Portlethen Christian Fellowship

Pastor Vijay from ACF joined us on Sunday to continue our sermon series, reflecting on Mark 4:35-41 and Jesus calming the storm and reflecting on the authority of Jesus over nature itself

Here is a snapshot of our monthly Table Sunday conversations. On Sunday we reflected on two parables in Mark 4:26-34 and what it reveals about the Kingdom of God.

This reflection is an opportunity to set the scene for your own reading of scripture. Why not take some time to read the passage as you listen and consider what the parables reveal to you about Jesus and the ways of God's Kingdom?

Zak opened up Mark 2:23-3:6 as we continued our series in the book of Mark, and yet another occasion Jesus and the Pharisees clash.

We reflected together on the significance of Jesus actions, the practice of Sabbath, the invitation to rest that we receive as followers of Jesus

A takeaway for all of us, is that our resting can honour God just as our work can honour God.

As we continue in our series Ian Ferguson shared powerfully about the authority of Jesus to forgive our sins, and that this is the greatest news we could ever receive!

We read from Mark 2 as we continued our chapter by chapter series this term.

Zak led us through Mark 1:6-18 this Sunday, reflecting on the beginning of Jesus public ministry and how it reveals His mission.

We dig deep into the significance of v9-11 and what the "good news" is in Mark's Gospel and how we can respond to Jesus invitation to come and follow Him.

As we begin the new year we are taking some time to go deep together reading Mark's Gospel as a church family through until Easter.

We have all been given a copy of a journal Mark's gospel to help engage at a deeper level, and an accompaniment study guide to read passages we don't have time to cover on Sundays.

Here is an introduction to the Gospel, answering key questions like:

when was it written?

who is it written by?

how can we have confidence in this eye-witness testimony?

As we rounded off our short series in Ruth Zak helped us to reflect on the redemptive work of God in the life of Naomi, Ruth and Boaz and how it reminds us that God's steadfast love is redemptive, and is working in the detail and the big picture.

Ian continued week 2 of our 3 week series on the Book of Ruth, reflecting on the love of God revealed through the actions of Boaz in Ruth chapter 2.

A small apologies for audio quality, we had to rely on a backup recording which picked up the hall noise.

Zak launched our November mini-series this Sunday, reflecting on the book of Ruth, and in particular on what we learn about the steadfast love of God in the story of Ruth. We reflected on Ruth chapter 1 and how we hold space for God's love to break into our lives.

James Mackenzie joined us this Sunday to conclude our series reflecting on Exodus 33 and the big story of God's creative intention to dwell with His people. It was a powerful reminder that in God's plans, the one true God - Yahweh - has chosen to dwell with us, right now, by His Holy Spirit.