Many more blessings

What to say about today? I could start with missing my alarm and waking up an hour and half late! Lol. Thankfully managed to get everything sorted and to church in time! We had a good number for communion despite the -4 temp outside.

Over the last few weeks we've regularly had 40 or so people on a Sunday morning. Today was no different. Church isn't about numbers - it's about the glory of God - but it seems to me as more people gather to praise him we are able to give him glory with a louder voice. It has been a great encouragement to see the church beginning to grow and more of the Lord's people making their home with us.

We also had Slavko and Alison and Mattay with us today. Alison grew up up the road from us with our friends at West Kilburn Baptist Church. She met Slavko while they were studying at Oak Hill Theological College and have since got married and had their son Mattay. Slavko grew up in Serbia, was converted during the war as Yugoslavia broke up, and now is taking his family home with him to share the love of Jesus. It was great to have them with us and for us to hear about their plans under God to serve him in Slavko's homeland.

Some of you may have seen my status on Friday that a friend of mine had put his faith in Christ. He and his family have been coming along to the church for a couple of months. Today I sat down with him and his wife and confirmed that not only has the Lord poured his grace out on him, but on his wife too!

There is more blessings than that today, but I will stop for now. Please pray for these two new Christians and that the Lord would prepare us as a church to welcome more people into the family of Jesus.

Another enjoyable Sunday

Having had flu all week today has been very tiring - but with many blessings all the same. Church does seem to be growing bit by bit. It's been encouraging to have some regular visitors and to see some newer faces returning weekly. Especially good to have a family from school start coming regularly. They are friends of ours and it's a blessing to welcome them among us. There's also a Nigerian family Dad, Mum and daughter who visit us whenever they are around. It's part of the nature of London ministry that we have folk who pop in from time to time when they are in London, and it is always good to see them and I hope to encourage them in their walk with Jesus.
Tom and Emily King came to visit today as well. They are friends of ours who have recently moved near to Twickenham. It was really good to see them and to hear how well they have been welcomed into the church at Amyand Park. With them we had well over twenty for lunch, which as usual Helen produced with great efficiency and tastiness!
In our October family service we were thinking about four reasons to tell people about Jesus. Today we thought about what to tell people about Jesus. Using the "Two ways to live" basic pattern we had three things in mind - 1) What we need to know about the gospel, 2) What we can tell our friends about the gospel, and 3) A personal spiritual checkup. Just praying that the Lord would write these things well on our hearts and cause people to draw closer to him.