Comments for Christ Church Amsterdam

Comment on Austin goes to Selection Conference by Matthijs

Matthijs — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:39:50 +0000

Will be praying for you!

Comment on Christmas Services in English by Mark

Mark — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:54:03 +0000

Is this enough information about our services or do people need more?

Comment on Christ Church Heiloo celebrates its 21st anniversary by Mark

Mark — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:58:26 +0000

Just been to the celebration BBQ in Bobeldijk. Great to see faces I’ve never met before, both old and new. Old(er) were Ken Shill and Jackie McCartney and lots of new people who have recently joined Heiloo.

Comment on New Wine Europe Summer Conference by Mark Collinson

Mark Collinson — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:00:54 +0000

I am full of gratitude to God and the people He called to NWE. It was a week of great teaching, worship, fellowship and a lot of hard work! It appears God has got plans to build his Church in Europe!

Comment on Work and the Gospel by Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:44:23 +0000

It would be helpful if you could post here some of the questions you have about how to be a Christian at work.
What are the struggles you have with work? …with your boss?

Comment on New Congregation for Anglicans in Amsterdam Zuid Oost by Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:16:07 +0000

Here’s a link giving 10 reasons why NOT to join a church plant… and I think they apply also to City Centre and South congregations.
http://theresurgence.com/2011/04/26/top-10-reasons-not-to-join-a-church-plant

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Training of Prayer and Fasting for Intercessors | Christian Music Jukebox — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:37:12 +0000

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Comment on Tongues of Fire: Pentecost services on Sunday 12th June 10:00 by Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:16:41 +0000

In South out of around 75 adults and 20-30 children present there were 25 different nationalities represented (we counted our Gibraltarian as an extra nation….)

Comment on Diocesan Synod in Koln by Mark Collinson

Mark Collinson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:14:47 +0000

Well, this is how the voting went yesterday. After some emotional debates, the tension focuses on how those who cannot accept women bishop should be provided for. There is not enough trust among them to believe that bishops will cater for their needs in the future. They believe that the legislation proposed (the draft Measure) should be beefed. Both bishops voted against the draft Measure, 10 clergy voted against it, and 11 for (1 abstention). 15 laity voted for the Measure and 6 against (3 abstentions). So the result was that as a Synod we voted for women bishops (in simple terms!).

However, due to a quirk of our Diocese, the Synod decision isn’t what goes back to General Synod. Bishop’s Council does that in our meeting in October. So Bishop’s Council members (of which I am one) need to take note of what Synod says, but the Bishop’s Council vote is what General Synod will receive. So we have to go through all this again.

Basically a lot of people, me included, are not happy with provision for those who have always been part of the Church of England, but will now feel excluded. So whether we can draft an alternative motion which does resolve the issues, I don’t know…

Comment on Free David Mukasa by Mark Collinson

Mark Collinson — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:51:21 +0000

I’ve just spoken to David and his lawyer in Kampala. His lawyer is writing to the Inspector General of Police to ask why David has to report to a secret address in order to make a statement. Can the Police verify that these men who visited David, and the address they gave are operating within the law? Can they be sure that David will not be detained? If so, on what charges will he be detained?

It’s good that David is getting local advice and support structures. Please continue to pray that he can live freely, without the fear of men knocking on his door and telling them to go to an unknown address.

David’s lawyer tells me that at the moment, it’s good to publicise his case.

7th June Update
David has gone into hiding, but is suffering. He has caught malaria and typhoid. Does anyone have a laptop which we could send out to him (a group from our archdeaconry are visiting Uganda in September) together with a small portable printer? He needs to be able to communicate, and have wifi… can anyone help?