In the coming weeks, we will be looking at the theme of "Called into Life" - both at church and in our house groups.
The structure of this will be:
w/c Sunday 12th September
“Called by God”
Sermon to be preached at Longsight in the evening of the 12th September and then podcasted via the website.
Housegroups - Tuesday the 14th September at 7:30pm and Wednesday the 15th September in the morning
w/c Sunday 19th September
“Called to conversion”
Sermon to be preached at Tottington Road in the morning and Longsight in the evening of the 19th September and then podcasted
Housegroups - Wednesday the 22nd September in the morning and Thursday the 23rd September at 7:30pm
w/c Sunday 26th September
”Called into community”
Sermon to be preached at Longsight of the 26th September and then podcasted
Housegroups - Tuesday the 28th September at 7:30pm and Wednesday the 29th September in the morning
w/c Sunday 3rd October
“Called into mission”
Theme to be explored at Longsight of the 3rd October and then podcasted
Housegroups - Wednesday the 5th October in the morning and Thursday the 6th October at 7:30pm
So please come back to be a part of these discussions.
God Bless,
Ian
Sunday evenings sermon was one of the (in my experience rare sermons) that you continue to mull over as the week goes on.
ReplyDeleteI came across a quote from Winston Churchill, who to be honest I think borrowed it from someone else,'To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.'
The idea of being clay and modeled and moulded by God reminded me of a toy Jacob used to have. It was a man that you could stretch and pull in to all sorts of positions and when you let go he went back to his 'normal' shape.
We have to be strectched - new situations, new experiences, new challenges allow God to change us.
But like Jacobs stretching toy, if we let go of God, he won't let go of us, but we will just relax back into our old comfortable shape.