StAG March 2017
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Alasdair Paine
DEAR FRIENDS...
We look forward to James Steer’ s arrival as our new Associate Minister for Internationals. James and his wife Caroline have been serving with OMF International in Bangkok. Our prayer and theirs is that God will continue to use our international work to send gospel workers to the world. We plan to welcome James formally at our service on Sunday 23rd April, but they are moving here a bit before then: please look out for them, and pray for them as they transition to this new work.
We also look forward to Easter itself. We plan to preach the Easter message on Good Friday, both at the 10.00am all-age service and in All Saints’ garden in the afternoon. On Easter Sunday itself, both at 10.00am and 5.00pm, we will be thinking about the great news of the risen Christ and his agenda for his people. All these events are designed to be easy to bring friends to.
One implication of the Lord’ s resurrection comes in the last verse of Matthew’ s gospel:“ And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”( Matthew 28:20). This is a promise to ponder, both for ourselves and our church. As we seek to take the good news to Cambridge and send gospel workers to the world, the risen Jesus is with us!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Walking with those who are suffering Page 2
M E E T T H E
Steers Page 3
LI FE
t o t h e f u l l
M A Y 2 0 1 7
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Nic Ross
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