The Mission Focus for September is Muyebe Girls School, Uganda.  Muyebe celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year. The school has developed much over the years and now takes girls up to ‘A’ level (baccalaureat). Holy Trinity’s rõle is chiefly devoted to an Assistance Fund to provide school fees for pupils in difficulty. The loose plate collections at all four services next Sunday, 19 September, will go towards Muyebe.  If you would like to support Muyebe and know you will not be at church on the 19th, you can place your gift in an envelope, clearly marked Muyebe, today or on 26 September.

CHAPLAIN’S NOTES

Welcome We welcome today Isobel Peppiette, Thomas Hut and Elena Demande for baptism, together with their families and friends.

Cleaning As the Council did not feel it right to spend at least €20 000 per annum on cleaning, the church has now arranged for a new cleaning system which does require the active help of at least some members of the congregation. We are most grateful to Dora for heading up our church cleaning team and those students who will assist her. However, please offer your help to Dora on at least an occasional basis so that our renovated buildings can remain a church centre that we can always be proud of.

Russian Attack Following the outrage in Southern Russia last week we will hold a special evening tomorrow night (Monday) when we will endeavour to try and listen to God’s heart through his word and finish our time in a note of prayer. 20.00 in Church House. 21.30 finish. Mothers and/or fathers of small children may want especially to note this opportunity.

The Autumn programme is now available in the foyer. Please make sure you have a copy. Reading the Scripture readings prior to the start of the service will help you to prepare for worship Sunday by Sunday. Also available the current ICS News which features Belgium in general and Brussels in particular.

Nigel Walker

Europe4Family Celebration Weekend We are very pleased to welcome at our 10.30 service this morning participants in the great ‘Europe4Family’ bike-a-thon. These young people have cycled from the four corners (Ireland, Romania, Portugal and Lithuania) of the continent converging on Brussels this weekend to celebrate the importance of family life in the UN International Year of the Family 10^th anniversary. They are calling for the establishment of a ‘family friendly culture that affirms life’ in Europe. You can find out more about them on www.europe4family.net.

Today is Bun Sunday Our baked goodies (cakes, biscuits, sausage rolls, quiches, etc.), marmalades and TEAR Craft tea and coffee will be on sale in the hall after the 10.30 service. Also cards for birthdays and other occasions. Please come and buy so we can support smaller charities not funded by the Church's Mission Giving.

A note from Zélie and Richard Peppiette whose daughter Isobel is being baptised during the 10.30 service: To thank you all for promising to share in Isobel's Christian upbringing we'd like to invite you to share a glass of wine in the hall downstairs after the service.

EVENTS

Morning Bible study for women  10.00 - 11.45 starting on Tuesday 14 September. We meet in Holy Trinity Church House Flat, 29 Rue Capitaine Crespel, Ixelles. We will be studying Philippians with a study entitled RUN THE RACE, by Bill Hybels.  "Life as a follower of Christ is not a fifty-yard dash.  It's a marathon.  God offers strength for the race, cold water to quench our thirst, and fresh legs when we grow weary.  We never run alone." All women welcome at any age or stage.  We also offer a crèche for little ones under school or maternelle age.  New babies are welcome in the study with us!  Come and enjoy fellowship, study and support.  A small charge is made for the study book. 10.00 and over by 11.45. For more information contact Helen Walley 02/354 59 85 or helen.walley@belgacom.net

Community Bible Study International, a non-denominational women's group,
begins its study of Acts on Wednesday 15 September 9.30 - 11.30 at the
International Baptist Church in Wezembeek-Oppem. Classes are available in
English and French and there is a crèche and children's programme available.
No previous bible study is necessary. For more information contact Susan
Srensgard on 010/22 75 02 or sstensgard@GEMission.com, Cheryl Ford on 02/657
71 09 or Sue Cox on 02/767 29 11 or cottoncox@hotmail.com.

The Alpha Course – starts Wednesday 15 September at 19.00 in the Charles Le Jeune Centre with the introductory session entitled, ‘Christianity, boring, untrue and irrelevant?’ This course is a wonderful introduction to the Christian Faith for those who are on the edge of belief. Invite your friends and bring them yourself! For further details please pick up a leaflet, or call Filip Ameloot on 02/644 05 00 or filip.ameloot@busmail.net. We will aim to provide a cold buffet meal with soup, for a small charge each week.

Learning To Listen Course (Acorn Christian Foundation) Encompasses teaching and practical learning on Listening to others, Listening to ourselves and Listening to God. Saturday 16 October and Saturday 4 December, Charles Le Jeune Centre, Holy Trinity Church from 9.30 - 16.30. Bring your own packed lunch.  €35 covers required course fee, all materials, refreshments etc. Open to anyone who has not done a Listening course before or who has only done The Importance of Listening and would like to go further - or you may want a refresher.  Particularly recommended if you are in any kind of leadership rôle, prayer ministry or require good listening skills for your work or at home.  The course is a prerequisite for a series of small bite-sized courses which stand alone entitled Time to Listen to Change, to Bereavement, to Young people, to Depression etc. which will be offered in Spring 2005.  Course tutors trained with Acorn Christian Foundation:  Helen Walley and Julia Leigh, who have backgrounds in Counselling and teaching respectively.  Please ask Helen for a brochure, 02/354 59 85 or helen.walley@belgacom.net   Also available on church website www.htbrussels.com  Closing date for applications:  Friday 8 October.

INFORMATION

Next Sunday 19 September is Car Free Sunday for Brussels. No car traffic will be allowed between 9.00 and 19.00. We at Holy Trinity shall be here to welcome you at all services, but you should plan for alternative transport!

Help! On 3 October 8 people are coming from Liverpool to the 10.30 service. They want to learn about Anglicans in Brussels. The service will tell them a lot but lunch afterwards with members of the congregation would probably inform them even more. Can you take a Liverpudlian or two to lunch on that day? Please contact Paulina on 02/375 23 20 or cancerhelp@tiscali.be

Did you know that the INNO car park is accessible to members of Holy Trinity on Sunday mornings from approximately 10.15 to 13.00? Using this facility frees up spaces on the street for visitors and can also avoid unpleasant surprises. The local traffic wardens have recently been very conscientious in their duties. Council has decided that the charge for the use of the car park should be €2 as from the beginning of September.

Dyslexia International Tools and Technologies (DITT) - a non-profit organisation, all-volunteer, working for children with learning difficulties, urgently seeks able French and German translators and researcher volunteers - to work from home or in our offices at 1 rue Defacqz, B-1000 Brussels Tel/fax: 02/537 70 66 or admin@ditt-online.org Web site: www.ditt-online.org Please kindly contact  us  immediately!   Thank you.                              Judith Sanson for DITT

Peter Arthern is at present working on a short history of the Centenary Renovation Project, its origins, how the plans evolved and crystallised and how the work progressed, with all its vicissitudes. If you have any ideas for special highlights or angles which you think should feature in the narrative, please convey them to Peter, with any supporting documentation, via Simon Robbins in the Church Office.

Accommodation for a few nights is being sought by a visitor from Kinshasa, DRC. If you think you could help, please contact Simon Robbins either by phone (at the Church Office or on 02/640 6646), or simon.robbins@skynet.be .

The Prayer Chain welcomes requests for prayer for any situation with complete
confidentiality. Please pass your request to Sue Cox 02/767 29 11 or cottoncox@hotmail.com or to Jennifer Le Jeune 010/61 48 85.

Items for the Newsletter Please send these, at the latest by 9.00 on Tuesday, to David.Iliff@Pandora.be or to the Church Office at admin@htbrussels.com