Dear friends
We look forward to joining with you on Sunday for our all-age Harvest Festival at café church at 11am in the building. There will be drinks, pastries and fruit to share and we will be exploring the theme of fruitfulness. We will be collecting for Caring for life www.caringforlife.co.uk and the North Leeds and West Foodbank Leeds North & West Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis . Here is a reminder from last week about the most needed items..
The foodbank has asked specifically for..
- Tinned Soup
- Cereal
- Tinned Tomatoes
- Jars of curry sauce
- Tinned Potatoes
Caring for life has asked specifically for..
- Tinned foods: Meat Meals & Veg, Puddings and Fruit, Soup/Beans
- Dried pasta and rice
- Pasta sauce in jars
- Biscuits and chocolate
- Tea/coffee
- Cereals
- Long life milk
- Pot noodle, cup-a-soup
If you have some fresh fruit that you have grown in your garden and would like to share with the community on Sunday, then we’d love it if you could bring it along to share on the day too. You may even have made jams or chutneys.. there’s a challenge for Sunday!
The service will be live on youtube so do get your drinks and croissant ready to join in online.
After the service, the Welcome lunch will take place for those who are newer at Moortown and then Rock Solid youth groups meet 7-8pm.
The week looks like this from tomorrow…
Saturday 4th October Craft Fair 10.30am – 2.30pm in the building. All Welcome, £1 entry going to the Sri Lanka girls refuge project. See link here Coming up soon, a Craft Fair in support of a girls refuge in Kandy, Sri Lanka – Moortown Baptist Church Homemade crafts and gifts for sale. Cake and drinks available! Thanks to all involved.
Sunday 5th October Harvest Festival all together at 11am
.. followed by Welcome lunch
7-8pm Rock Solid in the building
Monday 6th October 10-12midday Beacon Warm welcome café in the building.
Tuesday 7th October 10-11.30 Stepping Stones for under 5’s and their parents, grandparents and carers. See Diane, Hilary, or Lesley for more information.
Tuesday 7th October afternoon bible study in church See Howard or check with Lesley
7th October Overseas mission meeting at 2.45 in the building.
Wednesday 8th October Lunch club for all attendees and lunch club volunteers. Speak to Rachel or Lesley for more information.
Wednesday 8th October 7.30pm Bible study in church. Speak or Ruth or Andy Berry, or contact myself or Lesley
Thursday 9th October 2.00 -4.00pm Craft group and warm welcome space in church building. Do pop in and say hello. Speak to Karen, Lesley or myself for more information or if it’s something you might be able to join or support.
Thursday 9th October Bible Study led by Gareth 7.00 – 9.00pm in church building.
Friday 10th October Bible Study 10.00am – 11.15 in church. See Shelley for more information.
Friday 10th October House Group 8.00pm – 10.00 with Jonathan and Hilary D and Steve and Helen O. Do speak to them or ask Lesley or I for more information.
Sunday 12th October 11am church service Fruitfulness: shared stories Colossians 1:3-14
Sunday 12th October after church, bring your lunch. Discovering prayer group. All welcome even if you haven’t been before. See Krys or Shelley for more information. Theme is ‘unanswered prayer’.
Beyond..
Tuesday 14th October Deacons and Shelley meet 7.30pm in the building
Wednesday 15th October Wednesday worship 1.30-2pm in the building
Wednesday 22nd October is the next Psalm Writing/drawing workshop at 7.30pm in the building. See Krys or myself for more information.
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last…”
(John 15: 16)
Shelley Dring
Minister
Moortown Baptist Church