VV_Feb Web 19

Before then, join us on 31st March for
Mothering Sunday on the evening of which we
have a service of meditation at 7pm in St
Margaret’s to the music of the Taize community.
Blessings, Revd Mike Bisset
Penn Free Methodist Church
On Friday February 15th at 8pm we are holding
a special meeting entitled, THE POWER OF
GOD’S WORD, to which anyone interested is
invited. Mr Graham Chewter will update us on
the work of the Trinitarian Bible Society (TBS),
which translates and distributes the Scriptures
all around the world. For example, the Society
is currently working on a Simte Bible, Simte
being a language spoken in northeastern India.
Also, work is continuing at present on a
revision of the 1909 ‘Reina-Valera’ Bible, which
is a Spanish translation first published in 1602,
and which possesses the same kind of major
landmark status as the King James Version does
in English. The importance of this project is
brought home to us when one considers that
around 437 million people in the world
currently have Spanish as their native language.
Here in the UK, if you ever see large Bible
verse posters displayed at railway stations. they
have probably been published and placed there
by the TBS.
On Wednesday February 27th at 8pm we
have a visit from Mr Gary Donaldson of the
Lanka Evangelical Fellowship of Churches,
who will speak on the work of this missionary
society in Sri Lanka. Life is not easy for Sri
Lankan Christians, who comprise some 8% of
the population. Many of them are impoverished
and have to endure persecution from their local
communities. Those who abuse the believers
often avoid apprehension because of a failure by
the Police to act on the Christians’ behalf. Do
join us to learn about the gospel witness of
Bible-believing churches in this needy part of
the world.
A recent upload to our Sermons Recordings
website is an address based on Isaiah 8:9 to 9:7,
which is entitled, THE CONNECTION
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice February/March 2019
BETWEEN THE BIRTH OF CHRIST AND A
GRAVE NATIONAL CRISIS.
Some 700 years before Christ's birth Old
Testament Israel was going through a dreadful
national crisis, being attacked and humiliated by
the mighty empire of Assyria. It was a time of
utter darkness for the nation, but in the midst of
this crisis the coming of Christ was foretold.
This was Israel's true hope. Assyria's
suppression of Israel represents the spiritual
darkness of our own nation today in its
profound rebellion against God. The only
solution to this national crisis is repentance from
sin and faith in Him who is the Light of the
World, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Please visit www.soundcloud.com/penn-freemethodists
Pastor Peter Simpson, www.realchristianity.
org, 01494 812829/816202, revps@icloud.com
Tylers Green Methodist Church
I would like to share with you the thoughts of
our minister, Rev Vida Foday, some five months
after taking pastoral charge of Tylers Green
Methodist Church.
For Anglican friends, a Methodist District is
somewhat similar to an Anglican Diocese, and a
Circuit is a number of churches within same
area of the District and grouped together for
administrative and practical purposes.
Vida has the pastoral care of three other
churches at Holmer Green, Downley and Cryers
Hill.Vida writes: "As a widow, family support
means a lot to me. Moving to the High
Wycombe Circuit in the Northampton District
was good for keeping me in contact with my
family in West London. The move has been
challenging due to the increased number of
churches in my pastoral charge and the rural
setting, which I have not been used to.
However, this experience has taught me that
God is bigger than our challenges. I have been
overwhelmed by the welcome, love and support
given me by the District Chair, Superintendent,
circuit ministers, leadership team,
supernumeraries and the circuit congregations".
Blessings, Peter Stevens, Senior Church Steward
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