building a community of grace
The Church, as the fragrant community of grace, is called to experience and share the aroma of Christ’s love, compassion, and redemption, drawing others into the beauty of God’s kingdom through its witness, worship, and service. 2 Corinthians 2:15 suggests that we are called to be a pleasing aroma of Christ wherever we are placed. It... Continue Reading →
When we envisaged the Fragrance in Freiburg project early this year our primary focus was to transform ourselves as a community to be more outward looking and understanding the pathos and agony of the marginalized communities around us. The significant elements of fragrance we focused were the facts that fragrance is inviting, and fragrance is... Continue Reading →
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; God’s greatness is unsearchable.One generation shall laud your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145:3,4 One of the most beautiful aspects of being an intercultural and multi-national church is its inter-generational nature. When one generation lauds the mighty works of the Lord to another it... Continue Reading →
The ripples of the International and Ecumenical Conference on Racial Justice that was hosted in Freiburg last November is still reverberating across the diocese and beyond and there has been a persistent call for a follow up conference to look further into specific recommendations from the event. Of the many meaningful proposals in the Freiburg... Continue Reading →
For the church to be constantly relevant and relating to the people we should on the one hand be thankful to God for each person whose contributions in different ways makes the church such an exciting place as it is today and on the other hand we should always be humble to see what our... Continue Reading →
On Being the Church Today Meaningful and relevant ways of being the church today is being discussed globally and one of the keys is to ensure that the fragrance of Christ is evident in the places you are in. The basic elements of being a church includes the worship, the fellowship, the witness, the seeking... Continue Reading →
How can a young person keep their way blameless? By guarding it according to the Word. Psalm 119:9 How can a young person guard his/her way according to the Word? By being rooted and grounded in the Word How can a young person be rooted and grounded in the Word Of the several possible answers... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Church is not the one hour where formal worship happens. It is a community of people. Many a times we forget that young people - teens and the tweens are integral part of the church. However, several of my friends think they are not properly... Continue Reading →
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:13 It was with great hopes and expectations that we entered 2022. We had hoped that the Pandemic would slowly make way for life to return to... Continue Reading →
And Jesus said to those who believed in him, “If you continue in my Word, you are my true disciples. You will know the truth and the truth will make you free” ( John 18: 34,35) Christian Discipleship is an exciting journey. An intimate connect with Christ invites us into the joys, adventures and challenges... Continue Reading →
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