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If you are a visitor or newcomer to Long Furlong, a warm welcome to you. Please speak to the service leader and pick up a Welcome to Long Furlong leaflet and a term programme for more information.

Safety advice: we love having your children with us, but please remember that your children's safety is your responsibility whilst on the school premises and they must not be left unsupervised at any time, especially after the services.

While you're on the school premises ... The school has kindly given us permission to use the main hall, nursery, music room, the central outdoor play area (with adult supervision only), the toilets opposite the photocopier, and the corridors needed to get at them. However, please note that all other areas, especially classrooms, are out of bounds. For security reasons, no external doors or windows should be opened except by an adult, who must ensure that they are closed and locked afterwards

PRAYER AFTER THE SERVICE
If anyone would like someone to pray with them on any occasion, or after the service on Sunday, please ask whoever is leading the service, and we will direct you to an appropriate person.

PASTORAL TEAM 
If you or anyone you know needs to be visited or would appreciate prayer, please contact Alison Summers (535102), Wendy Crocker (524096) or Cathy Walker (528134).  If you are interested in getting involved in visiting, please speak to one of the team.

THIS EVENING AT NORTHCOURT ROAD
Evening Worship, 6.30pm
Elisha – Missed opportunities
2 Kings 13: 14-17
Ron Bushyager

NEXT SUNDAY, 4th July
Morning Worship, 10.00am
Guarding what is God’s
Nehemiah 4: 1-18
Ron Bushyager

OPENING THE DOORS PRAYER EVENING
Please join us tomorrow evening, Monday 5th July from 8.00 - 9.00pm in the Corner Suite at Northcourt Road for our final prayer session before the summer break. We want to wait on God, listen expectantly and thank him for his great goodness to us as we pray for the Opening the Doors project.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Please note the following dates and arrangements for saying farewell to:
Andy and Emma Murray and family: Sunday 18th July - Bring and share tea 4.30 pm at Northcourt Road followed by SPACE service at 6.30 pm. Everyone is welcome. Drinks will be provided but please bring food (savoury or sweet) to share. Please sign the list on the Welcome Table in the entrance hall if you are coming so that we have an idea of numbers.
Emily Thomson (Careforce Youth Assistant 2009 - 2010): Sunday 18th July - Thanks and farewell in services at Northcourt Road
Ron and Ruth Bushyager and family: Sunday 29th August - Bring and share lunch at Long Furlong School from 12:15pm on Sunday 29th August. Everyone is welcome, but please sign the list on the Welcome Table in the entrance hall if you are coming so that we have an idea of numbers. Soft drinks will be provided, but please bring food (savoury or sweet) to share.
At 6.30pm that evening at Northcourt Road, it will be Ron’s final service where he will be preaching.
Janet Taft: In September we will have the opportunity to pray for Janet as she starts her new job and to give thanks for her ministry amongst us.
If you would like to contribute to a farewell gift for Andy, please put it in an envelope marked "Andy" either via the collection plate or via the church office by Friday 16th July at the latest. Also if you have a special memory that you would like to include in the book being compiled by Beth Palmer, please get this to her by 11th July.
If you would like to contribute to a farewell gift for Ron, then please put it in an envelope marked "Ron" either via the collection plate or to the church office by 22nd August at the latest. Also if you have a special memory that you would like to include in the book being compiled by Julie Kemp-Harper, please get this to her by 22nd August.
Card inserts will be available to sign in the entrance hall from Sunday 4th July

JITESH PATEL
was ordained yesterday evening. We look forward to welcoming him here next Sunday. Please be praying for Jit as he begins his ministry in Abingdon. Jit’s address and telephone number: 33 Mattock Way, Abingdon OX14 2PQ, 01235 524159.

JANET TAFT
Congratulations to Janet Taft who has just been appointed the new Chaplain at St Helen’s and St Katharine’s School here in Abingdon. She will start in September. She will step down from her post on the staff here at Christ Church. However, she remains part of the church and occasionally Janet will lead some services. Please be praying for her as she prepares for this exciting new role. Many thanks. Tim

UNSTOPPABLE – NEW WINE 2010
We now have over 170 people booked on to New Wine which is now only 4 weeks away. We'd like to invite anyone who is coming, particularly for the first time, to join us for afternoon tea, on Saturday 17th July, 3.30pm, in the lounge at Northcourt Road. This will give us the opportunity to meet, discuss some of the basics of surviving New Wine camping, and you can tell us any preferences you have for who you camp by. You should have heard/soon hear your camp site - we are expecting this to be red 1 & 2, so please check and let us know if there are any problems.
It’s not too late to book on. Half week tickets are available if you can’t join us for the whole week, or even a day pass (see www.new-wine.org to book).
Karen and Paul Brombley 529659, pbrombley@hotmail.com

CAMPING WEEKEND
There is space for another 2 families on 16th – 18th July. Please let me know if you are planning to join us on Saturday 17th July. Anne Taylor

COFFEE BREAK
Meets on Tuesday 6th July at Maureen’s, 62 Selwood Road from 10.15 am

HOLIDAY CLUB – 24th to 28th AUGUST
A big thank you to everyone who has already offered to help with Holiday Club - if you are planning on helping but haven’t put your form in yet it would be great to hear from you soon. If you are not sure about leading a group of children why not help in the crèche during the week or organise the crafts or refreshments? See Val Challis for more details.
Holiday Club Crafts: We need empty 2L fizzy drink bottles & kitchen roll cardboard tubes for holiday club this year – it would be great if you could help! There is a box in the entrance hall for them. Thanks, Val.

PRIMETIME ACTIVITY WEEK 10th – 13th August
Only 2 weeks left to get your application in and to ask a friend!

JULY WALK
This month’s walk will be at Shotover on Thursday 15th July and we will be taking our own picnic. All abilities welcome as people can walk for whatever length suits you or you can just have the picnic. Meet at Church at 10am and bring something to sit on. Ring 527673 for cancellation. Maggie and Ian Snowball

MWM ACTIVITIES IN JULY - CRICKET IN THE PARKS
Any men free during the day are welcome. Wednesday, 7th July - Cricket in The Parks - Oxford v Cambridge (weather permitting of course!) Meet in The University Parks 12 noon, north-east corner. Bring light folding chair if you have one, and packed lunch. (Event arranged by John Shore during Brian Woolnough's convalescence, jandgshore@tiscali.co.uk (01235 520470).)

GATEWAY MONEY TIP
Use the 48 hour rule! Take two days to think about any purchase - ask yourself 'do you really need it' and 'how many hours will you need to work to pay for it'? Give yourself a chance of staying within your budget.

NEWS FROM TOM HUNNINGS
“In July Chris Brotherton and I (along with others) are raising money for two charities that I have been heavily involved with in the last 3-4 years. They are The Catalyst Trust (who endeavour to rehabilitate gang members in London and Oxford) and RainEdge Orphanage and School in Nakuru, Kenya. To understand the relationship between the two charities please take a look at www.catalysttrust.org. We are kayaking around the Cornish coastline from Plymouth around Land’s End and finishing in Bude which is approximately 225 miles. We are hoping to complete this in eight days which is about 25 miles per day at a top speed of 4.5 miles per hour. We will be camping on beaches and the odd campsite and if you would like to know a detailed account of what we are doing and why we are raising the money please look at the below justgiving website. I would really value your support in any way you feel possible. I can be sponsored on www.justgiving.com/tom-hunnings or by a cheque payable to Catalyst Trust and sent to our work address: Penn Tree Services, Watercroft, Church Road, Penn HP10 8NX.”

LOOKING FOR A HOST FAMILY IN ABINGDON
Kurt and Claudia Igler write:
“We are a family of 6 (1 daughter, 3 sons) living in Vienna and working full time with Agape Austria (Campus Crusade) in an evangelistic and apologetic university student's ministry. We are members of a local Baptist church. Our oldest son Johannes, age 15, would like to spend one year at an English school, and we have applied at two schools in Abingdon. It looks quite promising that he will be accepted. Johannes is now in a school with an emphasis on arts, he plays the guitar, but he also loves sports. Now we are looking for a host family (preferably with boy(s) of the same age) in Abingdon who could provide room and board for Johannes from school start in September to summer next year. Of course we are ready to bear the costs for that. We would prefer if this could be a Christian family from a church in Abingdon and have heard good things of your church.”
Please contact the Iglers direct (kurt.igler@gmail.com) or me in the office if you are able to help. Thank you. Christine (539172)

PERSONAL
We have been contacted by a friend in Austria who asked if we knew of a family with children who might like to host a 16-year-old Christian girl for about 3 weeks during the summer. She wants to improve her English. She is musical and loves children. Please ask us for further details. Roland and Jean Knight 01235 524766.
Abingdon – two bed house for rent: Ferguson Place, North Abingdon. Off street parking. Part furnished. Refurbished kitchen and bathroom. Garden and shed with power and light. All mod cons. Available mid July. £800 per month + bills. Call Jackie for more information 07774 216750 or email jaxwales@yahoo.co.uk
Calling for dog lovers: Sandar and Steve Wade are looking for someone to look after their (will be five months old) puppy during the day for a few hours while they are at work from September. It is a female flat coated retriever with lovely sweet temperament. If you are interested please contact Sandar or Steve on 01235 210796 or email sandarwade@yahoo.co.uk
Holiday caravan at Swanage Dorset: 38 ft, 6 berth with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dining room, setting room with veranda which has panoramic views of Purbeck Hills and Swanage Bay cliffs. Pets welcome. There are still some dates available: 10–31 July, 28 August – 11 September. £350 per week. Ring evenings Janet Strong 01235 531718 or 07732 647382.

If you have any items for the newsletter or for prayers, please contact Anne Taylor (528505).