Monthly Bulletin
October Meetings
Sunday Rotas
Meeting
Date
Duty/
Fellowship Hour
Thursday 16th at 2.30pm
Date
Men’s Bible
Thursday 16th at 8pm
5th
Door
Children’s
Audio
Talk
Enoch
Steve
Church
Andrew
Lorraine
Rea
Sheila
Pastor
Andrew
Heather H
Shaw
Snr
Bethany
Ian
Andrew
Heather C
Jnr
Andrew R
Neil
Sharon
Class
Grounded
Saturday 11th at 7.45pm
Good News Club
Every Tuesday at 6.45pm
Women’s
Monday 6th at 8pm
Meeting
Ruth Hamilton
C.A.S.T.
Saturday, 4th October
12th
19th
26th
Enoch
Ian
Ian
Children’s
Neil
Rathfriland Baptist
Church
Emma
Sunday 12th & 26th at 8pm
Meetings on The Lord’s Day
Date
PM Services/singers
5th
Baptismal Service
12th
Pastor Harvey Shaw
19th
Louise Boyd—Report on Kenya
Wednesday Night Audio
1st
Steve
8th
Andrew
Rea
15th
Andrew
Snr
22nd
Andrew
Jnr
29th
Neil
Please Pray ... for the
commencement of our various
meetings. Pray for a year centred
on Christian growth as well as
blessing and encouragement.
Contact details:
Rathfriland Baptist Church
Loughbrickland Road
Co. Down BT 34 5PZ
Northern Ireland
Contact Pastor Wilson:
Telephone: 02840631117
Mobile: 07904565635
E-mail:
[email protected]
Please forward any information or details to Judith, no
later than the second Sunday in the month, for inclusion in
the next bulletin.
(Email to: [email protected],Tel: 07746713818)
October 2014
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this man is preached
unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by Him
all that believe are justified.”
Acts 13 v 38-39
Meetings
Sunday Services — 11:30am & 6:30pm
Sunday School & Bible Class — 10:10am
Prayer Meeting — Wednesday at 8pm
www.rathfrilandbaptist.com
Thought for the Month
I once heard about a fellow who
skipped Church on Sunday to go
hunting. It began to pour with
rain and he slid inside a hollow log to
stay dry. When the rain stopped, he
started to slide out but found that the rain had
made the log swell and he was stuck.
As hard as he tried, he could not get out. He
thought to himself, “No one knows where I am
and they will never find me inside this log. I am
going to die in this log.” Then he remembered it
was Sunday and he should have been in Church.
It made him feel so small he was able to crawl
out of the log.
The Psalmist, in Psalm 84 speaks of God's
tabernacles, the courts of the Lord, and the
house of God. He talks about the Temple. What
the Temple was to the Psalmist, the Church
should mean to us. Look at what he says.
“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of
hosts!” The word “amiable” means “loved.” He is
talking about how much he loved God’s house.
The depth of his love is seen in verse 2. He says,
“My soul longeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of the
Lord.” He loved God’s house
and longed to be in it.
Do you have a love for
meeting here on the Lord’s
Day with the Lord’s people?
In verse 3 he gives us a beautiful picture of
dwelling in God’s house. We read, “Yea, the
sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow
a nest for herself, where she may lay her
young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my
King, and my God.”
He describes two birds. First, there is the
sparrow that had found a house in God’s
house. This speaks of a living in God’s house, or
to put it another way, being faithful to
Church.
The second bird that is mentioned is the
swallow. The Psalmist describes the swallow
building a nest where she can lay her young.
The interesting thing is where she lays her
young. It is on the altars of the Lord. This
speaks of bringing our children up in God’s
house. Every parent ought to make the house
of God a place where they bring up their
children.
This Month...
Baptismal Service
When: Sunday, 5th October.
Please pray for this meeting
and those going through the
waters of baptism.
Gospel concert...
When: Friday, 24th October
Who: Organised by the Fegan family,
special speakers and singers in attendance.
Who: All proceeds to The Barbour Ward,
R.V.H., Belfast.
Notice something significant about dwelling in
God’s house. In verse 4 we read, “Blessed are
they that dwell in thy house: they will be still
praising thee. Selah.” The Psalmist is telling us
that happy is the person who dwells in God’s
house.
I hope you find this church a place where you
love to come and bring your family and a
place you will find the source of true joy. I
hope you don’t find it easy to stay away.
God bless,
Pastor Ian Wilson
Next Month...
What: Ladies’ Outreach Coffee
Morning.
When: Saturday, 1st November
Who: Speaker will be Stephanie Parke
Please pray for this event and invite any
unsaved friends, family and neighbours.
You will be made most welcome!