Hard Lessons
Andrea and I have been learning a lot at church recently. Things have changed a great deal. First of all the church has moved from meeting at the hotel. Now we meet at a railway arch at much less cost. Numbers have also dwindled. When we meet, there are not many at the service. God has been encouraging us though. We have had a few good speakers. They have encouraged us to get out there to share with people the good news about Jesus.
It all started when a young man called Peter came along and turned our world upside-down. He told when Jesus sent out the 72 disciples as described in Luke 10:1-23. He told them to find “a man of peace”. In other words to find someone already wanting things of God. God is at work in people’s lives and has prepared people to receive the good news about Jesus, he went on.
Instead of preaching at them why not share with them and discover together what God has said. It really did turn our thinking upside down! We have been doing our best to put it all in to practice.
Great News
We have wonderful news Richard and Fiona are having a baby! This means (of course) we will be Grandparents again. The baby is due in May. They don’t know if it is a boy or girl but have nick-named the “bump” as “Apple” (you know Apple Mac- computer). Fiona has had several scans since they first heard the news, and the baby is doing well.
This news has all come at a very busy time for them. Richard had got a new job in a different city in Germany.
2012 is the year of the Olympics and as a preparation to that my work wants to get everybody working from home. Other colleagues have been having telephone lines put in so they can have Internet access in their home. For me it is not necessary as I have always been forward when it comes to technology. If I am working from home, then all I need to wait for is little mini security device that allows me to us my own computer. I am not sure I want to work from home for five days a week as I would miss the interaction with other people. I have the Christian group to think about too.
Easter Plans
Easter is fast approaching and The Christian Prayer Group,at work, wanted to do something to mark the festival. First of all we had hoped to be able to have a table in the town hall foyer with leaflets like we had a couple of years ago.
Secondly, as something different, we thought an Easter Egg hunt in the week leading up to Easter weekend. This would involve us producing little slips or tickets that if redeemed with us an Easter Egg would be exchanged. Some just small "Creme Egg" types and 1 or 2 as large luxury type in exchange for a special ticket. The tickets would be only put into open areas and be of an unobtrusive nature. We would hope it would be advertised on the Intranet and we would give out flyers from the table in the foyer. We have been buying quite a few Easter Eggs. It should be fun.
