NEW Community Craft Group:
Please help yourself to a flyer or contact
Ceri Strickland to find out more 227487
or [email protected]
Bradwell
Church
Harvest
Thanksgiving (Sun. 22nd September)
Our giving: We invite people to
contribute:
 globally – through gifts for TEAR Fund
(working through local Christian partner
organisations to overcome poverty)
 locally – with food items to support The
MK Soup Run (our Mon. and Tues.
runs); The Food Cupboard Ministries
(food hampers to families in crisis in
MK - you can pick up info on useful
food items on the wall opp. the toilet
door); Open Door (drop-in centre for the
homeless and vulnerably housed).
Our services:
 9.00 am Morning Worship for Harvest
 10.45 am Family Service for all ages
with Holy Communion and Harvest
Celebration
 6.00 pm ‘Christ in the Harvest’ with
special guest speaker Alison Barnett
from Jews for Jesus on the theme
‘Christ in the Harvest’ with a focus on
the three main autumn festivals of Rosh
Hashanah (Jewish New Year), Yom
Kippur (Day of Atonement) and Sukkot
(Feast of Tabernacles) and how Jesus
fulfils these.
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Intercession
Webster’s definition of intercession:
 To intervene between parties with a
view to reconciling differences.
Synonym: mediate.
 Intercession is love on its knees working
with God.
WELCOME TO BRADWELL CHURCH
HOUSEGROUPS
Monday:
Fellowship, Praise & Prayer for our
churches – once or twice a month, joining
with members of Cross & Stable Church,
and meeting 7.30 for 8.00 pm at Cross &
Stable Church or 19 Gibsons Green,
Heelands. For more info, contact Jill
321166 or Karen 321382.
Tuesday:
 1.30–3.30 pm for Bible study and
fellowship at 9, Haltonchesters,
Bancroft. The next meetings will be on
Sept. 10th & Oct. 8th and NOT on the
first Tuesday of those months. Contact
Margaret Brown 319663.
 7.30 pm at 60 Booker Avenue,
Bradwell Common on 2nd & 4th
Tuesdays of the month, pleased to have
new members join. For more info
contact Liz Nunn 679514.
Wednesday:
WOW (Women on Wednesdays!)
Usually on the last Wednesday of the
month, 7.30 – 9.30 pm at 136 Langcliffe
Drive, Heelands MK13 7LD. Contact
Rachel 07837 184736 or Jill 07986
088625 or Andy 320850.
Thursday:
 10.00 am Morning Bible Study at 1A
Atterbrook. Contact: Jane 320850.
 7.30 pm Housegroup usually at Atkins
Close, Bradwell. Contact: Anne Taylor
319993.
Sunday:
 7. 30 pm S und ay Evening
Housegroup meets at various homes.
Contact: Andy 320850.
 7.30 pm Housegroup at Nursery
Gardens. Note the following changes:We are now meeting at 7.30pm instead of
8.00 pm. Contact: Diana 319405 for more
info.
PART OF THE ECUMENICAL PARISH OF STANTONBURY
(BAPTIST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND, METHODIST,
UNITED REFORMED)
FOLLOWING JESUS, SHARING HIS LOVE
Minister: The Rev. Andy Jowitt 01908 320850, 1A Atterbrook, Bradwell MK13 9EY
9.00 am
10.45 am
THIS SUNDAY—S
SEPTEMBER 8th
Morning Worship (led by Rob Coles and Andy)
Family Service with Holy Communion (led by Andy) & Young Church
Mike Morris will be leading worship at 11.00 am at Cross & Stable Church.
Picking up where we left off last Autumn with a series from the second half of Paul’s
first letter to the Corinthians: 1 Corinthians 9:13-27 (p.1086), Matthew 20:20-28 (p.934)
6.00 pm ‘The Heavens Declare the Glory of God’ – a service in the Tree
Cathedral, Newlands (rain or shine). (Parking in public car park off Livingstone Drive
– Newlands roundabout on V10 nr. Gulliver's Land – 80p an hour). All welcome.
Please bring your own chair/rug/umbrella.
7.00 pm
Bradwell Church ‘half-hour for prayer’.
7.00–8.45 pm TWIG (Teens Worshipping In Groups) – our parish group for young
people (Yr 7 and upwards) meeting at Bradwell Chapel. For more info contact Scott
on 07980 209856.
NEXT SUNDAY—September 15th
9.00 am
Holy Communion (led by Andy)
10.45 am Family Service & Holy Communion (led by Maggie Prisk) and Young
Church
Readings: 1 Corinthians 10:14–11:1 (p.1087), Luke 5:27-32 (p.975)
Andy will be leading worship at Cross & Stable Church and Archdeacon Karen Gorham
will be preaching there.
6.00 pm ‘Liberation and Prayer’. ‘The God Squad’ is back to lead our worship.
Please come and be blessed by the service which this team of young people have
prepared.
(There will be no ‘half-hour for prayer’ on this Sunday).
C HRISTIAN S OLIDARITY W ORLDWIDE —N EPAL
Nepal is undergoing a period of uncertainty, with a culture of impunity for crimes
against minorities, and no religious freedoms yet enshrined in law. A
new constitution is currently being drafted. Please pray that this will
guarantee full freedom of religion or beliefs for all.
PRAYER POINTERS
Please pray for:
† Our farmers and all who work on the land.
† The people of Syria, including the millions now living as refugees.
† World leaders and the UN, that the rivalries and selfish interests may be put aside
for the safety and well-being of our world.
† The young people’s Confirmation group meeting this week.
† Our preparations for Harvest and for the causes we will be supporting.
† The Ride & Stride on Saturday: for safety, fun and good fundraising.
† The Memorial Hall and its Trustees dealing with vital repair work and a big
refurbishment project in 2014.
† Continuing work on Bradwell Chapel (new windows soon!) and for the craft and
Christian training courses starting there.
Our Mission Focus in September is Alpha.
PRAYER WATCH
We give thanks for good news of Brian Howden and Brian Newsham who have
completed courses of treatment and pray for them and for Mike Sobotnicki and Ernie
Wood continuing treatment. We give thanks too for good news of Howard Dolling and
little Mirella Jackson doing well after operations, and pray for them and also for John
Francis and Peter Billingham in their convalescence. We pray for Marion Traynor
being cared for at home, for Elaine Gore awaiting an op. and for John Moore, Erica
Jeffrey, Gill Carey, Pam Watson, Wendy Hanson, Jackie Gillions, John Jowitt, Michael
Billington, Sheila Crome, Veronica Tunney, Alison Jenkins and all those known to us
whose names are on our continuing prayer list in the annexe.
We extend our sympathy and prayers to the family and friends of Ian Birch, Gerald Hill
and all those recently bereaved, and pray that they may know the consolation of God’s
love in their time of bereavement. Please also remember in prayer Patsy & Paul
Manning in their continuing sorrow.
Some church members will remember Gerald & Dorothy Hill and their family from the
time when they lived in Bradwell. Gerald died on 3rd September after a long illness and
a brief stay in hospital. Andy can supply a postal address for anyone who would like to
send condolences to the family.
DIARY DATES
an open group for carers with preschool children from babies up. For
MONDAY
more info, contact Jane on 320850).
6.00 pm Wedding rehearsal in church.
WEDNESDAY
6.30 for 6.45 – 7.45 pm Sidesperson’s
10.00-12.00 noon. Coffee morning. Do
training hour. Already doing it or
drop in for tea or coffee and chat in the
thinking of offering? Please come.
annexe. The church is open for quiet
THURSDAY
prayer.
th
4.45
for
5.00
–
6.15 pm Young people’s
Chatterbox is re-starting next week (18 )
Confirmation
course
at
1A
after its summer break. (Chatterbox is
Atterbrook. (See elsewhere).
7.30 for 7.45 pm
Stantonbury
Ecumenical Council at St James, New
Bradwell.
FRIDAY
from 7.30 pm: Andy is available for
anyone who would like to explore
Baptism or Confirmation.
SATURDAY
From 10.00 am: Tapestry team in
church.
10.00 am – 6.00 pm RIDE & STRIDE
The annual sponsored bike ride (or
walk) for Bucks Historic Churches
Trust. For info and sponsorship forms,
contact Dick Grace (321110). Could
you help provide a welcome and
hospitality to visitors to the church?
There are gaps to fill on the rota (near
vestry door).
3.00 pm Wedding at church of Mark
Cooper and Debbie Renault.
(evening) ‘The God Squad’ rehearsal in
church.
NOTICES
Coffee Morning in aid of
Macmillan
Cancer
Support: Liz Day invites
you to 22 Greatchester,
Bancroft from 10.00 am on
Friday, 27th September.
An Evening With Bridgebuilder:
Mon. 30th September from 7.00 – 9.00 pm
at Water Eaton Church Centre.
Meet Bridgebuilder’s schools workers, hear
from the MOUSE team and learn all about
Bridgebuilder’s outreach to young people
and schools. Two-course buffet included.
RSVP to Gill on 270670 or
[email protected]. Lifts available (please
speak to Andy).
Confirmation & Baptism:
The next MK Ecumenical service will be at
6.00 pm on Sun. 17th November at Cross &
Stable Church, Downs Barn. This will be a
very special occasion and may be the
opportunity you are looking for to affirm
your faith through Baptism and/or
Confirmation.
A young people’s course starting this
Thursday – please have a word with Andy
if you’d like to know more.
Adult preparation Andy would be pleased
to hear from any who would like to explore
Baptism or Confirmation.
Listening Course at Bradwell Church led
by Jane Lane of Acorn Healing Trust. We
now have dates for this course:
 Sat. 26th October
 Sat. 9th November
This is a great opportunity to do an
excellent course; being a good listener is a
key skill for pastoral care and it’s a skill we
can learn. Please make a note of the dates
now! We hope that there will be a good
take-up and that this will also lay the
foundation for a pastoral care team for our
church. The cost is £36, but because we
see this as an important opportunity and we
want lots of people to be able to come, the
Church Council have decided to subsidise
2/3rds of the cost for Bradwell Church
members and ask people to contribute just
£12 each. More details will follow. Please
do contact Beryl Spikings on 321322 to
express interest.
Alpha “A great way to
explore the Christian faith”.
Our next course will run in
the autumn – starting Thurs.
10th October 7.00 pm. . If
you are interested in doing
the course or offering to
come as a helper, Andy would be
pleased to hear from you.