This week Liz Kinsella visited us from Tearfund to speak both about their work, particularly in South Sudan, and also remind us that God can multiply whatever little we think we have and use it to create lasting transformation. Ant leads the rest of the service with a timely reminder that none of us are…
After a break of a few months we resume our 175th Anniversary celebrations with our annual celebration of the Harvest festival. Lorraine and Chris lead our service as we not only reflect on God’s provision of food for the year but also remember the witness that our church has been to the wider village over the last 175 years.
I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. (John 4:35-36, NIV)
Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.
This Sunday we celebrated the baptisms of Abs and Luke, two people who have decided to make the outward declaration of their faith and follow Jesus through the waters. We hear from both of them as they share their testimonies with us, of how God has led them both in their lives and helped them make the decision to publically profess their faith.
Elsewhere in the service Chris (who has been relegated to the second paragraph this week – I’m sure he won’t mind!) continues in our Starting With God series by looking at David’s declarations that God is his God. We see that what we choose to worship reflects our deep-rooted priorities and how we too can join David in his declarations.
Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.
We all know that there is a difference between learning about something in an abstract manner and experiencing it first hand. Having a stuffed animal doesn’t prepare you fully for meeting one of those animals in real life. Chris takes that metaphor and applies it to God. We can learn all we like about him but until we truly have an experience of Jesus we can’t possibly begin to understand what he is really like.
Ant leads the rest of the service whilst Lynne and Mike lead our sung worship.
The true wonder of the Kingdom of God is something that is impossible for us to understand. In the next in our Starting with God series Chris looks at how the the Bible uses metaphors and similies, models that we do understand, to give us a glimpse at the indescribable. Susan leads the rest of…
Names are important. They can convey so much more meaning than simply what the word literally means. So what can we learn from God’s name revealed to Moses: I Am Who I Am? Chris speaks on how through speaking His name God reveals part of his nature to us.
Lynne leads the service this week as we celebrate another dedication whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
In our August all age service Chris (standing in for Peter) looks at the opening verses of Psalm 1 and explains how we need to be deeply rooted in the Spirit, like a tree planted near streams of water, to truly flourish in our relationship with God and allow Him to work through us.
Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.
Jim Gourlay from AsiaLink visits us to give an update on their work, particularly the work in Uzbekistan where he has recently visited. Jim also speaks on the anointing of Jesus and how that story will be told wherever believers gather for generations to come. Many people in Asia have yet to hear that story and the wider good news of Jesus.
Lorraine leads the rest of the service with an encouragement to trust God even when you cannot see what is ahead and Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
We’ve spent the last weeks in our Starting With God series looking at how having an intimate relationship with God is of ultimate importance in our lives. But in 1 Corinthians Paul says that striving for that relationship is futile if we don’t have evidence to back up our convictions. Chris looks at the “reliable data” that Paul provides to show that what we believe is actually true.
Lynne leads the rest of the service as Koa is dedicated to God and welcomed into the Burwell Baptist Church family, whilst Pete leads our sung worship.
In Psalm 119 the psalmist says that God’s word is a lamp to their feet and a light to their path. In the next in our Starting with God series Chris looks at how the word of God is essential to our journey, guiding our way through the darkness of life and illuminating the true path to Jesus.
Leading the rest of the service we have another making their debut as Peter W shares his experience of walking in the dark, whilst Pete R leads our sung worship.