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Mission
City
Church Winchester is part of a wider
network of Winchester based churches
known as 'Mission Winchester'. This
group of Churches aims to work together
to promote unity, to spread the good
news of the gospel and to see renewal
and lives changed city wide in Winchester.
The Mission Winchester churches also
hold joint services/celebrations and
prayer sessions for the City. The principal
event for Mission Winchester Churches
this year was 'The Feast '06' , in which
the Churches involved reached out, impacted
and and served the City in fresh, loving
and practical ways.
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We
aim to carry out God's agenda through
faith and action
We
believe that God does work through his
Church to bring about his wonderful
purposes and will, and that we are to
reflect God's glory to a darkened and
lost world. We do this in very real
and practical ways because we know that
real love and faith in Jesus Christ
is demonstrated through action.
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Suppose
a brother or sister is without clothes
and daily food. If one of you says
to him, "Go, I wish you well;
keep warm and well fed," but
does nothing about his physical
needs, what good is it? In the same
way, faith by itself, if it is not
accompanied by action, is dead.
James 2:15-17 (NIV)
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We
hope that in the small things that we
do as a Church and as individuals, the
loving heart of the Father can
be seen, and that we can grow in these
and other ministries that he has entrusted
to us.
'I
tell you the truth, anyone who has faith
in me will do what I have been doing.
He will do even greater things than
these, because I am going to the Father.'
John 14:11-13 (NIV)
Our
heart's desire, our hope, is that he
is glorified in what we do. Not that
we are a success in the eyes of man
but that his kingdom may be seen, established
and advanced and that the Lord Jesus
Christ is glorified.
If
you require further information please
call in to our Church building or contact
us below.
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Street
Reach
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Street
Reach is the work of a group of people
mainly from City Church who each Saturday
evening take soup rolls and other items
of food together with gloves socks and
emergency blankets to those who are
sleeping rough on the streets of Winchester.
During the past three years this small
group of faithful men and women have
built relationships with the most disadvantaged
people in our society. They have talked,
listened and served them in practical
ways and had the privilege of being
asked to pray with them about specific
needs. Each round starts and finishes
with a time of prayer at the church
for those who have been met during the
evening. Because this is a regular commitment
they have also been able to follow up
conversations and find how prayers have
been answered and lives touched by the
love of Jesus demonstrated in simple
ways. We are grateful that a few others
from the Salvation Army and outside
the churches have recently joined with
us in this work and that the Salvation
Army has donated sleeping bags for distribution.
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Winchester
Basics Bank
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The
Basics Bank operates in the basement
of City Church and is open on Tuesday
and Friday from 10:30-2:30. If you would
like to volunteer or have items to donate
please speak to Sue at City Church.
Winchester
Basics Bank was founded following an
invitation from City Church in 2003
to a meeting with Chris Davies of the
Southampton based S.C.R.A.T.C.H where
he outlined the work of the Basics Bank.
An inter-church group began to meet
and plan for the establishing of the
Winchester Basics Bank to :‘provide
emergency food and clothing to individuals
and families in need. It aims to make
appropriate resources available to the
maximum number of people at their point
of greatest need.’
Since
opening in Jan 2004 the Basics Bank
provided essential food and clothing
to almost 1000 clients in the first
year. For more information go to: http://wbb.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
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Where
we meet
For
a map click here
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City Church (AoG).
30-31 Jewry Street.
Winchester.
SO23 8RY
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01962 623167
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