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October 2011 | Monthly Newsletter of Place of Victory for All Nations

...Transforming Lives, Influencing Change...

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Date: 28th October 2011 Theme: A New Anointing Venue: Excel Centre London Time: Doors open at 7pm

Program starts at 8pm

Get your own personal copy of the Open Heavens devotional for a whooping £2.50.

Devotion will never be the same again. “Experience Open Heavens.”

Congratulations to all the Disciples that are graduating from the School of

Disciples this year!!! Join them in celebration on the 22nd

October 2011 Venue: RCCG

It follows therefore that dressing up as witches, skeletons, ghosts and attending parties that promote such practices and eating foods depicting such practices amounts to the imitation of evil and as God fearing Christians, we should not engage in such practices. Instead we should do as 1 Thessalonians 5:22 tells us: ‘Abstain from all appearance of evil’. As a church therefore, we choose to glorify God and worship Him on the day that the world glorifies evil. That is why we do Call To Worship on Halloween night. When God looks down and sees many celebrating evil, we want Him to see us and many other believers from various churches across this land glorifying Him and lifting up His name in one accord. Each year, Call To Worship NI draws together believers, churches and worship leaders from across Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland, the UK Mainland to praise and worship God continuously for 3 hours. It is an awesome experience! If in the past, you’ve attended Halloween celebrations, I challenge and encourage you to do something different this year – attend Call to Worship NI on Monday 31st October and see what joy and pleasure can be had in the presence of God.

Angela Ifonlaja

Welcome to the month of October: Bare trees; Shorter days; Longer nights; British Winter Time; Christmas gifts on sale in the shops! All signifying that we are fast (too fast) approaching the end of the year. October is also the month in which the world celebrates Halloween. Many, including some Christians, join in this practice on the basis that it’s ‘just a bit of fun’. 3 John 1:11 however tells us not to imitate evil: ‘Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good….’ The bible makes it clear that the practice of witchcraft, the worshipping of the dead and the consulting of spirits is evil in God’s eyes. Deuteronomy 18:10-13 says: ‘, Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD; because of these same detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.’ (NIV)

A Call to Worship

For further details or if in need of counseling and prayers, you can contact us on: Telephone: 02890 236391/ 07414246008 Email: placeofvictory_belfast@yahoo.com

Web: www.placeofvictoryni.org

Children’s Corner

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Crèche Calls: Calling all parents and

singles that are interested in working with children. Please

see Bro. Wale for details of how you can

be of service.

Also needed: Church Bus Drivers,

you got it...here is an opportunity

to use it!!! Please see Bro Wale

As well

!!!

Join Workers Training

Training for a better tomorrow!!!

This might have been you pledge this year: we hope it is

going well, if not you can still attain. Join the read a chapter a day scheme!!!

Testimony Time All praise and Glory be to God for he has triumphed

gloriously and the work of His hands is wondrous to

behold. I would like to testify of the Lord’s goodness and

favor in my family. My brother and sister moved to the

UK from Kenya in December 2010. All glory to God

because the move was orchestrated and governed by God.

When they arrived here it was essential for them to be

enrolled in school so that they wouldn’t be behind in their

studies. As a result they began classes in January 2011

and we soon found out that my sister, Paulette, was

required to do coursework that the other students had

done over the two year GCSE period in three months.

It was a trying period where we all wondered if she would

be able to cope and also how she would do at the end of

it. Nevertheless, we trusted in God: acknowledging that

he had the master plan. She wrote her exams recently and

when her results came out we were reminded of the story

of Daniel and the Hebrew boys. She excelled with three A

grades and B’s, to the Glory of God. Her story of success

was publicized and recorded in local papers. Now she is

at a Grammar School doing her Advanced Levels.

God’s plans for her are higher and better: surely He

confounded the wise; He showed that He was able to do

exceedingly, abundantly above all that we could ever ask

or think. We give all praise to God because we know that

he is able and that He enabled Paulette to shine like a star,

to show forth the Glory of God upon her life. We thank

God for the earnest manifestation of the daughter of God.

Hallelujah, praise and adoration to the Most High.

By Sis Claire Odour

United we stand, Divided we fall

That was the statement roared out as man prepared for battle, The Veritable battle cry

It was the picture of fortitude, that of oneness

Of similarity in vision, in spirit: of the pursuit of the same goal.

It is no wonder that the Psalmist proclaimed “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell

together in Unity!!!” It is indeed good, it is mighty pleasant...

Like a body well functioning, when all members are where

they are meant to be, doing what they ought to do. It is likened to the workings of a well oiled machine,

The result thereof is steadfast and true, real and believable

The blessing of the Lord’s hand, It is in that Unity that we cry out at such a time as this,

In that unity that we release a summon, a Call to Worship.

When the rest of the world is set in its celebration

We call for a coming together, a uniting of purpose... Let us join together responding to the call of God on all on earth,

Let us come together and experience the ointment of heaven,

And lift up our God in oneness of heart Then we shall see the Glory of God manifested before our eyes

And we shall behold a great manifestation Yes, when we are one we shall see it...

When we are ONE!!!

Dates for Your DIARY:

Fri. 7th October: 10pm - 1am

Monthly Watchnight & Holy

Communion service (Europa Hotel)

Sat. 22nd October

SOD Graduation in London

Sundays, 10-11am (Europa Hotel)

Join Baptismal Classes and Worker’s

in Training

Mon. 31st October:

Call To Worship NI 2011

Europa Hotel: 6-9pm

Miss Betheny Adebanjo Miss Gabriella Lomami Master Cameron Bolarinwa Master Joseph Adeniyi Sis. Elizabeth Omale Sis. Nelly Kaya Bro. Adebayo Asaolu Bro. Norman Chen Bro. Adedamola Iluyemi Bro. Bukola Johnson Bro. Paul Kerr Bro. Matthew Kingston Bro. Emmanuel Lomami

Sundays: (Europa Hotel)

10-11am Sunday school

11am– 1pm Worship Service

Wednesdays: (See locations opposite)

6.30-7.30pm: Community Fellowship

Groups

Fridays: (Andras House/ Church Office)

6.30-8pm: Bible Study

10pm-1am: Prayer Vigils

1st Fridays: (Europa Hotel)

10pm – 1am: Watch Night Service & Holy

Communion

GENERAL SERVICE TIMES

Community Fellowship Addresses:

Central Belfast: Andras House, 60 Great Victoria St, BT2

South Belfast: Starbucks Café,

Lisburn Road, BT9 North Belfast: The Streat Café, UUB York Street Lisburn: 11 Donald Drive,

Lisburn, BT28 1UU East Belfast/Holywood: 9 Laird Park, off

Glenluce, BT4

We have a number of

schemes that have been

or are being setup with

relation to the church

building fund, for more

information and

suggestions please see

Ushers!!!