Wayne Neuper shares some of his testimony and on how faith grows… if we let God grow it. Wayne is on the NCMI translocal team and leads a church in Germany.
5 March 2017 at Bedfordview PM.
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Wayne Neuper shares on the Holy Spirit – who He is and how we relate to Him. Wayne is on the NCMI translocal team and leads a church in Germany.
5 March 2017 at Bedfordview AM.
Wayne Neuper shares on the Holy Spirit – who He is and how we relate to Him. Wayne is on the NCMI translocal team and leads a church in Germany.
5 March 2017 at Bedfordview AM.
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The Big Weekend is such an incredible event with so many highlights, special moments, stories and testimonies that a simple report back cannot give the weekend the justice it deserves – so here is the attempt.
A team of children’s church leaders from across the sites began dreaming and praying six months ago for the Big Weekend 2017. Planning, dreaming, Pintresting, creating and teamwork all came together to result in the theme of Diving Deep to discover Jesus. We felt God’s desire to call our children and those from the community to search for Him as the greatest treasure with the promise that if you draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. So we created a weekend to help the children discover our incredible Jesus.
The result of our preparation and prayer saw 150 leaders lead and serve 450 children from all across the city. Six groups (Wahoo, Flier, Finback, Sailfish, Seawolf and Snapper) worked together to have fun but ultimately learn more about Jesus. From fighting off sharks with a memory verse, being rolled around in Zorb balls, sliding down giant slides, to jumping off a base onto a soft landing, our children had the chance to build friendships, have fun and discover Jesus. The children passionately worshipped Jesus through song and dance. A great sign was 50 children spontaneously running onto the stage on Saturday night to lead the worship.
We taught on God’s grace, the greatness of God, what it means to search for Him with all of your heart and Jesus being the greatest treasure we can find. We know that there was revelation and truth that some of our children heard for the first time. And there was response too. Our children responded to Jesus. They asked questions, they spoke to Him, they met their King and they loved it all.
Our prayer now is to see the fruit of this weekend. We believe that this weekend will be used by God to affect our city in many ways. So although the weekend is over, what God is doing through the weekend is only beginning.
We will send the links to the songs we sang for those who would like them and share some the pictures soon.
We are off to Lesotho in September for a Big Weekend and begin dreaming for Big Weekend 2018 soon. Thank you for all involved either by sponsoring, praying or physically leading.
– The Children’s Church Team
Within our “River” series, Craig Herbert continues to speak about what living in God’s community is like.
26 February 2017 at Bedfordview AM.
Within our “River” series, Craig Herbert continues to speak about what living in God’s community is like.
26 February 2017 at Bedfordview AM.
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“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Over the course of this term, our children have learned what it means to build God’s Kingdom and what His Kingdom looks like and represents. We looked at how the church is not a building but rather the gathering of God’s people to live for their King and His Kingdom. Understanding this, our focus this week was how we need to help build each other up, and as 1 Thessalonians 5 teaches, we can build each other up by encouraging one another. Simple efforts encouraging each other can lead to God’s Kingdom becoming more as He desires it to be.
We had a look on Sunday at the importance of cement. Without cement, bricks cannot be joined together. Cement is a little like the love and encouragement we are called to show one another. It is easy for people to ‘stick’ together when there is a relationship of love and encouragement. We taught the children how the Holy Spirit helps us to give such incredible gifts to people. Just like cement helps a wall become solid and stable to withstand difficulty, so love and encouragement can help people in the church stand strong together.
We looked at Barnabas (known as the Son of Encouragement from the book of Acts) as an example of someone who tried to encourage others.
Some classes may have received encouragement cards to share with others to encourage them. The fact that our children want to encourage others is encouraging in itself.
Mom and dad, you are doing an incredible job in raising your children and helping them know Jesus more. Well done! We love the chance to support you in this wonderful journey. Keep it up.
– The Children’s Church team
We’re excited about our new series, “Life Stories” at The Exchange. We need to know that God has called us to the workplace and intends to do amazing things through us. We know this because he has already done it through so many of us already. As we hear the “Life Stories” of ordinary people who have been used by God, we’ll be inspired and encouraged to know God will work through us as well.
At our last Exchange we heard Casper Versluis’ story. Come and hear Bill Taylor at our next Exchange.
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Julia Taylor opens up the new series at Key Women: I AM: The Seven Statements of Jesus, as part of the theme for 2017 – to know Jesus and to make Him known.
22 February 2017 at Bedfordview Key Women.
Julia Taylor opens up the new series at Key Women: I AM: The Seven Statements of Jesus, as part of the theme for 2017 – to know Jesus and to make Him known.
22 February 2017 at Bedfordview Key Women
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