Each Tuesday we meet for an hour of Bible Study and prayer, in an informal setting.  All welcome.  This week, 1st June, will be on the theme of praise and thanksgiving.  Come prepared to rejoice in the goodness of God.

All are welcome to come to the mid-week prayer meeting.  Come a little earlier at 7:15 for a drink and a chat before we start.  Meeting runs from 7:30 – 8:30.  This is an informal group, with opportunity to interract, discuss, and pray.  Weekly meeting each Tuesday until December 15th.  There will be a break over the Christmas period, and the meetings recommence 5th January

The mid-week prayer meetings are recommencing after the summer break, and will be held in the church hall at Crieff SDA church.  The first week will be led by Pastor Bernie Holford – so come along and meet him, and gain some spiritual refreshment at the same time.

Another in the series ‘What I wish you knew about the heart of my church’s belief’ This will consist of talks and questions about the reasons why people are passionate about their church ~ so that we can learn from each other and be encouraged.  If you don’t feel passionate about church maybe attending the series might help to re-ignite the passion!

Come and hear Andy Campbell, who is a member of the Church of Scotland, as he tells of what is at the heart of his belief, and what makes him passionate about his church.  There will be time for discussion and prayer.  All welcome.

A Prayer/discussion meeting is held on a weekly basis on Tuesdays in the Crieff SDA church hall.

This will consist of talks about the reasons why people are passionate about their church.  The majority of the sessions will be by Adventists, but some non-adventists have also been invited to talk about the passion they have for their churches, and I pray we can learn from them.

This week, Pastor Bob Rodd will lead the discussion.  Come along and join in, and hear what is important to Bob.

The new autumn series of prayer meetings starts with a series entitled ‘What I wish you knew about the heart of my church’s belief’.

This will consist of talks about the reasons why people are passionate about their church.  The majority of the sessions will be by Adventists, but some non-adventists have also been invited to talk about the passion they have for their churches, and I pray we can learn from them.

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’.

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