Diary sheets

19^th February 2012 Welcome

This a reminder that all nominations for the position of deacon, treasurer and church secretary must be received by tonight. There is one vacancy for Deacon, one for secretary and our treasures need to be re-elected. The church’s Annual General Meeting is on Monday March 19^th  at 7:45pm. Please talk to Rosemary if you will be unable to attend and require a postal vote.

Have you been baptised? We are planning to hold a baptism service on the 25^th March – have you considered being baptised? – why not have a chat with Mike ASAP.

If you are new to this church you may be interested to know :-

There is a loop system for those who are hard of hearing, Crèche is provided for babies/toddlers in the hall, and a Sunday Club group is available for pre-schoolers to age 11 in the hall from approx 11am. Please stay after the service to have a coffee/tea and biscuits, these are available in the hall.

Annual General Meeting – While this is in March, we need to think about it now – firstly annual reports from each church organisation need to be submitted to Rosemary so that they can be collated into an annual report.

Methodist Church – missions evening at the Methodist Church – 7pm Saturday 25^th February – “looking for a N.E.E.T. Spirituality” with Rev Dr Chris Shannahan. Supper will follow the talk.

Sunday Services for the next month:-

Sunday 4^th March  Morning Service led by Mark Macauley from Oakridge Road   10:45am

Sunday 11th March Morning Service with the Methodist Church                         10:45am

Sunday 11^th March Evening Service including communion                                       6:00pm

Sunday 18^th March  Morning Service – Women’s Fellowship 80^th anniversary – preacher is Janine Thomas                                                                                                     10:45am

Sunday 25th March Morning service will include a baptism                                  10:45am

LENT Groups – this year there are only two lent groups – one on Wednesday afternoon at Christchurch and one on Wednesday evening at the Baptist Church. If you know you are coming then please sign up – details are on the noticeboard. If you forget to sign up this doesn’t stop  you from coming. The more the merrier……!!! Check out the Churches Together in Britain website for more details of what we are studying .  www.ctbi.org.uk

The Annual Baptist Assembly: The Baptist Assembly will be returning to London from 4 – 6 May. Please pray for this important event in the life of our denomination as we celebrate together God’s goodness to the denomination over the last 400 years and seek his guidance as together we look Beyond 400. See the Assembly promotional leaflets and visit the Assembly website www.baptistassembly.org.uk for further information. Everyone is welcome to attend the Baptist Assembly. Booking for the whole event costs just £95 up until 29 February. Or if you cannot come for the whole event why not come to one of the Celebrations at Central Hall, Westminster, or to one of the 13 Day Conferences on Saturday 5 May?