Essential 100 & ICF

This Sunday, September 30th, begins the E-100 programme that was launched at worship last week. A link to E-100 website is attached below.

The Essential 100 books have been ordered so please remember your £5 if you have ordered one. If you can download Apps you can get it cheaper.

The aim is for us all to be reading the same extracts from the Scriptures; each week there are 5 readings to have a look at. On Sundays the presenter will take a decision on how to present the story or share his/her insights.

This week we'll  be looking at the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The readings are taken from these chapters of Genesis:
12- Why me?
15- He feels your pain
21,1- 22,19- Strange but true
27 & 28- Analyse that!
32 & 33- True reconciliation
http://e100.scriptureunion.org.uk/e100-guide.html

International Christian Fellowship
Just to say you are welcome to join us this Sunday (30/9/12) for International lunch - 12.30p.m at my house (town centre) and then for a time to discuss on the topic 'Love' and explore what the Bible say about this!

If you need transport please ask and I will arrange to pick you up. We start at 12.30p.m and finish by 2.30p.m.

It will be good time to meet others from different nations! please do invite friends and let me know by Saturday if you will join us.

Kind regards,
Enoch

Sunday 23rd September

Worship this Sunday at 10.30am at Abbeygate Two, 9 Whitewell Rd, Colchester, CO2 7DE.

The speaker is Nick Brooke on Matthew 16. Music led by Dave Watson, prayers led by Jess McCarty and Sydni Brooke. Richard and Susie Hearing will do ministry with the children and David Beales will introduce E-100; 100 Essential readings from the Bible to get the whole picture.

Congratulations to the Ramazani family on the birth of Sarah on Saturday 15th September.

Congratulations to DNA football team on a great start to the season with a 7-0 victory over St Michael's!

Last week was a "sending out" event with  the Parker family returning to the USA as well as students leaving after completing courses or going off to uni.

 Joy and Grief all at once!

Sunday September 16th

We'll be gathering for Holy Communion this week on Sunday at Abbeygate Two at 10.30am. We will read James 5, focussing on the prayer of faith and anointing for healing. There will be time to pray with the Parker family before they head back to the States next week. We can linger with them for a while over a Morning Tea/Coffee (+ donuts) after worship. Feel free to contribute a donut, bun, biscuit or piece of fruit!

For those who can make it, Rachel Parry will be baptised in Frinton on Friday afternoon (14th September) at about 4.30pm. Meet at the gates turning into Frinton at 4.20pm.  DNA minibus will leave Colchester at 3.40pm. Call 01206 530934 if you'd like a lift in minibus.

Questions for Reflection from James 3, 9th September

Why does James liken the tongue to a horse’s bit and bridle?
a ship’s rudder?
a spark and a bushfire?
Pure
Am I protecting my eyes?
Am I protecting what goes into my mind?
Am I confessing and dealing with unhelpful thoughts?
Peace-loving
Are my actions bringing peace?
Is my tongue promoting healthy relationships?
Am I making peace where I have fallen out?
Considerate
Do I confess my judgmental attitudes?
Do I forgive as I have been forgiven?
Do I exercise kindness?
Willing to yield
Am I open to reason?
Am I willing to admit misjudgments?
Am I willing to apologise?
Without partiality or hypocrisy
Do I treat rich and poor the same way?
Do I look at people as made in the image of God?
Do I love my enemies?

Sunday 9th September

    Worship at Abbeygate Two 10.30am
David Beales speaking from James 3
Children's groups led by Viv Critchley and Enoch Kunarajah

Barn Church: 5pm Abbeygate
contact Sydni Brooke for info

Coming up: Baptism of Rachel Parry Friday afternoon, 14th September,  at Frinton Beach.

From September 23rd we'll be launching the E-100 programme; 100 essential readings that tell the whole Bible Story

Come and watch a wonderful, thought provoking, romantic film this Friday......'Fireproof' (PG film)

when: Friday, 7th September at 7.30p.m
where: Abbeygate 2, 9 Whitewell Road, Colchester, CO2 7DE (Town centre)

An opportunity to think about what true love is! A time also to relax!
There will be some light refreshments and you are welcome to put a donation if you like to.
Look forward to seeing you and do invite any friends you like to.
Kind regards
International team at DNA

Sunday 2nd September

Worship this week includes a number of songs and a rhythmic psalm, plus  prayer for teachers and children either beginning school for the first time, or returning to school. We will share bread and wine (grape juice) during Communion together.

David Beales is speaking from James 1. Children's groups continue upstairs during the talk - this week led by Richard and Susie Hearing (4's -10's) and David and Carey Watson (2's-3's).

Please join us afterwards for an informal shared lunch to farewell Mark and Naomi Snelling and Alex, Amanda, Naomi and Gideon Parker. (Mark and Nay are  imminently heading off to South Africa for 3 months, volunteering with a charity in Cape Town that supports orphans. The Parker family are returning to USA at the end of the month.)

The food!
John from Finezza Pizza is one again generously preparing a number of pizzas for us. Thanks John! Please bring something simple and easy to prepare from home to add to our "buffet" - eg sandwiches, salad, fruit, cake - enough for yourself and for one or two other people. Thanks!

5pm Barn Church
This week Barn Church will take place at Assington.
The minibus will leave Abbeygate at 5pm and return people to their homes around 8pm.
Please contact Isaac Lasky for further details 07429 553244
Don't forget to bring something along to share during our supper together!

Sunday 26th August

Many of you are on holiday, some are at Greenbelt Festival, so may the sun shine on you at least for some of this weekend!

For those in Colchester another action packed weekend is in store!

On Saturday mornings it's always a joy to see the Maths Club in action at Abbeygate Two with young people from 7-15 eager to learn and develop their understanding.

On Sunday this week, there are three local events-

Morning worship at Abbeygate Two 10.30am; following worship songs and interactive prayers, Isaac Lasky will be speaking in the last of the series on Ephesians, looking at the Armour of God, chapter 6, 10-20. Activities upstairs for children before joining together for the final song

International Christian Fellowship at 18 Hereford Drive. It will start at 12.30p.m and we will finish by 2.30p.m. We will have lunch, sing some songs and hear about how Holy Spirit works in people's lives. We hope you can join us. Do invite your friends too. Please let Enoch know if you need a lift- enoch_gen524@yahoo.co.uk.

Barn Church will be meeting at 5pm at Abbeygate Two.

And don't forget Migle and Jess on mission in Lithuania to visit and pray for a young 12 year old girl who has been undergoing treatment for cancer. They are taking the butterflies that the children made two weeks ago and will show video highlights by internet of last week's DNA worship. Let's pray for them at each of these events!

Sunday 19th August; worship at 10.30am Abbeygate Two, 9 Whitewell Rd, Colchester, CO2 7DE.

This Sunday is the third Sunday of the month so we are having a bring and share community lunch. The owner of the Finezza Pizza has been coming to our church I know some of us have been to his pizza place. We are going to order ten pizzas (both meat eaters and veggie)  from him as part of our lunch. So please bring food like green salad or pasta or things you would like to eat with the pizzas! If you do not want to have the pizzas please also bring food that you like! Donation is welcome to contribute to the pizzas.

love from Pinceau


For our worship time we'll be hearing about and praying for Migle and Jess' imminent trip to Lithuania to visit a child in hospital and bring greetings and prayers from DNA- and butterflies made by our children last week! We will send them out with faith and expectation that their prayers will make a difference and bring encouragement and healing.

There will be communion together and songs led by Dave Watson. Janie Beales will be reading Ephesians 5, 18-end and will be bringing her understanding of Paul's teaching about the roles of wives and husbands in a marriage- a controversial subject in 21st century Europe, but guaranteed to provoke interest and thoughtful reflection. Plenty to talk about over lunch!

Welcoming new students

Colchester Town Tour for New International Students at Essex University -11/08/12

Are you heading for the medal podium?

Sunday 12th August:
The Apostle Paul gives plenty of sound advice about how to run the race of our life in his letter to Ephesians.
After Naomi Snelling spoke about maturing in our spiritual lives last week, David Beales will be reading Ephesians 4; 17 - 5; 18 this Sunday to see some of the behaviours and attitudes called for among maturing followers of Jesus.
Dave Watson will be leading the music and there will be space to continue in prayer for the needs of the world. Katie Williams has prepared a creative activity for children which will be a colourful and fun reflection on God's creation.

Saturday 11th August: New Students Tour of Colchester!
Enoch Kunarajah writes: We are organising the Colchester History Tour (tour guide is our own David Beales) for some new students at Essex uni who are here now for pre sessional English...It will be this Saturday starting at 11a.m, from Abbeygate 2. The tour will be for 1 hr and then we will have shared lunch at 12p.m...

If you are free we would love to see you at the tour or come later at 12p.m to meet the new students and have some lunch. Your presence in welcoming the new students at DNA would be a special moment to many new students.. Please do come if you can!


Beacon House is making an appeal to the churches- please bring what you can to Abbeygate Two over the next few weeks:

AT PRESENT OUR CLIENTS ARE  IN DESPERATE NEED OF ALL THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW

CLOTHING
Men's boxers - Sizes Small and Medium
Men's jeans - Waist sizes 30 - 36"
Tracksuit/Jogging bottoms - All sizes
Men's trainers/shoes - Sizes 8 - 12
Men's and Ladies T-shirts
Ladies Bras - All sizes
Ladies Knickers - All sizes
Ladies Socks
Men's baseball caps

TOILETRIES
Shampoo - 200 - 300ml size
Men's and Ladies Spray Deodorant
Twin-bladed Razors
Shower Gel
Shaving Foam/Gel
Toothpaste

OTHER ITEMS
Sleeping bags
Blankets
Rucksacks/Holdalls
Biscuits
Cup-a-Soup
Coffee
Dettol Anti-Bacterial Spray

Sunday 5th August

This week, Naomi Snelling will be reading  Ephesians 4, 1-16 and speaking about growing towards maturity, illustrating the Scripture with her own story. She will also show a short film about the ministry she and Mark will be supporting for 3 months in South Africa.

There will be some worship songs, Holy Communion, creative prayer stations and news about Abbeygate Two developments.

Children will have supervised activities during the talk.

If you're on holiday, relax and keep safe! If you're in town, we look forward to seeing you.

International Christian Fellowship - 29/07/12

Sunday July 29th

This Sunday, 29th July, there will be a worship event at Abbeygate 2 as normal at 10.30am.

David Beales is getting excited to  be speaking about Ephesians 3, which is a magnificent chapter.
There will be music, open mic prayers, space to respond and an update and prayer for History Maker Foundation.
Children will have quiet activities to do during the talk.

International Christian fellowship:
"We will be having International Christian Fellowship next Sunday (29/07) at 12.30p.m. We will have a homemade Chinese lunch cooked by our wonderful Chinesefriends.

After lunch we will hear someone share how God is working in her life through her fears and worries, then Patrick will teach from John 14, which starts with Jesus' words ' Do not let your hearts be troubled'! We hope to have some singing too.

Please do invite friends as it will be great to meet people from many nations.

Please note this months International Fellowship meeting will at Betty / Sherry house which is
2 Alefounders Close, CO4 3UR ( first road on the left on Avon Way as go towards Greenstead)"
If you need a lift or more information please contact me on 07969210284 or enoch_gen524@yahoo.co.uk.

Sunday 22nd July

Morning service - 10.30a.m at Abbeygate 2.

This week Patrick Ramazani will teach us from
Ephesians 2:17-18
¹⁷ He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. ¹⁸ For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
There will be some children's activity upstairs.

Sunday Morning service (15/07/12)

Sunday 15th July - DNA's 11th Birthday! AND the Dedication of Sarah Ajaj.

Please join us at Abbeygate, 10.30am as we celebrate in worship, then gather with Raied, Souzan, Rania and Samaa Ajaj for the Dedication of baby Sarah, before sharing in bread and wine together during the Communion.
This week's guest speaker is a friend and colleague from USA, Jon Shuler, who will preach from Ephesians 1:1-14 on the theme, "Glorious grace!"

To be followed by:

Picnic at Abbeyfields, from 12.30pm 
parking outside the Colchester Arena Leisure Centre (CO2 7FZ) , opposite intersection of Flagstaff Rd and Circular Rd North/Napier Rd

Please bring your picnic lunch, something waterproof to sit on, and any additional friends and family who you think might enjoy the day. All are welcome.
Along with football, frisbee and any other equipment available to use, there will be some games and races organised during the afternoon for people of all ages!

In the unlikely event (!) that it rain, we will have the picnic at Abbeygate instead

NB Barn Church people will be invited to join these birthday celebrations with their families- no separate Barn Church this week

DNA Cricket

Cup Champions - 07/07/2012

Sunday July 8th

This Sunday, July 8th, Nick Brooke will be concluding the brief series from Mark's Gospel on Jesus' training of disciples. Check out Mark 6, 1-13.

Janie will lead music and there will be children's groups upstairs, with Isaac Lasky and Dave Watson. There will be prayer for our mission both at home and overseas- Manik Corea is back in town and we'll have opportunity to pray for him and his family as they move to a new ministry in Bangkok;  we'll also hear something of our UWM team's local activities and needs for prayer as well.

Please take a report from last week's AGM , which will be made available; this details the newly elected Church Council and some of the discussion that took place.


The following Sunday, July 15th, is our eleventh birthday! Following a celebration worship with visiting speaker Jon Shuler and dedication of Sarah Ajaj, there will be a picnic in Abbey Fields for all the family- a great opportunity to introduce friends to the community as well; feel free to invite anyone you'd like to introduce to the church.

July 7th

Manik Corea meeting:  Abbeygate Two, Sat July 7th,  3-4.30pm

Manik will be back in town this weekend! Many of you will remember Manik from his time in Colchester serving among international students between 2000-2005. He has visited a couple of times subsequently including being the preacher at our tenth anniversary celebration last July.

We sent Manik and his wife Maple out with prayer in September 2005, just a week after they got married! As a church, we have supported them with both prayer and finance over the years while they were studying in Singapore then working with Christ Church, Bangkok. Now they have finished their term at Christ Church and are about to start a new church planting venture in Bangkok.

This Saturday, Manik will be presenting news about this new work of church planting in Bangkok, Thailand at Abbeygate Two, Sat July 7th,  3-4.30pm.
You are most welcome to hear what is going on; prayer partners are needed for this new venture which is a direct spin-off from Manik's experience of getting our church started here in Colchester 11 years ago. If you can't make Saturday, look out for Manik on Sunday and sign up for the prayer letter. Sadly (for us!) Maple and their son Josiah are in Asia and not able to travel with Manik this time.