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CHURCH TEXT 2011

“We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him”

Romans 8:28

IMPORTANT NEWS: FROM NOVEMBER 2011 WE WILL ONLY HOLD EVENING SERVICES ON THE 1st & 3rd SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH

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View from the study, October 2011

Well the Bar-be-que summer has been and gone and most people’s bar-be-que equipment has, I suspect, remained in the garage or shed for most of the summer.

The ‘Indian summer’ that I heard someone promise appears to have remained in India and so here we are, well into Autumn now with falling leaves, falling rain and falling daylight time.

Don’t be down hearted!

We still have so much to be grateful for. And if you give me a moment I will try to think of something.

Oh Yes! We have had a baptismal service recently.

Steven inquired about baptism as he felt that he was being called to acknowledge his faith in this formal way. He also felt, having read accounts of baptism in the scriptures, that it should be baptism by full immersion.

As a church we were happy to oblige and share in his witness.

Strangely enough I have been in conversation with another young – well younger than me, a lot younger than me – person regarding baptism. They are also not part of our regular congregation, but then neither was the Ethiopian eunuch who was baptised by Philip [Acts 8:26ff] a regular attender at the synagogue.

More blessings?

Later this month we will be hosting and conducting the wedding ceremony for Rebekah and Graham. A chance for them to declare their witness and their love before their family and friends, which includes us as a congregation on this significant and very special day in their lives.

We ask God’s blessing on them and their families for this day and all their days hereafter.

We will also have a service [9^th Oct] where the Medway Singers will graciously take part and sing a number of pieces for us to enjoy and aid us in our reflections. A big thank you to them.

You are beginning to sound a bit like ‘Oliver’ in the film – ‘Please Sir, can I have some more?’

Well yes you can because God, in his love, never stops giving.

But rather than me remind us of our communal celebrations I will give you all, and myself as well, time to reflect on what God has done for each of us individually.

A time to spend with God and to know that ‘He is good’.

Revd. Barry Dobell, Minister.