3rd April 2016

Bethesda Baptist Church

Family News Minister: Rev Andrew Docherty 01473 255035 9 St Margaret’s Plain, Ipswich, IP4 2BB www.bethesdaipswich.com office.bethesda@btconnect.com

Monday 4th April 11.00am Service at Eventide Homes with Clive Spurgeon. 2.30pm Monday Fellowship meet in the Lower Hall. The speaker will be Carol Back.

Tuesday 5th Housegroups meet:- 2.00pm Coral Sharpe The Key 7.30pm Andy & Linda Wright Ann Christian Guy Fairweather Jon & Heather Cordle 7.45pm Dom & Jenny Mann

Wednesday 6th 10.30-3pm Wednesday Fellowship & Outreach meet in the Church Lounge.

Thursday 7th 7.15pm Short Mat Bowls in the Lower Hall. Sunday 10th 10.40am Doug Clark from Worthing Tabernacle is our preacher. & 6.30pm The morning service will include communion. 10.15am & Prayer in the West Hall. 6.10pm 10.40am Sunday School and Crèche.

This Week

Registered Charity No. 1131973

WE GIVE YOU ALL A WARM WELCOME TO OUR SERVICES TODAY.

Guy Fairweather is our preacher this morning and he will conclude the series ‘Against all odds’ - ‘The importance of delegation’. We meet again at 6.30pm and Andy Jelfs will be our preacher. Refreshments will be in The Key following the morning service. Do stay and join us, we would love to have a chat!

Trip to Hatfield House, Hert-fordshire Saturday 11th June We are planning a visit to Hatfield House which is home to the 7th Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. The cost for the trip will be

£26.50 which includes entry to the House, West Garden and Park. For further information and a booking form please speak to Beth & Nigel Long, Kevin Wright or Andy & Janet Smith or collect a leaflet from the information area.

Pastoral Care

Any pastoral care matters can be directed through the Church Office, Deacons or the Pastoral Care Team. Church Office 01473 255035 Andy Wright May Bowman Margaret Brock Andy and Jill Catto Rachel Senior Coral Sharpe

The Key is open Wednesday to Friday

from 10.00am for teas, coffees, lunches

and light refreshments. For any further

information please contact David

Sheppard (Interim Manager) on 211585

or call in and see him.

Please remember in your prayers…

Those who are sick, frail or housebound and our Bethesda Eventide Homes’ residents –

Guy Fairweather & Andy Jelfs, our preachers today.

Doug Clark from Worthing Tabenacle, our preacher next Sunday.

Andrew & Linda Docherty.

Enett Mbizi as she travels to Minehead to help with the children’s team at Spring Harvest. Please

pray for good health, wisdom and stamina to last the week, to connect with the other volunteers

and children for a blessed week to glorify God. Terry Mann out on Town Pastor duties on Friday 8th.

Derek Bailey as he speaks at Leighton Road FIEC this evening.

SNIPPETS

April & May Town Pastor Rotas are available at the

Information Area - please take one.

Roadworks. Please watch out for roadworks and road

closures on Majors Corner / Woodbridge Road area of

town starting tomorrow for 14 weeks.

The church flowers have been given by Ray Hughes in loving memory of ‘mum’ - Dora Hughes.

Bethesda Sizewell Weekend If you have a talent that you would like to share with others, or you would like to enter the table tennis tournament, please speak to Richard Gooderham. He would like to sort out who is playing who before people arrive on the Friday, so that games can be played on the first evening. Thank you.

Parking in Fonnereau Road Ipswich Borough Council have provided the church with a number of permits for use on Sundays between 10am and 1pm, which allows users to park without paying. If it would be of help to you to park in Fonnereau Road on a reasonably frequent basis when coming to the morning service, please speak to Terry Green. Please note that the old permits have now expired and the new ones are valid until 31st March 2017. (A parking space is not guaranteed).