Another busy week

I have been busy with various things recently.

1. Planning Grace Baptist Assembly 2011. Next year's dates are May 24-26 and we are again in Swanwick. Among the speakers we are hoping to be with us are Stuart Olyott, Geoff Thomas, Barry King and Gary Benfold. Do pplan to join us.

2. A trustees committee for The Bible Preaching Trust. On a charity page elsewhere you can find these details:

Eligibility Ministers of the Evangelical Christian faith who are in need. Theological students may occasionally benefit.

Exclusions Funding is not given for social causes, group projects, or to any person who cannot agree to the trust's doctrinal statement.

Type of grants Usually one-off grants ranging from £250 to £2000.

Applications This is usually either by recommendation or by letter; application forms and trust deed extracts are then sent out. Trustees’ meetings are held every four months at which applications will be considered. ‘Mass-targeting’ applications or those outside the terms of the trust may not be answered.

Grant provided by Bible Preaching Trust

The Bible Preaching Trust supports ministers of the Evangelical Christian faith who are in need.

Contact Details: Bible Preaching Trust 5 The Crescent Egham TW20 9PQ

Telephone: 01784 436139 Email: richard.mayers@tesco.net

3. As usual Wednesday night (29th) it was the midweek meeting (still in Titus 2) and on Thursday a members meeting. There are baptisms in the offing  which always encourages us and building work in progress, which always costs a lot of money. Friday night it was the clubs for children and young people. Numbers are quite low currently.

4. On Friday and Saturday we had Eleri's sisters here with their families to see our new extension. They were suitably impressed. I missed out on a walk up on the Heath. Eleri's brother-in-law managed to lose his wallet there but got most of the contents back thanks to an honest chap who traced him via Facebook!       5. On the Saturday I was preaching again in Trafalagar Square. We managed mostly to avoid the rain and it was a great opportunity once more. I was also preaching in Childs Hill Baptist Church on the Lord's Day, of course. I took a Harvest theme in the morning and Romans 8:18 at night.                                                                   

6. Monday it was Westminster Fellowship. We had Stephen Clark (Bridgend) preaching and then speaking on the gospel and contemporaneity. We pretty much agreed though some emphases I thought were not so helpful. I was glad not to have been slowed up by the tube strike.

7. That was followed by an Evangelical Library committee meeting. I got snarled up in traffic en route, like others, but we were only half an hour late starting.

8. Yesterday I was at Spring Court for a regular brief service. One or two of my mbers live here. Meanwhile I've been busy trying to complete a book I am writing. We're getting there. Watch this space.