‘We pray that your kingdom will come. We pray that what you want will be done, here on earth as it is in heaven’'
Matthew 6:10
TONIGHT - karaoke for the women – what’s not to love! 7.30pm at The Old School Yard near London Bridge. Just turn up and give it what you’ve got. Contact missmbrown123@hotmail.com for encouragement!
Sunday Morning Service - our morning services have moved to the later time of 12pm (are they still ‘morning services’ I ask myself...?) at The Church of The Ascension, SE10 8AN. We are invited to have coffee with their congregation from 11.35am. If you’d like to help serve, wash-up etc. please talk to Iain or Tessa.
Sunday Evening Service - this Sunday will be our first at the Evelyn Community Centre, SE8 5TQ. Do sign up to chop, cook, serve, pray, chat, hoover etc - even once in a while makes a massive difference to the team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ccsNLURWTUbVmxjheJm7Gpl3IC2RVC-q6CojEwRAN5I/edit?usp=sharing
Early Morning Prayer - on Zoom from 7-7.30am Monday to Friday
Women’s Breakfast - on Sunday 20 November from 9.45 to 11.30am at the Adlingtons. £5 donation. Please rsvp to emily@thebear.tv for catering purposes.
The Bear Leadership Inclusivity Statement - on Monday 28 November we will meet to hear from each other about this. Please send any comments ahead of that meeting if you can’t attend or prefer to speak privately. Thank you for all the encouragement, questions, honesty, conversations and cautions received so far.
Christmas - not quite near enough to have a paragraph of its own, but fyi we are planning a Youth Social on the 17th and an afternoon outdoor Christingle service on the 18th.
The Bear Church Instagram and Twitter - @thebearchurch
The Bear WhatsApp Broadcast Group - for weekly updates and more, add The Bear Church 07707 524977 to your contacts, then message the number and ask to join the group.
Giving - is part of our worship. We want to continue to pay our staff, our bills and support our local community and our cross-cultural workers. We are now also paying rent on three buildings. The Bear Church bank details are 'Deptford Ragged Trust' HSBC Account no. 21361317 Sort Code 40-02-25. To support local people in food poverty through the Evelyn Social Supermarket (our new Evening Service home), please mark your gift ‘Fruit and Veg’. Money-related questions to Tracy at finance@thebear.tv
Covid-19 - please continue to access all the support available - vaccination, regular LF testing, masks, distancing and hand hygiene.
The Ragged Project
This week has seen a lot happen! The Bear building is an empty shell, and it definitely looks like we’ve moved on. We still have legal hoops to jump through, loose ends to tie up, and a financial mountain to climb, but God is good. We’re inspired by what God has done through nearly 200 years of history and look forward to the next 200.
Other Notices
Operation Forgiveness - all are welcome to St Peter’s, Wickham Road, SE4 on Thursday 24 November at 7.30pm to find out more about this early intervention knife-crime initiative, delivered by local churches to local schools. See www.operationforgiveness.org.uk for details
This Week at The Bear
Sunday
12pm Midday Service (with children’s groups)
6.30pm Evening Service
Monday
7am Early Morning Prayer
9.30am Bear Cubs
1pm Time Out for Parents
8pm Leadership Team
Tuesday
7 am Early Morning Prayer
8am Psalms and Stretches
1.30pm Women’s Bible Study
Wednesday
7 am Early Morning Prayer
8pm Housegroups
Thursday
7am Early Prayer
9.30/1pm Bear Cubs
8pm Housegroups
Friday
7am Early Prayer
9.30am Bear Cubs
1.30pm English Fridays
Classifieds
Living to Finish Well - Marjie’s book is out and here’s the promo: Living to Finish Well - a challenge you shouldn't avoid - YouTube Enjoy them both!
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