The Week Ahead at Trinity
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Sunday 14th April 2024
Every Sunday Morning: Morning Prayer – 9.30am (CL) and 11.00am (GR)
This Morning: CL – 10.00am & GR – 11.30am: Worship led by Paul Bradley – ‘Recognising the Call to Repentance’ (Zeph 2 v 1-3)
GR – 10.30am: RE:GEN – Youth Room
Livestreamed on YouTube from Greyabbey at 11.30am.
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Monday 15th
- GR – 9.45am – 11.15am Trinity Tots – Main Hall.
- CL – 7.00pm – 9.30pm Bowling – Bailie Hall.
- GR – 7.30pm WinGS – Solid Ground. Cinema Night.
Tuesday 16th
- GR – 9.00am – 1.00pm Solid Ground Café.
- GR – 9.30am Men’s Ministry – Cloud 9 & Somme Museum.
Wednesday 17th
- CL – 9.00am – 1.00pm Solid Rock Café.
- CL – 7.30pm Mid-Week Meeting. GR – Discipleship Groups – various days & locations).
- 7.30pm – Ards Presbytery PW Link – Carrowdore.
Thursday 18th
- CL – 10.00am – 11.30am POLO – Bailie Hall.
Friday 19th
- GR – 7.30pm Trinity Players Performance – ‘Family Fever’.
Saturday 20th
- GR – 7.30pm Trinity Players Performance – ‘Family Fever’.
Sunday 21st
- CL – 10.00am & GR – 11.30am Worship led by Paul Bradley – ‘God’s Promise in Action’ (Zeph 3 v 14-17).
- GR – 10.30am RE:GEN – Youth Room.
- CL – 7.00pm CREW – Bailie Hall.
T@P meets next on Wed 24th April in Cloughey (Minor Hall) and in Greyabbey (Upper Room) at 7.30pm. WinGS Next WinGS meeting will be a cinema night on Mon 15th April at 7.30pm in Solid Ground. All ladies welcome to come and enjoy the film and fellowship.Ards Presbytery PW Link will be held at 7.30pm in Carrowdore on Wed 17th April. More details to follow.
Next coffee morning in Greyabbey will be on Sat 4th May at 11.00am.
MEN’S MINISTRY The next meeting of the Men’s Ministry will be on Tues 16th April. We meet at Trinity Greyabbey at 9.30am and leave for a breakfast fry in Cloud 9, Ards Flying Club, followed by an escorted tour of the Somme Museum, at the Bangor Road, Newtownards. Please let John McAvoy or Tony Craig know if you plan to attend as soon as possible or by 14th April at the latest. Contact details men@trinitygreyabbey.org. The cost of the breakfast and guided tour will be £20. HBC (CL) Will hold a meeting in the Bailie Hall at 7.00pm on Thurs 25th April for all those interested in helping out. PRAYER SERVICE on Sun 28th April in GR and CL at 6.30pm. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP We are planning to run a New Members course on Thursday evenings 9th, 16th, and 23rd May at 7.30pm in Greyabbey. This is in preparation for our Communion service on the 26th May where new members will be received into membership of our congregation. If you would like to explore membership then please speak to Paul or one of our Elders. **********
YOUNG LIFE Ards Area Dessert Night fundraiser in Ballygrainey Pres church on Sat 27th April 7.30pm – 9.30pm. RSVP to gmornin@ylinternational.org 2024 UNITED APPEAL April Collection During April we have a further opportunity to support the work of the United Appeal. You are encouraged to prayerfully consider your contribution to this wider work of the PCI that supports many projects, programmes, congregations, staff & individuals helping to build God’s Kingdom at home & overseas. Please use the April United Appeal (pink) envelope in your FWO Pack. For those who contribute on-line please include ‘UA’ and your FWO number. TRINITY PLAYERS Drama Group production of ‘Family Fever’ by Sam Cree will be on 19th and 20th and also 26th and 27th April in the Church Hall. There has been a great response for tickets but a limited number are still available from Denice Bowman or Mary Craig. Our chosen charities are Macmillen Cancer Care and Peninsula First Responders, as well as Church funds. NEIL ON SABBATICAL LEAVE Every PCI Minister is given one week for each year of service to be taken as and when required for sabbatical leave. This is an opportunity to step aside from the everyday work of congregational ministry and focus on a specific area of theology and/or ministry practice. Neil is taking 4 weeks on the topic of “Sustainable Ministry”. Please pray for Neil and his studies. Should you need to speak to someone from the church please contact our Assistant Minister Paul Bradley on 07894 277 905 or our Clerk of Session George Angus on 07922 662 870. Storehouse North Down (FOODBANK) Please continue to support Storehouse with your donations. Specific items currently required are:- Tinned – Fruits, Curry, Meats, Snacks and Meals (chunky Chicken, Mince & Onion), Long Grain Rice, Ladies deodorants, Fray Bentos Pies and 30p bags for life. These can be left in the trolleys in the welcome areas in CL & GR. A full list of required items can be viewed at storehousenorthdown.com 2024 Keswick at Portstewart – Sat 6th to Fri 12th July
This year’s convention will explore the theme: ‘Strength in Weakness’. More details are available at: www.keswickatportstewart.org
MISSION PARTNERS – UPDATEAbura P.S.
Some amazing news, all P7 pupils passed their PLE (National) examinations! This is not only testament to the hard work of the pupils & teachers, but also to the support & encouragement from Trinity helping to raise the School academic level.
We have recently supported two new programmes at Abura P.S. from donations received:
‘I Am Educated’- Helping to raise awareness on gender issues, child protection, the value of girl’s education, along with workshops on the importance of hygiene and the training of students for leadership roles.
‘I Am Loved’ – Supporting training of Teachers to enable them to train other Teachers in Child Evangelism & Discipleship.
Challenge Ministries (CM) – Container
The CM Container, that was loaded and dispatched in Dec ’23 has arrived in Eswatini! Many of the donated items have been sent to the required destinations – where they are already making a difference. Thank you to everyone who helped in any way. God is Good.
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