House-group News

From Andrew Rae......

As part of our house groups aim to reach out to the international community in Ealing, On the 24th April we will switch our House group night from Wednesday to Tuesday (Tuesday will become the regular night). We will also begin an evangelistic bible study on the 24th, primarily for int'ls though it will be appropriate for any who wants to look into the Christian faith.

There will be a Meal starting at 7:15 and after the meal there will be two bible study groups

If there is anybody who would like to join this group, do contact Andrew Rae.

Ethiopia Aids Mission Fundraiser night

Mark your calendars for the Ethiopia AIDS Mission Fundraiser night on Saturday, April 28, 6 pm. There will be a quiz, traditional Ethiopian food, auction, and a short presentation on the AIDS project where the team (Debbie, Gillian, Marianne, Jennifer) will be working for two weeks in May. Please come and invite your friends! Tickets are £7/ £5 concession.

Tickets will be available on Sunday

Social - This Friday

There will be a social at Andrew and Nicky Raes this Friday. Do come if you can and bring anyone you want along. Kick off is at 8pm

John MacArthur in London

Premier Christian Radio are holding an event with John MacArthur next Friday 7-9pm at the Emmanuel Christian Centre, London. Stuart Townend (who's written In Christ Alone, How deep the Fathers love for us) will be leading worship.

It's free but you have to book tickets here

Guest Preachers in April

I'm preaching at Amyand Park Chapel, Twickenham on 22nd April and in Timisoara, Romania on 29th April.

On 22nd April Dimitri Alldridge will be returning from the dark side to IPC to preach in the morning. Paul Meiners will speak at the evening service.

29th April David Field (see pic) a closet Presbyterian who teaches at Oak Hill Theological College will preach at our morning service and Hristo Voynikov of Bulgaria will preach in the evening.

An opportunity for service

Mowing the church lawns.

A 2 hour job with enormous satisfaction at the end of it guaranteed and lots of appreciation from the congregation. An opportunity not to be missed!

Email me if you fancy mowing.

Greeters!!

There's a need for more greeters for Sunday morning. If you can help out by going on the rota. Speak to Jennifer Reid

Ethiopian Girls

Jennifer Courtney, Debbie Weeks, Marianne Macleod and Gillian Thompson will be going to Ethiopia on IPC's first mission trip.

There will be a fundraising night on Saturday 28th April where you will be able to hear about the upcoming trip and how you can be part of it.

Holiday Bible Club 2007

The proposed dates are for Monday 20th - Friday 24th August in the mornings.

Ethiopian Missions Trip

I asked Jennifer to give some information on where the missions trip to Ethiopia is going and what they'll be doing.........

'The Lideta neighborhood in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is like many others in the city. The physical needs are obvious. Houses are made of mud and tin, there is no clean water supply, sanitation is sorely lacking, and people are desperately poor. The medical needs are clear. AIDS engulfs the health and livelihood of countless families in this area of 60,000 people. The spiritual needs are tremendous as many search for hope and relief in traditional cures and remedies.? --- from the Addis Ababa AIDS Homecare and Treatment Project, run by Mission to the World.

The team from IPC will be working with the MTW AIDS project in Addis Ababa, participating largely in women?s support group meetings, home visits to the beneficiaries with AIDS, and children?s activities for the beneficiaries? children or orphans of past beneficiaries. The project has about 300 HIV+ beneficiaries registered, and serves over 1,000 people, including families of beneficiaries, both living and those who have died. Our group will take craft supplies to teach the women during their weekly support group meetings, bubbles/balloons/crayons/sweets to give to the many children enthralled by those colourful Western luxuries, and most importantly spend time with the people there. Some days this might mean going on home visits to the beneficiary?s homes to pray with them or read a passage from Scripture together, lead devotions in support groups, entertain the children, or simply offer a gesture of kindness in putting an arm around a woman with AIDS who is often considered dirty and shunned in her community. The main aim of all that the project does is to share the message of hope in Jesus with our suffering community, both in word and deed, with a desire to see ashes replaced for beauty and mourning turned to dancing, as those suffering from AIDS come to know Jesus as their Saviour.'

Moody quote

Here is the full quote from Moody that I butchered on Sunday morning:-

Dwight L. Moody1837-1899 American evangelist

Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now; I shall have gone up higher, that is all, out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal- a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.I was born of the flesh in 1837. I was born of the Spirit in 1856. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit will live forever.

Easter Services

Good Friday service with communion at 10.30 - we'll be taking up an offering for the missions team going to Ethiopia. Hot cross buns all round afterwards.

Easter Sunday Services 10.30 & 6

Prayer Meeting

Church Family Prayer Meeting

This Wednesday 8pm