Reunion at Hayes - 17th December 2005

Hey everyone - even though I've sent out an email, I thought I'd post it on the blog just to make sure I haven't missed telling anyone. ,

Around the Christmas period the annual thing we do, is head up to London one Saturday for the entire day. We usually make a stop at places such as Hamleys (world's biggest toy shop), Harrods (a new addition this year!), the Christmas lights and finally we end up at Trafalgar Square in the evening to sing carols with the London City Mission under the big Christmas tree. Since we usually get back late on the Saturday people are welcome to stay over that night. And since we set out quite promptly on the Saturday morning, people are also invited to stay on the Friday night, making a weekend of it.

If we get a big enough group, then we will be allowed to use the church building to put people up for the nights they are here. If you are local to this area, you are also welcome to stay at the church for any of the nights suggested as the bigger the group, the better fellowship we can all enjoy. Or you can join us during the day and go back to your own homes in the evening.

Date: Saturday 17th December
Costs - £6 Travelcard, money for food whilst up in London plus any shopping you might want to do, pound or so for breakfast if you want to join us for that.

So this sort of reunion is open to everyone who wants to come - from Aber, from Camp or any others whoyou know. PLEASE let me know if you plan to come I hope many of you will be able to come.

What happened to men and women?

On 1st October, Gerard Hemmings is speaking on "the media's moulding of sexual roles" at the Uxbridge Road Tabernacle. The building opens at 7.30pm for refreshments and the talk commences at 8pm.

Reflections on Aber!

Just a reminder that now the summer break is finished 16up is starting back next week, on the 11th September, with Graham King leading a discussion on "Reflections on Aber". If you want to do a bit of preparation then read Romans CH 6, 7 & 8 as that is what the main speaker, Stuart Olyott, preached on during the conference.

Also several people have ordered CD's & MP3's from Aber so if anyone wants to hear the messages again or for the first time, then please ask. Stuart Olyott has also written a commentary on Romans called "the Gospel as It Really Is: Paul's Epistle to the Romans Simply Explained" (published by Evangelical Press) which is reckoned to be one of the best around. It is out of print at the moment but you can buy it used from Amazon.com in the States for around $5 and then $9 postage. Altogether it works out at about £8 in total, which is what Evangelical Press would have probably sold it for were it still being published. If anyone doesn't have an Amazon account but would like the book, please let me know and we can sort something out. Apparently he is as easy to read as he is to listen to.

I hope you will all come on Sunday to the after church meeting.