Thursday, 30 May 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Secrets...shhh...


Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
our last meeting of the
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: Secrets...shhh...
Together we'll play lots of fun games like: Social Media World Record, Messy Potraits, Chinese Whispers, Social Chat!, How far?, Discussion Time, Chocolate Variety Quiz, Peter Profile, Sit down Stand up, Secret Response, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk from Psalm 139 where we'll see how through Jesus' love, we can say to God our heavenly Father: "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!". Psalm 139:23-24

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Family Time - Happy Birthday Marco


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

We'll spend the evening at a local pizzeria 
to celebrate Marco's 50th birthday 
thanking the Lord for the gift of his life
and for the even greater gift of his new life 
by Jesus' grace!

Pray for this lovely opportunity to enjoy in our community the gifts of the Lord of friendship and of church family!

Saturday, 25 May 2019

Uncover Luke 4 older teens - Evidence D: Look who’s coming to dinner


Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Uncover Club,
a programme 4 older teens to engage with Luke's Gospel!

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 Colin, we'll engage with 
Luke 18:31-19:10 and we'll see that Jesus says he has come to seek and to save the lost. Will you welcome him? Or despise him for saying it?

Sunday Service: Exodus 15:1-21

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 15:1-21: The song of the redeemed to the God of justice and salvation!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus,
when one day we'll all sing: "the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! 
Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed." Revelation 15:3-4




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, 24 May 2019

Theology for Breakfast with Porterbrook!

Tomorrow we'll conclude
our series of meetings:  
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 9.
Our Hope Proclaimed (the resurrection and Pentecost).
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, 23 May 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - 2 Debtors!



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: 2 Debtors!
Together we'll play lots of fun games like: The Debt Collector, The Word Sneak, 
The Unexpected Guest, The Hand-Drying Challenge, The Setup, Forgiving the Debts, The Story, I forgive, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Acrostic, Seeking Forgiveness, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Luke 7:36-50 where we'll see how our understanding of the depth of Christ's love is proportionate to our understanding of the depth of our sinfulness.

Sunday, 19 May 2019

Christianity Explored - The World We All Want!

This  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 continue with Session Two
Jesus shows us God's new world -
Mark chapters 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.

Saturday, 18 May 2019

Sunday Service: Exodus 14

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 14: 
The demonstration of the power and glory of God through judgment and salvation!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus:
"Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life" Romans 6:3-4



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.

Thursday, 16 May 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Solidarity What's Next?



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: Solidarity What's Next?
Since last Saturday, we've participated with many kids from the MySpace Club to the sixth Food Bank Collection in Budrio, we'll engage with this theme, by playing lots of games like: Steal the Bacon, It's All Connected, We are present!, Why Should We Care?, The Restless Ones, The Quiz, A Daily Reminder & Influencers! which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk from Acts 4:32-35 where we'll see how Christ's love drives us to give because he gave first himself to us.

Tuesday, 14 May 2019

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 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 13!

Saturday, 11 May 2019

Sunday Service: Exodus 13:11-22

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 13:11-22: 
The way where God leads to!
Together we'll see see the beauty of Jesus,
for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; 
what can man do to me? Hebrews 13:5-6



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.

Sunday Service @ Forte Torre Evangelical Church

On Sunday,
we'll be with our friends from the
Forte Torre Evangelical Church in Bologna.

We partner with Forte Torre church in reaching out Bologna and its province and with the work of The Gospel Coalition Italy!

Tomorrow Stefano will preach from Hebrews 12:1-3
Christ the founder and perfecter of our faith,
with these headings:
I.  Lay aside every weight and sin
II. Run with endurance the race
III. Fix your eyes to Jesus

Friday, 10 May 2019

Serving our community @ the 6th Budrio Food Bank Collection

Tomorrow we'll be involved from 8am to 8pm 
in helping at the 6th food-bank collection  
for the needy families in Budrio 
organised by the town-hall in partnership 
with all the local associations.

We are very excited that our church 
is taking part in this event, and that 
some teens from our after-school club
will join us in helping alongside us!

Join us in praying that we'll be able 
to be a blessing for our community and 
to live and share the Gospel 
in many practical ways!

Thursday, 9 May 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Solidarity Vs Poverty!



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: Solidarity Vs Poverty!
This Saturday in Budrio, we'll participate to the sixth Food Bank Collection in Budrio, so we'll engage with this theme, by playing lots of fun games like:  
What's Solidarity, The Miniature Earth Project, 
Stranded, Running the Race of Life,
Towering Over, Water of Life - Compassion,
What's Next? Excel in the Grace of Giving,
Meet Margaret Makhoha, Solidarity Vs Poverty!
which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk 
from 2 Corinthians 8:9-15
where we'll see the beauty of Jesus,
that though he was rich, 
yet for our sake he became poor, 
so that we by his poverty 
might become rich!

Saturday, 4 May 2019

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Davide Corradini

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
Davide Corradini, pastor of Chiesa Evangelica in San Lazzaro, will preach on Unity in the church of Christfrom Ephesians 4:1-16. Together we will see the beauty of Christ, since: "speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love." Ephesians 4:15-16

Nino & 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.

Stefano will lead the Lord's Supper with a reading from 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread."

Thursday, 2 May 2019

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Avengers EndGame or Hopelessness?



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: 
Avengers EndGame or Hopelessness?

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Avengers 4: Endgame or Hopelessness?, 
Avengers Unscramble!, Cap's Shield Toss,
Let's Recap: Avengers' Marathon!,
Avengers Endgame?, Hawkeye's Eye,
Who's Peter Quill?, When Star Lord meets Thor,
Who's Chris Pratt?, Grace & Blood,
Iron Man's Inventions, The end of the Game!,
which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Romans 5:1-11, where we'll see how only through Jesus' blood and by God's grace, 
we can be saved and enjoy a life of real hope!