Today's Meetings:

10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11.00am Morning Service
3.30pm Carol Service at David Coffer Court - Led by Matthew
6.00pm Evening Service
After Church Fellowship at Mike & Rosemary's home.

Weekly Meetings:

Tuesday

8.00pm Members' prayer meeting and Lord's Table

Wednesday

6.45pm to 8.00pm KIC club - For Year 4,5 & 6 children

Thursday

2.00pm Ladies Rest Hour - Christmas meeting - Speaker: Paul
7.45pm Bible Study and Prayer Meeting - Led by Pastor

Friday

7.30 to 9.00 FOY - For secondary school children

Sunday

11.00am Sunday Services - Led by Pastor

5.00pm Carol Service - followed by tea.

Thought For The Week:

"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call his name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." Matthew 1:21

Prayer For The Church:

Please pray that the message given to the residents of David Coffer Court this afternoon may be well received and blessed.
Pray for Mona as she seeks employment.
Pray for our local churches that are without a pastor.
Pray for pastor as he prepares for the carol service next week that this Christmas will be a season of salvation for some that we have been praying for.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Margate

The church correspondent writes: ‘The Church at Margate is in the process of relocating its building. Our Pastor retires in September 2009. One of our young men is earnestly seeking God regarding entry into Bible college - please remember us.'

Prayer For The Wider Area:

India welcomes Carey Outreach Ministries

Perry Edwards recently travelled overseas for two weeks' ministry. He writes, "I praise God for the opportunity He provided through Carey Outreach Ministries to visit India, in order to provide further training for the Pastors in that needy country. During my first week I taught The Book of Acts, and in the second, Early Church History. There were forty two pastors who attended the two week session.

Although I could not understand most of them, a bond began to grow between us as the days went by. I am thankful to the Lord for His goodness and the privilege of serving him in this teaching ministry."

Praising God in the Villages

"During some of the evenings and on the weekend we visited several village churches to preach the gospel. It was a delight to hear the pounding of the drums (Their main instrument in worship) the loud clapping of the hands and the exuberant singing. The combination of the three was sometimes deafening as we crowded into small church buildings to worship. Although I could not understand the words the people were singing, it was a delight to my soul to hear them sounding forth praises to God in their own language."

Preaching & Praying - Praise God!

"I preached through a translator and then the people lined up after the service for prayer. I prayed for more people after each service than I think I have in my 15 years of pastoral ministry in Canada. It was a moving and enriching experience to my soul. I praise God that as a result of the village preaching, 9 people made professions of faith. I even had the opportunity to pray for several Muslim women who came to the Bible school and asked me to pray for them.
The opportunities for gospel ministry in India are huge. There are churches to be built, and Bible Schools to be established, and souls-a billion souls-who need Jesus Christ!

Perry testifies, "I am filled with joy as I think of India, and look forward to the day when I can visit that my brothers and sisters in Christ in that far away land, and preach the gospel to those who need to hear it."

Bible Readings:

December

14th Nehemiah 9:1-38; Revelation 9:1-21
15th Nehemiah 10:1-39; Revelation 10:1-11
16th Psalms 60; Revelation 11:1-14
17th Nehemiah 11:1-36; Revelation 11:15-19
18th Nehemiah 12-1:47; Revelation 12:1-13:1a
19th Nehemiah 13:1-31; Revelation 13:1b-10
20th Esther 1:1-22; Rev, 13:11-14:5
21st Esther 2:1-23; Revelation 14:6-20

General Announcements:

Keep fit as usual on Monday

Request
Please could you let Janet have the picture for March from the 2008 calendar - when you have finished with the calendar.

Christmas Cards
This Sunday the Post Box will be out for internal posting only.
Last date for posting will be Thursday 18th December.
There will also be a board for cards to be displayed on,
please make use of it, and look at the greetings displayed on it. Thank you.

Mums and Tots - meal for Mums!
A big thank you all round - it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. A special thank you to Karen and Matthew for their work on planning and preparation and to the young men who waited at table.