5 November 2008
And the name of the city from that time on will be: THE LORD
IS THERE. (Ezekiel 48:35)
Release!Ipswich:
In June I e-mailed asking if there were any people out there who
would be interested in doing somw 'drugs educator' training with
HOPE UK, and had several enquiries. It would be really good if we
could follow this up. Below is part of the e-mail that HOPE sent
me regarding it. If you are still interested or have now become
interested, it would be great to get this going in Ipswich next
year. Please contact me again, and also I would like someone to
be the liaiser if we do get enough people, to sort out training
dates etc. Any responses? Please pray for the 'education' part
of the Release!Ipswich vision, which is not happening too much at
the moment.
Are there any churches / youth groups/ schools who would like to
know more about eating disorders? Restore is able to give a
presentation / session on this..............
Hope UK say:
"We would only
need 6 people who want to volunteer with Hope UK in Ipswich in
order to be able to run a training course there. With regard to
the format and timing of the training that would depend in large
part upon what was best for those who apply. The course consists
of 4 sections, each of which we would normally hold over an
evening, and then the following morning and afternoon. However
exactly how and where these are delivered we can be flexible
about, and would want to discuss this with those who decide to do
the training. For instance we could:
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cover all 4
sections over just 2 weekends.
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or alternatively
do a Friday evening and then Saturday morning and afternoon, which
would then be spread over 4 weekends.
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a third
alternative would be to run the training on weekdays if that was
preferable."
Please pray for
the meeting taking place this Friday afternoon between
representatives of Release!Ipswich and Trustees of the 'Somebody's
Daughter' campaign
Perspectives -
Evaluate..informing choice. Praise the
Lord we have 4 educators trained now to deliver the sex and
relationship package in schools and more people interested. We
have 3 bookings for schools after Christmas, and with the
governments present emphasis on sex and relationship education
please pray that this will provide an opportunity to get into
more schools.
We would find it very useful to have a technical helper on the
team, it may suit a semi-retired or self employed person who
would be able to set up our p.a equipment and manage the sound
desk during the presentations. Please contact Michelle on 425674
or at
evaluate.ipswich@ntlworld.com if you are able
to help.
CYM: One Christmas
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Please pray for the children, parents and teaching staff who
will be hearing what Christmas is really about
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Please pray
for the team, in particular that we can be a good witness for
Jesus in the schools.
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Please pray
that the relationship between local churches and schools can be
strengthened by this project so that organisations like CYM can
continue to have input into the lives of local children through
schools.
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Safety –
particularly when we have large numbers of children at concerts.
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For the work
of Tearfund, to whom the proceeds from One Christmas will be
going.
Visit
www.c-y-m.org.uk for more
details on the project
Ipswich Seafarers Centre: Are desperate for mens
jumpers (good condition please) and woolly hats. If you are
able to contribute please contact Helen Page shorty.page@tiscali.co.uk to
organise delivery or collection. Similarly if you would like to
begin knitting woolly hats, or have spare wool for those who
do................
Please pray
for the work of the Seafarers Centre, both in Ipswich and also
at Felixstowe. Pray for the seafarers who visit our port now
that the weather conditions at sea are seasonally deteriorating
Burlington Baptist Church: We have a baptism taking
place at our church on Sunday 11th January. Some of
the friends and family of the lady being baptised are deaf. We
would very much like to have a Christian signer present to allow
them to feel completely part of the service and the baptism. Is
there a signer out there who would be able to attend? Please
contact Katie Ruffles -
pa.seniorminister@burlingtonbaptist.org.uk
Town
Pastors:
Please pray
for the teams this weekend:
Friday
November 21st: David Sheppard (Team leader - Bethesda); John
Gillett (St Andrew's); Roger Barton (Ipswich Community Church);
Lorna Hammett (Holy Trinity); Barbara Willingham (St Luke's);
Jenny Frost (Hadleigh (Baptist)
Saturday
November 22nd: Justin Smith (Team leader - Orwell); John Chenery
(St John's Needham Market); Jez Anstey (Ipswich International);
Sheila Aldous (Bethesda); Rhian Anstey (Ipswich International);
Angela Laithwaite (Burlington)
Please pray
for the health of the TPs now the winter is
approaching.............
Yours in
Christ,
Liz
5 November 2008
The salvation of the righteous comes from the
Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble. Psalm 37:39
Thanks to all those who
prayed over the weekend. Here is some feedback -
From the Evening Star: Suffolk
police reported fewer incidents of anti-social behaviour and
alcohol-related violence and disorder around pubs and clubs on
Friday. Inspector Bruce Gent said, (speaking generally), "There
were no significant Halloween-related incidents and no
Halloween-related arrests."
Pete Wood: (TP team leader for
Friday night and 7 - 10pm shift on Saturday in Christchurch Park);
Friday probably saw more people around than for
a regular Friday, but that said not as many as I was expecting.
Apart from 2 or 3 incidents the evening passed off relatively
quietly without there appearing to be many people who had had far
too much to drink - certainly a lot fewer than you would get on a
normal Saturday shall we say. I think this is borne out from the
comments coming from Suffolk police today saying that there were
far less Halloween related incidents this year. In a similar vein
the fireworks in the park went off very quietly, perhaps the wet
weather had something to do with it. People mainly came late and
went soon after the fireworks had finished and there was no
trouble in the park as far as we could see. I as Team Leader
certainly felt God's presence Friday and Saturday and have no
doubt whatsoever that the extra prayer that was taking place
certainly worked.
Paul Daltry: (TP Team leader
10pm - 4am shift Saturday)
Saturday evening went really as normal. The big
challenge was to have no Town Link radio as it had gone down, but
thankfully Neil was in the CCTV room and we used mobiles to keep
in contact with him. We will need to review what happens without
the radios for the future in case it happens again. Neil wasn’t
too happy about us staying out, but I checked with the team and
they were OK. Overall it was no different or even maybe slightly
quieter than a normal Saturday night. Maybe the rain helped that,
apart from one incident with underage teens in Westgate as we were
changing over the two teams.
Please
pray for the Town Pastor teams this weekend:
Friday November 7th: Mark Firmin (Team leader - Bridge);
Sam Gibbs (St John's); Yvonne Cross (Rushmere Baptist); Barbara
Willingham (St Luke's) Saturday November 8th:
Simon Beddus (Tema leader - St Helen's); Norman Cox (Mistley Free
Church); John Russell / Daren Wood (St John's - both out on their
first shift); Laura Stafford (Orwell); Sheila Pugh (St
Margaret's); Miranda Gibbs (St John's)
World AIDS Day: December 1st - The World AIDS day
service this year will take place at 6pm at St Mary's Stoke,
followed at 8pm by a documentary film at the Corn Exchange
(Hollywood Film Theatre) titled "We are together". Please pray
for the devastation that AIDS is causing in other parts of the
world, but also for those affected locally.
Date for the diary: Crown Him with Many Crowns
will take place at St John's on Saturday 17th January at 7.30pm.
Each year we celebrate what God has done for us here in Ipswich
over the past year and commit the town to him for the year ahead.
It is always a great praise and prayer filled evening with lots of
encouragement. The evening will include, amongst other
updates, further exciting news about 'Heart for Ipswich'. Please
book the date now............
Yours in Christ, Liz
31 October
2008
The One Christmas project will record hundreds of
children from local primary schools on a professional quality CD and
DVD. In December, the children will also have the opportunity to
perform the songs live at the Spa Pavilion Felixstowe with a live
band. Sales of the CD, DVD and concert tickets all raise money for
Tearfund. More information about One Christmas can be found at
www.onechristmas.org.uk
30 October 2008
Please find attached prayer
points for those who have signed up for a slot tomorrow or
Saturday. I am still looking to fill half hour slots from 3.30 -
4am on Friday October 31st and midday - 1pm / 2.30 - 3.30pm on
Saturday November 1st. Could you help? If you have not signed for
a slot please take 30 minutes to pray at some point over the 48
hours from midnight tonight through to midnight on Saturday night.
Let's really pray hard over this period,
together, and make it very different to last year. The police and
others are watching!
Remember: Come down to Ipswich
International Church (Barrack Corner) any time between 8pm and 11pm
on tomorrow (Friday 31st) to join others in prayer as we come before
God united as HIs people in Ipswich to pray for His town. We would
love to see a huge army assembled!!! We may come from different
backgrounds, different praying and worshipping traditions, but we're
all in this together as we seek to see the Kingdom of God move
forward here and lives and society being changed...........
There are different kinds of gifts
but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of
service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working,
but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. (1
Corinthians 12:4-6)
On behalf of the IIP team - Thank you.
Liz.
21 October 2008
Hi everyone
Sorry there has been a big gap since the
last e-mail. I have been busy, away, ill, and encountering computer
problems, in various combinations! I am sorry if I have missed
anything - please e-mail me again for next week if your prayer
requests are still relevant.
Meanwhile; THIS WEEK!
Friday 31st October:
Join us at Ipswich International Church (Barrack Corner) from 8pm
onwards this Friday evening to pray on this crucial night and
weekend for the town. With Halloween followed by fireworks in
Christhchurch Park on Saturday, Ipswich is vulnerable. We will be
praying for our schools, police, Town Pastors, etc as well as
generally for peace in the town ove the weekend and for God's
presence here. Please feel free to come for a short time if that is
all you can manage, between 8pm and 11pm.
48 hours of continuous prayer:
Thanks to all those who have pledged to pray during a half
hour slot on 31st October or 1st November. The chart is looking
good. However, I still have some gaps to fill and would love to
hear from anyone who could take a half an hour at any of the
following times:
Friday October 31st: between 1am and 4am
Saturday November 1st between 10.30am
and 12.30pm; between 2.30pm and 4pm.
I am very keen to get every gap covered
by at least one person!
Town Pastors:
Our new TPs finish their training
tonight and join the rotas from this coming weekend. Please pray
particularly for the teams this weekend in the light of last years
experiences. We are expecting to see a big difference as we
concentrate the prayer........
Friday October 31st:
Pete Wood (Team leader - St Luke's); Richard Cavanagh (1st shift -
St Mary's Burstall); Greg Mason (1st shift - Martlesham CF); Sheila
Aldous (Bethesda); Pam Findlay (RCF); Angela Law (Bethesda)
Satruday November 1st:
We have an early team operating in Christchurch Park from 7pm -
10pm: Pete Wood (Team leader - St Luke's); Roger Barton (1st Shift -
Ipswich Community Church); Yvonne Cross (Rushmere Baptist0; Barbara
Willingham (st Luke's)
Normal Shift (10 - 4):
Paul Daltry (Team leader - Waterfront); Donald Sloan (Burlington);
Charles Riddleston (1st shift - Whitton Baptist); Jessica Allen (All
Saints); Jean Daltry (Waterfront); Angela Laithwaite (Burlington)
Light Parties:
There are various 'alternative to
halloween' parties taking place for children at churches around the
town on Friday evening; also a 14 - 18 year old event at Orwell
(further details from Mark Crawley
markj.crawley@ntlworld.com).
Please pray for these events.
Schools: A lot of our
children will be bombarded by Halloween this week - at school, on
TV, internet, parties, magazines etc. Please pray for their
protection. Pray too for those who may suffer peer pressure, or
bullying if they make a stand against the culture.
Health:
There are quite a number of Christian
leaders suffering health problems at the moment - please pray for
healing and protection. Also on the Town Pastors - we had to cancel
a team the Friday before last (only the second time we have ever had
to do this) and were down to one pair last Friday too. Several TPs
have been suffering from severe headaches, both before and after
shifts, sometimes lasting several days, so please pray about this
too.
Thanks everybody, and God bless,
Liz.
19 September 2008
TONIGHT: Join us at St Matthew's
at 7.30pm to PRAY
Please find two documents for
download:
I am also sending by a separate
e-mail a poster and flyer about the IPEC AGM
Debt Advice:
Details are on the attached brochure,
but there are open days for debt project on 6th oct 6-730 and 8th
oct 930-11am at Living Water, Dickens Road if anyone is interested.
Please pray for this new initiative on the Triangle Estate.
IPEC AGM (see following e-mail
for details): this is on Monday October 13th
Lifelite Event at Orwell on
October 31st:
A team of folk from Orwell and a couple of other churches are
organizing an event for Friday 31st October as an alternative to
Halloween! It is for 14 - 18's and is a DJ lead worship event with
dance style music in a club like atmosphere etc!
Please pray for this event..............
Celebration of Tearfund's 40th Anniversary: Sat 25th October at The
Key; 10.30am - 2.30pm
Between
11am and 1pm, 2 very special speakers:
Ed
Walker, who was Director of Tearfund’s Response Team in North Sudan
and Darfur and has worked in front- line situations in Burundi,
Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia. He and his wife Rachel have recently
returned to the UK.
Ari Dejonge, Tearfund’s HIV Unit Support Officer will introduce the
next critical HIV programme launching a drive to fund clinics which
will bring life extending medication to sufferers.
Throughout the day:
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Interactive prayer suitable for children and young people.
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“Together with our partners” volunteers’ study tours.
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TRANSFORMERS (not the film! – the people – could you be one?)
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Tearcraft
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Anniversary cake and light refreshments.
Please
join us to give thanks for all
that has been achieved, to hear about and pray for our ongoing work
and vision for the future.
RSVP
Val Dufour on 01473 431757 or val@du4.org
Are there any chuches in Ipswich
who hold a fellowship / worship service midweek (as opposed
to a house group type meeting)? If so, please contact Joy Woodall
johnwoodall111@btinternet.com
Town Pastors:
Please pray for the new Town Pastors who
will be starting training this Saturday.
This week's teams:
Friday October 3rd:
David Sheppard (Team leader - Bethesda); Bryan Borrowman (Cransford
CF); Linda Taylor (St Helen's); Jean Daltry (Waterfront)
Saturday October 4th:
Norman Cox (Mistley Free Church); John Gillett (St Andrew's); Terry
Crisp (Frinton Baptist); Donna Allen (Ipswich International); Yvonne
Cross (Rushmere Baptist); Jenny Frost (Hadleigh Baptist)
We have gaps in the prayer team
at the CYM centre on Friday October 24th and Saturday
October 25th; Are you able to help the Town Pastors out? If you
would be able to join us for a night please contact Liz.
Yours in Christ, Liz
29 September 2008
The steadfast love of the Lord never
ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;
great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (RSV)
