Pill Corps Prayer Beacon of the Salvation Army (UKSW)

Notices from 28th January 2012

2012-01-26T11:51:00.001Z

Saturday 28th January - 10:00am Coffee Morning at the Hall

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND HELPERS FOR OUR COFFEE MORNINGS IF WE WANT THIS TO CONTINUE!!!

Sunday 29th January CSM Pete Brewer & Welcome Sergeant Brian Dunn will lead our meetings at 10:30am. Pete will lead our evening meeting at 6:00pm

Monday 30th January 11:00am Pete's Cell Group at Cabot Way

Tuesday 31st January 7:45am - 8:30am Prayer time at the Hall.

9:00am Little Gems - Parent and Toddlers

Wednesday 1st February 9:00am Little Gems - Parent and Toddlers

Thursday 2nd February 7:45am - 8:30am 'General's Call to Prayer' at the Hall
7:00pm Quest (Year 7 and above)

Saturday 4th 9:00am United Churches Prayer time at Christ Church

NO COFFEE MORNING ...... 11:00am SUE HOOPERS and JON HARRIS'S WEDDING

Next Sunday 5th February Majors Alan & Carol will lead our meetings at 10:30am & 6:00pm

Notices from 21st January 2012

2012-01-20T09:05:00.005Z

Saturday 21st January - 10:00am Coffee Morning at the Hall

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND HELPERS FOR OUR COFFEE MORNINGS IF WE WANT THIS TO CONTINUE!!!

Sunday 22nd January Majors Alan & Carol will lead our meetings at 10:30am & 6:00pm

Monday 23rd January 11:00am Funeral of Sarah Woodard at the Baptist Church followed by private Cremation.

Tuesday 24th January 7:45am - 8:30am Prayer time at the Hall.

9:00am Little Gems - Parent and Toddlers
11:00am Cell Group at Avon Road
7:00pm Emergency YP Meeting
8:00pm Cell Group at the Hall

Wednesday 25th January 9:00am Little Gems - Parent and Toddlers
7:30pm PEP Churches Together Meeting at Methodist Church
7:30pm Cell Group at Avon Road

Thursday 26th January 7:45am - 8:30am 'General's Call to Prayer' at the Hall
7:00pm Quest (Year 7 and above)

Saturday 28th 10:00am Coffee Morning at the SA Hall

Next Sunday 29th January CSM Pete Brewer & Welcome Sergeant Brian Dunn will lead our meetings at 10:30am. Pete will lead our evening meeting at 6:00pm

Future Meeting Themes and Prayer list

2012-01-10T10:00:00.004Z

Dates for your Diaries

4th February – Wedding of Sue Hooper and Jon Harris @ the Hall

10^th February – Pray for a Day for Bristol & Surrounding areas

11^th February – Prayer School @ Bristol Easton

14^th February – 7.30pm Corps Council

15^th February – CAMEO

25^th February – Prayer School @ Bristol Easton

26^th February - (Note change of date) MESSY CHURCH

27^th February - Churches Together Lent Evening – Christ Church

COLLECTING DAYS AT GORDANO SERVICES DURING MARCH

2^nd/3^rd – 9^th/10^th – 16^th/17^th – 23^rd/24^th

2^nd March – Women’s World Day of Prayer

6^th March - Churches Together Lent Evening – Salvation Army

9^th March – Pray for a Day – Territorial

10^th March – Prayer School @ Bristol Easton

11^th March - Dedication of Isaac Oliver Lumm

14^th March – Praise & Worship Evening at Taunton

18^th March – MESSY CHURCH

21^st March – CAMEO

24^th March – Prayer School @ Bristol Easton

25^th March – Youth Councils – Exeter

For your prayers

The continued impetus on the work at the Corps

Ruth Hollands ....... Geraldine Marshall ................ Sue Hooper and Jon

Nan Wyatt and family .... Kitty Dunne

Lilian ..... Mary (and Adrie) ..... David Plater ....... Ken Shortman

Captains Roxanne and Ionet Sandu and Karina and the Corps in Romania

Prayers for the Ramsey and Woodard families particularly this week as they have Sarahs Funeral and cremation

Please continue to pray for Margaret John's nephew Oliver who is quite poorly and facing operations and a long stay in hospital.

PRAY FOR A MIRACLE

2012-01-09T19:49:00.000Z

LATEST UPDATE From Mike Dyer Saturday 10th January 2012

PLEASE CONTINUE PRAY FOR

JACK - WHO IS 8 YEARS OLD

DIAGNOSED WITH A TUMOUR ON HIS SPINE

HIS LEGS KEEP GIVING OUT

HAS HAD CHEMO BUT CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE

ALTHOUGH INITIALLY THERE APPEARED THAT NOTHING MORE COULD BE DONE MEDICALLY, A SURGEON IN LONDON HAS OFFERED AN ELEMENT OF HOPE. BUT DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.

ONLY CHILD OF LUCY & STEVE

EMERSONS GREEN, BRISTOL

A General Call

2011-08-29T09:17:00.005+01:00

General Linda Bond is calling the Salvation Army World to Prayer, inviting each territory and command to consider committing a specific half hour between 5:00am and 8:00am every Thursday morning to Prayer. Pill Corps will be open and available for prayer between 7:45 am and 8:30am every Thursday as well a our normal Tuesday morning Prayer Time. Please see below and the Notice Board for the full Article.

A General call

Major Stephen Poxon shares news of the General’s call to prayer

THE CALL
GENERAL Linda Bond is calling the Salvation Army world to prayer! In an exciting, challenging initiative, just months into her leadership, the General is inviting each territory and command to consider committing a specific half hour between 5 am and 8 am every Thursday morning to prayer. Echoing the sentiment that ‘the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away’ (SASB 677), the Army’s international leader is hoping that prayer meetings will encircle the globe so that wherever our yellow, red and blue flag flies – and beyond – so too the prayers of Salvationists are lifted to the throne of grace.

THE CHALLENGE
The intention is that Army people of all nationalities and locations join forces in prayer internationally at least once a week. Psalm 133 speaks clearly and explicitly of the blessings of unity and we are challenged to step out together in faith, taking the Lord at his word and praying his blessing upon the Army in this special way.

God has specifically promised blessing when his people join forces and there is no reason to expect anything less than rich times of spiritual benefit. The work of The Salvation Army throughout the world will be enhanced in all kinds of ways by the faithful intercession of God’s people.

These times of prayer will include anyone who is able to support them and wishes to do so.

THE COMMITMENT
Territorial Commander Commissioner John Matear is keen that Territorial Headquarters should lead by example and to that end has arranged for the meeting room at THQ to be available for prayer between 7.30 am and 8.30 am every Thursday, commencing 1 September. This is one example of the type of arrangement that can be made in response to the General’s request. Space can be set aside in Army headquarters, halls and centres. Salvationists can open up their homes to create opportunities for praying with those who live nearby. Creative ideas are encouraged.

Individuals who are unable to be part of a wider praying group are invited to set aside a time to pray so that individual personal prayer is added to corporate prayer. No one need ever feel unable to participate simply because of geographical logistics, a lack of transport or other practical issues. Everyone who prays forms part of a wider praying group. The chain of prayer is not limited by matters of geography or circumstance.

Prayer requests can be submitted to Major Jill Miller (24-7/SA Prayer Co-ordinator, THQ) and details of people and situations in need of prayer can be shared. Major Miller is also happy to advise on prayer subjects relating to specific areas of Army life and can supply prayer leaflets outlining concerns and needs, enabling and facilitating intelligent, informed prayer. (She can be contacted by email at gillian.miller@salvationarmy.org.uk)

The international prayer meeting begins soon! This represents a fantastic opportunity for us all to share in the privilege of belonging to an Army that is moving forward on its knees.

TO CONSIDER
A further article outlining the background to this concept will appear in Salvationist’s 17 September issue. Look out for it and, meanwhile, be asking the Lord what response you and your fellowship can make to the General’s request. For the sake of the Army, for the sake of the Kingdom, the investment of 30 minutes a week is worth careful consideration.

We could do worse than to adopt song number 622 in our songbook as a ‘prayer anthem’ – ‘Bless our Army! Bless our Army! With thy power baptise us all.

Pill Corps Values

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Pill Corps Prayer

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Pill Corps Prayer

Pill is a funny name for a place. We have heard every joke about our need to keep taking the tablets and does our CSM write the announcements on tablets of stone?

One advantage of the name Pill is that it is memorable and it is our hope that once they get past the very obvious and usually tedious jokes people will then immediately make the association, "Oh that's the Corps that prays!"

The line of the song “Prayer is the Christians vital breathe” is often quoted to give weight to the vital nature of prayer for the individual but at Pill we see that this is absolutely true corporately as well. We are finding that praying together draws our own community tighter together but at the same time helps us touch a wider world.

At the Hall

In the hall there are two designated areas for prayer. The upstairs Prayer Room is usually themed and there is a quiet area set aside in the corner of the hall which is particularly useful for those who are unable to access the Prayer Room. These are available for use any time the hall is open and on request.

Daily

A Prayer List is issued quarterly and identifies a different group of people connected to the Corps to pray for each day.

Weekly

There is an early start Prayer meeting on Tuesday mornings and a Prayer Walk around the village on Wednesday evenings. These prayer meetings also provide a Prayer Shield for a group of Christians in Bristol called Peacemakers Prayer Patrol. For more information on the Prayer Patrol go to:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KZH/is_4_18/ai_n15378950/

Fortnightly

Pill is transitioning towards becoming a Cell-based Corps and prayer is at the heart of our Cell Groups which formally meet fortnightly. Prayer is essential to the worship focus of a cell group and also part of our strategy for winning the people the group know whom they long to see come to Christ.

Monthly

Prayer features strongly in all our worship meetings but one Sunday evening a month we have a Prayer Focus. Usually this involves teaching on a different aspect of prayer such as Petition or Intercession.

Bi-Monthly

Pray for a Day is a prayer initiative where the hall is open for 12 hours for folk to drop in to spend time in personal prayer and to pray for the prayer requests that have come in through email from the UKT. This ministry continues to grow each time we do it. Following the Pray for a Day, the requests are distributed to the Sunday morning congregation so that the prayer can continue after the event.

Christian Concern for our Nation

2011-08-07T19:00:00.000+01:00

Use this link to keep up to date with daily happenings in our Country at this time.

http://www.christianconcern.com/

EASY FUND RAISING for PILL CORPS

2011-08-07T17:57:00.000+01:00

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The Vision

2011-08-07T14:12:00.000+01:00

I'll Fight

2011-08-07T10:13:00.000+01:00

Pill Salvation Army Centenary 1886 - 1986

2011-06-12T19:37:00.004+01:00

October 2011 we celebrate 125 years of the Salvation Army in Pill have a look at our celebration Brochure for 100 years in 1986

https://picasaweb.google.com/102609839184002258726/PillSalvationArmyCentenary18861986?authkey=Gv1sRgCPyLypiy_s6h5wE

Welcome

2009-06-22T17:00:00.000+01:00

Hi

Well, for the time being, this is an excuse for not starting our official Web Site. However I hope it will be effective in keeping our readers up to speed with what is going on in the Corps. Although I've played around in 'Blog Space' before, I've still got a fair bit to learn. What I'm hoping is that this site will just keep you informed of what is happening and what is going to happen. I hope to make links for more specific activities later. For example a link that can be used for leaders to communicate with members of TGI, Quest, Cell Groups etc. These will not be open blogs but by invitation with a password. ........
Don't rush me. I also still want to move on with the Web Site and will be talking to some folk about that.
The advantage of this is that I can link you in to othe sites that would be useful and helpful for example Major Carol has a site as do other folk in this Corps and other Corps .................................. Watch this space!!!!