Sunday Service: Exodus 20:7

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

 

We'll meet at Budrio Library.

 

At 10.00 we'll start our service with our series on The Book of Exodus.
With Justin we'll engage with Exodus 20:7- A heart after God's image. Together we'll see the beauty of Christ who is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:4



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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - OddOneOut2: Peer Pressure

Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue
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: OddOneOut2: Peer Pressure

Together we'll play lots of fun 

games like: Who Says?, CopyCats, 

Resist Pear Pressure, LogoGame, Nemo's Peer Pressure, Pressure Relay, Peer Pressure Can Be Positive!, Caution, Bee Influencer, A-B-C-D-+Scenarios, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Romans 12:2 where we'll see the risks we run to be conformed to this world, and how Jesus can instead transform our minds in the light of God's will, s that we can in our turn be Gospel Influencers!

Sunday Service: Exodus 20:4-6

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

 

We'll meet at Budrio Library.

 

At 10.00 we'll start our service with our series on The Book of Exodus.
With Giovanni we'll engage with  
Exodus 20:4-6 - "You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments."



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.

Youth for Christ Italy: National Board Meeting

Tomorrow Stefano will be at the National Board meeting of YfC Italy.

Please pray for all the board members to be led by God's wisdom and vision in dealing with the review of last year activities and especially for YfC Italy vision, goals and strategies for next year and the longer terms!

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!

Together we'll engage with  
Exodus 20:4-6 because Giovanni will preach from it in October!






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

Tomorrow we'll conclude 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.

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Odd One Out?

Tomorrow afternoon we'll continue
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: Odd One Out?

Together we'll play lots of fun games like: 

Jigsaw Race, The Bird & The Worm, Social Circles, Gallery, Perks and Struggles, Belonging, Awks, Jesus’ mate, Social Media, Pick your favourite, Spaghetti Spelling, Better, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk where we'll think about our social lives - the things we love, the things we struggle with, and the times in which we fell the Odd One Out. 

 

Together we'll discover how we are never left out by God - Jesus is with us, even if everyone leave us alone!

Christianity Explored - The World We All Want!

Tomorrow  evening we'll restart our 

Christianity Explored Bible Study,
for every age-group!

We have now a regular group of students,
so after having completed our studies on
the Gospel of Mark and Luke,
we engage with The World We All Want course to discover together the big message of the whole Bible.

We run these public meetings @ 

the newly open pub in Budrio!

The World We All Want presents the gospel through the Bible story. It presents the biblical worldview that people need if they are to understand the work of Christ.
Often presentations of the gospel are individualistic, focusing on an individual's relationship with God. It then becomes difficult to teach people about the church except in functional terms or terms than contradict the message of grace. The focus of the Bible, however, is on God's plan to create a people who are his people.


Tomorrow with Stefano 
we'll conclude with Session Four:  

God promises a new world - Romans chapter 4

The course begins by engaging with people's desire for a better world, showing how God promises such a world in the Bible and how Jesus gave us a glimpse of that world. This provides a natural point of contact with people; a common aspiration.
It establishes at the beginning of the course a reason why the Bible story is so important. As the course develops, however,
it makes it clear that this world cannot be human-centred,
it must be God-centred.

Church retreat with the Acts29 Chiesa la Torre in Pisa

Tomorrow afternoon Stefano will be with our friends from Chiesa la Torre pastored by Michel Di Feliciantonio. 

Chiesa la Torre in Pisa, is one of the most recent Acts29 church plants in Italy, and Stefano had the privilege of been involved with the assessment of Michel.






Stefano will speak at their Church retreat,
preaching at their Sunday afternoon service
and giving two Bible studies on Monday and Tuesday morning.

He will also give a seminar on being a missional church in the community!

Sunday Service: Exodus 20:1-3

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

 

We'll meet at Budrio Library.

 

At 10.00 we'll start our service with our series on The Book of Exodus.
With Stefano we'll engage with  
Exodus 20:1-3 - "You shall have no other gods before me"
Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ,
who summarized the whole Decalogue in the word LOVE: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27

Marco & 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.

Stefano will lead the Lord's Supper with a reading from Mark 14:22-25, where we see how the blood of the covenant, symbolizes the marriage of love that God gives to his people, whom He has redeemed to live His Gospel in His world!

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Deja Vu!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll restart
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: Deja Vu!

Together we'll play lots of fun games like: Getting To Know Shoe, Toss the ball, Altitude test, Time for bonding, Our group, Repetition is the key, Riley's First Day, 

Emoji Emotion, Agony aunt, Wash away, Feelings, 

Word of the Year, which will serve as illustrations to Justin's Talk where we'll see that it’s the beginning of the school year...again! For many young people it can feel that the last year has whizzed past and everything is on repeat. Yet Jesus is can transform in an amazing way this year of our life! 

AppExodus - Mid-Week Bible Study - Exodus 19

Tomorrow evening we'll have our

AppExodus (Applying Exodus), 

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 Exodus 19!

Deputation 2019 - York Evangelical Church

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from York Evangelical Church in York.

Stefano will speak at their missionary meeting sharing about the Lord's work in Italy with our church-plant at Chiesa la Piazza in Budrio.

It will be great to spend time with these friends and renew our gospel partnership!

Deputation 2019 - Welwyn Evangelical Church

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from Welwyn Evangelical Church in Welwyn.

Starting with a reading from Romans 12:1-8, Stefano will share at their mid-week meeting about the Lord's work in our church-plant in Italy with Chiesa la Piazza in Budrio.

Welwyn church is a long term supporter of the EMF work and of our ministry in Italy!

Deputation 2019 - Christ Church Loughborough

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from Christ Church Loughborough in Loughborough.

Stefano will speak at their mid-week meeting about the church-plant work in rural Italy, sharing the gospel opportunities and challenges the Lord is giving us in Budrio!

Deputation 2019 - European Mission Fellowship HQ

Tomorrow morning Stefano will be at the new HQ of the European Mission Fellowship, the mission agency we are connected with. 

Stefano started his theological training at the EMF school of biblical studies, always appreciating their cross-cultural missionary approach:

To help churches to prepare and send those God is calling into cross-cultural mission. 

To support and train Christian leaders to live and work in their own countries.

To resource churches in Europe, helping them to grow to maturity.

It will be great to meet the new staff and to have a meeting with Steven Bowers, mission director of EMF who, with his wife Brenda, visited Budrio right at the beginning of our church-plant!

Deputation 2019 - Mount Road Baptist Church

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from Mount Road Baptist Church in Hinckley.

Stefano will speak at the Missionary Prayer Meeting sharing about the Lord's work in Budrio with the church-plant of Chiesa la Piazza.

Mount Road is Jenny's home church, who right from the beginning faithfully supported us in our ministry in Italy!

Deputation 2019 - Pakenham Christian Fellowship

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from Pakenham Christian Fellowship in Pakenham.

During the afternoon service, Stefano will share about the Lord's work in Budrio and then will preach from Genesis 2:1-3 - And God rested!

It will be great to spend time with these long term friends and supporters!

Deputation 2019 - Westgate Chapel Bury St Edmunds

Tomorrow Stefano will be with our friends from Westgate Chapel in Bury St Edmunds.

During the morning service, Stefano will share about the Lord's work in Budrio and then will preach from Genesis 2:1-3 - And God rested!

It will be great to stay for their fellowship lunch to keep renewing old friendships and to make new ones!

At the pace and running with the 6th

 

Tomorrow afternoon as a church family we will participate in the event "At the pace and running with the 6th" organized by the Army Barracks "A. Ciarpaglini”, 

home of the 6th General Support Logistic Regiment of Budrio, with the aim of strengthening the relationship between the community of Budrio and the men and women of the Italian Army.

 

 

Over the years as a church we have collaborated several times with the Ciarpaglini Army Barrack of Budrio during the various Food Bank Collections organized by the Town Hall, and last year we visited them to thank them for their service in the community, on the occasion of our  

Boxing Day Project for December 26 .

This will be another great opportunity to live the Gospel in our community and to get to know better the numerous soldiers who live with their families in Budrio, so to support Nino's family who is member of our church!