Calix says: Come and see!

April 1, 2016

I have really enjoyed our studies in the book of Jonah. It’s a book so full of grace; God is kind to the Ninevites, to a bunch of idolatrous sailors, and to Jonah as well (you could even argue that also to the fish, as it didn’t have to put up with a grumpy prophet [...]

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Day trip to Cambodia !

April 1, 2016

Two impressions of the SW District Ladies Fellowship day, Saturday 19th March
Katie Warner – A day trip to Cambodia
With tour guide Zoe Norgate a group of ladies (50 approx) were taken on a whistle stop tour of Cambodia. We all sat absorbed as we learnt a little about that wonderful country.
We went shopping in the [...]

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Marching Orders (Thought for April 2016)

April 1, 2016

G O P R
A strange picture?
The writer, Karl Lancey in his book ‘Marching Orders’ refers to this painting in a Berlin art gallery by German painter Adolf Menzel (1815-1905). It’s only partially finished. It is intended to show Fredrick the Great speaking with some of his generals before the Battle of Leuthen in 1757. Menzel [...]

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Easter Praise & Preach (Fellowship News)

March 3, 2016

Easter Praise & Preach Christmas may come but once a year, but Easter should always be with us!
Pray for Calix and others as they minister the Good News of Easter this month. Please use the enclosed leaflets giving details of Easter messages on the subject ‘So great a Salvation’ to invite your friends along.

Remember [...]

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Notes from Calix’s Induction Service

March 3, 2016

Message to the Church
Wise words of Admonition – Check them through with your Bible.
The following is a precis of the Charge to the church given by Paul Reed on the occasion of the induction of Calix Furus to Rehoboth Grace Baptist church Horsham on Saturday 6th February 2016.
The church should endeavour:
To have [...]

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Unfathomable but Knowable (Thought for March 2016)

March 3, 2016

Unfathomable but Knowable Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” For from him and [...]

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A Snapshot of Furus History

February 6, 2016

A Snapshot of Furus History  (For them, Fur-us) It is roughly a year since we first met — Rehoboth and us Furuses. In stages, you got to know us; first me, and then the full house: Bea (my Beautiful wife), Klaudió (the hero of the clan), Tea (the princess) and Ramón (the rascal-clown-cute little fella’). [...]

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Fellowship news (February 2016)

February 6, 2016

Induction Service
Saturday 6th February – an important day in Rehoboth’s calendar: join us at Brighton Rd Baptist at 2.30pm for the Induction service for Calix Furus as our new Pastoral Elder – and please invite your friends to be with us.
Please be in prayer for Calix, Bea, Klaudo, Tea and Ramon on that day, as [...]

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Doors Opening (thought for February 2016)

February 6, 2016

“See I have placed before you an open doorway that no-one can shut.”
Revelation 3:8
Doors Opening As we leave January and enter into February 2016 it is as if we have entered through the ‘doorway’ (latin ianua ) of the new year and into the month of ‘purification’ (latin februum). We don’t practise such rituals or [...]

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A letter from the Norgates

January 10, 2016

Dear Friends,
It is with thankfulness that we look back on 2015, a year of endings and new beginnings. In June, we left our home in rural Cambodia.
We give thanks for doors opening for the gospel among neighbours, colleagues and into the local unreached villages. We were ready for a rest from the challenges of life [...]

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