Wednesday 31 January 2018

Prayer & Envisioning Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll have
our mid-week prayer &
envisioning meeting.
Our desire is to build up our church to have a passion for our community with a global vision for the work of the Lord!

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 
Romans 8:26-27

Tuesday 30 January 2018

Outreach with under-age asylum seekers: Basketball Clinic

Tomorrow we'll continue
our outreach programme for migrants at the HUB for under-age asylum seekers in Budrio,
in partnership with YfC Italy.

In a village next to Budrio,
last year was opened the second biggest centre of the Bologna area, to host under-age migrants landed in Italy. At the moment they host about 30 kids, mostly Muslim, from various African and Asian countries.

We offer a series of Basketball Clinics with Coach Chris Bilyeu,
a former Principal, Teacher and Coach of Basketball, Baseball
and American Football from Oklahoma, now part of
the Bologna staff of YfC Italy.
We are very excited for this opportunity for our church to reach out these kids and for the new partnership with the manager of the Mezzolara Sport Centre.
Join us in praying for Chris and us that we'll be able to share
Jesus' Love to these kids, the HUB staff and the Sport Centre staff,
in words and actions.



Saturday 27 January 2018

Sunday Service: Genesis 40

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service
to worship God together and to proclaim
His Word in Budrio.






We are glad for the Lord's provision of the main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.


At 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on the book of Genesis.

With Justin we'll engage with  
Genesis 40: Living the Gospel as 
God's blessing for the nations!
We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ,
who redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us! Galatians 3:13






Giovanni & Raffaela will lead our children's programme based on The Gospel Project, in which week by week kids engage
with the same passages from Genesis and families
will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word
during the week!

Thursday 25 January 2018

MySpace Club 4 Teens - You are what You See



Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our
My Space Club 4 Teens
for this school-year.
We organize this club for local kids,
in partnership with Budrio Town Hall
as part of their after-school programme.

In this way we have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the social workers are sending
some of the kids they follow.
As part of our club, we also offer help
with their English home-works.






 

Together we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material,
interacting with the theme: You are what You See!

We'll play lots of fun games like:  
Jumanji2 & Avatars, Cereal Box Shrink,
What's Changed, What Really Matters,
Finding Truth, Celebrities Renderings,
Influencers, Choose One, which will serve
as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from
1 Corinthians 1:13 + John 15:12-14
where we'll see how huge is Jesus'
love for us!

Wednesday 24 January 2018

AppGenesis - Mid-Week Bible Study - Genesis 38-39

Tomorrow evening we'll continue with
AppGenesis (Applying Genesis), 
our series of Mid-Week Bible Studies in which we'll keep interacting & applying what we're learning through the preaching in our Sunday Morning services.

Stefano will lead this time where as 
church-family we'll engage with what 
we are studying from the book of 
Genesis chapters 38-39!

Saturday 20 January 2018

Christianity Explored - Uncover Luke

Tomorrow afternoon we'll restart our Christianity Explored Bible Study,
for every age-group!
We have now a regular group of students,
so after having completed our studies on
the Gospel of Mark, we'll interact with the Gospel of Luke, using the Uncover material.

We run these public meetings hosted by the Café of the theatre we use for our Sunday meetings as church!





Uncover - See for Yourself!,
is an interactive Bible Study  created by UCCF to engage with Luke's Gospel, which was written as an investigation into the life and purpose of Jesus Christ.
Uncover will help us to investigate Jesus’ claims and experience the life he offers.

Tomorrow with Stefano we'll engage with Luke 1:1-4 / 5:17-26
and we'll see what reasons does Luke give for why his account in particular is worth delving into as we seek to uncover the real Jesus!

Sunday Service: Genesis 39

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service
to worship God together and to proclaim
His Word in Budrio.






We are glad for the Lord's provision of the main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.


At 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on the book of Genesis.

With Stefano we'll engage with  
Genesis 39: The Lord restrains evil and makes it to cooperate for good!
We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ,
who made himself a servant by dying 
in our place on the cross, and, in the power of His resurrection, sends us to proclaim his Gospel to the nations!






Nino will lead our children's programme based on
The Gospel Project, in which week by week kids engage
with the same passages from Genesis and families
will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word
during the week!

Thursday 18 January 2018

MySpace Club 4 Teens - You are what you Tweet



Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our
My Space Club 4 Teens
for this school-year.
 

We organize this club for local kids,
in partnership with Budrio Town Hall
as part of their after-school programme.

In this way we have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the social workers are sending
some of the kids they follow.
As part of our club, we also offer help
with their English home-works.





 

Together we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material,
interacting with the theme: You are what you Tweet!

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
'Reality’ Scavenger Hunt,
Stromae & the Twitter Bird,
Birdy on a Perch, Social Chat!,
Name that Tweet!, Identity Theft,
Sum up in a Tweet, which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from  
Matthew 6:1-8 where we'll see
that our Father knows what we need
before we ask him!

Wednesday 17 January 2018

Prayer & Envisioning Meeting

Tomorrow evening we'll have
our mid-week prayer &
envisioning meeting.
Our desire is to build up our church to have a passion for our community with a global vision for the work of the Lord!

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 
Romans 8:26-27

Tuesday 16 January 2018

Exch@nge Summer Camps 2018 Planning meeting

Tomorrow morning Stefano & Jenny will meet @ 
Youth for Christ Italia office to plan the 
2018 Exch@nge Camps.
There will be representatives from 4 churches 
from Bologna involved in the years in this outreach project for teenagers, the organisers of Exch@nge Florence and Naples, and a church interested to start an Exch@nge in Trieste.
 
We'll work together to choose a common theme for the camps, a series of Bible Talks and to organize the programs for the 6 camps we're planning to run, including the idea to launch Exch@nge Naples & Exch@nge Trieste!
 
Please pray for us that we'll be guided by God's vision & wisdom in this incredible Gospel opportunity!

Saturday 13 January 2018

Sunday Service: Genesis 38

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service
to worship God together and to proclaim
His Word in Budrio.






We are glad for the Lord's provision of the main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.


At 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on the book of Genesis.
With Stefano we'll engage with  
Genesis 38: God's Justification in the story of a dysfunctional family! We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ, who has entered into our suffering to redeem us and adopting us into God's Family!





Matteo, Jenny & Raffaela will lead our children's programme based on The Gospel Project, in which week by week kids engage with the same passages from Genesis and families
will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word
during the week!

Thursday 11 January 2018

MySpace Club 4 Teens - New Year Dream



Tomorrow afternoon we'll have our
My Space Club 4 Teens
for this school-year.

We organize this club for local kids,
in partnership with Budrio Town Hall
as part of their after-school programme.

In this way we have a fantastic room
with a courtyard in Budrio Library
and the social workers are sending
some of the kids they follow.
As part of our club, we also offer help
with their English home-works.





 

Together we'll engage with the YfC Rock Solid material,
interacting with the theme: New Year Dreams!
 
 

We'll play lots of fun games like: 
Dream Talk, Balloon Shot,
The Story of New Year Resolutions,
Tower of Dreams, Sockball,
No more looking back, His Plans,
which will serve as illustrations to Stefano's Talk from Psalm 23 where we'll see how good it is that The Lord is our Shepherd!!

Wednesday 10 January 2018

AppGenesis - Mid-Week Bible Study - Genesis 37

Tomorrow evening we'll continue with
AppGenesis (Applying Genesis), 
our series of Mid-Week Bible Studies in which we'll keep interacting & applying what we're learning through the preaching in our Sunday Morning services.

Stefano will lead this time where as 
church-family we'll engage with what 
we are studying from the book of 
Genesis chapters 37!

Saturday 6 January 2018

Sunday Service: Genesis 37

Tomorrow we'll have our morning service
to worship God together and to proclaim
His Word in Budrio.






We are glad for the Lord's provision of the main room in
Le Torri dell'Acqua, the theatre&modern art-gallery right at the centre of Budrio, well known as a cultural meeting point.


At 10.30 we'll start our service continuing our series on the book of Genesis.
With Stefano we'll engage with  
Genesis 37: God's Sovereignty in the story of a dysfunctional family! We'll be exposed to the beauty of Christ, who has entered into our suffering to redeem us and adopting us into God's Family!





Giovanni & Marco will lead our children's programme based on The Gospel Project, in which week by week kids engage
with the same passages from Genesis and families will have activities to keep interacting with God's Word during the week!

Wednesday 3 January 2018

Family Time by the fireplace


Tomorrow evening @ our home we'll have our Family Time by the fireplace with roasted marshmallows!


We've invited a few friends and the idea is to have an informal group discussion on an interesting topic. This month we'll talk about New Year Resolutions!
Stefano will then give a Talk from Psalm 23