Activities will include

• The Amazing Acts Bible Exhibition in local schools assisted by John Hawley from the Open Air Mission
• An After School Club at Fountain Primary School (3.30-5 pm Tuesday 28 Feb to Friday 2 March) for KS2 children. All welcome.
• Street evangelism in Queen Street
• Pensioners Lunch (Sat 3 March from 11.30 am in the Labour Rooms)
• Visits to various residential care homes in the town
• The team will aso be leading our Sunday worship on 25 Feb and 4 March.

The students, who are from USA, Canada and Denmark,  visited for a planning weekend on 28 and 29 January.

Church members were contacted by the RAF Padre on Ascension who had heard of their annual distribution of thousands of calendars throughout the town each year.  He enquired if a quantity could be sent to Ascension for distribution to RAF personnel, families and support workers over the new year period. Local RAF cadets from the Air Training Corps 168 (Leeds) Squadron volunteered their assistance and helped the church pastor in despatching the calendars.  They were flown from RAF Brize Norton to the island.

The theme of the celebration focused on the work of London City Mission with homeless people and the Morley Elderly Action Craft Group had been busy knitting various types of clothing items for the mission to distribute to the needy as the colder winter months set in.

We will be running further Christianity Explored Courses in 2012. f you would like to attend, or to find out more, please contact Steve Wright, on

steve@morleycommunitychurch.org.uk or telephone: 0113 253 5477.

You can also visit the Christianity Explored website for more information at: www.christianityexplored.org

What is Christianity Explored?

Christianity Explored is a popular course run up and down the country for people who’d like to investigate Christianity, or just brush up on the basics. It explores who Jesus was, what his aims were, and what it means to follow him.

You won’t be asked to pray, sing or read aloud, and you can ask any questions you like. Or, if you prefer, you can just come along and listen.

Who is Christianity Explored for?

Christianity Explored is for anyone who wants to investigate Christianity informally with a group of other people. Whether you have previous experience of Church, Christians and the Bible, or none at all, this course is for you. Everyone is welcome – from the most sympathetic Sunday schooler to the convinced atheist. We will respect your background, culture and beliefs. Tell us as little or as much about yourself as you feel comfortable.

What goes on?

Each meeting starts with a meal. Then, after briefly discussing the course material from the week before, there is a talk or DVD on the theme for that week and to close the groups discuss any questions that have arisen. The meeting mormally last around 2 hours but of course, if you’d like, you’re welcome to stick around a bit longer for a coffee to discuss any further issues you might have. And you can ask any question you want, at any time during the course. We’ll probably have between 6 to 10 guests attending the course.

After an introductory week, we look at the following themes:

Jesus – who was he?

Jesus – why did he come?

Jesus – his death

What is grace?

Jesus – his resurrection

What is a Christian?

Why is the course run?

Christians count it a real privilege to explain the Christian message. We don’t have all the answers but believe that we have exciting news to share about Jesus Christ.

If you would like to find out more about believer’s baptism by immersion, or are interested in being baptised, please contact our minister Steve Wright.

steve@morleycommunitychurch.org.uk

The plan for the Autumn term onwards is to resume the lunch time club in Fountain Primary School for years 5 and 6.

As a result of the Ladies Weekend there was a reduced congregation on Sunday 15 May and following a time of informal study and fellowship, led by Steve,  we had a barbecue lunch together outside the church building.