We would like to extend a warm welcome to you for our services today which are led by our Pastor, Mark Gladwell.
Todayβs meetings
10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in school room
11am Morning Service
3pm Childrenβs Bible Club (Natasha + are visiting us this afternoon!)
6.30pm Evening Service All are welcome to the after church fellowship in school hall β if there are enough of us we will have some hymn singing.
Weekly meetings
Thursday 2.00 Ladies Rest Hour - Speaker β Jonathan
7.45 Bible study and prayer meeting led by Pastor.
Friday 7.00 to 9.00 FOY for secondary school children
Sunday 11.00 Sunday Services
6.30 Family Service followed by refreshments & slides from camp Led by Pastor Mark Gladwell
Prayer for the church Please pray for the on going weekly activities that God may bless each.
Thank God for all the children returning safely from camp.
Thank God that they all had an enjoyable time and learnt more from the bible. Please pray that they attend the family service next Sunday evening.
Pray for those away on holiday.
Pray for those who are mourning the loss of a loved one at this time.
Pray for Mrs Fairclough.
Pray for Susie and Ola as they are married next Saturday.
For the local area Walthamstow is the church on the Association's Prayer Diary for the coming week. The church correspondent writes: 'Praise that the monthly Saturday coffee mornings help to keep good relationships with our neighbouring retirement flats. Pray that more from elsewhere will join us.' Additional news. 'A new Tamil project based in our buildings has affected numbers at our Sunday morning services. Although we have some younger people inour congregations, our membership's average age approaches 60 and we have no regular children's work. May the Lord guide and empower us to build for the future!'
For the wider area Grace to Russia - Michael Phillips, Grace Baptist Church, Fremont, California Grace to Russia exists to get good Christian books to pastors and teachers in the former Soviet Union. The books, however, are not sent to fill their shelves, but to support their ministries of the Word. In the last month fifty letters have arrived thanking us for our books. Below we have a few excerpts from the letters.
Thank you very much for The Golden Alphabet. I am 35 years old and pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church in St. Petersburg. Your books help me in the ministry. I study J.C. Ryle's commentaries on the Gospels for my sermons. Sometimes I quote Ryle and C.H. Spurgeon who help me stand firm in the Reformed Faith...We send some of your books to a church in Rostovsky, Russia, who need them badly. --Pastor Fokin Maxim, St. Petersburg, Russia
I like Ryle's Expository Thoughts very much. I often use them in sermon preparation. They help us to understand the right interpretation better. --Pastor Shilnikov Sergei, Labytnangi, Russia
I use your books for sermon preparation and also give them to church members to read. The book by J.I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, is very thought provoking. In the past I was a convinced Arminian, but now I believe in God's election and man's responsibility. --Pastor Maximov Sergei, Kursk, Russia
In our church we have Bible studies on Wednesday and Friday, and almost always use Ryle's commentaries. We have now reached his Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke. --Koblev Valid, Psebe, Russia
We thank the Lord for the privilege of helping these brethren on the other side of the world. And we thank you for the support and encouragement you've given us in helping them. Keep the dear Russian pastors and Grace to Russia in your prayers.
Filipino pastors commit to cross-cultural missions More than one-thousand Christian leaders attended Global Advance's latest Frontline Shepherd's conference in Davao, Philippines. Evangelism is challenging because of a growing Islamic presence, isolated tribal groups and lack of pastoral training. It's been estimated that 92-percent of all the pastors in the developing world have no formal Bible education." There's another important reason the training is needed. "Approximately 10-percent of the Philippine population works abroad in some other nation in some other capacity. So, that really puts them in a unique situation to really spread the Gospel in places they wouldn't normally go.".
Weekly Bible Readings
Mon 22nd August Psalms 138 1 John 3
Tue 23rd August Psalms 139 1 John 4
Wed 24th August Psalms 140 1 John 5
Thur 25th August Psalms 141 2 John
Fri 26th August Psalms 142 3 John
Sat 27th August Psalms 143 Jude
Sun 28th August Psalms 144 Revelation 1
Thought for the week: βThere is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.β Romans v 1
Notice Board
General Announcements
Cleaning Rota (this week) β Joyce and fam. Door Rota (next Sun) - Ralph
Janet sends her love and greetings.
Ruth Orchard's funeral 6th September at 10.30.a.m. Any friends wishing to make a gift in memory of Ruth may donate flowers or a monetary gift to the Heart Foundation. Building work - It is expected that building work will commence next week. Help with clearing the vestry of everything except the chairs will be most welcome. Please see Paul.
Andrew and Jennyβs farewell . Sat 3rd Sept. After church fellowship at Belvedere on 11th β Andrew will show some pictures of the work they are going back to.
Contact details
Pastor: Mark Gladwell; 0208 310 2141
Church secretary: Paul Orchard; 01322 409846
Sunday School secretary: Joyce Higgins; 01322436027
FOY: Lee Adby; 07740 626096
KIC Club : Ralph Hammond; 07779 565697
Childrenβs Hour: Janet Orchard: 01322 409846
The church website can be viewed on: www.free-grace.org.uk
To add contributions please contact Peter or Ralph at: news@free-grace.org.uk
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