From The Manse

2011 has been both interesting and challenging in the life
of Idle Baptist Church.
We have recently lost three long serving folk, but are about
to welcome a new member. Financially whilst we have spent more
than our income the loss has not been as much as was feared. The
building continues to be well used by the community for both weekly
and occasional events.
Thank you to all who have contributed in whatever way to the
continuing work of Idle Baptist Church and Community Centre in
2011.
But we must not dwell on the past for that is gone. We need to
continue to move forward seeking not our will, but the will of God.
In 2012 we face many challenges and as a church community we
need to hold everything together in prayer.
I encourage each of you reading this magazine to place your life
before Jesus in prayer. To spend some part of your daily routine
talking to Jesus in prayer and contemplation. So often we feel too
busy to stop and think where we are going. Yet we know as
Christians that God has a purpose for each of us, if only we will
pause from our frenetic activity to spend time talking AND listening
to Him.
May God in Jesus be with you all through the coming year.
Tony

Idle Baptist,Bradford Road,Idle,Bradford BD10 9RE