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06 May
[01-02-10] A New Year. A New Decade
At the start of a new year and a new decade Rich Wilson shares something of God's heart for Open Heaven.[04-12-09] Grace for Growth
Growth begins and ends with grace.[02-12-09] God and Dualisms
At the leaders' weekend earlier in the year, we heard quite a lot about how dualistic thinking works in our lives.[01-12-09] A Big Thank You
Over the last few weeks we referred to Nov 22nd 09 as the day we would come together to raise thousands and thousands of pounds.[06-05-09] Stories from Encounter
The Encounter Weekend continues to be one of my highlights in the year.[01-05-09] Imagine a church that...
The unusual thing about the theme for this term is that I knew a couple of years ago (April '07) that we should do this theme in about two years time – which is now! I don’t think that process has ever happened before in the choosing of a term’s theme.[29-04-09] Well Done You’ve Made It!
You’ve made it to the end of lent and gone without whatever it was you chose to give up.[03-04-09] Study War No More
The global arms trade is wreaking havoc around the world.[08-12-08] Chocolate Traffic
Fancy working 80-100 hours a week for little pay? If so the chocolate trade is for you.[11-11-08] Update on our 08-09 Goals
We've been pursuing our strategic goals for 08-09 for over two months now, so I thought it would be good to update everyone on how they're going.
Stories from Encounter
The Encounter Weekend continues to be one of my highlights in the year. Over the bank holiday weekend a group of 50 of us went away to encounter God. It was an amazing weekend where we experienced the reality and presence of a God who loves us and longs to be with us. A God whose heart burns to see us free from the wounds and hurts the world can bring.
It was a beautiful picture of the church, being honest with our brokenness, sharing our lives together, letting God draw near to heal and free us and finding fresh purpose and passion to follow Jesus courageously.
I want to invite those who were on the Encounter Weekend to share something of what happened for them, what God did in them, and what he spoke to them about. It doesn’t need to be long. I want this to be a page of stories that thank God for all he did on the weekend and that can encourage the church. To add your story, use the comments box below.
Jez
Posted by: Jez Cromie on Wednesday May 6th, 2009
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- Ian Scarrott writes:
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God met me at the right time, in the right moment, in the right way with the right people around me.
How great is it to be part of a community that is for you, that cares for you, and that loves you where you are at, in your moments.
As a result I am more aware of God's presence, grace and his everlasting love as my father, brother and friend....left on Thursday May 7th, 2009
- Fran Collins writes:
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God blessed me with such an increase in many gifts, and a few new ones!
I saw angels moving, heaven open, noises from heaven, encouraging pictures of what is to come and now ruby pieces as well as diamond dust.
It was simply 'church' - an honest, open community yearning for God!...left on Friday May 8th, 2009
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