The new homegroups will commence during w/c 2nd January, check with the leadership or in church on the notice board as to which group you are allocated too. Contact the cell group leader to find out which day of the week and time your group is meeting on a week by week basis
We are entering a new season of church life and I continue to sense a call for cell groups that are locally and functionally focussed for this January and March season. However, I am also aware that we are not engaging everybody and loosing some cohesion, to this end we will meet for the first Thursday of each month all together at The Mustard Tree. Cell groups form an essential part of our family life together, and the mission of the church.
The local focus element of each cell is to pray for the immediate neighbourhood to where the cell meets, and for maybe 10-15 minutes (if you are fit and able) to prayer walk the area. Please keep watch for properties that are changing hands, keep a notepad of For Sale, Sold/Let signs that appear and be proactive as a group in welcoming the new occupiers with a cake and an information pack about the church. You may want to encourage your group to monitor different streets in the immediate vicinity and keep you informed of changes in occupancy.
The functional focus of the groups are slightly different.

1. Carbis Bay group consists of people which has a number of members involved in social action eg food parcels, homeless project etc. This is a key and developing mission of the church. Whilst we currently have limited resources there are things we can and do do. Please consider and pray about what opportunities we should and could look at now and in the future and feed back to the elders.
2. Youth Cell (Soul Fuel) will meet on Monday Evenings at Boskerrow, Castlegate with a focus on being missional and working together for a Friday evening outreach (Ignite)
3. Day Time Ladies Cell will meet at Boskerrow, Castlegate Fridays at 1pm
4. Anyone not allocated to any of the above cells will meet Thursdays 7pm at The Mustard Tree, the aim of this group is to form a working cell that can meet in central St Ives from April onwards. The geographical focus for this group will be the immediate neighbourhood of where the members live.

The information packs for new home occupiers, or contacts who show a keen interest in visiting us will be kept by the cell group hosts in their home and used when the group has identified a new home owner. They are expensive to produce so we need to be strategic and prayerful in giving them out.
These groups should continue to maintain a passion for bible study, prayer, using the gifts of the Spirit, and building healthy challenging relationships. To this end I have prepared the attached list of members for your cell. Some on the list may not be used to cell groups and may not attend but please encourage them, invite them and maintain contact even when they do not come. If people express a need to belong to part of a different cell please ask them to speak to me first, nothing is set in stone.
You will note from the provisional teaching program that I suggest the cells take communion together this will be in addition to when we share the Lords Table in church services.
Please note I have not restricted the cells to members only, but they are predominantly for regular attenders. However, I would encourage you to think about holding an open evening say once a month where the focus is social and befriending your unsaved neighbours, family etc.