First Conference of The Gospel Coalition Italia

Tomorrow will start the first two-days conference of  TGCi - The Gospel Coalition Italia.

Four of the Council Members will develop theme:
Guarding the Good Deposit of the Gospel,
from 2 Timothy!











The main sessions will be lead by Mark Oden, Pietro Ciavarella, Giampaolo Aranzulla and Stefano Mariotti.

Watch the video presentation of the conference,
done by Don Carson:

We're very excited that 12 people from our church will attend the TGCi conference.
For most of them it's the very first Christian conference they'll attend.

Join us in praying that it will be a fruitful experience to build a missional DNA in Italian churches and to enlarge our vision for God's kingdom, while we build our churches to be Gospel centred in every sphere!

Sunday Service: Genesis 50

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 concluding our series on the book of Genesis.
With Stefano we'll engage
with Genesis 50: 
The peace of God's Sovereignty!
We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ,
who, once and for all, freed us from death,
and the slavery of sin! Romans 7:15-25





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

Primaveranda - Serving & Living out our faith in the community!

In Italy this week is a kind of Spring Break,
and every year the local cultural association of Budrio
organizes a festival called Primaverda
(from Primavera, which in Italian is Spring).

This year is the 30th anniversary of this festival,
and as a church we've been asked to help in serving food
and guard the street access alongside other volunteers!

We'll spend Saturday & Sunday afternoon
serving & living our our faith in our community!

Join us in praying that many good Gospel conversations
will take place and that our church will grown in this
missional vision to reach our our community!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Injustice!

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: Injustice!

We'll play lots of fun games like:  

Shoe Basketball, Egg Roulette,
The unjust race, What injustice?,
The potato returns, Share or Steal,
Them first, I've got the power, 
Sum up, which will serve as illustrations

to Justin's Talk from Philippians 2:3-4
where we'll see God took our injustice
to give it to Jesus on the cross, and in turn
He gave us Jesus' Justice!

AppGenesis - Mid-Week Bible Study - Genesis 49

Tomorrow evening we'll continue with

AppGenesis (Applying Genesis), 

our series of Mid-Week Bible Studies in which we'll keep interacting & applying what we're learning through the preaching in our Sunday Morning services.

Justin will lead this time where as 

church-family we'll engage with what 

we are studying from the book of 

Genesis chapter 49!

Sunday Service: Genesis 49

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 continuing our series on the book of Genesis.
With Justin we'll engage with Genesis 49: The Blessing of the coming King!
We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ,
whose throne is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness
is the scepter of your kingdom!
Hebrews 1:8




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 passages from Genesis and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Sunday Service @ Chiesa Nuova Vita

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends
from Chiesa Nuova Vita
for their Sunday morning service.

It will be great to fellowship with them
on The Lord's Day!




Stefano will preach from Genesis 1:1-2:3 engaging especially with the first 3 verses of chapter 2 where we'll see God
creating a Space for rest and a Time for rest!
Together we'll see how Jesus alone can offer us the rest
we long so much!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - What do you meme?

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: What do you meme?

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
What the heck is a meme?, Hot potato,
Meme Jigsaw Race, Meme Chat,
Memery Game, These words made an impact,
What do you Meme?, Think Twice About It,
Meme Generator, Try not to laugh,
which will serve as illustrations
to Stefano's Talk from John 11:25-26
where we'll see that not only Jesus was a great
"meme maker", but that only his words give us life!

Prayer & Envisioning Meeting

Tomorrow evening Nino 
will lead our mid-week
prayer & envisioning meeting.
Our desire is to build up our church to have a passion for our community with a global vision for the work of the Lord!

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans 8:26-27

Christianity Explored - Uncover Luke

Tomorrow afternoon 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, we'll interact with the Gospel of Luke, using the Uncover material.

We run these public meetings hosted by the Café of the theatre we use for our Sunday meetings as church!

Uncover - See for Yourself!,
is an interactive Bible Study  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 18:31-19:10 and we'll see that by approaching Jesus as a teacher who could tell him how to get to God, the young man was taking the classic religious approach to life. It is the approach that says: “My life, my acceptance, my worth, my salvation are ultimately down to me and what I can do.” Jesus revealed to this man the inadequacy of this approach before God. The man didn’t need a religious teacher to show him what to do; he needed a Saviour to do for him what he couldn’t do himself.

Sunday Service, Visiting Preacher: Marco DEmo

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.

We'll have with us Marco & Sarita Demo, from Turin. Marco works in one of the biggest Italian Christian publishing houses, and serves with Stefano @ YfC Italy national board.
Marco will preach from John 7:40-49:
Jesus is the Messiah!




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

Youth for Christ Italy: Board Meeting + Members annual meeting

Tomorrow morning 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!


In the afternoon we'll also have the annual meeting of all the members from around Italy.
It will be a great opportunity to share our vision and prayer challenges!

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 Justin we'll engage with Unit 5:
Our Solution Prefigured (conquest and David)

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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Penalty & Glory

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: Penalty & Glory

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Arrival Penalty, Many Rules Football,
Anthem Sing-Along, Collision?,
Tin Foil Trophies, 10 seconds facts,
Do it all!, World Cup Memory Challenge,
Flick Football, Three-Legged Football,
Play the Game! which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from  
1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 where we'll see what does it mean to do all to the Glory of God
as we imitate Jesus!

Baptismal service: Tony & Tiziana

Tomorrow at 4.00pm we'll have a
Baptismal Service 
to celebrate the Lord's work in
Tony & Tiziana's lives.






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.

Tony & Tiziana are husband & wife that we got to know through the after-school club for teens. We feel the privilege to baptize them together and to see how the Lord is working in their lives. Stefano will preach from Colossians 2:6-15, explaining the significance of the baptism as Jesus' ordinance, and our missional mandate!

We've invited many friends to the service. The town Councillor for the social politics will attend to represent the Town Hall. Join us in praying that the Lord's name will be glorified!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - I can't see God

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: I can't see God

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Blinkers, I can't see it,

What's in the box?, Get Thinking,

Make A Case, See the effects,

Questions = okay, Thomas returns,

The Search, The Jar of Life,

Smell but no see, Last minute thoughts,  

which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk from John 20:24-29 where we'll see what evidence we need to believe in Jesus!

AppGenesis - Mid-Week Bible Study - Genesis 48

Tomorrow evening we'll continue with

AppGenesis (Applying Genesis), 

our series of Mid-Week Bible Studies in which we'll keep interacting & applying what we're learning through the preaching in our Sunday Morning services.

Justin will lead this time where as 

church-family we'll engage with what 

we are studying from the book of 

Genesis chapter 48!