ADVENT CHALLENGE

Sunday morning teaching for Advent 2009

Advent is an important time of preparation for Christmas. Our Advent teaching picks up some of the traditional Advent themes to help us reflect on the miracle of Christmas, and to challenge us to respond to that miracle.

On Sunday mornings we will look at the challenges of Advent. The birth of Jesus challenges everything from our idea of God to our willingness to obey his call and his purpose. It's not surprising that John the Baptist's message was "repent and be ready"!

NOVEMBER 29 - ADVENT CHALLENGE - Be Ready!
Isaiah 52:7-10, Luke 21:25-33

DECEMBER 06 - ADVENT CHALLENGE - Hear the Word
2 Timothy 3:41-4:5, Luke 4:14-21

DECEMBER 13 - ADVENT CHALLENGE - Prepare the Way
Isaiah 40:1-11, John 1:19-28

DECEMBER 20 - ADVENT CHALLENGE - Obey the Call
1 Corinthians 1:26-31, Luke 1:26-38

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GOD IS GOOD?

Sunday Evening Teaching New Year 2010

"GOD IS GOOD", Christians say, but the rest of the world might question this statement. GOD IS GOOD? (the question mark is deliberate) will explore some important questions about the nature of God), in a teaching series designed to help us to:

• Understand the nature of God more fully.
• Consider hard questions about the problem of a loving God and a world where so many things go wrong.
• Learn to grow closer to God as our Heavenly Father through learning from experience and reflecting on God's work in our lives and through our prayers.

JANUARY 10 - GOD IS GOOD? - GOD REVEALS HIS GOODNESS
Genesis 12:1-9, John 3:16-21

The starting point for Christians is God's revelation. He is the God who called Abraham, who rescued his people from Egypt and who sent Jesus into the world to call us to salvation. God's goodness is shown in his love, his forgiveness, his grace.

JANUARY 17 - GOD IS GOOD? - HOW CAN A GOOD GOD.....?
Job 30:16-26, Job 38:1-7, Matthew 5:1-12

If God is good and loving, why do so many things go so badly wrong in our world. How can a God who allows wars and disasters be good?

JANUARY 24 - GOD IS GOOD? - HOW CAN WE KNOW GOD?
Ephesians 3:14-20, John 14:1-17

Exploring the Christian experience of God, communicating with God, seeing God at work in our lives through the Holy Spirit, growing to know the amazing goodness of God for ourselves.

JANUARY 31 - GOD IS GOOD? - GOD'S WAY TO GOODNESS
Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 22:34-40

God's law is given to enable us to know his goodness; he shares his concerns and values with us.

FEBRUARY 07 - Special service of Prayer and Praise for THE ULTIMATE GOAL Mission