7.45 Bible study and prayer meeting led by Paul β Prayer Focus FOY
Saturday 9.30a.m Prayer meeting and Open Air ministry.
Sunday 11.00 & 6.30 Sunday Services led by Pastor Mark Gladwell
Being half-term there are no other meetings this week.
Prayer for the church Please pray daily for Leeβs Mum that the medication will keep the blood clotting under control.
Pray for those on holiday this week.
Please pray for the on going weekly activities that God may bless each.
For the local area
Lewisham β The church gives thanks for a Pastor and that 15 young people attended their Summer Camp.
Bexleyheath β Pray that Godβs Will may be known as the church moves towards calling a pastor.
For the wider area INDONESIAN CHRISTIANS ATTACKED AS THEY WORSHIP ON THE STREET
Christians in Jatimulya, East Bekasi, in West Java, were attacked on Sunday 16th October as they met together to worship on the street. The Christians came from three churches who had been ordered to close their church buildings five weeks ago, the closures then enforced by a radical Muslim group called the Alliance Against Apostasy. The constitution of Indonesia guarantees freedom of religion, but with their buildings closed and forbidden to meet for worship in private homes, the Christians have had to gather in the streets each Sunday, in order to worship together. On Sunday 16th October the Christians found that in the street where they had been worshipping for the past weeks some 300 radical Muslims had laid out their prayer mats and were conducting their own Islamic worship service. Undeterred the Christians moved to another street and began their service there. The determination of the Christians to continue to worship apparently angered the Islamic radicals. They approached the gathered Christians and began to mock them and insult them, calling on them to disband their meeting. A female church leader was pushed and shoved until she fell into a drain. The police who were on duty stood by and watched the mob, while a few even joined in the attack. Incidents of forced church closures in West Java are increasing, there may be as many as 30 a month. In the Indonesian capital Jakarta 18 churches have had police collecting data on their services, and are now expecting to be closed in the near future. The mayor of Sukabumi has called for all churches without permits in his town to be closed. In East Java 24 churches in the city of Malang are under threat of closure. Worse news comes from Poso, Sulawesi, where the number of suspected Islamic radicals has increased and there have been three assassinations in the past two weeks. On the weekend of 15th -16th October churches in Poso and Palu were placed under police guard. Pray for the Christians in Jatimulya. Thank God for their faith to continue meeting together; ask Him for protection over them wherever they meet, and that He will bless these faithful brothers and sisters with a peace that surpasses human comprehension.
Weekly Bible Readings
Mon 24th Oct Song of Songs 2 Mark 1
Tue 25th Oct Song of Songs 3 Mark 2
Wed 26th Oct Song of Songs 4 Mark 3
Thur 27th Oct Song of Songs 5 Mark 4
Fri 28st Oct Song of Songs 6 Mark 5
Sat 29th Oct Song of Songs 7 Mark 6
Sun 30th Oct Song of Songs 8 Mark 7
Thought for the week: βYou are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.β Galatians 4:7
Notice Board
Dates for your Diary Fireworks ! The FOY will be having fireworks on Nov 4th and if you would like to come could you please leave your name on the sheet at the front of chapel. Cost of Β£3.00
βThrough the British Museum with the Bibleβ A powerpoint presentation by Clive Anderson and Brian Edwards. Saturday 19th November at 6.30p.m.
General Announcements Cleaning Rota (this week) βMark and Debbie Door Rota (next Sun) - Peter
Christianity - an introductory course - If you are interested please see Pastor, Paul or Janet.
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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