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 | | One Step at a Time | | As we start ENGAGE, it is time to reflect on Ann's words. We will only be able to do this together if we take one step at a time. As we take one step the next will become clear. The Architect has the design in hand.
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| | Ann Marcham |
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 | | CAPTAINS SLOG: Stardate Dec 30th, 2009 | | When does a church-plant stop being a ‘church-plant’ and is just a ‘church’?
Many thanks to all of you who have prayed for us and our church plant over the past year. Looking back, we’ve come along way, and this is all to the glory of God.
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| | Stuart and Jung Hwa |
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 | | Engaging With A Cultural Shift... | | There is a group of leaders of charities and churches who meet together weekly in the centre of Reading to pray for blessing on the various communities the region is made up of.
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| | Steve Prince |
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Christianity and the culture we live in
I recently wrote an article for the Reading Football Club Supporters Club (STAR) magazine. This is about the nature of true success and what success is built on. In the piece I have written of how my life, as a Christian leader, is built on values that come directly from the bible. They have, and do serve me well – and many are just common sense.
Values are the principles we actually live by. They are at the heart of our decision making and life choices. The bible itself warns of the problems that can come by becoming so comfortable living in contemporary culture, that we become part of it to such an extent that we lose touch with the biblical values we say we believe in.
Here at Brookside we are embarking on a “mixed diet” of teaching during our Sunday church gatherings. One of the main courses will involve a variety of speakers exploring big life issues and what the bible has to say about them. We are aiming to present these in such a way that we are provoked to think about our own lives in the light of the truth of God’s word. Hopefully we will also be better prepared and equipped to make choices and decisions that are best for us, as well as understanding the issues at hand better.
We will be looking at life in a sexualised society, what the bible has to say about governments and our responsibility toward them (not least with an impending General Election happening this year). We will have sessions on alcohol and addiction, marriage and relationships, and on how God provides for our needs – but not necessarily for our “wants.” There will be other subjects that should stimulate us to think and to ask God to help us live in the kind of freedom that adds real quality to our lives.
To read more about how we at Brookside are provoked to think about our own lives in the light of the truth of God’s word, select this link. |
Steve Prince, 22/01/2010 |
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