Monthly News Business Men’s Fellowship

(UK) PO Box 679

Whitley Bay England United Kingdom

NE26 9AX Tel: 0845 519 2473 www.businessmen.org.uk FEBRUARY 2011

ACTS 6v2

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

SALES vs SERVICESALES vs SERVICESALES vs SERVICE As businessmen we all understand the value of sales. It’s the lifeblood of the business and without sales there would be no income, no growth and in fact no business Yet service although dying very slowly is a vital part of business but in the modern world most products when the break down or cease to function are not serviced or repaired but replaced. More recently some companies are discovering the biblical principle of sales through service.

In the gospels in Luke we find two examples of this Martha and Mary. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. It seemed like Mary was being neglectful of her duty and not helping “serve” but often serving is very much mistaken for being busy doing things that seem “spiritual” In scripture we are called not only the Children of God, but also ser-vants of God. Recall how Paul typi-cally starts his letters by referring to himself as a servant of God ( as in Romans 1:1) . Every Christian is a servant of God, and servants work

In worship – we find fresh rea-sons and desire to serve. Isaiah – didn’t say” HERE am I. Send ME”! until after his vision of God. That’s the order- worship, then worship-empowered ser-vice. As a A.W.Tozer put it “Fellowship with God leads straight to obedience and good works. That is the divine order and it can never reversed” The work of service is too hard without the power we receive for it through worship. The LORD JESUS was always the servant of all, the servant of servants, the SERVANT. He said ” I am among you as the one who serves” ( Luke 22:27). If we are to be like Christ, we must discipline ourselves to serve as JESUS served. and now…at the final … a good note

WANTED!!! Wanted:”Gifted volunteers for difficult service in the local expression of the Kingdom of God. Motivation to serve should be obedience to God, gratitude, gladness, forgive-ness, humility, and love. Ser-vice will rarely be glorious. Temptation to quit places of service will sometimes be strong. Volunteers must be faithful in spite of long hours, little or no visible results, and possibly no recognition except from God in eternity.

TIME FOR GROWTH Training & Equipping

Conference

WIGAN Saturday 5th March 2011

Britannia Hotel, Wigan 10am – 4pm

£20 lunch & refreshments Contact

Steven Turnbull on 07785 721454 Email: steven@netkast.net

Airdrie Coat Bridge

Monday 21st February 2011 At 7.30 pm

Ricki Hutchison

Tudor Hotel

39-49 Alexander

Street

Airdrie, ML6 0BA

Contact David Ross: 01236 603076

Charles Nicol: 0141 573 2182 or Charlie.nicol@ntlworld.com

Inverclyde Chapter Dinner

Monday 14th Feb

Aiden CurryAiden Curry

The Tontine Hotel, Ardgowan Sq.

Union St. Greenock

Contact Eddie on 01505-872834

or eddielyall31@hotmail.com

Speakers : Peter Brown : Diploma in Business Administration Allan Jones : National Director BMF : Worship : George Collins

For the person who invited Jesus to be Lord of their life at the Vilnius (Lithuania) Outreach on Sunday 9th January, 40 attending

For the five people who responded to the Sal-vation call at the Prienai (Lithuania) Outreach on Friday 14th January, 60 present

For the three people who accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour at the Ignalina (Lithuania) Outreach on Sunday 16th January, 26 attending

For the two people who acknowledged Jesus to be Saviour and Lord at the Klaipeda (Lithuania) Outreach on Sunday 16th January, 25 present

For the three people who accepted Jesus into their hearts as Saviour at the Ukmerge (Lithuania) Outreach on Sunday 16th January, 70 attending

For the ten people who responded to the Sal-vation call at the Anyksciai (Lithuania) Out-reach on Tuesday 18th January, 53 present

For the twenty people who invited Jesus to be Lord of their life at the Kaunas (Lithuania) Outreach on Sunday 30th January, 100 attend-ing

For the five people who acknowledged Jesus to be Saviour and Lord at the Marijampole (Lithuania) Outreach on Monday 31st January, 30 present

By Stephen Jefferies

Discover God's plan for your life through the life of another businessman, Jesus the Carpenter. Around the world, men have discovered this truth. We trust as you read their stories and God’s Word from the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs, you will know that what Jesus did for them, He desires to do for you.

Contact: Eric Woodward

Harbourgarage@aol.com

WiganWiganWigan

Dinner Meeting Monday 28th February

Oak Hotel, Orchard

Street

Wigan WN1 3SS

Contact 01695 623557 or 01942 495316

or 07980 536566 stuartandrachel@o2.co.uk

Contact: Richard Barrett 01524 271689 John Woof: 01539 625212 Ron Ainscough : 01539 724960 or

email southlakesbmf@googlemail.com

Friday 25th -

27th

March

11 Fedorova Street,

Irpen district, Kiev

Foreign guests are recom-

mended to book rooms well

in advance. Price per person

$60 (all inclusive) Local reg-

istration (no meals) $5.

Contact: Eugeny +380 501

607 161, +380 989 75 9 048

or bmfinua@gmail.com or

Hollymen@gmail.com.

REPORTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

Wigan Chapter started the Year off with a lively evening with John Gaughan (of the Hermans Hermits fame) 70 mem-bers, friends and family enjoyed the songs sung and written by John. At the end of the evening 4 responded to the call for Salvation and many went for-ward for prayer for sickness, jobs family and day to day problems.