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No Encounter Meeting – 23rd February

Just a reminder that there is no Encounter Meeting this evening: Tuesday 23rd February 2010.
Instead we will be holding a half-night of prayer on Friday 26th February at the Church from 8pm – 12am! We look forward to seeing you then!

Praise-Ercise

A Qualified Instructor will take you through gentle exercise
to praise music. Come and join this class every Friday for 8 weeks!
Started on: Friday 22nd January
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
At: City Gates House, 22 Clements Lane, Ilford, Essex IG1 2QY
Cost: £3.50 cost per session
Dress-Code: Loose clothing should be worn
For further information contact City Gates Church Office on: [...]

Update on the NEW BUILDING!!!

Ground Survey
On Wednesday 27th January 2010 City Gates Christian Centre will see the next step in our new building project!

We will be welcoming a team of people who will be conducting a soil-analysis of the ground on which the new building will be erected. The process involves boreholes being dug into the ground at the [...]

Street Pastors At The Encounter Meeting

On Tuesday 26th January, we will be joined by a representative from the Street Pastors, at our ENCOUNTER Meeting (8pm at The Church).

Street Pastors is an inter-denominational Church response to urban problems, engaging with people on the streets to care, listen and dialogue.
It was pioneered in London in January 2003 by Rev Les [...]

Blueprint Youth have now moved!!

Blueprint Youth have now out-grown the Centre, so they are now meeting at the main Church Building: 29 Clements Road, Ilford!
So, if you are aged between 13 – 21 don’t be late – get to the Church for 7:30pm and find out what makes Friday Night’s so Exciting!

A minibus is available after the event to [...]

Month of Prayer & Fasting

You will be able to collect a Prayer Diary from Sunday 31st January at any of the Sunday services!

Update Time To Build Campaign

2010 has well and truly started – and we are excited as a Church as we prepare for our new building!! The Time to Build campaign is gathering momentum, and we have been so blessed by the support of everyone so far!!

Time To Build Devotionals…

The devotionals will resume on Monday 12th October.
The weekends provide you with an opportunity to read over previous devotionals should you need to catch up, or to continue meditating on what we have read so far this week.
We hope you have been blessed, encouraged and challenged by the Time To Build Devotionals.

Update on The Philippines

Some of members of the Youth of City Gates Church help identify the areas in the Community which the City Gates Relief Operation can support

Following the fears of being hit by the Super-Typhoon Parma, which was on course to hit exactly the same areas of The Philippines as the previous weeks Typhoon Ketsana, people around [...]

Prayer Needed As Super-Typhoon Parma Heads Towards The Philippines

As local residents clean up after Typhoon Ketsana, Super-Typhoon Parma builds off the coast of The Philippines
 
The local governments in Manila have started to initiate a forced evacuation of many parts of The Philippines, as the Country once again prepares for a second battering of storms and winds, many residents who refuse to leave have [...]