Where to from here?

Well tomorrow Bex, the boys and me are off to Rotor Vegas for a week on holiday and so we will miss being with you all this Sunday.  The boys are really excited. I am feeling slightly nervous as the last time we went down some years ago when Jack was a baby I managed to drive the buggy off a board walk into a steaming, sizzling mud hot pool a couple of meters below!  Thankfully we managed to rescue him!  The family has grown since then and we have had to borrow a Hilux as all of us no longer fit in to our car at the same time as our stuff. I will let you know how we go.

What about the church? This Sunday the Acts series is drawing to a close. At 12 weeks it has to be the longest series we have done in living memory! Newt is finishing it off this Sunday by looking at the whole Ananias and Sapphira episode! No doubt Newt will do an awesome job. I am definitely going to listen to the podcast on that one.

I have to say that the sense we all had from God back in March that we were all a bit sleepy as a church resonated with me personally. As we have gone through the book of Acts I have been very challenged as we have heard again the first disciples story. Their commitment to Jesus and to one another is truly inspirational.  I certainly feel more awake now and hope that you do!

Where to from here?  We are starting a new three-week series on mission and community life on 31 July.  This obviously builds on the Acts series and our commitment as a church to narrow our focus on to speaking about the love and transforming power of God as well as engaging in activities which demonstrate that love to those who don’t yet know him. A central aim of the series is to focus on our clusters at St Paul’s, and to explain again what they are for the benefit of all those who have yet to get a handle on them. Most exciting of all we are going to get the chance to hear of some of the amazing stuff they have recently been up to.  I am particularly excited that Bishop Ross is going to speaking at the 6.30pm on the day we kick off the series not least because one of the most vibrant clusters we have meets in the Cathedral.

Changing the subject slightly, I do want to say a big thank you to all of you who have been on the Life Course team this time whether as part of the kitchen crew or table leaders. This has been the best course that we have had for a long time and it has been great to see more people come to faith.  Well done everyone.

The Hilux calls… See you a week on Sunday