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Getting Connected

(Small groups; Ministry teams;

Outreach & Prayer triplets)

Autumn

2019

Sept—Dec

Autumn Term 2019 Small Groups

Whether you’re new to Bristol Vineyard or have been part of the

church for a while, small groups are a great way to connect with the

community and feel ‘part of the family’. It is a good way to meet new

people, have fellowship together and grow as a disciple of

Jesus.

We try to offer a selection of small groups that cover a range of

themes, meeting on different days/times so that hopefully there is

something for everyone.

The groups run for 12 weeks. Your group leader will confirm a start

date for the group but groups are due to begin w/c Monday 16th

September 2019 and end w/c Monday 2nd December 2019.

This brochure gives details of all the groups starting in Spring 2019

and you can reserve a place right now! Decide which group you

would like to join and then either sign up from Sunday 1st Septem-

ber onwards at church, contact Karin in the church office on

0117 373 1414 or email [email protected] to book your

place. It’s first-come, first-served.

• Sign up closes on Sunday 15th September 2019

Thank you once again to everyone who has volunteered to lead a

group. The system only works because of all the time and energy you

give.

Other ways to get involved There are lots of other ways that you can also get involved in the

BV community and feel ‘part of the family’.

• Serving—there are plenty of different serving opportunities

both on a Sunday and throughout the week. Joining a team is a

really great way to meet others in the church, grow in your

discipleship and use your gifts to serve God and his people.

• Prayer triplets—meeting together with two others to pray,

read the bible and share what God is doing in your life is a

fantastic way to grow in faith and discipleship and to develop

deeper relationships with others.

If you are not yet in a prayer triplet then please contact Simon

at [email protected] and he can give you more detailed

guidelines and support in finding people.

• Area groups—have you thought about getting together

with other people that live nearby to pray together for your

local community? It could be quite informal—meeting once

every two weeks or once a month in the evening as adults or

perhaps during the day with families involved too…..

Get in touch with [email protected] if you have any

questions about this.

Name of Group: Prayer, Chat, Bible Meditation and Cake

(and maybe some colouring!)

Group Leaders: Emily Henderson & Emma Drewett

Who is it for?: Anyone—adult focus but small people are welcome

to join us

Day of week and time: Fridays every other week. AM or lunchtime TBC

Venue: Lockleaze/Horfield

Capacity: 9 adults plus add-ons!

We'll be reading and meditating on some of the Psalms, praying for each other, chatting, sharing life, tea and cake and doing a bit of Art jour-naling/colouring etc. It will be pretty relaxed and informal – young children are welcome but we won’t have any specific activities for them to do as the focus will be having fellowship together.

For more information please email [email protected]

Name of Group: Film & Beer

Group Leader: Phil Henderson

Who is it for: Anyone

Day of week and time: Thursdays 8pm every other week

Venue: Various

Capacity: 8

Let's meet up and watch some films, have some beers and eat some snacks. We

can decide what to watch week by week and can rotate around people’s houses

or go to the cinema some weeks if people would prefer.

An easy-going group designed to hang out and get to know one another better.


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AU19B

Name of Group: Sew and pray for the persecuted

church

Group Leader: Laurette Churchill

Who is it for?: Anyone

Day of week and time: Wednesday or Thursday TBC @

8pm

Venue: Downend

Capacity: 10

We will meet to create fabric squares to add to the Open Doors handmade petition high-

lighting the plight of Christian women around the World who are persecuted for both their

faith and gender. The fabric squares need to be sent to Open Doors by 14th October so we

will meet for 3 weeks, end of Sept-beginning of Oct.

Each square should be decorated with the phrase, ‘I SEE YOU’ inspired by the story of Ha-

gar. You don’t need great sewing skills; fabric pens are also fine.

We will be praying for the persecuted church.

More information can be found at http://www.opendoorsuk.org/act/see-change/

handmade-petition/


Name of Group: Stewardship—Do we manage God’s re-

sources in a way that glorifies him?

Group Leader: Madeleine MacKay

Who is it for?: Everyone

Day of week and time: Wednesdays 7.30pm for 7.45pm starting 18th

September and running fortnightly

Venue: Fishponds Capacity: 9

During this group we will look at Stewardship, Genesis chapter 1v26 says, Then God said ‘let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all creation that moves along the ground’. We will look at our responsibility as Christians for the world we live in and its people, in-cluding Climate change, pollution, biodiversity, and how our lifestyles impact on ourselves, our community, and the world.

For more information please email

[email protected] AU19D

AU19C

Name of Group: Running Club

Group Leaders: Ralph & Rach Davis

Who is it for?: For adults who have a current interest in run-

ning, who either run 10K+ regularly or can comfortably run

6-8K and would like to maintain but increase this distance

over the winter months. You will need running shoes and a

head torch and a sense of adventure.

Day of week and time: Alternate Thursdays 7.15pm

Venue: 9 Court Road to start with, then various locations

Capacity: No limit

To encourage each other in the pursuit of maintaining 'fitness' whilst extending our own personal distance goals. Exploring different routes both locally as well as some country runs starting from different points. After we finish we sometimes grab a drink at the local pub and we even grab a bite to eat. Yes we pray, a good chance to have a breather and focus on our amazing God and every 5ish weeks we will meet not to run but simply worship and pray.

That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time where running allows you to see how wonderful your life is and who you are in God... Come and join us.


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Name of Group: North Somerset House Group

Group Leaders: Matt & Rachel Fowler


Day of week and time: To be confirmed but likely x 1 Saturday

teatime per month & x 1 Weds eve per month

Venue: Barrow Gurney Capacity: Unlimited

This will be a regular House Group probably starting off by sharing some

teaching from New Wine and we will worship and pray together.


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Name of Group: The Marriage Course

Group Leaders: Rachel and Ralph Davis

Who is it for?:

Day of week and time: Alternate Thursdays @ 7.30pm for a

7.45pm start

Venue: TBC

Capacity: No limit

Are you married or in a long term relationship? - then this is for you. We are running an eight week course to explore all aspects of relationships based on the HTB marriage course and the book created for connections by Dr Sue Johnson. The course will be fort-nightly giving us all time to think and practice some of the skills that come out of our dis-cussions during the sessions. We will have opportunities to share our stories with each other and more importantly talk to your partner in a focused way. We will worship, eat pudding and support each other as we allow God to establish his Kingdom in our relation-ships to see transformation. If you are like me (Ralph) this is probably not what you would choose to do and probably your partner is really keen, so if nothing else come and support me!


Name of Group: Yarn

Group Leaders: Sheilah Edwards & Angela Avent


Day of week and time: Mondays 2pm

Venue: Downend

Capacity: limited to 2 further members as an ongoing group

We will be swapping stories with each other (Chatting), Telling Bible stories (Watching New Wine DVD's plus) And only some of us will knit or crotchet or other things with yarn!!

The group will include Bible studies and prayer at the end with a brief slot for Wor-ship. Plus we’ll be eating lots of cake if you want to and drinking tea or coffee etc.


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Serving @

There are LOTS of different ways to help serve and

use your gifts at Bristol Vineyard.

Why not have a go for a week or two to see if you enjoy

being part of the team? If you find something you are

passionate about, then go for it. Here is a list of all the

different opportunities available. Please email

[email protected] for more information.

The teams with stars next to them are really short

on support and would love new people to join

them!

Name of Team: Projector Team

Group Leader: John Trotter

What is involved? Can you work PowerPoint, follow the service and the

songs to change the slides at the right time?

Day of week and time: Sunday mornings 9.30—12

Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Sound team

Group Leader: Charlie Groves

What is involved? Do you love music? Could

you come early to help set up the sound desk

and be there while the band practise?

Day of week and time: Sunday mornings 8.30—12.30

Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Worship band

Group Leader: Charlie Groves

What is involved? Can you sing or play an

instrument? Get in touch with Charlie if you

would like to join one of the worship bands


Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Set up/set down

Group Leader: Mark Hoskins

What is involved? Can you get to church early to set up the chairs, put the

signs down by the gates, set up the welcome desks and move tables in the

café area?


Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Welcome Team

Group Leader: Karin Bray/Ian Nelson

What is involved? Can you welcome people as

they arrive at church? Give out bulletins,

make newcomers feel welcome and at the

end of the service stand near the welcome area to answer any questions

people may have?


Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Hospitality

Group Leader: Helen Allcutt

What is involved? Can you serve cups of tea and

coffee? Help welcome people to church? You need

to be able to arrive earlier to help set up the tables

and drinks/food etc.

Day of week and time: Sunday mornings 9.30—

12.30

Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Big Kids Worship bands

Group Leader: Leia Alston

What is involved? Can you sing or play an

instrument? Get in touch with Leia if you would

like to help lead worship for the Big Kids


Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Mini/Tiny kids

Group Leader: Carol Robinson

What is involved? Can you welcome little people and play with bricks or

playdough, hand out snacks and water and read a bible story? If so Mini

and Tiny kids would love to have you! It’s good fun and a lovely way to

share Jesus’ love with our littlest members. No expertise required just a

good smile and ability to play! (All plans etc. are provided)


Venue: Fairfield

KIDS @

Name of Team: Big Kids

Group Overseer: Emily Henderson

What is involved? Can you play games or help make a craft? Can you join

in with kids worship and with the activities for the morning? Again it’s a

great opportunity to have fun and see God working in the lives of our

young people. Why not come along and see what its like for yourself?


Venue: Fairfield

Name of Team: Youth

Group Overseer: Emily Henderson

What is involved? Can you chat to teenagers and share life with them?

We play games, do some bible studies, prayer etc. We generally try to

learn more about Jesus and have fun hanging out together. You could

join our team or maybe come for a one off session to share something

that you are passionate about e.g. outreach, prayer etc.


Saturday evenings 6.30—8pm

Venue: Eastville

Youth @

Outreach teams @

Name of Team: Healing on the streets HOTS

Group Leader: Eric Anderson

What is involved? A team from Bristol Vineyard offers a drop

-in prayer opportunity once a fortnight on the Gloucester Road, the main

shopping street leading north from Bristol city centre. Would you like to

pray for healing for folks living in our local area?

Day of week and time: Saturday mornings 10.45am-1pm

Venue: Gloucester Rd

Name of Team: Older People’s Tea Party

Group Leader: Karin Bray/ Claire Nelson

What is involved? Once a month we host an

afternoon tea party for the elderly. This provides

an opportunity for those who may be lonely and

isolated, to experience love and community. Can you come and help

serve a cup of tea or just chat, maybe sing some songs?

Or you could just help make a cake once a month! :-)

Day of week and time: Sunday afternoons 2.30 -5pm

Venue: Eastville

Name of Team: Wild Goose

Acting Coordinator: Julie Cole but position is available

What is involved? The Wild Goose drop-in centre provides free hot

meals, shower facilities, clothing and toiletries four days a week and an

evening meal six nights a week for those in extreme poverty and need. A

Bristol Vineyard team regularly helps provide the evening meal.

Day of week and time: Monday evenings every other week

Early shift: 6.45pm—9pm, Late shift: 7.45pm—10.30pm

Venue: Crisis centre ministries, 32 Stapleton Road. See their website:

https://www.crisis-centre.org.uk/content/wild-goose

Focus on: The Wild Goose

If you’re looking to get more involved in our church community,

volunteering at the Wild Goose is a great option to consider. The Wild

Goose Café is a homeless drop-in centre run by Crisis Centre Ministries

which provides support and free hot meals for the homeless and

vulnerable in our city six nights a week. The Goose is mainly staffed by

volunteers from churches across the city who work in teams to meet the

needs of the guests who come through the doors.

We help to run the Café on every other Monday evening, and we split the

evening into two shifts. Those keen to help with prep work can choose the

early shift starting at 6:45pm. The role of those on the early shift normally

includes making a fruit salad and cutting up cakes and pastries to serve on

plates before the guests arrive, and then joining up with the rest of the

team who arrive at 7:45pm to start serving food to those in need. The

doors open at 8pm, before which there is a short briefing about tasks that

need to be done, the different roles of our team members, followed by a

time of prayer.

The cooking is done in advance by the chef, so all we need to do is serve

the people coming in. We usually serve two or three different main

courses, there is a station for tea and coffee and an area where fruit and

desserts are given out. Sometimes we also have sandwiches to give out

which takes place at 9pm. This is also roughly the time when the early

shift volunteers start making their way home. There are lots of

opportunities to interact with the guests whilst serving them or collecting

plates and mugs to be washed, and most people are very kind and

appreciative of receiving some care and attention.

However, if this seems a bit daunting, there are other opportunities to

help that require less interaction with the guests, so everyone can find

something they feel comfortable doing. After cleaning and tidying up, the

Wild Goose closes at around 10pm. The team are very friendly and

welcoming, and volunteering at the Goose is a great way to form deeper

relationships with those on the team whilst caring for and showing love to

people who are often overlooked.

Spring 2020:

• Groups will begin w/c 14th January 2020

• If you are interested in running a group from January 2020,

please contact the church office on 0117 373 1414 or email

[email protected] with your ideas by Sunday 19th

November 2019

• The Spring brochure will be available on Sunday 2nd De-

cember 2020 and you will be able to sign-up from this date

• Sign-up closes on Monday 13th January 2020

• Groups will end w/c 1st April 2020

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