Dear all If you remember, our planned inter-ecclesial musical evening on 14 March 2020 had to be cancelled, as lockdown was just about to start. Little did we know then what the pandemic would mean, and no one had even heard of Zoom! One thing we have missed is being able to sing together. It… Read More Inter-ecclesial musical evening
Das Leben in der Pandemie Ian Sampson (Pinetown, Südafrika) Übersetzung: Natascha Ramsden Furcht und Weisheit sind eine Hilfe in diesen unruhigen Zeiten Eines meiner letzten Vortragsthemen lautete „Den Verstand bewahren in einer verrückten Welt“. Ich hielt ihn, bevor die Worte „Coronavirus“ und „COVID-19“ bekannt wurden und doch hat er jetzt mehr Relevanz als zu jedem… Read More Das Leben in der Pandemie #1 Hilfe in diesen unruhigen Zeiten
Are we feeling hemmed in, locked up, restricted and perhaps a little ‘stir crazy’? Spare a thought for Noah and his family. They entered the ark on the seventeenth day of the second month of the 600th year of Noah’s life (Genesis 7:11) and God shut them in. They did not leave the ark until… Read More Some comfort in Times of isolaton
This morning in service, we had a look at the Book of Nehemiah, in which we can find the longest (Ch. 9) and the shortest prayer (Ch. 2) For a hundred years the people went asleep. We too have come into a period when previously lots of people though they said to be Jew, Christian… Read More Coming to Thanksgiving day 2020
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
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…
Burundi. With a newly elected president, the country seems to be stable and it hasn’t yet been affected much by COVID-19 and ecclesial activities are still going on as usual. There are no restrictions on people gathering but they keep to the hand washing safety measures. So the brothers and sisters are still meeting for… Read More West Africa & CoViD-19
It has been emotional keeping up with the many covid-19 related requests coming from our brothers and sisters in East Africa. Through God’s blessing, we have been able to send multiple contributions, on behalf of our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, to those in real need, and our brothers and sisters… Read More East Africa & CoViD-19
Lela Children’s Home in Kenya is usually a thriving community of 70 young people. On 17th March that all changed when the Kenyan Government established a country-wide lockdown in response to the first confirmed case of Covid-19 in the country. As part of the lockdown measures, the government required all charitable children’s institutions to send… Read More Lela & COVID-19
Several Brethren and Sisters have asked how the Shunem Home is coping with the current lockdown restrictions in India highlighted in media reports showing struggling families and food shortages. Here’s a quick update. Most of the children were sent back to their homes before the total lock-down at the end of March leaving just 6… Read More Christadelphian Shunem home July-August 2020 update
Also today we can see that the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears are brought forward out of the many nations. It can not stay hidden or in the darkness, all the nations shall be gathered together, and people shall be assembled. We can find more witnesses in this world… Read More Today’s Thought “Witnessing servants of God” (June 19)
Are we feeling hemmed in, locked up, restricted and perhaps a little ‘stir crazy’? Spare a thought for Noah and his family. They entered the ark on the seventeenth day of the second month of the 600th year of Noah’s life (Genesis 7:11) and God shut them in. They did not leave the ark until… Read More For some comfort in corona times
For weeks now our ecclesiae have been closed for actual gatherings. All of our face-to-face meetings are still cancelled for the time being, though we will take every opportunity to keep in touch and have remote services, via Hangouts, Google Meets and Houseparty. It is not clear how long these social distancing measures will be… Read More Coronavirus and Closure of the Christadelphian meeting rooms
De vorige weken, vanuit ieders huiselijk plekje, of vanuit ieders “kot” hebben wij met de ecclesia aandacht geschonken aan de prediking van het Goede Nieuws. De woensdag 27 mei sprak Marcus Ampe tijdens de Bijbelstudie over de noodzaak van onze prediking. Vorige zondag werd er tijdens de zondagsdienst verder op in gegaan en gekeken naar… Read More Bij beperktheid van plaats toch nog verkondigend
As the ongoing pandemic keeps a huge proportion of the world’s population under lockdown, concerns have been raised in many quarters about the impact of these measures on mental wellbeing. Each year during May the Mental Health Foundation promotes Mental Health Awareness Week. Their intention was to focus on the theme of sleep this year,… Read More Prayer theme for May 2020
Vervolg van Het themanummer van ‘Met Open Bijbel’ voor 2020 #1 Dodelijkheid & Duidelijkheid In deze tijd van noodgedwongen thuiszitten, is de beste raad die wij u kunnen geven de gelegenheid te benutten meer en intensiever in de Bijbel te lezen. In dat Boek der boeken kan men het verhaal vinden van de mens en… Read More Het themanummer van ‘Met Open Bijbel’ voor 2020 #2 Ademtocht van de mens
