Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 6:3-5

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 series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Matteo we'll engage with 1 Timothy 6:3-5 - The plague of the false gospel and the cure of the True Gospel! 

The essential signs of the True Gospel of Christ, and of true disciples and teachers of the Gospel of Christ, is that it comes from Christ and promotes Christ's piety! It is impossible to separate the Gospel from living the Gospel, which drives the mission of Christ on the part of the whole church of Christ! "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14

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

Mezzolara Home Group & Missionary Prayer Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll have our Mezzolara Home Group where we'll enjoy a bring and share meal and we'll have a family prayer time involving little ones and grown ups.

This month we'll have with us Andrew and Vivienne Birch, Andrew is the Director of the European Mission Fellowship. 

 

Andrew and Vivienne will share about the EMF's work in Europe and especially about it's ministry in Ukraine, towards which as a church family we made a special fundrasing last Christmas.

Sunday Service: Visiting Preacher - Andrew Birch

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 Andrew Birch, EMF director of the European Mission Fellowship, will preach on "Why we should love the gospel" from Romans 1:15-17. 

Do we love the good news, the great news, the best news of all: that, thanks to the Lord Jesus, there is hope for us; that, thanks to the Lord Jesus, we can be saved – at peace with God, in a loving relationship with him now and for ever?

During the service we'll celebrate the Lord's Supper reflecting on Paul's words in Romans 1:1-7.

 

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

Budrio Home Group & Missionary Prayer Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll have our Budrio Home Group where we'll enjoy a bring and share meal and we'll have a family prayer time involving little ones and grown ups.

This month we'll have with us Andrew and Vivienne Birch, Andrew is the Director of the European Mission Fellowship. 

 

Andrew and Vivienne will share about the EMF's work in Europe and especially about it's ministry in Ukraine, towards which as a church family we made a special fundrasing last Christmas.

Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 6:1-2

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 series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Stefano we'll engage with 1 Timothy 6:1-2 - Pastoral care: honour God's name in honouring others! 

If we are in Christ, then our life belongs to God, who purchased it on the cross of Christ! If we are in Christ, then we desire to honour the name of God and the Gospel of Christ by honouring and loving our neighbour, following the missional example of the Christ who served with love as a slave: "...whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" Mark 10:43-45

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

App1Timothy - Mid-Week Bible Study

 

Tomorrow evening we'll have our App1Timothy (Applying the 1st Pastoral Letter of Paul to Timothy), 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 the Bookshop-Café La Terza Stanza, in Budrio. Stefano will lead this time where we'll engage with 1 Timothy 5:21-6:2.

Joint Baptismal Service

Tomorrow we'll meet at 10.00 a.m. at Budrio's swimmng pool, for a baptismal service organised together with the Evangelical Church of San Lazzaro di Savena.

It will be a joy to celebrate with baptism the new birth of dear Elisabetta, Giovanni and Sara from our church family, and of Daniele and Sonia from the church of San Lazzaro.

During the service Stefano will preach from 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27. 

We are thankful to the Lord for this day of joy and witness to the many friends and family members of the baptised, in obedience to the ordinance of the risen Christ to his church: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Mattehew 28:18-20
 

Church Family Prayer Walk in Budrio

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

In Filopanti Square, we'll intercede for the Mayoress and our local government - 1 Timothy 2:1-2

We'll move to Matteotti Square, where we'll intercede first for the social workers and their work for the community - Romans 13:1.

Then we'll pray for the Terza Stanza bookshop and the Magnolia social center where we hold our Bible studies and Sunday services - Jeremiah 29:7.

Finally, we'll stop at Budrio Swimming pool, where on Sunday we'll celebrate 5 baptisms with San Lazzaro church! Matthew 28:18-20

Sunday Service: Pastoral Epistles - 1Timothy 5:21-25

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.

At 10.30 we'll start our service with our series on the Pastoral Epistles. With Nino we'll engage with 1 Timothy 5:21-25 - Pastoral Care in the church family! 

Paul, in showing us the beauty of Christ's church family, where we are called to care for one another in the gospel, including the men who care for us by leading us to grow in the gospel - shows us the beauty of Christ who transforms us to live the gospel in our small and big choices: "In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality." 1 Timothy 5:21

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

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio - One generation shall commend your works to another...

As a church, 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 meet at the Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in Mezzolara's Square for a family time where we'll read God's Word, we'll pray and we'll listen at how Jesus worked in the lives of Davide & Roberta, followinhg the steps of Psalm 145:4!

"I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. " Psalm 145:1-5

Sunday Family Service: The Kingdom of the Lamb (Revelation)

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 Heaven's perspective on Revelation, by Tim Chester.

Tomorrow we'll have a special Family Service where we'll share lessons and applications that the Lord brought to us through the Book of Revelation.

We'll celebrate the Lord's Supper following the hymn of Revelation 5:12-13 "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!"... "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio - One generation shall commend your works to another...

As a church, 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 meet at the Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in Mezzolara's Square for a family time where we'll read God's Word, we'll pray and we'll listen at how Jesus worked in the lives of Giovanni & Simona, followinhg the steps of Psalm 145:4!

"I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. " Psalm 145:1-5

Sunday Service: The reign of the Lamb (Revelation chapters 21-22)

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 Heaven's perspective on Revelation, by Tim Chester.

Tomorrow with Stefano we'll engage with Revelation 21-22 - The reign of the Lamb

The message of the final book of the Bible is both clear and simple. Despite everything that is going wrong with our world, God remains in control. And when we see history, our present, and our future from heaven's perspective, it will encourage us to trust God and remain faithful to the end. 

The Apostle John shows us a vision of who Jesus Christ is—the ascended reigning Lord, the Lamb who was slain but who now lives for ever, the one who speaks with a voice like the sound of a waterfall, and the one who holds the people of God safe in his hands.

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 celebrate Ferragosto as a Gospel opportunity, rejoicing in the way 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: The justice of the Lamb (Revelation chapters 17-20)

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 Heaven's perspective on Revelation, by Tim Chester.

Tomorrow with Stefano we'll engage with Revelation 17-20 - The justice of the Lamb

The message of the final book of the Bible is both clear and simple. Despite everything that is going wrong with our world, God remains in control. And when we see history, our present, and our future from heaven's perspective, it will encourage us to trust God and remain faithful to the end. 

The Apostle John shows us a vision of who Jesus Christ is—the ascended reigning Lord, the Lamb who was slain but who now lives for ever, the one who speaks with a voice like the sound of a waterfall, and the one who holds the people of God safe in his hands.

Summer in Budrio - Pizza & Family Prayer Time

 

Tomorrow we'll have a church family time where we'll meet to share a pizza evening meal, to encourage one another in God's Word and to pray for one another.

"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." Acts 2:42

Sunday Service: Who do you worship? (Revelation chapters 12-16)

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 Heaven's perspective on Revelation, by Tim Chester.

Tomorrow with Stefano we'll engage with Revelation 12-16 - Who do you worship?

The message of the final book of the Bible is both clear and simple. Despite everything that is going wrong with our world, God remains in control. And when we see history, our present, and our future from heaven's perspective, it will encourage us to trust God and remain faithful to the end. 

The Apostle John shows us a vision of who Jesus Christ is—the ascended reigning Lord, the Lamb who was slain but who now lives for ever, the one who speaks with a voice like the sound of a waterfall, and the one who holds the people of God safe in his hands.

Gospel Living - Summer in Budrio - One generation shall commend your works to another...

As a church, 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 meet at the Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop in Mezzolara's Square for a family time where we'll read God's Word, we'll pray and we'll listen at how Jesus worked in the lives of Giovanna & Maria, followinhg the steps of Psalm 145:4!

 

"I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. " Psalm 145:1-5

Sunday Service: The chaos of history (Revelation chapters 6 – 11)

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 Heaven's perspective on Revelation, by Tim Chester.

Tomorrow with Stefano we'll engage with Revelation 6-11 - The chaos of history.

The message of the final book of the Bible is both clear and simple. Despite everything that is going wrong with our world, God remains in control. And when we see history, our present, and our future from heaven's perspective, it will encourage us to trust God and remain faithful to the end. 

The Apostle John shows us a vision of who Jesus Christ is—the ascended reigning Lord, the Lamb who was slain but who now lives for ever, the one who speaks with a voice like the sound of a waterfall, and the one who holds the people of God safe in his hands.

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 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.