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Linda Marshall – UCCF

10/08/2009 By admin

Phil and Linda MarshallLinda Marshall has been working with CUs in the Midlands since 2002, first as a Staffworker but more recently as the regional team leader. She first caught the student work bug as a fresher at Nottingham University. Settling into her new room, she was greeted by a flyer from the Christian Union.  She was so encouraged to know that she wasn’t the only Christian in England and soon got involved.  There she learnt about the importance of sharing and growing in the gospel.

Being a team leader means that she spends a lot of time supervising staff and relay, coordinating the work in the midlands and thinking about how to help equip students there to live and speak for Jesus. She also chairs the annual Forum conference for CU leaders. Linda is married to Phil (who she met through UCCF!) and enjoys a rather eclectic mix of things from baking to women’s rugby! Before UCCF, Linda really enjoyed being a primary school teacher and still enjoys to use multi coloured pens at any opportunity.

Linda continues to squeeze in some weekly student contact with students from Warwick and Leicester Christian Unions, as well as speaking regularly at a variety of CUs across the Midlands . She helps them plan their CU programme, helps them develop as leaders and helps them think about how to reach their university campuses better for Christ.

Linda has written a book called PURE – which is a six week interactive course looking at what God has to say about sex and relationships.Pure

Linda developed the PURE course to help young Christians think clearly and biblically about what it means to live as redeemed people under the lordship of Christ. When the course was first introduced to the students of Nottingham University Christian Union back in 2003, over one hundred of them made an effort to drag themselves out of bed to take part every Monday morning at 7:30am!Since then hundreds of CUs across the UK have taken part in the PURE course. Many young people have benefited massively from the practical wisdom and biblical content that the course material provides, and have commented positively.

Read more about the book HERE or buy it from the Christian Life section of our bookshop HERE

You can send Linda and e-mail by clicking HERE

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Weekly Announcements

09/08/2009 By admin

Sunday 5th September 2010

Morning Service – 12.00 noon
Speaker – Rev Murray
“The meal unlike any other”

Crèche Rota
5th September – Lesley McBride, Pauline McMillan/Emma Hutchinson, Jacqueline Erwin
12th September – Lesley McBride, Pauline McMillan/Emma Hutchinson, Jacqueline Erwin

S.A.V.I.O.U.R.
S for sin, a dreadful thing
A for Adam who first fell,
V for victory Jesus won,
I the one He came to tell,
O pen up your heart to Him,
U can know His power within,
R repent and turn to Him
That will bring you back to.
J.E.S.U.
S for sin…(repeat chorus…)
That will bring you back to God.

ONE WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN
One way, God said, to get to Heaven.
Jesus is the only way.
One way to reach those pearly mansions,
Jesus is the only way.
No other way, no other way,
No other way to go.
One way, God said, to get to Heaven.
Jesus is the only way.

Prayer Meeting – 6.00pm

Evening Service – 6.30pm
Speaker – Rev Murray
“When God asks you to step up to the mark”

Counting Rota for September
Sandy Porter, Geoffrey/Karen Allen, Willis Cairns

Week Commencing 6th September 2010

Tuesday – Kirk Session @ 7.30pm
Wednesday – Midweek Bible Class @ 7.45pm
Thursday – PW (see below)
Sunday (12th) – AM (12 noon): Rev R.M. Murray PM (6.30pm): Rev R.M. Murray

‘Recipes and Resuscitation’. An action packed night for the girls and women of Connor. Cookery demos…Tasting opportunities…Heart start training and more! Connor PW would love to welcome as many as possible to this very practical opening night!

All articles to be included in the Harvest magazine should be with Mark and Carolyn by TODAY.

Sunday schools recommence on Sunday, 12th September.

Ablaze (the new name for Youth Fellowship) will meet from 7.45pm to 9pm in the minor hall on Sunday 12th September after the evening service. Ablaze is for young people aged 11 plus to get together and have fun and chat as we study the Bible. On 12th we’re looking forward to some games and to hearing what various people got up to in the summer on camps and missions. Please invite your friends and plan to come along and join us – everyone will be really welcome!

Pakistan Flood Appeal: The recent flooding in Pakistan has had a devastating effect on many people in that country. The Moderator, Dr. N. Hamilton, has launched a special flood appeal. Donations will be channelled through Tear Fund, Christian Aid and the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan to the flood victims. In the light of this pressing new need our Tear Fund lunch scheduled for the 19th September is becoming a ‘Pakistan Flood Appeal’ lunch.
Please plan to join us after the morning service on the 19th for this soup lunch – after which there will be a retiring offering. If you are hoping to stay for lunch please sign the sheets in the porches to help catering arrangements. ( There will be a short meeting in the kitchen after the morning service on the 12th September for anyone willing to provide food stuffs/ help serve the lunch etc.)

Further Ahead
Thursday 16th September: Church Committee

Connor Girls’ Brigade winter session of 2010-2011 will commence, D.V. on Tuesday 21st September 2010. More details next week.

Please Note: Sunday sermons are now available on the Connor Church website.
Contact for Church Bulletin: E-mail: torr1941@tiscali.co.uk
Tel: 02825892375 Website: www.connorpresbyterianchurch.org

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Boys’ Brigade

09/08/2009 By admin

Each week the Boys’ Brigade meets in Connor on a Monday night.

The following age groups meet:

* Anchor Boys – for Boys aged 5 to 8 years from 7-8pm
* Junior Section – for Boys aged 8 to 11 years from 7-8pm
* Company Section – for Boys aged 11 to 18 years from 7:30-9:45pm

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More about the BB

Each week The Boys’ Brigade works with thousands of young people, many of whom have no other connection with the Church. Today we are working with over 60,000 children & young people in over 1500 companies (groups) in the UK & Republic of Ireland every week.

The Boys’ Brigade provides a balanced programme of activities for children and young people from 5 to 18 years old. These resources have been developed to help volunteer youth leaders work in a relevant and creative way. We hope through these programmes they will be able to make a positive contribution to a young person’s life and be able to share their faith.

Our work is split into age groups as follows:

* Anchor Boys – for Boys aged 5 to 8 years
* Junior Section – for Boys aged 8 to 11 years
* Company Section – for Boys aged 11 to 18 years

Where have we come from?

The Boys’ Brigade has been around for 125 years and in 2008 we are celebrating our 125th Anniversary. Our Founder Sir William Alexander Smith, included in our Object “The Promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness” and that has not been changed.

What has changed is how we go about promoting that object. We recognise that the influences surrounding our young people are not always helpful and that too many lose control at great cost to themselves, their families and the community. The answer is to catch the energy and enthusiasm of youth and to channel it purposefully.
Our Object

The Object of The Boys’ Brigade is:


“The advancement of Christ’s kingdom among Boys and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-respect and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness.”

Our Motto & Emblem

Anchor The Boys’ Brigade Motto is:BB Logo
‘Sure & Steadfast’

The motto is taken from the bible, the book of Hebrews, Chapter 6, Verse 19.

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The Gospel

09/08/2009 By admin

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There is no greater message to be heard than that which we call the Gospel. But as important as that is, it is often given to massive distortions or over simplifications. People think they’re preaching the Gospel to you when they tell you, ‘you can have a purpose to your life’, or that ‘you can have meaning to your life’, or that ‘you can have a personal relationship with Jesus.’ All of those things are true, and they’re all important, but they don’t get to the heart of the Gospel.

The Gospel is called the ‘good news’ because it addresses the most serious problem that you and I have as human beings, and that problem is simply this: God is holy and He is just, and I’m not. And at the end of my life, I’m going to stand before a just and holy God, and I’ll be judged. And I’ll be judged either on the basis of my own righteousness – or lack of it – or the righteousness of another. The good news of the Gospel is that Jesus lived a life of perfect righteousness, of perfect obedience to God, not for His own well being but for His people. He has done for me what I couldn’t possibly do for myself. But not only has He lived that life of perfect obedience, He offered Himself as a perfect sacrifice to satisfy the justice and the righteousness of God.

The great misconception in our day is this: that God isn’t concerned to protect His own integrity. He’s a kind of wishy-washy deity, who just waves a wand of forgiveness over everybody. No. For God to forgive you is a very costly matter. It cost the sacrifice of His own Son. So valuable was that sacrifice that God pronounced it valuable by raising Him from the dead – so that Christ died for us, He was raised for our justification. So the Gospel is something objective. It is the message of who Jesus is and what He did. And it also has a subjective dimension. How are the benefits of Jesus subjectively appropriated to us? How do I get it? The Bible makes it clear that we are justified not by our works, not by our efforts, not by our deeds, but by faith – and by faith alone. The only way you can receive the benefit of Christ’s life and death is by putting your trust in Him – and in Him alone. You do that, you’re declared just by God, you’re adopted into His family, you’re forgiven of all of your sins, and you have begun your pilgrimage for eternity.

— R.C. Sproul

Filed Under: The Gospel
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