Today's Meetings:

9.45am Children's Bible Club
10.15am Sunday Prayer Meeting in cottage
11.00am Morning Service
5.20pm Lord's Table (Please see notes on reverse)
6.00pm Evening Service
After Church Fellowship at Joyce and Cliff's home.

Weekly Meetings:

Tuesday

7.15am Prayer for revival.

Wednesday

9.30am Mum's and Tots
7.45pm District Prayer Mtg - Meopham
7.00pm - 8.00pm KIC club - Children in years 4 to 6

Thursday

2.00pm Ladies Rest Hour - Dorothy Clarkson
7.45pm Bible Study and Prayer Meeting - Led by Pastor

Friday

7.30pm FOY - For Secondary School Children

Sunday

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

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:

"So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed." Acts 16:40

Prayer For The Church:

Pray that a good number from FOY will attend the summer camps in Wales.

Prayer For The Local Area:

Greenwich

"The opportunities in Greenwich are enormous. Please pray for our outreach and plans to hold an Olympics Mission with Rodger Carswell in 2012; for our work with the Christian students to re-establish a Christian Union on the Maritime campus. Opportunities to witness at the new Supermarket, Hotel and flats complex being built across the road from the church. Above all for strength and faithfulness to the gospel."

Ruth Bernard, the daughter of William and Sheila Smith, passed away on Tuesday. Please pray for her husband Mervyn, their son Barrington and William and Sheila at this time.

Michael Burch. Timothy Reynolds writes: "Please let the churches know that Michael was called home this morning. What a joy it is that we do not "grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope" and that we can at this time give thanks to God for a life lived for him to the very end - a life of gracious and dedicated service in the church from which we have all greatly benefited. We shall all miss him very much, personally and as a church. Please uphold Grace in your prayers along with Peter & Heather."

Prayer For The Wider Area:

Iran feels tension from within and without

In Iran, tension continues to grow from within and without. The stance the government has taken and the views of the people grow farther and farther apart since the June 13 elections of last year. Then, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Iran a nuclear state on February 11 of this year, on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the U.S. and other nations rose up immediately to protest this move.

One commentator says of the government, "There has been a continual movement not to back down and to continue moving forward with their Islamic agenda."

Despite this, "The church has continued to grow, although it has become much more difficult for the church. Christian leaders continue to receive reports of people who are being arrested,".

There was encouraging news, however, from the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN) who reported that three Christian detainees were released from the Evin Prison after they had been held in custody for eighty days.
Still, this is a rare case, and persecution is expected to increase. A leading evangelist says "It seems that everything is moving toward some kind of boiling point." He said he does not know when or what this event will be, but that it will be the only end to this downward cycle.

As the stakes grow higher, it remains true that "there's no place in all of the Middle East that is as receptive to the Gospel as Iran."

People are seeing that Islam has failed them, and God is revealing Himself to them in their time of searching. There have been many reports received of occasions when Christ has revealed Himself to individuals through dreams and visions. In this, they are discovering the freedom He offers.

There are regular Christian radio broadcasts in Iran in Farsi, the country's main language. As this ministry continues to flourish, At least one broadcaster is now looking to expand their broadcast. They are now working on a translation in Azeri, the nation's second language.

General Announcements:

DATES
13th May - John Roberts - LDOS
3rd June - Mission prayer meeting
1st July - SASRA
November 20th 5.30pm - Church and Pastor's Anniversary - Dr John Benton (Guildford) will be preaching at the Saturday service.

Lord's 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.

Cartridge recycling
There is a box in the vestry for used ink cartridges which can be recycled for TWAM. No Epsons or laser. Thankyou