Sunday Service: Acts 1:1-11 - The unfinished task!

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

As a church family, we will have two special Vision and Mission Sundays where we'll study the Book of Acts interacting with the book: "Mission: Your place in God's plan for the nations" by Alan Purser, published by The Good Book Company.

Tomorrow we'll engage with Acts 1:1-11 - The unfinished task!

Why study mission? Mission is the heartbeat of the Bible. From the time of Adam and Eve’s rebellion until the promised new heaven and new earth, God is on a mission: to call rebellious people into a reconciled relationship with him. God’s plan to bring salvation to the ends of the earth was spelled out by his prophets in the Old Testament and proclaimed by his apostles in the New Testament. At the centre of this mission plan is God’s anointed Saviour King, the Lord Jesus Christ: it is Jesus who makes atonement for sin and who brings in the kingdom of God.
Our desire is that as church family we’ll be spurred on to engage in mission in our comunity; and we’ll be better equipped to support and pray for the work of mission in other cities and countries, as well as get a fresh grasp of God’s mission, and a renewed engagement in his plan for the nations.

Church Family Evening

Tomorrow evening, we'll meet at our home for a Church Family Evening with watermelon and a multiple-choice quiz!

Together, we will play on the multiple-choice quiz platform, enjoying getting to know each other better as a church family, and reviewing what we have learned from Paul's Letter to the Galatians!

Sunday Service: Galatians - Gospel Matters

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

Every Sunday in July and August, we interacted with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller. Tomorrow  we'll be concluding this series with a special service. Several of our church family will be sharing some of the lessons they've learned this summer from Paul's Letter to the Galatians!

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Family Prayer Evening

Tomorrow, we're meeting after dinner for our Family Prayer Evening.
Stefano will be leading our time, where we'll be reflecting on Luke 18:1-8. 

We'll also have some time to intercede for one another and to thank God for how he's building our church family, for opening doors in the community, and for his work worldwide!

Sunday Service: The Gospel is enough (Galatians 5:26 – 6:18)

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "The Gospel is enough" (Galatians 5:26 – 6:18) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio - Happy Ferragosto

 

Tomorrow we'll have a traditional Ferragosto evening, which is an Italian Harvest Festival. The Feriae Augusti (Augustus' Holidays), introduced by Emperor Augustus in 18 BC, were a public holiday to celebrate the harvest and the end of a period of intense agricultural work.

Nowadays is traditional to have a BBQ with family & friends. As church family we'll then celebrate Ferragosto as a Gospel opportunity, rejoicing in the ways God makes the Gospel seed to sprout in the hearts of men, knowing that in our Gospel labour, we can rest in the certainty of His Harvest!

"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:10-11

Sunday Service: Gospel freedom, Gospel fruit (Galatians 5:1-25)

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "Gospel freedom, Gospel fruit" (Galatians 5:1-25) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Sunday Service: Gospel adoption (Galatians 3:26-4:31)

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "Gospel adoption" (Galatians 3:26-4:31) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?