Studies for Small Groups List of Small Groups, Leaders, & Venues (all groups meet Tuesdays except groups 11, 14, & 23 which meet Wednesdays) PRAYER DAYS 1 Anthony Nicolle 01708 344315 & Valerie Fenn 01708 351505 St. Peter’s VENUE: 11a Geoffrey Avenue, . Please join us in making these days the heart-beat and strong- 2 Mary Nicolle 01708 344315 & Rosemary Heden 01708 373322 room of our fellowship and shared mission. The main focus is the VENUE: 17 Maylands Way, Harold Park. evening Tuesday Together at 8–9pm, but there is also a daytime 4 Ian Jeffery 07793 848084 meeting at 2–3pm. NB the dates have varied from the more usual VENUE: 2c Athelstan Road, Harold Wood. first Tuesdays. 5 Joyce Higgins 01708 343536 VENUE: 16 Sussex Avenue, Harold Wood. Thursday January 10th 6 Gary Clark 01708 701270 & Andrew Grimwood 01708 709500 to pray as part of the Diocesan Day of Prayer (see over) VENUE: 1 Blanchard Mews, Harold Wood. SMALL GROUP Tuesday February 5th 7 Colin White 01708 226779 & Shirley Morris 01708 346621 to pray as part of Membership & Growth Groups VENUE: 24 Fitzilian Avenue, Harold Wood. 8 Larry Morris 01708 346621 Tuesday March 5th VENUE: 12 Highfield Road, . PROGRAMME to pray towards Holy Week and Easter 9 Mike Lynch & Sue Chadwick 01708 784945 VENUES: 15 & 38 Archibald Road, Harold Wood.

10 David & Gwenda Brunyee 01708 349884 VENUE: 35 Tindall Close. LUKE’S PORTRAIT OF JESUS 11 Steve Wheeler 01708 344271 Continuing from Christmas both narratives, we follow Jesus VENUE: 7 Beltinge Road, Harold Wood. (Wednesdays). JANUARY-EASTER 2013 into childhood and into ministry. 12 Ian Seabrook 01708 349246 & Jon Tulloch 01708 340073 VENUE: 26 Strattan Walk, Luke is an ‘artist’ skilfully telling the story of Jesus and (INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP & GROWTH GROUPS FOR ALL 13 Matthew Harrison 01708 343676Malcolm Graham 01708 347641 presenting him as good news for all especially the weak and BETWEEN JANUARY 28TH & FEBRUARY 15TH) VENUE: 68 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood. those on the margins. We discover afresh the call and new life 14 Joan & Paul Guyver 01708 373311 that Jesus offers to all who would follow him. VENUES ROTATE: 69 Shepherds Hill, Harold Wood. 104 Shepherds Hill, Harold Wood. (Tuesdays at 7.30pm)

15 John Davis 01708 447686 VENUE: 66 Road, . MEMBERSHIP & GOWTH GROUPS 16 John Tillett 01708 763044 & Jon Turner 01708 733293 These will follow Luke 4:31-5:39, especially: & Dave Mears 01708 449613 VENUES ROTATE: 33 Crossways, , 5:1-11 Peter’s conviction and call 6 Witham Road, Gidea Park, & 9 Brookside, Hornchurch. 5:12-26 Healing and new life 21 Alan & Penny Gillard 01708 704038, & Brian Dorrian 01708 445149 5:27-39 Levi’s call and the new wine VENUE: 16 Shepherds Hill, Harold Wood.

22 Bruce & Jenny Wybrew-Bond 01708 377090 It is in the grace and call of Jesus that our following of Jesus VENUE: 38 Ramsey Gardens, Harold Hill begins and grows. We follow because he first found and 23 Chris Knowles 01708 341116 & Kim Dopson 01708 507953 called us. VENUE: 91 Hamilton Drive, Harold Wood. (Wednesdays) In partnership with

BRENTWOOD MEMBERSHIP, MATURITY & MISSION If you live in Brentwood, please ask the Vicar which St. Peter’s Small These continue to be our focus and energy, as (in the words of Group would be suitable. St. Peter’s is also in partnership with Immanuel Church Brentwood. our Motto Text) we look to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.

This is the foundation of Small Groups’ existence and purpose Tuesday and Wednesday evenings Sunday morning Sermons which will be the basis of at St. Peter’s. We pray and encourage every member of Small Group studies: (see main Sunday card for details) St. Peter’s to belong to an appropriate Small Group.

Tues Jan 8th Small Group Leaders’ meeting to prepare for Membership & Growth Groups The DNA of Small Groups Thurs Jan 10th Diocesan Day of Prayer All living things have a special something at their core 7.30pm at St. Peter’s: Prayer Gathering and Breaking of Bread (with the Bishop of Barking) (DNA), which contains the blueprint of its structure and purpose and ensures that information is successfully Tues Jan 15th / Wed 16th ...... Luke 2 & 3 (sermon January 13th) reproduced as it grows. At St. Peter’s, we believe * God has given us the DNA of our mission statement Tues Jan 22nd no small group leaders’ meeting (Reach, Tend, Teach and Send) to be the ‘genes’ at the centre of our group life together. MEMBERSHIP & GROWTH GROUPS

REACH Saturday Jan 26th PCC & Small Group Leaders Away Day 9.45am—4.30pm Preparation Groups will have the value of an open or empty chair. That means that a group is not closed to new people being a part of it, but rather will actively be welcoming Tues Jan 29th / Wed 30th ...... MEMBERSHIP GROUP 1 Teaching individuals from within the congregation and more * importantly, from the locality in which the group is based. Groups now try and plan an event or two each ‘term’. Tues Feb 5th PRAYER DAY Prayer (Tuesday at Two, 2.00pm & Tuesday Together, 8.00pm) TEND Groups will be a place to know and be known, to love and be loved, to celebrate and be celebrated, to serve and to Tues Feb 12th / Wed 13th ...... MEMBERSHIP GROUP 2 Application be served. Each group will have its own Pastoral Care * Co-ordinator to help mobilise the group to meet some of the spiritual, practical or emotional needs of its members Tues Feb 19th / Wed 20th Half term—no meetings and those from St. Peter’s living in that area.

TEACH Tues Feb 26th / Wed 27th ...... Luke 4-6 (sermons January 20th & 27th and We want our groups to help all of us to grow spiritually * February 3rd, 10th & 24th) and become more like the Lord Jesus Christ. The aim is not to know ten times more about the Bible without in Tues March 5th PRAYER DAY (Tuesday at Two, 2.00pm & Tuesday Together, 8.00pm) the process becoming ten times more loving. The Small

Group is ideally placed to help one another apply God’s word to our daily lives as we become doers of the word Tues March 12th / Wed 13th ...... Luke 7 & 8 (sermons March 3rd & 10th) and not just hearers. *

SEND Tues March 19th Small Group Leaders’ meeting Groups will have opportunities to serve together, but don’t get too cosy in your group. Healthy groups will Tues March 26th / 27th ...... Luke 9 (sermon March 17th) apprentice and grow leaders who will reproduce and plant a new group, with exactly the same DNA * ingredients. MEMBERSHIP & GROWTH GROUPS are prepared for all members of the church family as we all re-join the Electoral Roll of St. Peter’s - an opportunity to understand “Saviour, if of Zion’s city I through grace a member am”. Many such groups will be arranged so that everyone has the best opportunity to join in. Invitations are going out.