SUNDAY 13TH APRIL 2008

Morning Worship, with Kingdom Kids and Bright Sparks, was the only joint events today, but despite holidays and sickness, was well supported. Worship was led by our senior leaders, and Flame Youth Group did the all age presentation which was great. Captain Howard Russell, centre manager of Booth House in London, was our guest speaker as part of a new series we are looking at about Living by Faith - taking our faith seriously. The captain explored the aspect of social services within the army and how they seek to support people and bring Light and Life to them. We saw how many within The Salvation Army seek to put their faith into action and take it seriously, and in conclusion Captain Ian challenged everyone to see how seriously we are taking our faith and sharing it, through words and action. We were also challenged to consider how we could help towards the £6000 target of our annual appeal total in September, and that we start to work towards that now. Everyone has been challenged to try and raise £40 each towards the total, which will be collected together in June/July to then work towards the other aspects of raising money towards the appeal in September. Concluding with singing 'All there is of me' we recognised the importance of laying our all before God, without reserve. We then stood together to sing 'Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices - who wondrous things has done!"