This Week’s Notices

• This Week
• Renew 88
• Foodbank

• From Pieter
• Ivy Bashing
• News from SEBA

This week

Foodbank

The following are required: Tinned mixed vegetables, jars of coffee, jam, marmite, and mayonnaise, chocolate spread, cartons of long life fruit juice and sponge puddings, sachets or jars of chocolate for mixing with water, bottles of shampoo and shower gel.

From Pieter

Bible studies

This Thursday (5th) we meet for prayer, and next Thursday (12th) we continue our series of studies on Misunderstandings about the Bible.  This series is much appreciated by those who attend.  We will not be on Zoom – unless I hear from any of you. We always begin with coffee/tea and a biscuit.  No prior knowledge of the Bible is required but do bring your NIV Bible.

Saturday 7 September

The Friends of Brookwood Cemetery have an open day this Saturday from 11 till 15 hours, see https://www.tbcs.org.uk/Open%20Day%20Poster%202024%20Final.pdf.  As a church we have been invited (!) to have a stall, so we will be there.  Who of you are able and willing to help us?  Please let me know soon! 

Clothes Bank

On Saturday 21 September between 2 and 4pm the Methodist Church will run its clothes bank again.  If you would like a voucher so that you can obtain clothes, do feel free to ask me for one.

Ivy Bashing

A massive Thank You to everybody who helped.  We got an incredible amount done, ALL the ivy on the side of the building and roof is go and it was a great time working together. We’ll share some more pictures at the start of the Service.

News from SEBA

Addlestone Baptist Church

Addlestone Baptist Church has seen much change recently. The minister, Ben Fortescue, and his wife Katrina, the worship leader, moved to pastures new.  Others from the congregation stepped up to join the worship group, which is a great encouragement.  And while they were going through the process of seeking God’s guidance for a new minister, one of the congregation stepped forward to say he felt God was calling him to the post.  Last September they had the joy of inducting Florin Pojoranu as Minister in Training.

They saw God’s goodness again when they had a baptismal service at the beginning of June. Two candidates had asked for baptism, but by the end of the service God had worked in people’s hearts, and in total five people were baptised. 

During this time, many new faces appeared at ABC – and the work of the church continues well as they seek to shine the light of Jesus to the local community.  The next project is a community barbeque with free food – and a chance to see who the church are and what they do.  A chance to show them God’s love.

In September Florin is starting a marriage course – reaching out to young married couples, encouraging them in their walk of faith together.

Elsewhere, the churches in Crawley and Willesborough (Kent) are looking to appoint extra ministers as the work is growing.  God is still blessing his church!

Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford

Revd Heather Wilson, Lead Chaplain, writes:

“I am currently on leave as I recover from an operation to sort out a troublesome bunion. Fortunately, I have two amazing assistant chaplains who are able to hold the fort in my absence.  One of the things I love about this role is the great privilege of delivering person centred care to the patients we come across. 

Our numbers have grown, and we now have six volunteers and two in the wings.  My colleague Phil Hughes is doing a great job looking after them all.  Earlier this year we organised an induction for the assistant chaplains, Phil and Mark.  Phil Hughes, like me, is a Baptist minister; Mark is a pastor in the Elim Pentecostal Church.  Mark recently wrote a book as a resource for patients who have been told that they have a life limiting illness.”