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Notices: Sunday 31st August 2014


Today:
11.00am Morning Prayer

Next Sunday: Sunday 7th September 2014
11.00am Holy Communion: Genesis 12:1-20 Trusting the promise
7.00pm Ordination of Alastair Donaldson as Intern Deacon - St John's Church, Fivemiletown. Preacher: Rev Bill Press (Knockbreda Parish)

Coming Up:
Monday 8th
Bowling Club opening night

Tuesday 9th
Mothers’ Union - Val Irvine on ‘All kinds of everything’

Wed 10th
Bible Study begins - Vestry room in Hall
GFS Training Night - Aghavea Hall

Youth and Children’s Ministry Training
Saturday 13th Sept - Invest Training Day - postponed.
Tuesday 23rd Sept - Sunday School Teachers’ Training Evening in Maguiresbridge Church Hall at 7.30pm. Speaker: Julie Currie, Down & Dromore Children’s Officer

Ordinations
Please pray for our visiting preachers preparing for ordination:
31st August: Rev Andrew Thompson (Presbyter - Curate for Donaghcloney), 4pm, Shankill Parish Church, Lurgan
7th September: Alastair Dondaldson (Intern Deacon for Fivemiletown), 7pm, St John’s Church, Fivemiletown
14th September: Cameron Jones (Intern Deacon for St Nicholas’ Carrickfergus), 3.30pm, St Anne’s Belfast
Robbie Robinson (Intern Deacon for Dungannon) 7.30pm, St Anne’s Church, Dungannon

Organisation Start Dates
Monday 8th - 8pm Bowling Club
Tuesday 9th - 8pm Mothers’ Union (speaker: Val Irvine)
Wednesday 10th - 8pm Bible Study
Sunday 14th - 10am Sunday School; 7pm SNATCH - Aghavea Hall
Wednesday 24th - 6.30pm GFS

BBQ
Thank you to everyone who supported and helped in any way to make the BBQ on Friday night such a success.

Tea & Coffee
Refreshments after our morning services will begin again next Sunday morning. Please speak to Valerie Crawford if you would like to help in the coming weeks.

Autumn Series: Abraham - Believing the Promise
Next week we begin our new Autumn series, following the life of Abraham (Genesis 12 - 22). We’ll discover how Abraham heard and (mostly) obeyed the promise-making God. It might be useful to read those chapters in Genesis this week as preparation for the series.

Prayer Diary
Sun 31st Give thanks for God’s faithfulness in August
Mon 1st Bishop John, leading the diocese of Clogher
Tue 2nd All who are housebound, to know God’s presence
Wed 3rd Horizon West, the children and their families
Thur 4th CMSI, especially staff at Kiwoko Hospital, Uganda
Fri 5th Faithfulness to God’s word in study, pulpit & homes
Sat 6th Pray for our time together tomorrow - for encouragement and building one another up as tea begins again
Sun 7th Alastair Donaldson, being ordained Deacon tonight for the parish of Fivemiletown

In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.
Psalm 86:7

Prayer Diary updates can be accessed each morning at our Facebook page or by downloading the free ‘PrayerMate’ app for your smartphone and adding the Aghavea Church feed.

Sermon podcasts can be found on iTunes.
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