Message to Believers at Ashbourne Baptist Church
from the Pastor and Elders:
CORONAVIRUS
7th August 2020

Dear Members and Friends,

We had our first service last week service at Brailsford. It was a bit strange with all the regulations and oddities of a new format, but it was good to be together to worship God. We are hoping to continue ABC’s morning services at Brailsford Institute at 10.30am, for the foreseeable future.

Please read the information sheet. The one change from last week, is it is now necessary to wear a mask while in the building for the church service. Please let us know if you feel able to join us or not. We will record the service, and have it available on the website and CD as soon as possible so no-one misses out. Last week we were able to email out a link so people could catch up that afternoon.

There is a hymn sheet to print out & bring, or download on your phone(!) and worksheets for the children.

Here’s the details of things that are happening:

Sunday Evening:

In the Evening we are going to ‘meet’ on Zoom, Aaron Johnson (from Springwood) is going to preach for us.

The sign up details are the same for each meeting. Please Contact us to find out how to join our Zoom Meetings.

Thursday:

We are meeting on Zoom at 7:30, Nathan is going to lead the meeting, we plan to be looking at Psalm 122.

The following Sunday the plan is for Dalton King to join us at Brailsford.

With love to all of you,

Nathan, David & Tim

Message to Believers at Ashbourne Baptist Church
from the Pastor and Elders:
CORONAVIRUS
March 2020

Dear Members and Friends,

In accordance with government guidelines our Sunday Services, Bible Study & Prayer Meeting, Boys’ Brigade and Tots have all been stopped from meeting for the time being. While this is an unprecedented situation for all of us, we must submit to our Governing authorities who are trying to make wise decisions in an incredibly difficult situation. (Let’s carry on praying for them.)

While we cannot physically meet together, that doesn’t mean we’ve ceased to be a church! We’ll just have to be a bit more imaginative in how we continue!

Sunday Worship:
We can still honour the Lord’s Day, worship by singing some of your favourite hymns and songs, as individual, couple, or family. (Plenty available on youtube, MP3s, CDs etc.) There are plenty of sermons available online, but we still think it is more personal for us to listen to our own elders preaching to us. We’ll aim to record this Sunday’s sermons in advance, to have available on the website. (and hopefully CD too.) With details of the readings, prayer points etc.

Bible Study & Prayer meeting:
We’ll try to order and distribute a book /ebook to study and read. We can also share things to pray about. Maybe by phone or WhatsApp we can share together for Bible study and prayer. More details to follow!

Fellowship:
Let’s all keep in regular contact with each other. Especially those who are unwell or confined to their home. Let us know if anyone is in need or food or supplies etc. Let each other know how we can pray for each other too. The elders will try to phone people regularly too.

We can also each offer to help our nearby neighbours and friends, especially those who are isolated or in need.
If anyone has any other ideas, please let us know.
We may not be able to draw near to each other, but we can still draw near to God – let’s pray on!

With Love in Christ,
Nathan, David & Tim.