A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sunday gathering this week, we really enjoyed looking into the highs and lows of Joseph’s life.
In this week’s gathering there was a challenge from Ian:
Your creative challenge this week is to make your own masks & props to recreate a Bible story. It might be Joseph or another one of your favourites. Please do send them in – we love seeing them.
If you haven’t had chance to watch, or would like to watch again you can find all of the Sunday Gatherings here.
Free Methodist Annual Conference
This coming Friday and Saturday is the Free Methodist Annual Conference taking place online this year, where Rebecca Parkinson & Martin McDonald being accepted as Ministerial Candidates.
If you’d like to join in you will need to register as soon as possible by following these instructions.
Prayer Meetings
We have been running a daytime prayer meeting on Tuesday 2pm to 3pm online for a few weeks now. From this Tuesday 19th May, we will be adding an evening prayer meeting at 7pm.
Please find below a couple of book reviews from the Christian Resources Centre in Preston. You can still order from them via email on cbcpreston@aol.com which is now the only way to get in touch with the Christian Resource Centre, the shop is closed as per the Government guidelines. Some of their suppliers have closed so they are limited to what they can source but they have a few of each of these in stock.
A CALL LESS ORDINARY – RICH WILSON – RRP: £9.99
What is my calling? It is a question wrestled with throughout every stage of life but perhaps felt most acutely by the twenty-something population. As Christians we might know that life to the full is experienced when we respond recklessly and wholeheartedly to the call of God. But how do we know what that is? And how do we pursue it once we do? This book tells the story of Rich Wilson and the growth Fusion, a movement that serves over 2200 churches across Europe in reaching students. Packed full of stories of ordinary people caught up in a much bigger God charged-movement, this book will inspire, challenge, reassure and encourage readers that God has a call and a plan for every single life. Exploring the adventures and adversity we face as we dare to live out a faithful response to the call to follow Jesus, these God encounters, ignition moments, dead ends and failures will show how God can use all things to become tools for transformation and forge faith in the journey.
MORE THAN WORDS – HANNAH DUNNETT – RRP: £12.99
Hannah Dunnett explores her unique artwork and the visual imagery she uses in her paintings to illustrate scripture. Her inspirational artwork provides a fresh look at scripture and aids personal reflection and devotion. Alongside each illustration she describes the background to the picture and her reasoning for the imagery and words used. As well as learning more about Hannah’s own inspiration and journey of faith the reader is encouraged to reflect on the picture and the scriptures used. Questions are posed of the reader to help the reflective process and provoke thought and application.
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS – DVD – RRP: – £12.99
A man named Pilgrim discovers a book, and the more he reads it, the more he is convicted of sin and judgement and a burden begins to develop on his back. Obsessed with discovering the truth and escaping his town, the City of Destruction, Pilgrim ventures outside the forbidden borders and begins his journey to find a Celestial City ruled by a good and noble King, meeting friends and foes along the way. THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS was written over 340 years ago by John Bunyan when he was in prison. The story of Pilgrim’s Progress has been smuggled to the underground church during communism, banned for a time in China, and has sold more copies than any other book other than the Bible. The journey of this remarkable work continues as Revelation Media brings the story to a new generation using state-of-the-art CGI animation.
This week is the start of Marriage Week and we are encouraging people to join the Care for the Family Marriage Sessions.
Alpha online is running again this Wednesday and it’s not too late to start.
How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth will be running again on Saturday, please look out for the details, we apologise for the incorrect codes that were sent our for last Saturday.
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for our online gathering this morning. It’s been great to get so much feedback from you.
If you didn’t manage to join us, or would like to re-watch it, it’s available on YouTube here:
Marriage Week and The Marriage Sessions
Over recent weeks we have been encouraging you to sign up for The Marriage Sessions with Care for the Family (more details below). As well as the sessions themselves you’ll also be seeing other resources from us this week.
In less than two weeks we’ll be streaming our first episode of The Marriage Sessions. Over 3,000 couples are already taking part – so join in and sign up for a free date night (or four)!
The Marriage Sessions explores how couples can build a fun, strong and lasting relationship. Many marriages will be feeling the strain right now, but we’re hoping this resource will help you not only endure this season together, but enjoy it.
Every Monday from 11 May for four weeks we’ll send you a link to one session, which you can watch at a time that suits you and your partner best. Each episode includes a mix of real life stories, insight from leading relationship specialists and trusted wisdom from Rob Parsons.
Midweek you’ll also receive some bonus content to help you unpack the session even further (just make sure you confirm to receive emails from us when you sign up).
So sign up today and enjoy four free date nights on us!
The Care for the Family Team
How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth
If you tried to join How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth on Saturday morning and didn’t manage to get in, then please accept our appologies, the communicated Zoom code had a couple of the numbers in the wrong order.
It’s still not too late to join us for the rest of the sessions, please contact us if you need the Zoom meeting codes.
Book Review
Please find below a couple of book reviews from the Christian Resources Centre in Preston. You can still order from them via email on cbcpreston@aol.com which is now the only way to get in touch with the Christian Resource Centre, the shop is closed as per the Government guidelines. Some of their suppliers have closed so they are limited to what they can source but they have a few of each of these in stock.
A GOOD OLD AGE, Derek PRIME – £5.99
Old age often gets a bad press. Associated with grumpiness, aches and pains, loneliness, and isolation it’s not something we particularly look forward to or relish when we’re there. Pastor and Bible teacher Derek Prime, himself in his 80s, shows us that there is another way to view old age. He guides us through 26 Christian priorities that we should hold to in later life. This is a book to dip into, meditate on and read prayerfully as you let the truths it contains gently transform the way you live your old age.
LINK-IT-UP BIBLE, THE – Bob HARTMAN – £9.99
Highly visual and interactive, this is a Bob Hartman Bible like never before. Containing over 60 stories, this book highlights the links between stories and draws attention to the wider themes of the Bible. With arrows zipping across the page, pull-out text boxes asking the reader questions and illustration elements bringing each story to life, this book sees the whole Bible linked up and connected to show the bigger story at work – and the God behind it all.
CHOOSE TO WORSHIP CD – REND COLLECTIVE – £9.99
As a follow-up to their critically acclaimed album “Good News,” (2018) which included the hit single, “Counting Every Blessing,” Northern Ireland’s Rend Collective brings us their 7th studio album, “CHOOSE TO WORSHIP.” Including declarative anthem, “YOUR NAME IS POWER” and contemplative title-track, “CHOOSE TO WORSHIP,” this release is full of exciting new sounds and messages for the listener. “CHOOSE TO WORSHIP,” is a spirit-filled journey that reminds us that, in every high and every low, choosing to worship something greater than ourselves is a daily decision that we get to make. Since the release of their first album, Organic Family Hymnal, the group’s authentic and energetic style of worship has attracted an international audience.
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