BOROUGH GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK TUESDAY 7.45pm WEDNESDAY 2.00pm Elders Meeting Notices for the week beginning Sunday 8th February 2015 Women’s Fellowship Characters from Hebrews 11 THURSDAY 8.00pm Meeting for Prayer and Bible Study What Grace Baptists Believe No. 3 About Creation & the Fall (see enclosure) FRIDAY Club Meetings Seeking God’s glory through Christ’s love Our aim above all is that God will be glorified in the church as we, being rooted and established in love, together learn more of the love of Christ and seek to make it known to others. 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Joint Youth Groups Family pancake evening NEXT LORD’S DAY SUNDAY 15th February 2015 10.30am PRAYER MEETING 11.00am ALL-AGE SERVICE TODAY We give you a warm welcome to our services today, particularly if you are a visitor. Please sign the guest book in the vestibule. Welcoming Today: This Morning Heather This Evening Beryl Matthew 22:1-14 (God Is Righteous) Followed by Refreshments 5.45pm THE LORD’S SUPPER (led by Eddie Porter) 6.30pm EVENING SERVICE 1 John 5:2-5 Followed by Refreshments Services, God Willing, led by Timothy Reynolds 10.30am PRAYER MEETING 11.00am MORNING SERVICE 6.30pm EVENING SERVICE Psalm 38 (p565) Psalm 39 (p565) Followed by Refreshments Services led by Timothy Reynolds We gather to worship Almighty God. A copy of this notice sheet appears each week on our website: www.bgbc.org.uk Elders Eddie Porter Timothy Reynolds (pastor) Adrian Tribe Deacons Paul Gallant John Skinner (treasurer) Gerald Watson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Please prepare by sitting quietly, reading through the hymns and scripture reading, and committing the service to the Lord in prayer. Large print Bibles available—please ask. Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Ephesians 6: 10 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY Morning: The Son of God Appears (Lk 1–2) A CHILD LIKE US Evening: Being Sure of Heaven (1 John) LOVE & BELIEF WORK TOGETHER Luke 2:39-52 (p1028) Because he was a child like us… 1 John 4:7—5:1 (p1227) Together they show that we know God. 1. Jesus is able to be our Saviour 1. God’s love comes to us as we believe in the One he sent to die for us (7-12) 2. Jesus is able to be our Friend 3. Jesus is able to be our Example 2. God’s Spirit shows that we know him by giving us faith and love (13-16) 3. God’s love banishes fear & gives us confidence for the day of judgement (1721) PRAYER POINTS AGBC (SE) Erith: North End Baptist Church GBM: Theo and Sonja Donner Medellin, Colombia Classes started on the 27th Jan for our new academic year. Tomorrow the teaching staff of the Seminary have study day where Theo will be presenting two papers to his colleagues. Recordings of services (on CD ) may be borrowed from library area. Please remember to sign out what you borrow. For help, see Heather Burch. Answers in Genesis Conference 2-8pm Saturday (Tonbridge) – details on vestibule notice board. Annual Preaching Services Bexleyheath 3pm & 6pm Saturday (Chris Hawthorne, St John’s Wood) OTHER NOTICES Affinity – Daylight Christian Prison Trust ask us to please pray for prison chapel services and Bible studies that their staff and volunteers are running during February. Welcoming Next Sunday Morning: Anne and Gerry Evening: Terence Persecuted Church – Vietnam Montagnards are a mainly Christian people group that lives in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and is persecuted for their Christian faith. A family of five Vietnamese Montagnards, including two children and an infant, who had fled their homes and crossed the border into Cambodia, were discovered in the Cambodian Ratanakiri jungle and arrested on 1 Feb. They were detained by police and taken to a secret location. No further news as to their whereabouts has yet been given. Chapel Cleaning John and Helen Flowers Today Sue Next Sunday: Myrtle Evening After-Church Tea Today : Anne and David Next Sunday: Audrey and Gerry Adrian preaching at Tonbridge (Pembury Road Baptist Chapel) today Elders Meeting on Tuesday Timothy speaking at Downe Lunch Club on Thursday The evidence of love and belief (5:1) OTHER NOTICES Offering We give thanks to God for gifts last Lord’s Day amounting to: General Fund £ 586.40 Home Mission £ 5.00 We do not take up an offering during services, but if you wish to support the work of the gospel through this church please place your gift in the offering box that stands in the vestibule. Income tax payers may take advantage of Gift Aid to increase the value of their gift— please speak to the Treasurer.