October blog

Without doubt it has taken me too long to write this blog. I have no excuse except the business of the autumn term. We have had a great summer, many people leave Madrid during the hot months of July and August so we decided to reduce our program. We met to pray every week and had some social events but little else.  At one event we invited all the guests from our recent alpha/Beta course to have a meal with us and get to know members of the church. Andy a member of the church shared the gospel and at the end two men responded to accept Christ into their lives. Juan one of them has started coming to church on Sunday afternoons.

We have seen this term new people visit us, the majority are from English speaking countries but some are from Madrid or South America.

We have begun with ‘The Big Question’.  Members of the church have written questions down that they would ask God if they had the chance.  It’s an opportunity to invite friends and to answer some of the more difficult questions of Christianity.

We now have four mission groups, a new intercambio for young students at the weekends and a youth group, led by Iván a young Mexican who lives with Kev and Ness.  One Friday the youth invite their friends over for a fun evening introducing their beliefs and the second week they have started a worship band, playing their instruments.

The three other groups, the intercambio 'Hablemnos+', the Alpha/Beta course and the 'English recipe' continue to grow and are great ways of making new friends and show Jesus to our city.

When we are not in our mission groups, we go to our three dimensional groups aka 3D. These groups are made up of three people and are for discussing the Sunday preach, praying together and holding each other accountable.

Something important is that we have chosen the name for our church ‘Cristo Salvador/Christ the Saviour’. It’s a name we hope causes no stumbling blocks for friends that come from a catholic background and at the same time speaks of the one we trust.

In November we are going to have a conference in the mountains with Guy Miller and Lee Yarbourgh. We have also invited other churches in Spain to come.  It is a great privilege to have these two men and their wives here with us in Spain at the same time.

Please pray with us that this event would be an opportunity for God to shape us and change us for His glory.

We also ask that you would join us in praying for more Spanish people to join with us in our church Cristo Salvador.

Thank you so much for you prayer, God bless you.