Godfirst :: News http://www.godfirst.org.uk/news.php 2010-09-10T02:36:29+00:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2 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.