The Filling Station

First French Filling Station opens successfully!

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:54:36 +0000

The first Filling Station meeting in France took place on Thursday 8th March in the village of Chef Boutonne, Deux Sevres, Poitou-Charentes. Over 65 people attended two meetings held on the 8th of March; the usual celebration meeting in the evening and an afternoon workshop focussing on ‘how to listen to God’ more effectively. All participants seemed well satisfied by the mixture of teaching, worship & prayer ministry offered by the Filling Station. One guest said this, ‘This has been SO encouraging for us! We feel like we are all so spread out and don’t often have the opportunity to hear this kind of teaching and worship in this way. I’m so pleased these Filling Stations meetings are happening here!’

The meeting is English speaking and caters for the sizable ex-Pat population of the area many of whom chose to travel quite some distance to come to this opening event. Filling Station meets in a privately owned former free church chapel in Chef Boutonne on the second Thursday evening of each month.

The local team are now working on a full programme of speakers for 2012, their next meeting taking place after Easter on Thursday May 10th. For full details look at their dedicated page on this website.

First Filling Station in Suffolk

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:35:30 +0000

A Filling Station meeting will be opening it’s doors on Saturday April 21st in the market town of Eye, Suffolk. The Filling Station is partnering with local Christians who are members of ‘Waveney Christians Together’ to launch this Suffolk meeting at the Permastore Sports and Social Club between Brome and Eye. The group there are very excited that they can continue meeting together to provide worship, teaching, prayer ministry and testimonies on a regular monthly basis in a relaxed informal setting. On the 21st of April Richard Fothergill, the Filling Station Director, will be speaking on the ‘Goodness & power of God in our lives.’ The venue has ample parking and refreshments will be provided. The meeting starts at 7.00pm and all are welcome.
To find out more, visit the page dedicated to the Eye Filling Station meeting on this website.

Date: Saturday April 21st 7.00pm- 9.00pm
Administrator: Mrs Ros Kemp. 01379 788426 (roskemp@googlemail.com)
Venue: Permastore sports & social club, Permastore Ltd, Airfield Ind Pk, B1077, Eye, Suffolk IP23 7HS
Frequency: Monthly. Dates to be announced.

Fifth Somerset Filling Station to open

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:37:26 +0000

A new Filling Station meeting is to open in Chew Magna, south of Bristol on Thursday April 26^th. A group from the the village who have been visiting the neighbouring Priston Mill Filling Station felt it was time to start their own local meeting. Chew Magna’s Anglican Vicar, Rev Charles Roberts said this about this new development: ‘I am delighted we can host one of these excellent Filling Stations. They seem to bring new spiriual life and interest wherever they are set up. I shall be actively involved!’

They will be meeting in the ‘Old School Room’, a well known hall in the centre of Chew Magna. The team expect between 50-60 guests at their first meeting which will have live worship, prayer, testimonies and a talk by Rev Richard Fothergill, Director of the Filling Station network. For more details look at the Chew Magna meeting page on this website.

Details

Administrator: Rector Charles Roberts. Tel: 01275 332199. chewrector@gmail.com
Venue: Old School Room, 7 South Parade. Chew Magna. Somerset. BS40 8SH
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm, every fourth Thursday of the month.

Burnham-on-Sea Filling Station opens

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:49:45 +0000

A new Filling Station meeting is to open in Burnham-on-Sea near Bridgwater on Tuesday 28th February 7.30pm, meeting thereafter on every third Tuesday night of the month at the Berrow Village Hall, Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 2NL.

The founding group have high hopes that this meeting will become increasingly popular in the immediate area. Several local church leaders have expressed enthusiasm for this monthly gathering and are actively promoting it within their congregations. Local Anglican, The Rev Sally Lacy said, ‘I am excited about this and will give it my full backing!’ The team have worship leaders, speakers and a suitable venue all lined up.

If you would like to find out more contact the meeting’s administrators: Roger & Judith Harvey: 01278 788219 sales@villageurban.co.uk or see their location page.

Filling Station goes international

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:27:18 +0000

The first Filling Station in Europe is to open on March 8th in the Poitou-Charentes department of central western France. A group of mainly ex-pat British citizens are leading this effort and expect to draw quite a crowd from the immediate area to their Filling Station meetings. They will take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month at a venue to be agreed.

The local team expect to use speakers from Britain and France, the first meeting featuring the Filling Station Director, Richard Fothergill. The Filling Station trust and the existing British meetings are very excited that this model of renewal & evangelism has now spread across the channel. Already we have had further enquiries from France as to the viability of doing Filling Station meetings elsewhere in the country.

Keep checking back for further details.

The Holy Spirit poured out at Priston Mill!

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:02:11 +0000

Thursday 24^th November was an exciting night at the joint N.Somerset Filling Station meeting held at Priston Mill. Rev Simon Ponsonby of St.Aldate’s, Oxford, was the guest speaker and through whom the Spirit of God was very evidently as work amongst a large gathering. Over 160 people heard him speak on ‘Suffering & shining for God,’ and a time of prayer ministry ensued. Physical healings have been reported, several people became Christians and the sense of God amongst the participants was almost tangible. One guest said, ‘it was like walking into the presence of God in that room. I suddenly felt so much more at peace about things.’ Another said, ‘What Simon had to say about suffering was just what I needed to hear at the moment!’

Simon Ponsonby’s talk was recorded and is available to play below. Notes are also available on the Bible Reflections web site.

The Filling Station teams in that area are now running an Alpha course for those who want to go further with God starting on January 19th at South Stoke, village hall, nr Bath. Contact Mrs J.Fothergill for further details (jfothers@talktalk.net). The Priston Mill and Hinton Charterhouse Filling Stations resume on Jan 17th and Jan 26th respectively (see their web pages for further details).

Simon Ponsonby
Thursday 24th November, 2011

Camp at New Wine 2012 with the Filling Station!

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:53:21 +0000

Come and join us at New Wine week ‘A’ in 2012. The holiday week is from July 21st – 28th 2012 and guaranteed to great fun! With Christian teaching, seminars, discussion, prayer and worship on offer for all ages. It’s a great spiritual tonic for all the family. Filling Station teams from across the UK will be camping as one group as they did in 2011 and you are invited to join us.

The holiday week costs £122 per adult camping if bookings are made before November 30th 2011. The rate increases incrimentally after that date. Look at their website for full details: new-wine.org and to make a booking. Designate ‘The Filling Station’ as your camping church when making the booking. Do let us know you are coming by dropping me an e-mail. Look forward to seeing you there!

Richard Fothergill
TFS Director

Rev Simon Ponsonby to speak at the Filling Station

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:15 +0000

The two North Somerset Filling Station meetings (Hinton Charterhouse & Priston Mill) are hosting a joint meeting on Thursday November 24th at 7.30pm at the Priston Mill venue. The headline speaker is internationally known Bible teacher & evangelist, Rev Simon Ponsonby.

Simon is based at St.Aldate’s church, Oxford and speaks extensively at conferences and churches in the UK and Europe. The Filling Station teams putting on this evening are excited at the prospect and expect quite a large gathering of people. The evening is taking place in the Barn, Priston Mill, Priston, Somerset. BA2 9EQ.

To find out more and see the Filling Station programmes for these two N.Somerset meetings view their location pages on this website:
Hinton Charterhouse
Priston Mill

David Pawson to speak at Henley in November

sarahmoberly — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:59:59 +0000

The Filling Station, Henley are expecting bumper numbers at next week’s meeting as we are delighted and privileged to be able to welcome David Pawson as our guest speaker. David needs no introduction. A speaker with a worldwide reputation, author of over 30 books, and now in his 80s, he is still preaching at events across the globe.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday November 2nd at Henley Rugby Club, Marlow Road, Henley (RG9 2JA for satnavs). 7.30 for coffee, cakes and refreshments for a prompt 8pm start.

We look forward to welcoming you there!

Devon welcomes the Filling Station

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:59:53 +0000

A new Filling Station meeting is to open in Horrabridge, near Tavistock, West Devon on Friday October 28^th 2011. Christians from a variety of church backgrounds are jointly launching this initiative and plan to hold their meetings in Horrabridge village hall just a few miles from Tavistock. The first night will have a local worship band and talk given by the Filling Station Director, Richard Fothergill. Good quality refreshments, a spiritually uplifting environment and a friendly welcome are guaranteed! To find out more consult the Tavistock TFS meeting page on this website.

Venue: Horrabridge Village Hall
Meeting every fourth Friday evening of each month, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Administrator: Mrs Diana Wood: 01822 854877 woodonthemoors@googlemail.com

Oct 28^th Richard Fothergill ‘New Spiritual wine’
Nov 25^th TBA