I didn't wake very early this morning - it was already 8.30 .m. when Sara reminded me that it was Sunday and we were attending a Praise Service at 9.30 a.m. and she was taking the Junior Church this morning. I showered quickly, lowered the St. George's flag to replace it with the Northern Ireland flag as it is the 12th July - the traditional day of celebration in Northern Ireland for the Battle of the Boyne or Orange Day. The service was excellent, taken by Linda, on the subject of truth - taking a stance as Christians to protect honesty, truth and integrity in our daily life. Great figures mentioned who have done this in recent years have been Martin Luther King Jnr., Desmond Tutu, Steve Chalke, Bob Geldorf and many others. Readings were from Amos and Mark (I read from Mark giving the story of the beheading of John the Baptist - not a particularly easy topic for a praise service!). Many of the words spoken today had a real meaning for me not least the need to stand up for integrity in our places of work. The service ended with a clip from a Christian music festival at Shepherd's Bush with music by Tim Hughes as sung by us at Spring Harvest. I hope seeing all the young Christians there at the concert spoke loudly to those who might think that such type of worship isn't "doing church". It really is and it is the younger generation who will lead the church of tomorrow. Sara stayed behind to attend a Junior Church Leaders' meeting and Tom and I got a lift back home with Maggie. This afternoon I was hoping to mow the back lawn but another downpour put paid to that. Tom stayed at home with me this afternoon whilst I started writing up this blog and did a little tidying up - cleaning the inside of my car and re-arranging the mess in the study. I also read another chapter of Lucas Unleashed. Very entertaining book but with some good moral teachings too. I heard the closing stages of the First Test on the internet radio - what a fantastic climax with England just holding on to produce a draw when all the odds seemed to be on an Australian win - good old Anderson and Panaser. They held out for 40 minutes as the tailenders before the might of the Aussie bowling to ensure that time ran out for Australia to bat a second innings. Chris M called at 8 p.m. and we went down to Klynn's to pick him up for the pub quiz. Embarrassingly, although there were only three of us we managed to win again with a massive 9-points margin - mainly thanks to Chris's knowledge of obscure geographical locations through his naval knowledge. We came away with a bottle of wine each. The regulars will begin to get frustrated with us. It's been a fun-packed busy weekend but it's back to work in Dorking tomorrow!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The Winning Truth
I didn't wake very early this morning - it was already 8.30 .m. when Sara reminded me that it was Sunday and we were attending a Praise Service at 9.30 a.m. and she was taking the Junior Church this morning. I showered quickly, lowered the St. George's flag to replace it with the Northern Ireland flag as it is the 12th July - the traditional day of celebration in Northern Ireland for the Battle of the Boyne or Orange Day. The service was excellent, taken by Linda, on the subject of truth - taking a stance as Christians to protect honesty, truth and integrity in our daily life. Great figures mentioned who have done this in recent years have been Martin Luther King Jnr., Desmond Tutu, Steve Chalke, Bob Geldorf and many others. Readings were from Amos and Mark (I read from Mark giving the story of the beheading of John the Baptist - not a particularly easy topic for a praise service!). Many of the words spoken today had a real meaning for me not least the need to stand up for integrity in our places of work. The service ended with a clip from a Christian music festival at Shepherd's Bush with music by Tim Hughes as sung by us at Spring Harvest. I hope seeing all the young Christians there at the concert spoke loudly to those who might think that such type of worship isn't "doing church". It really is and it is the younger generation who will lead the church of tomorrow. Sara stayed behind to attend a Junior Church Leaders' meeting and Tom and I got a lift back home with Maggie. This afternoon I was hoping to mow the back lawn but another downpour put paid to that. Tom stayed at home with me this afternoon whilst I started writing up this blog and did a little tidying up - cleaning the inside of my car and re-arranging the mess in the study. I also read another chapter of Lucas Unleashed. Very entertaining book but with some good moral teachings too. I heard the closing stages of the First Test on the internet radio - what a fantastic climax with England just holding on to produce a draw when all the odds seemed to be on an Australian win - good old Anderson and Panaser. They held out for 40 minutes as the tailenders before the might of the Aussie bowling to ensure that time ran out for Australia to bat a second innings. Chris M called at 8 p.m. and we went down to Klynn's to pick him up for the pub quiz. Embarrassingly, although there were only three of us we managed to win again with a massive 9-points margin - mainly thanks to Chris's knowledge of obscure geographical locations through his naval knowledge. We came away with a bottle of wine each. The regulars will begin to get frustrated with us. It's been a fun-packed busy weekend but it's back to work in Dorking tomorrow!
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