Together@Butlins Session 2 David Stroud "The Message of Jesus"

January 23, 2010

Following on from Steve Tibbert’s opening session on “The Supremacy of Christ,” Dave Stroud spoke on “The Message of Jesus” from Mark chapter 1 and Acts chapter 1. The main emphasis of Dave’s session was that Jesus came to inaugurate the Kingdom of God in the here and now. Jesus’ message then and our message [...]

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Together@Butlins main session 1 – "The Supremacy of Christ" Steve Tibbert

January 22, 2010

What a great way to open Together@Butlins: an excellent time of worship and Steve Tibbert (King’s Church Catford) speaking on “The Supremacy of Christ” from Hebrews 1:1-4. Steve made some great points: “God speaks in numerous ways, the most supreme way is through His son Jesus Christ the Messiah.” “You have no choice over where [...]

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Live blogging from Together@ Butlins

January 22, 2010

I thougt I might try my hand at live blogging or close to live as possible at the Newfrontiers’ Together@ Butlins weekend. This is the first year that we have been to a Together@ event. It will be a good opportunity to spend time with some of the people that we will be helping to [...]

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"The Age of Stupid"

December 16, 2009

This is a timely post given the UN Climate Change summit taking place in Copenhagen this week. “The Age of Stupid” is a film in the “Storyville” strand broadcast on BBC 4 in the UK. The film combines drama, documentary footage, and animation to show a world devastated by the effects of climate change. It [...]

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"All About Everything" review

December 9, 2009

This is a first for this blog and a first for me as a writer. I have decided to write a review of a CD I bought over the summer. The CD in is “All About Everything” by Becky Green. This is an independent release by a upcoming Christian artist based in Bath, UK. The [...]

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Making December a month of prayer for Breakthroughs

December 2, 2009

At this time of year in the UK, nearly everyone gets caught up in getting ready for Christmas. Usually this means plenty of shopping, parties, social events and of course food. In the midst of these celebrations the true meaning of Christmas gets side-lined or lost altogether. This December, my wife and I have decided [...]

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The adventure begins . . .

October 20, 2009

This post is really a follow-up to my last post in July. In reality, our adventure started during the Newfrontiers’ Leadership conference in July. In my last post I wrote: On a personal level, I believe God clearly spoke to both of us (Ursula and I) during the conference. We are now praying into the [...]

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Reflections on Together On A Mission 2009

July 10, 2009

What a great few days at the Together On A Mission Conference in Brighton. I’ve had few days now to reflect on the conference and get over my “conference lag” (a bit like jet lag but without the travelling). Before the conference I was anticipating excellent times of worship, Bible teaching and fellowship. I was [...]

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Together On A Mission 2009 Day 2 thoughts

July 9, 2009

This will be a rather short post on my thoughts on from day two of Together On A Mission 2009 (TOAM) as I will be heading off to Brighton for day 3 shortly. I also have about 16 pages of hand-written (A5) notes from yesterday to digest and de-cipher, you should see my hand-writing! Yesterday [...]

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First Day of Together On A Mission 2009

July 8, 2009

Here is a quick review of the first day of Together On A Mission 2009. The first session opened with excellent worship led by Kate Simmonds supported by Phatfish. We were then treated to an exposition of Jonah by Mbonisi “Bones” Malaba. Bones spoke about the “global tug of God’s global heart. Some highlights of [...]

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