A presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer

“Right or Wrong? The Bible’s Ethical Claims on my Life”

Further exploring earlier themes from the week, we look at the function of Scripture in an imperfect world. We live in a world where there is great suffering. We all experience suffering in our own lives. How do we bounce back from such situations? An operative word to rebound during times of difficulty is “hope.” What is the basis for Hope in our world?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

A brief presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer.

“Resilience”

Further exploring earlier themes from the week, we look at the function of Scripture in an imperfect world. We live in a world where there is great suffering. We all experience suffering in our own lives.  How do we bounce back from such situations? An operative word to rebound during times of difficulty is “hope”. What is the basis for Hope in our world?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

A brief presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer.

“In the beginning was the Word”

In the final analysis, the Bible is not just about facts and information.  Neither is the Bible simply a set of instructions about how to live life. So much of the Bible is about a person. What difference does Jesus at the centre of Scripture make to our lives?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

A brief presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer

“When Life Gets Complicated…”

How does the Bible help me with living my day-to-day life?  The Bible is not only about information. It speaks to the conundrums that I face in my every day life.  But sometimes it is difficult to build a bridge between an ancient text and the challenges that twenty-first century life throw our way. What Bible reading practices help make the Bible more relevant to our personal worlds?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

A brief presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer

“The Eyes Of Faith”

Reformers developed the idea of the perspicuity of Scripture.  This is a big word that says that anybody should be able to understand the message of the Bible. What skills do we need to practice in reading the Bible for it to be a book that keeps on giving?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

A presentation by guest speaker Pastor Weiers Coetser will followed by a time of prayer.

“Are things that are strong really strong?”

There are many contemporary challenges to the authority of Scripture?  How do we evaluate them?  How fragile is the authority of Scripture?

Full details of the week and audio recordings are available here.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

We meet for prayer before the main Church services for 15 minutes of prayer. All welcome.

All welcome – meet at Shirley Froude’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Karin Edward’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Shirley Froude’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Bernice Harlin’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Rene Fox’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Shirley Froude’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

At the end of 2006 I began a series of expository sermons based on the gospel of Mark. Naively, I thought the project would take about 16 sermons—there are after all only 16 chapters in a book that takes a little over an hour to read. As I am preparing this prayer meeting series we have had 15 sermons and are only up to Mark 4.

There was something else I was wrong about. I did not expect that the Jesus I was about to meet in Mark would differ in any way from the Jesus I already knew. I was very wrong. I have discovered a Jesus more radical than the Jesus I have known.
I, like probably most church people who make up what is known as the church ‘establishment’, have created a scripturally selected Jesus who is safe—meek, mild, and comfortable with our lifestyles, prejudices, social mores, opinions, and priorities. In effect He conforms to me not the other way round.

What have I found in Mark’s gospel? A dangerous Jesus. One who insults respectable clergymen; attends the kind of parties that brand him a gluttonous winebibber; a pal of people that Church boards would discuss as inappropriate companionship; shows no deference for position or wealth; calls monuments to the faith of old, hypocrisy; and slams a number of sacrosanct traditions—to say nothing of His values and His passion for people that makes us look petty and mean. He is so radical that we must either love Him or kill him. He demands no less. And to argue that this Jesus isn’t what Mark presents is to demand that He conform to the Jesus I know.

About a month ago I read Philip Yancy’s book ‘The Jesus I never knew’ and this has conveniently provided a basis for the series.

I invite you to join us on selected Tuesday nights to “meet Jesus” afresh.

Llewellyn Edwards
Pastor

DATES & TOPICS:

Tuesday 16th Oct 07: The Jesus I thought I knew.

Tuesday 23rd Oct 07: Birth-the visited planet

Tuesday 30th Oct 07: Background-Jewish roots and soils

Tuesday 6th Nov 07: A break in the series—for prayer

Tuesday 13th Nov 07: A break in the series—the Forgiveness Project

Tuesday 20th Nov 07: No meeting due to the Forgiveness Project exhibition
Tuesday 27th Nov 07: Temptation – Showdown in the Desert
Tuesday 4th Dec 07: A Break in the series—for prayer
Tuesday 11 Dec 07: What would I have noticed
Tuesday 18th Dec 07: Beatitudes – Lucky are the Unlucky
Tuesday 25thDec 07: No meeting

A Prayer group meets weekly at Crieff High School, room G5 every Thursday from 10-11am, to pray for the Young People of Crieff. Anyone is welcome to join this group.

All welcome – meet at Shirley Froude’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Bernice Harlin’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Shirley Froude’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

All welcome – meet at Rene Fox’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

About a month ago I read Philip Yancy’s book ‘The Jesus I never knew’ and this has conveniently provided a basis for the series. As we continue this series, I invite you to join us on selected Tuesday nights to “meet Jesus” afresh.

DATES AND TOPICS:

Tuesday 1st Jan 08: No meeting

Tuesday 8th Jan 08: No meeting

Tuesday 15th Jan 08: Message— a sermon
of offence

Tuesday 22nd Jan 08: Mission—a
revolution of grace

Tuesday 29th Jan 08: Miracles – Snapshots
of the supernatural

Tuesday 5th February 08: Death—the final week

Tuesday 12th February 08: A Break in the
series—for prayer

Tuesday 19th February 08: A Break in the
series—for prayer

Tuesday 26th February 08: Resurrection –
a morning beyond belief

Tuesday 4th March 08: Ascension—a
blank blue sky

Tuesday 11th March 08: A Break in the
series—for prayer

Tuesday 18th March 08: Kingdom—wheat among the weeds

Tuesday 25th March 08: Jesus— the
difference He makes

Tuesday 1st April – No Meeting
Tuesday 8th April – continuation of the final topic from the Philip Yancey series – ‘Jesus – the Difference He Makes’.

All welcome – meet at Bob & Moyra Rodd’s home. If you have a specific prayer request let us know. Call 01764 652596 for details of venue or to add your prayer request.

Guest speaker for today is one of the Scottish Mission pastors, from Aberdeen.  This weekend has a prayer emphasis and today Ps Mc Cormac and Mrs Karin Edwards, Scottish Mission Prayer Sponsor, will lead out in the service.  His sermon title is ‘Do not Worry’, and is part of the themed weekend ‘Discover God in your Daily Life’.