Find the lost sheep and discover 12 clues about the Christmas story
Gather Community Garden
Churchdale Allotments
10am – 12 midday
December 18 – December 22
Children can look for 12 lost sheep (each one introduces a short part of the Christmas story) The trail finishes at a nativity scene in our quiet garden room. There will be some activities there and you can also have hot drinks and seasonal snacks.
Entrance is FREE
Ness Wilson is the Pioneer UK Leader. She visited us to film at the Community Garden as part of the preparation for the network conference in March ’23. 5 other church expressions will be filmed for the conference, which will explore how we join in with the mission of God by creating community in the ‘spaces and places’ of our neighbourhoods. Prepare to have your thinking stretched.
Tom and Suzie are well-known to many across the town having visited Eastbourne for many years. Take this opportunity to step aside and let God minister to you through the worship, prayer and prophetic insight that we anticipate will flow on Saturday evening.
Parking is available in the Bridgemere Centre car park
Esther explores the story of the woman with the issue of blood to help us understand that Jesus did not merely heal her through her act of touching the hem of his garment, but he also restored her very publically after years of social and spiritual isolation. Esther then helps us discern how this will help us understand our mission in the world today.
Tom and Suzie have encouraged and taught people from several Eastbourne churches over the years. They regularly advise local churches and national movements. This night of prayer and praise will also include input from them.
It takes place at 7.30pm at Community Wise, Ocklynge Road, Eastbourne BN21 1PY.
As most of you will know we are taking part in the COP26 march and rally in Eastbourne on Saturday. Here is some information for those who plan to attend.
The March
This assembles at 12.00 midday in the area around Bankers Corner, on Terminus Road. There will be stewards on hand to help the march form up. We will have TearFund COP26 banners to carry. The march ends at the Wish Tower slopes.
The Rally
This will take place on the Wish Tower slopes and will begin at 2.00pm. We are involved behind the scenes with this. It will probably last for an hour or so. We have a stand promoting the Gather Community Garden.
This is from Pioneer UK.
Dear Pioneer Friends,
We promised to let you know how people can sign up to be part of 24/7 prayer for Lauren Wilson.
We have created a web page with more information here: https://pioneer.org.uk/prayforlauren
Thanks again for standing with us for a miracle.
With love from the Pioneer UK Core Team
Eastbourne community church, the Gather Collective, are inviting people from other churches to participate in a midday fortnightly book club around the themes of creation care, climate change and food topics. The group will meet in person and via Zoom, with the face to face version coming from the Gather Community Garden Quiet Room and the Zoom call being broadcast from there at the same time.
It started on the 20th October from 12.30 -1.30 pm.
Initially it will start with a book called PlanetWise – dare to care for God’s world, written by Dave Bookless, who heads up A Rocha UK, and is also a vicar at a church in Southall, London. It is clear that the issues of climate change, living simply and sustainably, and with less waste, etc are important issues of our time. Especially for those of us who believe that this world belongs to God and He cares about how we treat it.
Here’s a quote from the back of the book: This is not another book on green issues to make you feel guilty. There is hope. God can take your small and insignificant efforts and multiply them in his great plan, Besides, honouring him, living simply can be an exciting adventure.
There are other recommendations from Ruth Valerio, Elaine Storkey and Nicky Gumbel.
If this is something that would interest you, you can order the book from the Christian resource centre or via an online retailer. We will begin by reading through the Introduction and Chapter 1 before we meet. There are questions after each chapter that can help us in expressing our thoughts on the day.
What about lunch if you attend in person?
It would be helpful to bring a packed lunch and a flask of something warm, so that we can eat and reflect together from the outset.
How long will it last?
There are 9 relatively short chapters, so it would take 5 weeks (doing 2 chapters per session), meaning that we would finish in mid-December, (meeting every other week).
It would be helpful if you could let them know if this is something you would be up for. You can register your interest here
