Prayer & Fasting

 

Dear church family

As we draw to the end of our first week of prayer and fasting, I would like to congratulate you on reaching this milestone!  For those who are not fasting, please try to increase the frequency of your usual prayer life and use Mark's email to guide you on what to pray.

We had a great response to our first 'Word and Waiting' evening, so a huge thanks to all who braved the icy conditions.  We prayed into Joshua 1 where God urges Joshua three times to 'be strong and courageous'.  He also promised 'I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you...for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go'. As we step into new things this year, there may naturally be some trepidation BUT we have a God who promises to stay close as we enlarge our comfort zone by pushing forward anyway.  We received several prophetic words and scripture passages including Deut. 5:32, Psalms 1, 61 and 119:105.  We were encouraged to keep going and trust in the Lord.  He is our protector and provider, if God has called us into something, he has gone before us and will be with us.  Do not turn to the right or the left as God has put forward his promises, so our part is to trust and obey.  Come along next week as Katie will be leading us to soak in the word and wait on God together.

Our final week of prayer and fasting coincides with the Churches Together week of prayer and unity, so please do try to attend some of the prayer events happening that week at other Ashford churches (listed below).  The final celebration prayer and worship event will be hosted here at New Wells Ashford, so please do come to that too.

'But you dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.'    (Jude verses 20-21)
Much Love

Paula x


SUNDAY GATHERING 10:30AM Join us in person this Sunday as we continue our series  'Apprentices of the Kingdom' or join us online: https://youtu.be/Nr2Y2a96_lo



PRAYER & FASTING | 5th - 25th January
As a church we have felt the call to consecrate ourselves to God (Joshua 3:5) as we begin the year. For more information on how to best walk this out and some simple prayer points, please see Marks email 'prayer and fasting in January: A call to consecration'.



WORD & WAITING PRAYER MEETING | Wednesdays 7:30pm | New Wells Ashford
Join us as we seek what God is saying at the start of this year for a simple time of reading and meditating on the Bible and listening to what He is saying for us and our community.



POWER HOUR | Thursday 15th January 8pm | New Wells Ashford
Come along to our regular whole church prayer event where we will continue our focus on prayer and fasting for January.


CHURCHES TOGETHER ASHFORD | WEEK OF PRAYER
Please see the above opportunity to join with other churches in Ashford to pray for Christian unity and the Quiet Revival.  There is a prayer event every day that week and below is more information about the Men's Prayer Breakfast and the Prayer and Worship Event which will be hosted at New Wells Ashford.



CHURCHES TOGETHER ASHFORD | Men's Prayer Breakfast | Saturday 24th January | Ashford Baptist Church | £10 pp
To book tickets click here
All attendees will receive a reminder email two days prior to the event with parking information.



CHURCHES TOGETHER ASHFORD | Prayer & Worship | New Wells Ashford 7pm
Celebrate the culmination of our three weeks of prayer and fasting by joining with other churches in Ashford to pray, share communion and praise the Lord together.  


LADIES BREAKFAST | Saturday 31st January 9am | New Wells Brabourne | £8pp
Come and enjoy a lovely cooked breakfast and to hear our very own lovely Leila Maqtan speak on 'Togetherness - serving the women of the Roma communities in Romania'
Numbers are limited, to book your place, please email:  val_geoff@btopenworld.com



Word & Waiting | Wednesday 14th & 21st January | Ashford site
Power Hour | Thursday 15th January 8pm | Ashford site
Host Training | Tuesday 20th January 7pm | Ashford site
Men's Prayer Breakfast | Saturday 24th January | Ashford Baptist Church
Reverb | Tuesday 27th January 1:30pm | Brabourne site
Ladies Breakfast | Saturday 31st January 8:30am for 9am | Brabourne site
Young Adults | Saturday 31st January 7-9pm | Ashford site


Sparks / Flames / Firestarters | Sunday mornings | Side Hall & The Well | Age 0-3, 3-6, 7-10
Blaze | Sunday mornings upstairs in The Well | Years 6-8
Ignite | Friday | 7-9pm | Main worship space | Years 7-13
Furnace | Mondays | 7-9pm | Moyles' manse | Years 9-13
The Well | Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays | 9am-12pm
Tots @ The Well | Mondays 9-10am & 10:30am
Crafty Cuppa | Thursdays every other week | In The Well | 2-4pm
Power Hour | Whole church prayer and worship meeting | Thursdays every other week | 8pm
Brabourne Craft Group | Fourth Thursday of the month | 10am - 1pm | Brabourne Church
Renew Wellbeing | Tuesdays in The Well | 2-4pm
Reverb | midweek service every fourth Tuesday in the month | Brabourne | 1:30pm
Prayer | Before our Sunday service | front of church | 9:45am - all welcome!
Facebook prayers | Mon - Fri 8am | facebook.com/wbc.ashford
Early Morning Prayers | Wednesday mornings | 6:30am | Join here: www.willesboroughbaptist.church/prayer