Today's Meetings:

9.45am Children's Bible Club
10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11.00am Morning Service
6.00pm Evening Service
After Church Fellowship at Mike & Rosemary's home

Weekly Meetings:

Monday

3.45pm to 4.45pm Children's Hour

Wednesday

9.30am to 11.00am Mums & Tots
6.30pm to 8.00pm KIC club - For Year 4,5 & 6 children.

Thursday

2.00pm Ladies Rest Hour - Speaker - Jimmy Whyte
7.45pm Mission meeting - S.G.A. - Andrew Hill

Friday

7.30pm to 9.00pm FOY - For secondary school children

Sunday

11.00am & 6.00pm Sunday Services - Led by Pastor

Thought For The Week:

"Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And your glory above all the earth." Psalm 108:5

Prayer For The Church:

Thank God for continuing new additions to the youth work
Let us continue in persistent prayer for true conversions.
Pray for our sisters in the early stages of pregnancy that the unborn babies may be protected from any ill effects of some childhood illnesses prevalent at this time.

Joan Whyte is brighter and making slow but steady progress in hospital.
Shelagh Orchard came out of hospital on Wednesday after keyhole surgery. Very uncomfortable and tired. They are returning to see the consultant next Thursday for the results of the biopsy and for news about follow-up.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Hemel Hempstead - Bennetts End The church at Bennetts End has called its elder, Chalen Hetherington, to be its full-time elder. The Induction Service is planned for 14th March 2009 at 5 PM. Please pray for the Lord's blessing on the Induction Service and on Chalen's ministry.

Prayer For The Wider Area:

One killed, 11 injured in Pakistan Church attack by gunmen

By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan - ASSIST News Service

ANS has received news that indiscriminate firing by a group of Muslim men on congregants of a Presbyterian church in Gujranwala district on Monday, March 2 that left a woman dead and 11 others injured.
Several Muslim men opened fire on worshipping Christians at the Presbyterian Church in Songo, which is a town that is some 7 kilometres from Gujranwala city, a week after two Muslim men robbed a Christian resident of the area on gunpoint.

On February 25, two Muslim men intercepted a Christian man, Imran, on his way home and robbed him at gunpoint of 3,000 Pakistani Rupees, a mobile phone and a wrist watch.

Bleeding, Imran, after going home, he then went to the local police station to report the incident.
Another group of Muslims, who were carrying iron rods, clubs, and guns, entered into the church. They opened fire at the congregants.

Talking to ANS by phone, Pastor Patras of the Presbyterian church, said that moving the injured Christians to the local hospital was not without a struggle. Elaborating on this, he said the Muslims had blocked the road leading to hospital apparently to stop Christians from going to Gujranwala District Headquarter Hospital. He said they were eventually able to shift the injured to the hospital after police intervention.

Commenting on the death of Christian woman, Shakeela, who succumbed to her bullet injuries, Shahzad Kamran of the Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan (SLMP) called for her post-mortem.

He alleged that the police "are not taking any action to arrest assailants."
Pastor Patras described the situation as "extremely tense", adding, "Fearing attacks, Christians have shut themselves in their houses. We are scared and are praying for our safety."

He said Muslims had also attacked Christian residents of Kotli Sahvo, a village in Gujranwala district on February 28. "Police did not even file a report, let alone take action against the culprits," he alleged.
"Even if a report was lodged. We would lose it in the court as we would not have resources to hire a lawyer," he said.

Bible Readings:

8th Proverbs 19; Acts 19:23-41
9th 1 Chronicles 11:1-47; Acts 20:1-38
10th 1 Chronicles 12:1-40; Acts 21:1-36
11th Psalms 84-85; Acts 21:37-22:21
12th 1 Chronicles 13:1-14:17; Acts 22:22-23:11
13th 1 Chronicles 15:1-29; Acts 23:12-35
14th 1 Chronicles 16:1-43; Acts 24:1-27
15th 1 Chronicles 17:1-27; Acts 25:1-22

General Announcements:

Dates
Sunday 22nd March 11 a.m.
Sunday Bible Club - Anniversary and Prize Giving