The Week Ahead Monday 23th April 9.00am Morning Prayer – Tuesday 24th April 7.30pm Bellringing Practice – Great Waltham Sunday 22nd April 2018 Wednesday 25th April The Fourth Sunday of Easter 9.00am Morning Prayer – Welcome to your Church Thursday 26th April 10.00am Communion – 12.00pm MMU Worship – St Andrew’s, Saturday 28th April 10.00am Bellringing School - Ford End

11.00am Bible Challenge – coffee, cake & encouragement

Honesty Over Silence: Letting Go of the ‘I am OK’ Saturday 5th May at 10.30am – 4.30pm Skylark Church 4 Hanbury Rd, , CM1 3AE A conference that seeks to open up conversations around topics that many find difficult, such as trusting God when life is painful, dealing with anxiety and depression, learning to look after ourselves, developing our character, and living with thankful hearts even in tough seasons. Today’s Services Ticket price: £30 (early bird £20 until 19th April) Tea and coffee provided. Bring your own lunch or purchase 9.30am Ford End Family Service from nearby retail outlets. Speakers: Christy Wimber, Patrick Regan OBE, Heather Churchill, 9.30am Great Leighs Communion Pete & Nick Simms 11.00am Little Waltham Communion To book visit www.kintsugihope/HOSConf 11.00am Great Waltham Communion News from Dr Ruth in Tabora In January we were able to recruit 2 MDs and an Assistant Reader: Tom Porter Medical Officer. Though we had been struggling for 2 years Intercessions: Mary Hough financially, amazingly, with that much qualified staff our situation EM: Betty Croot & Janice Mitchell rapidly improved. In February we had no debts anymore and in early March we were in the positive.

This together with UK developments regards to Brexit as well as Next Sunday’s Service other local changes have made me seriously consider CMS advice 10.30am Ford End Joint Service to return to the UK. I have decided to follow the advice of my local churches and families. The clinic is well established after 14 years and it is time for the Diocese to manage the facility themselves. Thanks to the completely unforeseen recruitment of Priest in Charge: Revd Caroline Brown local and by the way-very capable - MDs I feel that I may leave [email protected] Phone: 01245 364081 the clinic with peace of mind. Parish Administrator: Alison Bates The financial management of the clinic is also going into diocesan [email protected] Phone: 07957 228467 hands as money is no further needed. Church Websites: Thanks to you and everyone’s generosity we were able to employ www.churchesattheleighsandlittlewaltham.co.nr these doctors and now the clinic is capable of paying for them www.greatwalthamchurch.org.uk themselves. I am so grateful to you all, you have been so patient and wonderful, so generously ready to carry the burden.

From Stephen Holmes Every penny of your giving will be sent to

Tanzania until the fund is quite empty. Many thanks for your constant and faithful support both financial and in prayer since

August 2014. We have sent £11,000 to support the work of the hospital so far & there is a balance in hand to send. Please do

cancel your payments to the fund in the next few weeks.

Today’s Hymns • For those who mourn, especially the family and Great Waltham & Ford End Great Leighs friends of Olive Templeton, Myra Wilkins, David 649, 99, 297, 653, 216 494, 97, 724, 352 Trow and Brenda Jones.

The Collect for Today: Today we have the pleasure of reading Risen Christ, faithful shepherd of Your Father’s sheep: the Wedding Banns for teach us to hear Your voice and to follow Your Robert Uyterhoeven-Pursey & Rebecca Stevens command, that all Your people may be gathered into at Great Leighs, and one flock, to the glory of God the Father. Leanne Noble & Peter Richard Aldo Shayler at Great Waltham Our Bible Readings today are: I am very proud to have been selected to represent UK and From the Gospel According to John 10.11-18 Scouts at the Australian Scout Jamboree in Adelaide next From the New Testament Acts 4.5-12 January but have to raise over £2,000 to fund the trip. We are 5 The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes holding a Quiz Night on Saturday, 21st April at the Broomfield assembled in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest, Scout Hut. Tickets are £5 a head, if you would like to come and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the bring a team (max 8) or just come and join in we would love to see you. high-priestly family. 7 When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, ‘By what Also I am happy to undertake odd jobs in the house and garden power or by what name did you do this?’ 8 Then Peter, (for a small donation) if you need help with something then filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ‘Rulers of the please don't hesitate to ask. people and elders, 9 if we are questioned today because Nick Matthews ([email protected] or of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are 07971152000) asked how this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this The next Bible Challenge catch up with coffee, cake and man is standing before you in good health by the name encouragement is on Sat 28th April at the Vicarage (Great of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom Waltham). 11 God raised from the dead. This Jesus is “the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; Pew Auction and Fifty Fifty Auction it has become the cornerstone.” with Cheese and Wine 12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other on May 13th at 4.00pm at Micklems Barn name under heaven given among mortals by which we Catalogue £5.00 including first glass of wine. must be saved.’ Please contact Roger Bearman 01245 237335

or Keith Derry 01245 361701 with details of items you Please Pray: wish to have in the catalogue. • Today is Vocations Sunday. We give thanks to God Thank you to those from the Leighs who contributed to that he calls us all to various forms of service in His the 40 for 40 collection for the food bank. Church and in the world. We pray for openness to They send their grateful thanks. His Holy Spirit, that each of us may discern the call of God upon our lives. “Christ, You call us to be Your A wonderful response. people in the world. We will follow Your call to be Your people: our hands will do Your work, our feet Joint Service and Great Waltham & Ford End AGM will walk Your way. Christ, You call us. Help us 29 April - 10.30am Ford End. Come and hear Revd Dan respond to Your call.” Pierce preach. He is the new pioneer minister at • We pray that refugee children will have access to Beaulieu and Channels. Afterwards there will be the good education. Great Waltham and Ford End AGM. Join us at the • Give thanks for all who give to the Lord’s work beginning of this meeting to talk about what we are whether time or money. doing and planning to do to reach out to new people. • For all those who need our prayers due to sickness or ill health, especially Debbie Bliss, Maureen Porter, ROGATION a time to bless the crops whilst walking Terry Ringer, Pat Mitchell, Jim Kistruck, Anne around the fields. Let’s meet at Grays Farm, Chignal th Murrell, Jade Sadler, Lesley Jones, Luke Wiffen, John Smealey, CM1 4SX at 10.30am on 6 May and do just Mitson, John Clark, Neil Richardson, Richard Gibson, that! Followed by a BBQ it will be a lovely morning. Evelyn Wyatt, Barbara Withams, Ed Blundell, Amy Please add your name to the list or ring Helen on Mardell and others we know. 440241 to help with catering numbers.