This Week in St

THE WEEK IN ST. ANDREW’S DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – 2016/17 Today, 19 th March 2017 Thursday 30th March, 6.30pm – PW Easter Meal 11.00am – 12.15pm SMASH Sunday 2nd April, 11.00am – Communion 11.00am Morning Worship – David Tuesday 4th April, 6.30pm Elder’s Prayer Time; 7.30pm Session Meeting 6.30pm PRAISE & PRAYER SERVICE Sunday 9th April, 11.00am – SMASH Family Service for Palm Sunday nd Monday Saturday 22 April, 10.00am – Missionary Coffee/Prayer Time rd 6.30pm Rainbows Sunday 23 April, 11.00am – Mr. Derek Hall/TEAR Fund th 7.00pm Knit & Natter Tuesday 25 April, 7.30pm – Committee Meeting th 7.00pm Brownies Wednesday 26 April, 7.30pm – Book Club Saturday 13th May – Kids’ Big Day Out – Wellington Church B’mena Tuesday Sunday 13th August, 7.00pm – Gary & Mary Reid, Kenya 10.30am Ladies Badminton 2.30pm NO TUESDAY TOGETHER THIS WEEK PLEASE NOTE: Following the Annual General Meeting on 7.30pm Men’s Bowling Fellowship Wednesday night last, copies of the 2016 Accounts, Kirk Session Report and Committee Report are available in the vestibule. Please Wednesday take copies for yourself. 10.30am ‘Coffee & Craic’ Sunday evenings to April 2017 Thursday The study series ‘How to be a CLOSE TO HOME congregation’ 10.30am Ladies Bible Study continues. Please do consider joining us. All meetings are at 6.30pm unless 8.00pm Badminton Club otherwise shown. Friday February – CLOSE TO HOME Bible Studies 10.30am Toddler Group March 26th – Study 6, How we sing, pray and learn/Worship 7.45pm Guides April 2nd – Study 7, How we connect with others/Welcome th Saturday 9 – With Cregagh in Cregagh Cong. at 7.00pm th 2.00pm Junior Badminton Club 16 – Easter Sunday with Cregagh in St Andrews th Sunday, 26 March ‘CLOSE TO HOME’ Bible Studies 11.00am – 12.15pm SMASH AS WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE EACH OF STUDIES 6 & 11.00am Morning Worship – David 7 ON A SINGLE NIGHT, THE MEETINGS ON 26th MARCH 6.30pm BIBLE STUDY/DISCUSSION GROUPS nd ‘Close to Home’ – 6. How we sing, prayer & learn/Worship AND 2 APRIL WILL BE SLIGHTLY LONGER. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT BE A GREAT INCONVENIENCE. Sunday Morning Minibus Rota Sunday 19th March: George Davidson AN INVITATION… Sunday 26th March: Alan Coleman The choir has been invited to sing at the PW dinner on the 30th March. Anyone who enjoys singing and would like to join us for ADDITIONAL USE OF PREMISES Cactus Club - 2nd Saturday every month. this event would be very welcome. Practices will be on Mondays Saturday 1st April – Minor Hall, afternoon, Downshire Fellowship 13th, 20th and 27th March, at 8.15pm. No auditions required! Just Thursday 11th May – Minor Hall, 6 – 10pm, PCI Impact Teams First Aid come along. FREEWILL OFFERING ENVELOPES The Congregational Committee would like to encourage the use of St ANDREW’S the weekly freewill offering envelopes for your offering during Sunday worship. If you would like to consider this, please have a PRESBYTERIAN word with Ken Brown. Thank you. CHURCH FRUITFUL CONGREGATIONS – 28 Day Prayer Journey SUNDAY BULLETIN One way in which everyone might be involved in the Fruitful Congregations initiative is by praying. We encourage you to sign up for the th ‘Fruitful Congregations 28 Day Prayer Journey’ which is designed to help 19 March 2017 us pray in a focused way about all aspects of church life over any given four-week period. You can do this any time but why not now? You can receive this short daily devotional and prayer prompt to your mobile, tablet or computer; just sign up at: www.presbyterianirelend.org/Prayer/Prayer-Journey Paper copies are available at the back of the church. Please take one.

SCRIPTURE UNION, E3 East Belfast Prayer News for March is available in the vestibule. ALSO, E3 Winter/Spring 2017 term news sheet.

Council for Congregational Life & Witness Details for the ‘Ignite Romania Team 2017’ in August, Impact Outreach Teams in July/August, Worship Academy in August, and the ‘Transform “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, 2017’ residential for young adults in April, are in the vestibule. But God has been making it grow” Paul, 1 Cor.3:6 THE BOOK CLUB The BOOK CLUB will next meet on Wednesday night, 26th April, at Minister: David Maxwell: Telephone: 9079 3402 7.30pm, in the manse. The Book is entitled ‘Thirty Thousand Days, The Journey Home.’ It is written by Catherine L Morgan and published by Christian Focus Publications. This book draws your mind irresistibly to www.standrewsbelfast.com Christ and invites you to revel, with a childlike excitement, in the salvation Tea/coffee is served after the Service. He has secured for us. It is a call for God's people to live purposefully on If you are a visitor please do join us. this side of eternity as they long for their eternal home. It costs £5.99 from We would be very pleased to meet you. Ken Brown. This Church is fitted with an induction loop system.

PROPERTY SUB-COMMITTEE In the regrettable absence of In the event of going into hospital, it would be appreciated Ernie Wilson, Alan Kilpatrick will be acting as the convenor of this if David could be informed as soon as possible. Committee for the time being. If there is an issue to do with any aspect of our church property, please contact Alan in the first Reg. Charity No. NIC104324 instance. Thank you.