Youth Club's Artfor Junior Club

This evening the Youth Club helped the Junior Club by painting the back-drop for their Christmas presentation that will take place on Wednesday 2nd December at 6:30pm. The Youth Club did a pretty good job, don't ya think!

Jesus Promised![Isaiah 9]

From the very beginning of the Bible, it was foretold that someone special was to come.

• Over thousands of years the coming of Jesus was foretold.
• He was the one that was promised even before the world was made.
• He has come to make peace between us and God.
• Jesus came to put things right because it’s obvious things in the world arent right.

600 years before Jesus was born, Isaiah foretold:

• Something was going to happen in a specific place. The town of Nazareth, Galilee and Jordan. These are places where Jesus lived and taught.
• This person to come would bring light and knowledge of the truth. Jesus came to bring light because He came to put right what was wrong in the world, and in our person lives.
• This person was going to be a male child and be born as a human. Jesus, though conceived by a miracle, was born like you and me. He could be hurt and let down and tempted just like you and me.
• The names this baby boy would be called. This baby is human but more than that He is the Son of the God that made the world. He came to give us peace with God, peace with our conscience and peace between us and men.

This isn’t just a nice story to remember at Christmas but it’s a very real account that we need to take note of. Our life here on earth and our life in eternity depends on it.

If we accept Jesus as He truly is, He will take us into His Kingdom. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by following Jesus.

The Danger of Not Following Jesus[Luke 13 v22]

One of the most remarkable questions asked of Jesus was "Lord are only a few people going to be saved?"

The pharasees said that all the Jews and only the Jews would be saved. Other religious leaders said those that followed their rules would be saved. So people were concerned who actually would be saved. Jesus deliberately avoided being drawn into this discussion but instead turned the question around to each of them and told them never mind how many will be saved, make every effort to ensure YOU enter through the narrow gate!

How do we enter?

Like a turnstile at a football match, entry into heaven is one by one and no extra baggage can be taken. We must be stripped of all our pride. It's not an easy thing to do. We may feel we're good enough as we are and then look to ourselves and not to Jesus. We need to be stripped bare and have our sins exposed to God and ourself. We need to strive to see ourself as we truly are before we can enter Heaven.

Where do we enter?

Jesus is the door. He is the salvation. No other leader or belief system is the way... Jesus alone is the way to Heaven. We must strive to come to that place of faith in Jesus and enter through His door.

When should we enter?

Jesus speaks of a man knocking at the door of a wedding feast but the door is shut and he is outside. There is going to come a time when the door will be shut. We must strive to go through the door now as we may not have another opportunity. There is a day coming when the master of the house can say "I never knew you".

What's the danger of not following Jesus?

Those who don't enter the narrow way will be shut out in the darkness where there will be "weeping and gnashing of teeth". We must strive to enter the narrow door so we are not shut outside. Those who do enter the narrow way will finally take their place next to God in His glory in His Kingdom.

What will stop us from entering?

Don't forget about your own soul by being distracted by the things going on around you.

Lewis' long lost twin?!

Lewis... Nigel either found your twin brother on the net... or you're hiding your true identity as child actor Ryan Ochoa!?

Group Photo 11/09

Taken as a leaving gift for Joseph on Friday 6th November 2009
Click it to enlarge it!

"This is how it happened..."

To earn points in this game you have to write comments below to make up the story of how your car ended up like this. Every comment earns 5 points!

The rules are:

1. Add your comment to continue the story
2. You can only write one short sentence at a time
3. When someone has added a new sentence you may then add another yourself
4. The comment that finishes the story gets 10 points

Updated rules:

The deadline for finishing this story is Christmas Eve! From today I'm dropping the point score to 1 point per sentence, and the sentence that finally finishes it will get 20 points! If no-one has finished it by 11:59pm Christmas Eve, I'm going to tell you how I think it happened, and give myself 20 points! :-) [Tim]


The story begins: "This is how it happened..."

No game this week, sorry!

Shane Lynch - My Story

Watch Shane’s amazing story and how God flipped this Boyzone singer’s life upside down.

I think there's a problem with the movie clip. Click here to watch it on the original website http://www.premier.org.uk/features/archive/shane%20lynch.aspx