Mother's Day in London

After what I wrote in my blog post couple of weeks back, I decided to give it another go and pay a 2nd visit to Holy Trinity Brompton - this time bringing Bess & Siang Liang along for the 930am service. I begin to understand how HTB has multiple services on Sundays, and how every session is different! The first service is largely for families, with cute little children action songs for worship. It was Siang Liang's first visit to a church this morning, and he thought that the service was great! Do keep praying for my friends.

The UK celebrates Mother's Day today, so Nicky Lee's sermon (yes there was a sermon today!) Based on Matt 6:25-33, his sermon outlines how our mothers, in many ways, demonstrate attributes of God. It was quite a hilarious sermon as the HTB drama team role played scenarios for every attribute. They are really good. I like Nicky's closing statement - Mothers are Supermodels, for they model after God! Put the first letter of each word together :)

Teaches
Helps
Admonishes
Nurses
Kisses
Sacrifices

Makes Meals
Understands
Models

In the afternoon I went for yet another service at 5pm. This one's more targeted towards the youths, with worship led by Time Hughes. This particular service featured an interview with the pastor of the Church of Baghdad (amazing!). Apparently this pastor has to travel around with 30+ bodyguards wherever he goes in Iraq. Hearing stories of how his church got bombed last year, and how his Iraqi congregation is still going strong - despite many of them getting killed for their faith every month - does tug at the heartstrings. After witnessing such a testimony, I pray that the youths will be inspired to keep the church growing in the UK.

And yes, I had a chance to meet up with the Berry Family!