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Housegroups in Leeds
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James and Karen Garvican
Horsforth, Tuesdays
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Richard and Annie Davis
Roundhay, Tuesday |
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Laurence & Vicki King, Ellen Thomas
Meanwood, Tuesday |
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Bob and Kay Mee
Meanwood, Wednesdays
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Matt and Anne Button
Leeds City Centre, Thursdays
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Mike and Sarah Byde
Roundhay, Thursdays |
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Jason and Gwen Procter
Osmonthorpe, Thursdays |
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Ian and Hannah Ripping
Moortown, Thursdays |
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Gareth and Krystyna Gadd
Bramhope, Thursdays
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Roman and Shona Tatarek-Gintowt
(for young people)
Headingley, Tuesdays
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Ian and Liz Harden
(for young people 15+)
Horsforth, Sundays |
Housegroups surrounding Leeds
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Road to Maturity
On the week beginning April 27th 2009, the housegroups are going to be starting a 6 week course called 'Road to Maturity'. This is a course that has been recommended by Vineyard Churches UK and is written by Mary Pytches. Mary and David Pytches were members of St Andrews, Chorleywood when the church was radically impacted by John Wimber who first visited them in 1981. Out of this pioneered the New Wine and Soul Survivor Conferences. Mary now combines an international speaking ministry with authoring books as well as writing in 'Christianity' magazine.
Mary writes about the course," As Christians we are all on the road to maturity but sometimes the journey is made harder by unresolved issues from the path. This course is designed to uncover what these might be and to implement their removal so that we may continue along the road unhindered by the past.
So how is the course going to be run?
The Wednesday housegroups (Dowlings, Wilds, Griffins) will meet at the Griffins house beginning Wednesday 29th at 8pm.
The Thursday housegroups (Peeters, Holts, Nixons, Newmans, Buttons, Laws) will meet at the Vineyard Centre beginning April 30th at 8pm.
The Procters, Thompsons and 'Deeper' housegroups will be running the course in their regular housegroup venues.
There will be 4 weeks up until half term, a week off for half term and then 2 weeks after that finishing on the 10th and 11th June.
The evenings will begin with drinks/snacks at 8pm and then we will worship, watch the DVD and minister to people at the end. The evening will finish at approx 9.45pm. It would be really helpful if you could sit in your housegroups to assist with the ministry time at the end of the evening.
We're really looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us through this course and look forward to seeing you there.
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| | | Andrew Aldwinkle | 22/04/2009 14:56 | Whilst I see the benefit of doing this type of course. It does create a problem for those of us that have not been in a small group and have planned to start attending one. The group we had planned to attend is now meeting in a larger group with other housegroups so the whole point of being in a small group is no longer applicable. How could we overcome this problem to enable us to attend a small group.
Suggestions welcome
| | | | Maggie Gee | 22/04/2009 20:16 | Not sure if this answers your query, but Nik and I are not in an adult housegroup either given that we run Deeper. We are attending on the Thursday and aligning ourselves with another group. We felt we should lead the young people through it, but do it for ourselves with the adults. Could you sit with a housegroup for the duration? I guess it's not ideal in that you may not yet have the relationship, but I'm sure you would be made very welcome.
|  | | Paula Noble | 22/04/2009 21:38 | hey
we are between h/g's and were planning, when we can go the course, to just gatecrash a h/g...like the Rippings said we could or we could go with Cameron's or Holts or Dowlings...we implicitly knew we could as well as asking some of them. Perhaps it should explicitly be made known that a load of people who are not in a h/g or in between h/g can just gatecrash one and temp belong to some others for this course. it's only 6 weeks. p + p chapman
| | | | Andrew Aldwinkle | 23/04/2009 08:35 | Thanks Maggie.
You have hit the spot, relationships. It is not the welcome I am worried about. This format will not give us the opportunity as newcomers to a housegroup to either bulid relationship or be able to be 'open, honest' etc in a small group setting. Guess we will have to work it out somehow.
| | | | Andrew Aldwinkle | 23/04/2009 09:29 | The housegroup we had decided to go to is involved in this.
| | | | Lucy Holt | 23/04/2009 13:10 | I'm not totally sure but I think the plan is still to sit in housegroups plus adopting any extra people who are around, so that we will still build/maintain relationships to some extent - I guess it will still take a bit longer than settling in a group at a normal time but hopefully still worthwhile.
|  | | Ben Newman | 23/04/2009 16:29 | Andrew, Thank you for raising the concern. In meeting together as larger groups for this period we still will be maintaining the value of "know and be known". Although not mandatory we will encourage housegroups to be together, and sit in housegroups as Lucy mentioned.
As we go through the course we are able to share, grow and pray as a small group and build relationship. Each meeting will have a ministry time and this will be done in small groups, just as in house group.
If anyone is not in a house group now, this will be an excellent opportunity to get to know how they work and also who the people are.
As a result I hope once the course has finished becoming part of a group in the smaller "house" setting will be a natural transition. It should save time as well not going round to 2,3 or 4 different houses checking out groups.
I am looking forward to the course starting, its going to be a good one.
| | | | Roman Tatarek-Gintowt | 24/04/2009 12:33 | We are planning our childcare for this course (as we have other joint evening commitments) and are running into issues, to the point where we are considering each coming to a different evening - therefore one or other of us would be in a group we don't necessary attend.
| | | | Andrew Aldwinkle | 24/04/2009 15:21 | Roman. We are going to go on Thursday. So if we can help please let us know.
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