Après church

So we read Matthew and then Acts and surprised ourselves at how enjoyable it was.  The curry and beer helped too I’m sure but it was very doable to read a whole book in one afternoon/evening.  We took about seven chapters in a sitting and went round the room, each person reading a whole chapter.  We tried to avoid discussion of the passage as it interrupts the flow but in between sittings, over food, it is interesting how things really stand out from the passages.

In Matthew we were struck by just how much there is in there about judgement and also about grace and mercy. It was great to do in the run up to Easter too as we think about the wonder of the resurrection.

In Acts the story continues and we follow Paul as he does whatever it takes to spread the good news.

So continuing with the story, I’ve had a look at the rest of the New Testament, skipping Mark, Luke and John for now and I propose we do a further 6 sessions and get them in the diary. 

As a benchmark, Matthew was 37 pages in my bible and so was Acts and we managed each book no problem in about 4 half hour sessions so these next 6 should be a breeze!

So I propose we start doing these once a month round our house on a Saturday afternoon.  To make it easy how about we aim for the first Sat in the month?? That gives us the dates above and if we assume it’s 3.30 for 4pm start.

We are happy to host them but if someone else wants to suggest a place or if we feel we want it nearer the Wokingham area then just shout.

Open to anyone as always so let us know if you want to come along.