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A busy evening at Baildon

The Circuit Service at Baildon on Sunday 14 July 2013 was very special in lots of ways.

We admitted Lorna Whiteley as a fully accredited local Preacher, presented her with a bible and John Darnbrook read the Present's letter.

We presented long service awards to Senior Local Preachers - Martin Bashforth and Roy Lorrain-Smith, 30 years; Diane Greenwood, 35 years; Paul Hockney, 50 years; Brian Galling, 55 years: (Graham Banks and Peter Jackson, 30 years, were not able to be present). We also recognised Barry Empson, reinstated as a Local Preacher.

A new Communion set was dedicated for use by the extended communion visitors, and Frances Trees was commissioned as a visitor.

We took an offering for CMS to support Awais and Dominic Mughal as they return to Pakistan.

Together, we celebrated the ministries of Linda Atkin and Lynn Britten among us, with Linda reading the lesson and Lynn preaching a challenging sermon. That sermon ended with these words:

"This evening I finish by asking y ou to think and pray about the following. What areas of our life, individual, as a church and together as a circuit are wasting energy, are inward looking and becoming unproductive? Where does new pruning need to take place in order to encourage new growth in the right direction, outwards?"

We did all this in an atmosphere of togetherness and worship which was encouraging to all present. The service concluded with the celebrating of Holy Communion, with the Ministry Team together all involved in this.

The next circuit Service will be at Haworth Road, on the evening of 29 September 2013.

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