Posted in church, conference on August 10, 2004 | No Comments »
At the conference today we were looking at “Meaningful Worship”. Don Carson walked us through John 4 looking at how we should worship in Spirit and truth, taking the example of Jesus encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well as our focus. We looked at how Jesus broke down the barriers of [...]
Posted in church, conference on August 9, 2004 | No Comments »
Usual mixed emotions experienced before this evening began : apprehension, un-certainty, excitement, anticipation
Reflecting on it now my feelings are that of joy and excitrment. Joy in that I am fortionate to be at the event and in this position as the church considers its future. Excitement about how God will use this conference [...]
Posted in church, conference on August 2, 2004 | No Comments »
You may remember I posted about this event that I will be attending a few months back
http://colinforeman.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_colinforeman_archive.html.
Well the event begins next monday night, and having just received the conference material at church yesterday, I can now say I am quite excited about the prospect of what this could become. The conference, run by the [...]
Posted in church, youthwork on July 6, 2004 | No Comments »
Yet again realising I haven’t updated this in a while, will have to make an effort to get into the habit of updating more frequently. Anyway, what am I up to at the minute, well a few things of note are coming up.
Youth activities in church have taken abit of a break over the [...]
Posted in church, faith on November 12, 2003 | No Comments »
United Sharing Believers, that’s the picture painted of the early Christian church in Acts 4 32-36. “All the believers were of one heart and mind, and they felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had” Acts 4:32(NLT). Our possessions are not ours, but gifts from [...]
Posted in church, faith on November 6, 2003 | No Comments »
Midweek last night was looking at discipleship, and the role each believer has in teaching, nurturing and guiding fellow believers in their faith, especially during the early years of faith. To do this we need to be real with each other, learning from one another’s experience, encouraging and looking out for each other, and [...]
Posted in church on October 30, 2003 | No Comments »
I’m now officially a member of our church, having partaken in communicant classes, and been received into the church fellowship at pre-communion service last night. Was given a card outlining what it means to be a communicant member:
My Confession
– I have received Jesus Christ to be Saviour and Lord of my life.
My Vows
- [...]
Posted in church, faith on October 5, 2003 | No Comments »
The minister this morning at our harvest service, Rev. Hyndman, spoke on Ezekiel 22 vs. 23-31, outlining how the harvest of souls was of more importance to God than the physical harvest of crop we celebrate. The passage examines the terrible state of spiritual depravity that the people of Israel had gotten themselves into, [...]
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