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Epping Green Chapel, Epping Green Essex Bootle Evangelical
Our regular activities continue, and we have a weekly coffee morning on Church, Bootle,
Wednesdays, and then on Thursday and Friday the church is open for people
to drop in and talk to our Pastor (and his many cats!) over a cup of tea. Once a Cumbria
month there is a popular bring and share meal, after the service, which is open
to all. As we continue our Sunday services,
weekly activities and outreach
Most Wednesdays we have Bible lessons in the chapel focussing on how to study opportunities, we pray for the Gospel
the Bible and actually understand it. This is followed by a time of prayer. Zoom impact on the people of the village and
continues to be useful for our Thursday evening group and once a month a small surrounding area. We pray particularly
team of us take ‘Songs of Praise’ into the local hospital. for our awareness of any new areas
in which God is at work. We will look
Please pray for the Alpha Course we are planning in the new year and the new forward to celebrating Easter with
outreach being planned for the nearby town of Epping. We are still in need of a special services for Good Friday and
treasurer and a church secretary so please pray that someone suitable will feel Easter Sunday and the opportunity to
prompted to come forward for these roles. share the joy of a risen Christ!

Pinchbeck Baptist Church, Pinchbeck,

Lincolnshire

As we go into another new year, we pray that we will continue to follow the Holy Spirit’s
leading. Last autumn, we welcomed seven new members to the fellowship and baptisms
are planned for Easter Sunday 2024.

Sue has been pastor for two years now and continues with the foundational work of the
Church including looking at the way we are structured. New people into the church have
brought in new skills, the worship group has grown and with that is a deepening of the
worship of the fellowship. There has been specific prayer over the years for technology
to be upgraded and ‘techy’ folk are now able to take this forward. We believe this is
God’s timing and a website, although fledgling, is now linked to the Facebook page. We
also feel that it is important to reach out to the community using the digital world and
develop this. This goes alongside our community outreach with Tea Coffee Toast, the
Community Garden development and other activities bringing the community together.

Prayer requests: Because we have grown quickly as a fellowship over the last two years,
please pray for unity and a common sense of purpose. We have a fellowship meal
planned for the end of January to assist this. Please thank God for all he is doing and
pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to give his guidance and direction as 2024 unfolds.

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