Carl Beech from CVM in Bristol

Sorry for the lack of blogging this week; I had a 48 hour media fast with the young people at the start of the week (more about that in a later blog entry) and as I'm at school on Wednesday, today is the first time I've been online for a while! Thanks for checking back though and to reward your interest, I've got a double entry for you today AND tomorrow. I know...I'm so good to you. Let's get on with it...

Last Friday evening we had our Men's Meeting: Contend. This excellent ministry is headed up by Pastor Neil and has been running for a couple of years with considerable success: it provides a focus for all the men in BCC, it has an evangelistic edge, we have enjoyed some great teaching both from speakers within the Church and without, we get to eat an assortment of tasty food and many of the men meet regularly in pairs for prayer and support. Find out more about this by clicking on the link below.

Carl Beech, who heads up CVM (a Christian ministry aimed at reaching the millions of men across this country with the awesome message of Jesus) was our guest speaker. Again, check out their fully-loaded website by clicking on the link below for more information. We have never had Carl come to BCC before but he was superb and ferociously anointed. He joined us for food (I think the lasagne went down well: good work Tim!) and then shared for about 45 minutes using a combination of attention-getting film clips, personal testimony, gentle humour, real-life examples and hearty Bible teaching. At times we were laughing and then we were facing up to the sharp prophetic message emanating from his preach. He reminded us that we are in a violent spiritual battle against a human-hating, God-despising enemy who is not here to win friends and influence people (John 10:10). This is especially relevant in light of Pastor John's message last Sunday morning. Use the link to download it now!

It was so good to hear someone preach the word with passion, anointing and good humour. It didn't really feel like a 'sermon', just a chat with a mate in the pub! Needless to say, the delivery was relaxed and informal but the message was inspired. Thanks Carl - come back and see us again sometime! If you were there and want to leave a comment then please feel free.

http://www.bristolcommunitychurch.org/contend.asp
http://www.cvmen.org.uk/
http://www.bristolcommunitychurch.org/podcasts.asp