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In this issue:
Cafe-style Just10 video service.
Worship in March.
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Mornings (11 am) |
Evenings (6.30 pm) |
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March 5th. |
Rev John Evans |
J. John Video - Just 10 |
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March 12th. |
Rev John Evans |
J. John Video - Just 10 |
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March 19th. |
Rev John Evans |
J. John Video - Just 10 |
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March 26th. |
Rev John Evans |
Youth Service. |
In the Sunday morning services we shall be looking at the subjects of 'Humility', 'Doing Right' and 'Prayer'. The dates and readings are as folows:
5th March | Humility | Daniel 4: 1 - 27 |
| 19th March | Doing Right | Daniel 5: 1 - 31 |
| 26th March | Prayer | Daniel 9: 1 - 29 |
Tots and Co. at Christmas.
March dates for your diary.
3rd |
Women's World Day of Prayer, |
- at St Faith and St Laurence Church. | |
8th | Pastoral Ministry Team meeting. |
13th | Women�s Own. Speaker - Alan Lucas. |
13th | Administry Team meeting |
13th | Deacons' meeting. |
20th | Annual General Meeting. |
25th | The clocks change tonight - we lose an hour. |
26th | Mothering Sunday. |
27th | Women's Own. Speakers - Rev John Evans and Lynda Evans |
... and other dates:
April 1st |
Spring Cleaning Day. |
(not an April Fool!) |
Our Minister, Rev John Evans writes:
Lent Today.
My dear friends,
An Iraqi invasion of a foreign country which robs a nation of its most valuable resources. A vicious Middle-eastern persecution of those in positions of responsibility who worship God, by those who see their integrity as a threat to the established power base. Politicians engineering circumstances so that the innocent people who would expose their inadequacy are arrested. Leaders using their rank for self-aggrandisement instead of service. Which century was this book written in?
This question was asked, so that you would think that the summary was a contemporary one. I hope it will whet your appetite as we look into the book of Daniel where we will be looking at issues that Daniel encountered in the world in which he lived, which may not be so different from ours today.
The first six chapters of the book records events which took place during the seventy years in which the Jews were in exile in what is now called Iraq, but was then part of the Babylonian empire. In these Daniel emerges as a statesman of great integrity and a model for politicians of all ages. We will be looking at the subjects of �Humility�, �Doing Right� and �Prayer�. You will find the readings and dates when we will be tackling these subjects in our morning worship elsewhere in the magazine.
The world of Daniel was success and failure and they were intermingled in the season of Lent. I hope that you will give time during this vital period in our church life to reflect upon what it meant to Jesus as he approached the cross where he encountered suffering, which was to bring about the greatest victory in the whole of history.
Let us walk the way of the cross together again.
Your friend and minister,
John
Jenny Smith works for the BMS World Missions teaching theology students in Budapest. It is the seventh year that Jenny has lived in Hungary's capital after spending three years there in the 1990s, returning as a BMS volunteer in 1998 and then training as a full-term BMS mission worker over the last year.
News from Jenny Smith in Budapest.
Imagine going from 26 Celsius to minus ten overnight! No, Hungary's weather hasn't suddenly gone haywire - I have been on holiday. �
Tenerife in January was marvellous, with an abundance of lush greenery and huge colourful flowers, warm sunshine, sea views, fascinating daytrips, rounded off each evening with a short Bible talk, and singing praise songs in English. It was a privilege I am very grateful for, and I keep trying to remember the experience as we had ice practically filling the Danube in front of my flat, and still have snow here.�No sign of spring is expected for at least another month. I am�grateful that we have good heating. �
We have gained (and lost) a few�language students at college, where the second semester has generally started well. Christa and I are already starting to plan the final exams for May. Sadly, the college is not so good at forward planning, and a proposed open day for the end of February was cancelled, because the advertising didn't go out early enough. It seems a shame to waste this opportunity to attract potential new students. This is a symptom of the disorganization which sometimes frustrates me and Christa in what we are trying to do. �
One task of a mission worker is to get to know the culture in which they are living, in order better to communicate the gospel to people within that culture. I am humbled that even after almost ten years I am still discovering new things, such as a recent revelation, that there are some Hungarian catholics who do not go to parties during Lent, and who seem to view any Lenten partygoers as heathens. I learnt this from a message in response to our advert for the next singles party, which is on 4th March, a date which cannot now be changed. We may have a rather smaller attendance than at previous parties! �
Here's a topical Hungarian word for you: " latyak" (pronounced luchuck) means slush - masses of it everywhere at the moment.
Can't you just hear that sound - luchuck! - every time you lift your boot off the slushy pavement? Think of us here in Budapest the next time you see a crocus or a daffodil! �
Yours,
Jenny