A Week At CC Docklands!!

Hey folks!!
OK so this is probably the blog post that I should have done when I first arrived, because it has our weekly events and some of the faces at CC Docklands...but I just kept forgetting to take pictures for some reason! So FINALLY I think I have enough for a decent post, aren't you proud of me? :) So without further ado, let's take a walk through the week!!

We start off with Wednesday night Bible study. This is a new, small home fellowship which is across town in West London (we live in East London). When I first arrived, I was leading worship for this study temporarily until Dan Arnold returned from the States.

The study is held at Philomena's house (she's the woman in the middle). Also pictured here is Alejandra (on the left), who is always faithful to come, and my mom, Debbie (on the right).

Those of you who have been to the Bible College in Hungary might see some familiar faces here! Melissa (sitting next to Philomena) and Melanie (far right next to my dad) stayed with us this past week and attended Bible study as well!

Our next stop is the Thursday night prayer meeting! This is a really sweet time of fellowship and prayer for the needs of the church body at CC Docklands. I've been so blessed to lead worship on the piano here and to see God work in and through our times of prayer!

We meet at the home of Evan and Mitchie...

...and here they are!

Next we have the Friday night Bible study in the Prayer Room at Canary Wharf! I've been leading worship on guitar for this Bible study as well, but will be passing it on to Denae Templeton when she arrives this week! I really enjoy Friday nights, and we always have a neat time of fellowship afterwards!

Here are some of the folks who came recently!

And here we are enjoying some food and hanging out afterwards!

And then of course, we come to Sunday!! I know I already posted a couple pictures from Sunday service, but hey it can't hurt to send a few more, right? We have about 40 people that call CC Docklands "home"...plus the past few Sundays have been encouraging, as we have had several new folks who are coming regularly as well!

Here we have some folks setting up chairs and the fellowship area (in the back of the photo). Since the Idea Store (where the service is held) opens at 12:00 and church starts at 12:30, we have to move fast! These guys have it down to a science though!

Guys like Tom (holding the chairs) are faithful to come help set up early...

...while Dan and I practice a bit for worship!

And then we have our little children's ministry! This includes James and Jack...

...and Becky, (who definitely looks better than me in this picture!). :)

So that is a week at CC Docklands!! Now if you'll just bear with me a little longer...I want to show you a few more faces!!

This is Henry and Claire with two of their kids, Becky (from previous picture!) and Omar.

This is Mitchie (again!) with Lynn and Lauren (Lynn's husband, Carl, is in the next picture because I don't have one with all of them together!). I've been giving Lauren piano lessons lately, she's a quick learner!!

Here's Carl (with Lauren)! :)

This is Tom, Claire (again!) and Julia. Tom is wearing a little blue ribbon because we were celebrating his birthday! :)

This is Kevin, Alistair & Gwen, and Mitchie. :)

This is Maxine. We've been meeting on Fridays for a Bible study thru the book of James! She's been inviting her friends to come too!

And last but not least, here's a group photo of some of us at Tom's birthday party (which as you can tell, was a "bowling night!"). Thank you for taking the time to look at these pictures. I hope that it helps to get a visual of some of the things happening here! I SO appreciate your continued prayer for the work that the Lord is doing here and for the precious people that are a part of it!