This is the Word of the Lord

I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.” Haggai 2:7-9

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23 Mar 2018

Newsletter 23rd March

Friday, 23 March 2018

Notices Sunday 25th - Sunday 1st April




 





Pill Salvation Army
Church & Community Centre

Church Leaders: Lieutenants Nick & Shelley Ward

 

Welcome to Pill Salvation Army – your Salvation Army. Whether you’re here to worship, meet friends, share coffee or play and meet friends at our toddler group or children’s groups, we’re pleased to welcome you!  


                                   
Questioning Jesus

As we come closer to the special time of Easter, we continue to explore some of the questions which people asked Jesus. Today we’re joining the Pharisees who ask Jesus, ‘By whose authority do you do these things?’ We might also ask ourselves who or what has authority in our lives?

Next week – Palm Sunday
Remember there’s no service here at The Salvation Army next Sunday, as all the churches join together on the village green in Portbury for a special Palm Sunday service. There will be a marquee for cover, activities for children, a donkey-led procession, and favourite Palm Sunday songs and readings. See over for details.
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What is The Salvation Army?
The Salvation Army is a Christian Church and charity. Founded in 1865, The Salvation Army has always had a focus on demonstrating God’s love in practical ways.




News & information


Open the Book
The Churches in Pill are hoping to set up an ‘Open the Book’ team in Pill. Open the Book is an initiative run by Scripture Union through which a small team goes into a school to lead an assembly and present a Bible story using drama and interaction. Crockerne Primary School are keen for this to happen, so we are currently looking to gather a team. There will be a training day on either Monday 16th or Thursday 19th April from 9.30am-2.30pm (tbc).


Sponsor Jemimah
Jemimah Douglas recently took part in a Sponsored Swim – well done Jemimah! If you would like to support her, she would be happy to receive any small donations which will go to charities in Portishead.


Palm Sunday & Easter Week
On Sunday 25th March at 10.30am we will be joining with all the churches to celebrate Palm Sunday at
St Mary’s, Portbury for an outdoor all-age service, complete with donkey (weather permitting – alternatively we will gather in the church). If you’re able to, please bring a fold-upchair with you. Parking is available at St Mary’s, in the school car park, and on the rugby field if dry enough, in addition to on street parking.

On Good Friday morning we will meet together at The Salvation Army for a meditation at 10.00am, followed at 10.30am by a prayer journey around the churches and the village, helping us to reflect on Jesus’ journey to the cross. Everone will be invited to share in a short joint service on the village green (time tbc), followed by hot cross buns at Pill Methodist Church.

On Easter Sunday we will of course meet for worship together at The Salvation Army. Look out for more details of other Easter Week services  and activities.






Looking ahead
           
March & April

Thursday 22nd
7.00pm - Lent Course 5 –
‘Not a Tame Lion’

Sunday 25th
10.30am – Palm Sunday Joint Service at St Mary’s, Portbury

Thursday 29th
7.00pm – Maundy Thursday Communion Service at St George’s – all invited.

Friday 30th
10.00am – Good Friday meditation

10.30am- Good Friday Prayer Journey around Pill Churches, followed by refreshments at Pill Methodist Church

Sunday 1st April
6.30am - Sunrise service at Watchouse Hill, Ham Green

10.30am – Easter Worship led by
Lts. Nick & Shelley



Please pray for…

‘I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.’ 1 Timothy 2:1





·    A number of members of our church and community who continue to struggle with health issues, await test results or undergo treatment.


Please see the notice board for more adverts and information.

Pill Salvation Army Community Church
1 Heywood Road, Pill BS20 0HT                                                               Phone: 01275 372286 or 813907
Email: pill@salvationarmy.org.uk                                                   Website: www.salvationarmy.org.uk/pill

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Spurgeon's Daily Readings

19th October
"Babes in Christ."—1 Corinthians 3:1.

RE you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood as he is. You are as much an adopted child of God as any other believer. An infant is as truly a child of its parents as is the full-grown man. You are as completely justified, for your justification is not a thing of degrees: your little faith has made you clean every whit. You have as much right to the precious things of the covenant as the most advanced believers, for your right to covenant mercies lies not in your growth, but in the covenant itself; and your faith in Jesus is not the measure, but the token of your inheritance in Him. You are as rich as the richest, if not in enjoyment, yet in real possession. The smallest star that gleams is set in heaven; the faintest ray of light has affinity with the great orb of day. In the family register of glory the small and the great are written with the same pen. You are as dear to your Father's heart as the greatest in the family. Jesus is very tender over you. You are like the smoking flax; a rougher spirit would say, "put out that smoking flax, it fills the room with an offensive odour!" but the smoking flax He will not quench. You are like a bruised reed; and any less tender hand than that of the Chief Musician would tread upon you or throw you away, but He will never break the bruised reed. Instead of being downcast by reason of what you are, you should triumph in Christ. Am I but little in Israel? Yet in Christ I am made to sit in heavenly places. Am I poor in faith? Still in Jesus I am heir of all things. Though "less than nothing I can boast, and vanity confess." yet, if the root of the matter be in me I will rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the God of my salvation

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