Dear Friends,

What gives us confidence to keep speaking about Jesus?

This Sunday we’re continuing in Acts, looking at chapter 5:17–42. It’s a wonderful and challenging passage. The apostles are arrested, threatened, and told to stop speaking in Jesus’ name. But God opens the prison doors and sends them straight back out with this command: “Go, stand in the temple courts, and tell the people all about this new life.”

The huge encouragement for us is that the good news of Jesus is not a man-made idea that will eventually fizzle out. It is God’s unstoppable message of new life. Jesus is alive, he is saving people, and he is still worth speaking about today.

So please do join us this Sunday as we hear God’s word together, and ask him to fill us with fresh confidence in the risen Lord Jesus.

We meet this coming Sunday at St Nicholas Alfold.

8.30am | BCP Holy Communion
10am | Morning Worship | with groups for the kids & coffee afterwards.

Everyone is welcome & we’d love to see you!

With love in Christ,

Revd. James Forward

Read on Below the Line!

Bring & Share BBQ

The Rectory BBQ is happening on Sunday 6th September after our morning services. Everyone is invited! James and Katie will provide the grill space and the sausages, but please sign up to bring other things to BBQ, salads, drinks etc. The sign up sheet can be found at the back of church.

Book for the Summer - God’s Big Picture

As in previous years, Pilgrim Groups are going to take a pause over the Summer Holidays. Instead we are going to recommend a book for us all to read together.

This year it’s God’s Big Picture, by Vaughn Roberts. Reading and understanding the Bible as a whole.

The books will be available to pick up at the back of church on Sunday for £7 each.

Little Angels

Our group for parents and toddlers to learn and play is taking a break over the summer. We start back up again on Thursday 10th of September in Loxwood Church 10-11.30am. All are welcome!

Pilgrim Groups

Pilgrim Groups are a place of deeper fellowship, where we support one another in prayer, and go deeper into God's word together. If you are not already in a Pilgrim Group and would like to join one, please email Richard Allan or speak to him in church. richard@alflox.org

Prayer Central

Our 1st Wednesday of the month Prayer Meeting is coming up next on Wednesday 5th August. We will meet in Alfold Church Room. We meet at 7.30pm for refreshments, 8pm to sing and pray, and we always finish by 9pm. There is never an obligation to pray out loud. God hears the prayer of our hearts just as well! Please do join us.

Year of Prayer

Psalm 127 says ‘Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.’ Monday Morning | Alfold or Loxwood Church Room | 9am-Midday | Drop in Drop Out | Come and pray for God to build.