Weekly Newsletter 

Dear Church Family,

As we continue to reflect on Jesus’ Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation, the message Buki brought last Sunday was a clear call to No Compromise!

The Church in Pergamum was commended for their faithfulness in the midst of strong persecution, and those who remained victorious were promised the blessing of a white stone with a new name on it – a name known to them and God alone.  That’s a promise that God sees their faithfulness and assures them that they are forgiven and their righteousness is known in heaven.

However, in the middle of the letter is a call to repentance   – some of the members of the church were compromising their faith – instead of remaining true to the gospel calling of holiness, they had started to embrace things in their lives that don’t belong in the Kingdom of God.  They were eating food sacrificed to idols and committing sexual immorality, both of which are abhorrent to God; so, Jesus calls the whole church to repent.  He calls them to leave their old life of sin and come fully into His Kingdom.

Next Sunday (18th October) at HTSB we are celebrating with 5 members of our church family who will be making a public profession of their faith and trust in Jesus by water baptism.  It will be a great time of joy for all of us as together we praise God for his gift of salvation in Jesus and the renewal of our lives by The Holy Spirit.  It’s a time for the candidates and us as a church to repent of our sins and turn to Christ – with No Compromise!  I always find these services deeply moving as we come before God, confess our sinful nature and receive his forgiveness and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Then we will be empowered to live out the promises we make to God and minister to others in His name.  Do come along at 1045 and join in the celebration!

And remember ‘Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches’ (Revelation 2:17)

Here are a few things we think you’d like to know about…

  • Harvest collections – thank you again for your generous donations to Swale Foodbank and Tearfund’s Toilet Twinning project.  We’re excited to announce that our collection for the Toilet Twinning project has grown and we now have enough 34 toilets!  Go Team Trinity!

    There’s still time to donate to the project as the last date will be Sunday, 18 October.  Here’s how you can give: 

  • Bank transfer…send donations to HT’s bank account.  Contact us to get our account details and don’t forget to put ‘Toilet Twinning’ in the reference!

  • By using the SumUp machine in church, or putting cash in one of our labelled envelopes during the service.

  • Advance notice!  HT’s car park will be unavailable all day on Monday, 26 October due to essential tree works.

  • Why not join us in pushing back the darkness that’s around at this time of year by coming to our Fun Family Friday Light Party in church from 7pm – 8.30pm on Friday, 30 October.  Everyone in our church family, plus their friends and family, are very welcome!  It’s going to be good fun!

  •  As you probably know by now, HT will be running a stall at Sittingbourne’s Christmas Lights event on 14th November.  If you own a sturdy gazebo with side panels, would you be able to lend it to us for the day?  If so, let one of the leadership team know, or email the office – office@htsb.church  And don’t forget to pray for lots of opportunities to share the good news of Jesus!

  •  Thursday prayers at Holy Trinity – please note that there won’t be any prayers in church on Thursdays 5th November and 3rd December.

  •  Ladies!  Don’t forget to make a note in your diaries of our next Women’s Breakfast at 9am on Saturday, 28 November!

 With love and prayers, 

Ann and the Staff team