NORWICH CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH APRIL 2018

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1 29th 22nd 15th 8th 1st NORWICH CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH APRIL 2018 Welcome to our Sunday service, especially if you are joining us for the first time. During our morning service we have Youth and Children s groups, please let us know if you need information about these or you have any other queries before, during or after the service. Our welcome team are around to assist in any way we can. After the morning service we have a Welcome Desk in the foyer that serves tea, coffee and biscuits where you can discover more about the church, its events and activities. We hope you will feel at home here today. SUNDAY SERVICES IN MONTH Morning Worship (10.45am) Evening Service (6pm) EASTER SUNDAY Preacher: Mark Fairweather-Tall Communion Preacher: Donald Menga Preacher: David Adams Preacher: Steve Gaskin Preacher: Mark Fairweather-Tall Preacher: Paul John Communion Preacher: Mark Fairweather-Tall Preacher: Chris Cleary Preacher: Mark Fairweather-Tall Richard & Julie s Wedding Preacher: Donald Menga Youth morning activities drop-off at 10.30am: The Crib (0-2 years) & Quest (age 3-16 years). Night Quest (school years 6-9), drop off at 6pm.

2 NCBC KINGDOM-INSPIRED MISSION LINKS Our links with different world missions are below please contact the relevant people for more information on how to be involved. The Baptist Association s missionary society Graham Fletcher Birthday Scheme: Theresa Wall Jim Harries, Missionary Jim promotes the concept of vulnerable mission Tim Reeves Angela Reeves Child sponsorship via Compassion UK June Kenney NCBC is involved in collecting during Christian Aid week Representatives: Steve and Kate Gaskin Link Treasurer: Bettina Fletcher Christmas shoebox appeal Elizabeth Genders Mission Aviation Fellowship Peter Barnes Supporting overseas mission Martin Davey Jo Stone Relief and development charity Jo Westwood Les Thacker Providing Bibles Terry Baxter

3 COMMUNITY-BASED Corton House: A care home with a Christian ethos. A Sunday service is held in the leisure room every other Sunday throughout the year. This is organised by Graham Fletcher and is mainly served by preachers from NCBC. His month s dates and preachers are: Rev Daphne Lloyd Graham Fletcher Alan Gidney Open The Book Each Monday morning our Open the Book team lead assemblies at Mousehold Infant School. They would value your prayer. The assemblies for this month are: The friend of little children- Matthew The helpful servant 2 Kings Small King, big task 2 Kings Sunday 8th April 11 a.m. Sunday Service at Grays Fair Court. Please remember the NCBC team who will be taking the service. Paul Mizen will be the speaker.

4 BIBLE-BASED & PRAYER FOCUSED EBA Church Focus: Hardwick Evangelical Church Hardwick is six miles west of Cambridge and the village has expanded considerably as demand for new homes in Cambridgeshire intensifies. Hardwick Evangelical Church meets in the primary school on Sundays and has a combination of lively activities and a full midweek programme. The church has two Co-Ministers Steve Gaze and Kate Gaze. There are also two volunteer leaders or elders Susie Thomson and Wil Huisman. In addition, Clare Cronin works as a part-time youth worker, and Susie Thomson leads the West Cambridge Christian Youth Ministries, as well as serving on the church leadership team. Pray that they will find someone to lead Children and Families initiatives, helping with church-based families as well as in the village community. They are hungry to hear and see more of God's presence working in lives individually and together! Do join us in the Prayer Space as we gather for a time of prayer before the morning service, am. If you have any items you would like included in the prayers in the services, please give them to the person at the welcome table in the foyer before the morning service. If you would like someone to pray with you at the close of the service, please come down to the front of the church.

5 BIBLE-BASED & PRAYER FOCUSED Street of the Week: Pray for all those people living in New Mills Yard. Why not prayer walk the street as you pray. Pray for the Soup Run Team on the 1st Monday of each month. May the Lord protect and be leading in all the conversations. Ministry of the Week: Pray for Paulo and Claudia as they settle into a new home and a new city. Pray for fruitfulness in their ministry- to see lives transformed and many come to know the abundant life that there is in the name of Jesus. Pray for Encounter tonight. Pray that it is a time spent in God s presence and that the Holy Spirit will inspire all those who attend. Pray for all the social groups who are reaching out to all who come to NCBC. May they be grafted into the Lord and the life of the Church. Praise the Lord that NCBC was able to help out in the recent cold weather, offering shelter and a meal to the homeless. Thanks to God that the provision of the Silver Road building enabled us to use it as a place of refuge. Pray for Norwich Food Bank as they take on a new Warehouse Manager. May the team receive God s guidance and give His gentleness in the settling of a new person into a very important role. Street of the Week: Pray for all those people living in Unicorn Yard. Why not prayer walk the street as you pray. Ministry of the Week: Prayerfully consider the name of the building at Silver Road as we go forward with new ministry in this area. Lift all the Pastoral Team up for prayer, with all the demands on them. Pray they will be able to respond with compassion and love to each individual need. As the Alpha course comes to an end, pray that those who have gone through the course will have been grounded in their faith and have a desire to grow even more. Let us pray for all the unemployed. Whether it be those who have struggled with this for many years or those who are now faced with suddenly losing their jobs, pray that the Lord will provide comfort, motivation, wisdom and give those people a true sense of worth. Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4. May we be immersed in our Lord today. May we just take the time to sit and breathe in His awesomeness. Let us take time to be thankful today, for all the good things our Father does for us. He fills my life with good things! Psalm 103:5 Street of the Week: Pray for all those people living in Bucks Yard. Why not prayer walk the street as you pray. Ministry of the Week: Pray that the new Church Office would have a positive impact on the welcome that people using our premises receive.

6 MONTH 2018 CALENDAR Please pray Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday English Folk Dancing Lunch Club & Social afternoon Encounter Prayer Evening Mums Gr Foodbank Badminto David & Jane Ramsbottom Margaret Raven Arnold Read Tim & Angela R Elders Meeting Lunch Club Ladies Housegroup Special Church Meeting Toy Clea Foodbank Badminto Alpha June Rudrum Gill, Martha & Daniel Schofield June Sewell Chris, Evette, N Nadia Sharpe Chapelfield Rd Lunch Club English Folk Dancing Deacons Meeting Lunch Club Roller Kids Contact Groups Café Tots Contact Groups Café Tot Foodbank Badminto Alpha Contact G Richard Solomon Brian Spinks Lil Standage Graham & Jo S Chapelfield Rd Lunch Club Lunch Club Ladies Housegroup Roller Kids Contact Groups Café Tots Contact Groups Café Tot Foodbank Badminto Contact G Mark, Rowena, Sam & Josh Towler Ron & Pat Townshend Opehelia & Tony Tsang George & Enid

7 regularly for those in our church. Some names appear in the calendar below to guide you. Friday Saturday Sunday Morning Worship with Communion Evening Service Rob & Naomi Power oup n Child Contact Centre Morning Worship Evening Service 8 eeves Dan, Amanda, Jonny & Maddy Reynolds Philip & Anne Robinson Margaret Ross ning n Ladies Social Messy Church, Mousehold Avenue Morning Worship Evening Service with Communion athan & Arthur, Minerva & Adrienne Sison Eileen Smith Sebert & Mary Smith s n Night Rangers Prayer Ministry Team 9.30 Child Contact Centre Morning Worship Evening Service 22 roups tone Miriam, Lizzie, Kate & Loren Swanson John & Thelma Symons Les & Rita Thacker s n roups Night Rangers s Social Evening Morning Worship with Richard & Julie s Wedding Evening Service Utting Stephen, Eunice, Daniel, Luke & Grace Walcott John Walker May Walker

8 BIBLE-BASED & PRAYER FOCUSED An influx of Venezuelan migrants into Brazil and Colombia is challenging already stretched resources. Please pray that the migrants will receive opportunities of employment and a safe place to stay. New research indicates that, at current rates, no single country in Africa is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030 one of the key targets of the UN's Sustainable Development goals. Please pray for children suffering from malnutrition, and pray that this research will help galvanise governments into greater action. The rainy season in South Asia (mid-march through April) risks causing major damage to the Rohingya refugee camps, which have little or no protection against landslides and flooding. Emergency measures are being put in place, but urgent prayer is needed. Please pray that the rains will not be too severe, and pray for protection for these vulnerable people. Human Trafficking still takes place in every continent and most countries. Most still goes unreported and not noticed. Please pray that souls will not be treated as commodities, and those responsible to every growing illegal trade we be convicted by God and turn their lives around. If we hoped the Syrian war, killing and mass migrations were over, we were sadly wrong. Please continue to pray for much needed peace, and no more tyranny. Street of the Week: Pray for all those people living in Indigo Yard. Why not prayer walk the street as you pray. Ministry of the Week: Pray that people who use our premises would use the new Prayer Space and that this would help them in their faith journey. Tension surrounds the relationship between UK and Russia and President Putin re-elected for a 4th term. Please pray for stability, understanding and calm. Still no week goes by without some weather-related incident almost certainly related to climate change. Time is running out for us to do something about it. Pray that a sense of urgency will create some meaningful action. As Spring begins to show signs of it s arrival, let us look on this new season as a new chance to renew our relationship with God. May we look at the flowering buds and the new life around us and be refreshed in Him, with Hope of things to come. Pray that the world will know our God alone is God. O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that You alone, O Lord, are God. II Kings 19:19 Street of the Week: Pray for all those people living in Dyers Yard. Why not prayer walk the street as you pray. Pray for Richard and Julie s wedding today. Praise God for this joyous event! Pray that their marriage will be blessed with God at the centre of their lives together. Ministry of the Week: Pray for the Leadership elections next month. Pray for God s guidance and our discernment as we choose new leaders. Have you noticesdour new Prayer Space in the foyer, at the entrance to the Sanctuary? Anyone is welcome to use this space for prayer both on a Sunday and during the week. If you would like to use it during the week and are unsure of the times the church will be open, please contact the church office.

9 INVITING Baptism Adults We are holding baptism services here on Sunday May 20th, in both the morning and the evening services. If baptism is something that you are thinking about, please speak to Mark about the possibility of being involved. Young People One of our young people has asked about being baptised and, to help her explore this further, we are going to be running some sessions looking at some key areas. If you know your child is interested in exploring baptism (without any commitment to be baptised), please speak to Mark or Andy so that we can arrange a time that suits most people. The material will be aimed at those from around Year 5/6 upwards SHARING LIFE Keith & Joyce Palmer would like to thank all those in the church family for their cards, good wishes, offers of help, visits and prayers following Joyce s total hip replacement. This has been a great source of support and encouragement to both of us. We thank the Lord for his faithfulness and the comfort of his presence through this difficult time and look forward to being back with the fellowship soon. Terry & Gill Baxter would like to thank everyone very sincerely for all the love and kindness shown to us over the past few weeks. We have been quite overwhelmed by the practical support we have been given. So, thank you to everyone who prayed for us, cooked meals, visited, phoned, gave us lifts, helped with shopping, took time to write a card or note and also stood in for us at NCBC. Everything has been so much appreciated. A big welcome to Paulo and Claudia who have recently arrived and have moved into the Manse at Mousehold Avenue. We look forward to getting to know them and working with them.

10 SHARING LIFE 20:20 Social Evening Come along for this casual, 18-30's social evening here at NCBC. A chance to meet new people, play your favourite board game and eat some tasty pudding. Join us from 7.30pm, on Friday 27th April, for this new, no-cost event. All puddings provided. For more information, please contact the church office. See you there! The National Association of Choirs will be holding a concert at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 14th April. This is in Norwich Cathedral and includes the Norwich Phoenix Male Voice Choir. Further details from Alan Gidney At our AGM on 23 rd May 2018 we will be providing a report of all that s gone on in the life of the church over the last year. It would be good to include a report from all the groups and organisations that come under the banner of Norwich Central Baptist Church. To that end could all group leaders please prove a contribution by Sunday 6 th May to bev@norwichcentral.org or via Bev s pigeon hole. Many thanks. GDPR: All church members will have received a Privacy Notice and Consent Form. Please could all forms be returned to the Church Office as soon as possible. We also need to obtain Consent from anyone who attends the church but is not a member. Letters are addressed to you in the pigeon holes. Please collect them and return them as soon as possible. If you have not had a letter one way or another please see Bev to pick one up. At our AGM and Church Meeting on 23rd May we will be holding elections for deacons and elders. Please speak with Mark if you have people in mind for these roles. Nomination forms will be available next week from the church office or Bev and should be returned to Bev by Sunday 6th May. We will be holding a Special Church Meeting on Wednesday 11 th April at 7.30pm. Please could all members do their best to join us as we look at the role of Youth & Children s Pastor within the NCBC staffing structure and Andy Eyre s request for a commendation for applying for Ministerial Recognition. Parking is available at the doctor s surgery for the evening. We are asking for ideas and thoughts regarding the name for the old Silver Road Baptist Church site. As a church we are referring to both sites as either NCBC Duke Street or NCBC Mousehold. However the site needs its own name and something that is attractive and meaningful for the community. If you have any ideas or suggestions please drop an to office@norwichcentral.org or let Mark, Gill, Grant or Bev know. Social Event: Visit to Blickling Great Wood to enjoy the Bluebells, with a choise of short or long walks; then on to the hall or to Mossymere. Meet at Great Wood Car Park at 11am. Leaders: Graham & Margaret Mitson. Please sign up on the notice board if you would like to attend.

11 SHARING LIFE Ladies Social New Craft Evening, Friday 13th April, 7-9pm. All ages welcome bring some nibbles, and please sign up on the Sharing Life notice board. Social Events Dates for your diaries: (details to follow). Saturday 12th May: Visit to Pensthorpe on the Wild about the Wensum Day. Friday 18th May: Guided Tour of Historic Rosary cemetery. Saturday 2nd June: Cromer & Sheringham Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society production of Sister Act on Cromer Pier. The Rise Up Women s Conference will take place here at NCBC on Saturday, May 12, 9.30am-5pm, organised by Bethel s Global Legacy for the East of England with guest speaker Chloe Glassborow, a Senior London Pastor and Co-Founder of The Kenyan Project. It will be an opportunity for Norfolk's women to worship, minister in the Holy Spirit and leave forever changed. It is organised by Holly Elverson, Leader of Kingdom Life Church and Global Legacy for the East of England (daughter of Chris & Teresa Cleary). Tickets for Rise Up are 16.76, with a discounted price for students of You can purchase tickets at: womens-conference-tickets Date for your diary: Christian Aid Week is the 13th 19th May. New boxes: We have installed a box for prayer requests by the new Prayer Space. We also have a box for comments / compliments / complaints outside the new office. These will both be checked regularly. NCBC Football team: Bishop Maurice Wood Cup Final is Saturday 14 th April Kick Off a.m. NCBC v St John s. At the FDC, Bowthorpe, Norwich, NR5 9ED. Supporters welcome. Family park meet up: Thursday 5th April, 10am-1pm, at Eaton Park. Bring a picnic and join other NCBC families for some Easter holiday fun! If the weather is bad, meet at the Church hall instead. For more details see Lizzie Baker. Mums Social: Thursday 3rd May 7.30pm at Church. A relaxed evening of craft and fun. See Lizzie Baker for more details Can you help with cleaning the Café Tots toys on Thursday 12th April at 10am? Please see Angela Reeves. An Evening with Graham Kendrick: St Andrew s Church, Gorleston-on-Sea, Thursday 17th May, 7.30pm. Tickets are and available on the church website Legacy: The Story of Martin Luther Saltmine Trust s production is at the Norwich Playhouse on Tuesday 12th June, 7.30pm. Tel for tickets.

12 KINGDOM-INSPIRED Introducing our new BMS World Mission Partners! For those of you unable to make the February Encounter Prayer Evening, here is a bit of information about our new BMS World Mission partners and why you won t see a photo of them anywhere! Robert and Rose* have been sent by BMS World Mission to work in Kosovo. Their work involves supporting local churches, supporting the BMS Action Team working in a Children s Centre and teaching English to local children. As Kosovo is a mainly Muslim country, we are not allowed to share any photos or their real names to protect them and the work they do. Robert and Rose are coming to visit us CONTACT DETAILS in July this year watch out for more details. In the meantime here are some recent prayer points from them: Please pray for help learning the local language and understanding the local culture, given the recent history of the region and the break-up of Yugoslavia; Please pray for good relations with the local Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Monastery; Please pray that the work at the Children s Centre can continue once the BMS Action Team leaves in April and for more opportunities to reach out to the local community; Please pray for Rose s health to improve. *Names changed to protect their identity Minister Rev Mark Fairweather-Tall, Call , mark@norwichcentral.org, Website Youth & Children s Pastor Andy Eyre, Call , andy@norwichcentral.org, NCBC Prayer Chain Call , Text , prayer@norwichcentral.org Pastoral Care Call , pastoralcare@norwichcentral.org Church Office (hours are Monday - Friday, 9.30am pm) Please send items for the May s information sheet to the Church Office by 20th April. Also send any additional notices for April to the church office, and where appropriate, they will displayed on the screens (pre and post morning service), placed on the Sharing Life noticeboard and announced in the service. Norwich Central Baptist Church, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 3AP office@norwichcentral.org norwichcentral.org