Pantiles Week Sunday 26th October 2014 News from Pantiles Baptist Church
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Pantiles Week Sunday 26th October 2014 News from Pantiles Baptist Church
Notes for Today’s Messages Morning Service: Luke 1:57-80 Evening Service: LIFE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST #:1: Praise Pantiles Week News from Pantiles Baptist Church Sunday 26th October 2014 WELCOME! We warmly welcome you today. If you are a visitor please introduce yourself to a steward and ask for an introduction booklet. Our services include a mixture of both traditional and contemporary elements so that we may benefit from the wealth of both old and new. 10:15 am Prayer Meeting for today’s services in the Church Office 10:30 am Morning Service with refreshments served afterwards. Our Pastor, Rev. Gareth Jones will preach. Euclid Jones and Andy Burgess at the door. During the second part of the Morning Service we have Junior Church in the Green Hall for those in school years 1 to 8 and a crèche for younger children in the hall. 6:20 pm Pre-service singing led by Mike Mercer. Audio Ministry: Audio Recordings are made of all our services. If you wish to borrow a CD then please see the audio team at the back. Sermons can also be downloaded from www.pantilesbaptist.org.uk Our Evening Services are also streamed at pantiles.sermon.net A loop system is available in the Church. PANTILES BAPTIST CHURCH office@pantilesbaptist.org.uk 73 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5LH www.pantilesbaptist.org.uk Pastor: Rev. Gareth Jones - gareth@pantilesbaptist.org.uk Community Support Worker: Becca Burgess - becca@pantilesbaptist.org.uk 6:30 pm Evening Service with refreshments served afterwards. We welcome Pastor Ken Slater from Sandhurst Baptist Church as our guest preacher. Jonathan and Marjorie Brunker at the door. This evening Gareth is preaching at Swanfield Chapel, Chichester 2014 MOTTO TEXT - Galatians 2:20 “I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me” PRAYER POINTS Becca on holiday this week Gareth’s day off Since we have had to postpone Holiday Club, pray that God will guide us with our youth work and show us how we can be effective in reaching children. MON PROGRAMME TUE Let us give thanks to God for His blessings to us Sunday by Sunday. May we also pray for those we have not seen recently at our Services. WED 7:30 pm - Prayer meeting led by Gareth THURS FRI 11:00 am - Thanksgiving Service for the life of Mary Williams. SAT SUN 10:30 am - Gareth preaching from Luke 3:1-21. Service will include communion. 6:30 pm - Andy Hannan. There is no Pandas today (half term) so please pray for the staff. May they be strengthened as they serve week by week. PBC NEWS Holiday Club: Our Holiday Club has had to be postponed (most probably until May). We apologise for any inconvenience . Mead School Choir will be joining us for a coffee morning on Thursday 6th November 10:00 am to 11:30am. Invitations are available for you to use. Stewarding / welcoming ministry. At a recent deacons meeting we saw the importance of this ministry and would like to arrange a meeting for those who steward or would like to steward. The proposed date is Wednesday 12th Nov, 6:15 pm. Please let Andy B know if you can or cannot come. Continue to pray for those who are unwell or those who are recovering from treatment. Pray also for those awaiting appointments, tests, etc. CCM Focus Day on Saturday 15th November (St Johns Wood Road Baptist Church). Find out about the work of CCM. More details on the noticeboard. Please pray for the arrangements for today’s service. Pray also for the family - may they know God’s strength and love at this time. Making Conversations count for Christ workshop on Saturday 22nd Nov, 9:30 to 11:00 am at Pembury Road Baptist Church, Tongbridge. Speaker: Daphne Ross. See Becca for more details. As a new month starts today, pray that the Lord may provide for our financial needs and also our staffing needs. A few activities need more volunteers. Brian Walpole will be coming to PBC on Tuesday 25th Nov, 7:30 pm to speak about his life as a Concorde captain and as a Christian. Please invite friends to hear his testimony. Pray that the Lord may be blessed and exalted through our worship this day. Pray also for Jonathan speaking at Milward House this afternoon (3:30pm) Items for Pantiles Week should be submitted by Friday morning. e: notices@pantilesbaptist.org.uk t: office on 01892 521903 Electronic versions are available. Please e-mail above address. AGBC(SE) NEWS Highbury Baptist Church We have been learning that each local church is to be construction site where people are being built together to become a temple for God's praise. - Much building work happens behind the scenes. Pray for us as The Lord works in us to cause us to grow more like him. - Construction sites can be dangerous places. Pray that we would follow God’s procedures as we grow together. - We rejoice that we are now able to employ Maria for 8 hours each week doing discipleship work amongst the women in the church. - We have been holding parenting seminars. Pray for the wider group attending and talking together about God's wisdom in parenting. - We are thankful to have 2 new theological students placed with us this year and pray that we will care for them as they serve amongst us. - Pray that the Lord will use our summer outreach to draw people to himself. Home Mission Saved2Serve March 27-29 2015 Praise God for the planning team: Jim Sayers, Dan Bryant, Chris Hawthorne, Ryan King, Greg Tarr, Paul Spear and Nigel Hoad; give thanks for all the work already done for 2015 Pray that The Lord would bring many young adults to consider the subject : Revolution - the work of the Holy Spirit in conversion. Pray that the publicity would be effective.