Sunday Funday
What an amazing weekend! Yesterday we had our Kids' Christmas Service in the morning, followed by our youth-run Star of Wonder event in the evening. Many, many people came to both services and had a wonderful time; here is some feedback…“It was absolutely brilliant this morning. Our children and our guests had an excellent time. And so did I.”
“My friends loved the DVD so much they all want to watch it again and one of my friends went home, watched it again and text me saying she really does believe there is a God!”
According to a rough headcount: 200 came to the Kids’ Christmas Service (of those 36 were visiting adults and 41 were visiting children) and 110 came to Star of Wonder (of those 8 were visiting youth and 6 were visiting adults). I have been in BCC for many years and it never ceases to amaze me just how much God does through these precious saints. People are so committed and eager to serve, always willing to go the extra mile without complaint and work to high standards so others can enjoy the best. The Church is a voluntary enterprise and relies on the goodwill and faith of all those involved to make events like the ones we ran yesterday a reality and this is only possible when people know that they are not working for us but for God!
The Bible (Leviticus 26:8) promises us that “Five of you will chase a hundred and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.” It is clear that numbers are never a problem for the Lord; all He looks for are willing, obedient hearts, full of love and devoted to Him and His perfect ways. It is with people like this that His Kingdom will advance and I am delighted to report that BCC is full of such people and every year we achieve far more than is ‘normal’ for a church of our size and resource; we are living proof that this verse is true!
According to a rough headcount: 200 came to the Kids’ Christmas Service (of those 36 were visiting adults and 41 were visiting children) and 110 came to Star of Wonder (of those 8 were visiting youth and 6 were visiting adults). I have been in BCC for many years and it never ceases to amaze me just how much God does through these precious saints. People are so committed and eager to serve, always willing to go the extra mile without complaint and work to high standards so others can enjoy the best. The Church is a voluntary enterprise and relies on the goodwill and faith of all those involved to make events like the ones we ran yesterday a reality and this is only possible when people know that they are not working for us but for God!
The Bible (Leviticus 26:8) promises us that “Five of you will chase a hundred and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.” It is clear that numbers are never a problem for the Lord; all He looks for are willing, obedient hearts, full of love and devoted to Him and His perfect ways. It is with people like this that His Kingdom will advance and I am delighted to report that BCC is full of such people and every year we achieve far more than is ‘normal’ for a church of our size and resource; we are living proof that this verse is true!
This is my penultimate Blog entry for 2009, tomorrow will be a bit of a review of the last year. The Youth Team are off out for our social tonight (snow permitting!!) so I may even give you a bit of an insider view of this annual event too!
posted by James Hennah (BCC BLOG) @ 12:37
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