Welcome to the Mustard Seed Café and bookshop newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter and find the information useful. We look forward to welcoming you to our café for the first time or if you are a regular visitor we will be pleased to welcome you back again.
‘Take Note’ and books for Lent
The latest ‘Take Note’ leaflets are available in the café and give details of the new Christian books published. There are several devotional books and study guides covering Lent. Here are a couple of suggestions:
- CWR ‘Cover to cover’ series designed for small groups or personal use. ‘Who is the Christ?’ is written by Anne Calver who invites us to reacquaint ourselves with the awesome person of Jesus and be reminded of the call on our lives to follow him. The shop is also stocking ‘Living Faith’ and ‘A Passion for Christ’ from this series.
- ‘To seek and to save’ is a Lent devotional with daily reflections on the road to the cross from Luke’s Gospel.
Our Manager, Sally Wilshaw, also recommends the following:
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‘Approaching Jesus’ by Cathy Madavan. This is a six week study guide where we learn more about who Jesus is today and how we can apply this learning to our own lives. CWR publication £4.99.
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‘The Faith of Queen Elizabeth’ by Dudley Delffs. A magnificent tribute to the inspirational character and world-shaping faith of history’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. £9.99
For more details about these books please read or take a copy of the ‘Take Note’ leaflet. If the books are not available in the shop they can be ordered.
A date for your diaries – Keswick in Devon – 2-6 March 2020
This year we celebrate 40 years of ‘Keswick in Devon’ at All Saints’ Church. The keynote speakers will be leading studies in Romans and James with a focus on ‘Living for Christ in a fast changing world’.
The two main speakers lecture at Moorlands College, an Evangelical Christian training college, based near Christchurch, in Dorset. Chris Sinkinson lectures in Biblical Studies and Christian doctrine and has a particular interest in the archaeological background to the Bible and Helen Morris lectures in Applied Theology and is course leader for the College’s BA programmes.
For more information about the timings of the teaching sessions, the seminars on Friday 6 March and the Friday night special at 7.30pm please check the website: www.keswickindevon.org.uk or email: keswickindevon@talktalk.net or contact Carole Hawkins by telephone: 01395 515674. There are also leaflets in the café.
Volunteers’ Party Jan 2020
The staff and trustees joined volunteers at The Mustard Seed for an evening of chat, quizzes and food. The following tie break question produced lots of varying answers so have a guess and see how near you can get to the answer!
Question: How many words are there in the King James Authorised Bible? (see tlater in this newsletter for the answer).
David Lewis, the Chairman of Trustees, spoke about the commitment of our volunteers that help in the café/shop: it’s the volunteers who welcome our customers, serve in the shop/café in different roles and lend a listening ear when needed. Without our volunteers The Mustard Seed would not exist so a big thank you to them.
One in a thousand
If you felt able to support The Mustard Seed financially then please look out for our leaflet ‘One in a thousand’ which gives an outline of our history, vision and how monetary gifts are used. If you are unable to help financially we would much appreciate your prayer.
Opening times A reminder that we are open Mon-Fri 10.00am to 4.30pm and on Sat 10.00am with a closing time of 2.00pm.
NEW BOOK OUT – God Untamed by Johannes Hartl
‘Powerful. Almighty. Sovereign. Magnificent. Fearsome.
This is the God we encounter in the Bible and in prayer – a God who astounds, Yet, Johannes Hartl argues, this is an astonishment that many in the West have lost. Hartl ‘takes us on a journey to identify, ask and also answer critical questions in this generation’.
If you want a challenge for the new year then read this book which is available in The Mustard Seed, £12.99.
Stocktaking – The shop will be closed on Friday 27th March for its annual stocktake.
(Answer to question: 783,137 words)
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