Tomorrow, as well as our local foodbank (see yesterday) we're also going to be looking at the work of BMS World Mission in Nepal. Here's a short video to whet your appetite.
Saturday, 3 October 2015
Friday, 2 October 2015
Harvest Collection
This Sunday we will be celebrating our harvest thanksgiving and we will be having a collection of dried goods for the Cambridge City Foodbank.
The needs of the Foodbank are constantly changing. If you want to know the sort of things that are most needed here's a copy of their up to date shopping list.
Tinned Rice Pudding
Tinned fruit
Tinned Potatoes
Instant Potato Powder
Soup
Yellow Pasta (e.g. spaghetti in tomato sauce)
Tinned pulses
Instant coffee - small jars
Sweets - childrens & adults
Snacks
Pasta ‘n’ Sauce mix
Pasta Sauce - jars
Dried Milk Powder
Sponge Puddings (Longlife)
Granulated sugar - 500grm bags
Cooking Oil - 500ml
Tea bags 40’s or 80’s
Biscuits
Small salt & pepper
On Sunday we'll also be looking at the work of BMS World Mission in Nepal - but more of that tomorrow.
The needs of the Foodbank are constantly changing. If you want to know the sort of things that are most needed here's a copy of their up to date shopping list.
Tinned Rice Pudding
Tinned fruit
Tinned Potatoes
Instant Potato Powder
Soup
Yellow Pasta (e.g. spaghetti in tomato sauce)
Tinned pulses
Instant coffee - small jars
Sweets - childrens & adults
Snacks
Pasta ‘n’ Sauce mix
Pasta Sauce - jars
Dried Milk Powder
Sponge Puddings (Longlife)
Granulated sugar - 500grm bags
Cooking Oil - 500ml
Tea bags 40’s or 80’s
Biscuits
Small salt & pepper
On Sunday we'll also be looking at the work of BMS World Mission in Nepal - but more of that tomorrow.
Happy Harvest
Last week we looked at some of the festivals that make up the Jewish calendar. For those of you who have been looking at some of this material as a part of home group or for general interest, this coming Sunday we're going to very briefly mention the Festival of Tabernacles or Booths.
Tabernacles is the harvest celebration that comes at the end of the agricultural year - as opposed to Firstfruits that comes at the beginning of the barley harvest (March/April) or Weeks that comes at the beginning of the wheat harvest (May/June). [See Leviticus 23 for more detail.]
This year Tabernacles is being celebrated from 27 September - 5 October - remembering that the celebration begins at twilight. So our church harvest service falls within this week of celebration.
The Festival of Tabernacles is a joyous occasion.
In the OT the festival was accompanied with numerous animal sacrifices for each day of the festival - as you'll see from the detail below, which comes from Numbers 29.
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Burnt Offering
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Sin Offering
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Day
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OT Date
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2015
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Bulls
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Rams
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Lambs
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Goat
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1
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15 day of 7th month (Tisri)
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27-28 Sept**
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Sacred Assembly - do no work
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13*
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2*
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14*
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1
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2
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16 Tisri
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28-29 Sept
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12*
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2*
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14*
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1
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3
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17 Tisri
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29-30 Sept
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11*
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2*
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14*
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1
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4
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18 Tisri
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30-1 Sept/Oct
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10*
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2*
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14*
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1
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5
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19 Tisri
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1-2 Oct
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9*
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2*
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14*
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1
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6
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20 Tisri
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2-3 Oct
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8*
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2*
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14*
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1
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7
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21 Tisri
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3-4 Oct
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7*
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2*
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14*
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1
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8
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22 Tisri
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4-5 Oct
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Sacred Assembly - do no work
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1*
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1*
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7*
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1
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Totals
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71 bulls
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15 rams
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105 lambs
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8 goats
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225kg of flour***
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32kg of flour***
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111kg of flour***
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*With each of the burnt offerings the following grain offering is to be made:
With each bull - 3/10 of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil
With each ram - 1/5 of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil
With each lamb - 1/10 of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil
These offerings are in addition to the normal daily regular burnt offering and any freewill offering the people wish to make.
** In 2015 the celebration starts at twilight on 27 September. Final day ends on 5 October.
*** These values are given purely to provide an indication of the quantities we are talking about. The calculation of the amount of flour is based on 1 ephah = 22 litres; 1 litre = 4 cups; 1 cup = 120g of flour. Depending on the type of flour, humidity etc etc there could be a wide margin of error with these values - they are simply an indication of the quantity spoken of.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Watch Again
If you were at cafe church on Sunday you will know that we watched a few videos. Here's the spoken word piece that Adrian ended the service with - if you want to watch the clip of the food fight in Hook you'll need to go and find the DVD from somewhere...
An original poem by David Bowden
Artwork by Tim and Chelsi Krause
I write to you
Poets and Martyrs
Disciples and Daughters
Elders and Brothers
Christians and Lovers
Pastors and Teachers
Prophets and Preachers
I write to you
Leaders
That you might gather the weapons from your armories
Grab your pulpits and mics
Your stages and lights
Your buildings and pews
Your resources be used
For the wife has been bruised
Her body beaten and bludgeoned
She’s cheated on the man she once pursued
For the bride has now forgotten her husband
I write to you for you have been summoned
That you might sacrifice your church services and functions
Your evening worship and your luncheons
Bring your members by the dozens
No matter your short-comings or dysfunctions
You have been summoned to bear this insistence
God wants to use every part of your existence
And none of you are any different
If your church is slowing or resurgent
Older or but an infant
You are part of the resistance
To stand your ground at the armies of apathy that are rising against us
I write to you because
I see Christians, but I don’t see Christ
I see people living, but not surrendering life
I see large buildings that cannot see strife
I see free salvation that is way under priced
I see a body called to poverty by wealth be enticed
And I know you see it too, our allegiance has been spliced
Unsatisfied with the riches of the world, when God’s kingdom should have sufficed
So I write to you
Who are soon to be
Revolutionaries
To encourage you in the cause
You will be influencing
I write to you to tell you that
You have all that you need
And that’s not another book, facility, conference, or degree
For Christ conquered death with only a tree
And if you have more than that
How much more will he want to see
You see
You have all that you need
For you have
Breath, feet
Blood, tears
Pulse, hands
Eyes, ears
You have
Brothers, sisters
Resources, givers
A world full of sin
And a God that is bigger
You have all that you need, and
You will need all that you have
For the life influence by Christ, cannot be given in halves
It will not spare a drop
It will not scare or stop
But will sell all it’s got for that treasure in the empty lot
You will need all you have
For you know the cost
The cause may cause you to toss away
Your money, your house
Your car, your clothes
The cause may cause you to lose all of those
You will need all you have
For you have all you need
And all you have is all he needs
For all you need is all he has
With great urgency I write this muse
For the one thing we do not have
Is an excuse
We have Mighty God who became poor and bruised
What we do not have is an excuse
We have the Holy Spirit inhabited for God’s own use
What we do not have is an excuse
We have a sure resurrection the power of death diffused
What we do not have is an excuse
We have the words of life the greatest of news
What we do not have is an excuse
That is why I write to you this insisting issuance
That you might lead with great prudence
To a world of darkness may we be a holy nuisance
As we lead the cause of Christ through the power of His influence
An original poem by David Bowden
Artwork by Tim and Chelsi Krause
I write to you
Poets and Martyrs
Disciples and Daughters
Elders and Brothers
Christians and Lovers
Pastors and Teachers
Prophets and Preachers
I write to you
Leaders
That you might gather the weapons from your armories
Grab your pulpits and mics
Your stages and lights
Your buildings and pews
Your resources be used
For the wife has been bruised
Her body beaten and bludgeoned
She’s cheated on the man she once pursued
For the bride has now forgotten her husband
I write to you for you have been summoned
That you might sacrifice your church services and functions
Your evening worship and your luncheons
Bring your members by the dozens
No matter your short-comings or dysfunctions
You have been summoned to bear this insistence
God wants to use every part of your existence
And none of you are any different
If your church is slowing or resurgent
Older or but an infant
You are part of the resistance
To stand your ground at the armies of apathy that are rising against us
I write to you because
I see Christians, but I don’t see Christ
I see people living, but not surrendering life
I see large buildings that cannot see strife
I see free salvation that is way under priced
I see a body called to poverty by wealth be enticed
And I know you see it too, our allegiance has been spliced
Unsatisfied with the riches of the world, when God’s kingdom should have sufficed
So I write to you
Who are soon to be
Revolutionaries
To encourage you in the cause
You will be influencing
I write to you to tell you that
You have all that you need
And that’s not another book, facility, conference, or degree
For Christ conquered death with only a tree
And if you have more than that
How much more will he want to see
You see
You have all that you need
For you have
Breath, feet
Blood, tears
Pulse, hands
Eyes, ears
You have
Brothers, sisters
Resources, givers
A world full of sin
And a God that is bigger
You have all that you need, and
You will need all that you have
For the life influence by Christ, cannot be given in halves
It will not spare a drop
It will not scare or stop
But will sell all it’s got for that treasure in the empty lot
You will need all you have
For you know the cost
The cause may cause you to toss away
Your money, your house
Your car, your clothes
The cause may cause you to lose all of those
You will need all you have
For you have all you need
And all you have is all he needs
For all you need is all he has
With great urgency I write this muse
For the one thing we do not have
Is an excuse
We have Mighty God who became poor and bruised
What we do not have is an excuse
We have the Holy Spirit inhabited for God’s own use
What we do not have is an excuse
We have a sure resurrection the power of death diffused
What we do not have is an excuse
We have the words of life the greatest of news
What we do not have is an excuse
That is why I write to you this insisting issuance
That you might lead with great prudence
To a world of darkness may we be a holy nuisance
As we lead the cause of Christ through the power of His influence
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