Sunday Evening, Prepared to Serve
7:30-8.30pm, St Dunstan's Church Hall (unless otherwise stated)
This is our term-time Sunday evening training time for growing Christians.
8 th Sept Year Launch- Come and enjoy a ploughman’s supper (starting at
7pm), and hear Richard cast the church’s vision for the year ahead.
15 th Sept Special prayer meeting for the year ahead.
22 nd Sept Dave Puttick, a former intern here, is coming down from Oak Hill College to give us a thrilling overview of
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3 rd th Sept-
Nov
Romans as we prepare to study the book in Growth Groups this year (3-
6pm at 5 Queen’s Avenue).
A series on the History of Christianity with DVD documentary and discussion. We will cover the Early
Church, the Middle Ages, the
Reformation, the Age of Reason, the
New World and the Missionary
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1 st th Nov-
Dec
Movements.
Our four week Membership Course covering our Gospel Partnership, our
Gospel Mission, our Gospel
Community and our Gospel Lives.
Evangelistic Carol Service 8 th
December
Next term We will run a weekly Christianity
Explored course after our Passion for
Life Mission Week which is 9 th – 16 th
Date save to
February.
Saturday 31 st May Church Big Day
Out on the coast in Cliftonville with
Johnny Prime speaking.
Who we are…
Emmanuel Church is a Christ-centred, Biblecentred church in the heart of Canterbury.
Our passion is to know our Lord Jesus Christ better and to make him known as we proclaim his word, the Bible.
Where and when we meet…
Sunday Morning Church
10:30 St John's Primary School (Kingsmead site)
Sunday Evening, Prepared to Serve
7:30pm St Dunstan’s Church Hall (during term)
Wednesday Prayer Meeting/Growth Groups
7.30-9pm, 5 Queen’s Avenue, CT 28AY
For more information…
Take a look at our website: www.emmanuelcanterbury.org.uk
Contact the people below:
Minister:
Richard Hagan - 01227 200857
-07932 173904
Assistant Minister:
Jonny Moore - 07793 888407
Cornhill Placement Student:
Michael Williams -07837 985377 September - December 2013

10:30am, St John's Primary School (Kingsmead)
1 st Sept # Pilgrim’s Progress Special
Haggai
8 th Sept † Build the house of the LORD
Haggai 1
15 th Sept § Build the house of the LORD
Haggai 2
Uncover.... 2 Corinthians 4
22 nd Sept
29 th Sept
Uncover: the glory of this ministry
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Uncover: the weakness of the messenger
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Judges for you
6 th Oct #§
13 th Oct*
Incomplete conquest
Judges 1:1-2:5
Repeated failure; repeated deliverance
Judges 2:6-3:6
20 th Oct †
27 th Oct
3 rd Nov #§
Patterns of unpredictability
Judges 3:7-31
Deborah: The Iron Lady
Judges 4-5
Gideon: an unexpected choice
Judges 6
10 th Nov Gideon: strength in weakness
Judges 7-8
17 th Nov †
24 th Nov
1 st Dec #§
8 th Dec
15 th Dec
8 th Dec
†
Abimelech: power that corrupts
Judges 9
Jephthah: true to his word
Judges 10-12
Samson: an unlikely saviour
Judges 13-16
Divine Sarcasm
Judges 17-18
A New Sodom
Judges 19-21
Christmas at Emmanuel
Carol Service (7.30pm – St.
Dunstan’s Church Hall)
Luke 1:26-38
22 nd Dec #
25 th Dec #
New Year
DIY Nativity – Why Christmas?
Praising God for Christmas Day
Luke 2:21-40
29 th Dec God’s picture of the last times and the Great Day (Jude)
5 th Jan God’s plan for my life in 2014 and beyond
† Lord’s Supper during service
# All age service (no Sunday School)
§ Bring and share lunch at St John's School
* Student lunch offered
Fortnightly Wednesday Prayer Meeting
7.30pm for a drink and catch up, 8-9pm to pray, all at 5 Queen’s Avenue. See web calendar for dates.
Do join us to pray for the world, our nation, this city and our church. Don’t miss the Japan special, with food from 7pm, on 9 October.
Growth groups
This year we’ll be studying Romans in all groups:
-Student Growth Groups- Thursdays 7-9pm at
COSTA Coffee on High Street during term. Talk to
Jonny Moore for more details.
-Women’s Growth Group- Thursdays 10.30-12 at 5
Queen’s Avenue. 5 & 19 Sept, 3 & 17 Oct, 14 & 28
Nov, 12 Dec, all with staffed crèche. Speak to
Corinne Hagan or Zoe Dean for more details.
-Wednesday Growth Groups- 7:30-9pm, 5 Queens
Avenue, every other Wednesday. See web calendar for dates. Speak to Richard Hagan for more details.
Also this term
1 st Sept
21 st Sept
29 th Sept
19 th Oct
31 st Oct
8 th Nov
9 th Nov
25 th Nov
21 st Dec
BYO picnic in Westgate gardens
Becky Manley Pippert event (book on
UCCF website)
Walk in Blean Woods plus tea
London Women’s Convention
Holiday Bible Club Nano for 5-11s
Bonfire social
OMF Day at St Mary Bredin with Mark and Sarah Gelsthorpe speaking
Women’s evangelistic craft night
Church family Christmas event 4-6pm
Regular events: Friday Night Fun Club for 5-11s (6-
7.15pm at St John’s), Street Talk street evangelism on Sunday afternoons and ‘Make, Do and Mend’ evangelistic craft nights on 9 th Sept, 14 th Oct, 11 th
Nov.