The Mission Focus this month is A Rocha – a nature conservation organisation working to care for the environment, based on Christian values. All plate collections on 31 October will go to their work. Peter and Miranda Harris the International Directors of A Rocha will be speaking at HTB in the 10.30 and 19.00 services next Sunday. See more information inside.

 

CHAPLAIN’S NOTES

Prayer Diaries Prayer diaries which cover the period October 2004 - March 2005 are available in the foyer. Please take one and use it.

African Enterprise Both Lynn Badcock and Filip Ameloot are in Kinshasa now preparing for the Mission there where up to 1000 meetings could be taking place over the period October 24 - 31. African Enterprise is the mission we especially remember and pray for in November but I feel sure that folk will want to pray for AE in Kinshasa at this time particularly because Belgium has a special relationship with the Congo.

David Fieldsend is to be licensed as a Reader by Dirk van Leeuwen at the 19.00 service this evening. We welcome Dirk to Holy Trinity.

Jocelyn Cleak Congratulations to Jocelyn who will marry Lucio Pappalardo next Saturday, 30 October, at 13.30. Lucio is Catholic so the service will be conducted jointly by the Catholic Priest from Etterbeek and myself. All are welcome.

Nigel Walker

 

 

 

EVENTS

Stabat Mater The ‘Choeur Florilège’ and the Waterloo chamber music ensemble perform in concert a new setting of the Stabat Mater by Jean-Pierre Romain with, before the interval, works by Handel, Kedrov and others. When? Today at 16.00. Where? the Eglise Royale Ste-Marie; More information: see poster in the porch or phone Andrew 02/512 07 98. Access: trams 92, 93, 94 stop Place de la Reine; buses 58, BH, BK, BZ BM, 358 stop Ste-Marie.

Come and hear The Brythoniaid Welsh Male Voice Choir, 55 strong and five time winners of the Welsh National Eisteddfod. They are giving concerts in Belgium, including one here in aid of Community Help Service. Tickets are €10, and refreshments will be available during the interval. When? Thursday 28 October at 19.30. Where? in Holy Trinity. More info and reservations: t: 02/647 67 80 (CHS) e: community-help@skynet.be Tickets will also be available at the door.

The International Christian Women’s Club of Brussels invites you to a country fair with live and silent auctions. Speaker is Maggie Vaughan. Tickets €10. When? 9.45 – 12.00 on Tuesday 16 November. More info and reservations: Kathy Hansen t: 02/652 45 38 e: hlk700@aol.com

The Brussels Light Opera Company is staging 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'. Over 120 English-speaking children come together for this production of the biblical saga of Joseph and his 11 brothers in Ancient Egypt. When? 18, 19 and 20 November at 20.00 - 20 and 21 November at 15.00    Where? Centre Culturel d'Auderghem  More info: www.bloc-brussels.be

Amnesty International, in association with the Women's Refuge, is organising a talk on 'Domestic Violence - What can we do?', presented in English by Odette Simon of the centre de Prévention des Violences conjugales et familiales asbl. When? Thursday 18 November at 20.00 Where? The Walker Hall, Holy Trinity Brussels Church Centre  More info: e: info@amnestygroup81.be or t: Annie on 0476 437 827 or Homa on 0472 666 788

St Paul’s Tervuren invite you to a Charity Christmas Ball in aid of  "The Beautiful Gate", Lesotho, South Africa, and  of Daisy Dwe and  Weaving for Women, on
the Thai - Burma Border. Cocktails, dinner, wine and live music. When? Saturday 4 December Where? the Colonial Palace, Tervuren Tickets cost €80 from Church Centre, Hoornzeelstraat 24, Tervuren 02/767 34 35 or through Sally Steen 02/733 40 34.

 

INFORMATION

Work! Currently working in seven countries, Tearfund's Disaster Management Teams have a range of salaried international opportunities. If you are a spiritually mature evangelical Christian and have appropriate skills and practical experience, then Tearfund wants to hear from you.  Direct relief experience is desirable but not essential; a willingness to be an adaptable team member is! The majority of contracts are for between 6 - 24 months.  To find out more, please visit our website www.tearfund.org/jobseekers

A Rocha, this month’s Mission Focus, is an international Christian conservation organisation working to show God’s love for all creation and respond to the biblical call to care for God’s earth (www.arocha.org). A Rocha continues to grow rapidly,
and now has national organisations registered in fifteen countries, with
new additions in 2004 being Peru and South Africa! A Rocha organisations
undertake community-based conservation projects, which often involve environmental education, practical conservation, and scientific research and monitoring of important species and habitats. We have particularly appreciated the
interest of Holy Trinity Brussels in A Rocha France which focuses its work
in the Vallée des Baux in Provence, an area designated by the EU for its
importance for wildlife. Final renovations are now taking place on the
French field study centre which will be fully operational from early next year
and visitors from HTB will be most welcome to visit once it re-opens! An
A Rocha project is also emerging in the Netherlands and we hope that there
will be an opportunity for members of HTB to take part in a joint Dutch/Belgian
A Rocha event in early 2005 - watch this space! For further information
on this or any other part of A Rocha’s work please contact Janice, working
for A Rocha in Brussels, at: janice.weatherley@arocha.org.

Helping hand needed with house move  Two additional volunteers are sought to help a needy lone parent, who sometimes comes to Holy Trinity, in moving house locally, about 35 km south of Brussels, on Saturday 6 November (please note changed date). If you can help and are ready to offer a definite commitment, or would like more information, please contact Church Office (02/511 71 83).

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 Ann Milton 02/772 47 04.

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

 

! ! Don’t forget that clocks go back one hour next Saturday night, 30 October ! ! 

 

 

 

! ! Don’t forget that clocks go back one hour next Saturday night, 30 October ! !