All change!

As you may have noticed the design of this blog has changed [all of a sudden, in the twinkling of an eye]. Hopefully you’ll still like it :o).
We will continue to post a ‘thought for each day’ (well, as much as you can call them ‘thoughts’) as usual, so there’s no need to panic.

Something else has also changed - the date.
That’s right, the next 24hr FUSION prayer event was scheduled for the end of May but this corresponded with the bank holiday weekend when a lot of people tend to be away. We have therefore brought it forward by a week to Fri 19th and Sat 20th May.

Our vision for the event has not changed; we still aim to create an environment in which people can encounter God for themselves in prayer, worship and the meditation of His Word. This event is still relational, it is about you and God.
What is the point of putting on an event like this to do it?
Because through times of continual prayer and worship God transforms His people, He breathes fresh life into us. And when He does this then Newport can be transformed by God through us! Our aim is for this event to become a spiritual fuel for churches in this city, where God’s people come in [and Tabernacle with Him] and then go out, into the world with a transformational power in their hearts – God’s Gospel of salvation!

This is nothing new :o)

“Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting.’ Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.” Ex 33:7-11

We have also come up with a logo for the event which we hope captures the heart and aim of it:

FUSION is our ‘tent of meeting’ where we meet with God and all Him free reign in our lives. We are His after all, the sheep of His pasture.

There will also be a few new features to the event.
The first is that we will begin on the Friday night with a time worship leading into prayer. Then on the Saturday at 11am there will be an hour of hymn based worship and prayer. It's going to be awesome.
We will also draw this time of prayer to a close on the Saturday night with another time of worship.
One more new thing is that we will also have Fusion2. This will take place in the coffee shop in the building opposite the Bethel Community Church. Coffee will be for sale there but it will be an environment (filled with the sound of worship) in which you can go chat with friends about what you have experienced in Fusion1 [the main prayer event]. This will also be an evangelistic tool in which people can be told about our Gospel if they have wondered upon this event with no idea what it is about (this has happened time and time again).

We’ll be back to the thinking tomorrow :o)

God bless.