CHRISTIAN LIFESKILLS (Continued)

Sunday Morning Teaching - February 2012

Our January teaching on Christian Lifeskills concentrated on personal skills for individual Christians. The aim of this continued series on Christian Lifeskills is to explore 3 issues for the whole Church today - Mission/Faith Sharing/Evangelism, Marriage/Relationships, and Spiritual Gifts. These are all important issues for a strong and healthy Church. We must learn to be more confident in sharing our faith, more effective in speaking about relationships, and much better at sharing our gifts for Spirit-filled ministry in the world.

FEBRUARY 5th - Christian Lifeskills - ARE YOU MY WITNESSES?
Genesis 12:1-9, Matthew 28:16-20
Jesus told his disciples "You are my witnesses". On the day we officially launch Ultimate Gold, Pastor Peter will challenge us about our mission and outreach.

FEBRUARY 12th - Christian Lifeskills - TO HAVE AND HOLD
Genesis 2:15-24, Ephesians 5:1-
On the Sunday closest to Valentines Day Dave will look at some of the Bible teaching on marriage and relationships, with some input from the Agenda group on singleness and a FREE booklet for everyone.

FEBRUARY 19th - Christian Lifeskills - MANY GIFTS, ONE BODY
Isaiah 6:1-9, 1 Corinthians , John 15:1-8
Rev. Peter, the newest member of our ministry team, will share some wisdom about Spiritual Gifts; we are the Body of Christ in the World, but are all the parts of that body sharing effectively in ministry and mission?

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STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS

Learning from Jesus' Parables

Sunday Evening Teaching - Epiphany 2012

Anyone who went to a good Sunday School will tell you that a Parable is: "A Heavenly Story with an Earthly Meaning". Basically, Jesus took examples from everyday life and used them as a basis for a story to prompt us to think about our faith, our beliefs or our relationship with God.

Parables were, (and are), good stories; they are also a very open-ended, non-judgemental, way of teaching and challenging people. Through using parables, Jesus invites us to work things out for ourselves, and possibly even to come back to learn more.....!

JANUARY 8th - A STORY ABOUT SOME BAD TENANTS
Isaiah 5:1-7, Mark 12:1-12

JANUARY 15th - A STORY ABOUT A GREAT FEAST
Isaiah 55:1-9, Luke 14:15-24

JANUARY 22nd - A STORY ABOUT A GOOD SAMARITAN
Isaiah 1:10-17, Luke 10:25-37

JANUARY 29th - STORIES ABOUT BEING LOST AND FOUND
Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

FEBRUARY 5th - LAUNCH OF ULTIMATE GOLD OLYMPIC MISSION
7pm UNITED SERVICE AT HIGHWAY CHURCH, 88 Romford Road E15
meet at St John's at 6.30pm if you are unsure how to get there.

FEBRUARY 12th - A STORY ABOUT GOOD AND BAD INVESTMENTS

Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 25:14-30

FEBRUARY 19th - A STORY ABOUT SHEEP AND GOATS
Deuteronomy 24:14-22, Matthew 25:31-46