Potter Street Baptist Church - PSBC / July & August 2016
Potter Street Baptist Church, Chapel Lane,
Harlow, Essex CM17 9AW
Minister:
Secretary: / Rev. Alison Taylor
Andy Bellworthy / 01279 491029
07852 708843
Visit our church website: www.psbc.co.uk
Please pass all prayer requests or notices to Cath Younger, email:
Day / Date / Time / Activity / Prayer request or theme
Monday / 4th / All day
10.00am
2.00pm
7.30pm
7.30pm / Prayer Day
Church hall in use till 12.00noon
Craft club – church hall
Table tennis – church hall
Deacon’s meeting – church lounge / Pray as directed, using the guidance notes provided by Alison.
Tuesday / 5th / 10.00am
2.00pm
7.30pm / Coffee morning - church hall
House group – church lounge
Tuesday club – W. Branham, Hearing Dogs for the deaf / Give thanks for our deacons. Ask God to grant wisdom in discerning God’s will & guidance for PSBC; for unity of purpose, & gifting to lead in all aspects of church life.
Wednesday / 6th / 9.45am
2.00pm
7.30pm
8.00pm / Mums & Tots – church hall
Prayer meeting – 18 Brooklane Field
Neighbourhood Forum – church hall
House group – 6 The Chantry / Lift ‘Scottish’ Kate & her sons. Kate is doing well - pray that she remains positive & that her pains fade away; for God to reveal His plans for her.
Thursday / 7th / 1.30pm
7.30pm / House group – 112 Perry Spring
Ladies keep fit – church hall / Give thanks that Michael Clark is recovering; for increasing strength & wellness; for peace of mind for Joan as she tries to support.
Friday / 8th / 9.45am
6.00pm
6.00pm
7.00pm
7.20pm
7.20pm / Mums & Tots – church hall
Girl’s Brigade – years R to 3, NVestigate
Girl’s Brigade – years 2 to 6, Ngage
Worship group – in the church
Girl’s Brigade – years 6 to 9, Ncounta
Girl’s Brigade – years 10+, NSpire / Ask God to reveal His will in bringing His second ministry worker to PSBC; pray for wisdom, guidance, trust & obedience to step out in faith following His purpose.
Saturday / 9th / 8.30am
2.00pm
4.00pm / Men’s breakfast – Potter’s Arms
Choir practice – in church
Messy church (MC) – church hall / Thank God for the conversations at MC which enable the team to share Him with the families.
Sunday / 10th / 11.00am
12.30pm / Family Service – Rev. A. Taylor
Prayer meeting – Nicholson room / For Janet Kitson as she waits for decisions about surgery; for energy & a speedy return to health.
Monday / 11th / 10.00am
2.00pm
7.30pm / Church hall in use till 12.00noon
Craft club – church hall
Table tennis – church hall / Remember the men of PSBC and the wider church; give thanks for the Men’s Breakfast fellowship at the Potter’s Arms; ask God to encourage & transform through this ministry.
Tuesday / 12th / 10.00am
2.00pm
8.00pm / Coffee morning - church hall
House group – church lounge
Badminton – church hall / For Tim Gardener & Paul Kitson, both having intensive cancer treatment; for daily strength to cope; for family strength to support & care.
Wednesday / 13th / 9.45am
2.00pm
8.00pm / Mums & Tots – church hall
Prayer meeting – 18 Brooklane Field
CLC Elders meeting / For Sandra Findlay to get a date for her spine surgery soon; for strength & support as she waits; for full healing & restoration of mobility.
Thursday / 14th / 12.00pm
1.30pm
7.30pm / Lunch Club – church hall
House group – 112 Perry Spring
Ladies keep fit – church hall / Lift Val Blackwell & the family going through trying times; ask for God’s peace & assurance, wisdom, strength & guidance.
Friday / 15th / 9.45am
6.00pm
7.00pm
7.20pm
7.20pm / Mums & Tots – church hall
Girl’s Brigade all age BBQ till 7.15pm
Worship group – in the church
Girl’s Brigade – years 6 to 9, Ncounta
Girl’s Brigade – years 10+, NSpire / For a time of fun & celebration at the BBQ tonight. Thank God for all He has done in GB over the year; pray that He will do even more over time; that the girl’s will come to encounter Jesus for themselves.
Saturday / 16th / That Livvy has a date for her hospital procedure soon; for improvements in her health & fitness.
Sunday / 17th / 11.00am
12.30pm / Morning Service – Rev A. Taylor
Prayer meeting – Nicholson room / Give thanks that Janet Taylor, Sandra Findlay & Ute Tapfield are back worshipping with us again.
Monday / 18th / 10.00am
2.00pm
7.30pm / Church hall in use till 12.00noon
Craft Club – church hall
Table tennis – church hall / List your blessings, and give thanks to God for each of them; ask Him to grant you the gift of gratitude in all situations.
Tuesday / 19th / 10.00am
2.00pm
8.00pm / Coffee morning – church hall
House group – church lounge
Tuesday club – Ann Small – Expatriate in Papua New Guinea & Kenya / For those with long-standing illness: Barbara, Sheila, Olive, Cis, Mary, Christine, Maureen, Ute, June, Livvy, Sally-Jo & John: for healing, patience, reassurance, comfort & the joy of the Lord as they wait in God’s strength
Wednesday / 20th / 9.45am
12.00pm
2.00pm
7.00pm
8.00pm / Mums & Tots – church hall
Rev Taylor at Baptist Minister’s meeting
Prayer meeting – 18 Brooklane Field
Model club – church hall
House group – 6 The Chantry / For the safety of staff children at the Indian Orphanage as the monsoon season begins; for young Mumutha as she recovers from typhoid and malaria; for Samson - entirely reliant on God's provision for the needs of the orphanage and his family; for his recovery from fever the safe arrival of his daughter's first child.
Thursday / 21st / 1.30pm
7.30pm / House group – 112 Perry Spring
Ladies keep fit – church hall / Lift friends & family to God; ask Him to reveal Himself to them in new and transforming ways.
Friday / 22nd / 7.00pm / Worship group – in the church / Remember those who cannot get to church at present – Betty Bragg, Cis Jelleyman, Maureen Rowe, and any others known to you; ask God to bless & uphold them daily.
Saturday / 23rd / God is faithful. Thank Him for the past; give him the present & trust in him for the future.
Sunday / 24th / 9.00am
11.00am
12.30pm
6.30pm / Rev Taylor at CLC
Morning service – Rev A. Taylor
Prayer meeting – Nicholson room
H4H prayer meeting – St Mary’s church / Lift John Wright & Gwen – for strength to cope with John’s worsening health & exhaustion in daily caring; for guidance & wisdom in decisions on longer term care & support.
Monday / 25th / 10.00am
2.00pm
7.30pm / Church hall in use till 12.00noon
Craft Club – church hall
Table tennis – church hall / That all the leaders & volunteers have a time of rest & refreshment over the summer break; for an awareness of God’s leading in the new year.
Tuesday / 26th / 10.00am
2.00pm
8.00pm / Coffee morning - church hall
House group – church lounge
Badminton – church hall / Uphold Peter & Joan Scally & all the family as they cope with difficult circumstances. Ask God to bless & uphold them; grant rest, peace, strength, & assurance of his presence with them.
Wednesday / 27th / 7.00pm / Model club – church hall / Thank God for our emergency services & all those who work to keep us healthy & safe; ask God to bless, encourage & strengthen them in times of cut backs & pressure on resources.
Thursday / 28th / 12.00pm / Lunch club – church hall / Remember those who will miss the activities & may feel isolated over the summer; ask God to show where you can offer help & fellowship.
Friday / 29th / 8.00am
7.00pm / Ministers prayer breakfast – church hall
Worship group – in the church / For Tim West & other school heads, staff, parents, governors and children at schools across town; for all those working in Harlow College; for God to bless, refresh & restore them over the summer break.
Saturday / 30th / For the Holiday Club in August; that children turn up, relationships are built; & lives are changed as the children encounter God.
Sunday / 31st / 11.00am / Morning Service – Rev A.Taylor / Praise God for He alone is worthy.
Prayer Focus.
Pray for our government and leaders in the aftermath of the EU referendum; for peace & reconciliation of opposing ideals; for co-operation to build a stronger & better future for all; for God to break into & influence the governance for the future. / Scripture for the month – John 13 : 34 - 35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
NOTICES
Thanks: Joan and Peter Scally give thanks to God for the safe arrival of their second Great Grandchild - another boy - on Tuesday14th June weighing 8 lbs - Maxwell Andrew Edward.
Help Please:
On Friday 1stand Saturday 2ndJuly 2016 Harlow Foodbank will be holding customer food collections at Tesco in Church Langley, Edinburgh Way and the Metro in the Harvey Centre in Harlow, and they urgently need volunteers to help. Volunteers normally cover one two-hour shift on one of the two days giving out shopping lists to customers as they arrive at the shop. Volunteer shifts run from 09.00-11.00 / 11.00-13.00 / 13.00-15.00 / 15.00-17.00 on both days. People interested in volunteering should contactMargaret O’Donovan on01279 724515or They issued the following statement;
HARLOW FOODBANK calls for volunteers & the community’s support in this summer’s Neighbourhood Food Collection
HarlowFoodbank is urging members of the community to help stop local people from going hungry by volunteering at the UK’s biggest food collection, Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection which runs fromFriday 1stJuly to Saturday 2ndJuly.
The Neighbourhood Food Collection is run twice annually by Tesco and its partner charities, foodbank charity The Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare. The aim of the collection is to provide food to people in crisis across the UK, by encouraging Tesco customers to donate items in their local store. Since the collection launched in 2012, 30 million meals have been collected.
Harlow Foodbank, a member of The Trussell Trust network, provides emergency parcels containing three days’ supply of emergency food to people referred by a frontline professional, such as Citizens’ Advice, housing associations or children’s centres. In 2015-16, 2,744 were fed with emergency food supplies provided by Harlow Foodbank to people in crisis. Since April 2009 when it opened, and up to March 2016, Harlow Foodbank has fed 17,360 (11,508 adults & 5,852 children) people with emergency food.
With 1.1 million three-day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis last year alone, supermarket collections like this remain an important way to ensure that Trussell Trust foodbanks are stocked, and Harlow Foodbank is asking for local people’s support this summer. It’s easy to make a difference by either donating or volunteering. Volunteers can sign up to help for a little as a couple of hours, and will be needed on hand to offer customers a shopping list of items they can donate, gather the donated food at the store exit, thank customers and box up the food collected.
HarlowFoodbank is currently asking in particular for food donations of:
· Long Life Milk & Fruit Juice
· Tinned Meats
· Squashes
· Small & Medium Bags of Sugar
· Tinned Sponge Puddings
· Tinned Tomatoes
· Drinking Chocolate (Water Based)
· Chocolate Bars (Penguin, Club etc.)
Church activities during the summer break:
- There will be no Junior Church (JC) meetings throughout the summer holidays. The last JC will be on 17th July, and they will start again on 4th September.
- There will be no Messy Church meeting in August. It will resume on Saturday 10th September.
- Coffee morning will continue to meet during the holidays, with the exception of Tuesday 30th August, following the bank holiday.
- There will be no Craft club meetings during August. They will resume on Monday 5th September.
- Model club will continue to meet throughout August, as usual.
- There will be no Lunch club meals during August. The first one in September will be on Thursday 8th.
- The last Tuesday afternoon house group will be 26th July. It will resume on Tuesday 27th September.
- The Wednesday evening house group will finish on 20th July and resume on 21st September.
- For details of the Thursday afternoon house group please speak to Mike Tew.
- Ladies keep fit will finish on 21st July and resume on Thursday 8th September.
- Mums & Tots groups will finish on 13th & 15th July then re-start on Wednesday 7th & Friday 9th September.
- For details of when the Badminton group meets over the summer please speak to George or Jillian Hudson.
- The last Tuesday club meeting is on 19th July. Speak to Jenny Thomas to find out when it resumes in September.
- Table tennis practice will continue on Monday evenings throughout the summer – speak to Steve Hulcoop for details.
- I have assumed that the U3A Ukulele & Ancestry groups will not be meeting during the summer. Speak to them directly for further clarification.
- The Schools Readiness Project will finish on Friday 24th June and resume on Friday 23rd September.