John Sherbourne

Over the Summer we jumped into Exodus and discovered how God led Moses and what we might discover about our own journeys. Our new theme ‘By faith’ continues that journey by looking at others who were picked out for their faith in the book of Hebrews, chapter 11.  In Hebrews, we are reminded that each of us has a race of life to run (Heb 12 v 1) and the faith and life of those who have gone before us is there to encourage us on our race too.  We are actively looking for God to equip us as Moortown Baptist Church along with all who tune in.

Join the journey on the Church at Home YouTube channel on a Sunday and check out the Facebook page for Moortots and Moortown Baptist church, MBC website, newsletters and Family at Moortown YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1CPwAaahNoX3sjDXNdzbA for extra activities and news. 

Our first session of ‘By faith’ starts on Sunday 6th September and will be on Facebook live on the Moortown Baptist Facebook page with a prerecorded playlist on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoWpfG51baXnRz0Szh_VRRg

       How to get involved…

• Read the story in your bible on your own or with others safely. We’ll start with Hebrews 11 and 12 and then discover people including Abel (Gen 4), Enoch (Gen 5), Noah (Gen 6, 7, 8 and 9), Joseph (Gen 37-50), Abraham (Gen 12-21), Sarah (Gen 18), Joshua (Joshua 1-5) and Rahab (Joshua 2)
• Is there one other household you could do church at home with safely? Or watch the playlist at the same time as someone you know and share your thoughts on the phone/online afterwards or on the facebook page.
• Got a home group, someone you are connected to? Why not follow the story with them through the week?
• Go on a socially distant walk to talk, listen, chat to God about what God is able to do here ‘by faith’.
• Print this sheet out for someone who isn’t online and think of way to involve them.
• Got an idea or want to contribute something to worship/teaching/prayers etc contact Shelley on shelley.dring.mbc@btconnect.com, Graham on graham.Brownlee@moortownbaptistchurch.onmicrosoft.com, Shona on shona.shaw@moortownbaptistchurch.onmicrosoft.com or give any of us a call/message.

This week at Church at Home we have the last in the series of Moses, Moortown and me. As well as hearing about the life of Moses we’ve sung about it, made puppets, created meals, watched baby Moses in a paddling pool, seen the story painted and some of have gone ‘the ‘long way round’.

In the last part this Sunday, we focus on the life of Moses in Hebrews 11 and that he was a man of faith. To link in with this Shelley has created this map to follow so that you can go on a local trail in north Leeds, reflect on the life of Moses and discover God in the great outdoors. 

The map is available here as a pdf which you can download and there will be copies to pick up in a box outside the church from Sunday 30^th August.  The walk is approximately 40 minutes long depending on fitness and mostly flat although you might need your wellies if its been raining.

We’d love to see what you have discovered on your trail so we are encouraging you to share your drawings, pictures, discoveries with us by emailing them to mbcnewspics@gmail.com

When two of Harehills Lane Baptist Church’s congregation asked to be baptised the fact that their church building was closed could have raised all sorts of complications… step forward MBC member Rod Russell (who by chance has a hot tub in his back garden) and his near neighbour, our old friend Rev’d Andy Hobbs.

“Yes” recalls Andy, “in terms of a traditional baptism service bringing the two of us together certainly made for a  very unusual day.”

The baptism candidates were two men: Gerberen who is Dutch and married to a lovely Kenyan lady was eager to publicly renew his faith, and had been keen to be baptised for quite some time. David on the other hand has only been a Christian for a month or so so it was lovely to bring the two together, albeit in a hot tub in a neighbour’s garden.”

Andy isn’t sure if what they did last Sunday will qualify Harehills Lane Baptist Church for a place in the Guinness Book of Records but it was certainly a first for him. “It was a wonderful occasion, in fact the water was so nice none of us wanted to get out. We’re so grateful to Rod who when I first mentioned the idea jumped at the chance to help out.  After the baptism we had a lovely, socially distanced BBQ for which even the weather stayed fine.” 

Richard Thompson has been in touch telling us about New Wine 2021. Here’s what he wrote. 

We have just booked our place for New Wine next August (got to live in hope that it will take place!) All the information you need about prices and booking is here www.new-wine.org

We have booked into Week B and have listed ourselves as Moortown Baptist Church so if people do go they should state that if they want us all to be together (and not if they don’t!)

There’s also an opportunity to attend all the events but actually stay off site for which of course there is a discount.

https://youtu.be/_KzaBpHtSnY

Issue 48 of the BMS World Mission magazine ENGAGE comes complete with three supplements. There’s a daily prayer guide that runs from September to December, a Christmas catalogue displaying cards, money wallets, notelets and wrapping paper and a DVD called Operation Chad which tells the story of the workbeing done at Guinebor II hospital, the organisations “beacon of hope in the hostile Sahel desert.”

The magazine itself quite literally covers the globe with stories and features about BMS staff and supporters from as far apart as Nottingham and Nepal. 

ENGAGE is free either online or through the post. To receive it simply go to  www.bmsworlmission.org and follow the links. 

Something else that arrived this weeks was John and Sue Wilson’s summer newsletter. In it John and Sue, two of MBC’s Mission partners who run a church in Paris tell us how the reopening of their building has gone, about the progress made on their “welcome Space” and about the preparations they are making to welcome Nadine and Dorcas, two young women who between them will run the church’s women’s hostel. 

There is a taster of the newsletter above but to catch up on all their news click HERE