1. PARENTALK Care for the Family are coming to Leeds on Tuesday 17th November to present “Parenting under 12s – a survival guide!”. It will be led by Rob Parsons and Katharine Hill from Care for the Family. It’s at St George’s from 7.30 – 10pm and tickets cost £6 from www.careforthefamily.org.uk. Why not make a housegroup night of it – if you don’t have your own children at home, why not offer to babysit for someone so both parents can go? WEEKEND AWAY 2016 Last month we launched our Weekend Away 2016 and we are now over half full! You are invited to come and join us as we have fun and meet God together over the weekend of 1 st – 3 rd July at Scargill House in the Yorkshire Dales. There will be worship, teaching and a choice of indoor and outdoor activities – and we hope time to develop your relationship with God and each other. Information has been emailed out already, so book now – accommodation will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis! THIS COMING WEEK Tuesdays at 11am in the church office - a short prayer meeting with the staff and whoever would like to pray for Chapel A. Housegroups generally meet on Monday, Tuesday and alternate Thursday evenings. Please see notice board in corridor. Tuesdays - Totally Tuesday for Years 5-7, 6.30 - 8pm in Chapel All. Methodist Hall. Wednesday – WOW youth group for Years 8+ in Chapel Allerton Methodist Hall. Please contact Hannah Dey on 0113 307 0251 or 07930 330389 about any of our usual groups for young people. Set up in October – Jo Hooson & Lis Farquhar’s housegroup Set up in November – Dave Herringshaw & Ruth Esplin’s housegroup Please note that we are not allowed to use the equipment in the lower playground and that any children playing there must be supervised by an adult. Thank you! Send newsletter notices and news to office@chapela.org.uk or phone the church office on 0113 307 0251. Thursday is the cut-off for any notices for that Sunday’s news-sheet. Our new office address is First Floor, 182 Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 4NZ. The ministers of the church are Simon Hall (0797 375 6440) and Robin Thomson (0798 035 6178). SUNDAY 18 th octoBER 2015 Today Simon will be leading our worship and after the break Cassie Biggin will be continuing our series “From Here to Maturity”, speaking to us on “I am comfortable handling the Bible”. Cassie is part of Outworks Bradford with Howard Astin, who talked at our Weekend Away a few years ago up at Thirsk. Welcome to Chapel A MESSY CHURCH This afternoon is Messy Church at the Methodist Centre from 3.30pm till 5.30pm. Come along and bring your friends or pray for a good session with new folk. SPECIAL CHURCH MEETING On Sunday 1st November we'll be having a Special Church Meeting to decide whether to re-elect Jessica Friend onto the Leadership Team for up to a further 3 years. This will happen during the second part of the service and should only take 2 minutes, but as we weren't quorate at the last Church Meeting, we would like to take a vote sooner rather than later. Jessica would like to continue on the Leadership Team, but may not continue for the maximum 3 years, having already served a 6 year term, and given increasing work commitments. If you have any questions, do ask Jessica or Robin or Simon. VACANCY FOR CHURCH ADMINSTRATOR We are looking for an administrator, preferably with experience. The role encompasses many areas, including (for example) communications, finance and event co-ordination. A full job description is available upon request. The role is part- time, 12 hours per week (days to be agreed). Contract from 1st January 2016, but preferably earlier to allow for any orientation. Please contact Gary Farquhar (gary.lis@ntlworld.com) for more information or to apply for the role. – closing date for applications is Monday 2nd November.