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Stories of God's goodness
'O give thanks to the Lord for he is good;
His steadfast love endures forever!'
The past week has been marked by hilarity and stories of God's goodness. Our usual placements, from Christian Unions in schools to Aquila Way in Gateshead, have been encouraging. Student ministry is gaining momentum, with lots getting involved in student cells and pastorates, where they have the opportunity to form community and develop giftings. Interact made us ponder just how glitter gets everywhere as we made Christmas cards and advent fun: glue-tastic! I've started a placement in Gilesgate Primary School helping with school assemblies: a truly delightful experience.
It was really encouraging to see new faces and lots of international students at Sunday's evening service (Connecting with God when it costs). Mark spoke on the familiar story of Daniel in the lions' den (Daniel 6) and challenged us to cultivate our fear of and relationship with God, develop our character and devotional life. God has been working in people's lives during these times and it was encouraging that the prayer ministry team was able to pray with lots of people at the end of the service.
Friday's coffee mornings in Gilesgate were brilliant: a great opportunity to build relationships with the older generation. One of the two had so many people show up that they ran out of cups! I'm sure that we'd all really appreciate your prayer for a Christmas dinner that we're organising for these people.
Our theology study this week has been very stimulating. From Satan, Angels and Demons in Scripture with Roger Forster as part of the Saturday Bible School to a mind-bending session on interpreting scripture (looking at the rather difficult parable of the unjust steward in Luke 16); from the theology of healing and its pastoral implications to how the atonement works (Theology 101). All this sounds pretty heavy, but it's been most enjoyable and seasoned with laughter.
Dave's birthday brought with it a brilliant 'birthday balloon bombardment' and bowling (alliteration central!) - fun times!
Prayer points:
- Praise God for his goodness.
- Christmas preparations – a guest carol service, student 'houseparty' or retreat, Christmas meal and a church Christmas party all have to be organised on top of the regular stuff. Please pray that God would sustain us through this busy period.
- That we'd make the most of the last three weeks of term and use challenges as opportunities to learn.