2020 draaide helemaal anders uit
Overzicht van onze ecclesia werking voor 2020… Read More 2020 draaide helemaal anders uit
Category: Dagboek – Diary – Journal
Losse gedachten die zo maar kunnen opkomen en iets vertellen over de waargenomen dingen in die tijd. – Diary. Fragments and thoughts around happenings in the day.
The London Standing Committee and Military Service
From our writings more than 100 years ago. The London Standing Committee This body came into existence in December, 1915, during the course of the Great War. With the threat of enforced Military Service impending, the Clapham Ecclesia deemed it prudent to form a Committee composed of London Brethren to watch the situation, and to… Read More The London Standing Committee and Military Service
Change of life and being confronted with persecution and isolation
Today, in the early morning service we prayed to God and thanked Him for those who came from the Muslim faith and found our community to be under the wings of our master Jesus. You may or may not be aware of the problems with Covid widespread in Folkestone Camp. On the 20th of this… Read More Change of life and being confronted with persecution and isolation
Looking back on yesterday’s January 3, 2021 service
As usual since March 2020, we had our Sunday service online. This time, however, was completely different provided that we could enjoy the baptized Iranians on January 2, as well as the presence of several Iranian and Farsi speaking brothers. Due to their tremendous turnout, a Farsi interpreter provided the direct translations as well as… Read More Looking back on yesterday’s January 3, 2021 service
Terugblikkend op de dienst van gisteren 3 Januari 2021
Zoals gebruikelijk sinds maart 2020 hadden wij onze zondagsdienst online. Dit maal was het echter helemaal anders mits wij ons konden verheugen op de op 2 januari gedoopte Iraniërs alsook door de aanwezigheid van verscheidene Iraanse en Farsi sprekende broeders. Wegens hun geweldige opkomst verzorgde een Farsi tolk voor de rechtstreekse vertalingen alsook werden de… Read More Terugblikkend op de dienst van gisteren 3 Januari 2021
2020 Vernieuwde Google Sites
Sinds enkele jaren konden wij fijn gebruik maken van de webvoorzieningen van Google. 2020 bleek voor bepaalde website houders een jaar van verandering. Zo werden wij voor Blogger en Google Sites geconfronteerd met wijzigingen die heel wat trammelant zouden opbrengen. Onze oude Google-hoofdsite moest, net als alle Google-sites, worden geconverteerd naar de nieuwe Google-sites (als… Read More 2020 Vernieuwde Google Sites
Renewed Sites
Dear Readers, visitors of this ecclesial site, As a church we try to spread the Good News. To do that we use our printed material (magazines and pamphlets) and several websites. For some years we had a Google Site. But by the changes made by Google we had to convert those sites, which did not… Read More Renewed Sites
A new site looking at ecclesiae of the City of Christ
A look at the change from the old Belgian Christadelphian Google Sites to the New Googles Sites and the position of the Christadelphian ecclesia.… Read More A new site looking at ecclesiae of the City of Christ
Website changes, Lockdown meetings and Songs to soothe our hearts
Already for more than two months, I am working to bring over the material we brought on our Google Main site. Having Google changing Blogger and creating its New Sites, the Old Google site of the Belgian Christadelphians could not be converted automatically (Normally it would only be available until the end of September, but… Read More Website changes, Lockdown meetings and Songs to soothe our hearts
Facing challenging times
Who had ever thought that Corona virus from China in 2019 would get all over the world with such great impact? At the moment, due to the global impact of coronavirus we are facing challenging times. Whilst many around us were panicking, pillaging (supermarket shelves from Waitrose to ALDI!) and indeed piling up supplies in… Read More Facing challenging times
News from the Christadelphian Magazine Office in Birmingham for September 2020
The last few months have presented many challenges and our prayers are with those around the world who are ill or lonely or suffering, the bereaved, those facing unemployment or hardship and many others affected by coronavirus. Considerable efforts to contain the outbreak continue, from governments and front line care workers to scientists searching for… Read More News from the Christadelphian Magazine Office in Birmingham for September 2020
A teacher from the Sunday class muses…
It’s easy to take our children for granted but, during this lockdown, how I have missed my class! At the end of March, parents in our ecclesia decided they would provide Sunday School for their own children but it soon became apparent that they were missing out on interacting with one another and so the… Read More A teacher from the Sunday class muses…
CoViD-19 creating an extraordinary time of need
The pandemic has created an extraordinary time of need. It has a horrific effect on the health of some. It has created financial hardship for many as unemployment reaches levels last seen in the 1929-1939 Great Depression. Until now it was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking… Read More CoViD-19 creating an extraordinary time of need
Only a few days left before 14 Nisan
On the 8th of April 2020 we shall have to have oour memorial meal in a whole different way then usual.… Read More Only a few days left before 14 Nisan
To Glorify God and His Son #2 Governance and objectives of the ecclesia/charity
Governance and objectives of the ecclesia/charity Following a consultation with the church membership around the direction of the ecclesia and charity, the objects were redefined as: To advance Bible-based Christian faith to the glory of God and the honour of Jesus Christ in accordance with the Christadelphian Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith (Section 3) for… Read More To Glorify God and His Son #2 Governance and objectives of the ecclesia/charity
Europe in Chaos for a Pandemic
The last few months we could not turn our ear to the left or the right or had to hear about the present coronavirus CoViD19. The global COVID-19 outbreak can now be described as a pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) working with 194 Member States strive to combat diseases – communicable diseases like influenza… Read More Europe in Chaos for a Pandemic
One Word for 2020 bible reading “Intentional”
Taken from: My One Word: 2019 = “Intentional” by Sister Kate, in the Christadelphian Newbury ecclesia Grapevine magazine. Sister Kate wrote it in 2019, thinking ahead to 2020, and looking forward to using the period between Christmas and New Year to reflect on how she wanted to grow in her discipleship in 2020, and which… Read More One Word for 2020 bible reading “Intentional”
A day in the life of a volunteer
Arriving slightly late to morning prayer is a blessing. Even though the iconic red arches and luscious greenery are hidden by the early morning darkness, an instant warm, loving atmosphere greets you. The sound of children singing serenades your walk through the gates. A unique dawn chorus. Morning has broken. As a guitar playing volunteer,… Read More A day in the life of a volunteer
Why not going to Shunem or Hyderabad for helping many in need
It is a long time ago that I tried to help some people in India to get to know Christ and his God. At first, I was a (non-trinitarian) Baptist but got people baptised in Christadelphianism, before I myself also decided to become a Christadelphian, going out that denomination with thousands of my Baptist brethren… Read More Why not going to Shunem or Hyderabad for helping many in need
Thought on the first day of the new civil year 2020
Happy New Year everybody. We are very much pleased to find you here as a regular reader, willing to listen to our ideas and willing to follow our activities. (For you some silent fireworks – the noise is horrible for our beloved animals.) In the year 2019 we had to do it without an external… Read More Thought on the first day of the new civil year 2020
