AP

Activities This Month

Monday 1st 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs) [No. 11: The Delectable Mountains]
Friday 5th 7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Thursday 11th 7:30pm, Officers’ Meeting
Lord’s Day 14th
  • 9:30am, Craft Club @ AP (downstairs)
  • Communion as part of Morning Service @ AP
Monday 15th 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs) [No. 12: The Celestial City]
Thursday 18th 7:30pm, Officers’ Meeting
Friday 19th 7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Saturday 20th 8:30am, Men’s Breakfast @ AP
Lord’s Day 21st FIRST SUNDAY OF THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR
12:45pm(ish), Bring Your Own Picnic
(on the green by St Michael’s Church, if it’s not raining)
Monday 22nd 6pm, Christian Union “Grub Crawl”, Alfred Place providing
the Main Meal for students who will have already visited
Freedom Church, and will go to St. Mikes’ & Elim after us.
We are sharing this slot with Eglwys Efengylaidd Aberystwyth.
All encouraged to come to speak to as many students
as possible and welcome them to AP.
Help also needed to provide/serve food, (speak to Lucianne).
Thursday 25th 8pm, Women’s Evening @ The Manse
Friday 26th 6pm, Bible Club @ The Manse
Lord’s Day 28th
  • 11am, Baptismal Service @ AP
    5pm,     Student Welcome Tea @ AP (downstairs)
  • Listen out for notices about how to contribute
    to the tea. This is a great way of serving and spending
    some time with students who are considering settling
    in AP during their time here. 
Monday 29th 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs) [No. 13: A New Journey Begins]

Other Notes

  • Note that Rhodri is attending the Mid-Wales and Borders Fraternal in Newtown Evangelical Church on the 16th of September. A fraternal is a group of brothers in the ministry designed for mutual encouragement and edification. This fraternal is represented by churches such as Tabernacle Baptist Church, Llandrindod Wells; Nantgwyn Baptist Church; and Welshpool Community Church.
  • There is no special Good News Service this month, but do be praying for the next one—Harvest—on the 19th of October. 
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour is a course curated by Ligonier Ministries which we’re running every other Monday in the basement. Derek Thomas (who was converted in Aber, became a member at AP and served as a deacon for a short time with us in the 1970s) is the video tour-guide. We listen to him for twenty minutes or so and then we talk over some discussion questions. We aim to be done within the hour. This month:
    • 1st: The Delectable Mountains
    • 15th: The Celestial City
    • 29th: A New Journey Begins

  • Whole-Church Prayer-Meetings: 2, 16, 30 | Small-Group Prayer-Meeting: 9, 23
    • There are three small-groups led by each of the elders. Speak to Rhodri, Ian, or Eric if you are interested in joining one of the small-groups.
  • The weekly Women’s Fellowship meets on Wednesday mornings, in AP basement at 10:30am (TBC in Sunday notices).
    • Message from the Women’s Fellowship about Blythswood Shoeboxes:

      Would you be able to fill a shoebox with gifts for needy families in Ukraine and Eastern Europe?
      There are leaflets in the porch and bookshop with all the information.
      Deadline for shoeboxes – October 31st.
      See Betty if you need any help. Thank you.  

    • Causeway continues to meet between 11 and 12:30 every Wednesday, it is a time of worship organised by the staff of the homes that grew out of Plas Lluest (the home for adults with learning disabilities set up by Alfred Place four decades ago). There is singing, reading, prayer, and sharing of the word, all geared at the Plas Lluest residents and others with additional needs. The format is usually singing until around 12, then Rhodri speaks, then there’s prayer, and then there’s tea and biscuits with an optional bring your now packed-lunch, followed by some more singing. It takes place in the Community Space in Tesco. All welcome (you don’t have to stay for the whole time).

  • The monthly Bible-Reading-Groups’ are currently on Joshua 21-24. All church-members are encouraged to read the chapters and to consider Christ as you do. Those attending the groups (Women’s Evening / Men’s Breakfast / Bible Club), do keep a note of observations and questions to share with/ask one another. The next Bible-Book-section will be 2 Corinthians. 
  • When able to, those manning the Book-Table go out every Saturday (weather & personnel-permitting) 11am-12:30pm; members, speak to Eric if you are interested in joining the work.

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