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Summer Newsletter 2021

June 20, 2021 by BandM Leave a Comment

Dear Partners and Friends of Welcome Network,

We hope you are keeping well.

FAMILY NEWS 

Our daughter, Abigail is now married to Scott – they are waiting until October for the church celebration, but had the registry ceremony in April. We are so pleased they went ahead! Also our eldest son, David and his wife, Holly have had a new baby girl called Wren who is very cute!

OUR VILLAGE (Shilbottle in Northumberland)

Our village community notice board is now installed alongside our property – we are grateful to all the individual donations which helped cover its cost. Thank you. It is already being a blessing to the whole village, available for any local community groups, and we have also been using it for gospel posters. We are next to the village shops so there is a good footfall.
The 
Albafarne prayer garden is now open for individuals and groups again. If you are in the area, and would like to spend some time out with God, come along for an hour, or a whole day!  (to let us know you are coming, tel.07988564299). 
We had our first 
Prayer Day last month, on the theme, ‘Walking in the Spirit’ which was fully booked. The theme of walking was appropriate because we had hosted a prayer walk around the village a few weeks earlier. The walk brought together Christians from the area, and has been a great opportunity to pray God’s blessing over the village.

REGIONALLY IN NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE & WEAR 

Since January, we have hosted several regional gatherings on zoom, all intended to encourage and nurture revival – through prayer, worship, and the prophetic (Open Wells and Northumberland Prayer Net events), as well as a Creative mission event, which aims to encourage imaginative ways of reaching our communities with the gospel. Along with a local team, we are now planning a three-session GRASSROOTS PRAYER SCHOOL, starting on Sat 19th June, (the other two sessions will be in the autumn) See you tube recording.

Our monthly, hour-long ‘Pockets conversations’ on zoom have been providing mutual encouragement and support for a scatter of individuals, couples and small groups in our region, and further afield. We had a Pockets event online in Feb (still available to view on youtube).

Amazingly, we are pleased to tell you that we are starting the AWAKE GOSPEL COMMUNITY CHOIR with an introductory session in July, in Alnwick – our local market town. This has been a project we have wanted to do for at least two years but is now at last, becoming a reality with the arrival of someone prepared to take on the role of choir leader. We are like men who dreamed!
Our desire is to create a community where people from any background can come and have fun singing gospel music together. We will be sharing the gospel as we explain the meaning of the lyrics of the songs!

GLOBAL ZOOM EVENT – ‘SENTNESS’ – How Apostles help us to be Apostolic

Have you ever wondered what apostles are about? How do they help us, and what do they look like?
We are having a GLOBAL SPECIAL on Mon 5th July for an hour. Please join us, 6.45pm for a 7pm start (UK time) –  Meeting ID: 725 337 9548  Password: Albafarne
Our new book, ‘Sentness – How apostles help us to be apostolic’ is available from Amazon, in printed form and kindle from July 1st onwards. We will be praying for the global impact of this book during the event.

BRIGHT RIVER CHAPEL

We feel God has been encouraging us with these words, ‘whatever happens, keep on singing!’ Every Sunday (4pm for 4.15pm UK time) we bring worship and encouragement for 30 to 45 min online. If you’d like to join us and our small broadcasting team on zoom, you are very welcome! We have a short time of sharing and prayer afterwards (zoom details are the same as above). Otherwise, watch us live on face book (Bob), or on the Welcome network youtube channel during the week.

NORDIC COUNTRIES

We are grateful for the Nordic 365 prayer initiative, which has been stirring us up to pray for the Nordic countries, so although we haven’t been able to travel there physically for over a year, we have gone there in prayer! We want to thank God for all of you, our Welcome Network supporters and friends. Thank you for your prayers and financial giving. It has all helped and we appreciate your input into our lives.

With much love
from Bob and Mary Bain xxx

 

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Welcome Network Christmas Newsletter 2020

December 12, 2020 by BandM Leave a Comment

Dear Partners and Friends of Welcome Network

AWAKE   Ps 57:8   ‘Awake, my soul, Awake, Harp and Lyre! I will awaken the dawn.’

 We are sensing that God is waking us up to what He wants to see happening through His people in 2021. Bob has picked up his guitar, and we have both been spending much more time in worship. We feel there is a definite link between worship and mission. In Acts 13:1-3, as believers worshipped and prayed together, it became clear to them what God wanted them to do next.

So, in the days leading up to Christmas let’s be alert for unexpected surprises! Just before the first Christmas, not many people expected the final window of their Advent calendar, to reveal a baby lying in some straw! Get ready for the new and unexpected gifts and purposes God may have for us in 2021!

OUR VILLAGE – Please pray for the goodness of God to impact our village, Shilbottle, as we post different residents singing a verse from a carol each day during advent on the village Facebook page.  It has been been really fun- like carol singing in reverse, as we have gone to people’s front doors and filmed them singing on Mary’s phone! Also, we will be delivering a Christmas gospel magazine and a lovely Christmassy prayer card to each of the eight hundred houses in the village.

 Having successfully applied for planning permission, we will be getting a community noticeboard erected alongside our property early in 2021. This will help to highlight local village events alongside those being done by local churches and other Christian organisations.

REGIONALLY IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND TYNESIDE – Over the autumn we hosted with others a number of regional events on zoom around prayer, worship and the prophetic, as well as one on creativity in mission. The latter brought together those engaged in mission and church planting across Northumberland and the Borders for an hour of encouragement and sharing. We hope to do similar events next year.

LAUNCHING AFTER LOCKDOWN – Our book is an encouragement to launch out of lockdown from a deeper place of intimacy with God, and with a better understanding of what might be next. It is available from https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=mary+bain&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss, and would make a great gift to uplift someone this Christmas.

GLOBAL CHRISTIAN NET AND MEDIA WORK – At this time, we are working internationally with others, to bring together a regular online discipling event, called Global Christian Net. Our aim is to help scatterings of Christians around the world to support what God is doing in their nation, and in particular to consider, where appropriate, the planting of new church expressions. A launch is planned for Sunday 10th Jan 2021. Please let us know if you are interested in being involved in this.

We are also assisting our friend Laura Rumley in a new series, Praying with Power, – looking at the Lord’s prayer. Programmes are being released on IPAA TV over the next few months.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. If you have benefitted from our work as Welcome Network, and have not considered supporting us financially before, you may want to consider doing so. This can be one-off, or a regular gift – see details at the end of this newsletter.

We are very grateful for our present base of supporters, who God has prompted to help us. Please  pray for us that we will hear what God is saying and be a blessing in the North East, the UK and in the Nordic countries. We would love to keep in touch, and let us know how we can pray for you!

Much Love and a very Happy Christmas!

    Bob and Mary Bain XXX

Welcome Network, 29 Grange Road, Shilbottle, Alnwick NE66 2XN; Mob: 07988564299 e-mail:  bobbain@hotmail.co.uk;  See our website blog for ministry news and info : welcomenetwork.org. To support our work, please send gifts to Welcome Network, HSBC sort code   40-16-11 A/C no. 22141965 or use link https://www.give.net/welcomenetwork/oneoff

 

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GLOBAL SPECIAL Launching after Lockdown on 27th October at 12pm and 8pm.

October 9, 2020 by BandM Leave a Comment

Blow on us, Breath of God! We are your people carrying seeds of LIFE.         

GLOBAL SPECIAL

Launching after Lockdown 2

60 minutes of Sharing, Encouragement and Prayer via Zoom.

Dear Friends, 

 

What is God encouraging us to do as we come out of Lockdown?

 

Where are you being positioned?

 

“As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” John 20: 21

 

Please join us from your own time zone 

Tuesday 27th October 2021
at 12 noon, repeated at 8pm (UK Time)

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7253379548?pwd=TlZSOExsMkxheVJvYVY1eTN1a1JCUT09

Meeting ID: 725 337 9548  Password: Albafarne

Love from Bob and Mary xxx

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A REVIVAL EVENT FOR NORTHUMBERLAND – 5th Oct 2020

October 3, 2020 by BandM Leave a Comment

NORTHUMBERLAND PRAYER NET

“Open your eyes and look at the fields! they are ripe for harvest.”John 4:35

PRAYING at Harvest-time for Northumberland and Tyneside

 

Please JOIN US for One HOUR via ZOOM

MONDAY 5th October at 7 30pm

 

Join ZOOM Meeting ID: 725 337 9548
Password : Albafarne

Come Holy Spirit! Be poured out over our region so that many will come to know Jesus and enter God’s Kingdom!

 

These events are hosted by
Northumberland Prayer Net – Welcome Network
with As One NE
. 

Welcome Network logoPlease join Northumberland Prayer Net Group on Facebook

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TWO REVIVAL EVENTS – Open Wells WORSHIP & Northumberland PRAYER NET

September 11, 2020 by BandM Leave a Comment

 

OPEN WELLS WORSHIP 

“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink… streams of living water will flow from within him.”  John 7: 37,38

 

Worship together with other Christians from across Northumberland and Tyneside.

 

Please JOIN US for One Hour via ZOOM

 

TUESDAY 29th September at 7 30pm

Join ZOOM Meeting ID: 725 337 9548
Password : Albafarne

 

NORTHUMBERLAND PRAYER NET

“Open your eyes and look at the fields! they are ripe for harvest.”John 4:35

 

PRAYING at Harvest-time for Northumberland and Tyneside

 

Please JOIN US for One HOUR via ZOOM

 

MONDAY 5th October at 7 30pm

Join ZOOM Meeting ID: 725 337 9548
Password : Albafarne

Come Holy Spirit! Be poured out over our region so that many will come to know Jesus and enter God’s Kingdom!

 

These events are hosted by
Northumberland Prayer Net – Welcome Network
with As One NE
. 

 

Please join Northumberland Prayer Net Group on Facebook

Welcome Network logo

 

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