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Over the last few months City Gate Church has been raising money for projects home and away. Families and Family Groups have been raising funds weekly, so that Fareshare and Fundelaship can benefit from the money raised. Last Sunday we counted a fantastic £1076 in our Jam Jar Challenge! With a couple more collections due, we are excited to reveal the final amount soon. Thanks to everyone who contributed in raising funds! If you would like to find out more about Fundelaship and Fareshare, or add to our collection, please go to our Projects Page.
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This Sunday we had Rabbi Pesach Efune join us, to share on Tu b’Shvat, the Jewish ‘New Year of the Trees’ holiday.
We started the morning with a light ‘fruit breakfast’ in the cafe, with a selection of culturally significant fruits including dates, figs and pomegranates, which are traditionally eaten during Tu b’Shvat.
Occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day, and trees are planted in celebration. The Tu b’Shvat is the start of a season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.
It was amazing to hear how Israel is the only country in the world that has more trees now than it did 70 years ago! A real encouragement for us all to keep planting and bearing good fruit.
Psalm 1
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
And they prosper in all they do.
Ruth Valerio, Churches and Theology Director for A Rocha UK spoke today at City Gate Church on ‘Christianity in an Age of Consumerism’.
Every Christian in every generation has to work out what it means to be a follower of the way of Christ in their particular culture; for us, that is our globalised, consumerist world. These powerful forces shape our lives, our thinking and our world view, and have serious impact on the global poor and the health of the planet. Ruth reflected on the call to justice and wisdom, and how we can live both gently and joyfully on the planet and with each other in the 21st century.
Ruth joined us during our morning meeting at 10.30, followed by a hearty community lunch in the Brighthelm Cafe and an afternoon discussion of further questions and answers.
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