Sunday 4th March, 6.20pm

Questions about the services or about Christian topics?  Grill the preachers is a chance to ask the teaching staff of the church any question you like. All questions are welcome and none are too simple.

You can submit your questions for the next grilling session below or you can write your questions on one of the Grill-the-Preachers cards available at the Information Desk in the church and put your question in the response box at the back of church. If you would like an answer to be emailed to you, then also leave us your email address.

Two course meal for £10 followed by a short talk on 'Three things that are wrong with Valentine's Day' by Brian Elfick. The Castle Inn, 38 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AJ.  To book please email Martin Brooke or call 01223 882174.

LIFE are men's pub, grub and discussion evenings to explore how Jesus makes a difference in various areas of life.  Dates for 2012 are as follows: 26 March, 23 April, 25 June, 17 Sept, 22 Oct and 10 Dec.

The evening format is to meet for a beer in the bar at 7.30pm, move upstairs to hear the talk, enjoy the grub and discuss anything that comes to mind. We normally wind up the evening at about 9.45/10pm.

All of the adult small groups of St Andrew the Great join together to pray.  This month we are meeting in the Round Church.

We view this meeting as being at the heart of church life. Whenever God's family gather, prayer is a primary activity—just as in the first New Testament church:

"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." Acts 2:42 NIV

Therefore, as a church family, we prioritise prayer together through the monthly Church Prayer Meeting and through the Church Prayer Diary (issued monthly and available at the back of the church building). To show this priority, many of our small groups don't meet separately during the week of a prayer meeting.

While unbelievers are welcome to join us, it is one of the few church meetings where we presume that most people are Christians and encourage people to pray in small groups. There's no pressure to pray out loud but it is great encouragement to the others in your group to hear you. Prayer is hard work but we believe in a powerful, loving Father God and want to commit our life as church to his hands.

From time to time at St Andrew the Great we hold Welcome Dinners as an opportunity for those who have joined the church to hear about how St Andrew the Great works, to meet some of the staff, and to eat a good meal together!  We try to invite everybody to one of these occasions at some point (even if some have already been attending the church for quite a time), because it is the only public occasion at which we try to explain the ‘inner workings’ of the church fellowship.

Fill in the form below or email the Church Office if you would like to join us.

On Book Sunday we offer big discounts off books and resources for you to grow in your faith.  An excellent opportunity to get Christian books at bargain prices.

Book list with prices is available at services. Payment is due when the books arrive.  

Contact Jonnie Deja for more information.

If you or someone you know would like to explore the claims of Jesus Christ in an informal setting, try Arena.  For five Thursday nights, there's a short talk from Luke's Gospel and discussion around tables.  Venue to be confirmed.

Please phone 01223 518218 or email the church office for further details or for simple English and daytime alternatives.

Saturday 24th March 2012, 10am-4pm

No Compromise: A day to meet with other Christian women with talks by Jackie Mann on Malachi.

You will be able to attend one of the following seminars:

Seminar 1: Compromised Giving

The people of God had lost sight of God’s covenant love and his judgement. As a result they had a much compromised attitude to their giving. Instead of giving God the very best animals for sacrifice, they were only willing to part with injured, crippled and diseased animals. The prophet Malachi accuses them of “robbing God” by keeping for themselves that which was due to God and belonged to him. In this seminar we will think about what God desires from us in terms of our attitude towards giving. We will also think about the reasons why we sometimes compromise our giving.  We’ll look at the heart motivation for devoting our whole lives to God and giving him the very best of all we are and have.

Seminar 2: Compromised Faith

The people of God have lost sight of God’s covenant love for them and his judgement. As a result they are doubting God’s covenant promises and saying harsh things about him. They complain and moan about his commitment and goodness to them. They look at their pagan neighbours and wonder if they would be better off without God. We all have these feelings from time to time, but what should we do with those feelings? How can we recapture our faith in God’s goodness? Is it wrong to doubt and think those things? This seminar will explore those feelings and doubts and encourage us to grow in trust of God.

Seminar 3: Compromised leadership

The people of God were led by a team of Priests, who had the job of teaching God’s word and setting a godly example to the people. Malachi rebukes the leadership for compromising attitudes and for setting an ungodly example. Malachi also paints a picture of what all leaders should be striving for. This will be a relevant seminar if you are in any type of leadership role at church – teaching children, youth, women, church committees.

Seminar 4: Compromised Relationships

The people of God have forgotten God’s covenant love and commitment to them and this has had implications for the way they think about their own relationships. They were meant to be ‘set apart’ but instead were marrying their pagan neighbours. They were meant to reflect God’s character in their relationships but instead were breaking the covenant of marriage and seeking divorce. What does God think about these two issues? Why are they so important for the Christian to think through? How can we help others think these issues through and seek to be obedient ourselves?

Seminar 5: Compromised Worship

God wanted a people that were ‘set apart’ to obey him and worship him. A people that will love God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength. Malachi rebuked the people of God for their contemptible worship and the attitudes of their heart. This seminar looks at the kind of Worship that God is seeking from his people and why it’s so important. Obviously, we won’t be sacrificing animals in our churches so we’ll think about what the New Testament says about God pleasing worship today.

For further details please contact the church office.