Welcome to your weekly newsletter from Crofton Park Baptist Church! This week Steve Ewing is leading our service and preaching. Church remains closed but you can join us on our channel on YouTube  at 10.30am or visit our website. Subscribe to get an alert when we go live. Set a reminder now and please share the link with friends and family.

Mission Prayer

Lil Clarke, Cherry Harrison and Eniz Rose

We are sad to announce the end of Lil's long earthly life after being unwell for several months. She received her home call on Friday morning. Please pray especially for her son, Colin, at this very difficult time.
Please pray for Cherry Harrison, who is extremely unwell with Covid-19 in Lewisham Hospital. Please remember her family, especially son Derek his wife Jennifer, both having been very unwell and now slowly recovering from Covid, and Cherry's sister, Shirley Smith, together with the rest of the family.
Pray also for Eniz Rose (Tennis's mum) who is also unwell in the hospital with Covid-19. Pray for healing for Eniz and strength for her family.
 

Story of Ruth – activities and animation for children

Over the last few week's we've been looking at the story of Ruth. Here are some children's activities they can watch and do over the next couple of weeks - learning about Ruth, Naomi and how God helped and blessed them. 

Story in 4 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irThVpdeSXk

Story in 10 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIeRJmLDeQ0

Here's a link to a range of printable activities about Ruth
https://sundayschoolzone.com/?s=ruth

January call to prayer - Week 4

We hope this month of prayer was a comfort and motivation for you throughout the month. Please continue to pray for the church, our communities, governments, leaders and our world.

Got a spare computer?

Power The Fight and Juvenis are looking for donations of working computers and laptops to help families that need equipment at this time to help with their learning. If you are able to help, email hello@powerthefight.org.uk. If you know someone that might benefit from this please put them in touch with either organisation.

London Baptists’ Leadership Year: Online Open Evening

Wednesday 10th February 2021
7-8pm
 
After a successful pilot in 2019-20 this year London Baptists is excited to be running its second-ever Leadership Year, an internship programme aimed at offering 18-25 years olds an exciting year of leadership training and experience within the urban church context.
 
On Wednesday 10th February they are hosting an online open evening offering the opportunity to find out more about this exciting new internship. There will be the chance to hear more about the vision from the team running the programme, listen to some of the stories and experiences of those who have been involved and have chance to ask any questions about how to get connected with plans for 2021-22.
    
For more details and to book a please email internship@londonbaptist.org.uk

Pastoral Issues

If you are aware of any pastoral issues that you feel the church pastoral team should be aware of, please contact Steve or a member of the Leadership Team.

Watch again - "Sweet Providence"

You can watch "Sweet Providence" and other services on our YouTube Channel. Subscribe and get notifications whenever a new video is uploaded or when we go live.

Prayer Chain

If you have an urgent and important prayer concern, please call Steve on  07950 334987.

Need to speak to Rev Steve?

You can contact Rev Steve by email at pastorsteve@croftonpark.org.uk or by phone on 07950 334987. Please note that Steve does not work on Mondays.

Standing in the gap

Pray for our members and friends coping with the loss of a loved one or dealing with the anxiety and worry of sick relatives and friends.

Pray for our children facing a lengthy lockdown and missing their friends. Pray for those struggling to keep motivated in their studies.