What’s on at SBC? Sunday morning worship: 10.30 a.m. All Welcome! Coffee and chat in lounge afterwards Energize: activity groups for 5—13s Creche: under 5s

Farsi Group meets every Thursday at church: 6.30pm onwards

Want to know more? Go to our website at: www.stockportbaptist.org

or Contact us on Telephone: 0161 476 2429 (church office) Email: minister@stockportbaptist.org or

secretary@stockportbaptist.org

Holiday Club in Alexandra Park, Edgeley

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 27-29 August, 2019 10am-

12noon Lots of lively games & crafts to keep the kids of any age busy.

Refreshments, too!

PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO HELP

Fun in the Park!

Month to View July 2019

Message from our Minister Dear Friends, Lawns are being cut, BBQ’s are being fired up, Wimbledon fever is about to start and the sun has made a belated appearance – the great British Summer has arrived! We are con-tinuing with our post Pentecost journey, looking at the early church in the book of Acts. The early church was characterized by being a community of believers who “devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” (Acts 2:42). We will be looking at this verse over the next few weeks and seeing what we might be able to learn from this verse as we seek to understand what God wants us to “be devoted” to. Please sign up to join us in Alexandra Park on Tues – Thurs, 27 – 29th August when we will be joined by a team from Living Faith church in New York, book a day or two off work if necessary and also join in the ‘Summer meals for 6’ during July and August when we hope people will get together to share a meal and some fellowship (see Sarah for details).

God Bless, Steve

WEEKEND SERVICES 7 July A Dispersed Community An Xplore service 14 July A Baptized Community Baptismal Service 21 July A Community Devoted to the Breaking of Bread A Communion Service including Prayer for our Young People Church Meeting straight after the service Saturday A Quiet Space 27 July 9-10am The Church is open for prayer 28 July A Community of Signs and Wonders An All Age Service

All dates and times are correct at time of printing! Please

listen to the weekly notices in Sunday services for any changes.

PRAYER BREAKFAST @ St. Matthew’s Edgeley Saturday, 6 July 2019

@ 8.30am

Diaconate Meeting Monday, 3rd July @ SBC 7.30pm

September 2019

Watch this space

A bit more

Money Matters…Target £2, 800 per month Offerings in May: £2, 768 Average to date: £2, 777

Pray for the persecuted church

This month: Libya

More information on the lounge notice-

board (thanks to Chris &

Margaret Batchelor)

During the service on Sun 21 July, we will be praying for our children + young people as they come to the end of their aca-demic year

Church Meeting Following the service on 21

July, there will be a half-hour church meeting at which we will consider a couple of key issues. This will replace the

evening church meeting scheduled in July and could

become the pattern for future meetings

Later in August we will host a team of 10 from Living Faith Church in Long Island, USA. Prior to their visit, Living Faith Pastors Ed Kirkland and Mark Lydecker are visiting us from 22-25 July. During their trip they'll be meeting with our Deacons and wider leadership, talking to Christian leaders around Stockport and visiting the Message Trust. Please give them a warm welcome

Welcome