From the Pastor: The Destructive Power of Negative Internal Dialogue
Hatred of self—of the way we look, the way others see us, the way we see ourselves—guarantees misery. Sometimes our own negative internal dialogue can be worse than anything anyone can say to, or about, us. In a Glamour (Shocking Body-Image News: 97% of Women Will Be Cruel to Their Bodies Today) magazine survey, it was reported that young women had about 13 negative body-shaming thoughts a day! Does this survey shock you? It’s not just women; you might be surprised
From the Pastor: How Do We Discern God’s Guidance in Adversity?
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. -Psalm 48:14 In talking to friends here and back in the USA, through this time of lockdown, stressful situations, and restrictions, it appears many are seeking God’s guidance and help. So how do we discern God's guidance? What we learn from others is that God’s leading “was done in such a way that I couldn’t possibly have missed the point. The whole experience
From the Pastor: Avoiding the Blame Game
Biblical wisdom is seen in the God-centered life. It’s not just good advice. It’s others-centered. We know this to be true, yet life seems to offer us many opportunities for resentment, disillusionment, or anger designed to turn us quickly self-centered as we compare ourselves to others: We didn’t get what we thought we deserved—that promotion, job, relationship, or vacation to the Bahamas! We don’t like the way we look. We feel cheated, duped, discarded. We broke up with our loved
Join Us! Weekly Invite – 7 June 2020
Back to the Church! …not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another… Worship @ 16:00 hrs Meeting at Christuskirche Gauting Ammerseestraße 15 in Gauting Sermon: God's Tornado Scripture verses: Ephesians 1:1-6 Pastor John Snyder, preaching ***Important: Due to gathering restrictions, registrations are a must!!! RSVP to [email protected] or contact Pastor John. Please check Starnberg Fellowship Covid-19 Strategy Protocol Subscribe to the SF YouTube Channel! Hit the subscribe button at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWldAjIzgBrYebB10RukTg Starnberg Fellowship Prayer & Bible Study - Tuesdays @ 19:30 hrs!Your word is a lamp to my
Starnberg Fellowship Covid-19 Strategy Protocol
Entrances and Exits Entry is via the main entrance to the cobbled road leading to the Christuskirche and then right through the doors. Exit is via the kitchen and back garden. Contact Families are to remain 2 m apart at all times. Children are to stay with their parents and will not be allowed to run around inside. There will be a 4 m distance between the service leader or preacher at the front of the church and the nearest people. Masks Face masks are to be worn at all
From the Pastor: Pentecost – Faith, Evangelism, and the Holy Spirit
Paradoxically faith, like love, increases the more it’s given away. Rather than waiting for it to reach a peak high enough to communicate to others (as most believers do), it grows and expands as we do so from the very beginning. Also, once the nature of true faith becomes clear, the character of true evangelism comes to light as well. What the church goes to such great lengths to reinterpret or avoid altogether, and what so many Christians dread so
