MySpace Club 4 Teens - Back to the Start

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 we have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the 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: Back to the Start!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
30'' for everything, Musical Clothes,
Landmines, Amazing Starts, Sweet Face,
Music intros round, 7'' challenge,
Cling Film Worms, New Starts,
Literal Team Building, Your New Start,
which will serve as illustrations to 
Justin's Talk from 2 Corinthians 5:17,
where Jesus explains the real meaning
of a new start!

Interactive Bible Study on: Living with Teenagers

Tomorrow evening we'll have an interactive meeting on: Living with teenagers.

We'll have with us Brandon Johnson, 

Regional Director of YfC Southern Europe.

Brandon holds a Master of Divinity from Denver Theological Seminary. He lives in Cyprus with his wife and their three children, where he served for five years as National Director of YfC Cyprus. He has a passion for educating and resourcing people to be fully equipped to know God and be active in His kingdom. In addition to his role at YfC, Brandon preaches regularly at his church and leads young adult Bible studies.

Sunday Service, Visiting Preacher: Marco Saillen

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. We'll have with us Marco & Federica Saillen,
who in 2016 graduated from Moody Theological Seminary - Marco with a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Spiritual Formation, and Federica with an MA in Counseling Psychology.
Marco will preach from Philemon: 
The Gospel and our Relationships.




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





Stefano will conclude our service with  
The Lord's Supper with a reading from
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Theology for Breakfast with Porterbrook!

Tomorrow we'll continue
with our meeting:  
Theology for Breakfast!

Following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll meet from 9am to 11am @ Central Café
in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a breakfast with capuccino & croissant or
bread + butter + jam,
we'll engage with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!

We'll interact with the Porterbrook module:
The Bible in Missional Perspective.
With Stefano we'll engage with Unit 6:
Our Solution Predicted (exile and prophecy).

Together we'll walk through the Bible as the story of God's mission to redeem the world through his Son. We’ll find out why the church is so central to mission, and how to see everyday life through the Gospel lens.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Welcome... Back!!!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have
our first 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 we have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the social workers are sending
some of the kids they follow.
As part of our club, we also offer help
with their English home-works.

For the first Club we'll have a video from the team from Texas who came to help at the Exch@nge Summer Camp!




 
Together we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material,
interacting with the theme: Welcome... Back!!!





We'll play lots of games like: 
M&M-Mix&Meet, Houston Name Bingo,
Remember me?, Animal Noises,
Cosy Chat, Doggy Welcome Back,
Love Heart Welcome,
which will serve as illustrations to 
Stefano's Talk from Matthew 25:-34-39,
where Jesus explains what true welcome is!

Sunday Service: Christ in the faith of the "losers" - Hebrews 11:35-40

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 11:35-40 -
Christ in the faith of the "losers"!
Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, because It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

 

Matteo & 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.

Serving & Celebrating with our community

This weekend there will be the 60th Mezzolara di Budrio Onion Fair.
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.

Tonight, Sunday and Monday as church family we'll participate in various ways at this event. Six of us will serve at the tables, while others will dine at the food stand.
 

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 "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.