HOLIDAY CLUBS 2008/09

Once again last year the first week of the summer holidays brought lots of children aged 5-11yrs onto the campus at SABC. Our 'Starship Evangel' theme took us on a voyage of adventure. For this year's club we will be travelling through time again with "Back to the Future"

Here are some pics from last year...

BAPTISM JOY AT SABC

We rejoice greatly in the baptisms at SABC during 2007. It has encouraged us to open the pool on two occasions baptising four candidates. On Easter Sunday Naomi, Laura and Bradley (from our youth group) were all brave enough to give their testimonies in front of a packed chapel before going through the waters of baptism. Then on Sunday 20th May Nick Carlton-Smith was did the same. Nick's baptism was an additional blessing one of his friends put his trust in Jesus after the service.

We also praise God for the willingness of these candidates to join our church membership along with others who are now attending. We look forward to all ages working together for the glory of Jesus.

In spite of our best efforts to ignore them we occasionally have a visit from a couple of local boys called Ted Ringer and Cecil Pitt. Calling themselves 'tew owd boyz' they try to entertain us with tales of Suffolk life and culture. Ocassionally funny, they seem (somehow) to have developed a bit of a following and often accompany the boy band 'Born in a barn' when they sing around the county (several SABC men are in BinaB).

Now, out of the blue, Ted & Cecil have hit the big time! In April 2008 they were invited in to BBC Radio Suffolk to spend a couple of hours as 'guests on the sofa' with Lesley Dolphin. We had to send Harry and Jonathan (Steed) to look after them as they can get up to mischief on a day out in town. But all went off well and a good time was had by all. Now they tell us they are 'waiten fur the nod from the Lundun Pull-aye-deum'. Talk about ideas above their station!

Thanks to Lesley and the BBC Radio Suffolk staff for making it such an enjoyable experience.

Youth Day at Stoke Ash Baptist Church

The theme for last years Youth day on Sunday 10th June was 'Starter's Orders'. Graham Brown (Battisford Free Church) covered the following points:

• Are you on the right track?
• What can hinder your running?
• Who is your coach?
• How good is your training?
• Can we all be winners?
• What will it be like to win?

Our youngsters took part in the services and our growing team of musicians led the singing. We held our very own Stoke Ash olympics and congratulations to Chris Jucuzzi who won the gold medal. Thanks to all who took part. Especially to Graham who did an excellent job - although the site of him in his running gear did take some getting used to! Thanks also to those who provided such an excellent lunch and tea.

One of the many highlights during the last couple of years was the our 200th birthday weekend in June 2005. Central to these celebrations was our 'evening with Helen Shapiro' on Saturday 25th June which was the actual anniversary. We rejoice in a wonderful weekend and many friends joining us to celebrate. More photos and a breakdown of our various anniversary activities are included on our Special Events page.