I'm not good at... well actually, im just not good

So, before you go on thinking that I'm depressed or whatever else, watch this video, hopefully the title will make sense after that :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-GxkAJ1OBU&NR=1

Ok, onto the blog :-D

Thanks to the Providence of God a Missional Bible study through the book of Galatians was started at The Cornerhouse Cafe. Myself and Dave Moore will be co-leading it by doing a short (if you know me well enough you know just how short this is for me) 20 minute teaching on the chapter we're going through that night and then we've got an hour and a half to 3 hours of discussion guided by questions Dave and I will be asking about what we learned through the teaching.

You may be asking yourself what is a "Missional Bible Study"?
Well, I'm so glad you asked :)
Basically its that we are purposefully doing this Bible study in a place that people who don't know Jesus will feel comfortable in, will see us and hopefully be interested in what we're doing even if they didn't come to the cafe for the Bible study, and where we can engage their questions and concerns about Jesus, God, life, death, etc. in a way that is culturally contextual. We want the gospel to be seen and heard while allowing the only offence to be Christ and Him crucified. We want to be "on mission" (see Matthew 28:19-20) in everything we do.

I started getting discipled by Tim Butt, one of the leaders here at Bridgeway and its been great. Basically he's working with me on the more practical aspects of church as well as working on building my character. It's, almost literally, exactly what I need.

The Junction (the church's coffee shop), though there have been several set backs, is now finally going to have its grand opening on the 20th of this month. Fliers are going out this week and prayers have been going up for months, so by the grace of God I hope that it will be an amazing blessing to the community and the church body as a whole.

Basically, this coffee shop is not a coffee shop for the church, but a coffee shop for the community. It's design is to serve and interact with the community of Stockport while being run by Christians so that people who would never go into a church building can begin to see that Christians aren't just some crazy people with a self righteous bent to them, but that we are a group of loving people who have been changed by the grace of God to bless the town we live in.

Designed my first flyer this week, check it out here

The Youth Club we run could use prayer, these kids don't know Jesus and really don't want to. Please pray that the sovereign grace of God will cause them to be born again.

Finally, if you know me at all, you know i have an unhealthy love of fire and explosions. This was the event Bridgeway Church put on before I came here.