Notices Sunday 5th January 2025

Sunday Services – 5th January 2025

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

A cashless church

A gentle reminder that we are asking people to use the new card machine for offerings where possible instead of giving cash. You will find the machine at the back of Priory Street. Elders will be on hand at the back of the church should you need any help in using it.

January’s Junior Church Verse

‘Finally, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about
such things.’

Philippians 4:8

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Prayer walk around Rudloe – Sat 4th Jan 8.30am
Please join us on a prayer walk around Rudloe tomorrow morning. We’ll set off from Broadwood School Carpark at 8.30am.

Church Meeting – Rudloe Community Centre – Monday 6th Jan 7.30pm
Join us as we meet to discern together, God’s calling to open up an outreach centre at Rudloe. We are seeking to reaffirm the Church’s commitment to the previously agreed proposals and the amendments proposed in the paper linked below. This requires a commitment not only for the financial support, but for individuals to commit to this missional project at Rudloe. We will prayerfully consider what we believe God is calling our church to do and then vote.
* You can view the briefing document here
* You can view the finance update from Steve here
* You can view the minutes from the previous Church Meeting for Rudloe on Dec 2nd here

There is still time to fill in a pledge form before we meet as a Church on Monday 6th January. You can collect a form from the back of church or ask the office to email you a copy. Forms can be put in the offering box.
If you’re able to pledge additional monthly giving to help support the Rudloe project, please complete the google form here . Thank you in advance for your prayerful consideration. Note: this form is confidential and only seen by the treasurer.
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person and would like to join online, please use this link

Update from Junior Church
As of this Sunday, Ablaze and Beacons (both Hut groups) are having a room swap over – just next door to each other, so you won’t have to go far. Your normal group teachers will be there to welcome you!

Plea from Souper Friday
We are very excited about the potential new Souper Friday starting in the Rudloe Community Centre. Our current outreach project at Priory Street regularly brings in 50-60 households who have no connection to God or any faith. This has been a great opportunity for us and we have seen some small successes over the 5 years we have been going, in people coming to church and getting involved in the other ministries of our church.
It regularly takes 8 volunteers to run the café and Marketplace with additional volunteers chatting to our customers. For us to be successful we will need a similar amount of new volunteers every week to make it work. So please, if you feel your heart is In helping Souper Friday at Rudloe, contact Colin Whiting, Paul Garcia, Carol Gale or Brenda New. We would love to welcome you on board. You can read the full letter from the Souper Friday team here and collect a pledge form from the back of church. Pledge forms can be put in the offering box.

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Youth Night in – Sun 5th Jan, 7pm

Join us in the New Year for fun activities including DTI road trip, game nights, themed dress ups, Chinese lanterns, laser quest and much more. If you or your child is 11-18 then you are very welcome to join us, 7-8.30pm Sunday nights. For more info, please speak to Dan or grab a flyer from the back of the church. 

Mission Prayer meeting – Tues 7th Jan, 6pm

Would you like to find out more about our Missionaries and Mission charity partners? If yes, come along and join our online prayer meeting on Tues 7th Jan at 7:55pm for an 8pm start. Zoom joining details:  Click here to join
Meeting ID: 961 0065 2312 Passcode 282492

Midweek Service – Wed 8th Jan, 2pm

Join us for midweek service as David brings us the word from Philippians 3: 4b – 16. Join us after the service in the hall for teas coffees cakes and fellowship.

Hang Out – Sun 12th Jan, 4pm

Hang Out is back Sunday 12th Jan. Join Rhiannon and the team 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 childrensworker@corshambaptists.org

Men’s Ministry event – Tues 14th Jan, 7.30pm

Please click here to sign up to the Men’s Ministry Event, CBC@Priory Street, Tuesday, 14th January starting at 7:30pm. The Men’s Ministry Schedule for the first half of 2025 has now been planned, and we will be looking at Colossians over six Tuesday’s, once a month, taking us up to June. As always, we will be meeting at CBC Priory Street at 7:30pm. 
We will be starting the series with Tom Elliot (RAF ‘Top Gun’) providing us with an overview of Colossians on Tuesday 14th January.  As it’s Pizza Night, the cost will be £10 per person (concessions available as required) –  the priority is to have you there so please come and have a chat if funding is an issue.  We look forward to fellowshipping with you!!  If you have any questions or special requests, please contact Ian on 07917 467680.
Details for online bank transfers to pay for the night:
Bank: Santander Sort Code:  09-01-54 Account number: 03123488 Reference: Men’s Pizza 2025.

Haven parent support group for ADHD and Autism – Wed 15th Jan, 9.30am

Do you have a neurodivergent child or grandchild? If so, please come and join our autism/ADHD support group held at Priory Street for our local community, feel free to bring a friend or share the event. For more information or to register your interest please contact Debbie Riall debbier@corshambaptists.org There will also be sessions running in the evenings covering the same topics for those unable to make the mornings.
January’s evening session is on 28th Jan 7-9pm.

Christianity Explored Course – Thurs 16th Jan, 7.30pm

We’d love to invite you or perhaps someone you know to join our next Christianity Explored course where we will explore more about the life of Jesus. This seven-session series will give you time and space to think through who Jesus is, why he came and what it means to follow him. You will have the opportunity to ask any questions and share your thoughts with the group in a relaxed and informal setting. We will meet for 7 weeks and each week we’ll share a meal together, read a bit of the Bible, hear a short talk and have a chat based on the talk. Please share this with friends, family, neighbours and colleagues who you think may be interested in joining us. Please speak to Adam if you’d like to join us adamj@corshambaptists.org

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 – 5th Feb – 26th March

We will be offering another course from 5th Feb – 26th March, if you would like to sign up or receive more information please email bereavement@corshambaptists.org or visit the website to find out more. 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.

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Pastoral care

Tim and Kathryn Hogg will be heading up a team to best support any ‘non-spiritual’ needs for the church. They are asking the church for willing helpers to assist where possible.
Roles include:
* Visiting to homes and hospitals to be a friendly face and listening ear
* Helping with tasks like shopping or setting up an online shopping order.
* Being part of the meal train ably run by Sarah Blaikley
We want to be a church that can be responsive and loving to meet the needs of all the church family, so please prayerfully consider what you could do to help. For more information please email priorystpastoral@corshambaptists.org.

Christianity Explored

We are running another Christianity Explored course starting on 16th January 2025 at 7.30pm.  Over seven sessions, one per week, guests will read Mark’s Gospel to find out more about the life of 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. Please contact Adam if you can help adamj@corshambaptists.org

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

Junior Church – urgent help needed
We are urgently looking for two more teachers to join the Junior Church team to support the important ministry and share the Gospel and your love of Jesus with our church children.
The children are God’s next generation to pass on the Word to, we want to provide those firm foundations and truths for these precious lives and to encourage them in their faith journey with Jesus. 
Please prayerfully consider if you can help us, even if once every 6-8 weeks, you will be such a blessing to the team and children.  If this is something you can consider, please follow this link.

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.

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• 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.
• 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.