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 -4.45pm Children's Hour - Children in years R - 3

Wednesday

9.30am Mum's and Tots
7.00pm - 8.00pm KIC club - Children in years 4 to 6

Thursday

2.00pm - Ladies Rest Hour - Bruce
7.45pm Bible Study and Prayer Meeting - Led by Pastor

Friday

7.30pm FOY - For Secondary School Children

Sunday

11.00am & 6.00pm Sunday Services - Led by Pastor

Meetings this week are subject to change, dependent on the icy weather.

Thought For The Week:

"O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!" Psalm 8:1

Prayer For The Church:

There is a lot to be planned and decided on in the next month for H.B.C. Praise God for the good number involved in the work and pray for these preparations that all may be subject to the mind of Christ. Pray especially for Karen, Philip and Pastor as they prepare their talks.
Pray for safety during the icy conditions.
Pray for Pete as he seeks employment.
Pray for our local churches as they encourage members to take a more active role in the church. Pray especially for Thamesmead as Barry King (Wood Green) preaches there over the next three months with a view to re-establishing the work under God's grace.
Pray for the continuation of our youth work that God will guard these activities from any attack of the enemy and pour out His Spirit upon the Word.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Streatham

‘We thank God that David Wilcox from Epsom is coming to help us part time, and praise God that we are able to start a monthly youth meeting and monthly ‘Dad's' toddler group in January. We need wisdom in dealing with some special needs folk in our congregation.'

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Iraqi Christians reach out

The war in Iraq has created a disaster situation for many vulnerable families. According to Duane Zook with Global Aid Network, however, there's a silver lining.
"The war has created, I think, a unique opportunity for us as believers to come alongside believers in Iraq, and to reach out to these families - the orphans, the grandmothers, the widows, who have been affected by the disaster and the war," said Zook.

Sometimes a village may be closed to the Gospel, but doors open when Christians reach out with backpacks and school supplies. GAiN's partners often bring in religious material and colouring books with Bible stories along with the backpacks.
"One of the schools, I heard, was using some of the Bible stories as part of their curriculum," Zook said. "One of the Christian leaders in the community was actually asked to come in and be a substitute teacher, to teach about ethics - of course, based on the Scriptures and on the life of Christ. So, a simple backpack with some school supplies can do incredible things."

When the Christians distribute food or other supplies, they keep Bibles and films about the life of Christ on nearby tables. One man picked up a JESUS film at a medical clinic and put it on his dashboard, even though he wasn't really interested. An hour later he came back to the clinic, telling staff the film had saved his life.

"He said, ‘I drove out, I came to one of these false checkpoints, and I was of the wrong brand of the majority religion there,'" Zook related. "‘My name indicated that I was a candidate to be shot.'"

But when the guard saw the film, he said, "Oh. you go on, you must be one of those dirty Christians," Zook said. "And so [the man] came back and said, ‘I've got to watch this film now.'"

GAiN's partners also serve people like one woman who recently moved with her family to a new city. A ten-year-old girl had walked into her home and shot the woman's husband, disabling him. Now the woman was trying to care for her husband and three children in a new city, with no support. This woman was profoundly grateful for the food provided by the Christians in the city and wanted to learn more about their beliefs.

General Announcements:

CRB
If you have been given a CRB form to complete in the past week, please could you show your 3 ID documents to Ralph today along with the CRB form, so the forms can be sent away on Monday ready for HBC (this year!). If you are having trouble completing the form, please ask someone that has.

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