• Starting at Pentecost this year, I’d like to encourage as many members of St. John’s as possible to join me in the E100 reading program. E100 is 100 passages from the Bible, 50 from the Old Testament and 50 from the New, which give a broad overview of the scriptures as a whole. They are divided into 20 weeks of five readings, which, with a couple of holiday weeks to allow people to catch up, will take us through most of the way to Lent! (...more...)

  • You might have seen our own Amanda featured in this month’s insights, talking about Lay Ministry training. The Living is Giving website has another part of the same interview, in which Amanda was asked about her work with kids. Read it on the Living is Giving website!

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Nooma (the name is stolen borrowed from Rob Bell’s series of short videos) is a discussion / reflection / study / prayer group meeting at 7:45pm on Tuesdays at the Manse. For the first few weeks we’ll be trying out a few different formats to see what works best!

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[14 Sep 2011] | No Comments | , , | posted by Chris

Questions to think about as / after you read Chapter two…

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[6 Sep 2011] | No Comments | , , | posted by Chris

For anyone who’s following along, or lost their questions, or wasn’t able to make it tonight… homework for Nooma next week is to read Chapter One of Love Wins (get your copy from Chris if you don’t have one), and then think about the following questions…
- Why are you a Christian? What factors, what people, what events, played a part?
- Rob Bell’s critics say that he is placing himself in the position of deciding what God should or should not do: To what extent is it legitimate for us to say “surely God wouldn’t do that”?
- How would you respond to the …

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[6 Sep 2011] | No Comments | , | posted by Chris

Tonight at Nooma we’ll be starting our series of studies on Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”. This week will just be an introduction, so if you can’t make it, and would like to join us for subsequent weeks, please let me know so I can get a copy of the book and the questions we’ll be exploring to you!

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[23 Aug 2011] | No Comments | , , | posted by Chris

Starting on September 6th, Nooma will be starting a series of studies based on Rob Bell’s controversial “Love Wins”. Come along to explore perspectives on heaven, hell, and life before and after death…

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[22 Jun 2011] | No Comments | , | posted by Chris

Next Tuesday (28th) is the last Nooma of term, and as has become our tradition we’ll be meeting at the earlier time of 7pm for a shared meal. All welcome, please bring a plate of food to share.

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