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@Will @bethany @sinbach as a church, generally, there is much confusion...I'm definitely with you on the confusion of gender roles causing damage and harm

@Will @bethany @sinbach

house church is an option, but my calling and gifting is within the established church, with all its issues and problems

And I know that people love engaging with Jesus in church, and, in the right context, that's where the gifts I have can make the most difference

Endurance, Season 3, Episode 9, Finally, Brothers and Sisters

youtu.be/g2eclJyugCI

Endurance is your weekly spiritual workout, whether you think of yourself as a beginner, an intermediate, or advanced!

Explore with us as we wrap up this season with our special finale, ‘Finally, Brothers and Sisters’.

Go Deeper with Andy B, as he looks at 2 Corinthians 13:11, which explains that we need to grow up as Christians in maturity, love, peace, and in unity with other Believers.

Read and Remember:

Steven reminds us to keep training for Godliness, keep growing in our relationships with God, and keep growing in our faith.

Reflect and Respond:

Nathan encourages us to grow up as Christians in Jesus.
He challenges us to keep running the race, until we reach our goal – eternal life in Heaven.

For a full transcript of Andy B’s , visit our website - berrybunch.family/endurance-se

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@bethany @sinbach there's a quote in the next post along from the one I posted by a "fr" (a friar or father?..am not sure..) stated, in the telegraph, that men had given up applying to become priests due to too many female priests...don't know about his reasoning, 'cos it's a just a quote in the middle of the article, but that one struck something in me, but I'm not quite sure what....

This topic has increasingly got my heart and brain focused on something...but I'm not quite sure what that is, just yet...

@bethany @sinbach yep...some of those quotes are really upsetting

Especially that 2/3 of british Christians don't attend a church... We're currently part of that 2/3 while we continue to get past, well, lets just call them 'troubles

My passion has historically been to reach the lost in church...maybe I need to start thinking about the 2/3...especially since we're part of those numbers

whychurch.org.uk/gendergap.php

@sinbach

In light of your podcast with @bethany when I stumbled on this I thought of you

This is pretty distressing reading and very blunt - "Men will be absent from church by 2028 at the current rate" and the departure of men is, according to statistics anyway, "speeding up"

It states Mentioned that men are increasingly not applying to be priests/vicars/ministers etc

Church attendance in the UK has dropped by 50% since 1950, and "has become a place by women for women"

Also, that two thirds of the UK Christian populations do not attend a church.........

Those few quotes made me re-read them several times!

I read this excellent short devotional today:
“Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” 1 Peter 5:6-7

Be full of confidence not in yourself or what you can do, but in the Lord and what He can do. Your life, once given to Him, is in His hands, not yours. Live in His strength, not yours. Depend on His resources, not your own.

“Do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.” Hebrews 10:35.

How do you cast your care on Him?

Get out your “fishing pole of faith.”
Tie a hook to the line of your fishing pole.
Take all your cares and put them on a hook.
Cast the line as far as you can into the sea of God’s faithfulness.
Cut the line and leave them out there.
Take “I can’t” out of your vocabulary, and replace it with “God can!”
thoughts-about-god.com/blog/ro

Marriage Matters, Season 1, Episode 1, Longevity and the 'D' Word

youtu.be/2zabfsdn8DY

Andy and Jo kick off this brand-new series of Marriage Matters, looking at how we keep going and they go there – they talk openly about the D word – Divorce!

No way, I hear you cry - and the unmentionable on the first episode as well!

How can Andy and Jo talk about a lasting marriage, and Divorce, in the same episode, in the same sentence – this all sounds like Marriage Madness, not Marriage Matters. Or is it?

Join Andy and Jo to see what we can do to go the distance – ‘til death do us part’. Tune in to see for yourself what Andy and Jo do with the D Word.

What would you do?

How do you keep going?

What’s your plan?

Do you have a Plan B, if so, does it detract from Plan A?

Andy and Jo

For a full transcript, listen to the podcast or watch the video, visit our website – berrybunch.family/marriage-mat

"For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." -Proverbs 2:6 🤔💡✝️

Hallelujah! We are safe!
Thank you for your prayers.
One of our disciple mentoring location has poisonous snakes.
We cannot risk putting too many lights at night, which will atract the attention of enemies of the Gospel.
So far 2 poisonous snakes 'suffered heavy damage to their bodies '.😷🙄🤔😁😁😁😁
It is possible that some of our disciples let the stick they carry around, fall on the snakes.🙈🙈🙈😁
(Who wants to pay hefty fines or risk going to jail for protecting themselves against harmful creatures)🙏
Please continue to pray for the safety of team members as they crisscross the Nation carrying tools and resources.

Our very first Episode of Marriage Matters goes Live this Saturday, from 4pm (UK time).
We thought we’d start with something low key, so we ‘re starting start our brand New Podcast by discussing Staying Married, and Getting Divorced. Nice and easy topics to warm us up!

You’ll find each Episode right here – on the BerryBunch.family website. And you can chose to Listen to the Podcast, Watch the video, or Read the Transcript.

So, check it out!

Andy and Jo

berrybunch.family/marriage-mat

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