Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio

 

As a church family, we want to be "in the middle of the square", at the centre of our community life, to serve and welcome, to celebrate and love, to live and share the Gospel (Acts 17:17), the good news of salvation by grace in Jesus Christ, with everyone!

So tomorrow evening we'll be with our community at the commemoration for the Bologna Massacre.

The clock at Bologna station, stopped at 10:25, is the symbol of shattered human time; at that 'hour', the story of 85 people came to a halt because of the radical evil present in a world fallen into sin.
A world into which Jesus entered to walk towards 'His hour', the 'hour of the Cross' (John 17:1). The Bologna massacre represents one of many moments in which human hatred has broken so many lives, but the Cross is the moment when Christ voluntarily gave His life to defeat evil and death once and for all.
The clock in Bologna tells us that human time is fragile and finite; the Resurrection of Christ tells us that in Him, time and life are redeemed for eternity!

John 17:1-3. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 

Sunday Service: Hospitality, Kindness, and Hope (Ruth 2:14-23)

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Ruth: The Lord Provides, by Tony Merida.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "Hospitality, Kindness, and Hope (Ruth 2:14-23)".

 

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written. We are drawn to the characters: grieving Naomi, loyal Ruth, and compassionate Boaz. The setting is also intriguing, as it takes place during the time of the judges. The plot is a story of redemption which is part of the grand story of redemption. And at the heart of the resolution is Boaz, a figure who points to David’s greatest son, Jesus.

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio

As a church family, we want to be "in the middle of the square", at the centre of our community life, to serve and welcome, to celebrate and love, to live and share the Gospel (Acts 17:17), the good news of salvation by grace in Jesus Christ, with everyone!

So tomorrow evening we'll be with our community at the Pasta Fest organised by the Partisan association in Budrio, with whom in 2022 we collaborated for the Christmas Truce project!

This celebration, started in memory of the pasta meal offered by the Cervi family on 25 July 1943 before their martyrdom at the end of the fascist regime in Italy, continues to affirm the founding values of our country: freedom, peace, brotherhood, democracy.

The story of the Cervi brothers reminds us that freedom always comes at a price, and this leads us to the great story of biblical redemption, which teaches us that Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and who paid the price for our greatest freedom once and for all: "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free... So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:31-32,36

Sunday Service: A Field of Favor (Ruth 2:1-13)

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Ruth: The Lord Provides, by Tony Merida.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "A Field of Favor (Ruth 2:1-13)".

 

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written. We are drawn to the characters: grieving Naomi, loyal Ruth, and compassionate Boaz. The setting is also intriguing, as it takes place during the time of the judges. The plot is a story of redemption which is part of the grand story of redemption. And at the heart of the resolution is Boaz, a figure who points to David’s greatest son, Jesus.

Home Family Groups

 

Tomorrow evening we'll have only one joint Home Group in Budrio.

We'll have a family time where, while enjoying a good ice cream, we'll read God's Word, we'll pray for one another, and we'll listen at how Jesus works in our lives, following the steps of Psalm 145:4!

"I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. " Psalm 145:1-5

Sunday Service: The Return (Ruth 1:6-22)

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Ruth: The Lord Provides, by Tony Merida.

Tomorrow we'll engage with The Return (Ruth 1:6-22).

 

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written. We are drawn to the characters: grieving Naomi, loyal Ruth, and compassionate Boaz. The setting is also intriguing, as it takes place during the time of the judges. The plot is a story of redemption which is part of the grand story of redemption. And at the heart of the resolution is Boaz, a figure who points to David’s greatest son, Jesus.

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio

 

As a church family, we want to be "in the middle of the square", at the centre of our community life, to serve and welcome, to celebrate and love, to live and share the Gospel (Acts 17:17), the good news of salvation by grace in Jesus Christ, with everyone!

So tomorrow evening we'll be with our community at the Evening of Scottish and Folk dancing, organised by NotThe Folk and The Improvables, in the village of Maddalena di Cazzano in Budrio.

Sunday Service: Leaving God's Land (Ruth 1:1-5)

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

 

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Ruth: The Lord Provides, by Tony Merida.

Tomorrow we'll engage with Leaving God's Land (Ruth 1:1-5).

 

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written. We are drawn to the characters: grieving Naomi, loyal Ruth, and compassionate Boaz. The setting is also intriguing, as it takes place during the time of the judges. The plot is a story of redemption which is part of the grand story of redemption. And at the heart of the resolution is Boaz, a figure who points to David’s greatest son, Jesus.