Sunday 7 th October 2018

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1 Sunday 7 th October am Prayer Time 9.30am Beatitudes 2: Mourn Chris Short is preaching Matthew 5:3-12 Communion Offering for the Fellowship Fund 10.45am Refreshments in the hall 11.15am Beatitudes 2: Mourn Chris Short is preaching Matthew 5: pm Please note we have an induction loop installed (not in the gallery) The office Helpdesk is here to help you! Please phone ( ) or pop in Monday to Friday 10am 2pm. For more information, check out our website: or helpdesk@victoriabaptist.org.uk Minister: Chris Short Eldon Road / Old Town / Eastbourne / BN21 1UE / helpdesk@victoriabaptist.org.uk

2 Diary M: 6.00pm Girls Brigade Tu: 5.00pm 5.45pm 7.30pm Under 11s football at Cavendish Sports Centre Under 14s football at Cavendish Sports Centre Evening of Prayer W: 10.00am Vicky Bees 10.00am 10.30am 5.15pm 7.30pm CAMEO Prayer Time Boys Brigade Bulgaria Missions Team Th: 10.30am Happy Walkers - meet at Tides Mill car park 2.30pm 2.45pm 7.30pm F: 10.00am Vicky Bees 10.00am 5.00pm 7.00pm Women s Fellowship: Speaker - Rev Harry Owen Funeral Service for Maggie Barnett Nineveh Prayer Group Quicken Trust Coffee Morning Kids Club Xpect! Sa: 10.00am Flow Café/Creative Writing 6.30pm Dine & Trivia Event Su: 9.10am Pre-Service Prayer Time 9.30am Family Harvest Service with Jez Taylor (followed by Fire Alarm Test!) 11.15am Reflections with Chris Short 6.00pm SEBA meeting, speaker Philip McCormack (Spurgeons) Staff Days Off : Chris Short Emma McPhail Fiona Revell Sandra Taylor Erik Cornelisse Tuesday Tuesday (college) & Wednesday Tuesday & Friday (Thursday college) Thursday & Friday Thursday Today s flowers in the church are given by: Ingelore & John Demetriou in memory of loved ones

3 An opportunity to join the team at VBC We see, as part of the church s vision, the Spiritual development of children and the wider family. Our aim is to reach entire families, not only children, through the ministry of our children s work. So, we are looking for a Children and Families Worker to oversee this vital ministry. The successful applicant will build on the excellent foundation which has been laid in this area of the church s ministry and be able to develop the work into the future. If you require further information about the job profile and person profile please contact the office for an information pack. Office colin.mcmahon@victoriabaptist.org.uk or telephone Transport is needed to ferry ladies to and from their homes, every Thursday afternoon, to enable them to enjoy Women s Fellowship meetings. Anyone able and willing please contact Church Office, or see Beryl Hancock or Jill McKay if you want further information. And Jam Jars too Could you please bring any empty, clean jam jars into the office as we need them for a craft activity at the Light Party. Thank you. Dear church family Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers over the past weeks, for the flowers so kindly delivered to us and for the loving support we have received. Such a blessing to us both and hugely appreciated. - Kit and Deirdre Dean Advance Notice Sunday November 11th Remembrance Day - only one service at 10.30am All Age Service, including two minutes silence

4 - Saturday 13th October - Need to refresh your wardrobe for the new season? Look no further than Flow Café on October 13 th where there will be a chance for you to swap some of your clothes for different ones. Bring along any clean clothes in good condition that you don t wear or don t fit any longer and swap them for something someone else doesn t wear anymore for a small donation to charity. This is your chance to revamp your wardrobe for little money, give to charity and help the environment by recycling. It s a win-win situation! Meanwhile, the Creative writing group resumes on the 13th October during Flow Cafe starting at 10.30am in the John Butcher room. The topic will be travel writing/diaries and the guest speaker will be Richard Morgan. All welcome. For more info, please see John Demetriou. - Harvest Not long now until our annual Harvest Family celebration. As per previous years you are invited to donate goods towards our local FoodBank appeal. If you have goods to be donated, we recommend you drop these off on Saturday 13th during Flow Café (leave your donations in the welcome centre). As part of our Harvest weekend, we will run a quiz and dinner on Saturday evening. A few spaces are still available, see Erik to book yours. Teams will be made up of 8 people, but you can be added to a group if needed - all in aid of our local FoodBank who will be represented on the night. - CLT - Saturday (13th) is also the closing date for nominations to the Core Leadership Team of the church. Nomination forms can be collected from the church office. And finally, Chris Short is away speaking at a Gideons Conference in Cambridge - so a very busy day for all concerned! - Future Dates - 20 Oct Rebecca Purkiss & Phil Elliston s Wedding, 2pm 31 Oct Light Party 9 Nov Firework Party 14 Nov Riding Lights Theatre Company

5 REQUEST FOR TRANSPORT FOR THE BULGARIA MISSION TEAM: As you know, our Bulgaria team are off to minister in Kazanlak from Oct. However, we need to leave for Gatwick airport during the "night" of Friday 19th. We need to leave Eastbourne at 3am on Saturday 20th,for a 6:15am flight. There are 7 of us travelling: Emma, Pippa, Paula B, Brian, John, Philip and Dave. (Erik and Paula Cornelisse are joining us later in the week). Would any kind volunteers be willing to make a night-time/early morning excursion to Gatwick? We are looking for 2 or 3 drivers who could kindly help in picking up the team from their homes. We also need transport for our return trip. We arrive back into Gatwick on MONDAY 29th at 13:45, so would need collecting at 2pm-ish. If you are willing and able to help with either of these journeys, please Emma. Thank you. COLLECTING ITEMS FOR BULGARIAN CHILDREN/VULNERABLE PEOPLE: For the next 2 Sundays (7th & 14th) there will be a collection box in the Welcome Centre for any items you wish to contribute for the team to take to those in need in Bulgaria. Suggested items include: Small cuddly toys/teddies/rag dolls, tennis/soft balls, blow up beach balls, packs of balloons, skipping ropes, bubbles, toothbrushes and toothpaste, flannels/sponges and a bar of soap, knitted hats and gloves, new multivitamins (sealed and in date), small bags of sweets (eg Haribo/wrapped chewy sweets, NO chocolate), lightweight colouring books and packs of wax crayons/felt tips/coloured pencils/biros, small packed toys/games (such as bead necklace kit, small lego/brick set, a simple game or something arty/crafty), small toy cars. (Anything we can't use or take due to luggage restrictions may go to Croatia with Mick and Lynn Trott or to charities at home for Christmas). Thank you. These gifts will be a real blessing! PRAYING FOR THE TEAM: An itinerary of the team's daily planned activities will be provided soon for prayer support. Also, please remember team members' spouses and other family members in your prayers. Please also think about how you might support those "left at home" with a phone call, prayer, a visit, errands or trips out during the team's absence. Let's "be family" to those releasing us to go. Please even pray for the safety and well being of our pets (with their various needs/arrangements) and households during our absence! Thank you. Saturday 3 rd November Victoria s Book Day 10am - 12noon

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7 Prayer Diary: October 8 th - 14 th John 13 v 35: Your strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples. Monday: Pray for all people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, that the survivors will be cared for and helped in their efforts to recover. Tuesday: There is a prayer meeting at the church this evening. Pray that this meeting will be fruitful and productive for the church and wider world. Wednesday: Pray for the evangelistic work carried out by Premier Christian Radio which aims to bring the gospel to people via radio, television & the internet. Thursday: For all who are suffering loss or have concerns for their health, pray that God s healing and peaceful presence will be with them and their friends and families at this time. Friday: As negotiations continue between the UK & the EU pray that there will be a resolution acceptable to both entities and that harmony will prevail in the future. Saturday: Pray that the Dine & Trivia event in aid of Foodbank this evening will be an enjoyable and profitable time. Thank God for this valuable work carried out in the local community to help others. Sunday: Today is our harvest celebration, thank God for the physical and spiritual harvests. Today there is also a Sussex Area Celebration of SEBA. Pray this will be a successful meeting. Please note the prayer meeting in the church on Tuesday (9th), 7.30pm. With so much going on in the life of VBC, and a very busy weekend ahead of us, how encouraging it would be for the church leadership to see a good turn-out. Following the recent passing away of Maggie Barnett, her thanksgiving service here at VBC will be held on Thursday (11th) at 2.45pm. Please indicate on the sign-up sheet in the Welcome Centre if you intend to stay for refreshments after the service. Meanwhile, details of the funeral arrangements for Cynthia Shergold, who passed away earlier this week, will be announced as soon as they are available. A big thank you to those of you who were involved in the MacMillan coffee morning events last week we raised about 90!

8 Shine your light for Jesus! October 31 st 5.00pm-6.30pm PARTY and Glow stick Disco for families with children aged up to 11 On October 31 st we are holding our Light Party from 5pm-6.30pm and we need your support. If you feel able to help out by: setting up clearing up serving refreshments overseeing the disco helping with a craft please speak to Fiona or Sandra. Many thanks.