Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of "the conquerors"- Hebrews 11:33-35

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







This Sunday only, we'll meet in Budrio's Auditorium,
which is in a beautiful medieval building,
right at the centre of our town!

At 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Justin we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:33-35 -
Christ in the faith of "the conquerors"!
Together we'll see the beauty of Jesus,
as we know that in all these things 
we are more than conquerors 
through him who loved us. Romans 8:37 
 


Giovanni & Stefania 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.

San Lazzaro church retreat by the sea

This weekend we're invited to join
the retreat by the sea organized by the Evangelical Church of San Lazzaro,
where Stefano grew up as teenager
and where we served from 2007 to 2013.

San Lazzaro church is still one of our main supporter in our ministry in Italy!

We'll have a time to share prayer points from the Lord's Work in Budrio and to encourage one another in Gods' Word.

It will be great to enjoy the Lord's day with these friends and to renew our fellowship and vision for the Lord's mission!

Prayer & Envisioning Meeting

Tomorrow evening Stefano
will lead our mid-week
prayer & envisioning meeting.

Our desire is to build up our church to have a passion for our community with a global vision for the work of the Lord!

On Friday there will be the
Prayer Day for the starting week of the Italian School Year and of the YfC activities to reach out teenagers throughout Italy.

So this month we'll pray specifically for families and kids from our church, starting a new school year and our partnership with YfC Italia for the work amongst young people and underage asylum seekers!

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of Samuel - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Nino we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of Samuel!

 

Stefano & 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.

Budrio Preaching Class

Tomorrow morning we'll have our Preaching Class meeting.
We're very excited about this opportunity to invest in the
lives of Nino & Giovanni 
to equip them to preach
God's Word in our church!

With Nino we'll dig in Hebrews 11:32 to engage with the life of Samuel in order to see how he points us to Christ!





In this sessions we'll also interact with Stuart Olyott's book Preaching pure and simple.

Tomorrow we'll engage with the first chapter:
What is Preaching?

In his book, Olyott insists that a sermon should be rooted in accurate exegesis, characterized by doctrinal substance, Christ–centredness and supernatural authority, as well as being clear, direct, vivid, helpful and moving.

Serving & Celebrating with our community

This weekend there will be the 6th Mezzolara di Budrio Bier Fest.
These local events are typical in Italian rural cultural contexts and represent a time for families and friends to join together at the end of the summer. So it's common to see young families with little ones enjoying food and music together, as well as fathers and their teenage kids cooking at the BBQ and serving together at the tables.

Tomorrow evening as church family we'll participate in various ways at this even. 
Six of us will serve at the tables, while others will dine at the food stand and others will enjoy music with friends.

This is one of the many ways we want to serve and celebrate with our community, to make new friendships and to consolidate others, to live and share the joy of the Gospel among people!

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of David - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Justin we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of David!

Together we’ll see the beauty of Christ,

who came to establish God's Kingdom 

within us! Luke 17:20-21

 

Nino & 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.

Family Time @ the Balcony

Tomorrow evening we'll meet
@ Matteo's home for a
Family Time on the Balcony!

 

This is an informal evening 

to enjoy the beautiful landscape of 

Budrio's rooftops from Matteo's balcony, 

to be together as a church family and 

to share the many stories of 

how the Lord has worked and 

continues to work in our lives!

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 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 10.30 we'll start our service. 

Tommy Annest, pastor of Nuova Speranza Church in Casalecchio,
will preach God's Word to us.





 

Giovanni & Marco will lead our children's programme based on The Gospel Project for kids,
in which week by week kids engage with the same passages and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

AppHebrews11-12 - Mid-Week Bible Study - Hebrews 11:32

Tomorrow evening we'll continue 

with AppHebrews11-12  

(Applying Hebrews 11-12), 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.

Justin will lead this time where as 

church-family we'll engage with what 

we are studying from Hebrews 11:32!

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of Jephthah - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Justin we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of Jephthah!

Together we’ll see the beauty of Christ

who redeemed us on the cross, so that we can offer our lives to God as living sacrifices for His Glory & Mission. Romans 12:1

 

Simona & Tony 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.

Prayer & Envisioning Meeting

Tomorrow evening Stefano
will lead our mid-week
prayer & envisioning meeting.

Our desire is to build up our church to have a passion for our community with a global vision for the work of the Lord!

This month we'll pray specifically for the families of the many victims of the collapsed bridge in Genova on the 14th of August. Amongst the victims there was the sister of an evangelical pastor. Similarly, among those who had to leave their homes there is also at least one evangelical family. 

 

For those who would like to give financial aid, we support the Italian Evangelical Alliance collection:

Alleanza Evangelica Italiana

IBAN: IT 64 N 07601 03200 000046728002

SWIFT CODE: BPPIITRRXXX

Cause: Pro vittime crollo ponte di Genova

We'll also pray for Giuseppe who we visited last week with Jenny.
Giuseppe did an internship two years ago with us in Budrio after his missional experience in Senegal with WEC Italy.
Giuseppe & his fiancé Sun-min have completed a theological and missional training at the EastWest Bible College in New Zealand, to be prepared to work with WEC in Germany amongst Iranian refugees.
At the moment Giuseppe is doing chemotherapy for a tumour. We were so encouraged by the way the Lord is working in Giuseppe through this and using him to reach out patients at the hospital!

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of Samson - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Giovanni we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of Samson!

Together we’ll see that Samson was a strong man, but had a weak faith, yet God used him to begin to free his people from the hands of the enemy, Judges 13:5. Jesus instead by his death on the cross and his victory in the resurrection, has made us truly free forever, John 8:36!

 

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.

Budrio Preaching Class

This afternoon we'll have our Preaching Class meeting.
We're very excited about this opportunity to invest in the
lives of Nino & Giovanni 
to equip them to preach
God's Word in our church!

With Giovanni we'll dig in Hebrews 11:32 & 
Judges 13-16 to engage with the life of Samson in order to see how he points us to Christ!

Ferragosto as Gospel Opportunity

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,
to celebrate the harvest and the end of a long period of intense agricultural work.

Nowadays is traditional to have a meal with friends, so we decided to invite @ our home for a pizza party, 5 friends we got to know in these years, alongside our church family!

We want to celebrate Ferragosto as a Gospel opportunity, rejoicing in the way God makes the Gospel seed to sprout in the hearts of men and resting 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: Christ in the faith of Barak - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Stefano we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of Barak!

Together we’ll see the beauty of Christ, 

who takes us in the middle of our weakness,
creating a faith in us and perfecting it 
(Hebrew 12:2), for His glory & mission!

Celebrating with our Community: fish&chips + bike ride with the falling stars

Tomorrow evening we'll join our community in Budrio
for a fish&chips meal in the square.
There will be tables all around Budrio main square where people will sit together enjoying good food and music.


On Saturday evening we'll join the traditional bike ride by night to see the falling stars in the countryside and enjoying fresh watermelons!


These are great opportunities to get to know people from our community, sharing food with them and celebrating the good gifts of the Lord and God's marvellous creation: "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." Psalm 19:1

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of Gideon - Hebrews 11:32

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 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on Hebrews 11-12.
With Justin we'll engage
with Hebrews 11:32 -
Christ in the faith of Gideon!

Together we’ll see the beauty of Christ, 

who on the Cross has been our once and for all peace-offering, and who today send us into his world as ambassadors of his peace!

 

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.