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
5.40pm Lordβs Table (Please see notes on reverse)
6.30pm Evening Service All are welcome to the after church fellowship at Bruce and Margaretβs
Weekly meetings Thursday 2p.m. Ladiesβ meeting β Bob Morgan
7.45p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting - The songs of the Servant Isaiah Chapter 42 Speaker β Pastor
Sunday 9.45 Childrensβ Bible Club
11.00 & 6.30 Sunday Services led by Pastor
βMums and totsβ β if you would like to help washing equipment etc this week β please see Karen.
Childrenβs meetings, Sunday Bible Club and Mums and Tots - will be back to normal next week.
Prayer for the church Pray for Elizabeth as she goes into hospital this evening to have her and Philipβs baby tomorrow. She had an early visit to hospital this morning with severe pain in her arms.
Pray for those away on holiday, Mike, Rosemary and Jonnie; John and Ineke.
Pray for Philip as he begins his teaching career this week.
Pray for the planning of the midweek meetings which will begin next week.
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.
Please pray for George and his family as they have the funeral for Eveleen tomorrow.
Please pray for Marilyn that she may get an early hospital appointment.
For the Local Area Hemel Hempstead - Bennetts End Please pray that the church will know the Lordβs leading concerning the pastorate and be active and patient in this matter.
For the Wider Area Persecution Increases in Uzbekistan Barnabas Fund has received reports from Uzbekistan indicating increasing persecution of Protestant church leaders and their families, many of whom have now gone into hiding. This follows a surge of anti-Christian activity in Uzbekistan over several months. It is believed that this is linked with the 15th anniversary of Uzbekistanβs independence, on 1st September.A well-known church leader and evangelist, Sergey Hripunov, was given a week to leave the country with his wife and children. This is the second incident of deportation of a church leader from Uzbekistan in a month. The leader of a church started by Sergey Hripunov was given only 24 hours to leave the country with his wife and two children. They were given no reason for the order, nor was there a court order accompanying it.Around 24th August a group of Christians were arrested in the town of Termez by the Security Services. Some of the Christians, including women and children, were beaten. The following day some of the group were released, but six men were kept under arrest. Officials have as yet given no information as to why the Christians were arrested. In another incident in August a group of Uzbek Christians, mostly young men but also including a pregnant woman, were arrested in Surhandarya. The men were beaten and detained in jail. Earlier in August the government introduced an increase to fines for unregistered religious activity. Anyone caught sharing their faith will now face fines between 200 and 600 times the minimum monthly salary. This is an increase on the current fines which stand at 50 to 70 times the minimum monthly salary. According to some reports their church minister will also face a fine. If a person continues to share their faith and is caught a second time they, and their church minister also, will face a prison sentence of three to eight years. Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, comments, βChristian leaders and their families are being targeted as if they were violent criminals to be restrained in the run-up to independence celebrations. I ask Christians around the world to pray that the Uzbek authorities will recognise that the peaceable activities of Christian believers are no threat, but rather a source of positive help to society.β
Weekly Bible Readings Mon 4th Sep Exodus 8 John 13
Tue 5th Sep Exodus 9 John 14
Wed 6th Sep Exodus 10 John 15
Thur 7th Sep Exodus 11 John 16
Fri 8th Sep Exodus 12 John 17
Sat 9th Sep Exodus 13 John 18
Sun 10th Sep Exodus 14 John 19
Thought for the week: βMy grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.β 2 Corinthians 12:9
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.
URGENT β we have not had any offers of help yet for the B.B.Q!
General Announcements Cleaning Rota (this week) β Daniel & Sarah Door Rota (next Sun) β Mark Higgins
Lordβs Table: We invite visitors who are active members of an evangelical church and have been baptized by immersion to commune at the Lords Table. Friends who are not eligible to participate are welcome to observe but are kindly asked to refrain from taking the bread and wine.
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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