Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 4:11-5:2

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Stefano we'll engage with 1 Timothy 4:11-5:2 - Command these things, Practice these things, Persist in these things! 

Paul, by telling Timothy to command these things, to practice these things, to persevere in these things, told the church then and now, to exhort one another in the gospel, as fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters in Christ, called to be an example to one another in Gospel speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, as together, equippend and led by the Spirit, we live and proclaim the Gospel salvation to all!
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." 1 Corinthians 12:4-7

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

 

As church family we're joining the collection promoted by the Italian Evangelical Alliance to help churches who are in the areas most affected.

These are the bank details:

"Mustard seed" fundrais for the Emilia-Romagna and Marche floods
Bank: UFFICIO PPTT DISTRETTO ROMA
Agency: POSTE CENTRO Via Marmorata, 4, 00153 Rome
IBAN: IT64N0760103200000046728002   
SWIFT CODE: BPPIITRRXXX
Description "Granel di senape".

App1Timothy - Mid-Week Bible Study

Tomorrow evening we'll have our App1Timothy (Applying the 1st Pastoral Letter of Paul to Timothy), our series of Mid-Week Bible Studies in which we'll keep interacting with what we're learning through the preaching in our Sunday services.  

We'll meet at the Bookshop-Café La Terza Stanza, in Budrio. Stefano will lead this time where we'll engage with 1 Timothy 3:14-4:10.

Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 4:6-10

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Stefano we'll engage with 1Timothy 4:16-10 - Nourished by the Gospel and trained in the Gospel! 

Just as the metaphor of nourishment, renders the idea of a continuous and constant process, so the metaphor of training, renders the idea of a challenging, persistent and regular activity! Paul thus calls all the members of the church family that Christ has redeemed, to be nourished by the gospel and to train in the gospel, both individually and reciprocally, to grow and develop in Christ, in the fulfilment of his mission! "...Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." Ephesians 4:15-16

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

 

We'll have a specific time of prayer for all those affected by the flooding in our Region.

As church family we'll join the collection promoted by the Italian Evangelical Alliance to help churches who are in the areas most affected.

These are the bank details:

"Mustard seed" fundrais for the Emilia-Romagna and Marche floods
Bank: UFFICIO PPTT DISTRETTO ROMA
Agency: POSTE CENTRO Via Marmorata, 4, 00153 Rome
IBAN: IT64N0760103200000046728002   
SWIFT CODE: BPPIITRRXXX
Description "Granel di senape".

Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 4:1-5

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Stefano we'll engage with 1Timothy 4:1-5 -  And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good! 

All philosophies and religions in the world are based on 'do': do this, don't do that, to be good, to be worthy, to elevate yourself, to be a good citizen, or to be loved by God. The false gospel, in all its forms, religious or atheistic, tells us that we'll be saved if we try hard enough, that we'll go to heaven, if our good deeds outweigh our bad ones, that we are the redeemers of ourselves, creation and society! Whereas Biblical Christianity, is the only religion of 'done'! The Gospel tells us of God the Son who became man, who entered into our sinful world to redeem us from sin, and on the cross to fulfill the ultimate sacrifice for sin once and for all! "When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished,"..."John 19:30

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

Discipleship groups

 

From the 8th to the 20th of May we'll have our discplipleship groups where we'll engage with the module: Gospel Relationships, concluding Unit 8. Singleness.

Relationships are fundamental to our identity, yet they are fraught with difficulty, fear, conflict and uncertainty. 

Coming to Christ puts us automatically into relationship with a community of his people. The gospel enables relationships to fulfil their purpose and design. The gospel transforms all our relationships. It resolves conflict, and gives new purpose to friendships, parenting and marriages. Together we'll discover how we can be freed to serve and love others with gospel intentionality.

Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 3:14-16

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Nino we'll engage with 1Timothy 3:14-16 - Character and Mission of the Church, all fulfilled by Christ! 

In Christ, God equips His people to live His Gospel, uniting us in His household, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth of the Gospel! "Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory." 1Timothy 3:16

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

 

Theology for Breakfast

Tomorrow we'll continue
our series of meetings:  
Theology for Breakfast! 
Following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll meet from 9 to 11am @ Central Café in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a breakfast with capuccino & croissants, we'll engage with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!

Together we'll engage with the module: Gospel Relationships, concluding Unit 8. Singleness.

 

Relationships are fundamental to our identity, yet they are fraught with difficulty, fear, conflict and uncertainty. Coming to Christ puts us automatically into relationship with a community of his people. The gospel enables relationships to fulfil their purpose and design. The gospel transforms all our relationships. It resolves conflict, and gives new purpose to friendships, parenting and marriages. Together we'll discover how we can be freed to serve and love others with gospel intentionality. 

Preaching at the joint service of the Churches in Lucca and Pisa

Tomorrow we'll be in Tuscany for the joint service of the Free Church (Chiesa Libera) in Lucca and the Acts29 church plant The Tower Church (Chiesa la Torre) in Pisa.

 

Stefano will preach from 1 Timothy 1:1-11 - The aim of our charge is love!

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Gianluca Nuti

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Gianluca Nuti, from Forte Torre Evangelical Church in Bologna, will preach on "Enjoying creation to enjoy God" from Ecclesiastes 2. 

How vain it is to seek happiness in this creation when one cannot find it, for it is only in receiving it as a gift from God that there is true joy!
"There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind." Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Freedom!

 

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our
My Space Club 4 Teens
for this school year.

We organize this club for local kids,
in partnership with Budrio Town Hall
as part of their after-school programme.

In this way, we've been given a room in Budrio's Library and social workers are sending some of the kids they follow. 

As part of our club, we also offer help
with their English home-works.

 

 

 

 

Together we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material, interacting with the theme: Freedom!

We'll play lots of fun games like: Fonzies’ Challenge, DodgeBall Mudge, Chicken RUN!, Worse / Worser / Worserer, Braveheart’s Freedom, Braveheart’s Freedom, Set FREE!, Let GO…D, For Freedom, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from John 8:30-36.

Jesus is the true freedom-giver, and this was done through his birth, his death on the cross to take the punishment for all the bad stuff we do, and his resurrection to set us free! That means we have freedom from guilt and shame, and a relationship with him where He gives us hope, love, acceptance, significance, comfort and tackles the loneliness that causes so many people to turn to addiction. “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32