TACTnews - looking forward with Tavistock Area Christians Together
An email bulletin to keep Christians in and around Tavistock, Devon in touch with events at the churches and fellowships in the area. Do encourage others to join the mailing list, and suggest news items yourself - contact details at end.
What's on in the next two months
Joint local events (TACT, or other collaboration between churches)
TAVI praise
Thursday 2nd February Abbey Chapel, worship led by James Richardson; 1st March St Andrew's Whitchurch, leader tbc.
7.30 - 8pm - Coffee & fellowship 8 - 9.15pm - Worship, praise, prayer, testimony.
A love offering will be taken to bless the visiting worship team. Check http://www.kingsnews.org.uk/tavipraise for updates and posters.
TACT prayer meetings & prayer breakfasts
Prayer with breakfast (8.30am to 9.30 am) Saturdays 18th February at TMC, 17th March at Kings. Evening (7.30pm for an hour) - Thursdays 23rd February at TMC, 22nd March at Kings.
TaviPrayer
United intercession and worship. Thursdays 16th February, 15th March at Abbey Chapel. 7.30pm.
Prayer in the Square
Continues on the first and third Saturdays (4th & 18th February, 7th & 21st March). Meet10am at Abbey Chapel for prayer, outreach on the streets 11 to 12.30.
Meeting about School Pastors
Monday 20th February 7.30pm at Abbey Chape for all interested in learning more or taking part.
Worship, teaching, outreach (special events hosted by one church but open to all)
First Wednesday of the month (1st February and 7th March ), "something simple" at Whitchurch Methodist Church. Queries to Joan Joynes 615980.
A midweek Quaker Meeting for Worship on the last Wednesday of each month 29th February, 28th March 1-1.45pm, at Friends Meeting House (near the Wharf). Lunch together from 12.30 (bring your own, drinks provided). All are welcome.
Father's House Evening with Yinka Oyekan, Saturday 4th February 7.30pm King's.
Yinka Oyekan is the senior minister of Reading Community Church, and the Apostolic Team Leader for Barnabas Fellowship of Churches. Yinka has many years experience in mission and church planting in the UK, France & Africa, and is a great inspirer and encourager. Come and be built up in your faith! More info: www.kingsnews.org.uk/fathershouse
Yinka Oyekan is the senior minister of Reading Community Church, and the Apostolic Team Leader for Barnabas Fellowship of Churches. Yinka has many years experience in mission and church planting in the UK, France & Africa, and is a great inspirer and encourager. Come and be built up in your faith! More info: www.kingsnews.org.uk/fathershouse
Social and fundraising
Coffee morning for Christian environmental charity A Rocha, Saturday 17th March 10am to noon at TMC.
Further afield
Plymouth University Chaplaincy Lecture. Wednesdays 7pm Sherwell United Church, North HIll.22nd February Revd. Tony Peck, General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation, 21st March Revd David Coffey, former president of the Baptist World Alliance. Two lectures marking the 400th anniversary of the first plea for complete religious toleration made in English - by a Baptist minister who was then imprisoned. Admission free.
Resource of the month
The 2012 programme for Lee Abbey in North Devon is now out www.leeabbey.org.uk/devon/programme/index.php - with themes ranging from cosmology to Jane Austen.
and finally
Thanks to Felicity Luckman (formerly Barnaby) who retired as TACT secretary at the AGM, and welcome to Hilary Boot-Handford, who succeeds her.
Calendar summary
February
1 Something simple, Whitchurch Methodist.
2 TaviPraise, Abbey Chapel
4 Prayer in the Square; Yinke Oyekan, King's
16 Tavi Prayer, Abbey Chapel
18 Prayer Breakfast, TMC; Prayer in the Square
20 School Pastors, Abbey Chapel
22 Univeristy Chaplaincy lecture, Plymouth
29 Midweek worship, Friends Meeting House
March
1 TaviPraise, St Andrew's
3 Prayer in the Square
7 Something simple, Whitchurch Methodist.
17 Prayer Breakfast, Kings; Prayer in the Square; A Rocha, TMC.
19 Tavi Prayer, Abbey Chapel
21 Univeristy Chaplaincy lecture, Plymouth
28 Midweek worship, Friends Meeting House
For further details of events listed look out for posters etc or contact the hosting church - website links are:
Abbey Chapel, Bere Alston United Church , King's , Quakers, St Andrew's Whitchurch, St Andrew's Buckland Monachorum, St Eustachius (Tavistock Parish Church), Salvation Army , Tavistock Methodist, Tavistock URC, www.ourladytavistock.org.uk
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