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BUV Devotion series – Church, Remember Who You Are
Today the disruption caused by COVID-19 has cast us all into a different world beyond many of the secure familiarities of life as we have known it. This presents challenges, opportunities and temptations for individuals, families, nations – and churches. As churches venture into this disrupted world, it is good for us to remember who we are – remaining true to our identity, beliefs and values as we seek to continue living faithfully and fruitfully with God – still being the Church in our new contexts. To encourage us in this, over coming weeks, members of the BUV’s Church Health & Capacity Building Team will offer short reflections on some biblical images of the Church.
Part 1: Remember Who You Are: The Church In An Unfamiliar World by Rev David Devine
Part 2: Remember Who You Are: God's Flock by Rev Mark Wilkinson
Part 3: Remember Who You Are: The Temple of God by Rev Marc Chan
Part 4: Remember Who You Are: Family of God by Rev Meewon Yang
Part 5: Remember Who You Are: God's Field by Christine Wanstall
Part 6: Remember Who You Are: Golden Lampstand by Peter Botross
Part 7: Remember Who You Are: Bride of Christ by Vicky Dyer -
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Essential Church
Is Church essential in this COVID-19 pandemic? Absolutely! The essential nature of church is not just about how many people come through our doors but more importantly is being a flourishing community of believers who love God, love each other and love the world (or just our neighbourhood) around us.
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Unprecedented Love Devotion Series
Unprecedented Love is a 5 week devotion series from the BUV
Part 1 by Rev Jonathan Stark – #unprecedentedlove for unprecedented times
Part 2 by Rev Graeme Semple – How can we express Jesus’ unprecedented love?
Part 3 by Kimberly Smith – Unprecedented Power to Act in Unprecedented Ways
Part 4 by Rev Robert Hayman – Unprecedented Love – Good Friday
Part 5 by Rev Dr Bill Brown – Unprecedented Love – Resurrection -
Dangerous Prayers for Dangerous Times
A call to be praying together for one another, our churches, our neighbourhood, our families, our world.
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The Three-Week Mark
Often after a major trauma or incident we find ourselves having strong emotional, spiritual or physical reactions. I think COVID-19 would count as a major trauma! If you are in leadership in a church, over the last few weeks you have been forced to lead your church through a massive change process that has happened at very short notice. You have totally transformed your mode of church; had to learn how to stream services, provide pastoral care remotely, run meetings online and deliver sermons to camera rather than a present congregation. Some or all of this has been outside of your experience.