Queen's Road Cell

This is to make a record of our outreach this year. Video is at: https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=3843E4B20B58FFFC&resid=3843E4B20B58FFFC%21101653&authkey=ADSm993R40Fy1nY   Introduction and Welcome (King Hee) ·          Welcome to all ·          Carols as vehicles of the Christmas story ·          The historicity of the gospels despite their supernatural elements. ·          How the peace, joy and love of Christmas can come only with accepting the supernatural elements. Musicians (Joshua & King Hee, Amelia conducting ) Angels we have heard on high James Chadwick, Trad French melody, 1862 Key: E E                         B7          E   Angels we have heard on high      E                  B7            E      Sweetly singing o'er the plains                             B7    E   And the mountains in reply,     E                  B7      E Echoing their joyous strains E   C#m   F#m          B         E        A F#7 B7

Introduction I felt that, before 2017 comes to a close, I would like to teach about the event that exactly 500 years ago caused a major rift in the Church. In 1517, a monk and university lecturer named Martin Luther posting of 95 theses (statements for debate) to the church door at Wittenberg castle. Within a few years he was the most wanted man in Germany. He and other Reformers were convicted that the church of their day had drifted away from the original teachings of Christianity, especially in regard to its teaching about salvation. They wanted to re-anchor Christianity on the original message of the Bible. The Reformation was a ‘protest’ against the doctrinal and moral corruption of the church of the day. We know that this ended, not in reform, but in separation. And that is why today most Christians are divided into Catholic and “Protestant” categories. As we come to the core beliefs of the Reformation I want to make 3 observations: 1.        History matters. We dep