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Cafe Church: Songs of Praise 4pm 22nd March
Our next café church will be a Songs of Praise afternoon with refreshments and cakes. The good news is that we now have enough songs and hymns, so no more suggestions please, but do come along and be part of this event, and invite your friends too.
RBVE Sleep Out - Monday 23rd March
Andy Smith is sleeping out for RBVE who support veterans who are homeless after serving in the Forces. He is sleeping on a farm in Cowleigh Rd and would appreciate it if anyone would be willing to sponsor him – LINK. Many thanks, Andy Smith.
Newspapers required
For an all-age service on Palm Sunday I need some newspapers please for crafts. If you have any, could you bring them to church this week? Every blessing. Dave
Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service of the Shadows 7.30pm
We are holding a Tenebrae Service on Maundy Thursday with communion. Tenebrae is Latin for "Shadows" and the service takes the form of candles being extinguished as Bible readings are read out. If you are willing to read a short Bible passage as part of this service then please sign up on the sheet at the back of the church or let Dave know.
Art MBC Group
The Art Group will meet at MBC at 2:00pm on Monday, April 13. Those attending are requested to bring along a picture to exhibit. The exhibition of art works will be for one week in the Church Lounge.
The Art Group will then meet on Mondays between 2pm and 4pm starting April 20th. Chris Brown.
As so few people are around on Sat 7th March, we have decided to delay the murder until Sat 11th or 25th April. A new signing up sheet has appeared at the back of the church, please indicate which dates suit you if you’d like to come. Hopefully we will get a minimum of 24 people to make the dinner feasible. We have also changed the murder to something more in keeping with spring and summer.
Kitchen and Hall clean and tidy
Thank you to everyone who helped clean the kitchen. There are a number of items surplus to requirements, which are currently in the church lobby. If you can give them a good home, please take them, otherwise we will dispose of them. Kind regards, Ange.
Coffee and Craft
Coffee and Craft meet in the Coffee Lounge Thursday 16th April 10-12 noon. All welcome.
MAF Postcards
"Many thanks for the package of postcards you sent from Malvern Baptist Church which has been received safely. Your support is greatly appreciated. We are always grateful for any postcard donations and can sell any picture postcard (unless in bad condition), whether old or new, used or unused. Over £310,000 has now been raised for the life-saving ministry of MAF from the sale of picture postcards, bringing help, hope and healing to the world's most isolated communities.
With best wishes, Ken Thom".
"The MAF collection box is in the lounge and clearly marked. Thank you for your contributions."
Summer Social – Visit to the Droitwich Spa Italian Mosaics
One of our proposed summer socials is to visit the Italian Mosaics in Droitwich Spa with lunch to follow. Details will be publicised later but for now we just need to choose a day of the week as there are no visits on a Wednesday. At the back of the church is a sheet to canvass opinion as to which days suit people and we’ll try to pick the most popular. We have to pick a day now as it’s very busy in the summer. So please tick all the days that suit you if you’re interested in going.
Future MBC Events for your Diary
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Recycling
Following the church meetig and looking at what was tiked on the sheet, Angela has signed up to a recycling programme that will give BBGA money for recycling biscuit and snack wrappers. We can recycle any brand of biscuit, cracker and cake wrappers such as digesties, rich tea etc. This includes the likes of Penguin's etc but not chocolate bars like Mars, Snickers etc, or the inside plastic tray as they are made from a diffrent material. Cardboard innards should go in household recycling. Please bring clean and dry wrappers to church and deposit in the box. We need a kg before we can send a shipment. Each kg earns 200points and we get a 1p per point.
Lyttelton Well
The Lyttelton Well cafe and bookshop is now open from 10am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday. Do come in and browse our new Hannah Dunnett stock and have a delicious breakfast, lunch or cuppa and homemade cake. Have you considered volunteering in the cafe or bookshop? We can offer you a friendly team, and an opportunity to love and serve Malvern. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Ali Email: ali@lytteltonwell.co.uk
The trustees and managers of The Lyttlton Well are pleased to announce that The Well Counselling has reopened its waitig list and have started to receive enquiries from clients above the age of 18 living in Malvern and the immediate surrounding area, who wish to access subsidised counselling. Email: info@thewellcounselling.co.uk Phone: 07793 505832
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Open the Book
Please pray for a new term of Open the Book, where teams share Bible Stories with children in St Mathias, The Vale, Somers Park, The Grove and The Parish primary schools. Pray for enough volunteers to help each week and that the good news that we share will take root in the hearts and minds of the children and staff who hear it. If you want to know more about Open the Book please speak to Jean.
Other for CTiM Website: https://ctmalvern.org.uk/#events
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And finally…
“May my prayers be set before You like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.”
(Ps 141:2 NIV)