So the beginning of my new life churchwise yesterday. I have preached every Sunday since the beginning oof May so I appreiated a day off. It was more than that, however, as the futre pattern (when I'm not preaching siomewhere) will be to be in the congregation in Emmanuel Baptist, Gabalfa in Cardiff. There were things I could quibble about but it was a good day.
The morning was a bit different - the pastor Paul Whitely preached on Noah, All aboard! (Three points - God's judgement on sin, God's grace to the world, Invitation to be saved) but we also had a helpful testimony from Gareth Swann plus a big children's talk from Aneurin Britton on upheld (part of an A-Z). About eighty in the morning and not many fewer in the evening. I know lots of people but more know me than I know myself. Spoke to several people including Richard Myerscough and his wife Anna whose daughter is in the church. He has also recently retired but the future for them is a little less clear than for us. Bit of a baby boom in the church. It's going to take a while to fit in and get used to it all.
One of the elders, Gareth Davies, preached in the evening on 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. Again quite evangelistic and three points - the necessity, the cost and the reality of reconciliation. So a good day and hopefully we will soon adjust to being in a much larger church than we are used to.
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