Meetings

‘Come and sing carols with us, Christmas Eve morning, for one hour’, was the invitation handed to friends in the village, and posted on the village notice board. Just over 30 gathered in our sitting room, including several who had not been to any meeting here before. Thank you to Shirlene for organising, those who did readings, Cliff for keyboard …

How good to have Malcolm and Moira back with us, after illness and holidays. Also, Billy and Wendy have virtually finished their home renovation, and were back and participating with us. A number of our people are in need of serious prayer. John and Marcus both have surgery this week, and Wendy S’s daughter at 7am Monday morning.  Michelle had had …

Last week we had a reasonably full room, at 24. Today, we had breathing space, and around half that number. That’s a characteristic of ‘house church’, especially in the early days – rather tight, or rather empty.  How good to have Jilly and Alan with us, always smiling, and speaking encouraging words before, during, and after the meeting. Connie spoke …

What an amazing meeting, with a full room (24 people plus 1 dog). Such praise, such worship, such a sense of God’s presence. It was so good to have Jonathan and Paige with us. Also, Sam and her friend Rovi, from London, and first-timers Emma, Craig and Roy.  Many remarked on the gentle worship song from Rovi, which brought even …

Looking round the room yesterday morning, and noting that some were not present through illness, or called into hospital where a close friend was not expected to pull through, and others… well, different priorities, or urgent situations, I considered how this would have been a super amazing turnout around 10 years ago! Thank you to Bob for leading us into …

It is always good to have Sam Bhatt with us, when she is staying with Shirlene. And also good to have Barry H back with us following his recent surgery. Connie had had a bad week, but testified about the fact that she prayed for an appointment with her doctor, and even though they usually make people wait a week …

So many people away – sick, recovering from surgery, in London, family unexpectedly arrived, etc. Such things can pass unnoticed in a larger church, but not in a small fellowship. So we prayed for those absent, and phoned to see if we could help. There was no Bob, so I led praise and worship. Various people offered prayers of praise …

It felt that our sitting room was heaving yesterday morning. David Adams was visiting speaker, John A was with us from Aylsham, Stephanie has not had transport for a while, but Dorien brought her over. Dorien has been once before. Barry H’s wife Sue came along, for the first time. She usually goes to the Vineyard church, but came as …

It was good to be back in Frettenham, though a great time with the Christian Dental Fellowship at the Hayes Conference Centre at Swanwick in Derbyshire last week. Thank you Bob, for leading us in worship. So many shared, including Cliff, Shirlene, Frank, Billy, Malcolm….. We looked at Luke 9:11. Ask, seek, knock. 3 types of prayer. Ask in faith …

There is always such a buzz as we come together on Sunday mornings, with people moving around and catching up on each other’s news. And then there is praise, often precede by testimony. Michelle had asked us to pray for a family situation the previous week, and we not only prayed during the Sunday meeting, but also fervently and powerfully …