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 Paul and Janet's home

Weekly Meetings:

Monday

3.45pm to 4.45pm Children's Hour

Tuesday

8.00pm Lord's Table and Member's Prayer Meeting

Wednesday

9.30am to 11.00am Mums & Tots
6.45pm to 8.00pm KIC club - For Year 4,5 & 6 children.

Thursday

2.00pm Ladies Rest Hour - Speaker - Colin Woodland S.A.S.R.A
7.45pm Bible Study and Prayer Meeting - Led by Paul - John 17 v 13 "What is JOY?"

Friday

7.30pm to 9.00pm FOY
For secondary school children

Sunday

11.00am & 6.00pm Sunday Services
11.00am Sunday Bible Club Anniversary and Prize Giving

Thought For The Week:

"You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth." Psalm 86:15

Prayer For The Church:

Pray for Sarah, Mona and Jessica, all pregnant with their first child.
We continue to see increasing numbers at all the clubs, please pray that the children will be spiritually attentive during the teaching time.
Please pray that the Lord will bless and strengthen Irene Thorp as she gives her testimony at the members' meeting on Tuesday.
We were much encouraged on Thursday evening with the news from Poland from Pastor Daniel Kryston and his wife Anya. Continue to pray for Anya's father Jan who is seriously ill.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Homerton

‘We praise God for his continued goodness to us, those who have been unwell are showing real signs of improvement. The numbers at our morning service have been steadily increasing with the average age dropping. Pray for our young people that may stand firm in the Lord also for those who lost their jobs as a result of the current economic problems.'

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Cuba - Pastor Reverend Rodriquez - Trial Suspended, Harassment continues

In December 2008, Pastor Rodriguez was accused of "offensive behaviour". Thankfully, the trial was suspended, possibly due to the unexpected amount of attention his case received outside of Cuba.

Reverend Roberto Rodriguez, pastor of the Los Pinos Nuevos de Sagua la Grande Church and the National President of the Interdenominational Fellowship of Evangelical Pastors and Ministers in Cuba (the Spanish acronym is CIMPEC) and his son, Eric Gabriel Rodriguez del Toro, who is also a pastor, have been the target of harassment, with the apparent support of local government officials, for a number of years.

As in similar cases in Cuba, the authorities seem to be using the charges in this case as a pretext for pressuring and possibly imprisoning the two pastors. Our sources tell us that the real reason behind this trial lies in the withdrawal of CIMPEC from the Cuban Council of Churches (CCC), in September, under the leadership of Reverend Rodriguez. At the time, CIMPEC published a letter outlining their reasons for withdrawing from the CCC in which they cited consistent and illegal interference in internal CIMPEC affairs by the CCC leadership over the past year.

In October, government authorities stripped Reverend Rodriguez of his position as President of CIMPEC in the government Registry of Associations, a move which was condemned as unconstitutional by the members of CIMPEC as it was done without their involvement or approval. Since then, they say, the families have been subjected to a campaign of accusations and harassment, culminating in this trial.

Latest reports indicate that Pastor Rodriguez's trial was again unexpectedly suspended, however, no reason has been given and the charges still stand.

We are also deeply concerned by reports from his family that neighbours continue to carry out acts of aggression against their family. The family has been forced to move for their own safety, neighbours have damaged their septic tank, leaving them with no sanitary facilities in their home, and destroyed their water pipes, leaving them without water.

The daughter-in-law of Reverend Rodriguez, Gianelys Meneses, was attacked on the street while walking with her two-year old daughter. As a result, she suffered a miscarriage at eight weeks. Even more alarmingly, she has been told by the authorities that they may charge her as responsible for the attack.

Bible Readings:

15th 1 Chronicles 17:1-27; Acts 25:1-22
16th 1 Chronicles 18:1-19:19; Acts 25:23-26:32
17th 1 Chronicles 20:1-21:30; Acts 27:1-26
18th Psalms 86-87; Acts 27:27- 28:10
19th 1 Chronicles 22:1-19; Acts 28:11-31
20th 1 Chronicles 23:1-32; Romans 1:1-32
21st 1 Chronicles 24:1-31; Romans 2:1-16
22nd 1 Chronicles 25:1-31; Romans 2:17-29

General Announcements:

Good Friday
This year our joint service will be held at Bexleyheath.
11.00am Preacher - Geoff Gobbett.
Please put your name on the list in the next 2 weeks if you would like to order lunch.