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From the monthly archives:

July 2012

A bright new look for MBC’s oldest room

July 31, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for A bright new look for MBC’s oldest room If you’ve called in at church recently you can’t have failed to notice that the oldest part of our building, the room we now refer to as the old church hall, is undergoing what can only be described as an extreme makeover. That’s because throughout the week our Toddler Worker Diane Towns has been busy
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Kenya Text Board – Daily Reports

July 29, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for Kenya Text Board – Daily Reports With MBC’s Kenya Mission Team now safely back in Leeds this section of our website gives you the chance to catch up on some of their exploits.
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Kenya text board – Texts

July 29, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for Kenya text board – Texts As MBC’s Kenya Mission Team prepare to return home you can catch up on their “adventures” right here. This post contains personal, individual texts.
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News from Jane in Inner Mongolia

July 26, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for News from Jane in Inner Mongolia The team had a busy time preparing in Nanjing, then a long journey from Beijing airport to Duolun in Inner Mongolia –
Jane reported: The journey from Beijing, which we were told would be about 3 hours took 9 and a half hours! The roads were pretty awful in Hebei and even worse in Inner Mongolia – at one point we were crossing a field and wished we had been on horseback!
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Who’s Who? MBC’s Holiday Bible Club – view our picture gallery here

July 24, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for Who’s Who? MBC’s Holiday Bible Club – view our picture gallery here Friday 27th July: Over the last three days Who’s Who? – MBC’s Holiday Bible Club – has seen more than 40 children discovering for themselves just how much Jesus can change lives. After learning about life as a member of Jesus’ team today the spotlight fell on Paul and how despite imprisonment, numerous floggings and
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They’re off: the Kenya team are on their way

July 16, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for They’re off: the Kenya team are on their way After more than twelve months of planning and prayer, fund raising, inoculations and visa applications MBC’s Kenya team are finally on their way. At 4.15pm Friday their mini bus pulled out of the car park on the first leg of their 7061.9 kilometer journey from Manchester to Nairobi. The fifteen strong team (that’s the fourteen who
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MBC makes three important new appointments

July 15, 2012 Children
Thumbnail image for MBC makes three important new appointments Last Tuesday’s Church Meeting was without doubt one of the most important in Moortown Baptist Church’s fifty seven year history. On the agenda, under the heading “Appointments” were three names: Gary Tate, Cas Stoodley (pictured above) and Pete Jorysz. The church’s role was to pray, to discuss and finally to vote on whether it was
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The Power of One – Experiences in Afghanistan 18th May – 5th June 2012.

July 12, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for The Power of One – Experiences in Afghanistan 18th May – 5th June 2012. My recent trip to Afghanistan was as an external evaluator for IAM – International Assistance Mission. The organisation runs a number of humanitarian projects in different parts of the country. These include a Physiotherapy Centre and Orthopaedic Worksop in Faryab province in the north-west of the country. Donors for this project had requested an external
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End of Year Youth BBQ… and at last some sunshine!

July 12, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for End of Year Youth BBQ… and at last some sunshine! It’s has been said that “a picture paints a thousand words” well if that’s the case sit back, flick through the gallery below and enjoy the equivalent of 27,000 words which describe how almost 50 young people  had the time of their lives at MBC’s end of year youth bbq.
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Buen Camino to everyone!

July 12, 2012 News
Thumbnail image for Buen Camino to everyone! We arrived back home on Monday afternoon having successfully ridden the Camino. We all have our Pilgrim Credentials and Compostella to prove it.
There are many stories to tell and it has been a tremendous experience. The blog will be edited, updated and photo’s added sometime over the next month or so. In the meantime the
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