MySpace Club 4 Teens - Bake off - Is food the way to the heart?

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: Bake off - 
Is food the way to the heart?

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
The Great Bake Off, Oven Mitts Relay,
Cups Up Vs Cups Down, Sweet dreams,
The Signature Bake, Bake Off Recap,
The Technical Challenge, Icing Words,
Is food the way to the heart? which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Luke 19:1-10, where we'll see how food was an integral part of Jesus' ministry to teach, model and live the Gospel. Jesus goes to Zaccheus home for a meal, and it's there that he said: "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost"!

Engaging with the Bake Off theme,
we thought to involve Eleonora
the owner of CuoreMio
a new bakery shop just opened in Budrio,
who will help us offering to our MySpace kids,
a taste of a Bake Off style afternoon snack!

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 6:14-7:13

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.

Stefano will lead this time where as 

church-family we'll engage with what 

we are studying from Exodus 6:14-7:13!

LightHouse Club - reaching out teenagers of all nations!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue with our outreach programme: LightHouse Club, reaching out teenagers of all nations!
Once a month, in partnership with YfC Italy, we've invited some older teens from Budrio,
to come with us @ the HUB 
 for under age asylum seekers, alongside a group of Christian teens from various churches
who already partnered with YfC.

We'll have an afternoon of games, sport and arts, where Italian kids will get to know, interact & have fun with migrant kids. Stefano will give a Talk from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on: "A living hope!"

Sunday Service: Exodus 6:28-7:13 - A Word Incarnated & a Message of Victory!

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.
Stefano will preach from  
Exodus 6:28-7:13 - A Word Incarnated & a Message of Victory!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ, who re-created us in God's image to spread God's Word, so that as the Father sent him into the world, so He sent us into the world
John 17:18




Giovanni & Tony 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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - No Way Out?: Temptation

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: No Way Out?: Temptation!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
That Doughnut Game, Push It, The Fixer,
Tempted?, Jump Tag, Mars Attacks,
The Way Out, Which Door?, Decision Time,
Steal the Keys, Join the Club!, Seven Deadly,
which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk from 1 Corinthians 10:12-13, where we'll see that at different points in our lives, we’ll probably find ourselves tempted to do all sorts of crazy and damaging stuff, but that doesn’t mean we have to do those things.
Jesus hasn’t left us alone in this. He’s right there with us when we’re tempted to guide us in finding a way out of it.

Mid-week prayer meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll have our mid-week prayer meeting with our church family.

Justin will lead this time leading us in discovering 4 ways to make prayer a priority in our life:
- Choose a time and place
- Listen before speaking
- Give priority to the spiritual instead of your circumstances.
- Identify your prayer circles.

TGC Italy national board meeting

Tomorrow Stefano will join the other members of the national board of The Gospel Coalition Italy for our meeting in Naples.





We'll have a full day work for the running of the TGC Italy, in shaping it's ministry and service for the Italian church.






We'll also work in preparing the 2nd TGC Italy national conference from the 12th to the 14th of April 2019.


The main speaker will be D.A.Carson,
co-founder of TGC international,
on preaching Christ from the Psalms.

Sunday Service: Exodus 6:14-27 - Jesus: the only priestly mediator between God and men!

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.
Justin will preach from Exodus 6:14-27 - 
Jesus: the only priestly mediator between God and men!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ, who redeemed us to make us a royal priesthood, that we may proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9



Giovanni & Tiziana 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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Nickname3: Saviour!

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: Nickname3: Saviour!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
Sock Bomb, Superhero Quiz, 
Who Will You Save?, The Ransom,
Rank The Ransom, Saved from & saved for, The Judge & His Friend, Crystal Maze Mosaic Challenge, which will serve as illustrations to the Talk given by Justin from Mark 10:45, where we'll see for whom and for what purpose, Jesus paid a ransom at the Cross!

Family Evening: to share food, friendship & Gospel

Tomorrow, we'll have a Family Evening 
to share food, friendship & Gospel.

We'll have a time of games & relax to enjoy the gifts of the Lord of friendship and of church family!

Stefano will lead a time with God's Word, interacting with Malachi 3: 1-4, where we'll see the beauty of Jesus who purifies us with the fire of his love!

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 conclude Session One:
God Promises the world we all want -
Revelation chapters 21-22 + Mark chapter 5.

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 - Andrea Artioli

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
Andrea Artioli, pastor of
Chiesa Sola Grazia and director of
Coram Deo publishing house,
will preach from John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."




 

Justin & 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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Nickname2: Good Teacher!

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: Nickname2: Good Teacher!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
Action Sequence, Famous Teachers' Quiz,
A day in the life of an elementary school teacher,  Look to Learn, Survival, You are chosen X-Factor, The Young Ruler & The Good Teacher, MasterChef ShowCooking, Look+Learn & Try Again, which will serve as illustrations to the Talk given by Stefano from Luke 18:18-27, where we'll see that when we realise we cannot save ourselves, Jesus teaches us that: What is impossible with men is possible with God!

Sport Outreach with under-age asylum seekers

This morning we continued with our outreach programme for kids at the HUB 
for under-age asylum seekers in Budrio, in partnership with YfC Italy.

In a village next to Budrio, three years ago was opened the second biggest centre of the Bologna area, to host under-age migrants landed in Italy. At the moment they host
14 kids, mostly Muslim, from various African countries, Albania and Pakistan.

A door was opened to offer a series of Sport Clinics with Coach Colin White, a former professional rugby player for Scotland, now part of the Bologna staff of YfC Italy.
We are very excited for this opportunity for our church to reach out these kids and for the partnership with the manager of the Mezzolara Sport Centre.

Today we talked about Light and how often we do not know where we go because we are blinded because of our sin. But the Good News is how Jesus is the light who enlightens us and so we can know where to go and find the right path in Him!

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 5

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.

Stefano will lead this time where as 

church-family we'll engage with what 

we are studying from Exodus 5!

Sunday Service: Exodus 5:22-6:13 - From abandonment to Embrace!

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 Colin we'll engage with  
Exodus 5:22-6:13 - 
From abandonment to Embrace!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ that brought us from the abandonment of our separation from God to the embrace of adoption in the family of God!
 


Jenny & Marco 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.

Stefano will then lead the celebration of the Lord's Supper, 

with a reading from Matthew 26:26-29!

Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."