EBA Week of Prayer Alongside churches across the world we invite you to join in praying ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. Each day we offer a Family Activity, Scriptures, Prayers and options to Download resources from our website and other sources. May God by His Spirit be with us, lead us and guide us as we pray together. Tuesday 26th May Focus: to pray in our homes, praying for children, families and those on their own. Family Activity Use the Prayer Place Mats that you can download and print off from the EBA website to help guide your prayers together in your household. If you prefer, of course you can make your own. Using the Prayer Place Mats when you share a meal together, spend time thinking about what each of you can write in each of the spaces and as you eat together today pray through each aspect of prayer. Or …
SAFEGUARDING OFFICER Eastern Baptist Association The Eastern Baptist Association is seeking a suitably experienced part-time Safeguarding Officer who will take a lead for the Association on issues relating to safeguarding and the protection of children, young people and adults at risk. This person will work closely with the Regional Team to provide good quality safeguarding guidance and support to churches within the Association. This will be achieved by making provision for regular safeguarding training at BUGB level 2 and 3 across the region (with the assistance of appointed EBA Safeguarding Trainers); compliance with the Baptist Union of Great Britain safeguarding policies and procedures; adhering to legal requirements on all matters of safeguarding; providing good quality advice, guidance and support regarding safeguarding concerns raised by a church or an individual. The post holder will join the EBA Regional team and play a key role in supporting, resourcing …
Recent events have got me thinking about ‘optics’. No, I haven’t been thinking about glasses (although I am reminded of the reason for cleaning your glasses: you can’t be optimistic with a misty optic). I have been thinking about political optics. That’s the way that events are perceived by the public. I am not going to go into the wrongs or rights of what Dominic Cummings did or said, or the Prime Minister’s responses about them, but it seems to me that they have made judgements based on the optics of the scenario. I suspect that the initial judgment was that if they kept quiet the storm would pass, but as the clamour got louder there was a realisation that a public statement needed to be made to change the optics. That is why we had the unprecedented press conference in the garden at 10 Downing Street yesterday when Mr …
Online Resources The EBA YouTube channel has sermons provided by our Regional Ministers, plus they are all happy to be asked to prerecord a sermon for you to use within a online service please be in contact. As well as what we have produced EBA member churches are providing online services each week please see links below We cannot guarantee the quality of any of the links, and we are not endorsing anyone in particular. Live streaming via Facebook Burlington Baptist: You can watch the stream via their website https://burlington.church/facebooklive Homelands: a short service of prayer, reading and reflection each Sunday at 11am https://www.facebook.com/Homelands-Free-Church-102939278013525/ Mariners Chapel, Rowhedge: We are livestreaming every Sunday @ 10:30am https://www.facebook.com/marinerschapel/ West Leigh Baptist Church: We will be livestreaming from our Facebook page 10:30am https://www.facebook.com/westleighbaptistchurch/ West Mersea Free Church https://merseafree.church/live/ Chase Cross Baptist Church King’s Lynn BC Sunday live at 11am https://www.facebook.com/KIngslynnbaptistchurch/ Services on Youtube Frinton …
