Love After Marriage (LAM) is a Holy Spirit led course which helps couples explore the emotional, spiritual and physical oneness that the Lord designed for marriage. This course will run over 18 sessions in Link Church starting on Friday May 9th and will be led by Jonathan and Kate Humphrey of LAM Scotland. The cost of the course will be around £40 per couple which will cover the workbook materials and refreshments. During a Love After Marriage workshop you can expect to see God do great things for you as a couple.
Application forms and more information can be obtained now from Jonathan and Kate at jonkateh588@tiscali.co.uk or call 07881 981871.
Find out more about LAM on the UK website: http://www.loveaftermarriage.org.uk/
Monday, 14 April 2014
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Come to the Water
Abby introduced this new song to us on Sunday morning:
http://youtu.be/PWHVxrUhz0E
http://youtu.be/PWHVxrUhz0E
Come, come to the water
All who are thirsty
Come and be filled
Come, come to the river
Brothers and sisters
Come and be healed
Come, come to the water
All who are thirsty
Come and be filled
Come, come to the river
Brothers and sisters
Come and be healed
Come and be healed
(Chorus)
We believe in the kingdom come
We believe in the risen Son
You bring our hearts to life
Lord we come with our hands up high
We believe You will satisfy
You bring our hearts to life
You bring our hearts to life
We are alive
We are alive
See people returning
The love of the father drawing us in
See salvation coming
Jesus our Saviour, light of the world
Light of the world
(Chorus)
We believe in the kingdom come
We believe in the risen Son
You bring our hearts to life
Lord we come with our hands up high
We believe You will satisfy
You bring our hearts to life
You bring our hearts to life
We are alive
We are alive
Let revival come
Let the people sing
The glory of Your name
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Thrive
Abby introduced us to a new song on Sunday morning - Thrive (by Casting Crowns). Here are the lyrics:
"Thrive"
Here in this worn and weary land
Where many a dream has died
Like a tree planted by the water
We never will run dry
So living water flowing through
God, we thirst for more of You
Fill our hearts and flood our souls with one desire
Just to know You and to make You known
We lift Your name on high
Shine like the sun, make darkness run and hide
We know we were made for so much more than ordinary lives
It's time for us to more than just survive
We were made to thrive
Into Your word, we're digging deep
To know our Fathers heart
Into the world, we're reaching out
To show them who You are
Joy unspeakable, faith unsinkable
Love unstoppable, anything is possible
Where many a dream has died
Like a tree planted by the water
We never will run dry
So living water flowing through
God, we thirst for more of You
Fill our hearts and flood our souls with one desire
Just to know You and to make You known
We lift Your name on high
Shine like the sun, make darkness run and hide
We know we were made for so much more than ordinary lives
It's time for us to more than just survive
We were made to thrive
Into Your word, we're digging deep
To know our Fathers heart
Into the world, we're reaching out
To show them who You are
Joy unspeakable, faith unsinkable
Love unstoppable, anything is possible
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Do Lent Generously
Lent begins tomorrow, March 5th. What does Lent mean to you? 40 days of giving things up, of doing without? What if, this time, you could do something that would transform the traditional? Not just giving up but giving out? We can reflect something of God's incredible generosity through the cross by creating a daily habit of generosity throughout Lent. Small acts of generosity have the power to make a big change to our communities, to our churches, and ultimately to our world.
40 Acts is the challenge from Christian Charity, Stewardship, that invites you to Do Lent Generously. 40 Days of giving back, doing good and living generously. Say thank you.... create a generosity toolbox....share a skill.... always talk to strangers.... These are just a few of the forty acts of generosity that will feature in 40 Acts. Each daily challenge will be aided by a Biblical reflection by one of 40 highly regarded contributors. These include Rob Parsons (Hope for the Family), Krish Kandiah (Evangelical Alliance), Dot Tyler (Tearfund), Charlie Blythe (A21 Campaign, Hillsong) and many more.
You can sign up to 40 Acts via 40acts.org.uk and you will receive daily 40Acts challenges by email from 5th March - 19th April. Challenges will also be posted daily on the 40Acts website and via social media sites.
Visit www.40acts.org.uk for more information about the campaign and to get involved. Let's Do Lent Generously this year!
40 Acts is the challenge from Christian Charity, Stewardship, that invites you to Do Lent Generously. 40 Days of giving back, doing good and living generously. Say thank you.... create a generosity toolbox....share a skill.... always talk to strangers.... These are just a few of the forty acts of generosity that will feature in 40 Acts. Each daily challenge will be aided by a Biblical reflection by one of 40 highly regarded contributors. These include Rob Parsons (Hope for the Family), Krish Kandiah (Evangelical Alliance), Dot Tyler (Tearfund), Charlie Blythe (A21 Campaign, Hillsong) and many more.
You can sign up to 40 Acts via 40acts.org.uk and you will receive daily 40Acts challenges by email from 5th March - 19th April. Challenges will also be posted daily on the 40Acts website and via social media sites.
Visit www.40acts.org.uk for more information about the campaign and to get involved. Let's Do Lent Generously this year!
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
News from the Moore Family in Bali
...and The Summer Never
Ends
A lot has happened since you've heard from us, and for that I apologize. This will be a attempt to put it all in a nutshell.
Christmas was a bit strange so far from all people and things familiar. We learned that the idea of baking and hot beverages are not quite as appealing when you have sweat running down your back. It was very touching to receive so many cards and care packages...we felt very loved!
Two days after Christmas...we moved! Our new place is much closer to the kids' school and out from the city...truly a Godsend, and we are so thankful. We are able to close the bedrooms and sleep in air conditioning, but the rest of the house is very open. This is great for breezes, but please pray against mosquitos.
For half of January, we were without our car. This was quite challenging, especially in the rain, but we were able to make two motorbikes work! We came away from the experience very thankful, and feeling more Indonesian (most Indonesian families primarily use motorbikes...many do not have the option of using a car).
Silas just celebrated his ninth birthday! All of the children are doing great and making lots of friends. The photo above is of Biggi and her friend, Tatiana, at a birthday party. It is sometimes difficult to realize that many of their friends are not believers. Please pray for their friendships and that The Lord will use them for His good purpose.
Our family is still on a forming (not yet complete) team, and are getting a lot closer to realizing our practical purpose here. Perhaps next month I will be able to tell you more about it! Right now, our primary focus is still on language learning. It is a bit challenging, and we will have a second year of language classes in our future. Please pray for grace in understanding Indonesian grammar!
I am finding comfort lately in these words from the Apostle Paul:
Romans 8: 38 & 39:
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
I will leave these with you in closing. Thank you so much for your continued patience and prayers. We love you and miss you!
Blessings!
Luke, Julie, Norine, Silas, Biggi, & Lucy
Monday, 24 February 2014
Update from the Storms
We are taking a group of 11 people to an oasis town many
hours drive into the deserts of the Middle East.
This town is the centre of a desert region where some
3,0000 people represent a particular people group without any known followers of
Jesus and no church in its history ever.
It is a priviledge to spend a week among these people to pray, to
worship and to seek to have some faith based conversations. Our group will comprise 4 Arabs, 1 Namibian,
1 South-African and some Brits.
Exciting!
The Bedouin's are an extremely hospitable people! This March we will be taking two small groups
of men trekking in the Middle East for a week.
We are working alongside an existing mission worker. We will trek about 100kms on each team, not
knowing where we will stay and who we will meet, but going with the prayer to
meet men/families of peace that we can stay with, share a little bit of life
with and our faith stories with. There
are very few followers of Jesus amongst the Bedouin, join us in asking the Lord
for an expression of church to rise up among the Bedouin!
Monday, 10 February 2014
We Exist from the Unlimited
We Exist from the Unlimited
We set limits on ourselves
and we belittle each other,
yet we live in communion
with the Unlimited.
We doubt ourselves
and devalue one another,
but we go under the gaze
of Goodness.
We divide ourselves,
we confront each other,
yet we receive life
from the One.
We classify ourselves
as perfect or misshapen,
but are all indwelt
by Beauty.
We fear our darkness,
we hide ourselves,
yet we are enlightened
by Truth
Who could
place limits
on God's love
for us?
Who could put
limits on us
if only we could dwell in the
love of God?
We set limits on ourselves
and we belittle each other,
yet we live in communion
with the Unlimited.
We doubt ourselves
and devalue one another,
but we go under the gaze
of Goodness.
We divide ourselves,
we confront each other,
yet we receive life
from the One.
We classify ourselves
as perfect or misshapen,
but are all indwelt
by Beauty.
We fear our darkness,
we hide ourselves,
yet we are enlightened
by Truth
Who could
place limits
on God's love
for us?
Who could put
limits on us
if only we could dwell in the
love of God?
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