An interesting Read!

I have just been searching google for some blogs and found a reli interesting one - it was about 'Mega Church'. this was quit strange as I had just come of the phone to my brother who is not yet decided if big Church is for him or if he should stay with the smaller option.
having been a member of a smaller church and now a big Church I can understand where he (and alot of other people are coming from) when they say that big church is just not family like, however I have ot say that I feel more at home and with my family at the big church than at smaller church.
I think the reason for me finding myself at home is that there is such a large group of people of my age, interests and occupation. My experience of small church was as a kid with no one my age - my sister who was 7 years younger (she still is 7 years younger but the gap seems to be less now we are both older) and my older sister who was older - no one in between.
I can shear any of my feelings with a number of my close friends - I could trust them with big things.

well all these personal feelings aside - here is a question for you all... are you ready? its a tough one! for some.

is 'mega church' wrong?... what I mean by this is do we find that mega church loses things that small church has to offer, or do we find that it has so much more to offer.

does big church take away from the intimacy of Christianity or does it deepen the worship level and broaden the move of the spirit.

I don't think that God will look at us when we get to heaven and say 'sorry mate but you were part of a big church some I will give you more (or less) than him, he was only part of a small church with 25 people'
no - it doesn't matter if we are part of the big church or the small church but how we are within our environment.
I think though that God would be happier with 10 or 10,000 in one church than with no church at all and 100,000 believers wondering around without being a part of others lives.

well if all this has inspired you to come along to a big church then you can find some details about PCC by following this link. http://www.pcc-uk.org

First Exam booked

Well. I am in the middle of studying for an MCSE. I have just finished reading the Microsoft book on 70-270 (Windows XP desktop). It came to the time when I had to book my exam – I can't believe how sick I felt when booking the exam. As it as the first time I booked an exam I had to register my details, name address and the rest of the normal blarb. When I came to choose the exam I felt physically sick.

Now with less than 1 week to go until my exam I feel quite calm – be sure to come back next week to see how I get on.

 

Well I don't have much else on at the moment so this is it for now...

See you all soon.

I have never really been a great fan of history; the subject always seemed to bore me. I was, and to an extent still am more interested in the future than history. I think this is because History cannot be changed but the future can be planned (almost!!) - ~However I am now beginning to think some how differently, you see if we did not have history to look back on we would not know where we came from, the successes in the lives of the people who trod this earth years before. We also would not be as advanced as we are now and would keep trying to invent the wheel.
We also would not be able to learn from our mistakes let alone the mistakes of the thousands and Thousands and tho.... of men, women and children who have been there and done that (t shirts were not popular then!!) before us.
I know some great people who are passionate about history and could tell you the benefits of it far more than I - Simon is one of these men, he has inspired me and taught me some interesting facts about history.
I was in India with Simon and other friends when I realised how little I know about history - I felt that I was only interested in my life and not in the lives of those who have helped get me to where I am now – Thank you Simon and all those who have directly and indirectly helped the world and i get to where we are.

This subject of history has really hit me this week when I was invited to join a team of guys at a game of paintball – I have played once before and was un harmed – however this experience was quit the opposite.
When we all had our camo gear on and pant ball guns in hand marching from one game to the next I began to think about all the people who have gone to war for their country... for us... for me. I began to get just a slight glimpse of what they experienced.
Now paint ball is quite harmless (if you don’t get hit!!). I got hit – My wife counted 27 on my bum alone – I must have around 100 bruises all over my body – that is from a small ball of paint.
Some of the games we played involved sitting in trenches attacking others, this was not a nice experience, the sound of the balls firing towards you, hitting the shields of the barricades around you, the cries of your team mates going down one by one, Then popping your head out from cover to see a mass of charging men all shooting at you – balls hitting you and you being out for the rest of the game. I was scared, the adrenalin was pumping and my heart was beating the fastest its beaten since the last time it was beating that fast!!
Playing this game of paintball this weekend made me appreciate much more the sacrifice our brothers and sisters, mums and dads, sons and daughters, friends, relatives and the strangers we have heard about on the news and in the movies have mad by going to war for their Country, for me...for You.....

...For us all

Sue - This one is for you!!!

Hi, Well I have to confess...
I wasn't planning on writing another post just yet but as I arrived to my Church meeting this morning I was greeted by a great friend. She asked me when I was planning on writing my next post. I told her that I had been thinking about the content but had not really got around to posting it.
well her it is...

I have just seen a really nice picture from what I think is Sues wedding day - Sue you look a real princess and what can I say about hubby - what a prince!!

From August 2001 I spent a year in Malawi, Africa. Working in an orphanage. This was a great time, from then On I really knew that I was meant to spend some time in Malawi other that those 12 months. Before I can go and work for the Lord in Malawi I think I need to be reminded of the national language- Chichawa. My wife, who also shares the passion for the African nation found a reli cool training CD which you simply pop into the PC and repeat what the bloke says on the screen - this is great. If you see me around please ask how it is going and I will try to reply in Chichawa! But do forgive me if I get it all wrong.
During my stay in Malawi I was taught a really cool game called Bao ( this game has loads of different names but this is the one I remember) I Did get quite good at the game even to the extent that I could beat the locals at it.
I was realy impresed to find this game on line the other day after searching for it for an age.
I will continue to play this game so when Jackie and I return to Malawi I would still hope to give the loacls a challange.

well I think this is a good place to end today but I will return soon.
Thanks for reading
Tim