Elim Church Crawley

CAP Christmas Hampers 2023
This year's CAP hamper appeal is coming up. And we would love you to be involved in helping to bless our clients & their families. If you can donate a whole hamper and make it then please sign up using this link: https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/r8aq9mv0

We understand that not everyone can. If you are donating just a few items then drop those of to church anytime and turn up on the 16th December at 10am to help us pack.

If you want to help with the client event then please see Rachel.

Check out this weeks e-News - 4th December -

Check out this weeks e-News - 4th December Hello  Welcome to December and our build-up to Christmas. In the Sundays ahead, our theme will be 'Home For Christmas.' And we started this theme yesterday by preaching on the Trinity & God's home. That God is Father, Son & Holy Spirit. And that makes God personal & relatable.  This helps ...

Home For Christmas Notes: God's Home In Trinity -

Home For Christmas Notes: God's Home In Trinity The language of Father & Son particularly resonates with us as Familia terms. These are personal names that we can relate to, grasp and understand.

We started our “Home For Christmas” series by exploring God’s home in Trintiy. That God is Father who loves His Son and gives that love through the Spirit for eternity. And we are invite to belong as His children.

You can catch up here:

FULL Service - Jamie Lavery - Home For Christmas - 03/12/2023 Join with Elim Church Crawley as we gather in God's presence, in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit, as the church of Jesus in worship. To praise, to ...

Our Christmas Craft Fayre is open today. 10:30am - 4pm.

We will have many local crafters displaying handmade items which will make brilliant Christmas gifts or just soak up the festive atmosphere and enjoy some coffee & refreshments with others.

Check out this weeks e-News - 27th November -

Check out this weeks e-News - 27th November Hello  Yesterday Rachel shared with us God's compassion for others and our role in displaying and participating in that as we partner with God in what He is doing, especially for the poor. The challenge in that is that we need God's compassion. If God never showed us any compassion, care o...

Home For Christmas

Tomorrow is our next Selah night, an evening of worship & ministry. No sign up, just turn up.

Saturday 2nd December
Come along to our annual Craft Fayre on Saturday 2nd December. We will have many crafters displaying handmade items which will make brilliant Christmas gifts or just soak up the festive atmosphere and enjoy some coffee & refreshments with others.

Our next baptisms will be Sunday 10th December. Our exploring baptism class to prepare believers for baptism will be next Tuesday 28th November at 7:45pm.

If you haven't yet been baptised, follow this link to sign up: https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/li2wtsvw

Check out this weeks e-News - 20th November -

Check out this weeks e-News - 20th November Hello  Yesterday, Pete Read spoke to us from Philippians 3 with the challenge of these words. "I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus." Christ has taken hold of us. He has gripped us. He has secured us in Him. And from there, we press i...

Thank you Elim Crawley. ❤️

This morning we gather for worship, to sing praise, pray, share communion and we are joined by Pete Read who will share Gods words with us. Pete is an Elim minister and Vice-principal of Regents Theological College. Where he also oversees the church leadership track.

Our next week of prayer will take place in early January. The dates for these gatherings are already on our webpage. Why don't you have a look an make prayer an early priority in 2024.

Partnership is the formal membership process of belonging to Elim Church Crawley and the wider Elim Pentecostal Church in the UK & Ireland.

During our Partnership evening, we will explore the roots that shape us, the convictions that hold us, the vision that guides us, the values that shape us, and the commitment that partnership requires from us.

If you count Elim Crawley as your home church, we encourage you to join us for this evening's exploring partnership.

Sign up: https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/qjtlzxmv

Our next baptisms will be Sunday 10th December. Our exploring baptism class to prepare believers for baptism will be Tuesday 28th November at 7:45pm.

If you haven't yet been baptised, follow this link to sign up: https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/li2wtsvw

This Sunday, we are joined by Pete Read. Pete is an Elim minister and Vice-principal of Regents Theological College. Where he also oversees the church leadership track.

Together Prayer
Tonight 7:45pm
Theme: Abiding In Christ

Our rhythm for church-wide prayer and connect Groups is that these happen on alternate weeks. On our together prayer week, we encourage every CG to join together for worship & to intercede about a particular area that we will be praying for that week.

Check out this weeks e-News - 13th November -

Check out this weeks e-News - 13th November Hello  Yesterday, I referred to Luke 21, where we read, "1 He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For a...

Sunday 3rd December
Baptism is what we receive after we have come to believe in Jesus as our saviour as the evidence of our faith, a promise from God and a sign of belonging to His family. Our next baptism service is planned for Sunday, 3rd December.

If you want to be baptised and still need to join an exploring baptism class, the next one will be Tuesday, 28th November. You can join in person or via Zoom. Just select the option when you sign up.

https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/li2wtsvw

Selah - Friday 24th November, 7:30 pm
Selah is an evening we set aside for worship & ministry. The heart behind Selah is that we pause our usual schedule and busyness of life and ministry commitments to draw aside to worship and receive ministry from the Holy Spirit that refreshes us.

Sunday 26th November 6pm
If you call Elim Crawley you spiritual home, and you are not yet in partnership we would love you to take this next step with us.

Partnership is the formal membership process of belonging to us & the Elim Pentecostal movement. In the partnership evening, we explore in more depth the theology of the local church, our foundational truths & philosophy of ministry, our leadership structure, our mission & priorities and what it means to belong to us as a local church.

If you are ready for that next step then please sign up to join us that evening:
https://ecc.churchsuite.com/events/qjtlzxmv

This Sunday is our day to bring your shoeboxes!!

Here is your step by step guide on what to do: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/how-to-pack-a-shoebox/

Welcome Home For Christmas!!

Here is what is coming up during the festive season. Plus, there are many more Christmas events for our kids, youth, connect groups, community meals, trinity tots & tea & toast.

Check out this weeks e-News - 6th November -

Check out this weeks e-News - 5th November Hello  Yesterday we ended our Gifts of the Holy Spirit series with the theme together as one body. Paul uses the same image in Romans 12:3-8 as he describes other ministry gifts used in the body. In the Romans passage, Paul urges the believers to use the gifts they have been given in this w...

It's our connect group week!!

Connect Groups are smaller mid-week gatherings designed to help you grow in your relationship with God in a community that is rooted in relationship & prayer. Our Connect Groups meet in the church building & homes around Crawley. DM us if you would like to be connected into one.

Sunday Notes: Together As One Body -

Sunday Notes: Together As One Body Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-24   Message Overview Together As One Body Having listed the Spiritual Gifts, Paul describes how they belong together as many parts of one body, the body of Christ. In this message, Jamie explores both our unity being Christ & our diversity being our many gifts, and how bot...

Its Sunday. Why not join us at 10 a.m. for our pre-service prayer in room 1.

Then we gather at 10:30am for praise, prayer, preaching & communion. This morning, Jamie will concludes our series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit with the final message 'Together As One Body.' We also have infant thanksgiving & dedications. Kids & youth ministry. And our ministry highlight is Trinity Tots.

SEE YOU TONIGHT

ICYMI
This week, Jamie spoke to us about the gift of tongues. If you missed it or want to go over the message again, you can watch it on our YouTube channel.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdtMEkLmGuE

We have taken the early decision to cancel Trinity Tots tomorrow morning. We are sorry to take this step. Due to the amber weather warning in place and its likelihood of upgrading to a red, we feel it best course of action to keep everyone safe. We look forward to seeing you again next week. Stay safe.

Tea & Toast is a community drop-in run by Elim Crawley. With a mixture of young toddlers and those who are retired, with all the ages between. Tea & toast provides a safe space to meet friends, make new acquaintances and find a warm environment. This is open to anyone to drop by and connect with us. Come join us this Friday.

This Saturday! Ladies we are off to our regional ladies day this Saturday! If you’d still like to join us please let Sophie or Emma know ASAP.

Every year it’s a brilliant event with vibrant, exciting and Holy Spirit worship!

This year is just that and more plus grey speakers and a real opportunity to have a brilliant day together!

The day is free! Just bring your lunch! 👏🏻

Tuesday 7:45pm
Every other week, our Connect Groups come together to pray as a wider church family. Join us this week as we gather and pray together. This week, we will be focusing on praying for the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack and the ongoing conflict between Israel & Gaza.