Weekly News 26/04/2026

Welcome to our weekly news update for the week beginning 26th April '26.

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Sun 26th Apr  |  10.30am
Ebenezer Chapel & Online (map)

Tomorrow we’re gathering to worship together as usual. We’ll be meeting at the chapel and online from 10.30am, and will be continuing to think about the Easter story as we look at the Miraculous Catch and Calling of Peter in John 21:1-23.

Sunday Club will be running for our children & young people, and will be looking at bullying.

We hope to see you there! For more info about our services click here.

Don’t forget that each week we are publishing questions for small groups and others to reflect further on the message.

These will normally be available from Monday of each week. You can find them by clicking here.

Many Baptist churches in the south west are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of people coming to worship with them from different ethnicities and cultures.

We hope that this is something we might also see at BSBC! In anticipation of that it’s good to start thinking about what we as a church have to offer to those coming from other parts of the world, what it might look like to be a genuinely multi-cultural church, and how we can offer a welcome to all.

Over the next few weeks, the South West Baptist Association are working with BMS World Mission to host three webinars exploring some of these themes. These will take place on the evenings of 30th April, 7th May & 14th May, and will include insights and wisdom from the BMS team as well as stories from other churches like ours in the south west.

We’d love it if a few of us from the church could attend these webinars. For more info and to sign up, please click here.

Sat 9th May  |  12pm
Saltash Baptist Church (map)

Last year some of us attended Stepping Up - an event aimed at helping women hear and respond to God’s calling into leadership and ministry of all sorts of different kinds.

This year’s event is in a more informal setting, and is an afternoon of lunch, worship and conversation and a chance to be encouraged by other women serving God in the South West.

If you’re like to go, you can sign up by clicking here. For more info, please speak to Julia.

This Gala Week there are several ecumenical activities going on - more info on those over the coming weeks.  Watch this space!

But in the meantime we are collecting various items and we're hoping you can help...

Can you bring to church the following:

• Paper Plates
• Newspapers
• Clean Small square sided jars (like jam or mustard jars)
• Clean Yoghurt pots
• Cereal boxes or other boxes of a similar size
• Masking Tape
• Full tubes of smarties (full)
• Bottles of sprinkles - hundreds and thousands etc (new)

Thanks so much. Any questions please see Julia

For a few years now the church has been supporting and praying for Laura Lee Lovering, who works as the global creation care co-ordinator for BMS World Mission. Her latest prayer letter is now available to read by clicking here.

Please have a look and be praying for her!

For an up to date list of all our services and mid-week activities - including prayer meetings, home groups, The Meeting Place, Coffee & Chat, Bible Buddies and more - please visit the church calendar by clicking here.

Those of you with access to My Churchsuite can also see the calendar on the web/app by clicking here.

This week BMS are asking us to pray for ‘Andrea & Ian’. They write:

BMS World Mission workers Andrea and Ian serve at a media centre broadcasting the gospel into North Africa. Despite increasing persecution, BMS continues to support workers who answer  God’s call to be witnesses in the hard places.

For the daily prayer points, please click here (p.20).