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.
Vorige twee jaar waren voor scholen en kerken een vreemde tijd waarbij afstand houden het meest centraal stond. Vandaag begint een nieuw schooljaar waarbij iedereen uitkijkt naar de tijd dat afstand houden en dragen van mondmaskers ten einde zal mogen komen. Voor vele kerken gaat men terug naar een normaler leven waarbij de gelovigen in… Read More Gedachte bij de opening van het schooljaar 2021-2022
Some notes taken whilst this morning service went on. My mind and pen being too slow to follow and write down all the thoughts. But perhaps it are some useful points I could write down. Let it also be a good reason next time to join us, so that you do not miss anything. Today… Read More Today’s service from Mons
From today’s reading: “4 I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus; 5 that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;” (1Co 1:4-5 ASV) Like the apostle Paul who often thought of his brethren and sisters in the… Read More These days of August thinking of our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan
When lots of Christians celebrate today Easter day and remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we had the pleasure to have 5 new baptisms in a series of baptisms in the last few weeks. It is incredible how in England the community could grow the last few months with Persians choosing to become part of… Read More New baptisms on Easter day
Wherever we look in the news at the moment, the headlines are about COVID-19, the Coronavirus and vaccination. It was incredible how the Coronavirus infection seemed to spread with ease, knowing no borders. The many measures taken by the authorities (some of them drastic) have done little to stop the virus from reaching many countries.… Read More Coronavirus, Vaccinations and an Old and New World
On August 10, 2011 we proudly presented our ” newest daughter on WordPress: Broeders in Christus.” In this Corona year, there has been a lot of isolation, but that did not mean silence. Some words from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses about Christadelphians made that we could not stay silent and have their sayings… Read More Fresh new WordPress site in Dutch about the Brothers and sisters in Christ
Voor velen mag het genootschap van de Broeders in Christus een onbekende zijn. Als wij in de straten rond gaan en mensen aanspreken over ons geloof denken de meesten dat wij Getuigen van Jehovah zijn. Wij geven toe dat wij zoals hen ernstige Bijbelonderzoekers zijn en doordat wij beide hetzelfde Basisboek nemen om onze leer… Read More Totaal verse kijk in het Nederlands op de Broeders in Christus
Overzicht van onze ecclesia werking voor 2020… Read More 2020 draaide helemaal anders uit
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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…
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
