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 cottage
11am Morning Service
6.30pm Evening Service All are welcome to the after church fellowship at Bruce & Margarets.
Weekly meetings Thursday 7.45p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting - Speaker β Pastor The songs of the Servant Isaiah Chapter 42
Saturday 2.30pm South East District Fellowship Afternoon
Sunday 11.00 & 6.30 Sunday Services led by Pastor
There are no childrenβs meetings, Ladiesβ meeting or Sunday Bible Club during the Summer Holidays.
Prayer for the church Thank God for all the blessings at the Welsh camp in the past week. Pray that Christians may have been built up and the unsaved spoken to.
Praise God - Mona has received her Visa ! Pray that her exit visa will follow shortly!
Please pray for the arrangements for our outreach event on Saturday 16th September.
For the Local Area Gravesend is the church on our Prayer Diary for the coming week. The church correspondent writes: βPray for our personal and church evangelism, especially as we plan for Christmas. Pray too that we will soon have a pastor.β
The Association of Grace Baptist Churches (East Midlands) is also on the Prayer Diary for the coming week. Praise God for encouraging conversations that Paul Harrison, the Associationβs evangelist, has had in Streatham (Cambridgeshire) and Great Gransden.
For the Wider Area The Grace World View - Lesotho Although most people in Lesotho are classified as Christians, many are nominal. The people continue to show an interest in the things of God, but the terrain makes ministry difficult. Lesotho is an enclave entirely within the nation of South Africa. It is a small, rugged, mountainous territory with little land suitable for agriculture. Approximately 2 million people live in Lesotho. Nearly all of the people are native Sothos. The difficult terrain, lack of ports, and political instability have kept the economy in poor condition. There is little prospect for improvement in the near term. Because job opportunities in Lesotho are limited, one third of the men work outside the country, most in the mines of South Africa. Lesotho gained independence from Great Britain in 1966. Since then, the country has been governed by a series of regimes, many of them military backed and authoritarian. There has been continued civil unrest over the years. In 1998, South Africa invaded Lesotho to restore order. Political stability was finally restored in 2002. There is freedom of religion. Most people in Lesotho are classified as Christian. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest group with more than one third of the population. Most of the Christian churches tend to be nominal. Evangelicals make up a little less than 10% of the population and their numbers have been growing slowly. Traditional African religions are practiced by many and have influence even in Christian churches. Pray for the many missionaries who are working in Lesotho. Because the terrain is so rugged, many villages are only accessible on foot or by aircraft. Mission Aviation Fellowship has a very important ministry in reaching these remote villages. Pray for them as they operate in sometimes dangerous conditions. Many men from Lesotho work in South African mines. Christian ministries at the mines have born fruit. Pray for continued success in these ministries. AIDS in rampant in Lesotho. Pray that the church can meaningfully minister to the needs created by this deadly disease.
Weekly Bible Readings Mon 21st Aug Exodus 1 John 6
Tue 22nd Aug Exodus 2 John 7
Wed 23rd Aug Exodus 3 John 8
Thur 24th Aug Exodus 4 John 9
Fri 25th Aug Exodus 5 John 10
Sat 26th Aug Exodus 6 John 11
Sun 27th Aug Exodus 7 John 12
Thought for the week: βThen he (Elisha) took the mantle of Elijahβ 2 Kings 2:13
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.
Re: B.B.Q Situations Vacant! A B.B.Q co-ordinator is urgently required to plan the cooked food. Principal B.B.Q chef required for Nominations/offers to Paul please!
General Announcements Cleaning Rota (this week) β Shirley and family
Door Rota (next Sun) β Whoever is available!
South East District Fellowship Afternoon at Margate Details in the porch. A lot of preparation goes into these events. We will need to let Margate have numbers today.
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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