The Mission Focus for March is Mission East.  See below under Information.

CHAPLAIN’S NOTES

AGM Tomorrow night is our AGM beginning at 20.00 in church. This is the most important meeting of the year and your presence, wherever possible, is requested. If you are not able to come please give your apology as this indicates your interest and concern. We greatly value your presence for the meeting. Please take a Report and Agenda as you leave the church today.

Mothering Sunday Today we celebrate Mothering Sunday at 10.30. Our Mission East team will be sharing in the services at 10.30 and 19.00 today. The loose plate collections will be given to Mission East for its work.

Out of the Black Shadows Carolyn Walker’s musical will take place this week at the German School (details elsewhere). Please support it by prayer and by your presence.

Passion Sunday Fifty years ago (2 April), I stepped forward at the Billy Graham Crusade in London to give my life to Jesus Christ. I plan to share my testimony next Sunday at 10.30. There will also be baptisms next Sunday and a service of the blessing of a marriage between the 9.00 and 10.30 services.

Scripture Union Notes Peter Luson will be taking your orders for April/June today and next Sunday. Please pay with your order (€5).

CRP Self Help Please support Peter Mackenzie week by week as ‘self help’ continues in our renovation project. Things are beginning to shape up and to get really exciting. If you are able bodied do be a part of this worthy project.

Borzée Once again the Lord blessed us at what many of our folk felt was one of the best of our weekends away together. Max and Sue Sinclair’s testimony of much suffering and hardship born of Max’s serious road accident was woven into their message. Based on Elijah’s own experience of careful preparation (1 Kings 17), heady success (18) and subsequent failure and a fresh commission (19) Max and Sue demonstrated that the greatest of the O.T. prophets nevertheless seriously failed under pressure. They therefore enabled us to identify more closely with Elijah himself.

The weekend was extremely well organised. While we are so thankful to many people who worked so hard (administration, music, translation, entertainment, welcome, children’s activities and many others) our special thanks go once again to Heidi Fuehrmann whose organisation was quite superb and much appreciated by us all.

                                                                                             Nigel Walker

COMING SOON . . .

Who is Jesus? The Alpha for Youth train started its exciting journey last Friday. However, there are still more seats reserved for every young person (as we make our first stop on the personality of Jesus Christ). Come and have fun with us as we witness the popularity contest that will take place this Friday 26 March in Church House at 19.30. There’s lots of entertainment on board and the ticket is FREE! For details contact obinosky@yahoo.com or call 0496 976 911

Out of the Black Shadows - The Musical This is the last advert for Out Of The Black Shadows. Come and see this musical about Stephen Lungu’s life story 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 6696 or tickets@african-musical.com Entrance: Under 18 years €2, 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. If coming by public transport, go to Kraainem Metro Station and catch either No 30 or No 31 bus.  Both take you close to the German School.  Ask bus driver where to get off.  Or take 39 Tram to Beekstraat and walk 10 minutes along Beekstraat to the School.  Would members of Holy Trinity attending the Play kindly stand by to give lifts to our heroic Cast back to Kraainem Metro Station at the end, as buses don't run at night.  Many thanks.

Join the Inter-Church Committee of Brussels for a Prayer Vigil at St Michael and Gudule’s Cathedral on Saturday 3 April at 20.00    This year the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches celebrate Easter on the same day. We would like to seize this wonderful opportunity, offered by the calendar, and ask all the Christian communities of Brussels to join in this vigil. An inter-church group is in charge of preparing this celebration, which will focus on prayer and meditation. This meeting aims at enabling a common start of the celebrations of Holy Week among Christians from different denominations.

INFORMATION

Congratulations to Norah and Foster Peprah on the birth of their son, brother for Junior.  Name: Aaron.  Weight: 3.085kg

This month the mission focus is Mission East and we have a display at the back of the church. Mission East is currently active in seven countries in Eastern Europe and Asia delivering relief and development aid to the poor. Loose plate collections on 21 March will go to this work and if you would like to find out more then please talk to Mags Bird, Peter Drummond-Smith, Richard Peppiette or Alex Ramos-Peña.

Protestant R. E. teacher required at primary level in the European Schools
of Brussels. In September 2004 there will be a vacancy for one or possibly two Protestant religion teachers in the English primary sections at the European schools of Brussels. Applications should be made before the end of March. More info from Catherine Pennington at catherine.roberts@skynet.be

The AGM for Holy Trinity will take place on Monday 22 March at 20.00. 

To be entitled to attend/speak/vote, you must be on the electoral roll.  This is the situation at present:

Wardens: Ninette Dodoo, and Pat Thomas

Present Council members: Jonna Byskata, Johan Depypere, Mark Madeley, Leon Midson, Guy Milton, Ralph Wilkinson. Finishing this year: Peter Adekunle and Cheryl McCoy.

Archdeconary Synod members: Peter Arthern, Heidi Fhrmann, Heather Roy and Paulina Van Rijn.

The two wardens need to be re-elected each year. Both are willing to stand again. Two new council members are needed for next year. Application forms are to be found at the back of church, more information is available from the wardens if needed. Only members on the Electoral Roll of HTB are eligible to stand.

The Council meets on the first Monday of each month. Its responsibilities are:

·       To promote the whole mission of the church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

·       To be responsible for the church's financial affairs.

·       To ensure the care, maintenance and insurance of church and property.

·       Employment of the church's ordained and lay staff.

·       Deciding with the chaplain the form of services.

·       Listening to the views of the congregation.

How to become a member: Council members must be on the Electoral Roll of HTB i.e. they must have worshipped there for over six months and be over 16. They are nominated and seconded by members of the congregation and elected at the AGM. Anyone wishing to stand for the two vacant posts should write a short paragraph about himself or herself and if possible give a picture to Pat Thomas to be displayed at the back of church for all to see who you are.

Jean-Pierre Herman has now taken up an appointment as assistant minister at All Saints Waterloo. At the AGM we would like to offer him a gift of appreciation for the time he spent with us. Anyone who would like to contribute to this gift should either put a donation in the collection in an envelope clearly marked with his name, or give the offering to Ken or Pat Thomas. Thank you in advance.

A number of old hard wood window frames were discovered under the ceremonial porch and which are surplus to requirements. If anyone would like to make an offer for them, please contact the office, or Peter Mackenzie, who can show you what is there.

ADMIN. NEWS

!! The number of unaccounted for photocopies done at Church House continues to rise. 1798 copies were made without explanation in January and February, as opposed to 852 in November and December. Between 80 and 89% of this occurs at weekends. Any user of the Church House copier MUST fill in the form next to the machine, as we need to know what part of Holy Trinity’s annual budget goes to justified photocopying. Thanks to all for your cooperation.

KEYS The lock has been changed on the garden door. All those who hold a key to the old garden door are kindly requested to return them to church office as soon as possible. New arrangements are being made for current access to the church.

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