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City Screen to welcome Archbishop and filmmakers of Mugabe And The White African
Apr 6th
City Screen Picture House York Presents
MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN: If good men do nothing, evil will prevail.
Event with Archbishop of York and filmmakers: Sunday 18 April, 5.00pm
Cert: 12A
York’s City Screen Picturehouse is to host the Archbishop of York and filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson for a discussion alongside a special showing of the film Mugabe and the White African, on Sunday 18 April at 5pm.
Booking line: 0871 704 2054.
The award-winning documentary portrays the decline of Zimbabwe into a frightening, racist and violent society, barely able to feed its citizens, through the eyes of Mike Campbell, a Zimbabwean farmer who challenges President Robert Mugabe in the international courts.
Dave Taylor, Marketing Manager of City Screen, said, “We’re greatly honoured to welcome The Most Reverend & Right Honourable Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, to watch the documentary which shows the brutality of President Mugabe’s regime and yet offers great hope through the strength of the human spirit.”
Directors Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson are delighted that their film, Mugabe and the White African, will be screened in York. Lucy Bailey said, “Our film is about the extraordinary courage and faith it takes to face up to a dictator. The Archbishop has More >
Morning Service Being Held at Centre for Early Music on 31 Jan
Jan 22nd
Dear All,
On Sunday 31 Jan the morning service won’t be held at St Lawrence’s Primary School. Instead, it will be held at The National Centre for Early Music: St Margaret’s Church, Off Walmgate, YORK, YO1 9TL. We will start and finish at the usual times. This is just for one week and the following week 7 Feb the Teaching service will be back at the school and The Gathering will be back at Elim Corner.
Maps below, click them to enlarge.
Blessings,
York Elim Church.
1 St Lawrence's Primary School, 2 Elim Corner, 3 National Centre for Early Music
Parking: 1 Percy's Lane is unrestricted on a Sunday (both sides), 2 National Centre for Early Music car park, 3 Herbert & Sons car park. Alternative car parking at Elim Corner or HomeBase.
Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled
Dec 16th
I don’t want to sound insensitive as I still have a job but hearing news of the economic crisis day after day has become rather repetitive and tiresome. I wish the papers could report more responsibly instead of spreading panic but sensationalism sells and that’s all that really matters to them in the end.
If there had been a national newspaper in Israel around 2000 years ago, every other week the headline would read “Messianic Prophecy Fulfilled!” and instead of sounding old or evoking a sense of panic this news would have stirred an incredible sense of hope in many a heart. Unlike the economic crisis which will pass and become history, the good news of forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation in Jesus Christ will never get old. For many lives every day this is the best news they’ve ever heard or will ever hear. It is the best news ever and it is for everyone. It’s God’s Christmas gift and it’s got your name on it, “Merry Christmas _your name_ from God.”
Some have calculated that the odds of Jesus fulfilling just 39 of the 324 messianic prophecies in his life time are 1 in 549,755,813,900. Remarkable at the very least. Below are just a few More >
World Missions Sunday
Jun 22nd
Sunday 22nd June is Elim’s World Missions Sunday which is always the Sunday nearest to the anniversary of the Vumba Massacre which took place on 23rd June 1978 in Zimbabwe. On that day nine Elim Missionaries and four of their children were brutally attacked and killed. If you want to find out more, download the Vumba brochure from the Elim Missions Website. On World Missions Sunday please pray for the families of those who lost their lives. Pray too for all our missionaries and national workers that they will receive a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit to enable them to reach people with the gospel.
NORTH KOREA
Please join Christians worldwide for a Global Week of Prayer for North Korea from 23rd-29th June to pray for change in this nation. North Korea is one of the most repressive and isolated countries in the world. Opposition to the gospel is extremely harsh and from a young age North Koreans are taught to worship their leader. Those who escape to China are forcibly returned to suffer torture and even execution. Pray that:
· the enforced idolatry will be broken and there will be religious freedom
· God will uphold believers living in this hostile environment More >
Early Day Motion, VUMBA MASSACRE
Jun 18th
Members of our church were martyred in 1978 in Zimbabwe. The event is being remembered in an Early Day Motion. See below.
Simpson, David
That this House notes that 23rd June 2008 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Vumba Massacre of British missionaries by members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation Army in the former Rhodesia that resulted in the murder of nine missionaries and four children; further notes that all were associated with the Elim Pentecostal Church..
See the British Parliament website for the rest of the Early Day Motion
Scientologists in York
Mar 20th
I got an email today from John B asking me if I was the person in the picture. Probably in the light of a post on my blog entitled Scientologists Threw Me Out.
No it wasn’t me John, I haven’t worn that anorak for ages!
The article was in the York Press and entitled ‘Protesters Target Controversial Church’. It can be seen at this link.
Wish I’d been there, it must have been quite a sight!
News Sheet 3rd Feb, ’08
Feb 4th
It’s simple to view a pdf of the most recent News Sheet by clicking here.
‘Miracle’ Not a Recognised Category
Dec 13th
Jack, a member of the congregation, read this news article out in a prayer meeting recently.
“A woman who claims she was healed by prayer had to battle the benefits system to stop her disability payments. Officials said the computer did not “have a button for miracles”. June Clarke, 56, from Plymouth, Devon, slipped on a wet canteen floor at work in January 2000 and badly damaged her hip, pelvis and lower spine.” Read the whole article on the BBC website Computer Says No to a MiracleÂ
Facelift
Sep 21st
Posted by Matt in News Comment
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The website is undergoing a complete facelift. We’re looking to move to a more focussed community portal that helps people see into the life of our church a bit better! We hope to have finished the major changes by Friday 24th September in time for the York St John’s students, though we’ll continue to add pages and information as we go along. The sermons mp3′s are still here. The navigation sections above are organised:
Explore: will contain static information for people to explore about the church, the team, our story, our beliefs, contact information for the office, etc!
Connect: lists ways in which you can connect to the community of York Elim such as the youth ministry, students, men’s ministry, etc.
Worship: are our different expressions of gathered worship.
I do hope this will become a more useful tool for those both inside and new to the church.