Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Giuseppe Papantonio

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.

 

We'll have with us Giuseppe & Sun-min, who will share the ways in which the Lord is guiding them to serve Him in Germany working with WEC with refugees.

At 10.30 Giuseppe will preach on "A new identity in Christ" from Matthew 22:10-14. 

 

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

Deputation 2022 - Sunday Evening Service @ BroadGrace Church, Coltishall

 

Tomorrow evening we're very excited to join the Sunday Service at BroadGrace Church in Coltishall, pastored by John Hindley.

Stefano will speak about the Lord's work in rural North Italy and about our church plant in Budrio.

We met John and Flick Hindley in the Acts 29 Rural network, really appreciating their ministry and teaching for the European Rural context.

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting @ Christ Church, Loughborough

Tomorrow evening we'll join our friends from Christ Church in Loughborough, for their home group Missionary Prayer Meeting.

We'll share with them some of the Gospel lessons we learnt as a couple and as a church, when in these last years our world turned upside down, and how the Lord turned them in Gospel opportunities for our church plant in Budrio.

It will be great to renew our fellowship with this church, where Raffaela will be hosted for 7 weeks for her language and growth experience in the UK.

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting @ Mount Road Baptist Church, Hinckley

Tomorrow evening we'll be back with our friends from Mount Road Baptist Church in Hinckley, for their Missionary Prayer Meeting.

Stefano will introduce the meeting with a reading from Psalm 46, then with Jenny and Raffaela, a girl from our church is coming with us in this visit to the UK, we'll share about the Lord's faithfulness in our church plant in Budrio, in rural North Italy!

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting @ Freeschool Court Church, Bridgend

Tomorrow evening we'll join our friends from Freeschool Court Church in Bridgend, Wales, for their Missionary Prayer Meeting.

We'll share with them some of the Gospel lessons we learnt as a couple and as a church, when in these last years our world turned upside down, and how the Lord turned them in Gospel opportunities for our church plant in Budrio.

It will be great to renew our fellowship with this dear church we attended when we were at the Union School of Theology!

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting @ English Baptist Mission, Ystrad Mynach

 

Tomorrow we'll join our friends from the English Baptist Mission in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, for their Missionary Prayer Meeting.

Stefano, Jenny and Raffaela, will share about the Lord's Work in Italy and in our church plant in Budrio.

Deputation 2022 - Sunday Evening Service @ Mount Road Baptist Church

 

Tomorrow we'll join our friends from Mount Road Baptist Church in Hinckley, where Jenny grew up and our UK sending church who partnered with us from the beginning of our ministry in Italy.

Stefano will preach from Matthew 11:16-30 - To what shall we compare this generation?

It will be a privilege to share God's Word with these dear friends and Gospel partners!

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting & Sunday Morning Service @ York Evangelical Church

 

This weekend we'll be with our friends from York Evangelical Church.

This evening we'll join their home group missionary prayer meeting to share about the Lord's work in Italy and in our church plant in Budrio.

On Sunday Stefano will speak at their Sunday Morning Service!

Deputation 2022 - Missionary Prayer Meeting @ Welwyn Evangelical Church

 

Tomorrow we'll be with our friends from Welwyn Evangelical Church for their Missionary Prayer Meeting.

We'll share about the Lord's Work in Budrio and Raffaela, a girl from our church who's coming with us in this visit to the UK, will share her testimony on how the Lord called her while attending our after school club!

Deputation 2022 - Prayer Meeting @ Kesgrave Baptist Church

 

Tomorrow evening we'll join the Prayer Meeting at Kesgrave Baptist Church.

Stefano will introduce the meeting with a reading from Psalm 46, then with Jenny and Raffaela, a girl from our church is coming with us in this visit to the UK, we'll share about our church plant in Budrio, in rural North Italy!

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Fabrizio Imparati

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 Fabrizio Imparati, an elder of the Evangelical Church in San Lazzaro will preach on "Is our church (in)different?" from Revelation 3:14-22.

 

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!

Deputation 2022 - Sunday Afternoon Service @ Pakenham Christian Fellowship

 

Tomorrow afternoon we'll be with our friends from Pakenham Christian Fellowship for their Afternoon Service.

Stefano will lead communion from Psalm 46, then we’ll share about the Lord’s work in Budrio!

It will be great to stay with these dear friends where Jenny lodged while she was doing her teacher training before coming to Bible College!

Deputation 2022 - Sunday Morning Service @ Westgate Chapel - Bury St. Edmunds

 

Tomorrow we'll join our friends from Westgate Chapel in Bury St. Edmunds, for their all-age communion service.

During the service we'll share about the Lord's Work in Budrio and after we'll join their church family for a picnic at the local park.

It will be great to renew our fellowship with this church where we've met for the very first time!

AppMatthew - Mid-Week Bible Study

Tomorrow evening we'll have our AppMatthew (Applying Matthew's Gospel), 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. 

We'll meet at the Bookshop-Café La Terza Stanza, in Budrio. Stefano will lead this time where, as church-family we'll engage with Matthew 25.

#exchangebudrio22 Camp - DAY7 - Sunday Service & PicNic @ the Park

7th day at the 2022 English Sport Camp Exchange Budrio.

This morning we had our Sunday Service 

for the campers' families of the  

2022 English Sport Camp Exchange Budrio.

We had a great turnout of kids and parents.

Indeed there where more than 100 people! 

 

 

Stefano preached from 1 Peter 2:24, challenging parents & kids to think about the discovery that Peter made about his best friend - "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed."

 

We had the visit of Debora, the new mayor of Budrio who thanked us for our work & presence in the community!

We are so thankful to the Lord for the great time we had engaging with families and kids. Many of them very happy to receive a New Testament and to be informed about our programmes during the year!

After the service we had a great time at the PicNic at the Park with beautiful baskets made by our friend Eleonora from the Cuoremio Bakery, who's often hosting and feeding our Seekers Club kids!

#exchangebudrio22 Camp - DAY6 - Service Project

 

 

6th day at the 2022 English Sport Camp Exchange Budrio.

 

 

 

 

 

This morning we engaged Italian & American campers in our Service Project in partnership with Budrio Town Hall. 

We did some painting and cleaning jobs in the local Middle School in Budrio, where most of kids go to school. This year as church we rented the conference hall of this school, so this was a good opportunity to strengthen our relationship with our community. 

It was very encouraging to see many local kids working alongside some parents and our church members!