June 30th, 2010
The next Worship
Together event will be held at The King's Church on Sunday
the 11th of July
at
6:30pm. Everyone is welcome. Please contact us if you need
more details
and would like to come along.
Today
I attended the first of a series of meetings with a group of Pastors
brought together in
Javea by Peter & Trisha Cox. They came from Gandia in the
north, and apologies from one
Pastor from Albir in the south. They have one heart and one
spirit
and one conviction - that God will move mightily on the Costa
Blanca and that we must work together in true unity, breaking
denominational barriers, to see His Kingdom come in power, and
soon. The words "fire" and "revival" were used not lightly. If you have
the same conviction, contact Pete & Trish through me.
Praise and Worship
have always been at the forefront of the spiritual battle. Join with us
on the 11th as we seek Him who has all things in hand. He calls,
inspires, empowers, unites, and
works mighty miracles for His Name's
sake.
On a different note, check out our new Google
Street Map view from the "to find us" button
to
the top left of this page. Thanks Chris for the continued effort to
upgrade the web site.
Today
we celebrated Graham & Margaret's Golden Wedding
Anniversary with a Wedding Blessing here in the church building. About
32 people attended with family & friends coming over from the UK.
Tomorrow
after the service we will be celebrating an outdoor baptism of Ian and
Jayne Luscombe (husband and wife) on Calpe beach. Please pray for the
weather and the wind of the Spirit to be favourable!
Praise
God from whom all blessings flow, praise Him you creatures here below,
praise Him above you heavenly host, praise father Son and Holy
Spirit...... well "Ghost" is a bit KJV!
June 3rd, 2010
Please pray urgently for Janet in intensive care in Benidorm Clinic .... God will lead you.
Thanks to all those who helped me celebrate my birthday on Tuesday last. It was fun.
Worship
Together will be held at The King's Church this next Sunday the 6th at
6:30pm. Everyone is welcome. Please contact us if you need more details
and would like to come along.
On Saturday the 26th June we
are delighted to be celebrating Graham & Margaret's Golden Wedding
Anniversary. Medals will be awarded accordingly!
Our trip to
the UK went well except .... I have to return again in July for yet
another operation. Please pray that this may be the last God willing.
I'm really OK in myself .. no real symptoms ... it's all just necessary
but disruptive. God is LORD and King!
April 27th, 2010
Our
AGM went well, and I have now circulated the Minutes and financial
reports. If you haven't received a copy and consider yourselves members
at The King's Church, then accept my apologies and request them from me
by email. Thanks to all who attended and contributed.
Lyn and I will be in the UK from the 13th May for a couple of weeks,
and Jenny will be looking after things for us here.
The
spring weather is glorious now, and all thoughts of winter are behind
us. But there is a "day" coming when this last winter will seem like
heaven. Scripture speaks much of it. Let's keep in mind that He is
coming back for His own, and the world will be in utter turmoil. Be
prepared for "the day" and let's get busy preparing the bride for His
return.
Stay strong and keep the faith.
April 13th, 2010
We will be having our AGM on the 18th April
after the morning service, so please take that into consideration if
you are planning to attend that day. The service will start a little
earlier at 10:45am. I will circulate an Agenda well before the day.
Just a quick update today .... more another day.
Christian love and blessings to all who follow Christ, and to those who follow the King's Church events here .....
March 23rd, 2010
March 2nd, 2010
Our
next Worship Together event will be at the Int. Baptist Church at Javea
on March 7th at 6:30pm - whatever local fellowship you attend, why
not come along and enjoy!
We attended the inaugural meeting of the Spanish Baptist church, which
is two doors down the road from us last Sunday evening. It was really
to dedicate the total refurbishment of their building and the
installation of the new Pastor, Jorge Pastor. We were made very
welcome, and God was amongst us. The choir was amazing and the building
was full; let's hope and pray that many come to attend regularly.
Spring
has arrived here in Spain, and blossom is everywhere. If you are not in
regular fellowship at the moment, why not get among God's people that
you might bless others as you blossom under His love and care? God is
so good, and although we fall short of His ideal, we have His grace and
forgiveness.
February 16th, 2010
Welcome to all our visitors!
Thanks
for the Guest Book entry from Maggi. She is arranging a Women's World
Day of Prayer at La Merced Church in Calpe. It's on March 5th at
3:00pm. If you would like more information please call her on 965732370.
We
are still very much enjoying our Worship Together events. We are hoping
to be meeting next at the Int. Baptist Church at Javea early in March.
Times and dates to follow. Whatever local fellowship you attend, why
not come along and enjoy!
Our new campo-rescue puppy Sheba
is making her mark on our lives, and the mud in Pego is not glorious!!
Dirty paw marks with everything. The rain in Spain falls mainly in Pego
it seems. Note to self ... "Gravel is good, gravel is good, bare soil
is bad, bare soil is bad; order ten tons of gravel soon" But the trees
and gardens are loving it...
January 21st, 2010
January 5th,
2010
A blesséd and happy New Year to all!
This coming Sunday the
10th we and other churches will be gathering together at the Oasis
Centre in Javea for another "Worship Together" event. What a wonderful
way to bring in the new year - to lay aside the denominational barriers
and theological differences and simply worship God together.
If you see this 'post' please don't wait for an invite - come along and
join us at 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome.
December 8th,
2009
Thanks
to all those who came to join us last Sunday evening. There were
representatives from six other churches, and we jammed about 35 people
into our little building. We had a great time before God, and there was
an hour of fellowship afterwards. With new friends and old
friends, the atmosphere was genuinely heartwarming. Praise God
for
unity of spirit.
Apart from our normal Sunday Service on the 13th of
December we will be having a special Christmas service with carols,
snacks and more on Monday the 21st. Please come along and join
us.
Again everybody is welcome. If this is your one 'church' event in 2009
because you've not been to a wedding, baptism or other, then don't miss
the chance!
We extend our love and blessings to all our folk
who are away from us right now - Jenny, Jayne & Ian, Beryl,
Gill,
Tom, Ray, Barry & Barbara, Pete & Janet, Phillip, Ken
&
Chris, Bp. Tomás, Lynne & family, Nikki & family, and
more.
November 12th,
2009
Thanks
to all of you who visited The King's Church a couple of weeks ago for
our evening Celebration time of praise and worship. We had a wonderful
open time in God's presence.
We really hope it will not be a
'one off' and are happy to host the next one, or please contact us if
you would like to invite 'us' to where you are.
Please
continue to pray for our Bishop Tomás currently working in very
difficult circumstances in Afghanistan. You can check out his blog
here http://anirishmaninkabul.blogspot.com/
remembering of course his wife Lynne and family still in Ireland.
We
would also like to acknowledge Liz's daughter Phillipa's death in
Ireland on the 3rd of November. The funeral was held yesterday, and we
believe that over the last few months, through much witness and prayer,
she had come to know Christ as Saviour. Remember Liz and Josh in prayer
at this difficult time.
November 1st,
2009
I
almost can't beleive that Christmas is almost upon us, and we're
already planning services, and talking about carols. Where
does a
year go? I'm more and more impressed with the urge to live in the
moment. Yes, we must plan. Always with God's greater and overall plan
in mind of course, and His prayer-sought approval for whatever we do
because that should be God-prompted anyway if we're listening to Him.
We don't plan
first and ask for approval later of course. We seek Him first and
formulate plans around our worshipful-life in Him, but plan we must
to be good stewards of our time and resources. If we can
learn to
live in the moment though without sending our minds off on long
journeys I beleive we will find more joy, more peace, and more
satisfaction, because we will find more of Him!
So
"Happy Christ Mass"; let me be the first to greet you so, and also
excuse myself in the same breath if I don't 'post' again before
then!
October 4th, 2009
I
arrived back just over a week ago, and am busy catching up. Our Casita
on the campo at Pego almost became a boat (an ark?!). At 2:00am it was
surrounded by 6 inches of water thanks to the torrential rain and
amazing thunderstorms.
So mud rules, although it's drying out a little now.... from extreme
heat to extreme wet.
Thanks
to all those who looked after us in the UK, and those who are still
looking after Lyn for the next few weeks. It was wonderful to spend
time in Bristol and see my granddaughter for the first time - Mia -
she's a treasure.
This morning I spoke on "Loving God" - a
great challenge to us all to do right by a wonderful Father. He's
worthy. If anyone wants the notes be sure to ask. We haven't quite got
round to putting our sermons on the website yet, but maybe
the
winter will allow more time for such things.
Sept.10th, 2009
Nigel's
Baptismal service went very well. He was delighted to be baptised in
his own new pool, and quite a few of the congregation were able to
attend. We shared a fellowship meal together afterwards at the house.
Thanks to Niki and everyone else who contributed.
I had the
privilege of conducting a wedding service last Saturday at Café Del Mar
on Moraira beach. Carl and Adele seemed delighted, and Annabel took her
part too. I've been promised pictures by the official photographer -
Richard Embeary - so we hope to post those when they arrive. I'll post
his contact email if they show my good side!
We're leaving
the congregation in the Assistant Pastor Jenny's hands for a couple of
weeks from Friday, and Jacque is preaching this Sunday. Watch
this space in case I manage to 'post' whilst on our UK visit.
Aug 25th, 2009
We
are still sweltering from the summer heat, but coping as usual. Lynette
and I are making a trip to the UK on the 11th September, so despite my
best efforts the new site will go a little quiet again. Chris however
has been adding material to our Fellowship and Men´s Meeting areas so
go have a look at what we've been up to.
We had a great time down at Moraira Beach having a fellowship meal ...
a short movie .. 33 seconds!
Our
Men's group decided to get together and put our 'donated' new kitchen
units together. We now have a little servery at the rear of the
building.
We have a Baptismal Service this coming Sunday.
We will have a short service in Benissa, and then move over to Parcent
to complete the celebration. Please come along and join us.
Hello
everyone out there who follows our work for the Lord here in Benissa.
You must have noticed that we have moved and updated our website!
Please
be patient with us as not all of our pages are as we would like them to
be. Have a good look around and feel free to leave comments in our
Guestbook. The link is to the bottom left of this page.
Thanks to Chris Followell who has been extremely helpful in getting us
online.
We
hope to have our Prayer Request pages up soon. Keep your eyes on the
Gallery pages. We will get most of our old pics up and some new ones.
If you are a member on your travels you can always email us your latest
pics for us to host here so that the 'team' can see what you are up to.
OK,
I’ve just checked
the uploads for the AGM minutes and Finances for 2009. All looks well,
but
please contact
me if you have difficulty accessing the pages or downloads.
We
are also
considering uploading some sermon material, and maybe even recordings
of some
of our praise and worship. On our first test run this last Sunday Chris
successfully recorded the whole service in very clear MP3 format. Watch
this
space ….
Apr
14th, 2009
We
had a visit
recently from the Rev. Nathan Williams from the south of
Apr
14th, 2009
We
are very sad to
announce that our belovéd Bishop Josep has decided to resign his post
in the
King’s Family of Churches. It is as hard for us to understand, as is it
for him
to explain. He has encouraged us that all is well, and it only a pause
in his
walk to re-focus himself on what God has called him to. We are all
still in
contact, and we take this opportunity to declare our love and continued
support
for him, and to ask for you all to pray for Josep and his wife Patrice
for
their future direction, and for clarity.
As a consequence of this Bishop Tomás Kennedy will now be our sole
oversight.
We are hoping for a visit from Tomás and his wife Lynne some time soon.
Apr
14th, 2009
I
can’t believe how
much time flies … here I am again anyway. Our AGM was well attended,
and we
heard a number of short talks on our main activities. I’m going to post
the
Minutes and our Finances on the Member’s area right now … or at least
I’m going
to try! If you are affiliated to the King’s Church then you will be
privy to
the password … if not, but you would like to be, please email me.
We thank God that our first Alpha Course is going quite well …. more
news as
things develop.
We sent a working party over to Nigel and Niki’s villa a few days ago
to have a
massive clean up … they had been badly let down by their builder’s, and
have
been finishing the job themselves with the more than able assistance of
their
friends Ian and Jane. Niki and the children were due out for a break in
Jan
27th, 2009
We
have now appointed
our first Church Council to assist the Pastoral Council in all manner
of
practicalities in the running of the King’s Church. We have called it
the
Interim Church Council (the ICC)
as ’constitutionally’ at present we
would have to have 30 members to call a full Church Council. We are in
the process
of updating our Constitution to reflect the current state of the King’s
Church,
including the appointment of an ICC, and we feel the amount of work and
activities warrant an ICC. We, the Pastoral team, are glad to have
willing
hands to support the work here in Benissa.
We
regularly have
around twently people attending services, and often many more. Our
Bible
Studies and Prayer meetings recently have been very well attended, and
we look
forward to continued growth as God draws more people towards us, and
into His
kingdom. Many thanks to all those who have out their hand to the
plough, and
faithfully serve our great King. To Him be the glory forever and ever!!
Jan
27th, 2009
We
now have a date to
start our first Alpha Course. We are excited to announce that on the
1st of
April (no really!) we will be having our first meeting at our building
in
Avenida D’Alcuida No. 10, Benissa. Everyone is of course welcome to
attend but
please contact us if you would like a place to make sure we don’t
overstretch
ourselves! We will be placing adverts in local papers etc. but please
feel free
to spread the word if you see this ‘post’ and know anyone who
may benefit
from attending. Please see our ‘Contact’ tab above, and either email or
call
Jenny or Lynette to secure a place.
Jan
27th, 2009
We
finally got around
to having our first Men’s Meeting! About 9 of us gathered to discuss
what we
would like to spend our time doing, and lot’s of ideas were put
forward, and
Chris Followell kindly offered to act as coordinator. In fact a group
of us met
to climb the Ifach rock on
Fergus
is Arthur’s
faithful dog …. who had accompanied us and made light of our ascent ….
hopping
easily over the rough terrain, and giving us all a smile.
Feb
19th, 2009
It’s
that time of year
again, and we will be having our AGM at the Church building in Benissa
on the
5th April after the morning service. It seems like a long way off to be
announcing it, but it was a little earlier last year, and I know people
want to
make the opportunity to attend. The earlier we can tell you, the
earlier you
can book your flights!
We apologise to those who will miss the meeting due to your annual
migration to
the frozen wastes of the north.
Feb
19th, 2009
We
now seem to be up
and running again smoothly. Many thanks to those who have ably
assisted. If
anyone wants access to our Members area, please email me for the
password. I
remind you that if you have any particular prayer requests, or if there
are
things you would like to see on the website, please don’t hesitate to
contact
us.
Feb
12th, 2009
Now
I know that you
know I don’t get round to many updates these days, although I do my
best, but
this wasn’t my fault …. we just ‘upgraded’ …. and things went not quite
right. No names of course, and love my computer-pal as I do,
I would
never implicate him in the bringing down of our website when he was
supposed to
be upgrading us, so of course I won’t be mentioning that.
Anyhow,
I’ll do my
best and quickest to retore our links and photo galleries, and our
Google Map
API …. please be patient. Thanks ….
Dec
23rd, 2008
We
are already
planning for the new year, so please keep an eye on the site for events
coming
up. We are planning to start a Men’s Meeting soon, and also an Alpha
Course,
and other things too! We hope to restart our Sunday Evening Worship
events very
soon, and we will post dates here once we have firmed them up.
Dec
23rd, 2008
Greetings
to all our
distant brothers and sisters in the Lord! We have had a full week, with
two
Carol Services in the week in
We
will be having an
hour long (approximately!) Christmas morning service at our usual time
of
11:00am - everybody is welcome.
Nov
24th, 2008
We
will be gathering
together in a restaurant in Parcent on the 14th of December for our
Christmas
meal. Barry and Barbara have kindly organised this and we already have
quite a
list of folks planning to come along. If you’re ‘away’ from us but
planning to
be here over the winter period including this date please put it in
your diary,
and perhaps email Barry and Barbara (or me if you don’t have their
email
address … mine is on the Contacts page) to get your name on the list.
The menu
shown to us on Sunday looks great!
Nov
24th, 2008
We
will be having a
Carol Service on the evening of Sunday the 21st of December. Everyone
is
welcome to join with us to celebrate the coming of our Lord Jesus.
Whether you
have ever met with us before or not, please come along and enjoy the
gathering
of God’s people.
We
will begin at
6:30pm, and end later with refreshments and a time of fellowship. Why
not use
this opportunity to come and get to know us, or at least have a look
around our
‘new’ building?
Nov
18th, 2008
We
have been blessed
and encouraged to be enjoying fellowship together on some Sunday
evenings with
Diego and Loli (see post below) and although last Sunday evening was
their 4th
Anniversary we discovered that they had chosen actually not to
celebrate it
that particular night! We nevertheless had a good meeting with them,
and look
forward to celebrating again with them soon God’s work among us.
I
have been having
some email contact recently from a Minister in a town called
Riogordo (40
km north of
Remember
- there is
only one true Church -
it is only us who have divided it through our misunderstanding,
prejudices,
preferences, and failings. Let’s look to overcome those things and work
together the way God would want us to!