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There’s good advice and thenthere’s GREAT advice. It goeswithout saying that as far as theBible is concerned it is alwaysmore than simply good advice.The Bible recognizes thechallenges that lie in store forthose who genuinely want tolive a life full of God. Its not easy– but who said it would be.What about this for GREATadvice…Never be lacking inzeal, but keep your spiritualfervour, serving the Lord(Romans 12:11)

I actually love how the messagetranslation pens it: Don’t burnout; keep yourselves fueled andaflame. Be alert servants of theMaster, cheerfully expectant.

Maintaining zeal is ourresponsibility. Just like ensuringthere’s enough fuel for the firewe need to know what it is thatempowers our lives to live ourbest for God. We very easilyblame spiritual burn out onbusyness or fulfilling ourdiffering responsibilities. but tobe honest, a lack of spiritualfervour is as a result of a lack ofthe right kind of fuel.

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Time with God, attentive to Hisvoice and responsive to HisSpirit, is the greatest fuel for thefires of zeal. His presence iswhat ignites the human heartlike nothing else and no-one else.

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PHOTOGRAPHY LIFEGROUPThursday 1st November 7.30pm @ TheLifehouse

Our photography lifegroup will hold its nextmeeting on Thursday 1st November, 7.30pm at theLifehouse. This group is for those who have a keeninterest in photography and offers a fantasticopportunity to invite friends and family into the lifeof our church. Please note that there has been afacebook page set up that can be accessed bysearching ‘CLC Photography Lifegroup’ through thefacebook interface. Here, the group share theirpictures that they have taken. For more informationabout the Photography Lifegroup, please speak toVic Nicholls.

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LED BY THE STARREHEARSALSThursdays in November6pm @ The Church

Please note that rehearsals for our ChristmasProduction Led By The Star are continuing onThursday evening from 6pm throughoutNovember. For more information aboutrehearsals and the Christmas productionplease contact Sue Nicholls [email protected]

ENGAGE MONTHLY: ‘GOD &SEX’ - GUEST TIM ALFORDTuesday November 6th 7.30pm@ The Church

Engage monthly is our monthly event whereour young adults join together over free foodand discussion. This month we have our inhouse live band and are joined by Tim Alfordfrom the 40:3 Trust bringing us his BigQuestions seminar on God & Sex. If you arebetween the ages of 18-30 and would like tocome along please feel free to just turn up. Ifyou want to know more about Engage monthlyplease speak to Mike Nicholls or Phil & GraceWorthington.

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INSPIRE LIFEGROUPSaturday 10th November 10am-12pm@ The Lifehouse Lounge

‘Inspire’ is a lifegroup designed to support andencourage anyone who is involved in theeducation sector. Please speak to PaulineDrummond for further details.

HEALING ON THESTREETSSaturday 10th November10.30am @ Northfield

Meeting outside the post office onNorthfield high street, the teamseek to minister a message of loveand wholeness through prayer.Please speak to Jean Perini forfurther details.

PRIMETIMEThursday 22nd November 2-4pm @The Church

Primetime is our monthly ministry for the60+ at Christian Life Centre. This month wewill be meeting at the Church at 2pm onThursday 22nd November to meet andfellowship with each other. This month wewill be having a special afternoon of worshipand will be joined by special guest and CLCworship leader Jack Nicholls.

ACT FOR JUSTICEWednesday 14th November 7.30pm @The Lifehouse Lounge

Our Act for Justice group aim to aid andsupport the ministry Hope for Justice who worktowards ending modern day slavery in the UK.The group meet monthly on a Wednesday. Ifyou would like to know more or would like toget involved, please see Zena Hollins.

MEN'S BREAKFASTSaturday 17th November9.30am @ The Church

Our next men's breakfast will take place at9.30am, in the Church on Saturday 17thNovember. We will be joined by a guest speakerand there will be bacon and egg butties servedalong with toast. The cost of the morning is £2.Please leave your name at reception or contactPaul Nicholls on 07500 905 661.

WHOLEHEARTED LADIESThursday 15th November 7.30pm @The Centre

If you are a lady in your 30’s-50's we wouldlove you to connect with our monthlyWholehearted Ladies group. This month we willbe continuing our series of ‘RemarkableWomen in the Bible’. For more informationplease contact Amanda Blount or MichelleDyson.

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111am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm PhotographyLifegroup (LH)

57pm Intercessors (CH)7.15pm Worship Team (CH)

610am Oasis Coffee Shop(LH)10.30am Lifegroup (CH)7.30pm Engage Monthlywith Tim Alford (CH)7.30pm Lifegroups (various)7.30pm ARK team meeting(CE)

79.30am Cosy Toes (CE)7pm Core (CE)7.30pm ChristianityExplored (CH)7.30pm Youth Team Social(LH)

811am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)

127pm Intercessors (CH)7.15pm Worship Team (CH)

1310am Oasis Coffee Shop(LH)10.30am Lifegroup (CH)7.30pm Lifegroups (various)

149.30am Cosy Toes (CE)7pm Core (CE)7.30pm ACT for Justicemeeting (LH)

1511am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm WholeheartedLadies (LH)

197pm Intercessors (CH)7.15pm Worship Team (CH)

2010am Oasis Coffee Shop(LH)10.30am Lifegroup (CH)7.30pm Lifegroups (various)

219.30am Cosy Toes (CE)7pm Core (CE)

2211am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)2pm Primetime (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm Meet the Leaders(CH Gallery Room)

267pm Intercessors (CH)7.15pm Worship Team (CH)7.30pm Mentoring Meeting(LH Boardroom)

2710am Oasis Coffee Shop(LH)10.30am Lifegroup (CH)7.30pm Lifegroups (various)

289.30am Cosy Toes (CE)7pm Core (CE)

2911am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)2pm Primetime (CH)6pm Led by the StarReharsals (CH)7.30pm Emerging Leaders(LH by invitation)

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11am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm PhotographyLifegroup (LH)

26.30am Early MorningPrayer (CH)9.30am Cosy Toes (CE)6pm Kidzone (CE)

3 49/11.15am Worship Service(CH)6.30pm Ignite Live with CarlJohnston (CH)6.30pm Life Studies withNicky Magahy (CE)

11am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)

96.30am Early MorningPrayer (CH)9.30am Cosy Toes (CE)6pm Kidzone (CE)7pm Prayer for OutreachMinistries (LH)

1010am Inspire Lifegroup (LH)10.30am Healing on theStreets (Northfield)10am Prayer Chain (byPhone)

119/11.15am Worship Service(CH)6.30pm Evening Service(CH)

11am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm Wholehearted

166.30am Early MorningPrayer (CH)9.30am Cosy Toes (CE)6pm Kidzone (CE)

179.30am Mens Breakfast (CH)

189/11.15am Worship Service(CH)6.30pm Evening Service(CH)

11am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)2pm Primetime (CH)6pm Led by the Star (CH)7.30pm Meet the Leaders(CH Gallery Room)

236.30am Early MorningPrayer (CH)9.30am Cosy Toes (CE)6pm Kidzone (CE)

249am Serious 4 God LifeConference (CH)10.30am Prayer for theFamily (LH)

259/11.15am Worship Service(CH)6pm Ministry team Prayer(CH City Rooms)6.30pm Evening Service(CH)

11am Drop in (CE)11am Job Club (LH)12.45 CAMEO (CH)2pm Primetime (CH)6pm Led by the StarReharsals (CH)7.30pm Emerging Leaders(LH by invitation)

306.30am Early MorningPrayer (CH)9.30am Cosy Toes (CE)6pm Kidzone (CE)

MEET THE LEADERSThursday 22nd November 7.30pm @The Church

If you are new to CLC, we, as a leadershipteam would love to have the opportunity tomeet with you! For this reason we havescheduled an informal evening with tea andcakes at the church for you to come alongand meet with the Pastors and Elders. Weare happy to answer any questions that youhave about the history and vision of ourchurch and to share a little aboutpartnership. We are looking forward tomeeting up with you. Please confirm yourattendance by calling the church office.

NOVEMBER

GRATEFUL THANKS....“As many of you will know Mom recentlymoved from her home in Wythall to a bunga-low in Redditch to be near to me. We wouldlike to thank everyone for their prayers, loveand messages of support during the trials andstresses of the last 12 months! Praise God,Mom is now settling into her new home,making new friends and beginning a newchapter in her life. She is now only 8 minutesaway from where I live!With our love and heartfelt thanks to every-one. Carole Price & Joan Day

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MINISTRY TEAMPRAYER MEETINGSunday 25th November 6pm @The Church/ City Rooms

If you a part of the ministry team hereat Christian Life Centre. We ask thatyou would join us at 6pm on 25thNovember in the City Rooms beforethe evening Service. This is animportant time for us to cometogether and pray as a team. If youhave any queries please speak toPastor Emmanuel.

PRAYER CHAINSaturday 10th November/ 8thDecember / 12th January

On Saturday 10th November we will behaving a prayer chain at Christian LifeCentre through the telephone. Thechain will focus primarily on prayer forthe families of CLC. If you would like tobe added to the prayer chain list orwould like more information, pleasespeak to Joyce Sule.

PRAYER FOR THEFAMILYSaturday 24th November/26thJanuary 5-6pm in TheLifehouse Lounge

If you have a heart for prayer and forfamilies this is a great opportunity toconnect with others to pray forfamilies within the life of our church.Prayer for the Family runs monthlyon a Saturday. If you would like toknow more please speak to JoyceSule. *Please note there is nomeeting in December.

INTERCESSORYPRAYER FORMINISTRIESFriday 9th November 7pm@ The Lifehouse Lounge

This is a new prayer initiative forall those involved in our outreachprogrammes ( Healing on theStreets, Prison ministry, Drop in,Cosy Toes etc). We will meet onthe second Friday of each monthbeginning November 9th at 7pmin the Lifehouse lounge.

THINGS TO NOTE...

CHRISTMAS CREATIVETEAM

Are you creative?

We are looking for a team ofpeople who can help make afeature of the window display.Please speak to Pastor Stuart if youare interested or email the churchoffice at:[email protected]

MONTHLY DAY OF PRAYER

Please be aware that our Fridaymonthly day of prayer & fasting hasnow been replaced with a full weekof prayer & fasting which will takeplace at various points throughout theyear. The next scheduled week is to bethe second week in January. Furtherdetails will follow in next monthsnewsletter.

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THINGS TO NOTE...GET CONNECTED: THE REVIEW

BY ARTHUR MAGAHY

“I am delighted to report a very successful Sunday morning.  Five new volunteers for the11.15 service.”

“I wish we could have this every week.”

“Wow, I hadn’t realised there was so much going on this church!”

These are just some of the comments following last month’s Get Connected Sunday whenwe experienced CHURCH – but not in the way that we normally do church.

No rows of seats. No (sung) worship. No (spoken) message. But a clear message thatchurch is about people – people connected to people so that together we can worship God,serve one another, and serve the wider community in south Birmingham.

It was great to see people connecting over coffee and biscuits without feeling the pressureto move on to “the next part of the service” – to hear the buzz of fellowship and connecting.Some folk actually stayed for both services and were disappointed when they were told itwas time to pack up and prepare the hall for the evening service.

It was exciting to see people connecting around tables where ministries were being intro-duced and explained. Now, for perhaps the first time, we were able to put names to faces,and faces to ministries. For those who were unable to be attend Get Connected Sundaythere are still copies of the Get Connected booklet available from Reception.

Perhaps, more than anything, it was good to see people getting excited when they discov-ered some of the mission heart of CLC – expressed in ways such as ARK, Hope for Justice,Oasis Coffee Shop, Prison Ministry – and wanting to get involved. In the end, missionhappens when people get involved – get connected. The more that you GetConnected...the more we can do. Get Connected...it doesn’t stop here.

FIRE CONFERENCE 2012Friday 23rd - Saturday 24thNovember 9am-4pm @ The LGArena Birmingham

This November, the LG Arena will host‘FIRE 2012 – The Soul Purpose’, two daysof Impartation Ministry and Teaching.The event will be hosted by ReinhardBonnke and Daniel Kolenda, with specialguests J.John and Mark Stevens.

Adult: £30.00Child: (2 – 12) £20.00OAP/Student: £25.00Family: (2 adults + 2 children) £90Car Parking: £8.00(£7.50 in advance)Ticket Hotline: 0844 338 8000

ELIM YOUNG ADULTSLIFE CONFERENCESaturday 24th November 9am-4pm@ The Church

A young adults and students dayconference looking at the theme ofLimitless - "A Life without Limits"Age: A level age upwards & young adultsPrices: £7 Adults, £5 Students with NUSTime: Doors open 9am for registration.

To book: e-mail [email protected] oralternatively ring 01335 344338

Church: At the junct ion of Bristol Road & Langleys Road 900 Bristol Road, Sel ly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6HW

Offices: 2-6 Frederick Road, Sel ly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6PB Phone: 0121 471 3677

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9:00am Worship Service including communion and a Children’s programme

11:15amCelebration Service including Youth & Children’s programme

6:30pm Celebration Service including prayer ministry