Glory in the Pub

On Monday evening in the upstairs room of the Big Tree  pub in Woodseats (which was in full swing down below) about 60 christians from a variety of churches met together in an upstairs room with the windows open to worship God. Its in this room that the Sheffield  Healing Rooms takes place offering prayer for healing to whosoever would like it. Godfrey Birtill led us in 90 minutes of raucous and sometimes wild  (goose) worship and intercession for our city. There’s someone wonderful about taking our faith out of our buildings and into the areas we so often don’t reach. This won’t be the last time a group of us will worship and pray together in that room. My expectation is that more and more we need to be flexible in how  where and when we do church and not confined to times and places. The declaration and demonstration of the kingdom of God needs fresh and creative ways and means of expression. This Saturday our church will host probably up to 200 christians from across the city doing acts of kindness on the streets of our local housing estate. Litter picking, painting, gardening, prayer and kids events will all be happening. God wants to continue to turn our churches inside out so that His Spirit is released beyond the church scene and into the world He created loves and actively through His people wants to redeem. Are you ready ready ready??