Update

Just a note to say that we will now be looking at 1 Thessalonians 3 this Friday, postponed from last week.

Meanwhile here's another sign from Ghana to make you smile. Would you go to this place?

Sign of The Times?

I shared the stories from my trip to Ghana last Friday and mentioned the many signs that advertise a business with Christian phrases. Here's one I especially like!

Meanwhile we are back with 1 Thessalonians this week and we are looking at chapter 3. Come and join us. Don't be shy. Repent!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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CORRECTION! WE WILL BE MEETING ON FRIDAY AFTER ALL!

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7.30 for 8pm as usual

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After Chapter One comes...

... chapter two!

(of 1 Thessalonians)

Roebuck pub. Friday. Come find us.

Take A Letter...

So, after last week's background to the letter - Paul's journey around Macedonia and his flight from trouble at Thessalomica, it;s time to begin.

We all write letters (or e-mails!) and there are conventions about the format. In Paul's day you began with your name and then the name of the person(s) you were writing too.

But of course it's what comes next that is different every time. What did Paul have to say to this young church?

Find out tonight. Add your comments or questions below.

Would You Believe It? It's The New Testament!

Well we finally decided that it was time to take a break from the Old Testament and look instead at the New.

But rather than do something obvious we thought we should look at parts that are less familiar. We also thought it good to try and follow the order in which the books were written (it's generally thought that the Gospels were written later than the letters). Most scholars think 1 Thessalonians was the first to be written, so that's where we begin - this Friday. Come and be part of a fresh start!

The picture is a "word cloud" of 1 Thessalonians. A word cloud is a computer generated image of the key words in a text. The more often a word occurs, the bigger it is. Fun, eh?

Note: I can't remember the source for this image so if it is yours, let me know and I will remove it or attribute it. Thanks!

The Two and Half Tribes and Israel/Palestine

As key world figures try once again to look at the Middle East "problem", this week we look at the area and ask about the significance of the land.

In Numbers 32 the tribes who were allocated the land East of the Jordan agreed they would help the rest of the tribes invade the land before they settled in their own land.

But can we take these stories as a prescription for the division of the same land today?

Comments please, and come with thoughts to the pub too!