Exeter corps bulletin18052014

Exeter Salvation Army Corps Bulletin Commanding officers:

International Staff Band

Saturday 27th September at 6.30 pm Plymouth Congress Hall, Armada Way - Plymouth PL1 1LD Tickets £10 Adults, £6 Students & Children Limited access to balcony with allocated seat numbers Accessible Ground Floor - Seating not number allocated Available from: Plymouth Exeter Hall Whitleigh Corps email: isb.sa.whitleigh@gmail.com Sunday 28th September 10.30am Worship Meeting & 3.30pm Festival both at Plymouth Exeter Hall Lancaster Gardens Whitleigh PL5 4AA

Majors Alan and Carol Young Sunday 18th May ‘Living holy lives’ 1 Thessalonians 4 Please note – no Salvation Army papers available today

Sunday 25th May ‘Burning, cleansing flame’ Luke 3:15-18 Messy Church 3.30pm

Sunday programme Exeter Salvation Army Corps Friars Gate Exeter EX2 4AZ The Salvation Army in Exeter exists to please God and make Jesus known Phone: 01392 216553 - Mobile: 07743 019407 Find out more about our Corps, view or download copies of this Bulletin www.salvationarmy.org.uk/swe/Exeter_Temple We try to ensure the information in our bulletin is as accurate and up to date as possible. Please email items for the next edition to SABulletin@aol.com by Tuesday 27th May - thank you CS Martyn Read has responsibility for our Corps Diary. To add or update events please speak to him or email: martyn.read@salvationarmy.org.uk Registered Charity Numbers: 215174 and 214779 (England and Wales); SC009359 and SC037691 (Scotland); and CHY6399 (Republic of Ireland)

9.40am - Prayer meeting 10.30am – Morning Worship Please stay for fellowship and refreshments after worship 6pm - Evening meal for those in need (Community hall) Flower Rota May 18th May 25th June 1st June 8th June 15th June 22nd June 29th

~ Andrea Haydon ~ Chris & Brett Turvey ~ free date* ~ Gilly and Barrie Taylor ~ Miriam & John Lee ~ Major Marina Jones ~ free date*

*If you would like to provide flowers to enhance our worship please contact Graham Newell – email grahamnewell26@yahoo.co.uk

Corps Diary May Series: A people fit for mission (A look at the church at Thessalonica) Sun 18th Sun 18

~ ‘Living holy lives’

1 Thessalonians 4

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~ Band leading worship at Falmouth Corps

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~ ‘Open’ Songster practice 7pm *

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~ Corps Council meeting 7.30pm

Tue 20

Thu 22

New Series: The Character of the Holy Spirit Sun 25th

~ ‘Burning, cleansing flame’

Sun 25th

~ Messy Church 3.30pm

Mon 26

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Wed 28th

Luke 3:15-18

~ Bank Holiday walk (2 miles) meeting at Dawlish Station at 2pm (Meeting at Powerham Castle if wet) ~ Women’s Fellowship lunch at the New Inn

June Series: The Character of the Holy Spirit Sun 1st

~ ‘Companion Divine’

Sun 1st

~ Divisional Celebration – ‘Live on Sunday’ at Plymouth Congress Hall 3 – 5pm

Sun 8

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2 Corinthians 13:14

~ Pentecost Sunday Lead by Candidate Steve Callister (Falmouth) ‘Promised Comforter’ Acts 2:1-13

Please note there will be a retiring collection for the candidates’ fund Sun 15th Sun 15

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~ ‘Gracious Spirit’

Galatians 5:16-26

~ Vision & Purpose Team update 12 noon – 12.45pm (see letter for details)

Sun 22nd

~ Worship led by Retired CSM Nicholas Walton

Sun 22nd

~ Band at Songs of Praise, Kilmington (afternoon)

New Series: Amos the man and his message Sun 29th Sun 29

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~ Amos: Shepherd turned prophet ~ Messy Church 3:30pm

Advanced notice - Corps Flag Day Saturday July 5th 10:30am – 12:30pm The next CONNECTION Corps magazine is due out at the beginning of July. If you have a report or something to promote for the autumn please send these to Anne Crane at SABulletin@aol.com by Sunday 1st June - thank you

Prayer Focus

Weekday activities

Please pray for the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamist militants; the girls’ families and all those involved in working towards their safe release

Monday 10am Craft Group in our coffee lounge 10am Little Treasures (Parent & Toddlers) – in community hall

Please pray for our Band members as they lead worship at Falmouth Corps

Tuesday 2.15pm Home League weekly fellowship & worship 7pm Songster (choir) rehearsal 8.15pm Band rehearsal

All our young people who are taking exams just now Many of our Corps fellowship remain unwell and they and their families still need our support. We ask you to continue praying for all those with long term illnesses; those in hospital or residential care, recovering from surgery or undergoing treatment, and for all those who are caring for them A revised Corps Prayer Diary is now available in the foyer offering us a daily focus on those connected to our fellowship and overseas projects.

An Ecumenical group meets on the second Saturday of the month to pray for our city. Venues vary so please speak to Major Carol for more details

Wednesday 10am Little Treasures community hall 2.45pm Women’s Fellowship (2nd Wednesday of the month) Friday Rainbows, Brownies and Guides 7.30pm Response rehearsal Saturday Soul Exeter (Ecumenical Youth Event open to all teenagers) 2nd Saturday of each month. Please note: Soul Exeter resumes in our hall in June Home groups are held in people’s homes at various times and venues throughout the month. Please speak to Corps Mission Secretary Andrew Cutler for full details

Songster Leader Nigel Crane invites all singers to a special open night Tuesday 20th May 7pm – 8:15pm.

If you can sing and would like to come along please let Nigel Crane or Jane Williams know to ensure there are enough copies of the music on the night. thank you