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May/June 2022

In the list of qualifications for elders, which one immediately comes to your head? I imagine many of us will immediately think of the ability to teach or the requirement to lead. They are the most visible gifts, which might explain why our thoughts go there first. Perhaps we then think of character qualities, such as being temperate and self-controlled or maybe having a positive reputation with those outside the church. What about being hospitable? Does that come to your mind? It’s in 1 Timothy 3:2 if you want to find it.

If hosting excellent dinner parties is required for elders to be hospitable, I’m not sure there are many elders who would qualify. I know that’s not my forte! However, as we explore in this edition, hospitality is not about the ability to put on a fantastic showy fine-dining experience. It’s so much more than that. It’s about welcoming people into your life. Not just friends and family, but strangers as well.

Yet, elders aren’t the only ones who are to be hospitable. Just as all Christians are to pursue the godly character that elders are to exemplify, so elders are to exemplify hospitality since all Christians should be hospitable. It’s something we need to be constantly encouraged towards and grow into. We wanted to give a little spotlight on hospitality in this edition of the magazine, including biblical encouragements, personal accounts and practical encouragements, some of which bring an international flavour. There’s even a book review if you want to take it further.

Beyond that, we have a wonderful mix of other articles, from encouragements to evangelise and challenges to being in church, learning from the past and a vision for the future. There are more book reviews and plenty of updates from happenings around Wales. I always enjoy reading through the finished articles and I hope you will too. May God bless you and do you good through them.

  1. The Moans And Groans
    by Alistair Chalmers
  2. Making Room
    by Heledd Job
  3. Investing In A New Generation
    by Andy Pitt
  4. The Miracle In Newgate
    by Ian J. Shaw
  5. Gossiping The Gospel
    by Meg Conway
  6. The House By The Roadside
    by Roger Carswell
  7. God’s Delightful Gift
    by Huw Williams
  8. Home For Good
    by Neil Davies
  9. Geraint Elfyn Jones
    by David Norbury
  10. The Breaking Of Bread
    by John Funnell
  11. Ministerial Pay
    by Max Munday
  12. Benefitting From A ‘Bubble’
    by Adam Thomas, Caroline Taylor and Hannah Thomas
  13. Encouragements For Weak And Weary Christians
    by Sam Brown
  14. Book review — The Life I Now Live
    by Sheila Stephen
  15. Book review — Extraordinary Hospitality (For Ordinary People)
    by Sheila Stephen
  16. Book review — The Lies We Are Told, The Truths We Must Hold
    by Jonathan Hodgins

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