Throughout this time of lock down, each Wednesday and Sunday evening the Baptist Union is offering us all a specific time to come together for prayer.

Their prayer broadcasts are available live at 7pm via the BU (Baptists Together) website and of course as they are recorded afterwards at any time. 

Last Wednesday BU President Ken Benjamin led the twenty minute session and joining him from their home in Leeds were Shona and Tom Shaw who together unpacked the story of “doubting” Thomas as told in the fourth gospel (John: chapter 20, verses 24 to 29) before leading prayers of intercession.    

You can see Shona and Tom’s contribution as well as all the other posts in the series by going to https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/338268/Prayer_broadcasts.aspx

This morning’s Moortots was all about fish; we were singing about them, Rowan told us a story about how Jesus after his resurrection cooked some for breakfast for his disciples and to close we actually made some. 

You can see Moortots Live again here. 

/https://www.facebook.com/moortots/videos/670908940119638/

In the week leading up until Easter Sunday we asked our church family to record a short video of themselves welcoming Easter, and one another – here’s the result.

Unfortunately a few people missed the production deadline for our video so we have included them here. https://youtu.be/ttZ_KDZCmXw  

And finally for no other reason than no matter how hard we tried we couldn’t get Jane’s, Sam and Phil’s video to download properly here’s their very own contribution https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZEYNRBWxIyFEwTpwHU_wCUpPO7IyjhxK/view?usp=sharing

Dear Church family.

We would like to share with you some important news regarding the youth ministry at Moortown Baptist Church.

Ordinarily we would share news together in our Sunday gathering but due to the current circumstances we are unable to do this. Please take a moment to watch the following clip (the link is at the bottom of this article) so that James can share in his own words his thoughts on the last 6 months.

James is well and currently in Middlesbrough staying with his parents, he can be contacted by email or phone.

Shona, Graham and Phil Laws (Youth Deacon) have worked closely with James throughout the process leading to this decision.

The Youth Team are working well together on our current programme during the Covid lock down. We are maintaining strong contacts with our young people and developing groups for contact, support, Bible study and discipleship.

Yours in Christ

MBC, Leadership Team, Shona Shaw and Graham Brownlee

https://youtu.be/A1L2ovwGA68

Join us from home for our Easter Celebration at 10.45am. Once again our Service will be made up with live and pre-recorded items. We shall also be sharing communion. To join us go to www.facebook.com/moortownbaptistchurch

In the middle part of the Service we have a full programme on YouTube including praise, Easter greetings from many people, a reading and an unpacking of the Easter events, a testimony, prayer, dance and art as well as an Easter message. Access to the YouTube playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZIQtirtwcWgfcZukhz1cep-1etMDUB4q

Then after that, at 12 noon, it’s back to http://www.facebook.com/moortownbaptistchurch for our second live stream which today includes communion; please have bread to break and juice to drink ready.

Today we are showing you all the letters that make up our special Easter message. All you need do is jot them down and unscramble them. All the eggs and the letters have been created by members of our Children and Families Team, and I think you will agree with me that they have all done a terrific job.

So (in no particular order) we have an O from Hilary, Y from Anita, H from Claire, R from Angela, a P from Gwynneth, S from Mary, E from Jane, E from Celia, E from Sheila, P from Eilidh, E from Sarah, R from David, E from Diane, T from Sammy, A from Anne, N from Rochelle, A from Pauline, V from Sue, Y from Roger and finally an exclamation mark from Jan.

There’s a collage here of everyone all jumbled up but to keep things tidy we have also put all our pictures into one gallery which means all you have to do now is click on each picture and make a note of the letter.

We have also posted all these on the MBC Facebook page, on the Moortots Facebook page and on the families Whatsapp group. 

*Just a reminder that normal safeguarding rules apply so children should only access Facebook if they are with an adult.

Dear MBC family

We wanted to let you know that you can join in with our Easter Journey at MBC by following the link to our Maundy Thursday communion pattern and night prayer  which you can follow at home:

https://www.moortownbaptistchurch.org.uk/news/maundy-thursday-gathering-as-the-household-of-jesus-christ-your-order-of-service 

And coming up…….

On Good Friday at 10.30 look out for the links on our website and on Facebook to watch our 10.30 Good Friday Service on Youtube.

And on Easter Sunday join us on Facebook for our Easter Celebration  at 10.45 for our livestream and  pre-recorded service. www.facebook.com/moortownbaptistchurch

We hope that you will feel part of our church community in whatever way you find to connect.

With Love and Easter Blessings,

Shona Shaw

Co-Minister,