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Sunday 29th April at a Godfirst we have Dave Bish with us Dave Bish has been a Christian since he was 18, and is a member of the national leadership of UCCF, The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, doing mission with students in the UK. Dave married and is a member of a newfrontiers church.

2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 2012-03-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#66 Godfirst

Gather all the clever people you know and form a team for the G1 quiz night. If you don't know any clever people then we can provide a ready made team just for you! Don't like General Knowledge, Sports, History, Geography, Science, Food and Drink, Movies, Music,or Mystery? Then you need to get out more.

2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 2012-01-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#65 Godfirst

At Godfirst we believe Alpha works really well around a meal in a home. This is a relaxed and informal way to tackle some of the big questions about life, God and spirituality.

2011-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 2011-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 2011-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#63 Godfirst

When we started Godfirst Cheltenham our aim was always to build the church from the unsaved, the unloved, and those who have no church home.

2011-09-19T23:00:00+00:00 2011-09-19T23:00:00+00:00 2011-09-19T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#61 Godfirst

As Godfirst builds towards a culture of open homes, rather than more formal programmes focused around a church building, it seemed logical for one of our Mission Communities to host The Alpha Course in a home.

2011-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 2011-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 2011-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#60 Godfirst

It's exciting for us to be at Pate's Grammar School from 11th September. We will be meeting in the Performing Arts Studio which is at the front of the school building at the end furthest from Princess Elizabeth Way. If you are coming by bus, Route A from the centre of town stops on Princess Elizabeth Way outside Pate's, and Route G stops on Coronation square a short walk from Pate's.

2011-07-19T23:00:00+00:00 2011-07-19T23:00:00+00:00 2011-07-19T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#56 Godfirst

That's half a mile for us, but one giant leap for Godfirst Cheltenham. Godfirst Cheltenham is moving to a new Sunday venue after the summer.

2011-06-20T23:00:00+00:00 2011-06-20T23:00:00+00:00 2011-06-20T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#54 Godfirst

Gather all the clever people you know and form a team for the G1 quiz night. If you don't know any clever people then we can provide a ready made team just for you! Don't like General Knowledge, Sports, History, Geography, Science, Food and Drink, Movies, Music,or Mystery? Then you need to get out more.

2011-05-31T23:00:00+00:00 2011-05-31T23:00:00+00:00 2011-05-31T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#52 Godfirst

May has been an action packed month that seems to have been filled by birthdays among those at Godfirst. In the midst of all the birthday celebrations we had an enjoyable skittles night at the Suffolk Arms that resulted in a number of visitors showing us their skills on the skittles alley and leaving many of us embarrassed by our own efforts.And if there weren't enough birthdays this time of year in Godfirst already, we added another by welcoming into the family the gorgeous Talitha Hill, who was born at the end of April to very proud parents.

2011-04-30T23:00:00+00:00 2011-04-30T23:00:00+00:00 2011-04-30T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#51 Godfirst

Sunday 8th May. G1 Food & Training - 1:30pm @ HWRCTuesday 10th May. Deeper Prayer - 7:30pm @ HWRCFriday 20th May. Skittles - 7:45pm @ Suffolk Arms 40 Suffolk Place.Saturday 21st May.

2011-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 2011-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 2011-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#42 Godfirst

Godfirst continues to advance with a trend of steady growth. Our weekly attendance comes like waves up and down the beach, but viewed since January it feels like a slowly rising tide.

2011-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 2011-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 2011-02-07T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#41 Godfirst

Since the start of 2011, Godfirst has seen another growth spurt and our numbers grow. On Sunday we had the excitement of welcoming 10 first time visitors into our meeting, one of whom we recognised from the Alpha course.

2011-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 2011-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 2011-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#40 Godfirst

This week Godfirst hosted their first Alpha banquet and judging by how it went, it sure won't be the last. The food was of the highest standard leavening everyone satisfied and all who came commented on what a great night they had had.The banquet was an introduction the Alpha course which starts this Wednesday.

2011-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 2011-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 2011-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#39 Godfirst

As promised, here are all the details you need to know in regards to the Quiz Night  we are hosting. The Quiz Night will be held at Hester's Way Community Resorce Centre at 7:30pm on Friday 14th of January. Please bring your own drinks but unfortunatly due to the venue restrictions we are not allowed alcohol on the venue. This promises to be a great night.

2010-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#38 Godfirst

Wednesday 19th January at 7:30 in Hester's Way Community Resource Centre, we will have our introductory Alpha Course night. This night is this first of the 8 week alpha course.

2010-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#37 Godfirst

What's your general knowledge like? Whether it's good or bad, you're welcome to join us for our Quiz Night on Friday 14th January. This will be a lot of fun and sure to show us all who the competitive ones are amongst us.

2010-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#36 Godfirst

We will not be meeting on Christmas day or Sunday 26th December. If you were hoping to join us over Christmas please accept my apologies, but as a church plant in a rented venue, Christmas meetings are simply not possible.

2010-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 2010-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#35 Godfirst

What a great weekend Godfirst had. On Saturday we took part in the ';Winter Wonderland' held in Springbank Community Resource Centre.

2010-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 2010-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 2010-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#34 Godfirst

With Christmas only round the corner, Godfirst has a number of festive and fun events in their diary.On Saturday 11th December, Godfirst will be taking part in the ';Winter Wonderland' event organised by Hesters Way Neighbourhood Partnership.

2010-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 2010-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 2010-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#33 Godfirst

It's been three months of Sunday morning meetings for Godfirst and they have continued to be a source of excitement as every week we have had the joy of being able to welcome visitors and seeing many of them return.On Saturday, Godfirst gathered to distribute our Christmas flyers to many homes in the areas of Hesters Way, Benhall and Spring Bank.

2010-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 2010-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 2010-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#32 Godfirst

This is a Sunday morning (10th October) to join us at Godfirst Cheltenham as we have the voice of experience Ben Davies with us. Ben currently travels internationally preaching Jesus, having until 3 years ago led Kerith Community Church for 43 years, from a small struggling Baptist church of around 30 people to become a vibrant, culturally relevant, bible proclaiming and Holy spirit empowered church of over 800. Ben is committed to seeing the church of Jesus become the head and not the tail, the leader and shaper and not simply the mirror of a secular society.

2010-09-29T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-29T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-29T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#31 Godfirst

People, put it in your diaries. Friday 8th of October Godfirst has booked out the skittles lane in the Brown Jug on Bath Road. Feel free to just turn up at 7:30pm and look forward to a night of fun. Everyone is welcome whether you know anyone there already or you want to come and meet us for the first time.

2010-09-26T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-26T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-26T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#30 Godfirst

Having been a Christian for many years, I would strongly argue that God answers prayer, yet why am I so surprised every time He does it? Those of us involved in Godfirst pray regularly for new people to come and visit and those who do visit, we hope they return.

2010-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 2010-09-06T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#29 Godfirst

This Sunday saw the next step on the Godfirst church journey as we transitioned from a Tuesday gathering to meeting on a Sunday morning.

2010-08-06T23:00:00+00:00 2010-08-06T23:00:00+00:00 2010-08-06T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#28 Godfirst

Godfirst Church Cheltenham takes its first steps on Sunday morning 5th September 2010. After an extensive search for a venue we have finally settled on the small but comfortable Hesters Way Community Resource Centre Cassin Drive, Cheltenham GL51 7SU.

2010-06-09T23:00:00+00:00 2010-06-09T23:00:00+00:00 2010-06-09T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#27 Godfirst

One of the truisms that you need to remember in church leadership and particularly when starting a church from scratch is "leaders over estimate what they can achieve in a year and under estimate what can be achieved in five years".

2010-04-22T23:00:00+00:00 2010-04-22T23:00:00+00:00 2010-04-22T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#26 Godfirst

Getting connected. We have had a great couple of months at the D'Fly with visitors checking us out and looking to join us every time we have met, so we are confident this will continue as we go weekly in the second week of May. Although less news worthy than more people joining us, one of the most vital things when you are starting a church from scratch is relationally connecting to the town you are trying to serve. Much of our Godfirst prayer in the first few months was praying for houses to be sold around the UK and bought in Cheltenham and for jobs to be found.

2010-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 2010-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 2010-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#25 Godfirst

Tim Hughes visits Godfirst. In our Christian celebrity culture Tim Hughes is a name that grabs your attention. So much so that the ITV cameraman of that name who came to film Godfirst Church two weeks ago told me that every time he introduces himself to a Christian they always tell him of the worship leader Tim Hughes. But it was good to have Tim and Ken from ITV Bristol with us earlier this month.

2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#24 Godfirst

No internet and distant travels means that Howard has been unable to write a news post this week. However so many brilliant things have happened that I'm taking the plunge and am filling in for him (Sophie Moir) This month has seen Godfirst featured on the Evangelical Alliance's website and Howard interviewed on Star Radio.

2010-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 2010-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 2010-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#23 Godfirst

Whilst the Kelletts have been packing boxes as Naomi, myself and family move to the Shurdington Road (hopefully next week), Godfirst has met as a church for the first time outside a home.

2010-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 2010-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 2010-01-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#22 Godfirst

This last week has brought a thaw after what seems like a month of frozen conditions which brought so much to standstill. It seems that Godfirst is emerging from a similar Christmas standstill, even church plants it seems stop in the run up to the holidays.

2010-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 2010-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 2010-01-06T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#21 Godfirst

D'Fly the 3rd Space. It seems that Gloucestershire's heaviest snowfall for years on January 6th means that our first Godfirst prayer meeting of 2010 is likely to be a more exclusive event than expected.

2009-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 2009-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 2009-12-11T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#20 Godfirst

As Christmas approaches we think of Jesus "the word made flesh" but actually at the same time we are able to reflect on Godfirst moving from being simply a word to a growing community of people. We have made real progress over the last four months.

2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#19 Godfirst

Andy Allen standing in for Howard to bring you this weeks G1 (Godfirst) news feed. As the month rolled into December we had a number of Godfirst firsts to fill you all in on. It would have been easy for us to be disappointed that for the first time we didn't have anyone new checking us out for the G1 open house.

2009-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#18 Godfirst

Moving seems to be an appropriate title for the latest Godfirst news feed. We do seem to have a developing sense of momentum about the church plant. Sophie moved from Birmingham into her new flat in Overton Park on Monday.

2009-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#17 Godfirst

When God answers prayer you are not meant to say I can't believe it! But such were the apparently overwhelming odds against our boys gaining school places at a massively over-subscribed School in Cheltenham, that when we opened the letter saying we had won our school appeal, I was in floods of tears and Naomi kept saying "I can't believe it".

2009-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 2009-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#16 Godfirst

In the last nineteen days since my last news, the good news still flows. R a medical student from Christchurch London has applied to do her junior doctor years in the area.

2009-10-15T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-15T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-15T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#15 Godfirst

We have no launch team meal this Sunday, as Naomi and I are attending Newfrontiers Base Camp with 50 other potential church plant pioneers. On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, five of us gathered with 600 plus newfrontiers leaders for two days of powerful prayer and fasting.

2009-10-08T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-08T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-08T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#14 Godfirst

The week began with Andrew getting a job working with ex-offenders, we celebrated with a Tesco vouchers meal at an empty Bella Italia on the prom.

2009-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-04T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#13 Godfirst

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2009-10-02T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-02T23:00:00+00:00 2009-10-02T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#12 Godfirst

In October the Godfirst launch team will be meeting on Sunday 4th and 25th at 3pm until to around 6pm. This week Sarah is doing a chilli, and we welcoming Adam, Josh and Jana for the first time.

2009-09-21T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-21T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-21T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#11 Godfirst

Three stories from the last seven days. As P and S (sorry no names yet) were driving to Godfirst open house, their eldest daughter asks "why are we going to Cheltenham?" S replies "because we are going to meet some people who are starting a church".

2009-09-15T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-15T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-15T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#10 Godfirst

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2009-09-01T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-01T23:00:00+00:00 2009-09-01T23:00:00+00:00 http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php#1 Godfirst

We are planning our first Sunday afternoon open house with food, news update and vision from 4pm at Howard and Naomi's on 20th September.