Today's Meetings:

9.45am Children's Bible Club
10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11.00am Morning Service
6.00pm Evening Service
After Church Fellowship at Church and preparation for HBC.

Weekly Meetings:

Mon to Wed

9.30am HBC Prayer Meeting
10.00am to 12.00pm Holiday Bible Club

Wed

6.30pm Prize Giving

Sunday

9.45am Children's Bible Club
11.00am & 6.00pm Sunday Services - Led by Pastor

Thought For The Week:

"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest." Leviticus 23:10

Prayer For The Church:

Pray that God may bless this weeks holiday Bible club. Pray especially for Karen, Sarah/ Dan and Pastor as they give the talks.
Please pray for the Wednesday evening prize giving.
Pray for Pete as he seeks employment.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Tunbridge Wells

"Prayer for future guidance on way ahead for church generally and as to how the leadership may be strengthened. Also, as we seek to build on existing ministries, especially the gospel opportunities amongst parents and children. Please remember our valued elderly members. "They will still bear fruit in old age.""

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Opening Ceremonies signal start of athlete ministry

The Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia took place on Friday. They not only signify the start of intense competition among the world's best athletes, but also a unique opportunity to share Christ, and Athletes in Action will be using the Olympics to do just that.

"We'll be part of a contingent of chaplains that will be working with the athletes. We'll be working with various community ministries for those that are coming to Vancouver to watch the games," said Tim Pitcher of Athletes in Action.
For athletes and spectators alike, the chaplains will distribute a "Struggles and Triumphs" DVD.

"It features six different athletes talking about ... the struggles they went through as well as the triumphs."
With the number of countries represented, Athletes in Action may have the opportunity to share Christ with individuals who have never heard the Gospel.

"Whenever you bring in athletes from around the globe, there are always great opportunities to get connections with people from closed countries, from open countries, and people that need to hear the Gospel. So we just really try to take advantage of that," said Pitcher.

Answers in Genesis Staff and Creationist Volunteers Converge on Canada

The Vancouver Winter Olympics start today in scenic British Columbia, and among the large international crowd gathering in western Canada will be more than 110 volunteers and some Answers in Genesis staff. They will share the gospel message with as many visitors and local citizens as possible and also conduct an apologetics conference in the area. This small army of volunteers will distribute over 150,000 new witnessing booklets (translated into seven languages and produced just for these Games) entitled Gold Rush Vancouver.

This evangelistic effort follows similar outreaches at previous Olympic Games, beginning in 1996 at the Atlanta Summer Olympics. At the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004, nearly 200 individuals came to faith in Christ, and in Sydney in 2000, five new churches were started as a result of the Answers in Genesis Olympics outreach.

"The Olympics provide a wonderful opportunity to fulfil the Scripture's mission challenge to take the gospel to the whole world," said Dr. David Crandall, International Director of Answers Worldwide. He is leading the team of volunteers comprised of Answers in Genesis friends from 16 U.S. states and 3 other countries.

General Announcements:

Dates
4th March District Prayer Meeting at Belvedere
13th March - Men's bowling evening - please see Pete W. or Ralph.
14th March - Barry King to speak at "Afterchurch"
16th March - Members' prayer meeting
18th March - Paul Davies - A.E.M. 2.00pm and 7.45pm
21st March - Ray Birch
28thMarch - William Smith
Good Friday - Bill Gardner
22nd April - MERF John Lodge
November 20th 5.30pm - Church and Pastor's Anniversary - Dr John Benton (Guildford) will be preaching at the Saturday service.