SUNDAY 27TH JANUARY 2008

A full hall met together today for worship. Our focus today was praying for our children and childrens ministries. The songs used in worship this morning were all chosen by the children and added to the joy that we shared in celebrating the blessing we have in having children as part of this church community. Starting with How Great is Our God, we recognised God is with us and other songs helped expressed what God is doing, including:- Give thanks to the Lord; Celebrate in the Lord; I've found Jesus; Your mercy taught us how to dance; Higher, Higher; Our God is a Great Big God; and Shine Jesus Shine. Our childrens ministries officer shared some interviews with children about the things they face in life, and Heather Whitewood helped us to reflect on ensuring we are allowing ourselves to be in God's hands and moulded by Him. Captain Sue asked us whether we knew how to make yorkshire puddings, but recognised that many of us relied on Aunt Bessie to help! However very few had had the recipe passed down, and it was recognised that can be the same with our Christian Experience, that we do not pass it down and share with people the reality that we too have found Jesus! Quoting from the Old Testement, Captain reminded us that one generation will tell another, and how we need to be telling this generation about the Love of God and the difference He makes to us - and in that we will make a difference to this world! We cannot blame the world when we do not tell the world the better opition! Following this the children came back into our meeting having spent sometime praying for us. One Kingdom Kid told us 'we prayed for you because we love you'. Following this people were encouraged to visit the prayer zones, set up by the senior leaders and childrens ministries officer, and looking at prayer requests from the children. Our childrens team also spent sometime going into the community and visiting the Kingdom Kids in their homes. A simple meal was also shared - which today reflected again Acts 2 Church - we prayed, we worshipped, God was among us, we saw things happening, we eat together and we served the community! Thank you God for todays Community Church!