BUNYAN BAPTIST CHURCH

Stevenage

Join us at 10:00am this morning when the Saturday Church Service goes live! Don't forget your picnic blanket and snacks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwmdZGyOCU

And don't forget our Family Treasure Trail is this afternoon! Join us anytime between 12:00 - 3:30pm at St. Nicholas park (at the car park in Pilgrims Way) for some Harvest fun!

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With schools closed to visitors Bridge Builders are having to rethink the way they engage with schools. This month they will be videoing a re-written version of The Christmas Journey which schools can then sign up to watch virtually.

Schools that sign up will be given a school-friendly craft, and links to the videos.

Please pray both that the schools will sign up and for the children who won’t be doing all their normal Christmas plays and Nativities!

If you haven't already you may wish to check out sessions 3 & 4 of The Prayer Course that links to our Sunday Service series:

Session 3: http://downloads.24-7prayer.com/prayer_course/2019/sessions/session-3/session3_petition_study_guide.pdf

Session 4: http://downloads.24-7prayer.com/prayer_course/2019/sessions/session-4/session4_intercession_study_guide.pdf

Great news!!! Bunyan is arranging another Family Treasure trail for our whole church family on Saturday 17th October - everyone from Saturday and Sunday Church are welcome to come along and join in the fun!

The Family Treasure Trail will be in St Nicholas Park (SG1 4PT) and is wheelchair/buggy friendly.

A Bunyan welcomer will be in the car park which is accessed from Pilgrims Way. Just turn up whenever you're ready between 12 and 3.30pm and see if you can solve our mystery word. You may want to bring paper and pencil to jot down the answers.

To celebrate Harvest we invite you to bring a tin of fruit or vegetables which will be donated to the Food Shed.
For more information about this and future Bunyan Family Treasure Trails please see this month's I Wonder activity sheet.

For more information about St Nicholas Park go to

http://parksherts.co.uk/parks/view/st-nicholas-park

A thought for Friday!

In our service last Sunday one of the things that Andrew encouraged us to do was to pray God's promises.

Why not explore more about what this means by taking a look at this resource created by The Prayer Course: http://downloads.24-7prayer.com/prayer_course/2019/resources/pdfs/11%20How%20to%20Pray%20the%20Promises%20of%20God.pdf

Next Thursday at 7pm there will be a short reflective service at Bunyan for those who are grieving.

If you would like to attend this service places MUST be booked in advance either through the Eventbrite listing: http://eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-time-to-mourn-tickets-121562505727?fbclid=IwAR034c40o7XHKR3VESaQE9_2a2x6KNQPnclhBG0uErGESuRP5TRchfgxlz4 or by emailing siobhan@bunyan.org.uk.

A reminder we're looking for people to join in with next Sunday's service! It's only a quick one - less than 40 seconds!

If you could record yourself singing a voice only version of the Amen chorus (link below), and email it to Matt Smith on llewellynsmith@yahoo.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07968191087 by Wed 7th Oct that'd be fantastic! (try listening to it on headphones on one device, and recording you singing it on another)

We're hoping to get as many people as possible - all ages/abilities!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12r39TwM8bpwtoC8UBM_wGVI5cqxrQKgD/view?fbclid=IwAR0v2DEv8rF61CxQj-CgYkoeoBh6WnKqrbZCz-40ROgN6zRgFuTnKe9m-Mc" target="_blank">http://https://drive.google.com/file/d/12r39TwM8bpwtoC8UBM_wGVI5cqxrQKgD/view?fbclid=IwAR0v2DEv8rF61CxQj-CgYkoeoBh6WnKqrbZCz-40ROgN6zRgFuTnKe9m-Mc

Photo by Bruce Mars on Unsplash

Please keep in your Prayers Churches Together in Stevenage as they meet for their AGM this evening!

Morning all! Here's the link for our Sunday Service: http://youtube.com/watch?v=76NDEFvTlXI

Following on from our Sunday service where we explored the importance of founding our prayers in praise and adoration why not take some time to read through the words of Psalm 145? Let the words of the psalmist inspire you to rejoicing in God. Why not consider rewriting the psalm in your own words,? Or simply allow the words to lead you into praising God in spoken words or song.

Following on from our Sunday service where we explored the importance of founding our prayers in praise and adoration why not take some time to read through the words of Psalm 145? Let the words of the psalmist inspire you to rejoicing in God. Why not consider rewriting the psalm in your own words,? Or simply allow the words to lead you into praising God in spoken words or song.

Don't forget to check out session 2 of The Prayer Course that links to our Sunday service series: http://prayercourse.org/session/adoration/

Here's the link for our Sunday service - premiering as usual at 10.30am: http://youtu.be/kEJ8907vha0

This morning we'll be exploring another aspect of prayer in the second in our series inspired by the The Prayer Course.

Please keep in your prayers the MYC who are meeting for the first time in over 6 months to join together for their picnic tomorrow! Let us pray that they have an enjoyable time and for great weather!!

We started a new series on prayer on Sunday: You could try out the things we were talking about by praying about our upcoming Church Meeting, where we'll be thinking about lots of things of things, including voting on the appointment of some trustees:

"A Time to Mourn" Service on 15 October at 7pm: This is a short reflective service for those who are grieving. To comply with the latest COVID-19 legislation places at this service MUST be registered in advance either through the Eventbrite listing http://eventbrite.com/e/a-time-to-mourn-tickets-121562505727 or via our church administrator: admin@bunyan.org.uk.

Here's the link for this morning's service that premieres as usual at 10.30am: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RUC2V15bTz8

Today we'll be commissioning all those who work with our children and youth. We're also beginning a new series with a focus on the Prayer Course material and we'll be celebrating communion together. So please remember to have some bread and juice or wine ready for this part of the service.

Hope you're got your snack and drink ready for Saturday Church this morning. Catch the latest edition from 10am: http://youtu.be/UHmH03ppq0U