Weekend Away

Just back from the Church Plant Weekend Away in Keswick. It was a great weekend with a good team despite some wet and windy weather.

If the good news that Jesus died in our place for our rebellion against God is true and it is, and if we have a hope of eternity with God in the new creation which we do, and if that great truth is the churches to proclaim which it is, then the local church is the hope of the world.

That is the premise which ran all through the weekend as we studied Acts 2:42-47 and asked what does it mean for us as a church to be devoted to the apostles teaching, prayer, breaking of bread and the fellowship. And what does that look like in 2007, how can we spur one another on to do that and how do we do church in a way that enables us to do so as effectively as possible.

More thoughts to follow this week as I work through the material from our discussions.