Beginning the E100 challenge

Well this is the first time i have done anything like this and i am slightly nervous about it! But i thought it would be good as we start the E100 challenge to share my thoughts with the world and of course for those who miss one of the Sunday sermons to be able to catch up.  So here we go..........
We have almost finished Christmas - the turkey is finished and the quality street tin only has a few orange creams and toffees left in it, as we come to the end of this season i look back with fondness at the times we have had this year as a family; the fun times like getting the grandparents to play on the Wii, and memorable times like watching the London eye fireworks from a friends balcony in Battersea on New Years Eve. Relationships with those i love are important to me and it is good to have spent time this holiday enjoying these relationships. As i look at my faith though i see relationships as key to this too; not only my relationship with God but relationship with others in the Body of Christ. So it is with great excitement that i start this E100 challenge in our churches. It seems to me that as we work through these readings seperately and together  on Sundays and in small groups we should be able to work on both these aspects of relationship. I hope and pray that as we do so then we would all grow in both.
Happy New Year and Happy reading!