The Mission Focus for February is the Karenni People of Burma.  See the note on the back page

CHAPLAIN’S NOTES

Ash Wednesday Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday. We have Holy Communion at 20.00 in the Church and you are most welcome. On 10 March we have one of two meetings during Lent (the other being on the 31^st) when we explore how Africa and Europe can be partners together and help each other.

CRP Self Help Peter Mackenzie will update us today at the 10.30 service. Support week by week still required by the able bodied among us.

Borzée We very much look forward again to our annual church weekend in the Ardennes. It takes place over the weekend of the 12-14 March and will include our guest speaker Max Sinclair and his wife Sue as well as home spun workshops, children’s activities, a walk and great fellowship together. Please ensure that you book by 29 February as numbers will have to be passed to Borzée the following day.

Musical The musical ‘Out of the Black Shadows’ will be performed at the German School, Wezembeek over the 24-26 March. It has been written and directed by Carolyn Walker and tells the amazing story of Stephen Lungu (who was part of the Christian Impact team last November) and is based on his book. The musical now has its own website. Visit www.african-musical.net.ms to get further information. To order tickets on line go to www.african-musical.com Tickets will be on sale at the church from 7 March. Do plan to come and give this great venture your support. Cassettes will also soon be available for purchase.

Lent Book John Stott’s book, ‘Why I am a Christian’ will be available in the church today.

                                                                                             Nigel Walker

 

 

Visits of the building site TODAY! Come and see the progress made with

Mackenzie Tours after the 10.30 service, and Walley Tours after the 19.00 service.

 

COMING SOON . . .

Learning To Listen - A Christian Listeners course for Lent This is a five week course for the five Mondays in Lent (1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March)  Time:  9.30 – 12.00.  Cost: €28. The course leaders are Julia Leigh from All Saints, Waterloo and Helen Walley, from Holy Trinity, Brussels. The course is aimed at cultivating an attitude of listening so that we might listen better at home, at work and within the church. It will take place at the home of Isabel Baldridge, All Saints Rectory, Rue Coleau 81, 1410 Waterloo.  If you are interested please contact Isabel Baldridge on 02/387 23 73 this week.  There are some leaflets available from Helen Walley today.  The course tutors work with Acorn Christian Foundation, Bordon, Hampshire, UK.

Borzée – Church weekend away (12 – 14 March) Forms are now at the back of the church and on the church website if you would like to book on line. This year the weekend will be a great mix with guest speakers Max and Sue Sinclair as well as ‘home spun’ events and workshops. It will be fun for all the family! See the leaflet. Deadline!  Last bookings for Borzée will be taken on Sunday 29 February.

Alpha for Youth HTB will be hosting this Alpha course for all young people (not younger than 12 years of age) every Friday evening between 19.30 and 21.30 starting on 19 March in Church House. The Holy Spirit weekend (a vital part of the 12 weeks’ course) will be held in Leuven from 30 April – 2 May. All young people are encouraged to be part of this fun as we explore the meaning of life. Volunteers to help in leading the small groups are also welcome. For details contact Obi on 0496 976 911 or obinosky@yahoo.com

NW Europe Archdeaconry Retreats 2004 Two alternative Lenten retreats will be held in 2004 in Oirschot, Netherlands. (Oirschot lies to the north‑west of Eindhoven). 12 ‑ 14 March: Retreat Conductor: The Revd Graeme Butter, Vicar of Horsley Hill, South Shields, England. Info and applications: Mrs Maryon Jägers, 0031 30 637 1780 or theojagers@planet.nl 26 ‑ 28 March: Retreat Conductor: The Very Revd Kenneth Robinson, Former Dean of Gibraltar. Info and applications: Mrs Ann Turner, 03/440 25 81 or ann@turner.be Accommodation is in comfortable single rooms with hot and cold water. The fee is €80 for full retreat. This includes hire of bed linen and towels.

Out of the Black Shadows - The Musical Stephen Lungu entered this world the unwanted, unloved product of an arranged marriage between a man of fifty and a girl of thirteen. At the age of twelve, he killed a man because he felt insulted by him. Later, he became a communist guerrilla fighter aiming to bring down the government of the former Rhodesia. In 1962, just before turning 20, he and his gang were on their way to blow up a bank. They stumbled across a tent full of Christians. They decided to firebomb the place. Prepared and ready, they had several minutes before the planned time of attack. Stephen suggested they venture into the tent to see "what those Christians were doing"........

Come and see the musical of year performed and organised by over 70 people. An extravagant explosion of colour, music and energy await you. Sample wines from the Cape region and taste the food of Africa.

It’s at The German School of Brussels. 71 Lange Eikstraat, 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem on 24, 25, 26 March at 20.00. Tickets Jenny Avery 02 734 66 96 or tickets@african-musical.com Entrance: Under 18 years of age €2, all adults €10.

All profits will go to support African Enterprise Educational projects in developing African Countries (40%) and to support 12 of the Kenyan actors and musicians who wish to further their studies in Belguim. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

 

INFORMATION

The AGM for Holy Trinity will take place in March.  To be entitled to attend/speak/vote, you must be on the electoral roll.  Formal notice of the revision of the roll is on the noticeboard opposite the Welcome desk, together with the current (2003) roll.  If you wish to be added to the roll, enrolment forms are on the welcome desk, with the ushers/clergy and with me.  If you notice any errors please tell me.  Completed forms should be put in my pigeon-hole or the church office letter box.

Ann Milton

Centenary Renovation Project (CRP) Update Many thanks to all those who have come out. Your efforts are now clearly visible and you can see your own handiwork. Thank you. So what have we done? Well, you can see the new, lead roof and columns. The interior brick walls will be plastered and painted. The stairs are now built into the church.

The entire upstairs school and halls are painted and the new floor is laid. New windows in the (former double) hallway flood that hall with light as do all the rebuilt skylights. A big, tiled, toilet opens into that hallway, beside a new, large elevator. The crèche has a new tiled toilet, a new secure, school lockup room, AND a counter with a sink and HOT water. The new meeting room has a white 'briefing' wall and both latter rooms are wired for a church audio feed. 

The downstairs toilets are rebuilt and tiled. The Hall ceiling is up, the new bar floor is levelled, steps up the back ramp. The kitchen floor is tiled and a new kitchen storage room built; the old yellow, basement wall is down and a new brick wall up. Five storage areas add to four large Hall wall cupboards. Air was opened into the Hall and bar. Several kilometres of new electric cabling are in place; and the Hall has an audio feed to four new wall speakers AND the church audio system. The kitchen equipment still needs funding. More details on that will be coming out shortly. Any donations are more than welcome!

Thinking of going to a Christian Conference this summer? Why not join Peter and Helen Walley for 'New Wine A' 31 July to 6 August, in Shepton Mallet (West of England). It is a great week especially for families with children, with lots to do and enjoy. There are a limited number of forms at the back of the church, but if you want to find out more, please speak to them first, or indeed visit the New Wine Website which is www.new-wine.org. You will need to get your booking in quickly, as places go very fast. Accommodation is by camping, and you will be with Helen and Peter who will act as hosts if you mention Holy Trinity Brussels as your church and us as the leaders. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Prayer Chain welcomes requests for prayer for any situation in complete
confidentiality. Please pass your request to Sue Cox 02/767 29 11 or cottoncox@hotmail.com or to Ann Milton 02/772 47 04.

Items for the Newsletter Please send these, at the latest by 9.00 on Tuesdays, to the Church Office or by e-mail to David.Iliff@Pandora.be