BeachcomberFX

Category: Sunday@thePub

  • Lent

    Lent

    Hi folks,

    As we begin lent, I wonder if you have thought about what you have given up or taken on? It’s not to late for you to do something though… Here are a few options for you… Why not join in with 40 acts this is about being generous, check out the website below or follow them on twitter @40acts. Or if you live in the North East why not join in with the Beachcomber FX pilgrimages? The first is on Sunday 9th March 2.00pm – Starting at North Shields Fish Quay (car park) and then the second is Starting at North Shields fish Quay (car park) Wednesday 12th March 10.00am ending with lunch in Seaton Sluice.

    So what does lent mean for you? Do you do anything for lent?

    We will be discussing this and other lent themes and reflecting on our afternoon pilgrimage at Sunday@thePub which this week meets at The Briar Dene, Whitley Bay, for more info then why not send a message.

    Cheers

  • Transfiguration

    Transfiguration

    Hi folks, I hope you are having a good week? 

    This weeks Sunday@thePub is meeting at the usual time of 8.00pm and we are meeting at The Ye Old Ship Inn in Monkseaton. We hope that you can join us. 

    This weeks reflection comes from this Sunday mornings lectionary reading about the transfiguration. you can read it here Also have a look at the attached photo…

    I wonder as you read it and as you look at the image if you can ponder on the characters involved, i wonder how they feel? I wonder how you would feel? What do you think of this passage? What do you think it says to us? What lessons can we learn from it?

    Cheers

  • Love the Lord your God…

    Love the Lord your God…

    Hi folks,

    This week at d-church we have been reflecting on love, and as part of our evening we had a look at this passage from 

    Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’ This is the most important, the first on any list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s Law and the Prophets hangs from them.” 

    Matthew 22:37-40 
    The Message 

    I love this passage it’s one of my favourites, I love looking at different versions of the bible and how they describe things… this is interesting comparing it with the NIV when it describes as we should love God with all our – heart, soul and mind… In the message version… what does it mean to love God with your passion? Prayer? And intelligence? How do these differ from the NIV? 

    This weeks Sunday@thePub is our regular quiz night meeting at Cullercoats Crescent Club, if you are free why not come along and join us? We aim to start the quiz at about 8.15 and its 50p per person to enter. We hope to see you there. 

    Cheers

  • Praying and Interceding

    Praying and Interceding

    Hi folks,

    I wonder where January went! As I write I can see blue sky… very nice! This weeks Sunday@thePub is meeting at the Briar Dene Whitley Bay, if you are 18 and over then you are welcome to join us. We meet at 8.00pm and tend to leave about 9.30.

    This weeks reflection comes once again from The Northumbria Community and its rule of life.

    ‘We are called to be available to others through participation in His care and concern for them by praying and INTERCEDING for their situations in the power of the Holy Spirit’.  

    Northumbrian COMMUNITY Rule of life

    These words are particularly challenging in these uncertain times when food poverty is a real issue for many in and around where we might live, as well as the bigger picture issues of war and injustice that face many on a daily basis.

    There are no straight forward answers for some of these issues, but we can stand with them in prayer and intercede for them. And maybe the issues that we see all to readily around us through food poverty is an issue that we can directly be involved with… interceding through our prayers and actions of donating food, writing to our local MP or other such things that raise the awareness of some of these issues. 

    So how do you pray and intercede for such things? What is the difference between prayer and interceding? What are the issues that you are concerned for? 

    God bless, 

  • I Say Yes!!!

    I Say Yes!!!

    Hi folks,

    Hope you have had a good week, this week our reflection comes from this weeks Northumbria Communities rule of life…

    ‘I say ‘Yes, my Lord’in all the good times through all the bad times’. 

    NORTHUMBRIA community Rule of Life

    This is a tough phrase to get your head around and I wonder what you think? what are the things that strike you? 

    God Bless. 

  • Happiness!

    Happiness!

    So folks… the decorations are probably away, the food has been consumed… folks are back at school and work… life goes on… It would be easy for us to get down spirited with the dark nights of January and February when the plod of life gets heavy… but let’s remember that spring is around the corner. I came across this song by Pharrell Williams before Christmas, and it made me smile, it made me want to share the ‘happiness’ have a read of this proverb and then watch the video clip… 

    A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face;
        a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day.

    I wonder what strikes you about this proverb and the song… what type of person are you… glass half full… glass half empty? Why not consider over this next week how you can bring a smile to someone else’s life… 
    This week we are meeting at the Briar Dene at 8.00pm to chat about this and other things… if you are 18 and over it would be wonderful to see you…  for more info drop me a line.

  • Advent 4

    Advent 4

    Hi folks… well its getting closer… As i write this a week today it will be Christmas day and maybe you will be attending a Christmas day service, or you will be spending time with family and friends and getting sorted for that Christmas lunch! 

    As we approach Christmas and with a few days still to go, have a look at the following verse, we have already looked at hope, peace and love this time its time for us to think about joy! 

    ’Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people’.

    Luke 2:10

    As I ponder on this verse I wonder how we can bring joy into the places that we will go over these next days, it will be easy for us to get into the hype and stress of it all that we miss the opportunities to bring Joy in to the lives of those we meet. 

    God bless

  • Advent 3

    Advent 3

    This weeks reflection is from Romans and follows our last couple of weeks when we thought about hope and peace… I wonder what strikes you about this passage and i wonder as we journey towards Christmas how we can find ways to love and honour those around us? 

    God bless

  • Advent 2

    Advent 2

    This weeks reflection comes from Isaiah 9:6

    ’And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.’ 

    Isaiah 9:6

    What strikes you about this passage? 

    Which of these words speaks to you? 

  • Advent 1

    Advent 1

    As we journey towards advent I was looking at some resources for Sunday@thePub and other bits and pieces and I came across this verse from Job… I liked it for many reasons… but what about you… what strikes you about it?