Infant Dedication
There will be an infant dedication service for Alfie Kelly this morning at the 11:15am service. Welcome to family and friends.
Church Meeting
There is a members’ Church Meeting tomorrow night, Monday 17th October at 8:00pm. Minutes and agenda are available at the back.
Youth Weekend Away
Our young people will be going off on their annual weekend away to Wales from Friday to Sunday. Please pray for Dan Ovens and the other leaders as they prepare for this weekend.
Dan is in need of a couple drivers to take to/from Chepstow at the following times:
To Chepstow: leave CBC at 4pm Friday 21st Oct.
From Chepstow: to arrive at the Centre at 3pm to load up and leave.
Please contact Dan Ovens if you can help.
Corsham Twinning Association
The Corsham Twinning Association will be hosting visitors from France on the last weekend in October. They are including the 11.15am service at Priory Street as part of their programme on 30th October so please look out for visitors from Jargeau as well as their host families who are mostly based in Corsham. If you would like to know more then please contact Sue Wingrave from Church on the Green.
Midweek Service
There is a midweek service on Wednesday at 2pm at Priory Street. Eric will be leading and preaching. The service is followed by tea/ coffee and home-made cakes.
Ladies’ Bible Study “One Anothering”: Gift of God’s grace for our growth in Christ
This is the name of the ladies’ bible study for the school calendar year 2016-2017! Our women will come together to address the theme of “One Anothering” from scripture and how God actually uses our relationships with one another to conform us into Christ’s likeness. Notes for the next study which is being held on Monday 24th October are on the table at the back. Ladies, please take a copy in preparation of the study.
Light Party Monday – 31st October 5pm-7pm
Would you like to bless the families in our community by helping at this event? There are many areas that you can serve in: Worship, baking, registration/ signing in and out, group leaders/ helpers, serving refreshments and running the kitchen. We need a few bakers to bake some cakes and biscuits (or savoury snacks) to serve at the party. We also need strong people to help move chairs after the evening service on Sunday 30th and then to put them back after the event at around 7.30pm on Monday 31st. Please let Rhiannon know if you can do this or if you need more information about the areas in which to serve. Let’s shine God’s Light into our community on this dark night together!! The party is for primary school children and there are flyers at the back of church.
The Ark
Ark is on Saturday 29th October at 10am. Do come along if you want to see the renowned ‘I’ve lost my sheep’ puppet show!! Aimed at 0-7 year olds but all are welcome, with an adult. Please speak to Heather Chilcott for more details.
Upcoming Mission Events
Oasis Feedback : Sunday 6th November PM
Neal and Lesley plus all those from church who have recently been out to Austria to visit the Oasis centre will be giving feedback on Sunday 6th November starting at 4:30pm. There will be tea, coffee and a variety of cakes! The evening service will then be a time of prayer for the Oasis team, their work , the refugees and for the Grindrods. Look forward to seeing you.
Persecuted Church Sunday : Sunday 20th November
Sunday evening – we will be sharing time together with visiting speakers Dave and Sue. They will be sharing their experiences of working in countries where Christians are persecuted. The evening will begin at 5:00pm with tea and cakes, followed by the evening service. Dave and Sue will be sharing in both events.
Cakes
We would be grateful for any donations of cakes and biscuits for our two mission events being held on Sunday 6th November and Sunday 20th November. Please can you bring them to church on Sunday morning or at the beginning of the events.
Mission & Persecuted Christians Prayer Meeting
The next prayer meeting will be held on Monday 14th November. During this meeting we pray for our missionaries – (it is a great time to catch up on current news), and using the Open Doors material, Vanessa leads us in a time of prayer for Christians who are persecuted.
Please see Wendy Rowe for more details.
This week.
Monday: Mums’ bible study, 9:30am; Church Meeting, 8pm
Wednesday: Morning prayer, 7:15am; midweek service, 2pm
Thursday: Toddler Group, 10am; Corsham Money and Debt Advice Centre, 7.30pm
Friday: Corsham Money and Debt Advice Centre, 9.30am; Engage @ 4.30pm; Energize @ 5.30pm; youth leave for weekend away
Saturday: Prayer for gospel expansion 8.30am
…Looking ahead…
24th Oct: Ladies’ Bible Study, 7:30pm
29th Oct: The Ark, 10:00am
30th Oct: 11:15am service, Jargeau visitors
31st Oct: The Light Party, 5-7pm
2nd Nov: Midweek service, 2pm
5th Nov: Craft Club, 10:00am
6th Nov: Prayer meeting, 6pm and Austria feedback
13th Nov: Remembrance Sunday
16th Nov: Midweek service, 2pm
20th Nov: Persecuted church Sunday
Please continue to follow our short term missionaries, Neal and Lesley Grindrod in Austria via their blog http://nealandlesley.simplesite.com/.
Lesley and Neal will be returning to the UK soon!
Paper copies of their latest blog entry are available at the back.