MySpace Club 4 Teens - On Repeat: Comparison!

 

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've been given a room in Budrio's Library and 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:  On Repeat: Comparison!

We'll play lots of fun games like: Shape Shifters, Yellow Food Mood, It's Not Fair, Uniquely You, You Choose, What's Inside, Making The Grade and Break The Chains, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from 1 Samuel 16. Often we compare ourselves to others, looking only at how their lives looks from the outside. Yet we’ll see that what is in our hearts is what really matters, and Jesus wants to change our hearts with his love, because: “the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart”! 1 Samuel 16:7

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Marco Martella

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service and Marco Martella, Pastor of the Acts29 church plant Nuova Vita DownTown in Bologna, will preach on "Let us run with endurance the race, fixing our eyes to Jesus" from Hebrews 12:1-2. 

 

Let's not give up on our Christian race! But let's look back at the past to the witnesses who have gone before us, lay aside every weight, and sin, fixing our eyes on Jesus, and running the race that is set before us, motivated by His future joy!

 

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

AppMatthew - Breakfast Bible Study

Tomorrow we'll have a special AppMatthew (Applying Matthew's Gospel) Breakfast Bible Study, to mark the end of our 2 year series on Matthew's Gospel.

Following Luther's Table Talks example, we'll meet @ Central Café in Mezzolara where, while enjoying a breakfast with capuccino & croissants, we'll engage with God's Word, applying it to our everyday life!

Stefano will lead this time where, as church-family we'll engage with Matthew 28, interacting with what we've learned through the preaching in our Sunday services. 

SUNDAY SERVICE: Matthew 28:16-20 - The risen Christ's Great Commission!

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

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 4.00 pm we'll start our service concluding our series on Matthew's Gospel - The King & his Kingdom! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Matthew 28:16-20 - The risen Christ's Great Commission! 

Together we'll se the beauty of our risen Lord who sent the whole Church to take the whole Gospel to the whole World, as the Lausanne Covenant summarized.

 
 
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.

New Year time of fellowship & celebration

Tomorrow evening we'll have a church family time of fellowship and celebration with our community!

We'll start with a New Year's Eve bring and share meal with family games organized by Stefano & Jenny, with Luca and Raffaela!

Nino will give a New Year talk from Romand 8:28 and Giovanni will lead a time of prayer and thanksgiving.

Then at midnight we'll all go to the main square in Budrio, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year with our community!

Romans 8:28  And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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 and ending today 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 of Budrio to thank them for their service throughout this difficult year for our community and during the Christmas holidays!

 

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!

SUNDAY SERVICE: Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Everlasting Father

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.00 we'll start our service with our Christmas series on Isaiah 9:6! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Everlasting Father!

The unconditional love and self-giving that Jesus himself enjoyed for all eternity from his Father, he now pours out on his people. He is our Saviour, Lord, Friend, Brother – and our Everlasting Father, who prayed for us: "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me." John 17:20-21

 

 
 
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. 

 

SEEKERS Club14-19: seek, and you will find!

Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our Seekers Club for 14/19 years old students, organized by 

Youth for Christ Italy 

with La Piazza Church,  

Forte Torre Church,  

Nuova Speranza Church,

La Rocca Church,

and San Lazzaro Church.

 

 

 

Tomorrow we'll be hosted by La Rocca Church, an Acts29 church in Imola, and with Ester and Serena, we'll engage with Mark 2:1-12 - Identity. Together we will see how Mark, after telling us that Jesus is the 'Christ', that is, 'the one chosen by God', God's promised King and the 'Son of God', shows us that it is only on this basis that Jesus can forgive our sins!

This year we'll engage with the Gospel according to Mark using the Christianity Explored course for young adults - Soul. We'll be exposed to the person of Jesus, discovering his identity, mission and call, in the certainty that, as Jesus promised: Seek, and you will find!

 

SUNDAY SERVICE: Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Mighty God

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 meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our Christmas series on Isaiah 9:6! 

With Stefano we'll engage with Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Mighty God!

Together we'll see the beauty of Christ, the God who is mighty to save, whose power is made perfect in the weakness of a helpless baby, and in our weakness, in saving us by grace: "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

 

 
 
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. 

 

SUNDAY SERVICE: Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Prince of Peace

Tomorrow we'll have a special evangelistic service to worship God together and to proclaim His Word in Budrio.

 

 

 

We are glad for the Lord's provision of the meeting room at the social center Magnolia, a well known cultural meeting point right at the centre of Budrio.

At 10.30 we'll conclude this week of outreach on the 1914 Christmas Truce theme with this service where we'll have a greeting from th Councillor of Schools followed by a speaker from the local Partisan association who will talk about peace during WW2 and our Sofiya who will share about her experience of being in Kiev during the beginning of the war. 

 

David Moss, from Peak Trinity Church, Bakewell, UK, we'll then preach from Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, and his name shall be called Prince of Peace!

 
 
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. 

 

Christmas Truce Project Outreach - High School

Tomorrow morning we'll start our Christmas Truce Outreach Project at Budrio High School!

We'll engage with 10 classes engaging with the theme of the 1914 Christmas Truce!

World War I was ravaging a continent, leaving destruction and rubble in its wake, but from the midst of this dark conflict comes the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. The Christmas Truce of 1914 has been called 'the miracle on the Western Front' when British and German troops came together to celebrate, share rations and small gifts and play a game of football. But these celebrations and truces did not last long. After Christmas Day, the footballers and soldiers returned to the trenches. The Christmas carols died down and the war sadly resumed. 

With a team from Peak Trinity Church, Bakewell, UK, we'll challenge students to see how events like the Christmas Truce are worth celebrating, but they leave us longing for a lasting peace!

We believe that's the Peace only Jesus can give!