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    Notices for Sunday 13th October

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    Sunday Services

    10.00am CBC@Neston

    David S will bring the Word from 1 Samuel 8:1–22 Music will be led by Ian and Anne and intercessory prayers by Vicky S.
    Click here to join on Zoom. Meeting ID 838 7666 9360 Passcode 563996.

    10.30am CBC@Priory St

    Adam will bring the Word from Luke 4:31-37. Music will be led by Natalie O and intercessory prayers by Ruth L. The service will be streamed online –click here to join

    If you prefer not to appear on the live stream/recording at Priory Street, you’re advised to sit in or under the balcony.

    October’s Junior Church Verse

    ‘I can do all this through Christ who strengthens me.’ – Philippians 4:13

    This weeks updates

    National Week of Prayer

    Open Doors is running a National Week of Prayer, Oct 12-20th. You can visit their website and sign up to receive daily prayers here .
    On Sat 19th there is a Prayer Vigil 8am-8pm & you can also sign up to indicate when you will be participating.
    There will also be an International Day of Prayer on 3rd November which you can join online. We will post a further update nearer the time to remind you.


    Open Doors

    In choosing to follow Jesus, Christians around the world are losing things they love. Whether it is homes, family, security, freedom or future. In solidarity with these believers, two of our young people Rhiannon Field & Will Robinson, will be undertaking a sponsored challenge to give up their beds from the 25th Oct – 4th Nov to raise money and support those who are giving it all to keep following Jesus.  They would gladly accept any donations and would appreciate your prayers. You can sponsor them here.


    Praying for the Middle East

    Join us in continuing to pray for the Middle East. Click here to read the guide prepared by TearFund which helps individuals, churches and groups pray for Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the Middle East.


    CBC is going cashless!

    We are excited to announce the arrival of CBC’s new card reader which will be available at the back of Priory Street by the offering box this Sunday. The new card reader will hopefully make both offerings and paying for church events much quicker and easier meaning less cash handling for the office which has proven an administrative burden in the past. We hope you’ll help us in becoming a cashless church by making use of this quick and easy payment method. Elders will be on hand at the back of the church should you need any help in using it.

    Upcoming Events

    Prayer walk around Corsham – Sat 12th Oct

    Please join us on a prayer walk around Corsham tomorrow morning. We’ll set off from Priory Street at 8.30am.


    Hangout (for children in KS2) – Sun 13th Oct

    Hangout is back this Sunday! Join Rhiannon and the team on Sunday October 13th,  4pm – 5.30pm at Priory street for fun, food and answers to some of your questions. Speak to Rhiannon if you would like more information. A couple of helpers are needed so if you have a DBS certificate, have undergone the safeguarding training and would like to help,  please contact Rhiannon on  childrensworker@corshambaptists.org


    Baptism Class – Sun 13th Oct

    Adam is running a baptism class on Sunday 13th October at 3pm, Priory Street. For those interested in finding out more, please speak to Adam or Josh.


    Corsham Area Churches Together – Sun 13th Oct

    Bible Sunday – Join us for a celebration of scripture at 6pm this Sunday at Priory Street.  This service will be in place of the Praise & Worship event for this month. We would encourage as many people as possible to come along and join us in praise.

    Women’s Bible Study – Mon 14th Oct

    Dear sisters in Christ, join us on Monday evening at Priory Street for our next study of Hosea 1 & 3; a redeeming love. We’ll start at 7.30pm and refreshments will be available beforehand. Please speak to Anne H for more details. We look forward to welcoming you.


    Signs of God Workshop – Sat 19th Oct

    9.45 – 4pm at St Pauls Church, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham
    A wonderful opportunity to learn and use BSL in a Christian context and worship together too. Whether you are deaf or hearing, have no BSL or you are fluent – we have something for everyone. All welcome (Under 14+ must be with a parent/guardian) Tea & coffee will be provided. Please bring your own lunch. Register at 9.45am for a 10am start. Book tickets here


    Role of Senior Pastor – Key dates

    On Sun 6th October the Elders read out a statement to the congregations at Priory St & Neston regarding Gary Woodall, as a candidate for our new Senior Pastor position at CBC. Below are some key dates we would ask you to please be praying about and attend where you can: 

    Saturday 19th Oct: – 10:30am – Interview & Q&A session at Priory Street. – 2:30pm Interview & Q&A session at Priory Street. 

    Sunday 20th Oct: – Preach with a View at Corsham School for our Joint CBC service. – Service begins at 10:30am.  Location: Corsham School, The Tynings, SN13 9DF. 

    Monday 21st Oct: – Corsham Baptist Church to hold a special Members Meeting at 7:30pm at Priory Street.


    Bereavement Ministry and Support – Date TBC

    As a Church we are planning to host a half day course on a Saturday morning run by Care for The Family called “The Bereavement Care Awareness Course”. The aim is to show us how best to support people we know who are suffering in grief. If you are interested in this half day course, please email your interest to bereavement@corshambaptists.org so that we can book a date and provide you with more information.


    The Bereavement Journey Course – The next course will start after Christmas

    The Bereavement Course for October has now begun, however we will be offering another course after Christmas, if you would like to sign up or receive more information please email bereavement@corshambaptists.org or Click here for more information.
    The course is for anyone who has suffered a significant loss, recently or in the past, and are finding their grief difficult to process. This is a seven week course consisting of small group discussions and videos developed by Christians. The course is open to anyone in our local community whether or not they attend CBC. Please speak to Adam, Gordon or Anne Hill for more information.

    Volunteers Required!

    Light Party Thursday 31st Oct 5 – 7pm – help needed 

    This is a great opportunity to serve the families in our community and share the Gospel, it’s 2 hours to share God ‘s love to the families that come. Could you help us? There are opportunities to chat with parents as they drop their children off, or chat with those that stay or if you can’t spare 2 hours maybe you could provide snacks, prayer or help for 1 hour? If you’d prefer to help out behind the scenes there’s lots of areas we need help with: registration, kitchen tasks, setting up snacks, signing out of the children at the end.
    If you aren’t free until after 7pm and are physically able, the chairs will need to be put back into the sanctuary ready for church straight after the event.
    This is a great outreach event that the whole church can support, so please sign up and share Jesus the Light of the world. Sign up sheets are at the back of church along with registration forms for children attending. Helpers to arrive at 4.30 for prayer before the event. For more information please contact Rhiannon Childrensworker@corshambaptists.org


    Christianity Explored

    We are hoping to run another Christianity Explored course in January 2025. These will be Thursday evenings at Priory Street starting Thurs 16th January at 7:30pm. Christianity Explored is a relaxed and informal way of sharing the best news you can ever hear, and gives people space and time to think about the big questions of life. Over seven sessions, one per week, guests will read Mark’s Gospel to find out more about the life of the person at the heart of the Christian faith – Jesus Christ. The structure of each session is simple: a short Bible study, a talk and a discussion based on the talk.

    We need people to volunteer to cook a simple meal each week, volunteer helpers & table leaders. Full support & training will be provided. If this is something that you would be interested in, please contact Adam via email: adamj@corshambaptists.org for more details. Also please be thinking about who you could invite to this exciting course! 


    Youth Weekend Away – Help Needed

    As we approach our annual youth weekend, we are excited to be taking a bumper number of young people to Woodcroft Christian Centre, Chepstow. To enable us to get everyone to the venue and enjoy the weekend, we require the following help please.
    Drivers to transport young people to and from the Centre. If you can help with this, please speak to Dan (dano@corshambaptists.org)
    Friday Oct 25th 4pm – transporting from Corsham to Woodcroft.
    Sunday Oct 27th 3pm – transporting from Woodcroft to Corsham.


    Volunteer required – Designated Person for Safeguarding

    We’re looking for a volunteer, ideally with the relevant experience, to work in the Safeguarding Team as DPS – click here to read the role description. Please get in touch with Elspeth Pitman on elspethp@corshambaptists.org for further details or to express an interest.


    Volunteer required – Health & Safety Ministry Leader

    Could you take on this role? Click here to read the role description and if you’re interested in helping in this way, please speak to Jonny Street or any of the trustees. 


    Volunteers required – Junior Church

    Volunteers are needed to enable this ministry to continue at our Sunday services. You don’t necessarily have to teach and it won’t be every Sunday. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. If you feel you can serve in this way, please complete the form here so that the necessary safeguarding checks can be done. If parents/guardians of children attending Priory St Junior Church would like to be added to the mailing list for Junior Church updates, please can you send an email to vicki.kelly@corshambaptists.org with the desired email address and who they are guardians for. Thank you.


    Safeguarding at CBC

    Should you have any safeguarding concerns, no matter how small, please contact the safeguarding team at safeguarding@corshambaptists.org – you can find the full safeguarding policy here.

    Our Regular events

    • Prayer for Missions & the Persecuted Church: the first Tuesday of every month, 8pm on Zoom. Contact the office for login details.
    • FLAGS (Fun Learning About God and Scripture): Wednesdays at 4.30-5.30pm during term time. For Primary School-aged children.
    • Women’s Bible Study: we meet once a month, usually on a Monday evening at 7.30pm, but the dates change so please check the notices for the current month! We’d love to have you join us!
    • Souper Friday Café: Friday mornings from 10am-1pm. Come and enjoy a free drink, cake and soup. Open for help with food items to take away too. Speak to Colin, Carol G, Brenda or Paul G for more information.
    • Ark Children’s Service: last Saturday of the month 10:30am-12:00pm during term-time only.
    • Toddlers: Thursdays 10:00am-11:30am during term-time only.
    • Life groups meet in person and/or online. Contact us if you’d like to join one.
    • Youth Groups – contact Dan for further details.

    Please send items for next week’s notices to luciebc@corshambaptists.org by 12 noon on Thursday.