Thank you to those who attended the recent The Word One to One training event.

The team would love to hear your feedback. They would really appreciate it if you could please spare a couple of minutes to fill in this form.

If you haven’t done so already, you can also connect with The Word One to One ministry at www.theword121.com/eastbourne

By doing that, you’ll receive:

• An email to help you get started with information on:
  

• • how to get the books, including the free online versions and
    
  • an online version of the Getting Started booklet, in case you didn’t get your hands on one at the event.
    

• The occasional email with news and updates from the ministry as well as tips and encouraging stories of people sharing God’s Word around the world.

Kings Church/Centre has an exciting employment opportunity. We are looking to recruit an apprentice to serve on our staff team.

Key details

30 hours per week – salary £8,236 per annum

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Key tasks

1. Dealing with initial letting enquiries
2. Dealing with church members and ministry groups room requirements.
3. Communicating with clients and building positive relationships with them.
4. Ensuring enquiries are followed up in a timely manner.
5. Inputting and retrieving information using a database.
6. Producing mail merge and spreadsheet reports.
7. Produce forecasts reports, and event packs.
8. Setting up technical equipment for events and conferences.
9. Ordering and rotation of stock.
10. Offering practical support at larger events.
11. Ensuring excellent client experience.

Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship is offered though East Sussex College.

The Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship has been designed to develop an employee’s skills, knowledge and behaviours in a broad range of areas relevant to their role as an administrator. Employees on this apprenticeship programme will be expected to show initiative, manage priorities and their own time, problem-solve and make decisions while delivering their responsibilities efficiently and with integrity – showing a positive attitude. The role involves demonstrating strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and adopting a proactive approach to developing skills. Running a work-based project is required as part of this apprenticeship.

Learners will study the following topics:

• Using IT systems to write emails, create proposals and produce spreadsheets
• Maintaining records and files
• How to build positive working relationships
• Communications skills
• Resource planning
• Project management techniques

Qualifications/Certification gained on completion:

• Apprenticeship Certificate (Pass or Distinction)
• Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Business Administration (optional)
• Level 2 Functional Skills English and Maths (equivalent to GCSE grade A-C or level 9-4) unless exempt.

Applicants must be 19 years or older. All learners will be required to complete an English and Maths initial assessment prior to the apprenticeship. This is a 100% worked-based position.

If you are interested in this employment opportunity, then please contact monica.wrafter@kings-centre.co.uk for further details.

Victoria Baptist church are hosting a service for Hope Lebedyn a local charity that supports a mission centre and church in Lebedyn eastern Ukraine. It is the first anniversary of the war. We will hopefully be linking up with the team from Lebedyn via zoom. It will be a time of prayer, worship and thanksgiving for the way God has provided for the church and grown the work since the war began.
Please can you advertise the service on your regular email to people.

Date is 25th February @4pm tea and cake, 4.30pm service

Contact: Peter Martin
Peter.Martin@hopelebedyn.org
Jez@victoriabaptist.org.Uk

We’re looking to expand our Eastbourne CAP Debt Centre. After a successful first 2 years, we are now recruiting for a CAP Debt Coach to join the team. We would be especially interested in applications from members of other churches in Eastbourne.

All the details are here: https://www.victoriabaptist.org.uk/church-life/christians-against-poverty/ and I’d be happy to chat further.

Helen Diplock

Most of the Eastbourne Churches will be familiar with the work of Sanctuary Cafe over the past 6 years – ie supporting Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and other immigrants who are in Eastbourne.

However, the ministry has grown considerably in recent months – we are now a registered ‘Community Interest Company’ (The Sanctuary, Eastbourne CIC) in our own right (ie no longer a ministry under the umbrella of Kings Church, Hampden Park, to whom we remain very grateful for all their support in enabling us to become established and to grow in line with the need), and the use of 4 hotels in Eastbourne by the Home Office for currently over 300 asylum seekers has added new challenges, in terms of the increased numbers of people we now serve, and to our endeavours to help meet their needs. One consequence has been that we have needed to separate off the English Language Classes, previously held as part of our Friday drop-in at All Souls Church, and these are now held on Thursdays at The Way (formerly the Christian Resource Centre, on Seaside Road), and also at the Eastbourne Library.

We see an average of 60 guests at the Thursday English Language Classes, and from 80-100+ at the Friday drop-in. Eighteen months ago, the number was closer to 20/25!

We have been privileged to refer a number of our guests to Eastbourne Churches (and had the joy of attending some subsequent baptisms!), and we have provided many Farsi Bibles, and other Christian literature, to our Afghan and Iranian guests.

My purpose in writing to you is to say we would love the opportunity to share, for five or ten minutes – perhaps during morning church Services – and bring the local churches up-to-date regarding this unique and challenging ministry. Any church interested can contact me at <gahorsnell@hotmail.com> or on 07484 152210, and I’ll be delighted to arrange for myself, or one of our other directors, to come.

Every blessing

Graham Horsnell
Director
The Sanctuary, Eastbourne

Several local churches are joining forces to host a day of prayer for Eastbourne.

They will use this time as an opportunity to build the momentum of gathering to worship and pray as they prepare for the Thy Kingdom Come event planned for Eastbourne seafront later in the year. This initial day together will be followed by joint prayer meetings once a month, with a different church hosting each time, between now and May in anticipation of Thy Kingdom Come.