, from recent converts to ‘older’ Christians, from those progressing steadily or even speedily, to those who feel stuck.  This course could be just what you want / need to help you to continue to move forward in your Christian life.

If you feel you would like to take the course when it is next offered please contact Melvyn Pereira on melvynpereira@gleneaglesanglicanchurch.co.uk

Click on this link to read some of the feedback from those who have already participated in Freedom in Christ