Churches Together have two events planned for February, and then a series beginning at the end of the month.
Monday 6 February 8 pm at the New Testament Church of God, on the corner of Willian Road and Hampden Road, the CTH Council will take place. There will be some items of business and then most of the meeting will be a session presented by The Hub Church, the newest member of Churches Together. Dan Drew and colleagues from the church will tell us about the inspiration behind it, what they have done so far and their plans for the future. Trish Bonnett, the new Chair of CTH, wants each meeting during the year to focus on the church's ministry with the young and the old, the two 'ends' of life. The Hub Church has included work with young people in its emphases so this will be a good start to the year. All are very welcome.
Ash Wednesday 22 February, 12.30 pm at Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, there will be the annual lunch to support Christian Aid, offering modest nourishing food, an opportunity to buy fair-trade goods and good company. Again, all are welcome!
Monday 27 February will see the beginning of the Churches Together Lent series for 2012. This year it will be called Mondays in Lent and the theme will be More than Gold. This being Olympic year, we shall look at sport and the Games from a Christian perspective, we shall see what we can do practically to welcome people from all over the world to our country and we shall see the challenges that the Olympics in particular and international sport in general bring to us. The series is not just for sports-lovers - in fact it may be especially interesting to those who can't stand it!
The meetings will be held at 8 pm at Christchurch and the first will be led by the Rev. Nigel Stone, Olympics Advisor in the Southwark Anglican Diocese. More details in the coming weeks but, if you can, please keep Mondays in Lent free for this important series.
Wednesday February 29th and March 28th
at Dagnall Street Baptist Church, St. Albans.
To learn more about our past, our Baptist origins as well as some of the things that we believe in and which make us so distinctive, the Herts Baptist Lay Preachers Fellowship would like to invite you to some meetings on Baptist history and principles.
Both meetings, led by The Rev. Simon Carver of Dagnall Street Church will start at 7.45 pm and last approximately two hours.
Session 1... 'Baptist History' - how we got to be the people we are today.
Session 2... 'Baptist Principles' - Who we are and why it matters.
Fees:- £8.00, if paid in advance, for both sessions.
£5.00 , if paying on the evening, for each event singly.
For students, please feel free to come at no charge.
Limited parking at the church but additional parking at either St. Christopher Place car park (chargeable) directly opposite the entrance to the church or at Gombards open car park (Free after 6.30 pm) about a 3 - 4 minute walk away.
Open to all. Adrian Ruffhead, David Edgington and Brian Pratt
On behalf of the Herts Fellowship of Baptist Preachers.
If you are interested in attending, please let Sheila Hallas (Church Secretary) know
