LYDIA’S APRIL NEWSLETTER is now available. Please pick up your copy today from the Vestibule or Fellowship Lounge. LOOKING AHEAD CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - Sunday 10th - Saturday 16th May. If you can help with the door to door collection, please speak to Joyce Henry TODAY. Honouring God By Seeking His Presence And Sharing His Grace Man-Up Archery Night ‘The Range Archery Centre, Ballymoney Monday 11th May £8-£10 per person depending on the numbers going. Meeting at 1st Coleraine @ 7 pm starting at 7.30 pm Please let Alistair know if you are interested in going or sign up on the sheet in the Fellowship Lounge. Welcome to the Fellowship of First Presbyterian Church, Coleraine. We are glad you are here and pray you will experience God’s help and be filled with the joy of salvation as we worship together. ________________________ COLERAINE CHILD CONTACT CENTRE Abbey St Coleraine BT52 1EX Provides a safe neutral place where children from separated families can meet up with a parent or family member they no longer live with. Could you give one Saturday morning and or a Tuesday afternoon once a month to bring joy to a child in Coleraine? Volunteers, male, female, young people 18+ from any background are urgently required to meet the steady demand for our service. Training is provided. For application forms and more information please contact Shirley McPhillimy , Co-ordinator CACCC by 1st May 2015. Tel 07899792948 The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has launched a church-wide special appeal for Nepal and is immediately releasing £60,000 to support the international relief effort in the wake of last Sunday’s devastating earthquake. Special Envelopes will be provided next Sunday in the pews and we ask that you make your donation in the envelope and place it in the Offering Plate. Continue to pray for this county and the families from our Church who work with United Mission to Nepal. TEA/ COFFEE AFTER MORNING SERVICE ROTA is as follows: TODAY - William Dallas, John Hamill & Sam Dorrans 10th May - William Dallas, John Hamill & Sam Dorrans Crèche Rota for the next couple of weeks:TODAY - Jean Magowan, Lynne Caskey & Zara 19th May - Pauline Bradley & Karlene Hamill & Alex. DOOR STEWARDS for the month of MAY:- Basil & Maureen McCorriston, Bill Wilsdon, David Black & Alistair Doherty. Minister: Rev. Peter Fleming -70342703 Pastoral Assistant – Rev. Sam Millar -29557097 Outreach & Support Worker—Liz Dowey - 07803402504 Youth & Community Worker - Alistair Dickey - 07955906552 Church Office Number -70355202 e-mail – [email protected] Website - www.firstcoleraine.com How is the Word of God to be read and heard? With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives. New City Catechism 42 Sunday 3rd May 2015 Sunday 4th May 2015 11.00 am 'Does Jesus still cry today?' - John 11:17-37 and Luke 19:41-42. Mr Norman McCracken. 6.30 pm Christians and the general election. 1 Peter 2 v 11-25 Rev. Peter Fleming 6.30 pm–8 pm ALF(YF) Prayer - Iluminate Take it to the Lord in Prayer’ - Do you want to respond to Gods word, or know of a burden that can be shared in prayer? The Prayer Ministry Team is available today and they will be at the front of the church. ‘Prayer Request Box’ is in Vestibule.‘ Prayerline’ number is 70344319. Sunday 10th May 2015 10.15 am Elders Prayer Time 11.00 am Priorities for the Church - Psalm 51 v 10-13. 6.30 pm United Evening Service in New Row Presbyterian Church with Rev. David Thompson - Mission Development Officer.. This is the first in a series of 3 studies. Saturday (9th) WEDNESDAY CLUB OUTING will leave the Riverside Retail Park at the re-cycling area past Sainsbury’s at 1 pm. YOUTH CLUB tonight from 7.30 pm—10 pm. Remember all those in P7 upwards are welcome! PRAYER POINTS 1. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever’ - Psalm 100. 2. Please pray for the people of Nepal who have been so deeply impacted by the recent disaster, remember also the Christian Church there as they seek to reach out in Christ’s compassion. 3. Pray for the work being done by the Coleraine Area Child Contact Centre & ask that their need for volunteers would be met. 4. Continue to pray for our community & nation throughout this time of elections. THIS WEEK Wednesday (6th) D2A is back today @ the usual time in the usual place. See you there! ‘Walk through the Old Testament’ 6th May 2015. 7.30 pm—9.30 pm Thursday (7th) Toddlers Inn meets today from 10.30 am to 12 noon. All parents, grandparents and childminders with pre-school children are very welcome. FIT FOR LIFE will be running for 4 Thursday nights in May— 7th,14,21st & 28th @ 7.15 pm. As you will note, 7th May is Election Day, and St. Patricks Hall will be used as a Poling Station so the ladies of St. Malachy’s will host us that evening in their hall in Nursery Avenue - all other evenings will be in St. Patrick’s Church Hall. Each evening you can choose to walk or do an aerobic session followed by supper and a talk. Cost is £3 with proceeds after expenses to NI Hospice. All ladies welcome. Leaflets with full details are available in Fellowship Lounge. 5. Let’s give thank for the faithful service of William & Maureen Warnock in developing our awareness of mission work at home and abroad and pray for volunteers to continue this work. 6. Pray for all those involved in leading and enhancing our worship each Sunday. 7. Remember in prayer those who are sick or suffering in any way. If you have prayer requests please contact the Church Office or Carol Wilson. PORTUGAL PARTNERSHIP UPDATE Thank you all for your prayers for us for all the travels we have had over the past couple of months. Anna was especially conscious of God's help with the teaching she was giving at the Foundation Course in Albania in March. We're constantly surprised at the ways He continues to lead us
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