Special Prayer Requests for Reformation conference...

Hello Everyone,

This past weekend we had our Reformation conference in Budrio and had more than 50 guests attend. The Lord was gracious to us as a church family to be able to proclaim the Gospel openly and without any hinderance. Please pray for those who heard the good news of the Gospel of grace and that we as a church can continue to stay in contact with those guests and continue to grow our friendships with them. Could you pray for those who attended who want to know more about what the grace of God means for their lives?  Could you pray that the Lord shows himself to them and that they see the beauty of a Gospel that is grace-filled?

We are so thankful for this opportunity but understand that our work doesn't finish with this conference in a weekend but that we continue to ask the Lord to open doors with these friendships so that people can come to know Him personally and have eternal life.

We love you all,

Justin, Carli and Luca

In Christ alone...

This upcoming week we as a Church are studying the sola of "only Christ." It can be quite easy in the cultural context of Italy to spot ways in which Christ isn't central to one's life. This can be noticed in the postmodern pace of the everyday but also in the religion of Catholicism. As someone who isn't Italian, I realize that although I may see Christ in this country hidden in various ways, He can also end up hidden in my life when other things are more precious to me and grab my attention.

The premise of solus Christus "only Christ" is that the salvation which I hold dear to by faith is a salvation that can only be brought about by the work of Jesus. A work that was finished on the cross and through his resurrection. That work that Christ accomplished is what makes salvation that much sweeter to me. When I live however in a way that diminishes Christ and His work, whether it be through my pride, my need for approval of man, my anger and resentment towards others, etc, the beauty and truth of Christ alone shines less bright in my life.

Would you pray with Carli and I that the light of Christ alone is shown brightly in our city and that we as a church understand the implications of basing our salvation only on the work of Jesus. Would you pray with us that our lives show our need for Christ and not our need in what this life and world offers us. This week is a week where we reflect on what we live for and the meaning of Christ alone for salvation. Would you reflect and pray with us?