Event	Date
Prayer Vigil in Mobberley	31/08/2010 - 6:00pm
Knutsford Lions Concert at KMC	17/09/2010 - 7:30pm
Nigel Ogden Organ Concert at KMC	01/10/2010 - 7:30pm
British Legion Poppy Concert, performed by the Roberts Bakery Band	20/11/2010 - 7:30pm

Event

Date

31/08/2010 - 6:00pm

Knutsford Lions Concert at KMC

17/09/2010 - 7:30pm

Nigel Ogden Organ Concert at KMC

01/10/2010 - 7:30pm

British Legion Poppy Concert, performed by the Roberts Bakery Band

20/11/2010 - 7:30pm

Youth Led Worship

Posted March 8th, 2009 by graham

Tonight, the young people at KMC led our worship, on the theme "Worship". With new and old (nearly 13 years old!) songs, video, drama and discussion, they really led us in worship!

As a worship leader, I, of course, had to make lots of notes to get pointers on what I should be doing... But Alistair's talk on the women with the alabaster jar was inspirational, straightforward and challenging.

The Shadow of the Galilean

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The Shadow of the Galilean - review by Rev Bruce Thompson (previously of Timperley Methodist Church)

If you want to know more about Jesus and you're into novels, especially thrillers, then I have just the book for you! It's Gerd Theisson's, "The Shadow of the Galilean" (SCM 2001), which is a wonderful way of learning, while being entertained along the way, about the world Jesus and his contemporaries occupied. The book can be read at different levels and there is something within it for everyone. You will discover more about the politics of the day (the culture and the religion that influenced Jesus and his hearers), and thus come to appreciate the gospel accounts more fully.

It is not new for a writer to produce a work of fiction around historical events and real characters but when Theissen's book was first published in 1986 it became an instant classic. I was a member of the Candidates' Committee for six years between 1989 and 1995. The Candidates' Committee assessed people as potential ministers, and "The Shadow of the Galilean" must have been one of the most popular works on the book-lists submitted by candidates over those years. I even began to wish that it had been written much earlier so that I might have benefited from the experience myself. Sadly it wasn't, but it was re-issued last Summer and I had it on order for the first day of publication. I have not been disappointed. At £9.99 you can't go wrong, and I honestly believe that all who read it will benefit from the experience.

All too often we seem to think that reading the gospel accounts is sufficient for a full understanding of the Jesus-event. Not so. There is much to be gained from delving into the history of the time - and there is a wealth of new information coming out of recent archaeological discoveries, so much so that those who ignore such findings miss out on a great deal. Theissen's work is an introduction to a greater appreciation of the times in which Jesus lived, and as someone who sees the faith-journey as a life-long one then I commend it to you.
Bruce Thompson