Today we finished up the holiday club with a “beach party” as this weeks theme was “Fun in the Sun.” We had about 25 kids for all for days of the holiday club which is an awesome turn out. Please be in prayer that the seeds of the Gospel message that were planted and watered today would grow and that these kids would come to know the Lord soon or on down the road. I often think of Paul’s message about planting seeds in 1 Corinthians 3:5b-9:
Each of us did the work the Lord gave us. My job was to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God, not we, who made it grow. The ones who do the planting or the watering aren’t important, but god is important because he is the one who makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work. We work together as partners who belong to God.
After holiday club today I had the chance to go and watch the Bury Football Club play a match against Macclesfield. Bury is in the Football League Two. They were quite good and popular in the early 1900’s but tend to remain in the lower leagues and with a smaller fan base because of the rise of teams like Manchester United. Here are two pictures from the game.
Me and Arthur.
A bit of the action. Bury beat Macclesfield 1-0.
Tomorrow I have my regular morning of a guitar lesson with Dean and the service at St. James. Tomorrow night I’ll be leading worship at Ian’s church, St. Andrews. Please be in prayer for the service as several of the youth looking to deepen their faith will be attending.
As we worship tomorrow, may we remember the words of Bridget Willard:
Church isn’t where you meet. – Church isn’t a building. – Church is what you do. – Church is who you are. – Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. – Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.
Let us be the church,
Chaddington
