From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai
The essentials for life?
Dear Friends,
It’s great to be back in Chiang Mai. After a much-needed break, I am back in the saddle and raring to go! Lots of things are happening, and this should be an exciting year at All Saints! Many thanks to Mark, Nate, Herb, Gene, and many others, for making everything run so smoothly in my absence!
In Philippians 4:19 Paul writes: My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory. But what does that mean? What are our needs? And will God really supply them?
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, at the most basic level we all need air, water, food, sleep, clothing, and shelter. He defines these as Physiological Needs. Other needs, less basic but still necessary, are arranged in a pyramid. At the top he places self-actualization, that feeling of being who we were meant to be, as Christians we would say being the person God created us to be.
Which ones of these will God provide?
Well, Paul says that God will supply all your need! We will look at how this can be, this Sunday!
Our scripture readings this week will be Exodus 16:9-15, Ephesians 4:1-16, and John 6:24-35, and we will be singing the hymns All for Jesus, Great is Thy Faithfulness, Take My Life and Let it Be, and Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah! The readings can be found via this link and past services can be viewed via the All Saints audio-visual page!
All Saints Chiang Mai Mission
Last Friday the documents were submitted to register All Saints Chiang Mai Mission as a UK charity. This will enable All Saints to recover tax paid by UK donors and provide further accountability and oversight for the work of All Saints.
Work on registering All Saints as a Thai Foundation will begin soon!
Theology on Tap
Theology on Tap will restart this month! We will meet on Friday 17th August at 7 p.m. at the UN Irish Pub. This is a great opportunity to have a drink, or a meal, and have an open conversation about some aspect of Christian theology. No previous knowledge is required, just come with your eyes open and your brain engaged! No view is too strange or too simple! All are very welcome!
If you don’t know the way to All Saints, directions can be found on the Where and When page.
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All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives! We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshipping with us,
God bless,
Iain
All Saints' Chiang Mai 