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 Mike & Rosemary's home.

Weekly Meetings:

Wednesday

@11.15am leave For Ladies Anniversary: Borough Green - speaker Alan Greenbank

Thursday

2.00pm Rest Hour - Eddie Porter
7.45pm Bible Study and Prayer Meeting - Led by Pastor

Sunday

9.45am Sunday Bible Club
11.00am & 6.00pm Sunday Services - Led by Mark Gladwell

Visitors
We assure you of a warm welcome to the services today.
During the service an offering is taken as part of our worship. If you have not come prepared please do not feel embarrassed and just let the bag pass.
There is provision of a live video feed of the service in the vestry and an audio feed in the lounge.

Thought For The Week:

"Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me." Psalm 119:133

Prayer For The Church:

Pray for Ken and Anne as they visit Angie in Ireland who recently had a serious injury. Pray that she may come to Christ.
Pray for those on holiday this week that they may know refreshment
Pray for Ralph as he is spending the weekend with the camp's co-leaders for planning.
Continue to pray that we may know true Holy Spirit revival.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Watford (Derby Road)

"We have our Anniversary services on April 24th-25th with Chris Hawthorne speaking. Please also pray for those taking Christianity Explored and Discipleship Explored courses; also for a new Trainee to join us in the Autumn."
Update. Please pray for two young men who have begun giving talks at the Tuesday evening Prayer Meetings with a view to developing their preaching gifts. Also for a new Sunday school teacher that she will be helped with the guidance she is given by existing teachers and increasingly feel comfortable in this role.

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Security concerns don't prevent CRI from taking Christian materials to Russia

Since the March 29th suicide bombings in Moscow, security concerns have been in the forefront of everyone's minds travelling in and to Russia.

Christian Resources International has a trip scheduled May 17-28 to Tyumen, Russia, which is located in Western Siberia, about 1300 miles east of Moscow.

While those on the trip will be catching a connecting flight in the Moscow airport, John Lowrey of CRI has little concern for security, especially since they will not even leave the airport.

Lowrey explained the nature of the trip: "We're going to be taking in English Christian books and Bibles, distributing those, letting people read through them and then come back and ask us questions. And we'll have English discussion groups about those books."

With all the printed materials in English, as well as the discussion, Lowrey said this will be a new and exciting experience.
However, he is concerned that officials may try to confiscate the Christian materials while they are transporting them, so Lowrey is praying they will turn a blind eye. "We're just going to trust the Lord that He will help us get the books to the destination and that once in the library, they will stay there."

If the books make it to the shelves of the missionaries' library, they have the potential to do more than just improve their readers' English: "A lot of the students will come just to get something printed in English, so to be able to give them Christian books to read will meet their need. But it will also meet a spiritual need, which is far greater," Lowrey said.

Pray for the team as they prepare to leave and travel to Russia. Pray that the materials will be delivered safely into the hands of the missionaries and not be confiscated by government officials. Pray for the many individuals who will be reading the books who are not Christians. Also, pray that they will understand the message of hope Christ offers and be drawn to it.

General Announcements:

EMAIL received yesterday

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

You probably heard about the tragedy that touched Poland today - the President and other the most important people in the country died in the plane crash. Please pray for Poland, for families that have been touched through this tragedy. Please pray that the country could restore quickly from this loss.

Thank you for your prayers.

God bless