Next Week Kidz Church & Teen Church Please stay for a cup of tea or coffee after the service. Members who require prayer meet in the chapel after the service. Prayer & Praise Requests: Rob Cubbin Snr – leukaemia. Shirley Jennings – appointment at Albert Luthuli on the 20 th. Sid Tyler – started treatment. Joyce Wood – not well. Nikita Harris – broken ankle. Mel & Nick Kleinhans – still very frail. Pray for all the people in frail care, all who are lonely and ill. Mon 19 Jan 5:00pm Missions Meeting Wed 21 Jan 9:30am Ladies Bible at the Church – Isaiah Study Thurs 22 Jan 9:00am Ladies Bible Study in the church – Study in Thessalonians 3:45pm Prayer Meeting in the Chapel. Starting with prayers for the sick. ALL WELCOME Friday 23 Jan Youth 5:30-7pm Gr 4 & 5 Gr 6 & 7 Junxion 7:30-9:30pm Gr 8-12 Revamp Sunday 25 January 9am Family Service Pastor Chris Anderson 6pm Evening Service Callum Mc Leod Margate Baptist Church exists to GLORIFY GOD Through EVANGELISM-DISCIPLESHIP-FELLOWSHIP- WORSHIP By being a family where grace and love is unconditional, corporate worship essential, unity non-negotiable, and endeavouring to share Jesus with our community central. Support of Student Studies Margate Baptist has 2 interns that are studying theology part-time. Meghan Aereboe and Monique Whelan. The church supplements the cost of these studies. If you would like to contribute towards this fund please clearly mark your doantion “Student Study Fund”. JP Momberg will be studying full time at Baptist Theological College in Randburg, if you want to support him, this support has to be clearly marked “JP Momberg Study Support”. MARGATE BAPTIST CHURCH WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY QUESTIONS (Suitable for new and established groups) FELLOWSHIP TIME 1.Share something you’re grateful to the LORD for this week. 2. Share a prayer request with the group. 3.Pray together; short specific prayers related to 1) and 2). STUDY TIME 4. Read the passage of scripture. 5.Read it again, this time perhaps in a different translation. 6.Ask: “What’s it all about?” (Looking for one or two summary sentences) 7. Ask: “What does it say about Jesus?” 8.Ask: “Is there a challenge or command here that applies to me?” 9.Ask: “What can I do this week to apply what I’ve learned or heard today?” 10. Leader close in prayer. Confirm time and place for next week. Diarise: AGM – 22 Feb Followed by a bring & share meal Early reminder for departmental heads to please get reports to the office by Monday 9 February. 9 DAY TOUR OF ISRAEL Departing 25 April to 5 May Tour leaders John & Catrien Haupt Flyers and details are available on the table at the back of the church.

BANK DETAILS Margate Baptist Church Standard Bank, Margate Acc No Branch No DUTIES: - 25 January 2015 Door Duty: Viv & Howard Shepherd / Hennie & Dawn Nel Tea Duty: Young Adults (Olivia Luke’s Group Lock-up: Sean Doveton Lock-up Duty TODAY Quentin Elliott Office: Youth Office: Senior Pastor: Children’s Pastor Chris Anderson Intern: Monique Whelan Youth Pastoral Interns: Meghan Aereboe Youth Workers Donne de Wet Sermon Notes RECONNECT Luke 16:11-32 “The Prodigal Attender” Let’s identify the PLAYERS: The FATHER … Our LORD and GOD. The PRODIGAL … Wandering people; either lost members and attenders or lost unbelievers. The BROTHER … Those of us who remained in the house. Our LORD and Saviour Jesus took the parable of the lost son to its ultimate conclusion. 1. The Father’s Heart A. Unusual Benevolence B. Unenforced Guidelines C. Unceasing Expectation 2. The Prodigal’s Perspective A. Understandable Desire B. Unavoidable Failure C. Uncommon Honesty 3. The Brother’s Response A. Uncomfortable Hostility B. Unexpected Anger C. Unfounded Suspicions Unless we are able to transform our identify found in the image of the resentfulness of the brother into the possibility of sacrificial forgiveness through Christ…prodigals will never come home to Margate Baptist Church. HAPPY BIRTHDAY To Eddie Noyons 20 th Claire Osborne 21 st Marianne Gale 22 nd Ros Hooper 23 rd A special happy birthday to Dee Mitchell who turns tomorrow. 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. COMMUNION HELPERS We still need two volunteers. Please contact Carol in the office. Thank you