CHAPLAIN'S NOTES

Harvest Festival Our Harvest Festival Sunday this year will be on 5 October and will be celebrated at 10.30 and 14.00. Please note the date. Help nearer the time to decorate the church will be appreciated.

Prayer Meeting Our next Prayer meeting takes place tomorrow night (Monday) at 20.00 in Church House. The Council warmly welcomes members to join them. We shall focus prayer on our missionaries, the state of the world, our own ministry here and the mission in November with Michael Cassidy and others. We finish at 21.30

Bible Study for over 55s We resume our Home Group which runs from October to Easter on Wednesday 15 October at 238 Ave Parmentier. We warmly welcome newcomers to the fold. Call me if you would like further information.

The importance of regular Bible reading I am ever conscious of the importance of Bible reading if we are to grow in our faith. I plan to make another big effort this Autumn to encourage Bible reading. There are sample notes on the table at the back which please do not take away but browse during coffee after the services. Then if you would like to sign up today, next Sunday or the Sunday after we will order them for you price €5 each to last for three months. Peter Luson has kindly agreed to help me and will be available at the back of the church afterwards. I will be around after the 9.00 and 19.00 services to assist. Please pay the €5 when you order.

In addition to good notes it is important to have a good translation and, wherever possible, to invest in a Study Bible which offers background information, commentary and a concordance.

Counselling for the Mission Those who would like to train as Counsellors for the forthcoming mission in November should contact one of the clergy. The two training evenings are 7 and 21 October in Holy Trinity Church. Details about the evangelists coming to the mission are in a leaflet at the back of church.

Nigel Walker

 

OPPORTUNITIES

The Brussels African Protestant Choir is giving a concert of Negro Spirituals and Gospel in the Eglise Royale Ste-Marie, Place de la Reine, Schaerbeek at 20.00 on Friday, 26 September. A participation in the expenses of €10 will be asked for at the door. For access by public transport, the nearest are trams 92, 93 and 94. There is a notice in the porch.

Join the Community Bible Study International for a 30-week study on the gospel
of Luke. CBSI is an interdenominational bible study that welcomes all women of the community. We meet weekly on Wednesdays at 9.30 at the International Baptist Church in Wezembeek-Oppem and have classes available in English and French. A children's programme for under 5s is new this September. No prior bible study is necessary. For details contact Sue Woodroffe on 02/657 08 96 or Sue Cox on 02/767 29 11.

Contagious Christian Course Overcoming our fears of sharing our faith with friends by being ourselves and discovering and developing our own natural, authentic style of witnessing. Thursdays 20.00-22.00 until 23 October, at Jocelyn Cleak, Avenue Milcamps 58, 1030 Brussels (Schuman area). Contact josscleak@hotmail.com or 02/734 08 45.

 

INFORMATION

Brass cleaner wanted! Would anyone be willing to join the sacristan team as a brass cleaner with the task of polishing the church brasses ever six weeks or so? If so, please phone Barbara Rundell on 02/762 11 43.

The Mission Focus for September is Muyebe School for Girls, Uganda.  For the weekend of 27 and 28 September we have invited Jeff and Joy Realff (from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK) to visit us.  They have recently spent about 2 years at Muyebe as expatriate teachers and can therefore act as ambassadors from the school.  You are warmly invited to come and meet them informally over a bring-and-share meal at 19.00 on the evening of Saturday 27 September (venue still to be decided).  If you are interested in Uganda, Africa, mission projects overseas, education across the world, do come, and if you are not yet interested then you are particularly welcome.  Please phone Mary Walker to give an idea of numbers (02/770 77 15).

The loose plate collections next Sunday will go to  the School.

Centenary Renovation Project Site visit Sunday 28 September. The work on site is progressing at a good pace, and we are happy to announce that the architect and contractor will be on hand to take groups of up to 10 people at a time around the building site to see the work at this stage. The visits will be between 12.00 and 14.00. Please note however that it is a building site, and you enter at your own risk. It would be wise to wear sturdy shoes. This is a great opportunity for you to see how your money is being spent - and if you are new to our family here at Holy Trinity, to learn about this important project to develop the spiritual work of the Church here in Brussels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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