Rugby Clinics outreach @ Budrio Vocational School

We're still immerse in our 4 days outreach in Budrio Schools.

Tomorrow we'll be with 3 classes at the Vocational High-School in Budrio from 8.15am to 1.15pm.

Colin White, Scottish former Rugby Player who is now an intern with Acts29 Italy, will teach them Free Tag Rugby,
a sport practically unknown
in Italian schools.


We had a great time with the Middles School kids and really good conversations with some teachers with whom we're establishing a good relationship!

Join us in praying for tomorrow, that the Lord of the fields will greatly use Colin, while he'll engage with kids in teaching and playing Rugby, but especially when he'll be able to share his testimony to about 70 kids.

Colin with a nice class from the Middle School and their PE teacher

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Is it real? What do You think?

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
the My Space Club 4 Teens
we offer during the school-year.



We organize this club for local kids,
where we also help them with their English home-works, in partnership with the Town Hall as part of their after-school programme.

We have a fantastic room with a courtyard in Budrio Library and the social workers are sending some kids with special needs or difficult backgrounds they follow.



Tomorrow we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material, interacting with the theme: Is it real? What do You think?

We'll play lots of fun & interactive games such as: I don't believe my eyes!, 
I want to know, Oh, really?, The Real Thing, Shoe Scramble, What do You think? & 
Keep Searching, which will serve as illustrations to the Talk given by
Giuseppe from John 20:24-29.

Mid-week meeting - Being Church

Tomorrow evening we'll continue our mid-week series of studies on Church Membership & Confession of Faith.

Together we're interacting with every statement of The Gospel Coalition Confessional Statement engaging with God's Word and applying it to our everyday life!



Stefano will lead this meeting in which we'll engage with the eighth statement:  The Justification of Sinners.

We'll engage with the biblical concept of church membership and the importance of being the local body of Christ witnessing His Gospel in Budrio, while experiencing a biblical interdependency with the other local churches who share this Confessional Statements, and the global body of Christ!

Rugby Clinics outreach in Budrio schools - 12-14,17/05/2016

Tomorrow we'll start a 4 days outreach in Budrio Middle and High Schools.

This year we'll offer students
the great opportunity to
practice Free Tag Rugby,
a sport practically unknown
in Italian schools.

This will also be a great opportunity to promote our English Sport Camp Exch@nge!

We'll have as main coach the Scottish former Rugby Player Colin White.
Colin, who lists his career highlights as beating England Under-21s
and playing for Scotland Sevens when they defeated South Africa at Murrayfield, spent time at the academies of both Glasgow Warriors
and Edinburgh.

Colin became a Christian in the US
and now is an intern
with Acts29 Italy.

Tomorrow and Friday morning we'll be from 9 am to 2pm at the Middle school in Budrio.
Colin will be able to share his testimony to about 200 local kids.
Join us in praying for this great opportunity and that the Lord will greatly use Colin!

Sunday Service: The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be your name!

Sunday 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 10.30 we'll start our service with a
prayer time focused on our mission to
our community yet with a global vision.

We'll have a time to share praise&prayer points and subjects to be thankful for!

We'll continue our series on:
The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed be your name!

Jonathan will preach from Matthew 6:9 engaging the church to understand Jesus' teaching to pursue in our prayer life that
God's name will be sanctified!

Maria will lead the time with the little ones!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Follow your Leader - Captain America/Civil War

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
the My Space Club 4 Teens
we offer during the school-year.

We organize this club for local kids,
where we also help them with their English home-works, in partnership with the Town Hall as part of their after-school programme.

We have a fantastic room with a courtyard in Budrio Library and the social workers are sending some kids with special needs or difficult backgrounds they follow.


Tomorrow we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material, interacting with the theme: Follow your leader!

We'll play lots of fun & interactive games based on the movie Captain America: 
Civil war such as: Stars And Shields, 
Time To Suit Up, Who Would You Back?, Spiderman/Ironman/Captain America, How To Avoid A Civil War and The Captain America Shield Game which will serve
as illustrations to the Talk given by
Justin from Matthew 7:28-29 and
Mark 11:27-33!

Mid-week meeting - Being Church

Tomorrow evening we'll continue our mid-week series of studies on Church Membership & Confession of Faith.

Together we're interacting with every statement of The Gospel Coalition Confessional Statement engaging with God's Word and applying it to our everyday life!



Stefano will lead this meeting in which we'll engage with the seventh statement:  The Redemption of Christ.

We'll engage with the biblical concept of church membership and the importance of being the local body of Christ witnessing His Gospel in Budrio, while experiencing a biblical interdependency with the other local churches who share this Confessional Statements, and the global body of Christ!

Connect Together Gospel Churches

Tomorrow we'll spend the whole day in Imola where the local Acts29 church-plant La Rocca in Imola, has organised a
Get Together Day for nearby churches!





4 local churches will come for this day of fellowship and envisioning for a Gospel partnership: La Rocca church, Ravenna Baptist Church, the Evangelical Church in Forlì
and our Impatto Budrio church-plant.

Jonathan Gilmore will preach from
John 4:34 My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Then we'll have a bring and share fellowship lunch together.

In the afternoon Stefano and Giuseppe
will lead a get to know each other time
by playing some games and sharing the stories of our churches and communities.

Pray for this day and that more Gospel Partnerships will be established in Italy.

Youth for Christ Italy: National Board Meeting + YfC Day

Tomorrow afternoon Stefano will be at the National Board meeting of YfC Italy.

Please pray for all the board members to be led by God's wisdom and vision in dealing with the review of last year activities and especially for YfC Italy vision, goals and strategies for next year and the longer terms!


On Saturday we'll have a Youth for Christ Italy Day for all supporters, associates and volunteers!

In the morning Ester, Stefano and Giuseppe will teach about youth clubs and how to use the Rock Solid material & website.
In the afternoon we'll have a business meeting and a feedback from this year + envisioning for the next year!

Mid-week meeting - Being Church

Tomorrow evening we'll continue our mid-week series of studies on Church Membership & Confession of Faith.

Together we'll interact with every statement of The Gospel Coalition Confessional Statement engaging with God's Word and applying it to our everyday life!



Jonathan will lead this meeting in which we'll engage with the sixth statement:  The Gospel.

We'll engage with the biblical concept of church membership and the importance of being the local body of Christ witnessing His Gospel in Budrio, while experiencing a biblical interdependency with the other local churches who share this Confessional Statements, and the global body of Christ!

Sunday Service: The Lord's Prayer: Our Father in heaven!

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 10.30 we'll start our service with a
prayer time focused on our mission to
our community yet with a global vision.

We'll have a time to share praise&prayer points and subjects to be thankful for!

Tomorrow we'll continue our series on:
The Lord's Prayer: Our Father in heaven!

Stefano will preach from Matthew 6:9 engaging the church to understand Jesus' revolutionary teaching in calling
The Lord of heaven Our Father.

Maria will lead the time with the little ones!



To provoke our thinking, we'll read Jacques Prévert poem:
Pater Noster (1946)

Our father that art in heaven
Stay there
And we will stay on the earth
Which is sometimes so lovely

MySpace Club 4 Teens - UEFA Euro 2016: Team Building!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
the My Space Club 4 Teens
we offer during the school-year.

We organize this club for local kids,
where we also help them with their English home-works, in partnership with the Town Hall as part of their after-school programme.

We have a fantastic room with a courtyard in Budrio Library and the social workers are sending some kids with special needs or difficult backgrounds they follow.




Tomorrow we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material, interacting with the theme: UEFA Euro 2016: Team Building!

We'll play lots of fun & interactive games such as: Human Table Football, The Penguin Game, Spider Cup, Teamwork, 
The J Team, Finish My Sentence, 
Lose The Balloons, Three-Legged Football & Part of the Team, which will serve as illustrations to the Talks given by
Stefano from Matthew 9:9-13 and
Giuseppe from Revelation 3:20!

Mid-week meeting - Being Church

Tomorrow evening we'll continue our mid-week series of studies on Church Membership & Confession of Faith.

Together we'll interact with every statement of The Gospel Coalition Confessional Statement engaging with God's Word and applying it to our everyday life!



Jonathan will lead this meeting in which we'll engage with the sixth statement:  The Gospel.

We'll engage with the biblical concept of church membership and the importance of being the local body of Christ witnessing His Gospel in Budrio, while experiencing a biblical interdependency with the other local churches who share this Confessional Statements, and the global body of Christ!

Molinella Middle-School RE Project + Budrio Summer Camps Presentation

Tomorrow morning, Jonathan & Stefano
will be @ the Middle School of Molinella,
a town next to Budrio.

We'll speak to 4 classes during their RE lessons about Who are the Evangelicals 
and what we believe!
We'll start from the 5 Solas of Reformation up to our present Gospel-centred life!

In the afternoon we'll be at Budrio Town Hall presentation of the 2016 Summer activities.

We'll be given the opportunity to present the 2016 Exch@nge English Sport Camp to the many local parents will be there.

Please pray for this great possibility and that we'll be able to meet more local families!

The meaning of being human - Series of Conferences + Joint Service

This weekend we'll have a series of conferences on the gnostic gospels in Bologna.

The main speakers will be, Nicholas Perrin, professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College and Pietro Ciavarella, director of study at Accademia Teologica Logos.

This evening there'll be a conference in Bologna's University Library on: The debate between
proto-gnosticism and primitive Christianity.
Tomorrow, there'll be a day conference on:
Canon and gnosticism in primitive Christianity.

On Sunday we'll have a joint service of the five churches we're partnering with.
Prof. Nicholas Perrin will preach on: Knowing the Sower from Matthew 13:1-12

MySpace Club 4 Teens - What are you searching for?

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
the My Space Club 4 Teens
we offer during the school-year.

We organize this club for local kids,
where we also help them with their English home-works, in partnership with the Town Hall as part of their after-school programme.

We have a fantastic room with a courtyard in Budrio Library and the social workers are sending some kids with special needs or difficult backgrounds they follow.




Tomorrow we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material, interacting with the theme: What are you searching for?

We'll consider how, like Dory, we are all searching for the deep meaning of life.

We'll play lots of fun & interactive games such as: Finding Dory, Design a Fish, 
What are you searching for?, Know what are you're after?, The Light in the darkness, & Wrong Uns which will serve as illustrations to the Talk given by Giuseppe from Matthew 7:7-8.

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