Gospel Music and Message with Paul Wheater

An Evening of Gospel – ‘Music and Message’ with Paul Wheater at St. James Community Arts Centre – Seamer Road, YO12 4DT.  November 1st at 7.00.p.m.  Ticket only and free tickets available by e-mail at:
tickets.gracefellowship@gmail.com

Events in September 2013

Sun 1st Sept  Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Frederick Hodgson

Thurs 5th Sept  Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Fri 6th Sept   Literature Table outside M & S between 2 - 4 pm (approx)

Sun 8th  Sept  Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Laurence Jones

Thurs 12th Sept Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Sun 15th Sept Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Willy Horsburgh

Thurs 19th Sept Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Sun 22nd Sept  Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker  Mark Ladds

Thurs 26th Sept Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Sun 29th Sept Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm - speaker Laurence Jones

Ultimate Questions

Here is message from the leaflet we gave out at Staxonbury:

"Mine deep enough in every heart and you’ll find it: a longing for meaning, a quest for purpose. As surely as a child breathes, he will someday wonder, “What is the purpose of my life?”

HERE ARE SOME BIBLICAL ANSWERS:


Who Am I? Where Did I Come From?
God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27

What Is My Purpose? How Can I Know?
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. Matthew 22:37

Why Am I Here? How Should I Live?
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1Corinthians 10:31

Where Am I Going? Are You Ready?
… it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. Hebrews 9:27

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

How Can I Be Sure? Can I Know?
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1Peter 1:3

How Can I Have This Hope?
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom. 10:9

WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE?
Some try sports, entertainment, cults, sex, you name it. All mirages in the desert of purpose.…

Shouldn’t we face the truth? If we don’t acknowledge God, we are flotsam in the universe."

Events for August 2013

Thurs 1st August Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Fri 2nd August   Literature Table outside M & S between 2 - 4 pm (approx)

Sun 4th August Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Frederick Hodgson

Thurs 8th August  Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Fri 9th August , Service @ Kingswood Retirement Rest Home @ 3.30pm

Sun 11th August   Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Willy Horsburgh

Thurs 15th August  No  Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting this week

Sun 18th August  Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Willy Horsburgh

Thurs 22nd August  Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Sun, 25rd August   Service @ St James Community Art Centre @3.30pm speaker Mick Lockwood

Tues 26th to Wed 28th August:  Literature table outside M & S

Thurs 29th August Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Staxtonbury Outreach

We had a literature table at Staxtonbury music festival on Saturday 6th July.

 

 

We had a music theme on the board of well known hymns

                               more information about Amazing grace can be found here

People were spoken to and literature was given out.

Events for July 2013

Thurs 4th July Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Fri 5th July   Literature Table outside M & S between 2 - 4 pm (approx)

Sat 6th July Literature Table Outreach at Staxtonbury Music Festival - All day

Sun 7th July , Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm - speaker Frederick Hodgson

Thurs 11th July Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Sat 13th July:  Prayer Meeting for Revival at Whitby Evangelical Church 10am to 12 noon

Sun 14th July, Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm - speaker Willy Horsburgh

Thurs 18th July   Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Cloughton

Fri 19th July, Service @ Kingswood Retirement Rest Home @ 3.30pm

Sun 20th July  Service @ St James Community Art Centre @ 3.30 pm -speaker Laurence Jones

Thurs 25th July   Bible Study/ Prayer Meeting @ 7.30 pm in Eastfield

Sun, 28rd July 3rd Anniversary Service @ St James Community Art Centre @3.30pm speaker Chris Hand

John Newton and Amazing Grace

John Newton and Amazing Grace.
(Grace: the free and undeserved favour of God.)

Many people have heard or even sung the hymn 'Amazing Grace' but not many know the remarkable story behind the song. It was written by a clergyman named John Newton, nothing so remarkable about that, I'm sure lots of clergymen write hymns but this man had come on an amazing journey from atheism to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

John Newton was born in 1725, as a child he was taught the teachings of Christianity by his mother, he had a very retentive memory and learned extensive passages from the Bible. However by the time he reached his teenage years he had turned away from these teachings and by the age of 17 he had become a confirmed Atheist.

Newton's father was a sailor by trade and John had spent years aboard ship since the age of 11. He followed his father into the trade and eventually became a slave ship captain. He developed many bad habits aboard ship, his particular hobby was to invent swear words and blasphemous sayings, these weren't the usual sailor's swear words but carefully thought out expressions of rebellion against God,  against the very idea of His existence.

Eventually Newton's rebellion was to come to a sudden and most unexpected end. Newton's ship was caught in a terrible storm, many sailors had been swept over board and the ship looked in danger of sinking altogether when Newton found himself calling on the mercy of God. He had no idea why he was even thinking about the mercy of a God he didn't even believe in. Hour after hour he toiled, pumping water out of the stricken ship but his mind was now recalling many Bible verses he had learned as a child, he became convinced not only that he was not alone but that his sins were too great to be forgiven, the mercy of God was not for him.

By the time the storm blew itself out, unknown to everyone else, John Newton had quite simply ceased to swear or blaspheme, it was not a pre-meditated decision, it just happened. He was no longer asking if there is a God but 'how do I get to know Him'.

Unfortunately John Newton had a very unclear grasp of the good news of salvation as found in the Bible and for some while after this he had periods of his life when he fell back into bad ways and other times when he tried hard to follow after the Lord.

Thankfully in the providence of God he met with an experienced Christian who started studying the Bible with him and answering many of his questions. After this period of study and searching he knew his faith rested in Jesus and His works and not in his own works, that he was forgiven because Jesus took the punishment for his sin when he died on the cross, there was nothing left for him to do. It was all done by God's 'amazing grace'.

John Newton became a Minister and in later years he and his friend William Cowper wrote many hymns, sometimes writing as many as a hymn a week. Amazing Grace was written during this period of time.

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
 
The world shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Shall be forever mine.