Sign-up Sunday Dads, Lads and Lasses:– Saturday – 1st November 2014 Please stay for a cup of tea or coffee after the service. Next Week Where:- TO Strand Sleep Over: Saturday Night Members who require prayer meet in the chapel after the service. Today Prayer & Praise Requests: Wed 9:30am Ladies Bible Study @ the Church 17 Sept Thurs 9:00am Ladies Bible Study @ the Church 18 Sept 4pm Prayer Meeting @ the Church, held in the Chapel Friday Youth Programmes @ the church 19 Sept 5:30-6:30pm G63 (Gr 1 - 5) 5:30-7pm Junxion (Gr 6 - 7) 7:30-9:30pm Revamp (Gr 8 – 12) Sunday 21 September 9am Service Preaching: Chris Anderson 6pm Service Preaching: Chris Anderson Kidz Church Will Dawn Centre (Gr 5 & below) Teen Church Chapel (Gr 6 & above) • • • • Contact: Johan 0825663008 OR Sean 0837931073 Sylvia Pendleton-Browne - chemotherapy Mel Kleinhans Norman Massyn Rebecca Nagal Lesotho Mission Trip postponed Newcomers Social Fri. 26 Sept, 5 – 6:30pm @ 7 Clarendon Road, Uvongo Please put your name on the notice-board Family Day @ Peter Pan Beach, Leisure Bay Sunday 21 September Bring a picnic/braai for a time of fellowship. Birthday Blessings: 14 to 20 Sept Clive Miller 15th Basil Redshaw 15th Felicity Swinney 19th Call Committee Meeting The first meeting of the Call Committee to call a “Pastor to Seniors” will be held after the morning service on Sunday 21 September. Members of the Call Committee are Naomi Noyons, Anne Woodman, George Langton, Howard Shepherd and Janice Miller. Our new three16 youth series has kicked off. & we are so excited! three PC has started a three16 series for the evening service.. (We’d love to include You) Three16 consists of studies of chapter 3 and verse 16 of the new testament books. Office: 039 312 0245 mbc@saol.com Youth Office: youth@messypeople.com 039 312 1177 Senior Pastor: Chris Anderson 082 3833733 Children’s Pastor Intern: Monique Whelan 072 842 4022 Youth Pastoral Interns: Meghan Aereboe JP Momberg 073 240 7021 072 711 8878 Youth Workers Sarah Paxton Donne de Wet 076 637 2890 071 885 7237 DUTIES: - 21 September Door Duty: Young Adults Tea Duty: Young Adults Lock up Duty: Sean Doveton Thank You Our Ladies Retreat this year was a wonderful experience. Many thanks to everyone who contributed, they are a great team. INCOME EXPENSES SURPLUS MONTH / AUGUST 103 250 103 012 238 YTD JanAug 2014 1 014 749 904 645 110 104 Lock-up Duty TODAY Quentin Elliott SHORT BANK DETAILS Margate Baptist Church Standard Bank, Margate Acc No. 053273036 Branch No. 05752840 Sermon Notes: FIRST LOVE SERIES Mark 12:30: The Heart of the matter We need a CHANGED heart (Ezekiel 11:19) We need a RENEWED heart (Psalm 51:10-17) We need a GUARDED heart (Proverbs 4:23-27) The marks of an unguarded heart are: Secret night time activities that morph from innocent to illicit Relationships that are sustained by lies and deceit to those we love the most Blissful ignorance to the catastrophic nature of coming consequences Spiritual dryness and lack of joy (Internal…only you feel it) Normal lifestyle and schedule (External…everyone else sees it) The blessings of a guarded and restored heart are: Verse 19. THEN sacrifice and service to God is pleasing to him again Verse 13. THEN teaching, preaching and witnessing is effective once more Verse 15. Praise is once again a delight to God Verses 11/12. Spirit-filled joy returns How do we respond and get back to a renewed and guarded heart? RECOGNITION, ADMISSION and CONFESSION of our sin ASKING FOR RE-CREATION OF A PURE HEART ACCEPTANCE (believing God and forgiving ourselves) There are BIBLES in the cupboard at the back of the church. Please put them back at the close of the service. There are also cushions for the chairs, under the stairs at the back of the church.