One Life - what's it all about?

The Christianity Explored course gives you time and space to think through who Jesus is and why it matters.  A huge variety of people, with different experiences and backgrounds, and different views and beliefs, come on the Christianity Explored course.

The Christianity Course is being run at Aylsham Community Church starting on Wednesday 15th April, 7.30pm at Jubilee Family Centre.  The course lasts for seven weeks.

For more information please phone the church office on 01263 733332 or contact Simon via email at simon@aylshamcommunitychurch.org.

Good Soil

1 Corinthians 3:6-9 tells us that we are God’s field and that He is at work bringing growth and fruit in our lives, but that we also work in partnership with Him to see an increase in His Kingdom amongst us.

As God’s church it is important that we cultivate the right ‘soil’ so that we can grow and flourish into the people that God intends us to be together. How do we do that? By looking at what the Bible says are the characteristics of a community of Jesus-followers, and then asking God to help us to permeate every thought, conversation, activity and relationship with those same characteristics.

Over the next few months we will be doing just that at Aylsham Community Church. Our Sunday teaching series from January through to March will follow these headings: A Community of Courage, A Community of Honour, A Community of Acceptance, A Community of Authenticity and A Community of Generosity.

Our prayer is that as we learn, pray, serve and share our lives together these things will more and more become defining characteristics of who we are, and will be just the right soil in which God can grow a great harvest.

• 11th January Being an Irresistible Church
• 18th January Being an Irresistible Church, People of Honour Part 1
• 25th January Being an Irresistible Church, People of Honour Part 2
• 1st February Being an Irresistible Church, People of Acceptance Part 1
• 8th February Visiting Speaker, Carl Maidment
  (part of our church training weekend)
• 15th February Being an Irresistible Church, People of Worship Part 1
• 22nd February Being an Irresistible Church, People of Acceptance Part 2
• 1st March Visiting Speaker, Goff Hope
• 8th March Being an Irresistible Church, People of Authenticity Part 1
• 15th March Being an Irresistible Church, People of Authenticity Part 2
• 22nd March Being an Irresistible Church, People of Generosity Part 1
• 29th March Being an Irresistible Church, People of Worship Part 2
• 5th April Easter Celebration
• 12th April Being an Irresistible Church, People of Generosity Part 2
• 19th April Being an Irresistible Church, People of Courage Part 1
• 26th April Being an Irresistible Church, People of Courage Part 2

Family Carol Service

You are invited to join us for our Family Carol Service On Sunday 21st December at 4pm at Jubilee Family Centre, Aylsham.

Take time out from all your busy preparations and join us as we sing carols and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.

All welcome, we look forward to seeing you there!

ACC Pantomime–“The Delivery”

Rehearsals are well underway for our family Christmas pantomime.

Our 2014 panto follows Gabriel and Trainee Angel, Lucy as they race to deliver the most important message of all time, on time! With all the usual fun and merriment, and our very own Widow Twanky, 'The Delivery' is not to be missed.

Performances:

• Saturday 13th December, 7pm – Limited tickets available.
• Sunday 14th December, 10.30am – Limited tickets available.
• Sunday 14th December, 3pm – SOLD OUT

Tickets are free and can be reserved by contacting the church office on 01263 733332 or info@aylshamcommunitychurch.org.

Helping everyone to HEAR God's voice

Mike Bollinger writes:

Over the past years, we have been fortunate to have strong prophetic ministry like Keith Hazell and  Julian Adams, who have fuelled our apostolic mission and served our local churches. The challenge we face now is to raise up a home-grown, sustained expression of the prophetic in our local churches in the Relational Mission family.

In his book, 'Who’s word is it anyway?', Keith speaks of this challenge:

'There is a great need for the encouragement and blessing of the prophetic ministry in the local church. Like vegetables it is one of the staple foods of the church and we need to be assured of its  availability... Also, the opportunity to grow and nurture the prophetic ministry in the local church means the leaders there can play a part in nurturing and growing it from scratch.”

Our HEAR event on Saturday 29 November is a practical day of sowing those seeds through teaching and exercises to encourage all believers to be able to recognise God’s voice as part of their spiritual inheritance.

 

A ONE DAY CONFERENCE EXPLORING HOW WE CAN HEAR GOD'S VOICE Who's it for? Everyone! Because everyone can hear God's voice. Please arrange your own childcare, as we're unable to accommodate children at this event. The Practicalities Arrive from 9:30am to register and grab a tea or coffee. The first session starts at 10:00am. Refreshments will be provided, but you'll need to bring your own packed lunch. The King's Centre has no car parking facilities, so you will need to use a nearby pay and display car parks (Rose Lane, Mountergate, Rouen Road) - don't forget your change! Interested? More about HEAR here. Where? The King's Centre 47-51 King Street Norwich Norfolk United Kingdom NR1 1PH   - See more at: http://www.relationalmission.com/events/hear