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Email: mbcnewspics@gmail.com

Every Sunday following our Church at Home services we post on our website and on Facebook a short picture story designed to give you a flavour of what the service contained. It also of course includes the links you need to watch the whole broadcast again. 

However, one thing that has struck us is that as valuable as this is proving to be it is nevertheless something that only looks back – albeit maybe only an hour or so. That’s why starting this weekend we are broadening the scope of this post by adding to it a new feature with the working title Past – Present – Future which in plain English simply means adding the here now and next week to what’s just gone.

What do we mean? OK no one can deny that right now we are all living very different lives to those we had even a couple a months ago, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped living. For example I know of one couple who next Tuesday should be flying off to Spain for a week, obviously this isn’t going to happen but the fact that they will still be in Leeds won’t be stopping them cooking up an extra special paella and cracking open a bottle of Rioja. Some other friends are soon to celebrate their Silver Wedding anniversary which means that next Saturday instead of clearing the decks and firing up the barbecue they are hosting a family and friends Zoom party. But even if you haven’t had to cross a  big date from your diary how about telling us all about some of those new projects and/or hobbies you have either started or gone back to. Oh and of course you could maybe even share something about how your Home Group is meeting during the lock down, or how you yourself are staying in touch with friends.

I’ll admit that none of this is going to change the face of the world, but that’s not the idea. No, what we want is for you to share with your MBC friends and family the everyday things that you chat about at the end of a regular Sunday while drinking your coffee. 

To enable you to do this we have set up a special email account called mbcnewspics@gmail.com and it’s to here that we would like you send anything (within reason) that you’d like to share.

Finally, another couple of possibilities for you to mull over. As this coming Wednesday marks the 65th anniversary of the formation of Moortown Baptist Church one suggestion to those of us that have been around a while is to think back and share some of your memories. Another might be for Spring Harvest regulars, sadly very different this year, to do the same and show and tell some of your recollections or better still, if you have been to Spring Harvest On-Line to tell us all about it.

We look forward to hearing from you. 

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.