Notices : 4th November 2007

4th November                

Welcome to our Service today!

10.00am - Prayer for our services.  All welcome.

10.45am – Morning Service

After the service, prayer is available for anyone who would like to be prayed with – please make your way to the front of the church where the prayer team will meet you.

Please join us for tea and coffee after the service in the hall.  If you are a visitor here today, we have a welcome leaflet available.  Please ask if you have not received one.

6.00pm – Evening service

Hearing Loop – There is a loop system available downstairs in the centre seating block for those who need it. 

Memory verse for the week commencing 5/11/07:

‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”  Psalm 23:5-6

Oasis Centre, Austria

Joan and Chris will be traveling to Austria next Saturday 10th November and would value your prayers for safe travel and for a fruitful time at the Oasis Centre, serving both the team and the refugees. Any help you can give - financially or aid - would be really appreciated.  Still needed for the refugees are:

two buggies

men’s trainers

flip flops

large packets of teabags

chocolate for the team!  

They are hoping to fill about 150 bags with presents for the refugees - mugs, pens, teabags, coffee - and we would love to be able to help provide these Christmas presents for the refugees!  Please bring your donations to the church office.  Thank you.

Rainbow Party

Lynne & Stuart would like to thank all those involved in Wednesday night’s Rainbow Party, particularly Richard and Jude for the food, Ray for the banner and Bex for her “bit”!  It went really well and we all had a great time!

Pastoral Care Meeting

There will be a meeting of all Pastoral Care workers, with Pam, on Sunday November 11th at 4.30pm. This will be held at church in the back room.  Please try to attend if you are on the team.

Tots Accompanied

Cathy is looking for one or two more little children’s tea sets for the Thursday morning tots group.  If you have one and no longer need it, please bring it in to the church office.  Thank you.

Sound Desk

Paul is looking for more people to help out on the sound desk on Sunday mornings.  If you feel you can help, please speak to Paul.

Nancy & Phillip Concert       

Nancy and Phillip will be holding a fundraising music concert here on the 24th November from 8pm.  There will be new material as well as some of their old songs.  Donations from the evening will go towards the Bulabakulu Orphanage in Uganda.  Tickets are now available from the church office or Revelation Bookshop, Chippenham.

“Spirituality” Workshop, Bristol

If anyone is interested in attending a workshop on Spirituality at the Bristol Baptist College on 17 November, please contact Margaret who can give some lifts. 

Church Meeting

There will be a church meeting here on the 12th November at 8pm.  All members are encouraged to attend.

Vic

Vic, who usually comes to our evening services, has been hospitalised with an infection.  Please pray for his speedy recovery.

Christmas Letters to Prisoners (CLP)

CLP are looking for more writers.  Prisoners in this country need reaching with the Christmas message.  For more details, see Audrey.

Prayer for the Persecuted Church

There will be a prayer meeting for the persecuted church worldwide at Audrey’s house this Tuesday, 6th Nov from 7.30-8.30pm.

Dates at a glance…

Short term mission to Oasis Centre, Vienna: 10-17 November

Pastoral Care Worker meeting: 11 November, 4.30pm

Church meeting: 12 November, 8pm

T.L.C. Luncheon: 13 November, midday

Bible Overview Course # 4: 14 November, 8pm

Nancy & Phillip in Concert: 24 November 8pm

Joint Housegroup Christmas meal: 12 December, 7.30pm

This week:

Today: Normal services; 20 people on retreat return this afternoon

Tuesday: Rudloe Tots 10-11.30am; Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Audrey’s 7.30pm

Thursday: Early Morning Prayer; Tots Accompanied, 10-11.30am; Debt Advice Centre 7.30pm-9.30pm

Friday: Debt Advice Centre 9.30am-12.30pm

Saturday: Joan and Chris leave on short term mission for Vienna, Austria

Housegroups meet in various homes during the week in Corsham, Gastard & Chippenham.  Please speak to Graham if you would like to join a housegroup.