The building will be CLOSED on the 25th Dec & 1st Jan. As a result, the church at Weston Favell will be holding a joint worship service with the congregation at Shadowfax Drive on both dates - service starts @ 10:30am - for direction please click here

I've uploaded a selection of new sermons, preached over the last few months :)

Thank you once again to the congregation at Shadowfax Drive Northampton for such a warm and spiritually uplifting service today.

I have uploaded some more audio sermons for you all to enjoy.

Please continue to keep the drought in the Horn of Africa and the people of Norway in your prayers.

The church at Weston Favell will be holding a joint service with the congregation at Shadowfax Drive on Sunday 24th July @ 10:30am - for direction please click here

I've uploaded some more audio sermons for you all to enjoy. Please continue to keep the work here in Northampton in your prays as we continue to striving to bring more people to Christ.

I've uploaded the latest batch of audio sermons for you all to enjoy. Please continue to keep the people of Japan and Libya in your prayers.

I ask you all to continue to keep the people of Japan in your prayers. For those of you who wish to donate financially, please consider Healing Hands International who are working to send funds to allow church workers there to purchase relief supplies etc. Thank you!

Our worship service now starts at 10:00am with classes for all ages at 11:15am - The building will still be open from 9:30am for anyone wishing to join us for fellowship and tea/coffee before the service! :)

Thanks to everyone who donated food to foodbank Northampton - we will be collecting again soon so watch this space for further details of how you can get involved!

I've uploaded three new audio sermons for you all to enjoy :)

A few new audio sermons have been uploaded for you all to enjoy :)

For those of you who would like to donate food items to the Foodbank Northampton and help make a difference to the life of a local family... here is the shopping list:

• Breakfast Cereal
• Sugar (500g)
• Milk (UHT or Powdered)
• Tinned Spaghetti
• Meat (Tinned)
• Vegetables (Tinned)
• Tuna / Fish (Tinned)
• Fruit (Tinned)
• Rice Pudding
• Coffee
• Tea Bags
• Tin Openers
• Soup (Tinned)
• Cup-A-Soups
• Rice (500g)
• Pasta
• Pasta Sauce
• Beans
• Jam
• Biscuit

Collection date Sunday 05/12/10 thank you! :D

Email received by Helen from Gigie a sister in the Filipino church:

Dear family,

My country now has a greater need for relief following the devastation caused by super typhoon Juan (international name: Megi) with winds 250 miles per hour strong. To date we continue to receive text messages from our brethren in the north particularly from the provinces of Isabela and Kalinga, two of the worst affected areas in last week's super typhoon.

This week my mission group is sending a team to distribute $2,000-worth relief items mostly food to 100 families in Isabela (at least 200 miles northeast of Manila). Kalinga, on the other hand, has at least 150 families, mostly farmers, desperately begging for relief as well. Their greatest need right now is roofing materials to repair their homes destroyed by typhoon Juan. If you are able, please help us help these people. In Isabela alone, we have 28 congregations whose chapels were completely destroyed. Kalinga has six congregations.

Please pray for these families as they begin to rebuild their lives and for us who desire to reach out to them with the love of Jesus.

Your sister and fellow worker,
Gigie


If anyone would like to help the disaster relief effort in the Philippines please talk to me or Helen on Sunday or use the contact us page

thanks!

:)

November sees the start of 'Operation Sweet Tooth' a simple yet effective way in which we thank the local charities for the hard work they do throughout the year.

How you can help:

1. Next time you go shopping buy a big tin of biscuits/sweets/chocolates
2. We collect them all up over November and then wrap them, add a personal message on the A6 contact card and distribute to local charities as a... 'thank you someone cares' gesture of good will.
3. Simple :)


Most of the supermarkets have them on offer right now so feel free to buy a few tins over the next 4 weeks!

The church at Weston Favell will be working with food bank Northampton over the next few months. Details are still to be finalised but here is a little more info taken from there site:

What is the Food Bank?
We are a group of local people working to combat hidden hunger across the UK. It is estimated that 13 million people in the UK live below the poverty line, including 3 million children. Many struggle to put food on the table, thousands simply go without. Northampton Food Bank is working to alleviate poverty and feed people in crisis in the Northampton area.

Food is donated by individuals, churches and other local groups and “banked” into the Food Bank. Food is then given out to people in crisis as a result of referrals from local registered care professionals such as Women’s Aid, Connexions, the YMCA, the Sunflower Centre and the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Who are we trying to help?
The Food Bank is designed to help individuals and families in crisis by providing free emergency food until the appropriate agencies are in a position to assist.


I'll post again when we have more info for you all :)

The church at Weston Favell are taking part in the Trussell Trust Christmas Box Appeal 2010:

http://www.trusselltrust.org/

More info and some ideas: http://www.trusselltrust.org/content/files/christmasboxleafletweb.pdf

We plan to start filling these this Sunday (07/11/10) but have until the 26th Nov to send them off. If anyone has any spare shoe boxes please bring them. We need toothpaste, combs, brushes, scarves, note pads, colouring books and chalk to fill existing boxes or feel free to pick an age group and create your own.