My Writings. My Thoughts.
World falling apart?
// March 14th, 2011 // Comments Off // Thought for the week
It’s been a nasty few weeks out there in the world: Earthquakes, Tsunami, civil wars and unrest and today I read about churches being blown up and Christians attacked in Egypt. That’s all out there in the wide world, but even in our local area we have people losing their jobs, not able to find work and worried about feeding their families. The Bournemouth food bank run by Vineyard say they’ve given out 173kg of food parcels on wed alone last week.
It can all leave you feeling like there’s nothing you can do and wondering whether there’s any sense in the world at all. As Christians we believe that God made the world, and is still in charge, but he’s given us the job of caring for it and of caring for each other. We don’t have the answer to why these things happen, but Jesus doesn’t ask us to understand why, he asks us to be his hands in the world until he comes back and fixes the problems permanently.
With so many worthy causes it can be difficult to see how we can be of any help at all. There’s not enough money or time in our hands to fix these problems, but that’s not a reason to do nothing. God is not expecting us to fix the world – even Jesus didn’t fix all the problems around him when he was here, he told us ‘you will always have the poor with you’. He focussed on spreading God’s love and kindness to those around him, and then told us to go and do likewise.
So you can’t fix everything… Pick something you care about and focus on that. Fix something. Help someone. Do what you can, and do it today.
Be a light for Jesus in a darkening world.
Leaders Lunch with Roy Crowne
// January 31st, 2011 // Comments Off // Events, News
Before he speaks at the Grid, we will be hosting a free ‘Leaders Lunch’ with Roy on 18th Feb at 12:30.
Roy ‘s vision is to see the local churches working together to impact their community for Christ and will be sharing some practical ways to engage within our local area.
If you’re part of the leadership for a local church we would love to see you there. If you would like to come, please call the church office on 01202 303036.
Roy was the National Director of Youth for Christ in Britain and now he leads the team at HOPE together.
Roy has written and edited a peer-to-peer evangelistic training course, called ‘The Art of Connecting’.
He was one of the founders of Hope08. He is arguably the most positive and enthusiastic HOPE visionary you could ever meet.
The Grid – 18th Feb
// January 28th, 2011 // Comments Off // Events, News, The Grid, Youth
The next Grid event is coming up on 18th Feb.
Roy Crowne, executive director of Hope together, previously head of Youth for Christ will be our speaker this month.
Start @ 7:30pm, tickets £2.50. See you there.
Happy New Year
// January 7th, 2011 // Comments Off // General
OK, I’m a week late, but there’s still 51 to go so make the most of them.
Christmas / New Year schedule
// December 14th, 2010 // Comments Off // Events
Now that The Grid is done until Feb, we can start thinking about Christmas. Our schedule is as follows:
19th December
Family Service. 10.30am.
No Evening Service
24th December
“The Night Before Christmas” 6pm.
25th December
“Toy Service” 10.30am.
26th December No Services today.
2nd January
Family Service 10.30am.
No Evening Service.
The Grid youth event
// November 16th, 2010 // Comments Off // Events, The Edge, Youth
Guest Seaker: Andy Croft (Soul Survivor)
Awesome Worship
Refreshments
Tickets £2 each (youth leaders go free)
To book ring 01202349126 or 07577551619
or email: jules@springbourne.org
