Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,
for he who promised is faithful.
let us consider how we may spur
one another
on toward love and good deeds,
not giving up meeting together,
as some are in the habit of doing,
but encouraging one
another
and all the more
as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:23-25
[NIV]
Don't just
believe
it,
LIVE LIKE
IT!
Church as
God intends is Awesome!!! In Acts we see it... the love, generosity and
friendship! But it doesn't shy away from telling of the challenges
too!
We often
desire the exciting events and miracles and want to be in on the recieving end
of love and generosity!
We may
even enjoy from time to time, taking the opportunity to show love and
generosity!
I praise
God for the amount of times that people comment on the love and the welcome at
Lifewell Church. Be encouraged! God is making his love known among
us!
As we seek
to commit our lives to God and his ways, who knows what God has in store for
us!
Keep
Loving! Keep Living!
Keep
Growing! That His love may flow through you and me and us
collectively!!!
Jesus' parable
of the great feast - Matthew 22:1-14.
*The Kingdom of
Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a king who prepared a great wedding
feast for his son. *When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify
those who were invited. But they all refused to come!
Matthew
22:2-3. [NLT]
The discussions
continue with the Pharisees. Jesus responds with a parable about the Kingdom of
God being like a king's feast for his Son. Many get invited and the
respondents appear to separate into 3 categories. Those that reject the
invite. Those that accept the invite and the one who appears to accept the
invite and wants to enjoy the feast but doesn't dress right. Now we all
know God looks at the heart and not the outward appearance. So what's
going on in this parable? Tradition suggests that wedding garments would
have been provided and it would seem he chose not to wear it. Of course
God provided clothing for Adam and Eve to cover their shame and Spiritually God
does the same. He invites us into his kingdom providing us with robes of
righteousness but we can't enjoy the feast until we first accept the
invite and put on the new life that God provides for us. Let's not miss
out on the Kingdom that God invites us to be a part of! Accept his call and
enjoy living out the righteous life he's called us to!
The ministry of Open Doors began in 1955 when
Brother
Andrew became God*s Smuggler, taking suitcase after
suitcase
of Bibles to the persecuted church, facing great
danger, but determined to bring encouragement and hope. Right now millions of
Christians are at risk of persecution around the world. Open Doors is active in
over 50 countries, supplying Bibles, leadership training, Scripture-based
literacy programmes and support for Christians suffering for their
faith.
In the last 18 months Nigeria has risen to become the
country where Christians face the worst violence. Between November 2012 and
March 2014 more than 2000 Christians were killed and more than 1500 churches
attacked or destroyed.
Open Doors has just released a list of 10 countries
where Christians experience most violent incidents and these
are:
1 Nigeria 2 Syria 3 Egypt 4 Central African Republic 5
Mexico 6 Pakistan 7 Colombia 8 India 9 Kenya 10 Iraq
Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are
suffering.
PLEASE PRAY FOR :-
1.
For the
safe return of
more than
200 girls
kidnapped
from Chibok, Nigeria.
2. That
the Holy Spirit will encourage Christians who have chosen to stay and build up
the church in Northern Nigeria.
3. For
wisdom and protection for Open Doors workers.
4. That
God will give Meriam, a Sudanese Christian, physical and spiritual strength and
that the charges against her will be dropped.
If you would like to give to Missions just place your Missions gift
in an envelope marked Missions and drop it in collection any time along with
your Tithes and Offerings. Each month, you can read a little more about
Christian Mission organisations and what they do!
WORKDAYS
The summer is upon us and something we try to do
every year is to get some jobs done around the church and take the opportunity
to enjoy some fellowship while doing it.
If you have a few hours to spare and are able to
join us for some, part or all of the work days, it would be great for us
as a church and I'm sure you'll enjoy too!!!
We have some painting planned, some clearing of the
basement and the grounds behind the church and a general tidy up of the side
rooms. It will be great to see you!
10am-4pm Monday 4th
August
(Bring a packed lunch)
1pm-4pm Tuesday 5th
August
1pm-4pm Thursday 7th August
PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
EVENT
Keep your ear
to the ground as we are looking to arrange a Prayer & Fellowship Event.
We are still
ironing out details but it will probably be the
afternoon and
evening of
Wednesday 27th Aug.
Keep the date free if you can and more details will
follow!!!
HELP NEEDED TO CLEAR VESTRY & MAIN
HALL
After Tea &
Coffee Sunday evening 10th August
(Carpets are being
cleaned Monday 11th August)
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
5th Mia
Jackson
8th Tomos
James
9th Sophie
Parker
12th Susan
Gibbard
13th
Michael Davies
13th
Darcey Mainwaring
17th Emma
Rees
22nd
Katherine Williams
25th
Robert Ellens
28th Brian
Lambert
28th
Curtis Lambert
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
9th Liz
& Chris
10th
Charlotte & Dave
12th Mary
& Mike
17th
Lindsey & Nick
30th
Kathryn & Mark
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sunday
10:30am - Morning Service
3:30pm - The O-Zone Family Service
Monday
7pm - 18/08/14 - Life Lounge
Wednesday
7:00pm - Prayer Meeting
(06/08/14 - Kids/Youth Focus)
(13/08/14 - Mission Focus)
Thursday
9:15am-11:15am - Coffee Morning/Parent & Toddler
No coffee Morning Thursday 7th & 14th
August
Coffee Morning starts back 21st
August.
Friday
There will be no R-gen for the months of July
and August but keep a listen out for any special
events and R-Gen will start back in September.
