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Only a week to go before Cabaret featuring Open Blue and Bean Baker Band.

This Sunday at Dayspring Rolf leads the sung worship and Marion and David continue our series on Dayspring’s Mission.  We finish by Brunching together.  Hope to see you there.

Exodus - The Unexpected Journey - the churches in Calne Lent Course - continues this week with Through the Red Sea.  7pm Thu 8 Mar at Holy Trinity School.

On Friday it’s Pizza Night from 5pm at Paul and Rosie’s. 

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Exodus - An Unexpected Journey - CPC Lent Course - starts this Saturday and runs through Lent.  9.30am Sat 17 Feb Holy Trinity School, Calne.

This Sunday Marion leads as we break bread, latest stories and news from Rolf and Dave with help from Carole, Sarah and David speaks to us.  Hope to see you there. 

On Wednesday there’s a chanced to pray for issues around the world at Global Prayer.  If you are not sure what to pray and find things that happen in the world overwhelming encourage you to join us as we learn together how to pray.  8pm at Gillian’s house. 

From 5pm Friday 23 February it’s Pizza Night.  Andy and Phil host us as we meet and catch up over a pizza or two. 

At the next Cabaret Connexion come see Open Blue’s new mobile community centre, hear about the work of Open Blue and enjoy music from the Bean Baker Band all in a laid-back setting.  8pm Sat 10 Mar Lansdowne Hall. 

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Lent starts today.  Hope you enjoyed your pancakes last night.  Are you planning to give up something for Lent?  My daughters are but over the years I found this does not really work for me.  In recent years the 40 Acts initiative from Stewardship has been more my thing.  You are encouraged to do Lent generously by completing a small act of kindness each day for work colleagues, neighbours, friends and family.  See the video above for more.

Last summer at New Wine John Mark Comer spoke about spiritual disciplines and noted when we think of spiritual disciplines we think of things we do alone and often they involve giving up something.  Fasting and simple living are two that fall into this.  Prayer and bible reading involve doing something more but as a spiritual discipline are seen as something you do alone.  John made the point that there are spiritual disciplines that involve doing something with others.  Going to church is one, a church meal together, breaking bread, justice and generosity. 

So if you want to do something this Lent to build your faith, deepen your relationship with God and help you be more like Jesus in more areas of your lives but giving up something does seem to help, then look at other things you could do.  As already said there is 40 Acts.  Sign up for the emails and have fun being generous this Lent.

Alternatively you could try the Lent Course Calne Partnership of Churches are running.  Kicking off with a day this Saturday and then each Thursday through Lent and finishing with a meal on the Monday of Holy week it will follow the Israelites journey from slavery to freedom.  During his 40 days in the wilderness Jesus will have mediated on the scriptures and the course will follow the complexites and delights of this story.