Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Alfonso Sciasci

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 Auditorium, a former church building reconverted to be a cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

 

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Alfonso Sciasci, pastor of the Reformed Baptist Church in Ferrara will preach on "Wisdom is our best friend" from Proverbs 7:1-5. Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, since it is only in him that we can be kept safe and observe God's commandments, so to find true life.

 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage. 

 

During the service, we'll celebrate the Lord's Supper, proclaiming the victory of our Redeemer over sin and death!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Parable: The Prodigal Son!

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, following every Covid-restrictions, we've been given a room in Budrio's Library and 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: The Prodigal Son!

We'll play lots of fun games like: Mountains & Valleys, Flip Face Off, Take a Step, Focus On The Welcoming, Priority Pals, Pass The Priorities, Social Distancing Games, which will serve as illustrations to Yan's Talk from Luke 15:11–32, Together we'll talk about one of the most famous parables in the Bible - the prodigal son! Together we'll see that (a.) An unexpected and drastic abandonment (b.) Becomes a human tragedy, (c.) But finally reveals the love of a Good Father.
“Let's celebrate for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found!”Luke 15:23-24

Acts29 Global Prayer Meeting

 

Tomorrow evening for our monthly prayer meeting as church family, we'll join the Acts29 Global Prayer meeting to intercede with our brothers and sisters across time zones and continents, for the Global Work of the Lord!

Church Planting Sunday: Matthew 22:15-46 - Do you know the Scriptures and the power of God?

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 Auditorium, a former church building reconverted to be a cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio. 

At 10.30 we'll start our service celebrating the Acts29 Church Planting Sunday, where we'll remember the importance of church planting and the planting ministry we're involved in Italy. We'll intercede specifically for our friends of Chiesa la Torre in Pisa, and of Buffalo City Church in Jamestown, ND, USA.

We'll continue our series on Matthew's Gospel - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Nino we'll engage with Matthew 22:15-46 - Do you know the Scriptures and the power of God? 

Together we'll see the beauty of our God, who by Grace revealed to us in all his Word the authority of Jesus over sin, death and resurrection: "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

 

 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Far from Home - 2022 IFES Italy National Conference

From today until Monday, we'll be at the 2022 IFES Italy National Conference for University Students.

This event represents the primary moment of the year when students from all of Italy will gather together in person for 4 days of workshops, prayer and praise to the Lord, music, sport and plenty of time face to face, after nearly 3 years due to Covid!

Stefano has been asked to speak on the: "Far from Home" from 1 Peter.

From the GBU (IFES Italy) webpage:

There aren’t many contexts like university, at least spiritually.  Every day we’re assaulted by the assumption that every “good”, even the best “goods”, can be reached if we humans just put in enough effort.  In today’s university departments, there’s little room for the spiritual: at most, it gets relegated strictly to the private, personal realm that has little or nothing to do with civic life or academic progress.  In our lecture halls, therefore, the socio-physical world and the spiritual world are completely separate, removed from one another.

For both the aggressive atheist and the typical disinterested uni student, someone who wants to entrust themselves completely to Jesus seems strange.  Maybe too strange – crazy, even.  Academically, faith is often seen as weakness, a shortcoming, something that gets in the way of knowledge, that holds humanity back from reaching our true potential.  How then can someone belong to Jesus and at the same time swim in these cultural waters?  It’s easy for a believing student to feel like a fish out of water, to feel truly far from home.

But this experience isn’t at all unique to the modern university

From the very beginning of Christianity, believers have been considered “outsiders” by their society – from the very beginning it was clear to the world that there was something different about these “Christians”, that their allegiance wasn’t the same as those around them, the majority of their society.  For this reason in the early years, the church suffered greatly at the hands of those around them.  The problem was so serious, that the apostle Peter wrote a letter to the first generation of believers – calling them “sojourners and exiles” on this earth – encouraging them to not give up, but to endure, to keep going, even to rejoice in the midst of their sufferings, because of the great blessing that they had received from God.  This letter will be our launching point for the long-awaited FESTA GBU!

EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE: Mark 15:25-16:7 - What do we celebrate at Easter?

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 Auditorium, a former church building reconverted to be a cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our Easter Family Service. With Stefano we'll engage with Mark 15:25-16:7 - What do we celebrate at Easter? Together we'll see the beauty of Jesus, whose resurrection is the proof that on the cross God imputed our sins to Christ, and imputed Christ's righteousness to us, so: "Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Romans 6:8-11

 

 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

SEEKERS Club14-19: seek, and you will find!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Seekers Club for 14/19 years old students, organized by YfC Italy 

with La Piazza Church,  

Forte Torre Church,  

Nuova Speranza Church,

La Rocca Church

and San Lazzaro Church,

 

Tomorrow, we'll be hosted by Forte Torre Church and with Ester, we'll engage with Matthew 20:1-16 - the King and the Laborers in the Vineyard: "Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity? So the last will be first, and the first last." Matthew 20:15-16

In this study we'll see that God is good and acts because of His good will, He won't let any of his workers earn less, even if some will earn more. At this point we have to ask ourselves two questions:
1. Do I frown upon the goodness of God?
2. Do I welcome his great undeserved goodness to a sinner like me?
If the first can reveal a rejection of God, the second should be followed by a true faith in Christ, the king who does not lack but the workers of his kingdom, who like children receive every gift of grace with joy.

This year we'll engage with the Gospel according to Matthew. We'll be exposed to the person of Jesus, discovering who's the King and where's His Kingdom, in the certainty that, as Jesus promised: Seek, and you will find!

SUNDAY SERVICE: Matthew 22:1-14 - What I'll wear for the wedding?

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 conference hall at the local middle school, a strategic and well known location in our community.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on Matthew's Gospel - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Matthew 22:1-14 - What I'll wear for the wedding? 

Together we'll see the beauty of God, who by grace invites us to His Son's Wedding, and sends us to invite everyone: "who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." 2 Timothy 1:9-10

 

 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Theology for Breakfast

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 & croissants, we'll engage with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!

We'll interact with the module: Gospel Relationships. With Stefano we'll start Unit 5. Gifts & Services.

 

Relationships are fundamental to our identity, yet they are fraught with difficulty, fear, conflict and uncertainty. Coming to Christ puts us automatically into relationship with a community of his people. The gospel enables relationships to fulfil their purpose and design. The gospel transforms all our relationships. It resolves conflict, and gives new purpose to friendships, parenting and marriages. Together we'll discover how we can be freed to serve and love others with gospel intentionality. 

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Nicknames 1: Resurrected King!

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, following every Covid-restrictions, we've been given a room in Budrio's Library and 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: Nicknames 1: Resurrected King!

 

We'll play lots of fun games like: Get Your Nickname, Tomb Clothes, Easter Catch Up, Keep Rolling, Surprise!, Crown Toss, The Deep Stuff, Falling Plates, Celebrity Fishbowl, Social Distancing Games, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Galatians 5:1, where we'll explore Jesus' Nickname: Resurrected King! We'll see that Jesus didn't only die on the cross paying for our sins once for all, but he also rose victorious from the dead so that we can experience the freedom of His resurrected life!
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”Galatians 5:1

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Tommy Annest

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 conference hall at the local middle school, a strategic and well known location in our community. 

 

 

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Tommy Annest, pastor of New Hope Church in Casalecchio will preach on "Lessons of Faith from the Life of Isaac" - Genesis 26. Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, as we learn from Isaac's life that our faith is sustained and nurtured by the Lord's promises and presence.

 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage. 

 

During the service, we'll celebrate the Lord's Supper, proclaiming the victory of our Redeemer over sin and death!