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Some Previous Events & Notices
Monsters Stink Holiday Club
Monday 28 July - Friday 1 August
10.00 am - 12.30 pm
For 5 - 11 year olds
- games
- songs
- craft
- Bible stories
£5 per child or £8 per family for the week
If you are able to help or wish to find out more, please see Ann, Jenny or Marion.
(All helpers will be CRB checked.)
Full details of the holiday club.
BBQ Sunday 20 July
We invite everyone to stay on after the service for this BBQ
as another opportunity for us to get to know one another better.
Whether you are new to the church or been coming here for years
we would like you to join us. What's more its free of charge!
Please sign up, so that we know numbers for catering.
See Malcolm or George for further details.
B:United - Youth Event
www.bunited.org.uk
About 100 teenagers filled our church for the B:United youth service on 11 May 2008.
Lively worship led by a local band. Excellent dance troupe from Melrose.
Trevor Woodget then spoke on the Holy Spirit, illustrating his talk with several of his conjuring tricks.
God was moving, and one person committed their life to Christ. Praise God!
B:UNITED is a meeting of Basingstoke Youth Groups in a Christian environment.
B:UNITED is about bringing young people from across Basingstoke together to worship God.
Disaster Relief
If you wish to give towards the aid relief for China or Burma, you can give to the BMS (Baptist Missionary Society)
through the Church. Please mark envelopes "BMS China and/or Burma" (cheques payable to Basingstoke Baptist Church).
See the Treasurer if you have any questions.
House Group
Chosen for Change
New series starting May 2008.
Like it or not, you're living in the "me" culture. We all get caught up: looking after "Number One",
cashing in on "your rights" while turning a blind eye to responsibilities.
What about sharing, caring, belonging, teamwork, community? Are you ready to serve others instead of yourself?
This new series, called "Chosen for change - am I part of God's big plan?"
explores serving. And to continue serving when others tread on your toes.
Or you're not consulted when you should have been.
Kitchen Help Needed
Sally will again be leading the catering team at the CPAS Ventures Holiday in Romsey
for a week in August. Extra help is needed to cook for the children and their leaders (70/80 people).
You don't have to be an expert cook, just a willing worker. The leadership team is a great bunch to work with.
See Sally for more details.
Welcome Supper
7.30 pm, Saturday 26 April 2008
We invite anyone who is fairly new to the church to come and share in this welcome supper. We hope it will
provide an opportunity for us to get to know one another better. After new comers have signed up for the meal
the invitation will be opened up to every-one else.
Industrial Mission
Chaplain David Tonkinson leaves at the end of March for a new post in Guildford.
He leaves behind a small team of voluntary associate chaplains who offer work-place ministry in the town centre
shopping malls. This includes Trevor our pastor who is the ASDA chaplain.
Bible Explorer
New session starts at St Marks school on 22 April.
Spring Celebration
Sunday 9 March, 7.00 pm
at the United Reformed Church, London Street, Basingstoke
Guest speaker: John Isaacs
John Isaacs leads Kingsway Community Church in San Jose, California.
He is also the founder and president of Pray The Bay
- a ministry uniting pastors and prayer ministries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
(no evening service at our church)
Arranged by the Network of Basingstoke Churches
Life Worth Living
is a follow-up to the Alpha course, meeting the last Wednesday of the month, at 7.30 pm.
Unity Sunday
Alliance of Basingstoke Churches
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Sunday 20 January 2008
| 4.30 pm | Annual General Meeting |
| at Wessex Christian Fellowship
After a brief agenda for reports and elections there will be an update on:
The Camrose Resource Centre
Day centre for homeless and socially isolated
Followed by tea provided by Wessex Christian Fellowship at 5.45 pm |
| 6.30 pm | United Service |
| at the Salvation Army (in their new building in Wessex Close)
Speaker: Major Ron Smith
In the footsteps of Jesus
Please stay after for refreshments>
(no evening service at Gershwin Road)
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GOALs in extra time
Saturday 3 November 2007
at Basingstoke Baptist Church, Gershwin Road
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
An event for those 50+
years to explore ways to
use God-given gifts and
God-given time in
Christian Service.
GOALs in extra time is a programme designed to encourage and stimulate
the rich potential of members of the church. The day conference seeks to
present and illustrate exciting ways we can use our skills, experience and
maturity, at home and overseas.
We recognise that many who are perhaps over 50 still have so much potential
that can be released into God's service today. When extra workers are
needed in the building of God's kingdom we believe those in maturing years
could make a valuable contribution, both locally and globally. This conference
is a step towards that.
The cost: £8.50 (or £15 per married couple) including a light lunch & refreshments.
Please register in advance.
Enquiries and Bookings
Network Celebration
7.00 pm Sunday 28 October 2007
at Queen Mary's College
(no evening service at Gershwin Road)
The focus of this Celebration will be the commissioning of Luella, the new Youth For Christ worker coming to Basingstoke.
The speaker will be Roy Crowne, the head of YFC in the UK.
Arranged by Basingstoke Network of Churches
and B:United
The Alpha Course
explore the meaning of life
Started 19 September 2007 (finishing in December) Details...
LifeShapes
This course has now finished
Everyone hungers to lead a healthy, thriving, passionate life. But how?
LifeShapes is a way to understand ourselves, our relationships to Christ and to one another.
It is designed to equip the believer for Kingdom life by linking the discipleship principles of
Jesus to memorable images based around 8 shapes.
These are easy-to-remember tools that equip us in our quest to be disciples of Jesus.
We will be exploring LifeShapes on Sunday evenings, starting 6.30 pm and finished by 8.30 pm.
The format is a mixture of our minister speaking, watching DVDs and discussion.
You are welcome to join part way through the series, and to come to as many or few as you can make.
| date |
month |
shape |
subject |
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| 13 | May | Circle | Choosing to Learn from Life |
| 20 | | Semi-Circle | Living in Rhythm with Life |
| 27 | | - | normal evening service |
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| 3 | June | Triangle | Balancing the Relationships of Life |
| 10 | | Square | Defining the Priorities of Life |
| 17 | | Pentagon | Knowing Your Role in Life |
| 24 | | Hexagon | Praying as a Way of Life |
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| 1 | July | - | normal evening service |
| 8 | | Heptagon | Practising the Principles of a Vital Life |
| 15 | | Octagon | Living a Life with a Mission |
More about Lifeshapes:
www.lifeshapes.com
B:UNITED Youth Event
About 120 young people filled our church on 4 March 2007 for the B:United event; praising God,
praying together, being challenged by examples of young people in the Bible who served God
in significant ways, and having fun. The format was relaxed and relevant - proof that church
does not have to be boring. All-in-all, a brilliant evening.
B:UNITED is a meeting of Basingstoke Youth Groups in a Christian environment.
B:UNITED is about bringing young people from across Basingstoke together to worship God.
www.bunited.org.uk
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