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'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind;' and, 'Love your neighbour as yourself'" (Luke 10:27) |
We Invite you to our Sunday Morning Service
Starting at 10.30 am with Celebration, Praise and Worship |
WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS EDITION OF
OUR FRIDAY MAIL
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE INCREASING NUMBER SIGNING UP TO RECIEVE THIS WEEKLY
WE HOPE IT HELPS YOU WITH THE VARIOUS UPDATES ON PRAYER NEEDS GLOBALLY AND CLOSER TO HOME
AND KEEP YOU INFORMED WITH ALL THATS COMING UP AT CHURCH
WHY NOT INVITE FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG TO ONE OF MANY EVENTS COMING UP THIS MONTH
Our Speaker this Sunday
Pastor Terry Baker
at our 10.30 am Service
Scripture
Matthew 7: 13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Pastors Terry & Juanita recently had the opportunity to be filmed as guests on a episode of
Today with J John
Don’t miss this exciting episode as Terry & Juanita share about
‘Miracles, Marriage and Generosity’.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR FELLLOWSHIP
AND ENJOY A TEA OR COFFEE AFTER OUR MEETING
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Sunday 21st April
Children will continue learning how Jesus conquered the curse of sin and death by the power of His own death and resurrection.
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During term time, children will stay with parents to enjoy Worship in the main service then join Sunday Club from 11 am - noon.
Each Sunday enthusiastic children (ages 2-10) meet to worship, pray, play and learn about the Bible, the life of Jesus and how to live a Christ centered victorious life.
CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH
If you are interested in helping, subject to the usual safeguarding checks, please contact the Church Office.
THE BIBLE SAYS
Start the children off on the way they should go and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22: 6
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NEWS AND EVENTS COMING UP
WHEN YOU PRAY GOD LISTENS
WHEN YOU LISTEN GOD SPEAKS
WHEN YOU BELIEVE GOD WORKS
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - WHY NOT JOIN US?
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Volunteers needed to serve refreshments for customers
please contact Church Office if you would like to help.
NEXT MEETING
THIS SUNDAY
21ST APRIL
APRIL DROP ZONE NEEDS
NEXT MEETING 2ND JUNE
DUE TO MAY BANK HOLIDAY
LOOSE CHANGE CHALLENGE
Thank you to all those who have donated their loose change to this year's appeal
DONATIONS SO FAR £36.43. Thank you
YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
THURSDAY 2ND MAY
SUNDAY 19TH MAY
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Ministry News |
Pakistan – Christian brothers acquitted of “blasphemy” and terrorism charges
Praise God for answered prayers with the acquittal of Christian brothers Umar Saleem and Umair Saleem on charges including “blasphemy” following the anti-Christian riots that ravaged the Christian area of Jaranwala in August 2023.
Defence lawyer Tahir Bashir told the Anti-Terrorism Court in Faisalabad on 29 February that the brothers were innocent and there was no evidence against them. Bashir, a lawyer with the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), which provides legal aid to Christians, with support from Barnabas Aid, informed the court that a police investigation had exonerated both brothers.
The brothers were charged under all three of Pakistan’s notorious “blasphemy” laws, including Section 295-C of the Penal Code. This section relating to defiling the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, carries a mandatory death penalty.
They also were accused under Section 9 of Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act with stirring up sectarian hatred.
Pakistan – Two Christian sanitation workers die because of lack of safety equipment
Lift up in prayer the families of two Pakistani Christian sanitation workers who died after being sent into a sewer in Faisalabad without any protective equipment.
Cousins Shan Masih, 28, and Asif Masih, 25, suffocated on 17 March after inhaling poisonous gases while attempting to clear a blockage in the sewer. The cousins each leave a wife and three children.
Burkina Faso – Fifteen Christians killed in Islamist attack on church
Christians in Burkina Faso need our prayers after at least 15 worshippers were killed during an attack on a church on Sunday 26 February.
Two others were injured when suspected Islamist militants opened fire during a service in Essakane village in Oudalan province, close to the border with Mali and Niger in the north-east of the country.
Laos – District officials enforce law to enable house church to reopen
Your prayers are already having an impact as the small house church in southern Laos attacked by residents and village leaders in February is now reopening under the protection of district authorities.
Myanmar – Pastor shot dead by gunmen
A Christian community in Kachin State, northern Myanmar is mourning the loss of its pastor who was killed by gunmen on 18 March.
Three armed men entered 47-year-old Nammye Hkun Jaw Li’s computer shop in Nam Ma Tee village, Mogaung township around 2pm.
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People Are Starving in Sudan
While much of the world has been focused on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, there's been another tragedy unfolding in East Africa. Armed conflict between Sudan's government forces, a powerful paramilitary group, and others have torn apart the nation yet again. Millions of people have fled the capital, Khartoum, with nothing more than the clothes on their backs.
Many of them are now in Kordofan, a remote region where God has granted Samaritan's Purse unique access. Hundreds of thousands of war-weary people are living in crude shelters made from no more than mere sticks. Starving people are boiling leaves and foraging weeds and seeds just to survive.
Samaritan’s Purse is rushing truckloads of food—including corn, oil, beans, and salt, as well as a specially formulated peanut paste for young children. We have to act quickly because the rainy season is approaching and will soon make the roads impassable.
Sudan needs our prayers. Thank you for remembering these people who seem to be forgotten by the world, but not by our heavenly Father.
As David says in the Psalms: "I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me" (40:17).
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Please keep the precious children who received your shoeboxes in your prayers.
May they have studied the Greatest Gift book and volunteered for The Greatest Journey course. May they have a true sense of God's love and know that we care for them.
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SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 9: 11
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
PRAYER
Help us dear Lord to have a joyful attitude in giving of our time, talents and money to serve you. May our generosity show our love and gratitude to God, our provider.
Amen
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River of Life Church
2 Carr Road
Felixstowe
IP11 2FS
mail@riveroflifechurch.net
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