Report from EBA Council September 2023 The meeting was held on zoom with one Trustee and the moderator, who was ill having sent apologies. In the absence of the Moderator, Adrian Ward (Council Member) was elected Moderator for the meeting. Adrian opened up the meeting the reminding council that Jesus needed to be at the heart of everything and read from read Matthew 11:28 asking us to reflect on this scripture being mindful of ourselves, people we know and the community around us then opened in prayer. Paul Smith, a Minister from Norfolk was co-opted onto council as a new Council Member, he will serve for a term of two years. There is one space available for co-option onto Council if anyone is interested? Please speak to the Moderator for more information. There wasn’t an update from the Home Mission resilience group as they are not meeting until September with …
The new school year starts during the week beginning Sunday 3rd September. We have put together some simple ideas you can use to mark this in your churches. Children and young people will return to, or even head into new pre schools, schools and colleges with a variety and mix of emotions that range from terrified to excited. Teachers and other school staff will be beginning the new year at a time when many of them feel under pressure and under resourced. This is a time when the church should be praying, engaging and encouraging. Ideas for Back to School Sunday Hear from the children, young people and teaching staff Before we can pray or aim to support effectively, we need to hear from those people. You could invite people to share from the front or go around the congregation with a microphone. In your church this may be better structured …
Gale Richards as an EBA regional minister was invited to be the ‘Lifeline’ speaker leading daily bible studies from Monday, 31 July 2023, to Friday, 4 August 2023, as part of Frinton Mission (frintonmission.net). She spoke on the theme of ‘Sharing the peace’ an exploration of John’s Gospel from a missional perspective. Monday: John 1 ‘The Prologue’ Tuesday: John 14 ’The Promise of a Comforter’ Wednesday: John 15: ‘The Vine and the importance of abiding’ Thursday: John 17 ‘Pray that they will all be one’ Friday: John 20 ‘Sharing the peace’ Frinton Mission ‘an evangelistic summer mission event has been held in Frinton-on-Sea for more than a hundred years. Until 1992 it was run by Scripture Union as a CSSM beach mission’. ‘In 1993 the local Frinton area churches (FACT) agreed to take on the running of the event under its new name of Frinton Mission. Every summer, around the …
We shared the news last week that Graeme will be moving on from his role as a Regional Minister in the EBA. We are grateful for all that he has brought to the life of the association and we wish him well for the future. Graeme’s final day working with the EBA will be 10th October and he will take up his new role as the Minister of Bethesda Baptist Church in Trowbridge after this. Please also pray for the Ross family who are moving on 15th August in order for their youngest daughter to begin year 10 and her GCSE’s in September in a new school. From that date, Graeme will be spending part of his time here is the EBA and part time working remotely from Trowbridge. Graeme is hoping to connect with as many people as possible before he leaves and so do get in touch with …
