Are you passionate about reaching older people for Christ?
PARCHE (The Church in Care Homes) invites applications for a part-time Local Coordinator.
The post is for 20 hours per calendar month (flexible), and working from home.
You will need to raise the profile of PARCHE in the Eastbourne area by:

Speaking in local Church meetings and raising volunteers
Leading Basic training and Safeguarding training for all volunteer teams
Linking new teams with a local Care Home to lead a monthly time of worship
Arranging and leading local Prayer Meetings every month (to be shared with others)
Giving ongoing support and encouragement to teams
Liaising with Office Manager as necessary
Reporting to Trustees approximately every 3 months.

Full details of pay and conditions available.
Please apply to the Parche office: 01323 438527
email          info@parche.org.uk
or reply to     buddyreeve10@hotmail.co.uk

Explore A4 Overcoming Rejection & Betrayal      17-18 May

Facing rejection and betrayal can cripple our hearts and minds. It pervades many aspects of our lives as we struggle with consequential fears, insecurities and relationship problems. It can break our trust and faith in others, in ourselves and even in God, leaving us feeling isolated and insecure.

Yet, Scripture teaches us that we are unconditionally loved, accepted and a vital part of God’s family… a place where we can belong and be free to be ourselves. A sense of inadequacy, guilt or shame can hold us back from embracing these truths and we seek to protect our hearts from further rejection and betrayal.

This course will explore how rejection first came into the world and the consequences of it. We will look at how it can form distorted beliefs about our own acceptability to God, to others and even to ourselves and how God’s loving acceptance and His truth can transform our lives, bringing us to a place of assurance and peace once again.

 Find out more: https://ellel.uk/courses/listing/ellel-glyndley-manor/may-2024/explore-a4-overcoming-rejection-and-betrayal-2

Connect 2: Listening & Seeking                                                    22 May

We talk more nowadays about connection than ever before, often in terms of connecting to the internet or mobile signal. Connecting to the heart of God can have similar frustrations: lack of clarity, inability to make things work, lack of understanding and knowledge … it can all contribute to a frustrated Christian life.

Since we are made as creative beings, in the image of Creator God, creativity often allows us to connect to God in a fresh and deeper way. It isn’t about being artistic or gifted at crafts, rather it is allowing an expression of the human spirit that goes beyond the constraints of words or through life’s filters and perceptions.

Throughout this day there will be plenty of opportunity for guided and creative projects aimed at facilitating a deeper connection with God and allow Him to speak directly into your heart. Glyndley Manor runs a number of Connect courses throughout the year, each with a slightly different theme highlighted in the title.

 Find out more: https://ellel.uk/courses/listing/ellel-glyndley-manor/may-2024/connect-6/

Restoration Week 3: The Men’s Week      31 May – 6 June

Restoration Weeks are an insightful blend of teaching and ministry, designed to build you back up from a place of woundedness into renewal. Ellel Glyndley Manor runs four different Restoration Weeks every year, each having a different teaching theme woven in.

This week will take you on an adventure personally and spiritually. Suitable for younger or older men, this week aims to strengthen you as a man of God within the corrupted world we find ourselves in. The course seeks to help answer questions most men don’t usually have the opportunity to ask. Relevant male issues are covered across teaching sessions on topics such as headship, the call to manhood, overcoming sexual temptation, the godly expression of emotions, including anger, and restoration from failure. This special Men’s Week will include times of teaching, creativity, fellowship and personal confidential prayer for those who would like it.

Find out more: https://ellel.uk/courses/listing/ellel-glyndley-manor/may-2024/restoration-week-3-the-mens-week/

Next month (24^th – 26^th May), Crowhurst Christian Healing Centre (CCHC) are holding a Healing Encounters Weekend.  The weekend is for those who are seeking to facilitate a deeper personal encounter with the Lord who heals.  The Healing Encounters Weekend encourages and helps participants to journey with the Lord using one of the gospel accounts of Jesus healing.  Over the weekend guests will have opportunities to apply the gospel story in their own lives and meet with the Lord in a healing encounter, which can happen in a variety of ways.  Prices include full board accommodation at our peaceful healing and retreat Centre in the East Sussex countryside.  Crowhurst train station is on the Hastings to Charring Cross line and CCHC is a 5 minute walk from the station.

There are a handful of places left on our May weekend (24th – 26th) and plenty of places left on our August (9th -11th) and November (8th – 10th) weekends.  Please book via the website https://www.crowhursthealing.org.uk/retreat.php?retreat=821or call us on 01424 830204.

Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June

6-8.30pm – Prophetic for All

‘Are you curious about the prophetic? Wondering how it can impact your life? This event is designed to bring together people from all walks of life who are interested in exploring the prophetic realm.

You’ll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and be encouraged as you hear stories of how the prophetic has touched lives and brought transformation.

River of Life Church, St Barnabas, Langney

There are also daytime events for Church leaders and those seeking further understanding – see below

At Prophetic for ALL, you’ll also have the chance to participate in interactive sessions where you can receive personal prophetic words and insights. It’s a unique opportunity to gain clarity, direction, and encouragement for your own journey.’

Friday 7th June 10-4pm – Leaders Day
‘As leaders how do we steward the prophetic gifts in our churches?’ ‘How do we nurture and mentor the prophets in our midst?’How do we fit together as apostles, pastors, teachers, evangelists and prophets? Come and be encouraged as Rebecca unpacks how we can grow together, strengthening and releasing the prophetic voices, working together for the building up of the body of Christ in love.

Join us for a time of prophetic equipping and leadership sharpening with Rebecca King, senior leader of Invictus Prophetic Global, who has a long-established call to nurture prophets and build people with Godly character in the Ekklesia.

Rebecca and team will be pointing us to the ways of Jesus in all things, whilst speaking into the times we are in and equipping us to be overcomers and Kingdom builders together. She will teach on how prophets work together with apostles, pastors, teachers and evangelists and there will be plenty of chance to interact and ask questions.

ALL leaders are welcome, whether you are a senior apostle, pastor, youth leader or childrens worker.’

Saturday 8th June 10-4pm – Intensive day for prophets & watchmen
‘Join us for a time of prophetic teaching and activation with Rebecca King, senior leader of Invictus Prophetic Global, who has a long-established call to nurture prophets and prophetic people and build people with Godly character in the Ekklesia.

Rebecca and team will bring an understanding of the times we are in prophetically and work with you to  bring sharpening, direction, teaching, equipping and exhortation to you i- helping to  build and shape your character into that of a prophet that will be able to stand firm in this season.

There may be a shedding of some unnecessary baggage and a mindset shift involved – but we are used to that, aren’t we?’

Tickets for all these events are here – Discover Invictus Prophetic Global Events & Activities in London, United Kingdom | Eventbrite

Immediately after the Bandstand service there will be baptisms in the sea.  Following that the Prayer Walk around the circumference of Eastbourne will set off, walking along the seafront to Holywell Spring and then up the hill to Beachy Head (those unable to walk can catch the open top bus and join the walkers at the top.)

If you would like to join the walkers for the whole week or for any part of the route, please use our Sign up sheet for circuit walk[12404] Please fill in and return it as indicated on the sheet.

We look forward with anticipation and faith as we progress through 2024, uniting together to pray over our town and area.  ‘Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell together in unity.  It’s like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon Aaron’s beard and down his garments.  It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon, the mountains of Zion.  There the Lord commands the blessing – life for evermore’.  Just as we experienced when we prayed together at Victoria on Sunday 17th March!  Jesus told us that when only two or three gather together in his name, he will be present with them and hear their prayer of agreement – how much more when we gather in our hundreds …

With our blessings,

John and Yvonne Pressdee, Les and Judith Moir, Bill and Linda Owen and Martyn and Sue Relf

In the centre of Eastbourne, sits Holy Trinity Church, which this year hosts an exciting weekend of events on the 15th and 16th of June. Following last year’s very successful Celebration in Flowers held to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation, this year the church invites you to come along and enjoy Songs of Praise, celebrating with 15 carefully chosen songs and hymns imaginatively and creatively illustrated in flowers.

Alongside the flower festival there will be a variety of events appealing to a large number of people – so that there’s something for everyone:

From 10am until 4pm on Saturday, Eastbourne’s very popular Pop-Up Market will appear in the Hall, with up to 40 stalls showcasing a vibrant and diverse range of local sellers and small businesses, including local car boot sellers, handmade crafts, antiques, collectables and jewellery.

On Saturday evening, Noteworthy Voices, the very popular East Sussex chamber choir will be entertaining us with an evening of beautiful music, including arrangements of many of our illustrated hymns, and a glass of wine (by donation) to be enjoyed in the interval.

On Sunday morning the church is inviting everyone to their 10:30 service to celebrate together, as they sing many of the songs and hymns, and to hear speaker Bishop Julian Henderson, the retired Bishop of Blackburn, thanking God for his beautiful creation and our place within it.

At 3pm on Sunday afternoon, Eastbourne Silver Band will be leading a rousing celebration of both their repertoire and more of the illustrated hymns, with cream teas on sale and a wonderful afternoon’s entertainment together bringing the weekend to a close.

Everyone is welcome throughout the weekend with a children’s trail, disabled access, refreshments on sale and free parking (for the church events) in Eastbourne’s town centre.