Sunday Service: Acts 10:1-11:18 - The Great Commission according to Peter!

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.

As a church family, we will have two special Vision and Mission Sundays where we'll study the Book of Acts interacting with the book: "Mission: Your place in God's plan for the nations" by Alan Purser, published by The Good Book Company.

Tomorrow we'll engage with Acts 10:1-11:18 - The Great Commission according to Peter!

Why study mission? Mission is the heartbeat of the Bible. From the time of Adam and Eve’s rebellion until the promised new heaven and new earth, God is on a mission: to call rebellious people into a reconciled relationship with him. God’s plan to bring salvation to the ends of the earth was spelled out by his prophets in the Old Testament and proclaimed by his apostles in the New Testament. At the centre of this mission plan is God’s anointed Saviour King, the Lord Jesus Christ: it is Jesus who makes atonement for sin and who brings in the kingdom of God.
Our desire is that as church family we’ll be spurred on to engage in mission in our comunity; and we’ll be better equipped to support and pray for the work of mission in other cities and countries, as well as get a fresh grasp of God’s mission, and a renewed engagement in his plan for the nations.

Church Family Time

Tomorrow evening, our church family is getting together for a pizza night, where we'll have a joyful time celebrating the Lord's faithfulness and goodness together!

“One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.”

Psalm 27:4-5

 

Sunday Service: Acts 1:1-11 - The unfinished task!

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.

As a church family, we will have two special Vision and Mission Sundays where we'll study the Book of Acts interacting with the book: "Mission: Your place in God's plan for the nations" by Alan Purser, published by The Good Book Company.

Tomorrow we'll engage with Acts 1:1-11 - The unfinished task!

Why study mission? Mission is the heartbeat of the Bible. From the time of Adam and Eve’s rebellion until the promised new heaven and new earth, God is on a mission: to call rebellious people into a reconciled relationship with him. God’s plan to bring salvation to the ends of the earth was spelled out by his prophets in the Old Testament and proclaimed by his apostles in the New Testament. At the centre of this mission plan is God’s anointed Saviour King, the Lord Jesus Christ: it is Jesus who makes atonement for sin and who brings in the kingdom of God.
Our desire is that as church family we’ll be spurred on to engage in mission in our comunity; and we’ll be better equipped to support and pray for the work of mission in other cities and countries, as well as get a fresh grasp of God’s mission, and a renewed engagement in his plan for the nations.

Church Family Evening

Tomorrow evening, we'll meet at our home for a Church Family Evening with watermelon and a multiple-choice quiz!

Together, we will play on the multiple-choice quiz platform, enjoying getting to know each other better as a church family, and reviewing what we have learned from Paul's Letter to the Galatians!

Sunday Service: Galatians - Gospel Matters

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.

Every Sunday in July and August, we interacted with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller. Tomorrow  we'll be concluding this series with a special service. Several of our church family will be sharing some of the lessons they've learned this summer from Paul's Letter to the Galatians!

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Family Prayer Evening

Tomorrow, we're meeting after dinner for our Family Prayer Evening.
Stefano will be leading our time, where we'll be reflecting on Luke 18:1-8. 

We'll also have some time to intercede for one another and to thank God for how he's building our church family, for opening doors in the community, and for his work worldwide!

Sunday Service: The Gospel is enough (Galatians 5:26 – 6:18)

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.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "The Gospel is enough" (Galatians 5:26 – 6:18) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio - Happy Ferragosto

 

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, were a public holiday to celebrate the harvest and the end of a period of intense agricultural work.

Nowadays is traditional to have a BBQ with family & friends. As church family we'll then celebrate Ferragosto as a Gospel opportunity, rejoicing in the ways God makes the Gospel seed to sprout in the hearts of men, knowing that in our Gospel labour, we can rest 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: Gospel freedom, Gospel fruit (Galatians 5:1-25)

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.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "Gospel freedom, Gospel fruit" (Galatians 5:1-25) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Sunday Service: Gospel adoption (Galatians 3:26-4:31)

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.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with "Gospel adoption" (Galatians 3:26-4:31) 

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Church Family Prayer Walk in Budrio

Tomorrow evening, as church family, we'll have a Prayer Walk around Budrio.

We'll meet at Budrio Central Station and then we'll move to Piazza Filopanti, where we'll start a Prayer Walk through the streets of Budrio! 

As a church family, we'll stop at key points in our town to intercede and pray for the Lord's work in our community!

"But seek the welfare of the city ...and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare." Jeremiah 29:7

Sunday Service: The gospel and the law (Galatians 3:1-25)

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.

Every Sunday in July and August, we'll interact with the Good Book Company book Galatians: Gospel Matters, by Tim Keller.

Tomorrow we'll engage with The gospel and the law (Galatians 3:1-25).

Which gospel are you relying on?
In Galatia in AD 50, the church faced a choice between two “gospels” - two ways of living, of thinking, of viewing how to be right with God. On the one side were the teachers who told these young Christians that
their performance mattered. Of course they needed to trust Christ and his death; and then, if they wanted truly to be acceptable to God, they needed to get circumcised and get on with keeping God’s laws. Their efforts were what counted. On the other side was Paul, the church-planting missionary who had founded the Galatian church a few years before. He said they were “foolish” and “bewitched” (3:1). He claimed the gospel they were turning to was actually “no gospel at all” (1:7). And he told them that the only performance that mattered was Christ’s: his life, death, and resurrection. Faith in him, Paul argued, was all that anyone needed to be truly acceptable to God. Their efforts counted for nothing - and relying on them would bring them under God’s “curse” (3:10). Which “gospel” they followed mattered. The choice between the gospel of Christ-alone and the false gospel of Christ-plus is still one which Christians face today. Christ-plus may not look the same in our cultures as it did in Galatia. But it’s still an attractive message, a flattering view, and a subtle reversal of the true gospel… and so it’s still deadly. As Paul wrote to the Galatian church, he knew that to lose your grip on the true gospel is to desert and lose Christ himself, and to lose the salvation and blessing and freedom he gives. The gospel matters. Paul knew that everything was at stake. It still is. In these seven meetings on the book of Galatians, Paul will present us with a gospel that is wonderful, liberating, and true. He’ll show us that our problems in the Christian life come when we lose or forget or fail to live by this gospel. And he will ask us repeatedly: which gospel are you relying on?

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio

As a church family, we want to be "in the middle of the square", at the centre of our community life, to serve and welcome, to celebrate and love, to live and share the Gospel (Acts 17:17), the good news of salvation by grace in Jesus Christ, with everyone!

So tomorrow evening we'll be with our community at the Pasta Fest organised by the Partisan association in Budrio, with whom in 2022 we collaborated for the Christmas Truce project!

This celebration, started in memory of the pasta meal offered by the Cervi family on 25 July 1943 before their martyrdom at the end of the fascist regime in Italy, continues to affirm the founding values of our country: freedom, peace, brotherhood, democracy.

The story of the Cervi brothers reminds us that freedom always comes at a price, and this leads us to the great story of biblical redemption, which teaches us that Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and who paid the price for our greatest freedom once and for all: "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free... So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:31-32,36

AppPsalms - Mid-Week Bible Study

Tomorrow evening we'll have our AppPsalms (Applying Psalms Book I), 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.  

We'll meet at Caffé Filopanti, in Budrio, where we'll engage together with Psalms 29 to 31.