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Dr Who Charity Convention Sat 11th April
10.00 am—5.00 pm
The Kings House, Ampthill Rd, Bedford
Come and meet the Daleks
Adults £40, 14-18 years £20
U14 £12 Family tickets available.
All money raised, after expenses,
goes to the
FoodBank
Noticeboards
At the Church council we discussed the use of
noticeboards. What is the purpose of our boards? At
the moment there are too many miscellaneous
notices all together. There is no room for new and
urgent notices. It was suggested that the present
arrangement could be managed if we regarded
notices in four:
1. Business notices such as rotas and room bookings
on the board outside the office
2. General long term notices such as flower rotas
and contacts for agencies at the back of the church
3. Notices which would impact on the church and
non
non--church organisations using the building on the
pin board in the foyer and/or on the board in the
schoolroom
4. Items which have immediate impact on the
church/congregation on tea/coffee table in
Sanctuary.
Any queries please see Ann Jones
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Forward Planner
April
Tues 7th Prayer Meeting
Thurs 9th Ladies Group
Sun 12th Worship led by Silvia Thomas
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
10.30 am
Tues 14th Prayer Meeting
Thurs 16th The Upper Room
7.00 pm
10.00 –1.00pm
Thurs 16th Compass
7.30 –9.30 pm
Sat
18th Ladies Breakfast at Flitwick
8.30 am
Sun
19th United Worship at Flitwick
10.30 am
Tues 21st Prayer Meeting
7.00 pm
Thurs 23rd Ladies Group
7.30 pm
Sat
25th Men’s Breakfast at Flitwick
8.30 am
Welcome To
Ampthill
Methodist
Church
Sun
26th Worship led by Bridges of faith
10.30 am
Minister: Rev Caroline Weaver
Tues 28th Prayer Meeting
7.00 pm
Thurs 30th The Upper Room
10.00 –1.00pm
Thurs 30th Compass
7.30 –9.30 pm
BELIEF
are looking forward to welcoming Professor Andrew Bradstock
to speak to us about “Faith in Democracy” preparing to
vote on Saturday 18th April 2015 at Priory Methodist Church,
Newnham Avenue Bedford from 10am to 1pm
If you wanted to do some radical thinking about the challenges we
face politically, the last book you’d turn to would be the
Bible. Or would it? Is the Bible a redundant collection of
positively medieval ideas about authority, sexual morality, the
place of women and so on? Or does it have profound and
challenging things to say about contemporary issues? As we get
close to the General Election, this event asks what it means to
‘think theologically’ about public issues.
There is no need to book. We look forward to seeing you on 18 th
April. Regards Stephanie Field BELIEF Coordinator
Tel 01234 330314 belief@standrewsbedford.org
Parliament agrees Bill to allow prayers at council meetings
A bill confirming that town and parish councils are able to hold
prayers as part of their meetings passed its third reading in the
House of Lords yesterday and will now become law.
Read more: Christian Today 26/3/15
Sunday April 5th 2015
10.30 am
Family Worship led by
Rev Caroline Weaver
EASTER DAY
THE LORD IS RISEN
Thanks to all who have taken part in today’s worship
worship..
HANA - NORTH KOREA
Thought for the Week
Have you ever had a problems so big
you didn’t know how to cope?
"Who will roll away the stone from the
door of the tomb for us? For it was very
big"(Mark16 v 3-4a).
Hana came to faith in North Korea after someone
secretly gave her a Bible. God used Hana to convert
many people, until she was exposed and had to leave
her country and family behind. "People really question
Ladies Group
Thursday 9th April
ALG
7.30 pm
Beauty, culture and people of
Nepal
With Jo Messenger
Easter Offering envelopes
We have been advised that Easter Offering
collection envelopes should not be opened locally.
Please ensure that,
where applicable,
your name and
address is added
on the back.
Thank you
Eric
Give any information for the Pew Notices to Ann Jones by
Wednesday evening Telephone 01525 403763
annjones56@sky.com
if God is at work in North Korea?" she asks. "Of
course God is at work! Of course prayers help!
"I am such a weak person. I hardly had any Bible
knowledge, but God used me to explain the gospel to
others. Sometimes, God sent me on the road. I clothed
my six-month-old baby, fastened him on my back and
walked for miles and miles – until I saw some stranger
and I knew this was the person I needed to talk to. I
said what I needed to say and went home. Do you think
that would be possible without God?
"North Koreans do not come to faith because we
convince them by our words. Of course we need to
verbally explain the gospel, but more important is that
we put the gospel on display. God's Spirit really
transformed me. I smiled all day, even though I lived
in terrible circumstances. I shared my food, even
though I had so little. People saw God's Spirit at work
in me. Please, tell your friends they need to continue to
pray. God is answering their prayers."
Such a stone would weigh hundreds of pounds and,
once set in place, would be difficult to move. The tomb
was that of a rich man, Joseph of Arimathea, which
had never been used. It’s entrance was through a
rectangular doorway. Archaeologists tell us the tombs
of the first century were normally sealed with a flat
square stone wedged into place to the keep animals
out. However, since this was a rich man's tomb it
probably had a large, circular flat, disk-shaped stone,
three or four feet in diameter, like a millstone with a
wide slot cut into the rock. The groove would be
sloped toward the doorway so that when in a closed
position it would be easily rolled into place.
There was a violent earthquake and an angel
rolled the stone away and sat on it. Matt 28 v 2
It was not rolled aside in its groove in the regular way
so as to be rolled back again to shut the entrance. No,
it was hurled out of its groove by some tremendous
power, thrown flat upon the ground in front of the
tomb, thus making a seat for the angel who waited
until the women drew near and then went inside the
tomb"
Why was the stone rolled away?
What the women feared never happened
happened..
Why do you doubt?? "Do not be afraid."