Continuing our series "The Power Of A Story", Michael Bentley tells us a story from 2 Kings chapters 6 & 7 about four sick men in isolation from a city in lockdown.

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Continuing our series "The Power Of A Story", Chris Barber looks at 3 parts of Daniel's journey of faith as he refuses to compromise in each situation in order to stay true to his God.

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This week at Encounter people had the opportunity to share testimonies of God's goodness & faithfulness during the last 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic when we have been unable to meet together in person.

This included sharing the following songs:
My Jesus by Anne Wilson - https://youtu.be/cWLm6z42Gk8
Stand In Your Love by Josh Baldwin - https://youtu.be/iaG2Gd5ITbk
God On The Mountain by Lynda Randle - https://youtu.be/mvkCoC0ZOZc

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PS. A technical fault meant that we lost part of the recording

Continuing our series "The Power Of A Story", Esther completes the 2 part talk that she started last week. She uses the story of Gideon in Judges 6:11-24 to speak on the subject "Who Do You Say I Am?".

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Esther continues our series called "The Power of a Story". She gives the first of a 2-part preach, today's looking at the story of Moses at the burning bush and being called "What is in your hand?".

At the end of the meeting we played Passion - Glorious Day, which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW4MFJn9zwTzjBsEOGhhxYR7, and was taken from our service on 23rd August 2020.

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At the start of a new term where we are back live at the Kerith Centre, Esther starts our new series called "The Power Of A Story". She speaks from both Matthew 14:22-33 & Mark 6:47-51 about the time when both Jesus and then Peter walked on water, looking firstly at the boat, then the encounter and finally the invitation.

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At our last Encounter meeting of the summer term, Esther spoke on the subject of New Things based on Isaiah 43:1-21. She says that God is bringing us through the wilderness & wasteland and is doing a new thing and talks about 3 things that will help us prepare as we come out of lockdown:
- A Command - Do Not Fear
- A Commission - To be Witnesses
- A Conviction - God am doing a new thing

At the beginning of the meeting we had live worship with Glynis singing To Be In Your Presence and Goodness Of God. Then at the end we played Promises Never Fail, which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW4MFJn9zwTzjBsEOGhhxYR7, and was taken from our service on 14th March 2021

This week at Encounter was our first in person meeting since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2019. We watched the 7th & final video in Paul Manwaring's series called "We Are". He speaks on the subject "We Are Commissioned" and covered the following areas:
We are commissioned around 4 extraordinary promises into:
- Greater Works
- Greater Revelation
- the Increase of His Government & Peace
- to go from Glory to Glory
You Are World Changers & History Makers

At the beginning of the meeting we listened to Jireh by Elevation Worship & Maverick City, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/mC-zw0zCCtg and at the end of the meeting we listened to History Makers by Delirious, that was extracted from a video which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/1wJzeuLDkj4

This week at Encounter we watched the 6th video in Paul Manwaring's series called "We Are". He speaks on the subject "We Are Sent: We Are Called To Make A Difference" and covered the following areas:
We Are Sent (Into A World Of Opportunity)
What time is it?
- It's Revival Time
- It's Reformation Time
- It's Renaissance Time
- It's Judeo-Christian Government Time
.... Because You Make A Difference.
What is your call?
- Revivalists - Study History
- Reformers - Identify Your Sphere
- Creatives & Entrepreneurs - Seek Fresh Revelation
- Social Justice - Engage In Battle

At the beginning of the meeting we listened to Oceans by Hillsong United, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/6GGFb6LcX3U and at the end of the meeting we listened to We Could Change the World by Matt Redman, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/KwpuHQlqUPM

This week at Encounter we watched the 5th video in Paul Manwaring's series called "We Are". He speaks on the subject "We Are Created For Encounter; You Carry God's Presence". He talks about the ultimate encounter, Paul's Damascus Road encounter, which he said was Relational, Directional, Transformation and Internal.

At the beginning of the meeting we listened to How Deep The Father's Love For Us by Jessica Musselman, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DDHEbzMmNuk and at the end of the meeting we listened to Just Be by Kim Walker-Smith, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/V-I05RJJjqI