Update for Monday, July 29th
Dear Church family and friends,
A good plan has a clear goal and a methodical approach. It can foresee potential obstacles, and has ways of avoiding them even before they’ve taken place. It knows what it needs for success, as well as what would hinder any progress at all. On seeing the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ in the Bible, do we view what we are reading as the details of God’s master plan, or is it a set of rules and regulations? One such passage is Habakkuk 2 : 6 – 20, Lucas’ text for his sermon yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872S35CGZr8
This Week in Church…
Tuesday at 7pm is when the various YABS groups meet in various places around Giessen. If you consider yourself a young adult and would like to know who meets where, you can find that information by writing to yabs@ibc-giessen.org.
Mid-Week Bible Study is also at 7pm, but on Wednesday evening via Zoom. You are more than welcome to join for the first time, even if you haven’t been able to attend previous sessions on this study of Amos: just e-mail office@ibc-giessen.org for a link
As this coming Sunday is the first one in August, we will be celebrating the Lord’s Table as part of our service at 11am. If you are away, ill, or unable to make it for any other reason, you are invited to gather some juice and bread for yourselves and join us via the livestream. You can get a link to the livestream by writing to office@ibc-giessen.org.
The Weekend after that…
…is an important one as yet again there are two IBC events happening; the first, again, being a King’s Daughters excursion on the Saturday.
On Saturday (10th), the ladies will meet at the FTH at 1pm, before driving off together to the Botanical Gardens in Marburg. There, they will spend the afternoon in each other’s company and enjoy the wide variety of God’s creation. Entry to the garden is 5€, or 3€ for students. If you plan on being part of the group, please register by writing to office@ibc-giessen.org by Thursday 8th August.
Since its first announcement, perhaps our planned Baptism service at the Wissmarer See on Sunday 11th has been a little overlooked. The service would take place at 2pm, after our morning service at the FTH – so allowing time for us to travel from one to the other. As it stands though, we do not have anyone interested in being baptised! If you have been thinking about publicly declaring your faith through water baptism, perhaps now is a good moment? Please get in touch with Pastor Buddy via office@ibc-giessen.org should that apply to you.
Have a blessed week!