Next Week Kidz Church Will Dawn Centre Teen Church The Loft Please stay for a cup of tea or coffee after the service. Members who require prayer meet at the front of the church after the service. Prayer & Praise Requests: Claire Osborne – cancer treatment. Ron Schaper – chemo treatment in Durban. Carol Pautz – at home recovering. Hennie Kunneke - please pray that operation will take place soon. Cynthia Harris’s brother, Tony – more blood tests needed. Arthur Harrison – stomach problems. Mark Smith – pray for complete healing. Tues 15 Sept 3:30pm Prayer Meeting for the sick in the Chapel. Wed 16 Sept 9:30am Ladies Bible Study at the Church Thurs 17 Sept 9am Ladies Bible Study at the Church 4-5pm Prayer Meeting in the Chapel. ALL WELCOME Friday 18 Sept 9:30am Silver Threads Spring Picnic – meet at the church Youth 5:30-7pm Gr 4 & 5 Souled Out Gr 6 & 7 Junxion 7:30-9:30pm Gr 8-12 Revamp Sunday 20 September 9am Family Service Pastor Peter Holness 6pm Evening Service Pastor Chris Anderson Living a Life that is Blessed 6 to 8 Speaker:: Ronnie Rae SURF, SUN, FAMILY FUN Ramsgate Beach 11:30-3:30pm Today Bring everything you need. Invite a friend. Meet Bronson. Hamburgers on sale (Please pre-order with Beejay and Monique). SILVER THREADS Spring Picnic – Friday 18 River Nature Valley Meet at the church at 9:30am. Welcome A warm welcome to Bronson Pretorius who is visiting us for the weekend.

BANK DETAILS Margate Baptist Church Standard Bank, Margate Acc No Branch No Sunday 20 September 2015 Door Duty: Sid & Adele Tyler / Neil & Denise Oates Tea Duty: Wed am Ladies Lock-up: Glen Elliott Lock-up Duty TODAY Sean Doveton Office: Youth Office: Senior Pastor: Children’s Pastor Chris Anderson Intern: Monique Whelan Youth Workers & Gap Year Students: Donne de Wet Ross Theron Luke Viljoen Alex de Beer Worship Ministry Intern Beejay Whelan Sermon Notes Mark 4 ~ PARABLES READ MARK 4:1-2 Jesus’ PARABLES They made people stop and listen They took hard subjects and made them easy to understand They compelled people to think and respond. Mark chooses 4 PARABLES to showcase Jesus’ teaching method: the Parable of the Sower; a Lamp on a Stand; the Parable of the Growing Seed; and the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Taken together, all four parables hand picked by Mark, they tell their own little story: READ MARK 4:3-20 NO CHANCE (v. 15) NO ROOT (v. 17) NO FRUIT (v. 19) NO LIMITS (v. 20)  The Good News Gospel will have a wide-ranging effect on people who hear it…from total rejection to total acceptance. Only one response is good: OUTRAGEOUS FRUITFULNESS. READ MARK 4:21-25  THE Good News Gospel must be shared. To hide it, keep it private is to risk losing it-to shine it out is to invite INCREASING LUMINOSITY. READ MARK 4:26-29  The Good News Gospel is a process of partnership between us and God. As people, we “scatter” the message, but God causes faith, and growth and is responsible for the eventual harvest. DIVINE PARTNERSHIP. READ MARK 4:30-34  The Good News Gospel must have a noticeable impact in the area in which it takes root. From the smallest beginnings, it must grow and touch everything around it. BIG CHURCH. SO WHAT? HAPPY BIRTHDAY Clive Miller 15 th Basil Redshaw 15 th Felicity Swinney 19 th There are BIBLES in the cupboard at the back of the church. Please put them back at the close of the service.