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Close Encounters: New Sunday Morning Teaching Series

In Jesus’ ministry as recorded in Mark we see that He encountered a wide variety of people from many different walks of life, in many different situations. We also see that He responded in different ways to different people, and whilst the truth of the gospel message doesn’t change, the vehicle in which it is delivered needs to be relevant to the culture, and the person, to whom we are sharing it.  What can we learn from the life of Jesus and his encounters with people?  What did He say?  How did He say it?  How did He make the person feel? And what was their response?

We are called to reach the lost, to Go and make Disciples, and to be witnesses to Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit.  But in today’s world, how do we do that? It has been said that we fish in a messy pool, and that the fish don’t come ready filleted, but how do we preach the truth but offer grace?

As we seek to be a church of disciples who make disciples, how can we grow personally and reach others with the message of the cross?  And is our church culture one that welcomes people into a safe place where they can hear, and respond, to the invitation to repent and follow Jesus?

Week 1: Mark 1:40-44: Breaking the power of the past 
Week 2:  Mark 2:1-12: Chasing the miracle maker
Week 3:  Mark 5:1-17: Overcoming the darkness
Week 4: Mark 5: 21-24, 35-43:  At what cost?
Week 5:  Mark 5: 25-34: Restoring identity
Week 6:  Mark 7:1-23: Pride & prejudice
Week 7:  Mark 10:13-16:  Rediscovering our inner child
Week 8:  Mark 10:17-30:  Keeping up appearances 
Week 9:  Mark 10:46-52:  What do you see?
Week 10:  Mark 14:3-9: What’s that smell?
 

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Launches on Thursday 16th January 9am-11am 
The Corner

Revive is a drop in peer-support group for parents of children with additional needs, whether diagnosed or not,  to meet after the school run for mutual support and friendship.  We are currently piloting this in order to help us prepare to open it up to the local community.

For more information, see Revive
 

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Launches on Tuesday 14th January 7-9pm

For more information, see Celebrate Recovery
 

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Prayer Ministry Training

Prayer Minsitry Training 

We want to help equip the church to use the gifts God has given you, and as we see Holy Spirit at work within the church and begin to move into a new season, Pastor Chris and Lynette are running a prayer ministry training course.  This is designed to equip you to pray for others, and help us to raise up a prayer ministry team in both congregations who have been trained to minister to others.

The first session is designed as a basic introduction suitable for all believers to understand the foundations for how to pray with confidence for other people.

Session 1: Foundations for Prayer Ministry Sunday 15th Sept

· Theology 101
· The Gifts of the Spirit 101
· Practical 101

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For those that then wish to go deeper, the following 3 sessions are designed to equip us to be able to minister to people at a deeper level.
 

Session 2:   Releasing the Prophetic Sunday 20th Oct

· Ministering in the prophetic
· Repentance & recommitment - to be continued 3rd Nov?
· Baptism in the Holy Spirit - to be continued 3rd Nov?
 

Session 3:   Healing Prayer (January 2025 tbc)

· A theology around “laying on of hands”
· Physical healing
· Emotional (inner) healing
· Soul ties
 

Session 4:   Spiritual Warfare (February 2025 tbc)

· A theology around “principalities & powers”
· The occult
· Deliverance

 

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The Hub Friday January 10th 2025

 

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