Baptism it is a joy to be able to announce the baptism taking place for Jacob Polson in the morning service on 12th April. Jacob will be briefly sharing of how the Lord brought him to salvation, and the desire to obediently follow the Lord Jesus in the waters of baptism.

May we be prayerful for that witness and invite others in to join us in hearing the Gospel afresh. And if you love the Lord Jesus, but have not yet taken that step of obedience to the Lord, do speak to Calix or one of the elders about it.

Fellowship Prayer Hour - it was good to have a number of folk in the Fellowship joining for the hour of prayer on the 1st of this month. If you haven’t managed to get along to one of these times on the first Wednesday of the month, do make it a point of importance to pray together and plan to join us next month on the 6th May. To quote an old hymn, it is a ‘sweet hour of prayer’!

Praying & caring for the Community – Clarence Road, St John Close, Moons Lane

Preaching out this month: 3rd & 5th D Ansell – Copthorne am;
19th C Furus – Dunstable am & pm; DA – Slinfold pm; 26th CF – Funchal am (Zoom); S Piggott -Redhill am; Wed 29th CF – Clevedon

We enjoyed a visit from Jonathan Parkinson, Erin & Steve Hudson from Caring for Life on March 8th. As a result from both church giving and in-dividual donations, they received from us £502 for the valuable work un-dertaken at Crag House Farm, Leeds. We have received this letter of thanks:
Dear Sandra, Steve, Karl and friends at Rehoboth Grace Baptist Church
On behalf of everyone at Caring For Life, I am writing to thank you so much for your re-cent generous donations at the presentation visit by Jonathan Erin and Steve. They were so encouraged and blessed by their time with you all and your gifts will be a huge help as we take practical care and the good news of Jesus’ love to some of the most isolated and ‘at risk’ men and women here in the city of Leeds.
Steve, our agriculture project leader, wrote in the latest bulletin
“Spring has sprung at Caring For Life… with the arrival of our first two calves. It always amazes me how cow and calf know what to do instinctively without any help or interfer-ence. After calving the cow is faced with a wet, slimy thing which they lick clean, encour-age to get up within minutes and then stand for it to feed. We are merely bystanders in this miracle of creation which God has designed… It is very special when the cows calve during the day and so we can observe the whole process. It’s especially exciting for some of our newer beneficiaries who have never seen anything like it before. “
We do thank the Lord for all the opportunities that we have to share the wonder of crea-tion with those we support and the way such special events can lift them out of their trou-bles for a while. Thank you for your support which is enabling this to happen.
Please pray with us for opportunities to point them to the Creator this spring and that many will entrust their lives to the Lord and cast their burdens on Him.
We look forward to staying connected and you will be in our prayers.
I am yours in Jesus’ love,
Pam Parkinson
CFL Support Coordinator

Praise & Prayer items shared at the Church Members’ AGM in January - a few more highlights:

• Afternoon Fellowship. We are thankful for the range of speakers and the support we were able to give to Turning Tides, Leprosy mission, FEBA, Outreach UK, and Caring for Life. We especially enjoyed a presentation from Sue Fermor-Bradstock concerning her visit to Nkuringo in Uganda. We are now able to provide financial support to 6yr old Justine so that she can attend school. We pray for the continued health and well-being of those who regularly attend.

• Connections & GBWA Continuing faithful commitment to our Connections Group. Care and concern for one another. A welcoming attitude. Loving kindness and thoughtfulness from every woman! Meeting the challenges from our book study Liberated by Karen Soole. Learning and sharing our thoughts, hopes and fears as we looked deeply into challenging questions.  Prayer needed for the GBWA(SW) Fellowship Day in March with Nicola Edkins and Mary Mortimer at Guildford this time looking at Seasons in women’s lives and our callings in the church. GBWA Conference in October. For those who can attend.

More next month. Keep praying and praising!
Praying & caring for the Community – Park Terrace East, Livingstone Road, Turpitt Court
Preaching out this month:

1st D Ansell – Slinfold pm; S Beadle – Copthorne am
8th DA – Knaphill am; C Furus – Funchal, Madeira am
15th DA – Smallfield am; S Piggott – Rudgwick am

22nd SB – Slinfold pm; SP – Copthorne am

29th DA – Wivelsfield am
We look forward to a visit of friends from Caring for Life, based at Crag House Farm, Leeds.
In the morning service of Sunday 8th, Jonathan Parkinson will preach & give a CFL update, with Erin & Steve Hodson sharing a little about their areas of work at CFL.

Looking Back; Looking Forward.

Give thanks with us in church at Rehoboth every Sunday—God has been good & faithful thru 2025.
Pray with us daily and in our times of gathered prayer as we start 2026. Every member of the Rehoboth Community is needed, every prayer vital, every sermon preached helpful to spiritual growth.

Please pray for our preachers this month, both when ministering at Rehoboth or serving the Lord helping smaller churches. Pray Holy Spirit working in our hearts.

Praying & caring for the Community:
Brighton Road, Kennedy Road, South Grove, Gorings Mead

Preaching out this month:
4th D Ansell – Copthorne am
11th DA – Rudgwick am; S Piggott – Smallfield am
18th DA – Smallfield am; C Furus – Funchal (Madeira) via Zoom am; 25th SP – Rudgwick am

Situation vacant:
After David Ansell’s ‘retirement’ from looking after the Chapel garden, is there anyone who would like to take this on? Mowing the grass once a fortnight, tidying
the borders; clearing leaves in the Autumn. Also controlling ivy on fences & weeding up the side of the Chapel. Please contact the Diaconate .

December – a month to bring friends or family in to hear the Best News ever.

May we prayerfully, but in faith, believing, invite those we long to reach for Christ. It’ a time of per-fect opportunity to reach out. Remember, Now is the time of God’s favour, now is the day of salvation.
For prayer & support : Christmas Book Table in Carfax on Saturday 13th Dec. Could you join us for perhaps a part of the time between 10am & 2pm? Or call by to encourage. And please PRAY!
Help needed - We plan to have Carol Service invitations to deliver this month. Please look out for them, use them yourself and help deliver in the roads around.
Advent ministry - Let’s be prayerful for our pastor Calix as he leads us in the Advent theme of Christ’s coming and may we be ready for Christ coming back at any time.
Praying & caring for the Community this month - Gospel Churches of Horsham – evangelistic opportunities.
Preaching out this month: 7th Steve Piggott – Kirdford am 14th David Ansell – Copthorne am
28th DA – Smallfield am; Stuart Beadle – Rudgwick am
Wishing Christmas Blessings in our Saviour, Jesus

A busy September as various meetings/activities restart, but do please note Calix’s exhortation that we make every effort to join together for prayer on the 13th.

These all with one accord were continually devoting themselves to prayer
Acts 1:14a (LSB)

Harvest Sunday 28th - we look forward to gathering tins, packages etc. of food for our Harvest display for thanksgiving; also inviting us all to stay after morning worship for Harvest Lunch.

Praying & caring for the Community this month - Standing Court; Winterton Square

Preaching out this month: 7th S Piggott – Copthorne am; S Beadle – Slinfold pm; 14th D |Ansell – Appleyards am; C Furus – Funchal (Zoom) am; SB – Redhill am 28th DA – Wivelsfield am;

Praying & caring for the Community - Oxford Road, Devonshire Road, Cambridge Road
Preaching out this month:

3rd D Ansell – Slinfold pm;

10th DA – Copthorne am; S Beadle – Small-field am;

17th DA – Appleyards am; R Smith – Dorking am;

24th DA – Hailsham am & pm; SB -Appleyards am; S Piggott -Fetcham pm;

31st DA -Copthorne am; SP -Redhill am; SB -Slinfold pm
Sunday School Anniversary went constructively with the children attempting to build the best wall for Jerusalem, as under-taken in Nehemiah’s time!
Thanks to Hazel & Stuart & all who took part.
Note; There will be no formal Sunday School sessions during the summer holiday, but if parents wish to take their children upstairs and supervise their care, please feel free. Sunday School teachers/helpers are on summer break.

What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms. E Hoffman

Praying & caring for the Community - Victoria Street; Trinity Square; Stanley Walk; JWs meeting Kingdom Hall

Preaching out this month:

6th S Beadle – Copthorne am; S Piggott – Appleyards am

13th DAnsell Copthorne am; SB Storrington am

20th DA Smallfield am 27th DA – Appleyards pm; SP Kirdford am

Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3

If you are reading this magazine and you are concerned that you perhaps don’t know such a fellowship with God, and know that you need to get right with Him, please feel free to speak to Calix or one of the other elders for help. They would be so happy to pray with you and to give help from the Bible. The Lord is gracious and compassionate. Psalm 103:8