Saturday 30 March 2019

Sunday Service: Exodus 12:29-36

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 main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.
At 10.00 we'll start our service with our series on The Book of Exodus.
With Giovanni we'll engage with  
Exodus 12:29-36
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ,
since in Him, we "are no longer strangers and aliens, but we are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God." Ephesians 2:19



Stefano, Stefania & Raffaela will lead our children's programme based on The Gospel Project for kids,
in which week by week kids engage with the same
Bible passage and families will have activities
to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Thursday 28 March 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Plot Twist 2: The Last Supper!



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 have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the 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: Plot Twist 2: The Last Supper
We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Chunk the Chicken, Who are you?, Tangled, Spot the Recipe!, One Way Ticket, The Way, This Order, No way/Ok, Now & Then, Grape Fun, Wrap UP, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk.
 
Plot Twist is a 3 part series that gives an overview of the gospel story, pointing to the Easter story. The 2nd in the series looks at the Last Supper. Jesus’ friends were distressed and comforted by his words and actions. Knowing that it would be something they would remember and think over once he had left them, he gives them not just words, but images and actions!

Wednesday 27 March 2019

Mid-week prayer meeting


Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our mid-week prayer meeting with our church family at Caffé del Borgo.

Stefano will lead this time engaging with Luke 18:1-8. We will have a time of prayer dedicated to our church family, 
a time of intercession for the community, 
and for God's work on a global level!

Saturday 23 March 2019

Uncover Luke 4 older teens - Evidence B: Guess who's coming for dinner?

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Uncover Club,
a programme 4 older teens to engage with Luke's Gospel!
We'll run these meetings one a month in the Café of the theatre we use for our Sunday meetings as church.

Uncover - See for Yourself!, is an interactive Bible Study for Young Adults created by UCCF to engage with Luke's Gospel, which was written as an investigation into the life and purpose of Jesus Christ. Uncover will help us to investigate Jesus’ claims and experience the life he offers.

Tomorrow with Stefano , we'll engage with 
Luke 7:36-50 and we'll see that Jesus wants us
to become like the nameless prostitute.
If we do, it will be extraordinary.






Sunday Service: Exodus 12:1-28 - The Passover of freedom!

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 main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.
At 10.00 we'll start our service with our series on The Book of Exodus.
With Stefano we'll engage with  
Exodus 12:1-28 - The Passover of freedom!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ: "knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot" 1 Peter 1:18-19




Matteo & Jenny will lead our children's programme
based on The Gospel Project for kids,
in which week by week kids engage with the same
Bible passage and families will have activities
to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Friday 22 March 2019

Theology for Breakfast with Porterbrook!

Tomorrow we'll continue
with our meeting:  
Theology for Breakfast!

Following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll meet from 9am to 11am @ Central Café
in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a breakfast with capuccino & croissant or
bread + butter + jam,
we'll engage with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!

We'll interact with the Porterbrook module:
The Bible in Missional Perspective.
With Stefano we'll engage with Unit 7.
Our Solution Personified (the coming of Jesus)

Together we'll walk through the Bible as the story of God's mission to redeem the world through his Son. We’ll find out why the church is so central to mission, and how to see everyday life through the Gospel lens.

Thursday 21 March 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Plot Twist 1: The story so far...



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 have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the 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: Plot Twist 1: The story so far...

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Plot Twist, Pointing Game, Jesus Hunt, Leading Up, Big Picture, The Whole Story, What do you see?, Jesus is..., Why/Because, Rescue Mission, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk.
 
Plot Twist is a 3 part series that gives an overview of the gospel story, pointing to the Easter story. 
The first in the series looks at ‘the story so far’ - at everything leading up to the final week of Jesus’ life. It gives an overview of what has happened gearing up for the story of Jesus and why it was so important.

Saturday 16 March 2019

Christianity Explored - The World We All Want!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue with our Christianity Explored Bible Study,
for every age-group!
We have now a regular group of students,
so after having completed our studies on
the Gospel of Mark and Luke,
we engage with The World We All Want course to discover together the big message of the whole Bible.
We run these public meetings @ the Café of the theatre we use for our Sunday meetings!
The World We All Want presents the gospel through the Bible story. It presents the biblical worldview that people need if they are to understand the work of Christ.
Often presentations of the gospel are individualistic, focusing on an individual's relationship with God. It then becomes difficult to teach people about the church except in functional terms or terms than contradict the message of grace. The focus of the Bible, however, is on God's plan to create a people who are his people.


Tomorrow with Stefano
we'll start Session Two:
Jesus shows us God's new world -
Mark chapters 4-5 and 8.

The course begins by engaging with people's desire for a better world, showing how God promises such a world in the Bible and how Jesus gave us a glimpse of that world. This provides a natural point of contact with people; a common aspiration.
It establishes at the beginning of the course a reason why the Bible story is so important. As the course develops, however,
it makes it clear that this world cannot be human-centred,
it must be God-centred.

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Paolo Patuelli

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 main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.
At 10.00 we'll start our service and
Paolo Patuelli, pastor of Luce sul Santerno Evangelical Church in Imola, will preach on Christ calls you,  
from Luke 5:1-11. Together we will see 
the beauty of Christ, who said to Simon:  
"Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." Luke 5:10
 




Justin & Carli will lead our children's programme
based on The Gospel Project for kids,
in which week by week kids engage with the same
Bible passage and families will have activities
to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Friday 15 March 2019

Budrio Preaching Class

Tomorrow morning we'll have our Preaching Class meeting.
We're very excited about this opportunity to invest in the
lives of Nino & Giovanni 
to equip them to preach
God's Word in our church!

Together we'll engage with Exodus 12:29-36 because Giovanni will preach from it
in March!





In this sessions we'll also interact with Stuart Olyott's book Preaching pure and simple.

Tomorrow we'll continue to engage with the first chapter:
What is Preaching?

In his book, Olyott insists that a sermon should be rooted in accurate exegesis, characterized by doctrinal substance, Christ–centredness and supernatural authority, as well as being clear, direct, vivid, helpful and moving.

Thursday 14 March 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Add this to my Story!



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 have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the 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: Add this to my Story!


We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Instagram Stories Tutorial, 4 Corners Filters, Create-A-Filter, Stories Charades, Our Stories, Rock/Paper/Scissors/Taxes, Zacchaeus' Story, The Story of My Life, 
One Word Story, The Ripple, Paper Stories, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Luke 19:1-10, where we'll see that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost!

Tuesday 12 March 2019

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 11

Tomorrow evening we'll have our
AppExodus (Applying Exodus), 
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.
Justin will lead this time where as 
church-family we'll engage with what 
we are studying from Exodus 11!

Monday 11 March 2019

March outreach Day 4: Budrio Middle School

Tomorrow we'll conclude our outreach with the team from the Arkansas Baptist Preparatory High-School.











We'll spend the morning @ Budrio Middle School, where Justin teaches English, interacting with 10 classes. Coach Billy Goss will run some Baseball Clinics and the American students will share about Jesus' love!
 

With a group of students we'll take part at A Coffee Together, the weekly Elderly Citizens programme attended by Stefano's mother.

We'll do a craft with them and we'll have the opportunity to share the goodness of the Lord and his everlasting saving grace!

Sunday 10 March 2019

March outreach Day 3: Budrio Middle School

Tomorrow we'll continue our outreach with the team from the Arkansas Baptist Preparatory High-School.











We'll spend the morning @ Budrio Middle School, where Justin teaches English, interacting with 5 classes. Coach Billy Goss will run some Baseball Clinics and the American students will share their testimonies about Jesus' once and for all death for our sins at the Cross and His resurrection to give us his new life!

Saturday 9 March 2019

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Billy Goss

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 main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.
At 10.00 we'll start our service and
Billy Goss, director of missions of the Arkansas Baptist Preparatory High-School of Little Rock, USA, will preach on
Jesus: the only way to salvation
from John 14: 5-7 and Acts 4: 11-12. Together we will see the beauty of Christ, 
as we have been saved "not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy." Titus 3:5-7
 
Tony & Simona will lead our children's programme
based on The Gospel Project for kids,
in which week by week kids engage with the same
Bible passage and families will have activities
to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.







After the service, we'll keep spending time together, enjoying a fellowship lunch, followed by a prayer walk around Budrio.

We'll also celebrate with our community during the annual Budrio Chocolate Festival!

Friday 8 March 2019

March outreach Day 2: Budrio High School

Tomorrow we'll continue our outreach with the team from the Arkansas Baptist Preparatory High-School.

 











We'll spend whole the morning @ Budrio High School, where Jenny teaches English, interacting with 5 classes. Coach Billy Goss will run some Baseball Clinics and the American students will have a time of group discussions to share about Jesus' transforming love!

Thursday 7 March 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Worldwide Family



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 have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the 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: Worldwide Family

We'll have with us the team from the Arkansas Baptist Preparatory High-School 
of Little Rock, USA.
With them, we'll play lots of fun games like: We are Family, Getting Ready Race, 
The Incredibles, Family Tree, Groups of..., Phone a Family Member, Always There, Family Tag, Signs, Trigger, Hand Pat, Ninja, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk from Ephesians 3, where we'll see the breadth and length and height and depth of Jesus' love!