Portlethen Christian Fellowship

This is week 3 of our series - sadly our recording from week 2 failed, apologies to not be able to share Ian's message with you.

This week we reflected on Col 1:24-29, exploring how Paul comes to find God's presence and leading in his suffering, and how we too can know God with us in the challenges we face.

Christ in all and Christ is in all

Zak shared a video as part of this, which you can watch here:

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXMtZrRsrrJ/

Zak introduced our sermon series reading through the book of Colossians on Sunday. We reflected on the big picture of this letter and Col 1:1-14 which gives us the evidence of faith in the life of a community:

Radical Hope in a hopeless world

Sacrificial Love for one another

Faith in both the truth of the gospel and a personal trust in Jesus.

And we learn of the benefits of these characteristics at work in a community. As we pursue God, he continues to meet with us and He strengthens us so that we can face the impossible and still hold onto Him.

Zak shared a standalone message, reflecting on some of what it looks like to commit to be part of the PCF church family.

We reflecting on 1 Corinthians 12 and the role of serving in the life of the church, equipped and led by the Holy Spirit for the flourishing of our church community and for our own growth.

This palm Sunday, where we normally highlight the worship of the crowds as Jesus enters Jerusalem, Zak took us to an event days before Jesus crucifixion where a woman honours Jesus as King through a seemingly scandalous act of waste. Mark 14 calls us to reflect on what the Kingdom of the world considers wasteful, and what the Kingdom of God calls beautiful.

This week Ian opened up Mark 10:35-45 as we explored the key question - what does greatest look like in the Kingdom of God?

We continued to discover the upside down nature of God's Kingdom, and are challenged to consider - what does it look like to pursue God's Kingdom values in our lives?

This week Zak led us through Mark 10:17-31, as we considered together the call of Jesus to seek after Him first and His Kingdom. And we explored how we can ensure that money doesn't become a treasure in our lives.

Zak led us through 4 practical reflections on money:

Choose Thankfulness

Kill Comparison

Be Intentional (about our sharing, saving and spending)

Money is an opportunity, not a treasure.

We had James from ACF with us this morning to continue our series in Mark's Gospel- leading us through a hugely significant moment in Mark's Gospel - the transfiguration of Jesus and what it reveals about who Jesus is and His Kingdom.

This Table Sunday Zak led us through Mark 6:45-56 and the remarkable story of Jesus walking on water.

We reflected on the heart condition of the disciples and our own hearts, and what happens when a whole community chooses faith in Jesus over cynacism.

The practical application was to have a go at sharing our testimonies - perhaps there is someone you can share yours with this week?

Ian Ferguson continued our series, reading Mark 5:21 onwards, reading about two accounts of Jesus encountering and transforming the lives of individuals and families. A 12 year old girl and a woman who had been chronically unwell for 12 years, both met with the healing and resurrecting power of Jesus.

We landed with a calling to put our hope in the God who promises to heal us and raise us up from the dead at the end of days.

This week at PCF we had a guest speaker and friend of the Robbs, Robin Nelson who is part of Central Church, Edinburgh. He continued ours series in Mark's Gospel, reading from Mark 5:1-20. We reflected on the destructive pattern of evil, and the transformative and liberating work of Jesus as He ushers in His Kingdom.