We would like to extend a warm welcome to you for our services today which are led by Philip Eveson, Principal of L.T.S .
Todayβs meetings 9.45am Childrenβs Bible Club
10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11am Morning Service
6.30pm Evening Service All are welcome to the after church fellowship at Bruce & Margarets.
Weekly meetings
Thursday 2.00 Ladies Rest Hour - Speaker β Jonathan Wayman
7.45 Bible study and prayer meeting - Speaker β Paul False and True Disciples - John 13 vv 18 - 38
Saturday 9.30 Open Air
Sunday 11.00 & 6.30 Sunday Services led by Pastor
There are no childrenβs meetings or Sunday Bible Club during the Summer Holidays.
Prayer for the church Please pray for the on going weekly activities that God may bless each.
Pray for Elizabeth as a decision is made about a date for her caesarian.
Pray for camp. We have 8 children going along from our church. Pray for Norman Gilbert as he prepares the childrenβs talks and material for the bible studies.
Continue to give thanks to God that David has been able to return to work recently.
Thank God that Peter has been offered a new job. Pray for those on holiday and going on holiday this week.
For the Local Area NEW CROSS We have a faithful God. We need a pastor and able people to assist in the work. Pray for blessing through visiting preachers and church unity. Please pray for the moderator (Bill Gardner) and the secretary (Muriel Squires) during this pastorless period.
For the Wider Area Hizbullah and the Middle East Conflict The Lebanese Shiβa Hizbullah was created by Iran in the 1980s to project its power in the Arab Sunni world at a time when most Sunni Arab states sided with Saddam Husseinβs Iraq in his long war against Iran (1980-1988). Hizbullah was also supported by Iranβs ally, Syria, as a useful proxy in its war against Israel. With help from Iran and Syria, Hizbullah developed to become the strongest Shiβa organisation in Lebanon, given a privileged status of maintaining its own armed militia and controlling its own territory when all other Lebanese militias were disarmed. Following Israelβs total withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Hizbullah continued to amass sophisticated weapons from Iran and Syria while its cadres were trained by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. It also developed an ideology of seeking the total destruction of the state of Israel as justification for its continued existence as a Liberation Movement. It thus allied itself to Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who also do not accept Israelβs right of existence in any borders. These Islamic Palestinian groups reject the Oslo Accords (the peace treaty between Israel and the PLO) of 1993 and all subsequent agreements between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, demanding the annihilation of the Jewish state. βHizbullahβ (more correctly Hizb Allah) is Arabic for βthe party of Godβ. In traditional Islam it's understood as the true Muslims who fight against the party of Satan. Ayatollah Khomeini popularised the term as he forged the Iranian Islamic Revolution, and it has been adopted by several Shiβa organisations not necessarily linked to the Lebanese Hizbullah. As an estimated hundred thousand Lebanese now flee the Israeli shelling, Christians form a substantial proportion of the refugees. Some have fled to the Lebanese mountains, while tens of thousands are crossing into Syria. Christians currently comprise about 30% of the Lebanese population. Although they formed a large majority a hundred years ago, emigration and the small size of Christian families mean that their proportion in the population is now greatly reduced. Please pray for all the victims of this violence, remembering especially our Christian brothers and sisters caught in a conflict not of their making. Pray for peace and justice in the Middle East.
Weekly Bible Readings
Mon 24th July Genesis 16 Mark 11
Tue 25th July Genesis 17 Mark 12
Wed 26th July Genesis 18 Mark 13
Thur 27th July Genesis 19 Mark 14
Fri 28th July Genesis 20 Mark 15
Sat 29th July Genesis 21 Mark 16
Sun 30th July Genesis 22 Mark 17
Thought for the week: βLord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.β John 6:68
Notice Board
Dates for the Diary B.B.Q. This has had to be changed to September 16th. B.B.Q. from 5.45p.m. PowerPoint presentation on Carey from approx. 6.45p.m. for half an hour.
General Announcements Cleaning Rota (this week) β Marjorie & Kathleen
Door Rota (next Sun) - Ralph
Christianity - an introductory course - If you are interested please see Pastor, Paul or Janet.
Baby news! Derek and Rachel Sewell were delighted at the birth of a baby boy, Simeon David. They give thanks to God. He was born on Wednesday. Both Rachel and Simeon are very well. Simeon weighed in at 8lb 14 and measured 57cm.
Contact details 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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