Prayer for the week Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude. (Colossians 4.2) Please pray for: International day of prayer for the persecuted church today Matthew Dietz being licensed as Chaplain of Taunton School on Monday 17th November at 8.40am. Paul and Clare as they go to Singapore on Wednesday David Date, Yvonne Hay, Christine Carrick, Ali Corris, Margaret Gillmore, Jenny Perry Harmonie-Rose Allen Bible Explorer classes at Combe Down Primary School (Mondays) and St Saviours, Larkhall (Tuesdays) until 2nd December PCC Meeting Tuesday 18th November: for wisdom and guidance Mission: – Jenny Bell seeking God’s guidance for ministry in South Sudan Speakers today HTCD St Andrews Monkton Combe South Stoke 9am ,10.30am and 5.30pm Paul K Sally Buddle James Bradby John Perry How to contact us Church Office: office@htcd.church, 01225 835835, www.htcd.church. Vicar: Paul Kenchington, 01225 835835, 07825 482225 paul.kenchington@htcd.church Curate: Sally Buddle, 07834 547405. sally.buddle@htcd.church St Andrew’s Church Office: 01225 945009 office@standrewscommunity.church (Registered Charity Number 1129554) Prayer at HTCD and St Andrew’s Prayer on Mondays: 7.30-8.30pm HTCD. Join us as we worship, pray and seek the Lord. Thursday prayers from 7am-8am in the church StACC Prayer on Thursday evenings from 6.00-6.45pm. Lucy prayer group Meets weekly to intercede for the sick. Contact Jean Booth (840906) or Jane Mitchell (jane.mitchell@htcd.church) to ask for prayer Emergency prayer chain If you have an urgent prayer need, you can activate over 50 people to pray. Please contact Lynne Tisdale (837477) or Lyn Hodges (833931), If you are unable to contact the prayer chain, please pray with friends “For when two or three come together in my name, I am there with them(Matt.18.20) Welcome to Holy Trinity and St Andrew’s especially if you are making your first visit to one of our churches today. We are a vibrant and growing ‘Word and Spirit’ church family whose passion is to see people transformed by Jesus, to encounter God’s transforming presence today, through worship, teaching and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and to be equipped and empowered to serve God “out there” in the world. We would be glad to pray with you about anything. The Church’s prayer for the second Sunday before Advent Heavenly Lord, you long for the world's salvation: stir us from apathy, restrain us from excess and revive in us new hope that all creation will one day be healed in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Sunday 16 November 2014 9.00am Morning Worship with communion 10.00-10.25am Coffee 10.30am Morning Worship 10.00 for 10.30am 5.30pm St Andrew’s Service Afternoon Worship Readings: Psalm 22.1-21 Luke 24.1-12 Hymns: 182, 207, 181, 346 Church family news Dates for your diary Operation Christmas Child The last date Thursday 20 November for collection is Tuesday November 18th, so please make sure all boxes are delivered to the office by that date. Friday 21 November Christmas Shopping opportunity at Holy Trinity today! beautiful jewellery from the Starfish project and gifts for all the family from Neema Crafts, both projects run by our Mission Partners. Starfish provides employment and training in life skills for trafficked women in East Asia and Neema does the same for people with disabilities in Tanzania. Also at St Andrews on 23 November. Many thanks from Bob and Yvonne Grace to everyone Share the Fire Prayer Walk with people from Ascension Church, starting from Ascension Church, Coronation Avenue at 10am. This is the fourth walk and the aim is to see if any initiatives emerge that might be shared to grow the Christian witness & ministry to people in Oldfield Park. Friday 5 December Church Directory 2015 We will be re-printing the new di- Social evening for Singles. If you are of working age and single, Paul and Clare would like to invite you to a social on 5 December at 7.30pm at Lonsdale. Please bring a bottle and RSVP to leadership@htcd.church. Saturday 6 December Open Christmas offer Christmas lunch at Kingswood School to anyone who might otherwise be on their own. Leaflets available in church foyer. Volunteers needed to drive, prepare, serve and wash up on 24th, 25th and 27th December. Application forms available in church office. Mothers’ Union 7.30pm, Holy Trinity. Speakers: Rebecca and Mark Hannan- ‘Trafficking and the work of Unseen’. Saturday 29 November choir at Holy Trinity for 60 years! rectory for 2015. Only Church members are included in the directory, so if you are not already a member then please fill in a Church Family blue membership form at the back of the Church or contact the office. Quiet Day "Waiting" (9.45am-4.30pm) Libby Dobson will be hosting the day. All are warmly welcome. More details at www.Ammerdown.org. Book online, or ring The Ammerdown Centre (nr Radstock) 01761 433709. Coffee, lunch and afternoon tea are provided. Wednesday 26 November Congratulations to Alan Hodges, who has been in the who prayed for them while on mission in the Philippines. God touched 71 people to be baptised and they were so blessed to see many teenagers in that number. Seniors’ Social, St Andrew’s, 2-4pm. ‘Money, money, money - Managing Finances’. MENUNITED Men’s breakfast at Garfunkels at The Empire. 7.30-9.30am. Speaker: Carl Beech, International Director of Christian Vision for Men. Sunday 14 December Joint Advent Carol Service at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Entry Hill, followed by refreshments. 6pm. Genesis Trust: Our Lifeline project is asking for vital provi- New Year’s Eve sions for the homeless this Winter including 2 Man Tents, Rucksacks, Sleeping Bags, Men’s Clothing and Footwear (all levels, sorts and sizes). Please deliver to The Furniture Project (open 9am – 4pm) 31a West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 3QB Thank You. Genesis Trust: Take part in Souper November and raise funds for Genesis Trust! Join MasterChef Winner Ping Coombes – make & invite friends and colleagues to enjoy the feast! See www.genesistrust.org.uk/souper-november . There is a lunch at St Michael’s, Monkton Combe today. Genesis Trust: The Genesis Trust has been selected to share this year’s £10,000 Wessex Water/Bath Chronicle Cash for your Community award. To get the biggest prize of £4,000 they need to collect the most coupons and need your vital support. From this week’s Bath Chronicle of 13 November for 3 weeks until 4 December you can collect coupons & send them to the Genesis Trust, The Old School House, St. John’s Court, South Parade, Bath BA2 3QB. T. 01225 463549 option 3. Flat to let: single bedroom flat at Chombe, Monkton Combe, available from 1st December. Contact Heather: 722941 Ceilidh in Holy Trinity. More details to follow soon, but please book the date now! 2-8 August 2015 New Wine 2015 Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet. Discount available if you book before 2nd December. See http://www.new-wine.org/summer Part Time youth worker for St Andrew’s We want to appoint a part-time (18-20 hours) Youth and Community Worker, to relate to the young people on the Foxhill Estate. Salary approximately £21,000 pro rata. For a complete role profile and application pack, please email: office@htcd.church. Closing date: Friday 21 November Children’s Groups Leaders this week Emily Bradley, Angie Seale, Paul/Julia McHugh, Naomi Buddle Anne Jones, John Scriven, Emma Thorne Rob Bubyer, Sarah Charles, Gavin/Jenny Armstrong
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