Weekly Invite – 8 December 2019
This Sunday at a glance: -Second Sunday in Advent! -Youth Band rehearsal for Christmas - 13:15 hrs! -Worship and Sunday School - 16:00 hrs! -This Sunday's sermon is From Despair to Hope, from Darkness to Light. Pastor John will be preaching. Scripture verses we will be looking at are Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 and Luke 1:67-79. This Sunday, 8 December - Christmas Music Jam Session THIS SUNDAY before worship at 13:15! We’ll be rehearsing the music for the Christmas pageant on 15 December, plus discussing Christmas fun in the
Light of the World
It appears that we are moving at warp speed toward Christmas, too rapidly in my view. It all goes by like a flash. I like to linger and savor all the sights and sounds (and flavors) of this season. And I find it very unfortunate that we don’t spend more time focusing on the Advent and Christmas passages of Scripture, except in this one season, because there is so much Gospel in them. For example, Isaiah 9, the amazing prophecy of
An Advent Devotion: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
By Guest Author, Chaplain Chris Linzey Let's face it, we live in a love-saturated culture. Everywhere you turn you see television shows, movies, magazines, books, and other products all designed to get us to buy/watch/read by appealing to our desire to tap into love. It's especially bad in our music. While I don't have the exact number, the great majority of songs on the radio have to do with some aspect of love. Can you identify these famous love songs from
Weekly Invite – First Sunday in Advent
This Sunday at a glance: -First Sunday in Advent and Communion Sunday, 1 December! Sunday's Sermon is Christmas: Much Ado About Nothing? Pastor John will be preaching. Verses we will be considering are Joshua 1:6-9; Philippians 2:5-8; John 14:15-20; Romans 8:9-11. -Reminder: Special General Meeting this Sunday, 1 December, 17:15 hrs to vote on financial proposals. -Advent Soup Supper and Wreath Making This Sunday, 1 December - Advent Soup Supper and Wreath Making—Family and friends are welcome! You don't have to attend Starnberg Fellowship to be a
Making This the Best Advent and Christmas Season!
I was out shopping, something I hate to do, and people seemed more grim than ever. Anyone else feel that way? Instead of holiday cheer, it felt like despair and grumpiness was the new normal way to interact with each other. Unfortunately, it’s not just non-Christians, but many Christians are exhibiting unchristlike characteristics—bitterness, envy, jealousy, resentment, and mean-spiritedness. And for those facing very tough times—illness, heartbreak, financial loss—it’s difficult to feel the love and charity of Christmas. So here's an inspiring story
Nothing Can Separate Us
This coming Sunday, we’ll be looking at two famous passages of Scripture: Psalm 139 and Romans 8. Both say essentially the same thing in different ways, and since Paul was so familiar with the Psalter, I can’t help but think that he had this particular Psalm in mind when he penned the last part of his chapter. David declares that that there is no place in the universe where God is absent so he is safe and secure because he is
God’s Love: The Best Christmas Gift
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! God is love. We hear this all the time whenever his name is mentioned. We are told in Scripture that his character is the very essence of love. Yet we make the mistake of defining his love in terms of what we habitually think it is, rather than first coming to an understanding what his love actually
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Dear Friends, This Sunday, we’ll be joining together to celebrate Harvest Festival and Thanksgiving. Both events, British and American, have one aim—to thank God for his provision and grace. The tradition of Harvest Festival in today's format began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service for the harvest at his Morwenstow, Cornwall, church. On September 13, 1843, he put up a notice in the church for his new service: "Let us gather together in the
Washed Clean
Alastair Hayward, Guest Author A few years ago, on the London Underground there was a sign that asked, ‘If History could be folded, where would you put the crease?’ I think that what the sign was getting at is where is the pivotal or most important point in History for us. That betrays what is most important to us. Is it an Economic view? In which case, you might put the crease during the industrial revolution during the 18th Century. Or,
Statement of Faith
Doctrinal Statement Starnberg Fellowship is not affiliated with any one church or denomination. As evangelical Christians we accept wholeheartedly the revelation of God given in the Old and New Testaments and expressed in such historic statements of the Christian Church as the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. We embrace the following areas of doctrinal teaching on which there is general agreement among evangelical Christians both historically and on the contemporary scene. However, we desire to allow for freedom of conviction on
