MySpace Club 4 Teens - With all your Soul

 

 

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:  

With all your Soul

 

 

 

We'll play lots of fun games like: Soul Trailer, What's Your Purpose?, Soul Chats, When I'm Grown Up..., JAM: Just A Minute!, With all your Soul, The Bucket List, Social Distancing Games, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Luke 10:27 where we'll see Jesus' idea of the main purpose in life and what he means by it!

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. 

Stefano will lead this time where as church-family we'll engage with what we are learning from Matthew 6.

SEEKERS Club15-25: seek, and you will find! - I am the door of the sheep.

 

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Seekers Club for 15/25 years old students, organized by Youth for Christ Italy 

with La Piazza Church,  

Forte Torre Church,  

Nuova Speranza Church 

and San Lazzaro Church.

 

 

 

Tomorrow, due to COVID restrictions we'll meet on Zoom and with Stefano, we'll engage with John 10:1-10 and Jesus' affirmation: "I am the door of the sheep... If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture... I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." John 10:7, 9-10

This year we'll engage with the 7 I am sayings of Jesus! We'll be exposed to the person of Jesus, his affirmations, his actions and the implications for our lives, in the certainty that, as Jesus promised: seek, and you will find!

SUNDAY SERVICE: Matthew 6:19-34 - Kingdom Loyalty - What Do We Value? What are we worried about?

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on Matthew's Gospel - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Matthew 6:19-34 - Kingdom Loyalty - What Do We Value? 

What are we worried about?  

Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ, who taught us to: "seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." Matthew 6:33-34

 
 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Theology for Breakfast with Crosslands

Tomorrow we'll continue our series of meetings: Theology for Breakfast! 

Due to the new COVID restrictions for public meetings, we'll meet online through the video conferencing app ZOOM.

We'll interact with Crosslands module: Gospel Relationships. 

Stefano we'll start Unit 1. Introversion & Extraversion.

 

Relationships are fundamental to our identity, yet they are fraught with difficulty, fear, conflict and uncertainty. Coming to Christ puts us automatically into relationship with a community of his people. The gospel enables relationships to fulfil their purpose and design. The gospel transforms all our relationships. It resolves conflict, and gives new purpose to friendships, parenting and marriages. Together we'll discover how we can be freed to serve and love others with gospel intentionality.

 

Usually, following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll have met @ Central Café in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a traditional breakfast with capuccino & croissant, we'll have engaged with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!
In this moment to support our local economy, we've decided to order from local cafés our breakfasts delivered at home! This is a simple and practical way to keep blessing our beautiful community in Budrio!  

MySpace Club 4 Teens - Back To Normal: Change

After the COVID restrictions,

tomorrow afternoon we'll restart
with 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 Normal: Change

We'll play lots of fun games like: Let's Catch Up, Hidden Art, What's Not Normal, Chat Like Normal, Always Changing, Good or bad?, Some Things Never Change, The Best Kind Of Normal, Worries, Worry Jar, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Philippians 4:6-7 where we'll see how in a year so difficult and "not normal", Jesus can give us his peace and tell us to not be anxious about anything!

EMF Webinar - Side-by-side: The key role of women in the work of the gospel in Europe

On Monday 11th January @ 7.30 - 8.30 pm (UK time) there'll be European Mission Fellowship Seminars Series: Europe Needs the Gospel - Side-by-side: The key role of women in the work of the gospel in Europe … and how can we support them.

From the EMF website: All throughout EMF’s 60-year history, women have played a pivotal role in the work of the gospel in Europe. Some as individual outreach workers, working with women and children; others as wives actively supporting their husbands in church leadership, others working within fellowships teaching and working with women in the churches. The particular challenges and trials of missionary life can often fall heavily on the shoulder of the women, and these can be acute when long-sufferance is needed and disappointments are many. But these challenges are rarely voiced or shared with supporters. 

 

Jean Woods, Pilar Herrera Carretero, Vivienne Birch and Jenny Mariotti have all been EMF missionaries (the latter in Italy, the others in Spain), serving for many years in different capacities, both by themselves or alongside their husbands. 

They will be discussing this important topic as a panel discussion, and enabling us to gain insight into the joys and trials of missionary life, and enabling us to understand how support the women workers in Europe more faithfully.

Sunday Service: Matthew 6:1-18 - The Kingdom's Justice: When, Don't, But!

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on The Gospel according to Matthew - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Matthew 6:1-18 - The Kingdom's Justice: When, Don't, But! Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ, who taught us to pray like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:9-13

 
 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Praying with Jesus - Family Prayer Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll meet on Zoom for our montly prayer meeting as church family.

Stefano, will lead this time where we'll follow Jesus' Disples' Prayer from Matthew 6:8-15: "...for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. "

At the beginnig of this new year we'll focus on our unity in the Father and how to interced for each other so that God's name will be hallowed in our lives!

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Michael Steedman

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio. 

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Michael Steedman from San Lazzaro Church will preach about Current sufferings and future glory - from Romans 8:18-25. Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, since we are saved in His Hope and "the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God." Romans 8:21

Stefano will lead the Lord's Supper from Romans 8:31-39 "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Nothing in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

New Year Family Time on Zoom

Tomorrow evening we'll have a New Year family time as church.

Usually we'll be in Budrio's main square, celebrating with our community. This year due to the COVID restrictions, we'll have a special Zoom Party!

From 11.15pm we'll have a time of games to have fun playing together with little ones and grown ups. We'll have a time of prayer and Stefano will give a Talk from Psalm 51. 

Then at 12pm we'll celebrate the new year, saying with King David: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me!" Psalm 51:10

New Year Service: John 1:14-18 - Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ!

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our Service: 

Getting ready for the New Year! 

With Stefano we'll engage with 

John 1:14-18 - Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ!  

Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth... And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace."  

John 1:14,16

 
 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Boxing Day Project - A Box to say Thank You

A few years ago we've read this article from answersingenesis.org explaining the tradition and meaning of Boxing Day!

History of Boxing Day
The most likely story dates back hundreds of years to Britain. When on December 26 wealthy families would give their servants and tradespeople a gratuity of either money or a "Christmas box" full of food and gifts to thank them for their service and for working all day Christmas Day. Historically, Boxing Day was about recognizing those who serve and thanking them for their service. Holidays, such as Boxing Day, can be used for the glory of God. Even if Boxing Day isn’t a traditional holiday where you come from, perhaps consider incorporating the idea of thanking those who serve into your Christmastime celebrations. In doing so you will show others the love of Christ and open up doors to share the real meaning of the season—Jesus Christ, the greatest gift ever given to this world.

As church family we desire to share this beautiful biblical value of gratitude and to value those who work for the good of the community. In the days before Christmas we gave a simple box of chocolates to the volunteers of the Civil Protection, to the Firemen, to the Armed Forces, to the Emergency Deparment, to the Municipal Police, and to the mayor and vice-mayor of Budrio to thank them for their service throughout this difficult year for our community and during the Christmas holidays!

This year, becuse of COVID restrictions,we wern't able to go together to thank them, so we made a special Thank You Card with a QR Code linked to a video we made all together, grown ups and little ones!

What a beautiful way to translate the true meaning of Christmas into practice, with the gift that God made of his Son, who became man to give himself on the cross, giving us peace with God and the new life of His resurrection!

SEEKERS Club15-25: seek, and you will find!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Seekers Club for 15/25 years old students, organized by Youth for Christ Italy 

with La Piazza Church,  

Forte Torre Church,  

Nuova Speranza Church 

and San Lazzaro Church.

 

Tomorrow we'll meet @ Forte Torre Church and with Tommy, we'll engage with John 8:12-29 and Jesus' affirmation: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

This year we'll engage with the 7 I am sayings of Jesus! We'll be exposed to the person of Jesus, his affirmations, his actions and the implications for our lives, in the certainty that, as Jesus promised: seek, and you will find!

Christmas Service: John 1:1-14 - The light shines in the darkness!

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our Service: 

Getting ready for Christmas! 

With Stefano we'll engage with 

John 1:1-14 - The light shines in the darkness! Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ: "The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world... To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" John 1:9,12

 
 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

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. 

Stefano will lead this time where as church-family we'll engage with what we are learning from Matthew 5.

Sunday Service: Matthew 5:17-48 - Love your neighbor!

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on The Gospel according to Matthew - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Giovanni we'll engage with Matthew 5:1-16 - Love your neighbor! Together we'll see see the beauty of Christ, who grounds the Sermon of the Mount ethics on our completness in him: "be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect": "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1-2

 
 
 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week.

Theology for Breakfast with Crosslands

Tomorrow we'll continue
our series of meetings:  
Theology for Breakfast! 
Following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll meet from 9 to 11am @ Central Café in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a breakfast with capuccino & croissants, we'll engage with God's Word discovering the beauty of theology in our everyday life!

We'll interact with the Crosslands module: Gospel Change. With Stefano we'll start Unit 9. Holiness - thankfulness.
The goal of the Christian life is to be conformed to the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:29). Together we'll learn how to apply the Gospel to our everyday life. We'll find out how change takes place as God’s truth is applied to the heart, and also how to effectively minster the Gospel to those around us.

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Josh Whitman

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 at the theatre Le Torri dell'Acqua, well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio. 

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Josh Whitman pastor of La Rocca Church in Imola will preach about The church in Laodicea - a lukewarm church - from Revelation 3:14-22. Together we'll see the beauty of Christ who said: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20

Stefano will lead the Lord's Supper from Revelation 5:8-13 "Worthy are you, for you are the Lamb who was slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation." 

We'll have a children's talk where kids will engage with the same Bible passage.

Prayer Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll meet on Zoom for our montly prayer meeting as church family.

Stefano, will lead this time where we'll follow the priorities of Jesus' Beatitudes, we are learning from Matthew 5:1-16: "You are the salt of the earth... You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Matthew 5:13-16

We'll intercede for our church family and for the Gospel opportunities in our community as we enter the Christmas season, asking God to be His salt and Light in His world!