More wisdom from the school canteen at lunchtime.

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Wisdom from the school canteen at lunchtime.

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Village quiz

by Paul Meier on July 1, 2009

Here’s a quiz that’s part of one of my display boards at Steyning school at the moment.

If the world was a village of 100 people…

Can you get at least 50% of the answers right?

Here are the answers.

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New format Vital

by Paul Meier on June 25, 2009

Vital will be tastier than ever in the autumn. There will be pizza, toast, cakes and drinks, as well as games, music and discussions.

Note the new dates and venue: We’ll be meeting every third Sunday of the month in Sept, Oct and Nov at the Cuthman Centre from 6.30 – 8pm.

So make a note in your diary for Sun Sept 20th, Sun Oct 18th and Sun Nov 15th.

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Year 6! A couple of movies for you

by Paul Meier on June 25, 2009

Here are links to two movies we watched when we met up in school recently. I look forward to working with you in year 7!

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Summer Camp, Sat 25th – Fri 31st July 09

by Paul Meier on June 10, 2009

Another whole week of activities, entertainment, worship and relaxation takes place at Fontwell Racecourse in just over a month from now.

To make sure you and your friends don’t miss out on this fabulous experience, contact me now (’contact me’ button at top of the page, or facebook/email me) for full booking details.

Those of you who recently went to May Camp will remember it looked something like this:

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We welcome the Highdown band back to Vital, as well as Michael Barrett, who’s returned from his (Youth With A Mission) Discipleship Training experience in Cape Town.

Find out more about how Michael got on by coming to the Ashington Scout Hall, Church Lane, Ashington on Sun June 7th. Sumo Suit wrestling/cakes etc from 5.45pm. Worship from 6.30. It all ends at about 8pm.

Church Lane

Church Lane

Church Lane is a left turn as you go through Ashington from South to North. The signpost reads ‘Parish Church’.

Scout Hall

Scout Hall

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What’s in a name?

by Paul Meier on April 20, 2009

If a church calls one of its buildings ‘Church Centre’, simply put a ‘d’ after the name, and there you have its vision statement.

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I was astounded by the wonderful all-age service at Ashurst. There’s such a vibe there. For some reason it’s so easy to worship and learn about God. As a visitor, I couldn’t quite work out what made the difference, but I was determined to find out the church’s secret. So I went to see Helen (a church member) last Friday, and here’s what she told me over a cup of tea:

So, for a more effective church life,
1. Don’t: start with church, trying to form a community by running a service/creating housegroups
2. Do: find a community, sensitively point to God in it, and patiently let things develop from there

Only trouble is, we’ve already got all the trappings of point 1 (building, equipment, trained and paid professional leader) which makes it so much easier to do the less effective thing.

Ashurst all-age services take place every second Sunday of the month at 11am.

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Bingo

by Paul Meier on March 2, 2009

Play bingo in church this Sunday with up to six friends using this downloadable sheet of bingo cards.

First to get a line across, down, or diagonally through the middle wins. The centre square is blank on every sheet. Either use it as a free square or write in your church leader’s favourite word.

Don’t know what to give as a prize? How about buying a little trophy, which the winner keeps until the next game?

Download your bingo cards here.

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