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Finance Report
For the period 1 March 2014 – 28 February 2015 (12 months)
OFFERINGS
1 178 546
OTHER INCOME
65 305
TOTAL INCOME
1 243 852
EXPENSES
1 213 845
YTD BUDGET
1 231 500
Offerings & Other Income exceed Expenses by
30 007
Expenses are under Budget by
17 655
Offerings & Other Income exceed Budget by
12 352
Analysis for February only
OFFERINGS
95 895
OTHER INCOME
6 162
TOTAL INCOME
102 057
EXPENSES
102 625
MONTHLY BUDGET FOR 2014/2015
Expenses exceed Offerings & Other Income by
-19 309
Expenses are under Budget by
-18 741
Offerings & Other Income is less than Budget by
-568
Bedford Chapel’s Bank Account Details
The Deacons encourage the use of direct deposits for tithing as this reduces
the amount of cash being handled and lessens the associated risks.
Bedford Chapel’s account is at First National Bank, Eastgate,
branch number 25 7705, account number 552 7046 1962
Our Centering Prayer group meets on Sunday evenings
at Bedford Chapel from 6.00pm – 6.40pm.
All are most welcome
For more information, please speak to Stephan Holfeld.
BEDFORD CHAPEL
4 Bradford Road, Bedfordview
Phone: 011 616 7201
Email: Stephan Holfeld: [email protected]
Margie Durrheim: [email protected]
Cathy Scott: [email protected]
Bulletin for April 2015
Welcome
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If you are visiting, or a newcomer to the congregation,
we’re glad to have you with us.
Whether you are still exploring your questions about God,
are a new or a committed believer,
we pray that you will be encouraged, nurtured
and challenged as you join us.
May your time with us be a highlight of your week!
Please join us for tea and coffee after the service.
If you would like to fill in one of the visitors’ information forms,
you will find them on the table in the foyer.
Completed forms may be placed in the offering bag or in
the freewill offering box in the foyer.
“Christ the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say.
Raise your joys and
triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and
earth reply.”
(Charles Wesley)
Diary for April
Thu 2nd
Fri 3rd
Fri 3rd
Sun 5th
Sun 5th
Fri 10th
Sun 12th
Sun 12th
Wed 15th
Fri 17th
Sat 18th
Sun 19th
Sun 19th
Fri 24th
Sun 26th
Sun 26th
9pm Tenebrae Service Stephan Holfeld
9am Good Friday Service Richard Laidley
NO Beavers, Midway or Youth
10am Easter Sunday Service Stephan Holfeld
NO Centering Prayer
NO Beavers, Midway or Youth
10am Stephen O’Connor (Communion)
NO Centering Prayer
7pm AGM
NO Beavers, Midway or Youth
7am Promise Keepers at Stephen O’Connor’s home
10am Stephan Holfeld
6pm Centering Prayer
NO Beavers, Midway or Youth due to long weekend
10am Louise Wernich (Communion)
NO Centering Prayer
Please support our
Lord’s Storehouse
Our Lord’s Storehouse ministry supplies needy people with a weekly
parcel which consists of:
* 1 x 215g tin Pilchards in Tomato Sauce,
* 1 x 410g tin Baked Beans,
* 1 packet of soup and
* 1Kg mealie meal.
If you are able to assist with supplying
groceries or funds to buy the groceries,
please contact the office, or mark your offering “Lord’s Storehouse”.
EASTER SERVICES
Tenebrae: 2nd April 9pm
Good Friday: 3rd April 9am
Easter Sunday: 5th April 10am
CENTERING PRAYER DAY
Saturday 6th June 2015
08h30 – 15h00
There will be an introductory workshop teaching the method of
Centering Prayer led by Veronica Hanouch and Julia Heaney from
Contemplative Outreach, South Africa
Cost: R80 - Lunch provided
To register: Call Stephan or Cathy at the Church Office
011 616 7201
Further details to follow upon registration
 AGM: 15th April
 Ignatian Spirituality
Introductory Course: 7th May
 Centering Prayer
Day: 6th June
Birthdays in April
1st
2nd
5th
6th
10th
11th
12th
15th
15th
17th
Jonathan Bosch
Dalphine Estima
Leo Ehlers-Labuschagne
Potsane Malebanye
Gemma Collins
Roger Zipp
Matthew Blom
Joy Arnott
Lipalesa Malebanye
Gert Deysel
18th
21st
21st
21st
23rd
24th
24th
27th
28th
Annelize Blom
Adam Huggins
Esme Manganyi
Robert McIver
Candace Campbell
Robyn Smit
Logan van der Walt
Gail Jones
Anne Smith
Bedford Chapel AGM
Our Annual General Meeting takes place on Wednesday
15th April 2015 at 7pm. Please plan to be here for this
important meeting, where we review the year that has
passed, plan for the year ahead and elect our Deacons.
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AGM Reports will be made available (either in the foyer or will be
sent to you via e-mail) and will be taken as read prior to the
meeting.
If you are a member of Bedford Chapel and unable to attend,
please ensure that you sign a proxy form, designating another
member to vote on your behalf.
Deacon nomination forms are available in the foyer.
THANK YOU!
To all those who donated Easter Eggs for
distribution to those who receive parcels through
our Lord’s Storehouse outreach.
Parents and Tots
There is a room available, for parents with tots (up to 3
years old) during the morning service, with a live video
feed. Please ask in the foyer and the people
welcoming visitors will direct you.
Enquiries: Nicki Huggins or Cathy Scott
A Prayer for Easter Morning
O Lord Jesus Christ, who upon this day
did conquer death and rise from the dead,
and who is alive for ever more, help us never to forget
your Risen Presence forever with us.
Help us to remember,
That you are with us in every time of
perplexity to guide and to direct;
That you are with us in every time of sorrow
to comfort and console;
That you are with us in every time of temptation
to strengthen and to inspire;
That you are with us in every time of loneliness
to cheer and befriend;
That you are with us even in death to bring us
to the glory of your side.
Make us to be certain that there is nothing in time or in eternity
which can separate us from you, so that in your presence we may
meet life with gallantry and death without fear.
You turn our darkness into light. In your light we shall see light.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Christ the Lord is risen today!
ALLELUIA!
Regular Activities
Come to the Waters
Sundays
If you have a longing to explore the depths of prayer,
and grow in your relationship with God,
we will be holding a 5 week introductory course
in Ignatian spirituality at Bedford Chapel.
It will be held on Thursday evenings, starting on the
7th May, from 6pm to 8:30pm.
If you are interested in attending, or would like
more information, please email Nick Lowery at
[email protected]
Our service takes place at 10.00am each Sunday.
Centering prayer is at 6pm each Sunday evening
Children’s Chapel and Teen Church
After participating in the first part of the morning service,
children between the ages of 4 and 18 are invited to join
our Children’s Chapel and Teen Church.
Contact: Trish Bosch (Children’s Chapel) on 084 645 5384 or Joy
Arnott (Teen Church) on 072 836 6036
Small Groups
If you would like advice in this regard, please contact the church office
Kensington: Wednesdays 7.30pm Kevin & Poppy Henry
011 615 4909 or Gert Deysel 011 615 1002
GAP/ACTS Stephan Holfeld 072 165 9246
Young People
Beavers: Boys & Girls in Grades 0 - 5 meet at the church
on Fridays from 6 - 7.30pm for fun & games.
Contact: Kyle Vorster 076 103 7773
Midway: Young people in Grades 6 & 7 meet at the church
on Fridays from 6 - 7.30pm. Contact: Leanne Scott 082 861 7262
Youth: Teenagers from Grades 8 – 12 meet at the church every
Friday from 8 – 10pm. Contact: Robyn Hill 082 835 8737
Promise Keepers
Men of all ages, single or married, meet for breakfast
and discussion on alternate Saturdays at 7.00am.
Contact: Mark Stoffberg 076 192 6628,
Stephen O’Connor 011 609 1334.
Congratulations!
To grandparents Gail and Johann
Rademan, their daughter Leigh and
son-in-law, James, parents of Faye,
born on 16th March weighing 2.99kg.
Please ensure that your cell phone is switched off during services.