Safeguarding training at Level 2 and Level 3 proves to be one of the Associations most popular events Confirmed dates for 2020. (if you are interested in hosting a training event then please get in touch) Level 2 and Level 3 11 January, Colchester Road Baptist Church, Ipswich 28 March, Burlington Baptist Church, Ipswich Level 2 Courses only Places are limited for each course so early booking is suggested. Fees are £10 per person per level. Those attending a combined course and staying all day are required to bring their own lunch. Please book with Hayley at secretary@easternbaptist.org.uk
Baptist Insurance Company Baptist Insurance – experts in church and home insurance Baptist Insurance has been insuring Baptist churches since 1905 and is now the market leader in the field. The company provides insurance and risk management advice for churches, as well as offering home insurance for Baptists Ministers, church volunteers and church members. As part of your Church Insurance cover, Baptist Insurance provides churches with a free survey and valuation service from a dedicated Risk Management Surveyor. You can watch a video on the website and find out why this free service from Baptist Insurance exists, why churches need to be surveyed periodically and what happens both during and after the survey. In addition, the Baptist Insurance website also includes a wide range of materials and resources, and a series of guides to help you understand your insurance cover, legal liabilities and types of insurance cover you might need. The guides answer the most …
Home Mission is all about helping Baptist churches and individuals to reach their mission potential and bring the love of God to their communities. It is the Baptist family purse, and each year our Union has an appeal to raise money for Home Mission. To help churches understand more about the breadth of Home Mission-supported activity, EBA has produced a video. We join Upson Downs Baptist Church Meeting, which has been going on for quite a while. Just as they think they are making progress Mr Grenville-Stubbs raises his hand… The YouTube link is You can alternatively download a zipped folder from here https://easternbaptistassociation.box.com/s/cx927pms1buu189piv6wqvslbldu17ha that contains two different video formats and also the video embedded in a PowerPoint.
Hundreds have visited an installation of silhouettes of fallen British soldiers linked to Leigh Road Baptist Church (LRBC). The stories of these serviceman has been on display for visitors from the community at the home of Leigh Road Baptist Church, Leigh-on-Sea from Saturday 10th to Wednesday 14th November. The ‘There But Not There’ installation was part of the centenary commemoration of the end of the 1914-1918 First World War and the exhibition at the church surrounding this was curated to give opportunity to educate, commemorate and heal. LRBC joined thousands of other locations to place representative figures for every name on local war memorials around the country, into their place of worship, their school, their workplace or wherever their absence was keenly felt. As well as the transparent silhouettes, poetry, sound effects of war, WW1 artefacts and lighting were used to help transport visitors to the battlefields where such sacrifices …
