Week 4 - Who we are
This week we explored the passage in Colossians 3 which reminds us of the amazing change that has already taken place in those who are 'in Christ'. The 'old self' has been put off and the 'new self' put on. We draw our identity and our purpose from our relationship with Jesus, we have died with him and have been raised to new life with him. The work of renewal goes on as the Spirit works in our lives to make us more like Christ with compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, m
Week 3 - Fully Forgiven
The apostle Paul reminds the church in Colossae that God has not just cancelled our debt, i.e. our trespasses against God, but has cancelled the record of the debt itself. He did this by nailing the record of our debt to the cross where it was destroyed along with death itself. This is the nature of Gods grace, his love poured out freely for us. Colossians 2:13-14 This passage from Colossians triggered a comment and conversation on the difficulty we all have to truly forgive
Authentic Love - ECG North East
Friends from Methodist Churches across the North east met for a day of worship, fellowship and teaching at Chester-le-Street Methodist Church, on Saturday 15th October. This was ECG North East (Equipping, Calling, Going). It was an amazing event with people travelling from North Yorkshire and Northumberland to participate. The theme for the day was Authentic Love. The uplifting worship was led by the young people and a challenging bible study led by Alison Wilkinson. This was
Week 2 - Walking in Christ
This week we moved downstairs in Costa, Chester-le-Street, where we truly engaged with God in worship. We were reminded of our call to 'walk in Christ', Christ being the constant in our lives, by being rooted in Him as a tree sends down roots for stability and to take in nourishment, building on him, just like a house built on a firm foundation and established in faith, a faith which enables us to persevere. Paul was writing to the Colossian church (Colossians 2:6-10) who wer
Week 1- Beginning
We met as a group for the first time this evening and reflected on the greatness of Jesus. A media clip reminded us the call of Christ on ou
