HADDENHAM-cum-DINTON BAPTIST CHURCH
News from HBC 28th April 2024
Thoughts and prayers
Please continue to remember all those who are ill, or in need of support. Please remember, Christine Matthews, Mike Sweeney, Jackie Green, David and Carol Francis, Peter Gulbenkian and Marjorie Wortley. If you know of anyone who needs our prayers, please let us know.
BMS Birthday Scheme
If you are celebrating, Happy Birthday, and if you haven’t, but would like to join the birthday scheme, please have a word with Katharine Whitney.
Steve Wing and Pam Appleby celebrate their birthdays this week.
Church Flowers
If you can help Teresa with arranging flowers or are happy to donate some money to buy them, in memory of a loved one, a celebration or for no particular reason at all, just you like to see the flowers. please have a word with her. Thank you. This weeks flowers have been donated in memory of Bob and Doris Innes.
Church services.
Sunday 28th April Morning worship at 10.15am led by Jonny
Sunday 28th April Evening worship led by Andrew Openshaw at 6pm
Sunday 5th May All age worship led by Jonny at 10.15am in the schoolroom with breakfast
Sunday 12th May Morning worship including Holy Communion led by Jonny at 10.15am
Sunday 12th May Evening worship led by Andy and Jenny Hardy at 6pm
Sunday 19th May Joint morning worship at 10.15am with our Methodist friends at the Methodist church
Foodbank
Thank you to everyone who supports the Food bank. The Foodbank stocks are very low at the moment due to unprecedented demand, so if you are able to give, that would be much appreciated. The Foodbank are in urgent need of pasta sauce, shower gel, tinned custard, tins of soup, packets of biscuits, UHT milk, shampoo and jars of preserves. Thank you
Finances
Thank you to everybody who is still supporting the church financially whether that be via bank transfer or money through the door. So far this year, offerings have averaged £741 per week. Our mission total currently stands at £779
‘Hat and Boots’ event
Our next Hat and Boots Restoration Appeal fundraising event is a Spring Concert with the Aylesbury Consort of Voices on Saturday 18th May. The concert will take place at 7.30pm in Haddenham Baptist Church and will include a variety of wonderful music inspired by the themes of spring and renewal. The Consort will be conducted by Edwin Pitt Mansfield and accompanied by Richard Norriss. Places are limited so advance booking is recommended. Tickets cost £15 and are available NOW at Blooming Fruity, Haddenham or online at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hbc-hat-boots-restoration… or by contacting us hatbootshbc@gmail.com. Under 16’s are free but you still need to book a complimentary ticket to secure seats. Thank you.
Friday prayers
The next prayer meeting will be on Friday 3rd May. Everyone is welcome to come along between 9am and 10am, in the schoolroom. If you have any prayer requests please let Julie Wing know and they will be said on Friday.
Jan’s Film afternoon
The next film afternoon will be on Thursday May 2nd at 2.30 pm, showing ‘One Life’ the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton.
Church Meeting
We plan to hold a brief church meeting, perhaps 10 minutes, after the morning service on Sunday 28th April, with only one agenda item so please attend if at all possible. Thank you.
Vintage Church
Vintage Church will meet again on Saturday, 4th May, in the schoolroom, from 2.0 till 4.0pm. Do join us for an afternoon of games, an activity, worship and of course, tea and cakes. All are welcome, especially the seniors amongst us.
The theme for this month will be, ‘Rogation tide’, and we will make a Bee Hotel. If you need a lift please contact Joan on 01844 292512 or joan694@hotmail.com.
Can you help?
We are planning to make Bee Hotels, at Vintage Church this month and we will need at least 30, 400g, empty tin cans. Rather than binning any tins you might have, could you please save them for us? Thank you. Joan
Ladies Lunch
Dear ladies. Please save the date. Saturday 1st June for a lunch together – probably at the Garden Centre. Please let Julie know if you would like to go so that we can get an idea of numbers email:wingjulie94@gmail.com
BMS
Please remember all the BMS missionaries in your prayers, and Lucia Bastos who works at Guinebor 2 hospital, in Chad, our new link missionary.
Christian Aid week 12th -18th May Last year during Christian Aid week volunteers posted envelopes into houses and we asked householders to donate to the cause, either by taking them to a collection point or bringing them to a coffee morning during the week. This was very successful except we only managed to cover about 20% of the village. Would you be able to give an hour or two to deliver the envelopes to a couple of streets around where you live so that we can cover a bigger area. Please get in touch with Katharine Whitney if you feel able to do this. We would be very grateful.
Housegroups The Monday House group will meet again on Monday 29th April at 1, Stokes End. The Thursday evening housegroup will meet again on Thursday 25th April. Tuesday afternoon house group will meet on 23rd April at 2.30 pm for tea, chat, pause for thought.
If you would like anything included in the weekly news sheet please contact Marjorie Johnston on marjoriejohnston@f2s.com
