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Sheffield: Something for everyone
What goes on at the Sheffield Jesus Centre?Published: 5th Sep 2016
THEY say that a Stitch in Time saves nine. Join Lois and her team for a knitting and stitching group in the Parlour Café on Wednesdays from 11am – 1pm. It’s a great space for chatting and getting to know new people.
For parents with young children, Stepping Stones provides a big space for the kids to run around and play, while Harriet and a group of mums are there for support. Come along to make friends and have fun, on Fridays, 10am - 12 noon.
The busy men’s breakfast: Fuel Stop, is a place to eat together and discuss spiritual issues with guys of varying backgrounds and viewpoints. We’ve either experienced the grace of God, or are open to...
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Coventry: Painting by numbers
Who said “church” was just a Sunday thing? Coventry Jesus Centre manager, Piers Young paints a picture of a busy Friday at the Jesus Centre.Published: 26th Sep 2012
I COULDN’T help being impressed by how much went on here last Friday.
Julia, our skills tutor, ran a new “The Bible and You” class in the Bridge drop-in lounge with a keen group. It’s a group that combines teaching literacy with exploring the Bible.
“Little Ark” mums and tots converted the Gateway hall into a big play room with pushalong toys, craft activities, and chatting mums filling the space.
Reception dealt with a stream of enquiries. Support workers plied their trade of mercy.
Iain, who runs our self-development and confidence building activities under the banner “Your Future”, took some people to Ryton Pools to do conservation work.
The “...
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Sheffield: Full steam ahead
Viv Callard reports on the progress toward opening a fourth Jesus Centre in Sheffield.Published: 26th Sep 2011
WORK steams ahead on the Sheffield Jesus Centre!
Despite a number of setbacks and delays (the snow over Christmas included), the contractors should be handing over the completed site to the local congregation at the beginning of June. Then it will be all hands on deck for setting up and arranging desks and office chairs, wheeling in filing cabinets, stocking up the freezers for the café, making sure there’s an adequate supply of paper clips on the help desk and so on.
The excitement is growing, and people are seeing where they fit in, and getting creative with ideas for services to offer. More importantly though, we’re allowing it to intrude on our lives and we're being a bit inconvenienced by it all...
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