Here’s something to think about over the summer.

Where is your frontline?

Mark Greene wrote a book entitled Fruitfulness on the Frontline. Since then the theme has been developed in a small group course, and also in training sessions.

The gist of it is having our eyes opened to see how God can and does work through us in our daily lives – as the blurb says on the back of the book. Continuing….Whether you’re a student or retired, at the gym or at work, at the school gate or in the supermarket, here is a fresh and original framework for fruitfulness…..among the people you naturally meet in the places you find yourself day by day.

To quote Mark Greene himself: the frontline is a place or time where we meet fairly regularly with people who don’t know Jesus. We all have one, and, rather than imagining other situations where we might feel we can serve God better, we can be encouraged to see how God can use us right where we are now.

The frontline concept is an exciting and stimulating way of looking at our lives. We’ll be looking at it in a bit more depth at our café church on July 8th. Something to think and pray about over the summer? Ken

Jesus said to his Father about his followers:

As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world John 17 v 18

2018

Emmanuel Community Café returns after the Summer break on Friday 7th September, 11.45am—1.30pm. We will be offering soup, baked potatoes and a hot pudding. Please come and join us for for a chance to chat to others in your community. Community Coffee, offering a selection of cakes, is 10am-12noon on Friday 14th September. All are welcome!! No fee but donations to cover costs would be gratefully received.

Please don’t forget the

BIG RED BOX for Chel-

tenham Food Bank.

Thank you.

11:15 – 12:45 on Thursdays

(Please note, the group will not

run on 26 July, 9th & 30th

August)

Support : Coffee : Cake : Information : Company

Birth – 9 months All welcome

Partnering with Cheltenham Festivals The Gloucester Diocesan Board of Finance (GDBF) has had a relationship with

the Cheltenham Festivals for a number of years. There is a new agreement to

create a family space, ’The Chatterbox’, to run across the Jazz, Literature and

Science festivals over three years. The idea is to create a colourful, informal

and fun environment in the heart of the festival village where children and

families can gather and get creative with ideas and words, with a theme

developed by us. We are looking for volunteers to come and help us manage

the family tent. This would involve helping children and young people to do arts

and crafts, and engaging their parents and guardians in conversation. It will

start at the Literature Festival, 5-14 October and will be open from 10am-4pm.

If you would like to be involved as a volunteer, we would love to hear from you.

Please contact Kerry Pateman for an informal conversation on 01452 835512

or email kpateman@glosdioc.org.uk.

Summer 2017

Wednesdays 9am Morning Prayer in the Chapel will continue over the Summer

Thursdays 10.30am Holy Communion in the Chapel will continue over the Summer

Sundays 8am Holy Communion in the Chapel will continue over the Summer

July 2017

Sunday 1 10am Morning Worship with Holy Communion 4pm Creative Church Barbeque

Monday 2 9.30-11.30am Babies and Toddlers Contact Sarah 07794697622

Thursday 5 7.30pm Standing Committee

Sunday 8 10am Café Style Church 3pm ‘Frets and Things’ at St Stephen’s

Monday 9 9.30-11.30am Babies and Toddlers Contact Sarah 07794697622

2-4pm Emmanuel Fellowship: “Panama” with Arthur Ball 01242 516436

7.30pm Team Council at Emmanuel

Tuesday 10 12.30pm CMS Meeting (2nd Tuesdays) Sheila Whiting 01242 517025

Thursday 12 7.30pm PCC

Saturday 14 9.15am Prayer Walking from Pip and Jim 2-4pm Cupcakes in Aid of the Alzheimers Society at St Stephen’s

Sunday 15 10am Morning Worship with Holy Communion

Monday 16 9.30-11.30am Babies and Toddlers Sarah 07794697622 3pm Praying Through Hymns 5, Parkland Road 01242 517025

Sunday 22 10am Morning Worship with Lighthouse for 3-10s

Monday 23 11.30am-1.30pm Babies and Toddlers Summer Picnic Sarah 07794697622

Wednesday 25 7-7.45pm Prayer Time

Sunday 29 10am Morning Worship with Holy Communion with Lighthouse for 3-10s

August 2017 (*No Babies and Toddlers through August)

Sunday 5 10am Morning Worship with Holy Communion

4pm Parish Picnic

Tuesday 7 12.30pm CMS Meeting (2nd Tuesdays) Sheila Whiting 01242 517025

Sunday 12 10am Morning Worship with Lighthouse for 3-10s

Monday 13 2-4pm Emmanuel Fellowship: Bingo 01242 516436

Wednesday 15 9am Submission deadline: September Newsletter

Sunday 17 10am Morning Worship with Holy Communion

Wednesday 22 2-4pm Holiday Club for 5-11s

Thursday 23 2-4pm Holiday Club for 5-11s

Sunday 26 10am Morning Worship with Lighthouse for 3-10s

Wednesday 29 7-7.45pm Prayer Time

Dates for your diary:

SATURDAY 1st September Fellowship Coffee Morning

FRIDAY 7th September Community Café 11.45am-1.30pm

MONDAY 10th September Babies and Toddlers returns after the break.

FRIDAY 14th September Community Coffee 10am-12 noon

Emmanuel Church, Fairfield Parade, Cheltenham, GLOS, GL53 7PJ. For more information contact:

Vicar: Revd Ken Shill: (01242 461784) ken.emm@sky.com

Associate: Revd Brian Dunlop: ( 01242-580731) dogcollar@quinweb.net

Churchwardens: Janet Crompton ( 01242-514919)

Becky McDermott

Church Office: Sharon Wallington ( 01242-570075) emmanuel.church@btconnect.com

Meeting Room Bookings: Sharon Wallington ( 01242-570075) meetingroom@emmanuelcheltenham.co.uk

We all work part time so please leave a message at any time and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Monthly Musing: Vacation or Holiday?

If you know me well, you will know that I find language fascinating. What is the history of a word, and

its origin, its relationship to similar words? What do these tell us about ourselves?

So if you are going away in the next few weeks, is it a vacation, or is it a holiday? A vacation is a time

of freedom from duty, but the word is related to vacant and vacancy. These speak of emptiness, a void,

a hole.

Originally, a Holy Day would have been a day to mark a particular aspect of the faith, illuminated by a

familiar Bible story or from the life of a saint. Later, time off work gave an opportunity to attend Church

services and other celebrations. Sometimes there would be festivals, fairs and processions. But a Holy

Day was a day both for fun and for growing in the faith. Today we have plenty of Christian books, CDs

of worship songs, Bible reading notes, so a holiday can still be a time for growing in the faith as well as

fun.

So what is it to be – a vacation or a holiday? Richard Welch

10am Worship Rota: These are the people who are on the rota this Summer. Any swaps notified prior to the publication deadline have been recorded here.

July 2018 1st Sunday Café Church 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 5th Sunday

Readings

Elaine 2 Samuel 1,1&17-end

Bruce Ezekiel 2,1-5

Amos 7,7-15 Kate

Jeremiah 23,1-6 Richard

2 Kings 4,42-end

Eddie 2 Corinth 8, 7-end

Zara Mark 6,1-13

Ephesians 1,3-14 Elaine

Ephesians 2,11-end Carole

Ephesians 3,14-end

Mark 5, 21-end Mark 6,14-29 Mark 6,30-34,53-end John 6, 1-21

Prayers Richard Kate Clergy Eddie Celia

Refreshments Jenny and Margaret ***Vacancy*** Haywards McDermotts ***Vacancy***

Sides People Reg and Joan Crompton-Allisons Worgans Carmichaels Worgans

August 2018 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday

Readings

Eddie Exodus 16,2-4,9-15

Becky 1 Kings 19,4-8

Proverbs 9,1-6 Carole

Joshua 24,1-2a;14-18

Elaine Ephesians 4,1-16

Jackie Ephesians 4,25-5,2

Ephesians 5,15-20 Richard

Ephesians 6,10-20

John 6,24-35 John 6,35 and 41-51 John 6,51-58 John 6,56-69

Prayers Jackie Richard Clergy Kate

Refreshments Liz and Jo Crompton-Allisons ***Vacancy*** ***Vacancy***

Sides People Jeff and Mike McDermotts ***Vacancy*** Birds

Praying Through Hymns

Thought for the Month

Jesus calls us to each other: found in him are no divides. Race and class and sex and language—such are barriers he derides. Join the hands of friend and stranger; join the hands of age and youth; join the faithful and the doubter in their common search for truth.

O&N 346, v3

Frets and Things concert Concert by Frets and

Things, playing folk music and light jazz.

3pm on Sunday 8 July

at St Stephen's Church.

Tea and coffee with retiring collection.

Emmanuel Church is a member of the Church of England. We are part of the South Cheltenham Team Ministry within the Diocese of Gloucester. We have a variety of services and events for all ages to which you are warmly invited. There are Com-munion Services here on Sundays at 8am and 10am and on Thursdays at 10.30am plus Morning Prayer each Wednesday at 9am in the chapel. For enquiries about Baptisms or Weddings please contact the Church Office ( 570075).

South Cheltenham Team Ministry: Team Rector – Revd Nick Davies (573508). St. Philip & St. James’, Leckhampton – Revd Nick Davies (573508). SCTM Youth Worker – Vacancy. St. Peter’s, Leckhampton – Revd Gary Grady (513647). The Church In Warden Hill – Revd Gary Grady (Anglican) (513647). St. Stephen’s, Tivoli – Revd Peter Quinnell ( 227112).

For more information about other churches in the area please contact: St. Philip & St. James’, Up Hatherley – Revd Richard Dunstan-Meadows (210673), Cheltenham Network Church – Revd Ashley Collishaw (237882), Bethesda Methodist Church – Revd Naomi Cooke ( 262657), Leckhampton Baptist Church – Andy Symons, Church Office ( 233059), Naunton Lane Evangelical Presbyterian Church – Revd Chris Kavanagh (576808)

This is a prayer exercise based on one from the Emmaus course. Put a dot to represent yourself in the middle of a sheet of paper, and then draw four larger and larger circles around the dot to fill the paper. In the first circle put the names of family and friends you meet very regularly, almost daily. In the next, the people you meet roughly once a week. In the next, those you meet around once a month In the final one, those you meet roughly once a year. Pray for them, circle by circle, maybe one circle for one day, one another. Listen to God as you pray, asking him how to pray for them and for what to pray.

Emmanuel Fellowship

For our June meeting, 30 of us went by steam train from Cheltenham

Racecourse Station to Broadway on the newly opened line. We had

an enjoyable day. Thank you to Joan for organising it. The

Fellowship has recently welcomed new members and we now have

an average of 24 at each meeting. On Monday July 9th, we will

welcome Arthur Ball to talk on Panama. Arthur has been with us

before and is always interesting to listen to.

Sue.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (GWR) is enjoying a huge boost to the number of people visiting and enjoying its steam trains, since its brand new Broadway station opened on Good Friday. This success is attributed to the fact that the railway, now nearly 15 miles long, now runs between the capital of the Cotswolds (Cheltenham) and the jewel of the Cotswolds (Broadway). This railway has been rebuilt over the years almost entirely by volunteers which is an astonishing feat - and today it is run by some 980 volunteers who enjoy welcoming visitors from all over the world. Visiting the GWR makes for a wonderful day out that will take you back to a gentler age when Britain’s steam-powered railways were very much focused on customer service and pride in the job. Everyone is accorded a warm welcome, so not for nothing is it often called the ‘Friendly Line in the Cotswolds’. And of course, it would be very hard to beat the view from the carriage window, with delightful vistas towards the distant Malverns on one side and the Cotswold escarpment, crowned by Cleeve Hill, on the other. The railway runs a comprehensive timetable of services throughout the year with many special events such as ‘Day Out with Thomas’, Vintage car rallies; a classic bus rally or the Cotswold Food & Drink Fayre - to say nothing of the ever-popular Santa Specials. You can find out everything you need to know at www.gwsr.com.

With thanks to Ian of GWR

Cupcakes in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society

On Saturday 14 July there will be a

cupcake afternoon in aid of Alzheimer’s

2-4pm at St Stephen’s Church, Tivoli. There is a fund raising page and the address is:-

wwwjustgiving.com/fundraising/St-Stephens-cupcakes

This is one way for you to donate for this vital cause. The other is to come on 14th and have

tea and cupcakes! Sue Rowe.