Establishing God's Plans

We had a good de-brief and planning meeting this morning. We discussed all the things that went well at Coffee Shop Sunday on 19th January, and made plans for the next gathering on 2^nd February at 4.30 pm. We’re looking forward to good songs, prayers, table-top activities and drama. ALL WELCOME! 
Prayer requests may be emailed to us:

coffeeshopsunday@gmail.com

Coffee Shop Sunday #4

Twenty-one people attended our very first Coffee Shop gathering on 1st December. At our fourth session last Sunday 19th January, there were FIFTY-SEVEN in the room - it was amazing! This number includes fourteen Costa customers and three members of staff.

Our talented Music Director, Marcus Patterson, led us in songs:

Light of the World (So Here I am to Worship) by Tim Hughes
Seek ye First the Kingdom of God by Karen Lafferty
Bless the Lord, O my Soul by Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman

Marcus played other background music and sang - he told us that one of the Costa customers asked him if he knew any Tom Jones! (Trevor said "It's not Unusual") 😊

There was an interview with Lynne, who gave an honest account of the challenges she has faced and has at times, felt that God is far away. Lynne said that she feels, however, that when we need Him most, that is when God is carrying us.

We prayed for the fantastic staff of Costa Coffee who we see very much as a part of our new church. Short prayers were written on a piece of paper by members. All those prayers were blessed and then handed over - in three paper Costa Coffee cups - to the staff for them to see how much they are valued by us and loved by Jesus.

Next gathering: Sunday 2nd February



A busy Coffee Shop Sunday!

 



An interview with Lynne
 

 Trevor & John
 

 

Coffee Shop Sunday #3

We had a terrific third Coffee Shop Sunday on 5 January.

There was an increased turnout with 35 in attendance, including 3 Costa staff and 9 non-church people who stayed ‘for a while’.

The theme was ‘New Year, New Beginnings’, and despite a few blips with technology, God was in the room! An 8-minute YouTube clip was shown of Shane Taylor, giving testimony at the Holy Trinity Brompton Church. Shane was once considered Britain’s ‘youngest most dangerous criminal’.

 

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Here’s a list of the songs we had the greatest pleasure in singing:

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman

King of Kings, Majesty by Jared Cooper
My Jesus, My Saviour by Darlene Zschech
When the Music Fades (The Heart of Worship) by Matt Redman

Bill Holdforth, part of the Prayer Team, led prayers and included one that was emailed to us.  We now have several requests in the ‘box’ and will include these at our next gathering on 19th January.

We had fantastic contributions from the Welcome Team and Music Team – thank you!

 

 

Prayer Requests

A few people have suggested we should invite prayer requests during the week from customers at Costa Coffee and also from people who attend our gatherings on alternate Sundays. As a result we now have a prayer box available at Costa Coffee so that people can post their prayer requests. In addition we would like to offer readers of this Blog an opportunity to make prayer requests online. If you have anything you want us to pray for please submit your prayer request to this email address:

coffeeshopsunday@gmail.com

 

You need not mention your name if you wish to remain anonymous.

Every blessing