Harvest gifts today will be donated to Fegans Homes and the collection to the work of Christian Compassion Ministries in the Philippines.

Today's Meetings:

10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11.00am Morning Service - Pastor Mark Gladwell
5.00pm Harvest Family Service - Speaker: Darren Arthur

Followed by tea - contributions welcome.

Weekly Meetings:

Monday

3.45pm to 4.45pm Children's Hour

Tuesday

District Committee Meeting - Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Meopham Green at 7.30pm

Wednesday

9.30am to 11.00am Mums & Tots
6.45pm to 8.00pm KIC club - For Year 4,5 & 6 children

Thursday

2.00pm Ladies Rest Hour Anniversary - Speaker - Alan Greenbank
7.45pm Mission Meeting - Derek Sewell - London Inreach project

Friday

7.30pm to 9.00pm FOY - For secondary school children

Saturday

Association Meetings - see General Announcements

Sunday

11.00am & 6.30pm Sunday Services - Led by Pastor

Thought For The Week:

"The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest." Matthew 9:37-38

Prayer For The Church:

Pray for the on-going work of the Church as our midweek meetings continue. Please pray that there will be a gradual increase in numbers at the KIC club without spoiling the good atmosphere.

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Christian Compassion Ministries - Manila, Philippines.
Christian Compassion Ministries began in 1995 as a result of Cubao Reformed Baptist Church being made aware of the needs around us in Cubao. The number of girls under our care has increased to 60. We have concentrated on girls although there is a real need for a boys home, mainly because we do not have the male staff to run such a home.

Educational Assistance
CCM is seeking to help over 300 families by providing at least one child in the home an opportunity to go to school. We provide a school uniform, shoes, a bag, note books and monthly allowance. Opportunities are given for Christian witness as literature is given to the family. The child is invited to attend the Sunday School and the parents a Bible Study in their area as well as the church. However we do not make this compulsory but pray and invite those helped to attend.

Bringing Good News Into Kent Classrooms - News from Fegans
In Thanet, Fegans has a lunchtime club programme called Scoop that tells school children the good news about Jesus in a fun and relevant way.

Many of the children attending Scoop come from families who do not go to church and the Bible clubs may be their first chance to hear the gospel message. Scoop ran in eight junior schools in Thanet earlier this year. The clubs run for 17 weeks over the winter and spring terms. The first six weeks are spent telling the basics of the gospel and the second chunk of the programme looks at living the Christian life, exploring areas such as prayer, the Holy Spirit and church. "We talk about how the story of how God loves us is the biggest story ever - that's where the name Scoop comes from," The Scoop sessions use clips from current children's films to illustrate important points, so that the message is fun and up-to-date for school children.

Fegans has a vision to link up school children and churches through Scoop.

Volunteers from local churches have been helping to run Scoop clubs and, for the Scoop session about church, churches are invited to send people along to talk about their Sunday school and children's groups.

Bible Readings:

September
28th 2 Samuel 12:1-31; Hebrews 10:1-18
29th 2 Samuel 13:1-39; Hebrews 10:19-39
30th Psalms 52-53; Hebrews 11:1-19

October
1st 2 Samuel 14:1-33; Hebrews 11:20-40
2nd 2 Samuel 15:1-37; Hebrews 12:1-13
3rd 2 Samuel 16:1-17:29; Hebrews 12:14-29
4th Proverbs 12; Hebrews 13:1-25

General Announcements:

Annual Meetings of the Associated Churches
At St John's Wood London
Sat. 4th October.
10.45am Ministry Mick Lockwood.
12.15pm Lunch
13.45pm AGM - (We still need two delegates please!)
16.00pm What's happening in central London?
5.00pm Epilogue

Member's Meeting is Tuesday 28th October
If a member has a matter they wish to have considered by the church officers, please submit it in writing to Paul or Ken - by next Sunday please.