Abbotsham Baptist Sunday Newsletter – 12.01.25
“ Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So, glorify God in your body. “ 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
12th January: Sunday Service – 10.30 am
Title – Jesus and the Temple
Bible reading – Luke 2: 41-52
Annual General Meeting – 2.00 pm Thursday 23rd January 2025 in the Chapel
Please consider who you wish to ask to stand as a Deacon. If you are currently a memberCare Trust.
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Prayer diary – Week beginning – 12.01.2025 “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Matthew 25:35 |
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BMS: Help for the journey – More than 130 million people worldwide are living in temporary conditions, having been forced to flee from their homes. BMS World Mission’s Help for the Journey programme supports forcibly displaced people as they seek safety. |
Household of the day |
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Sunday |
BMS: Help for the journey- BMS partners help prevent possible displacement by training leaders to nurture missional churches that bless their communities. Pray for our partners in this work: Thimar and the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (Lebanon) and Bethlehem Bible College (Israel-Palestine). Abbotsham Baptist: Pray for June, June’s carer and June’s family following her health event in church last Sunday. |
Jean & Michael |
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Monday |
BMS: Help for the journey – Pray for BMS partner Middle East Concern, which supports people in the Middle East and North Africa who are discriminated against or persecuted for being or becoming Christians. Abbotsham Baptist: Please pray for your chosen people that they will come to know Jesus as their saviour. |
Doreen |
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Tuesday |
Abbotsham Baptist: Please pray for those in the fellowship who are suffering from long term illness, who are regularly in pain and experiencing worry or grieving. BMS: Help for the journey – BMS’ work in ‘transit’ contexts offers humanitarian, relational and spiritual support to displaced people living in temporary refugee camps. Pray for our partner Shepherd Society, which sends teams to support Syrian and Iraqi refugees temporarily living in Jordan. |
Marge |
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Wednesday |
BMS: Help for the journey – Pray for BMS partner All4Aid, whose work on the Greek island of Lesbos supports displaced people living in transit camps. Pray for the resilience of partner staff who offer practical and emotional support. Abbotsham Baptist: Pray for the upcoming AGM and the appointment of new trustees. |
Anita |
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Thursday |
BMS: Help for the journey – Pray for BMS partner Thimar, which provides education through local churches to school- aged Syrian children living in Lebanon. Abbotsham Baptist – Pray for the upcoming AGM and the choices made as to which Christian organisations to support and how much to give to each one. |
Heather & Geoff |
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Friday |
BMS: Help for the Journey- BMS’ work in ‘destination’ contexts |
Mary |
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Saturday |
Abbotsham Baptist: Pray that as a church we will be able to reflect the image of Jesus to our community. BMS: Help for the journey – Pray for the French Baptist Federation as they support, along with BMS, new church plants that reach out to Afghan, Iranian, Ukrainian and North African populations. |
Jim & Claire |