Atworth Village Magazine March 14 Vol.37 No. 03 | Page 11

Send your news, articles and notices to [email protected] ATWORTH INDEPENDENT CHURCH The Chapel by the Clock Tower www.atworthindependentchurch.org.uk You will receive a warm welcome to any of our meetings Sunday services 11:00am except 3rd Sunday each month: 11:00am & 3:15pm followed by tea 2nd Friday each month: Coffee Stop or Soup Lunch - times as advertised." Reference was made in last months ‘Yer-Tiz’ about ‘I did wonder if someone somewhere is building an Ark’. Notwithstanding the plight of many people suffering the effects of the continuing extreme weather in some parts of the country I thought I should put pen to paper. The Bible tells us after the cataclysmic flood recorded in Genesis (and echoed by many ancient civilizations) God promised never to deluge the whole world again to destroy the earth and a sign of the promise was a rainbow. How many times have you said ‘look a rainbow’! without realising its significance. Later in the New Testament however the Apostle Peter writes to warn us the world will not continue forever ‘the heavens will pass away with a great noise and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up’. I write, not as one carrying a sandwich board “Prepare to meet thy doom”, but as one concerned for the eternal destiny of his neighbours. Peter also writes “The Lord.... is not longsuffering towards us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come (to Him) in repentance”. So put away the wood and the hammer and open your Bible (available through Google) and find out the good things God wants for you through His Son, Jesus Christ. Friday 14th March will be our Soup lunch commencing at 12.15 p.m. If you have never been before you would be very welcome to come along. 5th Sunday – 30th March – will be holding a Cafe style “Songs of Praise” commencing at 4.00 p.m. Please come along and request your favourite hymn and enjoy the light refreshments. Rodney and Christine. Yer Tiz Atworth Village Magazine—March 2014 Page 11