John Sherbourne

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,

Family @ 4 is designed especially to keep us connected. How it works is you are invited to send in pictures of what you are doing at 4 o’clock in the afternoon (give or take a minute or two) Monday to Friday. 

We’ve now added some pictures that came in on Thursday and Friday to our original gallery, something we’ll do every day. The additions are busy bee Rowan in the kitchen making a pie and collecting sticks, David still digging his border out, Gracie reminding Kate that 4 o’clock is tea time, Gwynneth’s picture of a near deserted Harrogate Road, young Master Laws mending his bike, some imaginative home schooling from Sarah Meyer one element of which includes caterpillars (don’t ask), Ethan Dodd all ready to start painting the ceiling and from anon some genuine blue sky thinking.

Our first posts showed Rowan and Daisy Dring out and about putting daffodils on neighbours doorsteps, David Gladman digging for victory whilst Sue adopts a more relaxing attitude, some lovely artwork created by Cas and John S enjoying a welcome cuppa after a marathon fence painting session.

As you can see none of this can be classed as what purists might think of as being particularly “churcy.” But that’s the point: MBC isn’t a building; it’s people, real people, people who do ordinary things like painting fences, digging ditches, mucking out rabbit hutches and washing cars.

In these times when social distancing or indeed social isolation are our watchwords we need to remember that what binds “church” together is love for Jesus, and it is this love and the “church’s” endeavours to show the compassion that his life, death and resurrection inspires that will carry us through this crisis.

So come on don’t be shy, as 4pm approaches grab your camera or your phone (selfies and videos encouraged) and when you’ve captured this golden moment go to the MBC Facebook page www.facebook.com/moortownbaptistchurch and send it to us via the messages button.  

*Latest editions are Issy Meyer’s rainbow, Josh and Howard Slater making a bench press and a couiple of pictures of Phil, Jane and Sam on their daily bike ride.

CLIFF AND HANK. Elsewhere on the website there is a story about Steve Scaife and John Sherbourne and how what started off as a bit of light hearted banter has turned into quite a feature. How long they can keep it up remains to be seen but the daily Facebook posts that Steve, an accomplished musician and John who for 50 years wanted to be Cliff Richard and all his Shadows are certainly putting a lot of smiles on lots of faces.  You can see the full story by following this link https://www.moortownbaptistchurch.org.uk/news/ok-so-maybe-its-not-cliff-and-hank-but-if-you-want-a-good-laugh-have-a-look-at-this

And if you want to follow their daily posts just visit Facebook and search for John Sherbourne and Steve Scaife and prepare to be amazed!!!!!!!!!!!!!