Midweek Furnace
Another key aspect of our discipleship journey at Eastgate is the Midweek Furnace on Wednesday evenings. In this season we are setting aside these evenings as a space to fix our eyes on Jesus and minister to Him. These evenings will be centred on worship, prayer, and responding to the leading of the Holy Spirit, without a fixed agenda.
We believe God is drawing us deeper into His presence – into greater attentiveness, surrender, and intimacy with His heart. Much of the fruit of these gatherings is what He forms within us as we are generous with our worship and as we learn to listen and obey His voice.
Join us at 6pm for pre-furnace prayer in the Prayer Space, 6.30pm in the Café area to eat together in community (this is normally soup and bread), and worship from 7.30pm in the auditorium.
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Midweek Furnace FAQ
Why is it called the midweek furnace?
The timing of the evenings
At 6:00 pm we meet for prayer in the Eastgate Prayer Space. From 6:30 pm onwards, we gather in the café area to eat together. At 7:15 pm, we have a time of powerful worship and prayer. From around 8:00 pm we then break into various courses for the remainder of the evening. We aim to finish by 9:30pm.
Eating together and worship
We provide some simple food and refreshments free of charge on the evening (there will be an opportunity to donate financially towards your food). You can also buy Pizza from a Pizza van in the car park, and you can, of course, bring your own food as well. (Eastgate Café will not be open for orders during the evening.) We eat together from 6:30 pm, following our time of prayer, until we transition to our courses at 8:00 pm. Worship starts from 7:15 pm and will be held either in the café area or one of the adjacent rooms. This is so that those of you who cannot make it until later in the evening can still eat with us and join in the worship. All we ask is that you keep conversations to a minimum once worship has started. At around 8:00 pm, we then transition to our different groups.
How to join
Scroll through the courses above and press the sign-up button on the course you want to join. A new tab will open in your browser, fill in your details on that page and press the sign-up button.
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Can I join courses at anytime?
DO I NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY WEEK OF MY COURSE?
We appreciate life happens. So, it’s not always possible to attend every week of a course. However, we do encourage you to make every effort to attend all the sessions you can. So much of the value of the courses comes through the going on a journey together and a number of courses have incremental teaching.
