Category: Outreach

Maidenhead Carnival Preparation – 8th June 2011

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With just over 48 hours to go, we’re nearly ready for Maidenhead Carnival 2011.

The polo shirts have been purchased, the invitation cards have arrived, the literature stands have been sourced and the pencils have been sharpened.

Like last year, we’re planning another colouring competition, as well as having a range of Christian literature available and also giving out invitations for our next Family Service on July 3rd.

Parkside's stall at the 2010 Maidenhead Carnival

We hope to make lots of contacts through our activities in the park during the day.  If you’re coming along to Maidenhead Carnival on Saturday, please stop by and have a chat – we don’t bite, honest!

Family Service – 5th June 2011

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Around 30 people gathered for the latest in our series of Family Services this morning.

This time David Hedges was at the helm chairing and opened with the hymn Be Still for the presence of the Lord and prayer.

This was followed by What kind of love is this before introducing this month’s memory verse Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding – Proverbs 3:5.  Audience participation was encouraged with both heart and lean!

We then enjoyed a number of the children’s choruses from Sunday Club before Alan Michael came to speak.

Alan’s subject this month was the Healing at the Pool of Bethesda taken from John 5 and he began with looking at the purpose of different signs before linking this in to Jesus’ miracle of the healing of the lame man and the fact that it was a sign for the Leaders.  He finished by summarising the miracle using the six questions ‘What?‘, ‘Who?‘. ‘Where?‘, ‘When?‘, ‘How?‘ and ‘Why?‘, leaving the final question unanswered for those gathered to think about.

We finished with the singing of I stand amazed in the presence and prayer.

After the service, Alan showed a number of amusing photos from the recent TVCC camp in Romsey.

Our next Family Service will be on July 3rd at 11.30am and will be followed by a BBQ.

Coffee in the Park – 7th May 2011

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We had a good morning for our first Coffee in the Park of 2011.

Following heavy overnight rain, we gathered at Parkside at 10am for a short time of prayer.  After this, with the weather improving, we decided to set up the marquee, Parkside sign and tables in Kidwells park, behind Parkside, as planned.

This would be our final chance to practice setting up the marquee before Maidenhead Carnival on June 11th, and all went without any problems.

The marquee and sign set up for early visitors

We decided to put the ‘Free tea and coffee’ banner out in the park facing the town centre so it would be eye-catching as people walked through the park, rather than on the front wall.

The free tea and coffee banner in the park

Various friends came and joined us during the morning and we had a number of other good conversations with people in the park, of all ages.  In addition, the weather stayed fine for the whole morning which meant that there was no need to dry out the marquee afterwards.

It was an encouraging start to the summer and it’s hard to believe that the next time we’re out in the park will be the day of Maidenhead Carnival.  We have much to organise before then!

Family Service – 1st May 2011

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We had around 40 people in for the latest in our series of monthly Family Services.

Today’s was chaired by Alan Michael in his own unique and entertaining way and began with the hymn ‘God sent His son – they call Him Jesus‘ and prayer.

We then enjoyed a number of children’s choruses aided by a couple of willing participants at the front to help out with actions.

Like the previous Family Service, there was another Memory Verse to learn, this time from Hebrews 11:1 ‘Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see‘.  Alan went on to explain a little about the verse before gradually hiding it to aid the learning process.Our second hymn, following on the theme of Faith was ‘Faithful One‘.

Following this, David Hedges came up to speak.  He took us through the healing of The Nobleman’s son mentioned in John 4 (verses 46 to 54).  After recounting the story, he went on to relate it to us with a number of questions under the heading ‘So what?‘.

Finally, we finished the service with singing ‘I know not why God’s wondrous grace‘ before Alan closed in prayer.

Coffee in the Park – Summer 2011

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This summer we will once again be out in Kidwells Park, located just behind Parkside, in St Lukes Road for our Coffee in the Park.

We’ll have a marquee out and will be serving free hot and cold drinks and biscuits between 10.45am and 12.15pm as well as offering an activity such as colouring for children while their parents enjoy a drink.

Proposed dates for 2011 will be:

7th May

2nd July

3rd September

1st October

We’ll also be out in the park once again for Maidenhead Carnival on 11th June 2011.