Tuesday 7 December 2010

stories from the family - healed of abuse

Welcome to the fortnightly story from Christian Life Church, Shipley. Every fortnight we publish stories from the church family here at CLC. We believe in and serve a loving, caring God who desires to express His love towards us in all sorts of ways. These stories will tell you something of the type of God we love.

My childhood was not the nicest! I suffered years of the most painful abuse of various kinds when growing up and as a result I felt insignificant and rejected. I heard that God loved me but it never actually meant anything to me. It just went in one ear and out the other. I just couldn’t accept it.

However, as I worked through the issues from my past and allowed God to heal my emotional wounds I can truly say that I now KNOW the Father’s love, acceptance and inheritance for my life without question, and am able to walk with Jesus in a freedom that I never thought I could lay hold of. I am a beautiful, precious daughter of the King of Kings, an heir with my Saviour Jesus. I am so grateful to God and for the people at CLC for showing me the way and working with me to bring me through to a completely new place.

Sharon

Monday 6 December 2010

Christmas Events

Please find below the details for our Christmas meetings.

Sat 11th Dec 10:30 - 14:30 - Arts & Craft Fair

An opportunity to but some wonderful hand made gifts

Sun 12th Dec 10:30 - 12:30 – Worship & Word

This meeting will be led by our children and youth group who will present the Christmas story in all sorts of ways.

Sun 12th Dec 19:30 - 21:00 – Candlelit Service

This meeting is aimed at adults and the room will be set out in a cafe style with chairs around low tables. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served as people arrive and the room will be lit primarily with candles. We aim for this time to be a relaxing yet thought-provoking look at Christmas.

Fri 17th Dec – 18:00 - 21:00 – Party!

This is an all age party suitable for everyone. We will have silly games and serious games so that everyone can take part and enjoy. We will also be eating together and will be asking those who come to bring a contribution towards the buffet meal. This is a time to enjoy the community and family of our church body in a fun way.

Sun 19th Dec – 10:30 - 12:30 – All age family service

All ages will remain together for the whole time as we look at a different aspect of Christmas using various media’s to consider our Saviour’s birth.


Sat 25th Dec – 10:00 - 10:45 – Christmas Day Service

A short all age family meeting to put our focus on the One who it is all about on Christmas day.

Thursday 2 December 2010

December 2010 Diary

Sun 5th 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 6th 6.30pm - Prayer & Praise
Sat 11th 10.30-2.30 - Craft Fair
Sun 12th 10.30am - Worship & Word - children participating
Sun 12th 7.30pm - Candlelight Service
Fri 17th 6pm - Christmas Party
Sun 19th 10.30am - All age Family Service
Sun 19th 5pm - Carol Singing in Bolton Woods
Sat 25th 10am - Christmas Day Service
Sun 26th - No Meeting

Wednesday 10 November 2010

November Diary 2010

Sun 7th 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 14th 10.30am - Worship & Word
Sun 14th 6.30pm - Prayer & Praise
Sun 21st 10.30pm - Worship and Word
Sun 28th 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 28th 6.30pm - 'Space' Worship Time

Wednesday 27 October 2010

Stories from the family - Friendship

Welcome to the fortnightly story from Christian Life Church, Shipley. Every fortnight we publish stories from the church family here at CLC. We believe in and serve a loving, caring God who desires to express His love towards us in all sorts of ways. These stories will tell you something of the type of God we love.

"Since joining CLC I have met lots of people who are genuine. They have become friends who are interested in me as a person and have talked to me and wanted to get to know me for who I am. They have accepted me as I am. This has built me up as a person."

Heather


Tuesday 26 October 2010

New podcast!

The crystal clear teaching from CLC is now available in a podcast. Simply click here to sign up.

Wednesday 29 September 2010

October Diary 2010

Sun 3rd 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 10th 10.30am - Worship & Word
Sun 10th 6.30pm - Prayer & Praise
Sun 17th 10.30pm - Worship and Word
Sun 24th 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 24th 6.30pm - 'Space' Worship Time
Sun 31st 10.30am - Worship and Word

Friday 10 September 2010

Stories from the family - Not about rules



Welcome to the fortnightly story from Christian Life Church, Shipley. Every fortnight we publish stories from the church family here at CLC. We believe in and serve a loving, caring God who desires to express His love towards us in all sorts of ways. These stories will tell you something of the type of God we love.

"Having been born and brought up in church all my life, CLC is very different from any other church I’ve ever been in. I’ve learnt that Christianity isn’t about being good, or about rules and regulations to get right and get to heaven. Instead I understand now that it’s about a heart relationship with Jesus and other people and about living an abundant life now. I have also learnt how much God loves me, that I’m precious and special, that He delights in me and that relationship is everything."

Margaret



Monday 6 September 2010

Mini-Conference with Paul Hubbard

This coming week sees our apostle Paul Hubbard sharing with us in a number of meetings. Paul will be teaching on Friday evening @ 7:30pm and on Sunday morning @10:30am as well as at other meetings through the week for specific groups.

For more information please call the church office on 01274 531920

Monday 23 August 2010

Teachings in August - Week 3

For four weeks in August we are keeping the children in the meeting the whole time and are looking at 4 different parables that Jesus told. Each week we are also having a memory verse with a prize for those who can remember all four at the end of the month. The first weeks parable was the parable of the sower from Matthew 13.

The memory verse is "Those who truly hear and understand God's word, produce a harvest”Matt 13:23 (NLT).

Last week we considered the parable of the wheat and the tares, also from Matthew 13.

The memory verse this week is "God’s people will shine like the sun in their Fathers Kingdom." Matt 13:43 (NIrV).

Yesterday we looked at the parable of the hidden treasure and the pearl, also from Matt 13.

This weeks memory verse is "Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness" Matt 6:33 (NKJV)

Thursday 12 August 2010

Stories from the family - Marriage Improved

Welcome to the fortnightly story from Christian Life Church, Shipley. Every fortnight we publish stories from the church family here at CLC. We believe in and serve a loving, caring God who desires to express His love towards us in all sorts of ways. These stories will tell you something of the type of God we love.

"As I have learnt to understand that God is interested in me for being me it has enabled me to see just how important relationships are. These relationships have made the times that I go around the mountains fewer, and the times that I see the mountains move greater. There are many things where my wife and I have seen mountains move, from times such as when we were struggling to have children. God moved the mountain in a powerful way, and we now have two wonderful children.

One of the other mountains that God moved in a way where we really didn't think was going to be possible was with regards to our marriage. It felt as though it was going nowhere; we both thought that we were doing everything that we could for each other but we just were not seeing it improve. A marriage course was run at CLC so we participated in the course and I think that the Godly wisdom that was in the course saved our marriage and gave us steps to take on a daily basis to help us communicate with each other in a way that is selfless. As we worked on the steps, it enabled us to love each other in a new way and we appreciated each other far more."
Ian


For more information on the church family Ian belongs to please visit us at www.christianlifechurch.co.uk

Monday 9 August 2010

September 2010 Diary

Sun 5th 10.30am - Worship and Word - Harvest Festival
Sun 12th 10.30am - Worship & Word - Paul Hubbard
Sun 12th 6.30pm - Prayer & Praise
Sun 19th 10.30pm - Worship and Word
Sun 26th 10.30am - Worship and Word
Sun 26th 6.30pm - 'Space' Worship Time

Teachings in August

For four weeks in August we are keeping the children in the meeting the whole time and are looking at 4 different parables that Jesus told. Each week we are also having a memory verse with a prize for those who can remember all four at the end of the month. This weeks parable was the parable of the sower from Matthew 13.

The memory verse is "Those who truly hear and understand God's word, produce a harvest” Matt 13:23 (NLT).

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Stories from the Family - Free of Debt

Welcome to the fortnightly story from Christian Life Church, Shipley. Every fortnight we publish stories from the church family here at CLC. We believe in and serve a loving, caring God who desires to express His love towards us in all sorts of ways. These stories will tell you something of the type of God we love.

"Things were going OK. I was a nightclub DJ, had a good job, a new house, a new car every year and money in my pocket. Then things turned for the worst and our son Nathan Lee died at birth. He only weighed 2 pounds at birth and could not hold on.

I had to stay off work to look after my partner, which meant that I was not earning, so the bills piled up and piled up some more. Two years passed and we had another child, a girl who was fine but the bills kept on piling up. Three years passed and my partner had enough and left.
It all was too much for my head to handle so I decided to try and sort things out myself. The funny thing is the more I tried to get it sorted the worse it got. Whilst all this was going on my family decided to have a family feud and that put the icing on the cake.

Amongst this I had a visitor from the police to explain what was going on with the family and they asked how I was doing. I had lost the plot and told her exactly how I was doing! The police officer was very understanding and as she left she gave me a leaflet about debt counselling with a Christian organisation.

You can imagine my thoughts - The God squad is out to get me! After a week I finally rang the number and got an appointment to talk about my debts. It was a long process and I had to take the bankruptcy route in the end. It took 2 years to get my debts sorted out but in the meantime I met my lovely wife who had two great kids and we have been blessed with another. I became a Christian when my debts were getting sorted and I felt a great peace that someone was looking out for me helping me to understand the reasons why.

Ten years on and I have no debt. I don’t have to worry about money or how the gas bill is going to get paid. In fact I worry for nothing because God has promised to look after me, my wife and my kids. And He does."
Steve


For more information on the church family Steve belongs to please visit us at www.christianlifechurch.co.uk