Final brunch of the year

Our final brunch of 2013 is 30th November and our topic is sex.  In a world saturated by sex it is so important we talk about this a Christian women so we know how to be distinctive and God honouring.  As mothers it is also important we know how we can help and support our children in a world where they can be exposed to so many negative influences and unhelpful advice.  The morning will have a slightly different format to previous brunches.  There will be five seminars and those coming can chose two.  The seminar topics are as follows:

• Talking to young children about sex
• Talking to teenagers about sex
• Purity and the media
• Purity in relationships
• Life and sex (this seminar will be for those who are married).

We also want the morning to be shaped by what you want to know so we need our questions.   You can submit questions using this form - Online Questions or by posting them anonymously below.  All questions welcome.

We look forward to seeing you at the brunch.

If you have not love...

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and 

understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so  

as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

I have been reading 1 Corinthians 13 this week.  It's a very famous passage and is read at many weddings, or at least it has been in the past.  If you have been reading the news this week you will know that more and more people are rejecting traditional bible passages and are using children's story books like 'how much do I love you' which is about two rabbits declaring their love for one another and trying to out best each other.  So, one says, 'I love you to the moon and back' to which the other replies, 'well I love you to the sun and back.' It's a sweet sentimental tale for children which has been appropriated as a demonstration of married love.  And of course it's an entirely impractical fantasy......rabbits can't fly to the moon.

The bible offers the ultimate 'out besting' practical demonstration of love.  That of Christ dying for His beloved.  Christ the groom enabling His bride, the church, to be clothed in beautiful righteous garments as she comes to the wedding feast.  When we think of a bride, we think of a woman spending many hours and days, perhaps years, preparing herself to be outwardly beautiful for that one day when she will walk towards her future husband, when all eyes will be on her.  How amazing it is that Christ turns things upside down and instead it is He, as the groom, who makes His bride beautiful.  And it's not just on the outside, a transformation that will be destroyed by the post wedding dancing.  It is an inward transformation, a cleansing of the soul.  A transformation so profound that it restores our  relationships with the Holy eternal God the Father.  He loved not just to the moon and back, not even to the sun and back, but from heaven to earth and back.  Because of His great love, one day you and I will join with Him at the wedding feast of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.  As a women's ministry we are focussing on marriage over the next month.  I pray that whether as individuals we are married in this life currently or not, we will all be filled with joy and praise as we look forward to taking our place at that wonderful wedding feast of the Lamb.

Upcoming events

We have two brunches before the end of the year and one outreach event.  

The first brunch is 26th October looking at the question - Why all the fuss about marriage?  As Christians we value marriage highly and can have view which are different to our society in this regard.  Therefore at our brunch we will be trying to answer from the Bible why is this is so.  We will also look at how the having a Biblical view of marriage shapes our behaviour e.g. why we choose to wait for marriage rather than living with someone?  The morning will include a talk, time in groups to discuss and interviews with women about how a Biblical view of marriage shapes their behaviour.

The second brunch is 30th November and our topic is sex.  In a world saturated by sex it is so important we talk about this a Christian women so we know how to be distinctive and God honouring.  As mothers it is also important we know how we can help and support our children in a world where they can be exposed to so many negative influences and unhelpful advice.  The morning will have a slightly different format to previous brunches.  There will be five seminars and those coming can chose two.  The seminar topics are as follows:

• Talking to young children about sex
• Talking to teenagers about sex
• Purity and the media
• Purity in relationships
• Life and sex (this seminar will be for those who are married).

Further information about the seminars will be available nearer the time.  At the October brunch there will also be an opportunity to submit questions which will be answered at the brunch.  

Our Christmas outreach event is happening 12th December - "In search of the perfect gift".  This will be a craft night.  We are planning two craft which each person will have the chance to do.  These crafts will be great Christmas present.  It will be a free but ticketed event and the night will include a gospel talk.  Start praying now about who God wants you to invite.  More information for this event to follow