Weekly News - 27/02/26
This Week
Fri, 7pm | Youth Sleepover
Sun, 9:30am | Pre-Service Prayer
Sun, 10:30am | Sunday Service
Mon, 10:30am | Powerhouse
Mon, 7pm | Alpha Course
Mon, 7pm | Youth Alpha
Tues, 9am | Worship, Encounter, Prayer
Tues, 6pm | Thrive: Bootcamp
Wed, 7:30am | Thrive: HIIT
Wed, 9:30am | First Steps
Wed, 10am | Gate 15 Coffee House Open
Wed, 11:30am | Thrive: PowerFlex
Wed, 7pm | Youth Hangout
Thur, 10am | Pop-In Cafe
Thur, 10am | Gate 15 Coffee House Open
Fri, 10am | Gate 15 Coffee House Open
Fri, Noon | International Mission Prayer
For more information on ur events visit the events page
Release the Roar
LADIES ... EARLY-BIRD tickets end TOMORROW, 28th Feb! Make the most of the cheaper price forRelease the Roar on Sat 18th May.
Click here for all information and tickets
Parents' Prayer Zoom
Join the Family Team and other parents to pray for our children and young people to experience this fullness of life. Click herefor zoom link.
New Leadership Structure
We are delighted to be launching our new organisation on 1st March. This is an exciting step in our journey as a church family. If you haven’t already done so, please take some time to review the email that Duncan sent this week explaining the transition and the new SLT (Senior Leadership Team).
The Bereavement Journey
Bookings are open for our much valued Bereavement Journey course starting Tues 10th March, 7pm at The Runway. People have said it equips them to understand much broader issues surrounding bereavement, including other losses and normalising their feelings. If you want to know more, speak to or email Linda King. Click here for further information.
Exploring Baptism
Baptism is an important next-step for all followers of Jesus. If you would like to explore being baptised at GodFirst, we're running an Exploring Baptism session on Sun 8th March, during the Sunday morning service, in preparation for baptisms on Easter Sun 5th April. Click here to sign up.
International Mission Prayer
The next International Mission Prayer meeting is on Friday 6th March, 12-1pm at The Runway.
Please come and join us as we pray for the nations and those serving oversees - first Friday of each month.
Create Conference
CREATE 2026 is a brand new one-day arts conference for Christian visual artists. Sat 28th March, designed to inspire, equip, and release you into Spirit-led creativity. Discover how your art can glorify God, step boldly into your creative calling, and impact the world. Open to ages 16+ with limited spaces available. Click here for more info and to book.
International Mission
This week we hear from Katie Wassell in Brazil. Please read her update at the bottom of the newsletter.
Concert of Friendship
On Tues 17th March, 7:30pm, have the privilege of hosting this evening for the town and the mayor - it would be brilliant to have lots of GodFirst people there. The Christchurch and District Band and the Orchestra of Schubart Gymnasium and Faltenrock, from Aalen, Germany are putting on a concert to celebrate 45 years of Town Twinning. It'll be a fantastic evening of music featuring 3 bands, over 80 musicians, featuring a massed bands finale. Click here for further information and tickets.
Gate 15 Café
Things are going well at Gate 15, we hope you like our new logo. We are open Wed - Fri, 10:00am - 2:00pm. Our plans are to open more often, once we have more volunteers - if you would like to join the volunteer team, please email Irene Warnock to arrange a visit. We would be delighted to hear from you.
Youth Summer Camp Update
We’re stepping into a new season - click here to read an update from Jack Spong about why our youth are moving from Newday to Dreaming The Impossible (DTI) this summer.
Future Events
28th Mar | Create Conference. Link
5th April | Easter & Baptisms
10th May | Phil Wilthew Preaching
16th May | Release the Roar Conference. Link
17th May | Rachel Hughes Preaching
For more information on our events visit the events page