Living, enjoying and sharing God's amazing love with the people of Maidenhead
We enjoyed two weeks of excellent Bible Teaching from Daniel Rudge who came to speak to us on consecutive Tuesdays.
The first week he took the subject – The Servant of God and his reward, looking at Isaiah 53. During the second week, Daniel looks at The man of God and his refinement.
During Daniel’s second visit, we were able live tweet from his teaching:
Tonight we're live tweeting on the subject 'The Man of God and his refinement'. Readings: James 5:16-18; Luke 4:24-27; 1 Kings 16:29-17:9,24
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Many differences between Elijah and Elisha. Elijah often described as a picture of John the Baptist. Elisha is a picture of the Lord Jesus.
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1 Kings 16:29-34 – The Man of God's Setting: 58 years and seven wicked kings of Israel. Time marked by idol worship and defiance of God.
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God can use us as much as He used Elijah to point the way to Him. A challenge to us all.
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Elijah obtained all his strength from God. The challenge to us is 'where do we get our strength from?' We need His help every day.
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Elijah prayed specifically and urgently and lived a righteous life. How do we pray and live our lives for God?
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The Man of God's Separation: 1 Kings 17:2-7 God sends Elijah away to hide at Kerith and turn east. Picture of the Sun of Righteousness.
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God told Elijah to hide as a sign of judgment on the land. We should take time to hide ourselves with God to learn from Him.
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Elijah given food and drink (1 Kings 17:4). He gives us spiritual food. We need to spend time with Him.
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How much do we believe in our God? Examples of Noah and Joshua. God should come first in our lives.
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You can listen to both subjects below:
The servant of God and his reward
The man of God and his refinement
The Friday Club at Parkside takes place, unless otherwise indicated, between 7.30pm and 9pm and is for children age 10 and over. We regularly attract between 15 and 25 children along and it’s always a lively night!
Each week we will look to do a different activity and will finish with a short epilogue, taken this series, from Acts.
Dates an activities are listed below:
6th May Games at the Hall Peter rescued from Prison – Acts 12
13th May Evening Walk The Philippian Jailer – Acts 16
20th May Baptism @ Bracknell
27th May (Romsey Camp)
3rd June Games at the Hall Eutychus raised – Acts 20
17th June Meet up with Bracknell YP @ Bracknell. Meet at PCF @7.00pm
1st July Evening Walk Paul’s arrest etc – Acts 21-26
15th July BBQ Evening Paul’s journey to Rome – Acts 27/28
We had a good morning for our first Coffee in the Park of 2011.
Following heavy overnight rain, we gathered at Parkside at 10am for a short time of prayer. After this, with the weather improving, we decided to set up the marquee, Parkside sign and tables in Kidwells park, behind Parkside, as planned.
This would be our final chance to practice setting up the marquee before Maidenhead Carnival on June 11th, and all went without any problems.
We decided to put the ‘Free tea and coffee’ banner out in the park facing the town centre so it would be eye-catching as people walked through the park, rather than on the front wall.
Various friends came and joined us during the morning and we had a number of other good conversations with people in the park, of all ages. In addition, the weather stayed fine for the whole morning which meant that there was no need to dry out the marquee afterwards.
It was an encouraging start to the summer and it’s hard to believe that the next time we’re out in the park will be the day of Maidenhead Carnival. We have much to organise before then!
We had around 40 people in for the latest in our series of monthly Family Services.
Today’s was chaired by Alan Michael in his own unique and entertaining way and began with the hymn ‘God sent His son – they call Him Jesus‘ and prayer.
We then enjoyed a number of children’s choruses aided by a couple of willing participants at the front to help out with actions.
Like the previous Family Service, there was another Memory Verse to learn, this time from Hebrews 11:1 ‘Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see‘. Alan went on to explain a little about the verse before gradually hiding it to aid the learning process.Our second hymn, following on the theme of Faith was ‘Faithful One‘.
Following this, David Hedges came up to speak. He took us through the healing of The Nobleman’s son mentioned in John 4 (verses 46 to 54). After recounting the story, he went on to relate it to us with a number of questions under the heading ‘So what?‘.
Finally, we finished the service with singing ‘I know not why God’s wondrous grace‘ before Alan closed in prayer.
Around 50 people gathered at Parkside today to say farewell to our good friend Sylvia McNeill who passed away on April 2nd following a long illness.
David Sampson welcomed those attending and invited David Angell to open the service with prayer.
David prayed and warmly gave thanks for Sylvia’s life, emphasising her personal faith in the Lord. He also touched on the fact that today’s service was a joyful occasion as she was now free from all her suffering and with Christ, which is far better.
The opening hymn was ‘When peace like a river’.
Following the hymn, David Sims read through various tributes to Sylvia, the first being from Sylvia’s sister and brother-in-law which included happy memories of Sylvia both growing up and latterly of regular visits to South Africa.
The second appreciation was from David’s sister-in-law which brought out Sylvia’s friendliness, fondness for shopping and prowess as a dressmaker.
The third appreciation was from Angela Cox who mentioned Sylvia’s various skills including her needlework and knitting at the Ladies Missionary Fellowship, her enjoyment of shopping and her companionship and help both to Angela and all at Parkside.
The fourth appreciation that David read was from Elizabeth Pearce who talked about various happy holidays that she had spent with Sylvia including Scotland, Florida and South Africa.
David’s final appreciation was a personal one and brought out something of his fondness of her voice, the exceptional skills in her working life and the joy of her personal salvation in 1979.
David then passed over to Philip Stanfield who gave a moving tribute about their fondness for Sylvia as a surrogate grandmother to the family. He also talked about her willingness to work quietly, behind the scenes, for the Lord as well as various personal reminiscences.
Finally, Philip read a personal tribute from Rachel Simms which brought out a little of the sad decline in health experienced by Sylvia in recent years and the fact that she is now with her Lord.
The second hymn was ‘When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound‘.
David Sampson gave a short address which talked about Sylvia’s life and faith in the Lord Jesus mentioning Job 23, including verse 10 featured on the Order of Service.
David introduced the final hymn ‘God sent His Son – they call Him Jesus‘ before Philip Stanfield gave a short and moving closing prayer.
A short committal then took place at Braywick Cemetery, led by Victor Michael.
Sylvia was much-loved by all those who knew her, both at Parkside and beyond. We are all thankful that her time of suffering is now at an end and she is with her Lord and Saviour.
You can listen to or download the service by clicking on the link below:
Parkside Christian Fellowship