News and Events

August 2008

Stephen does some real work!

Senior Pastor Stephen Plummer recently spent a day doing some 'proper work' in the Cook's Collection in Ampthill.

Holiday at Home

Our Holiday at Home event for senior citizens happened from 11th-15th August when over 60 people joined us for a week of fun, friendship, food and some trips out.  You can view some of the wonderful images from the week at the Holiday at Home Gallery page.

July 2008 

Fusion 2008: 28th July - 1st August

As ever Fusion was a huge success with 110 children aged between 6 and 12 years old taking part in this truly manic event, a combined effort between Ampthill Parish Church, Ampthill Methodist Church and Ampthill Baptist Church.  Lots of fun was had, lots of mess was made and congratulations to Mercury Team for being the eventual winners.

SEE THE FUSION PHOTO GALLERY for more pictures

 Car Wash

On Saturday 12th July, the Swordfish Lighthouse group (and some willing parents), took over the car park at Ampthill Town Football Club and washed people's cars for free.  In the space of a couple hours they washed over 20 cars, and the only lull came when the coffee and doughnuts turned up!

The young people wanted to do something for the Hope 08 initiative, which is helping to demonstrate Christian faith in action and to explain the meaning of that faith in villages, towns and cities throughout the UK.

Click on the Hope 08 Logo above to find out more about it and the events going on around the country.

Below are some pictures from the day.

Baptism

Our latest baptismal service was held on Sunday June 15th.  You can see some pictures and find out more about baptism on our Recent Baptisms page.

Rev the Rev

Five local ministers including ABC's very own Stephen Plummer got together recently to record a segment for Fusion 2008.  Taking inspiration from Top Gear's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and It's a Knockout, the five ministers took it in turns to race around an obstacle course on a mobility scooter to see who could clock up the fastest time.  The video will be shown as part of Fusion, with a minister's lap featured on each day of the week.  The overall winner will remain a closely guarded secret until the last day of the event on Friday 1st August.

Left to right: Adrian Ward (Fusion Organiser), Michael Trodden (Ampthill Parish Church), Nigel Washington (Westoning Parish Church), Father Denis McSweeney (Sacred Heart Church, Flitwick),
Steve Summerfield (Shefford Baptist Church) and Stephen Plummer (ABC)

Fellowship Lunch Barbeque

The sun shined and the sausages sizzled as over 60 people came to the annual Fellowship Lunch Barbeque in Barton-le-Clay on Tuesday 10th June.  Every year Associate Pastor Ken Argent and his wife Gill generously allow us to invade their lovely garden and take root for most of the afternoon.  Thanks to Ken and Gill for hosting, to everyone who provided food and to John for masterminding the transport.

Online sermons featured in local media

One of our local papers, Bedfordshire on Sunday ran an article about our new online sermons in their edition published on Sunday 1st June.  Although we're by no means the first church in the local area to offer this service, we're pleased to be joining the ranks of those who are.  We hope that these sermons will be useful to those people who missed a service or to people who are thinking of coming along to Ampthill Baptist Church and would like to get a feel for the style of preaching we have here.

We were also interviewed about them for Chiltern Radio on Tuesday 3rd June. 

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