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25 Apr
[23-12-08] Merry Christmas Open Heaveners
To add to your festive experience, we present to you a hastily recorded Christmas gift - our version of "The First Noel".[19-11-08] The Supernatural Power Of A Transformed Mind
The first of our 3 goals for 08-09 is this: To push deeper into God's presence, to experience him more and to grow in boldness as we go about our lives.[06-11-08] Congratulations to Brian Wakley
Back in 1990 when Ness was in Towers Hall, there was a move of God in the hall that led to the number of Christians trebling during the first term.[24-10-08] OnLine 2008
Ali Wilson and Jimmy Zachariah are doing DNA:OnLine this year and I wanted to let you know a bit more about what OnLine is and what Ali and Jimmy are focussing on during the year.[20-09-08] The Road Ahead
The Christian life is a life of faith.[17-09-08] Breathe Update
We’ve been in London now for six weeks, so we thought it was about time for an update from us and all that has been going on.[08-09-08] Leaders' Weekend Talks
Its the 2008 Open Heaven leaders' weekend! We'll be hearing stories from the past twelve months, recieve teaching from Steve and Ann Clifford and look ahead to the future.[28-08-08] OH1 Gatherings Team
Creating relevant expressions of church for people to encounter and respond to Christ is a core purpose for us in OH.[14-08-08] Coming to Loughborough?
We are really looking forward to meeting and hearing from you if you are coming to Loughborough this September! Students have been at the heart of Open Heaven since it began 15 years ago and we are so excited to meet you all and invest into you for the next 3 years.[02-07-08] Open Heaven's 15 year Celebration
Open Heaven had its 15-year birthday party on a week last Saturday, and boy did we celebrate - birthday cake and all! The planning team had been meeting since January, over copious amounts of tea.
Baptisms video April '08
Lizzy was baptised last weekend. This was part of our termly baptisms meeting.
Baptism is a sign of initiation into the lifelong journey of
following God. It confirms someone’s decision to follow Christ-a
fundamental part of the conversion process.
Baptism has been central to the practice of the church right from its start eg Peter’s instructions on the Day of Pentecost were “Repent and be baptised” (Acts 2: 38). Jesus himself was baptised and set the model for us.
At Open Heaven, we do baptisms by full immersion as this was the normal mode of baptising in the New Testament. The actual word ‘baptise’ means to immerse, to saturate and to submerge. There is also great symbolism in full immersion baptism – a dying to past and sin, being buried with Christ and then rising again with him out of the waters into a new life (Romans 6: 4).
You can listen to Lizzy's testimony and Naomi's talk via the podcasts section of the website.
Posted by: John Amery on Friday Apr 25th, 2008
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