Our very own pastor was raised a Mormon and can verify that the information in this animation is an accurate portrayal of Mormon beliefs, although some of it is kept secret from their members until they reach a certain level of Mormonism.
For the past year or so, on the first Sunday of every month we’ve been having free Church Lunches and a Wesley Owen book stall. This has proved to be a popular combination. For the first four church lunches of the new academic calender we decided to have themes that reflected the different ethnic groups represented in our church. Last Sunday we kicked things off with and an African church lunch. We had folk from: Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The African cuisine went down a treat and all in all it was a lovely afternoon! Look out for our next Church Lunch on Sunday 4th November, it’ll be Indian!
This time it is my daughter Zoë who has her news featured here as someone who went out from this church to pursue her adventures.
Zoë married Jonathan Joyce on 31 August in Neath, South Wales. She met him at Fraisthorpe Camp when he was one of the youth leaders there. After her time at Reading University she moved to Wales to be near him. He’s great, they are so well suited.
Thank you to all who prayed for the event. It went really well with good weather. The car carrying the bride’s maids broke down but that was after the ceremony and on the way to the reception so it was not too bad.
To see the official photos go to this link. The photographer was very good and worked so hard. You may notice that the first photos were taken at the start of the day and she was still working in the evening when it was dark.
Every now and again some of the graduates who spent many years with us while they were at university, drop in and tell us how they’re doing. It’s especially good when some of them recognise a special calling on their lives.
Chris (2002-2006, including his year working in Germany) has spent the last year finding his feet. He was offered a very good and well paid secular job while he was in Australia! But he didn’t accept it because he believes that God is calling him into full time ministry. He’ll spend some time in the UK now while he looks for a Bible College to study at.
Pray for Chris, that God’s guidance will be clear to him.
A Christian predicted the Oman floods through “prophecy” the gift (ability given) of the Holy
Spirit.
I have had more news about these extraordinary events in Oman and Cyclone Gonu through Saji, one of our church members.
See TheMorningFlight.com for more.
It is not long ago that we said goodbye to Chin who returned to Nigeria after completing her studies here. So it was a delight to see her return with daughter, Zim for her graduation ceremony (MA in Social Policy).
It was great to hear your true-life story in church this morning of God’s faithfulness .
In our local newspaper Chin’s name was printed in full and went over two lines. In case you are wondering it is Chineze Uzoamaka Gbenga Oluwatoye!
Some friends gathered for a meal on Friday 13th July to celebrate with Chin and Barbara Badu who was also celebrating her MA in Environmental Economics.
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Monique has emailed. She worshipped with us in York until summer of ‘06 but is now home in the USA. Highlights of her email are as follows:
“Greetings from the Land of Sunny Skies :o) To celebrate my birthday I spent 12 hours downtown at the annual Jazz Jubilee Festival listening and dancing to classic and modern jazz, dixieland, blues and swing. The day before a friend invited me over to her house and we feasted on barbecued ribs, chicken and corn, with freshly picked cherries on the side. And of course there was chocolate cake and ice cream too!”
It’s now been over 6 months that Monique has been working at the autistic school and she is now wondering if it the right career for her. She is currently looking for a new job in the school districts to work with students with learning disabilities.
Monique says if you are the praying type, she would really appreciate your prayers, particularly for a good job.
Well done to all our members who took part in our 12 hours shift of the 24/10 prayer chain leading up to the GDOP.
Last year the Global Day of Prayer event in York Minister attracted more than 1100 people and this year we expect even more. At 7.30pm on Sunday 27th May (Pentecost), Christians from churches of every spectrum in and around York will meet together to pray for our city, our nation and the world.
Come and be with us in this glorious venue and join with hundreds of millions of Christians who will be praying on the Global Day of Prayer.
It is great to have so many young people from so many different nations worshipping among us. And when we see them coming to faith in Christ we celebrate with them.
It is also exciting to hear of their adventures after they have gone from us. We think of them as our “global church”. We have just heard some great news from a young man who came to Christ among us about 18 months ago. He still visits from time to time when he is in York.
Go to his blog to hear about how Jesus has been at work in his mum’s life.
Don’t miss his next instalment!
Those of you who remember Harry and Debee will be delighted to hear that Debee gave birth to a daughter on Thursday evening - Roshani Sara Grace. We praise God for her safe arrival and pray God’s blessing on the family.
We will update this post with a photo when we have one.
Harry has been in touch.
Mother and baby are doing well and are already home.
He says,
Apparently for the poor girl, she has my eyes and nose. She is quite good with the sleep - she can sleep for 4 hours at a time which isn’t bad. We have a very good midwife and today I was allowed to give Roshani a bath :)
Weight :- 8lbs 0.5oz (3.65kg)
Length:- 20 inches (50cm)
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