Monday Spot (1 October 2007)
We begin today by looking forward to next week-end when we shall be having a visit from the Derby Central Songsters.
Derby Central Songsters
This fine Salvation Army choir from the Midlands will be presenting a concert in our own Hall (Church Street) on Saturday evening (6 Oct) at 7pm and will be leading our worship on Sunday at 10am and 4pm. Why not come and hear them and share the Christian fellowship of our church.
Now let’s turn to the week-end just passed. We began on Saturday evening with an African meal arranged, prepared and served by the Young Searchers (Leader Linda Tout)
Linda
The main course was Chicken Muamba, made with okra, tomatoes, onion garlic, palm hash, lemon juice and rice.
The girls are planning a trip to Angola next year and the funds raised from this meal will go towards that trip. Whilst there they will see some of the wells sunk by The Salvation Army and teach skills in a local school. The meal also formed part of our Harvest Thanksgiving which continued on Sunday.
Both our meetings were led by Major Kathy.
Major Kathy
Following the presentation of harvest baskets by the children the morning meeting began with a dramatic presentation based on Psalm 104 and continued with a time of praise and worship led by our Worship Band.
Other congregational participation came in the form of songs 33 and 16 from The Salvation Army Song Book and 290 from Songs of Fellowship. The Singing Company brought ‘Harvest Hymn’ and the Songsters ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’. In her address Major Kathy said God has everything under His control and in balance with all the world’s needs. “Our God is a great big God and He holds us in His hands”, the song says and He cares for us all corporately and individually. We have gathered this morning to specifically praise God for His creation and we must decide how we use what He has given us.
Meanwhile, in the back room the Primary children were meeting. Primary Sergeant Sam Wood says: The primary today made animals out of vegetables as part of our harvest lesson. The youngsters learnt about why we celebrate harvest and how we as children of the church tell others about the love of God and the wonderful things he can do for us. Each child was asked to use their imagination and, using the vegetables, create one of God’s animals. These are some of their fabulous creations.
In the evening we used songs 924 and 928 from The Salvation Army Song Book together with 707, 124, and 1047 from Songs of Fellowship. The Songsters contributed ‘Look at the World’ and the Band ‘Our Bountiful God’. Kathy used Deuteronomy 24:17-22 as her scripture and said God has provided everything we need to live. There is more than enough for everyone but it is not evenly distributed. Many have serious needs because of this and they exist here in the Medway Towns. Greed and availability make the problem worse but we have a choice and can influence the situation. God has provided people to assist in the task and we are those people. He will provide not for our wants but for our needs and we must learn to share.
We hope you have enjoyed reading about our busy week-end. Do join us again next week.
Finally, and with much sadness, we join Salvation Army colleagues around the world in mourning the death of Colonel Bo Brekke, Territorial Commander of the Pakistan Territory, who was shot and killed in the THQ compound in Lahore last Thursday. We send our prayers and support to all the family at this time. Click here to read an obituary.