Wednesday-at-the-Word

About Wednesday at the Word

2011-08-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

W@W is the mid week program at Church of the Word, Gainesville, VA.

We have a simple meal at 6pm for $1 and at 6:45pm break into various ativities depending on the age.

AWANA for kids
YUOTH GROUP
ADULT FORUM

All finish at 8:15pm

See our church webiste for up to date details
http://www.churchoftheword.net/

Pastor Sam to speak about Arabic ministry 5/5/2010

2010-04-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

Pastor Sam Sadek was born in Upper Egypt. Born to an Eastern Orthodox Christian family, Sam Came to know the Lord as his personal Savior in 1984. In his third year of college Sam responded to the Lord's calling to ministry.

Upon graduating from the University of Cairo with BA in Social Work, Pastor Sadek joined "Campus Crusade for Christ" in 1993. After completing the appropriate training for full time ministry in Alexandria, Egypt; Campus Crusade for Christ sent Sam to his hometown, to serve as a Campus ministry leader.

Early in 1999, the Lord called Sam to attend Bible Seminary in the United States after working with university students for six blessed years. Pastor Sadek graduated with a Masters in Biblical Studies from Marietta Bible Seminary, Ohio, In 2001. Then he joined the staff of the "Arabic Baptist Church" in Washington D.C. where he served as an associate Pastor from 2002 to 2006.

Pastor Sam now leads an Arabic church in Manassas see http://www.arabicministry.org

30 days A practical guide to the Bible

2010-04-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

For the next few weeks at W@W we will be using Nicky Gumbel's book '30 Days - A practical guide to the Bible'. It is a follow up booklet to the popular Alpha course which we have used several times at CW/G though not in recent years.

Each day has a scripture reading and meditation with good discussion questions. It is an excellent book to use on ones own but better in a small group.
Available at Church for $10. Though you can still attend the group without one.

Remember our $1 meal is served at 6pm and we have AWANA for kids age 4 to 11, Junior High and senior high youth group and Adult Forum all starting at 6:45.

See you there.

Simply Christian - Why Christianity Makes Sense

2010-01-03T18:13:00.000-08:00

Start 2010 with a new but classical re-statement of the Christian Faith by Bishop N. T Wright

“Wright offers us a genial, intelligent view of Christianity, and [Simply Christian] invites us to compare his work with C.S. Lewis’s classic in the same vein, Mere Christianity.” —Washington Post
Though originally published in 2006, N.T. Wright’s Simply Christian has already reached the status of a classic of biblical scholarship. Wright, Bishop of Durham for the Church of England, has been called “the world’s leading New Testament scholar” by Newsweek, and Simply Christian an “outstanding” treatise on Christianity that “will confirm, challenge, and deepen your grasp of Christian faith and practice” by Christianity Today.

Book Description

Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality? Why are we attracted to beauty? Why are relationships often so painful? And how will the world be made right? These are not simply perennial questions all generations must struggle with, but, according to N. T. Wright, are the very echoes of a voice we dimly perceive but deeply long to hear. In fact, these questions take us to the heart of who God is and what He wants from us.
For two thousand years, Christianity has claimed to solve these mysteries, and this renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop shows that it still can today. Not since C. S. Lewis's classic summary of the faith, Mere Christianity, has such a wise and thorough scholar taken the time to explain to anyone who wants to know what Christianity really is and how it is practiced. Wright makes the case for Christian faith from the ground up, assuming that the reader has no knowledge of (and perhaps even some aversion to) religion in general and Christianity in particular.

Simply Christian walks the reader through the Christian faith step by step and question by question. With simple yet exciting and accessible prose, Wright challenges skeptics by offering explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled dilemmas, leaving believers with a reason for renewed faith. For anyone who wants to travel beyond the controversies that can obscure what the Christian faith really stands for, this simple book is the perfect vehicle for that journey.

http://www.ntwrightpage.com/