Saturday 22 February 2020

Sunday Service: Exodus 33


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 Nino we'll engage with Exodus 33 - Desiring God's presence in Christ.
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus, who said to us: "No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you."  John 15:15-16

 
 
Giovanni & Tiziana will lead our children's programme,
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 21 February 2020

Theology for Breakfast with Crosslands

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 & 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 Crosslands module:
Gospel Change. With Stefano we'll engage with Unit 4. Head and heart in Christian experience
The goal of the Christian life is to be conformed to the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:29). Together we'll learn how to apply the Gospel to our everyday life. We'll find out how change takes place as God’s truth is applied to the heart, and also how to effectively minster the Gospel to those around us.

Thursday 20 February 2020

MySpace Club 4 Teens - FAQs: Why Isn't God Obvious?



Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue
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:  
FAQs: Why Isn't God Obvious?
We'll play lots of fun games like: Obvious Observations, Hidden?, Obviously Convinced, Prove It, Sciencey Bit, Mirror Pictionary, Linked, Where's He At?, Search & Find, Getting To Know Him, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk where we'll see that God is never far or incognizable, actually it's the opposite since in Jesus he can down to us to make himself knowable!

Saturday 15 February 2020

Uncover John 4 older teens - Do you come here often?

Tomorrow afternoon we'll restart with Uncover Club, a programme 4 older teens in partnership with YfC Italia and two other churches in the Bologna area,
to engage with John's Gospel!

Uncover - See for Yourself!, is an interactive Bible Study for Young Adults created by UCCF to engage with John's Gospel. Jesus asks a lot of questions. He provokes questions in others.
Will he help us to make sense of some of life’s big questions as we see for ourselves?

With Stefano, we'll engage with John 4:4-29, 39-42 and we'll see how Jesus smashes through the social conventions of the day and the scandal surrounding one woman’s life and makes her the most astonishing offer.

Jesus locates our emptiness or ‘thirst’ in our alienation from God. He promises to bring us into an intimate relationship with God as Father, which will completely satisfy our thirst.



Sunday Service: Exodus 32


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 Justin we'll engage with Exodus 32.
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus, who: "is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them."  Hebrews 7:25.
During the service we'll have with us Giuseppe & Sun-min, who will share with us the ways in which the Lord is guiding them to serve Him in Germany working with WEC with refugees.
 
Marco & Jenny will lead our children's programme, 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 13 February 2020

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Parable: Friend @Midnight



Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue
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:  
Parable: Friend @Midnight
We'll play lots of fun games like: 
Whose Keys Are These?, Perfect Midnight Feast, Marshmallow Toss, In The Middle Of The Night, Suppose You Have A Friend..., Fish Or Snake, Pen On A String, Support, Buzzee Bee, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Luke 11:5-13 where we'll see the deep meaning of Jesus' words: For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened!

Tuesday 11 February 2020

Christianity Explored - The World We All Want!


Tomorrow evening we'll continue 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 newly open pub in Budrio!
The World We All Want presents the gospel through the Bible story. It presents the biblical world-view 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 continue with Session Five:  
we cannot create God's new world - Nehemiah 9

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.

Saturday 8 February 2020

Sunday Service: Exodus 24


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 24 - God's redemption is sealed and celebrated in Christ.
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus, our great priest, who invites us to draw near God: "with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."  Hebrews 10:22-23

 
 
Matteo & Stefania will lead our children's programme,
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 7 February 2020

Budrio Preaching Class

Tomorrow afternoon 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!
Together we'll engage with Exodus 33
since Nino will preach from this passage
in February!




In this sessions we'll also interact with Stuart Olyott's book Preaching pure and simple.
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 6 February 2020

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Party Animals



Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue
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:  
Party Animals!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
Classic Party Games, Blindfold Musical Chairs, Whatcha Thinking?, Pop! Goes The Wisdom, Birthday Fails, Balloon Challenge, Person To Be, Muffin Prayers, Pop!, Impaired, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk where we'll see how God created laughter and fun as He desires his people to celebrate him!
God has a purpose for us, He's not a kill-joy but a protector of our true joy in Christ!

Wednesday 5 February 2020

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 21-23

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 21-23!

Saturday 1 February 2020

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Michel Di Feliciantonio



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
Michel Di Feliciantonio, pastor of the Chiesa la Torre, an Acts29 church in Pisa, will preach from Colossians 3:5-14 - Jesus redefines our everyday lives.
Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, the one who has forgiven us, redefining our lives in putting on His love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony!


 
Justin & Raffaela will lead our children's programme
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.

Stefano will lead the Lord's Supper with a reading from Matthew 26:26-29 as we proclaim to the world the death and the resurrection of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins.

After the service, we'll have a fellowship lunch, sharing the good food prepared by everyone, a beautiful symbol of God's generosity and provision.
Michel will share about the work of the Lord in Pisa!