During the school holidays we are holding informal meetings without a teaching session. Today Stuart Sharp shares his life story including becoming a Christian, meeting his wife & moving to Bracknell, and meeting his birth mother & his wider family.

During the school holidays we are holding informal meetings without a teaching session. Today David Ferguson shares his life story including becoming a Christian after coming to Kerith Community Church.

During the school holidays we are holding informal meetings without a teaching session. Today Krystyna Lysakowska shares her life story, starting with her early childhood in Warsaw, Poland during World War 2.

During the school holidays we are holding informal meetings without a teaching session. Today Jean Ardron shares her life story of how God used different circumstances to bring her to Bracknell and how He worked in her life.
It is hoped that other people will take the opportunity to share their story in the future.

Since it was the last meeting of Encounter before the break for the summer holidays various members shared testimonies of God's goodness during the lockdown period of the last 4 months.

At the beginning of the meeting we played Great Things by Phil Wickham from https://youtu.be/y4CY3nf1Mvw and at the end of the meeting we played Miracles by Kari Jobe from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gz50dL0T8w .

Esther continues our It Is Finished series by speaking from Isaiah 53:1-5 about our healing and wholeness that was bought & paid for at the cross - both spiritual but also physical, mental & emotional.

At the beginning of the meeting we played Great Things by Phil Wickham from https://youtu.be/y4CY3nf1Mvw and at the end of the meeting we played Healer by Bethel Music from https://youtu.be/PMaIwfpHGso .

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Esther continues our It Is Finished series by talking about us as new creations in Christ. She outlines 2 key points, firstly that we are already called a new creation and secondly that it is a progressive work of transformation in our lives.

At the beginning of the meeting we played Who You Say I Am which was recorded at our service on 9th February and can be found in the Kerith Sunday Services playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW5K--fItoykxzrO29E-TZBv on Youtube. At the end we played This Is Amazing Grace which was recorded from our service on 25th May and can be found in the Worship Sets playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW4MFJn9zwTzjBsEOGhhxYR7 on Youtube.

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Esther continues our It Is Finished series by looking at forgiveness and living free from condemnation. Because our sin has been forgiven we do not need to stand under the shadow of condemnation since we have been set free from it.

At the beginning of the meeting we played O Come To The Altar and at the end we played Passion - Glorious Day. Both of these songs can be found in the Kerith Sunday Services playlist on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW5K--fItoykxzrO29E-TZBv and were taken from our services on 9th & 16th February respectively.

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Our guest speaker today was Jacqui Webber-Gant, who is currently leading our Kerith Blackwater Valley site while Heather Pocock is on maternity leave. Jacqui continues our It Is Finished series by using Hebrews 9:24-26 to highlight that Jesus died once for all and has paid the price to free us from the power of sin. She talks about the 4 years in the late 1970s that she was part of the Unification Church movement (the Moonies), before being rescued, to illustrate the deception of the endless system of sacrificial work we perform to try to earn forgiveness for our sins.

At the start of the meeting we played Calvary by Hillsong Worship from https://youtu.be/iR9ygGyE2ew and at the end we played When I Survey the Wondrous Cross from https://youtu.be/FhvXOIVsRv4.

See associated notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/ETOkuHLwXBpOidpVNUWgqTkB5jKayhLGpiNVmGbA5KX8dw?e=cPo702

Esther continues our "It Is Finished" series by speaking from 1 John 3:1-3 about our being children of God. She outlines 3 privileges that we have as children of God (relationship, identity & heirs)
and 2 pitfalls that will need to be avoided in our understanding as children of God.

At the start of the meeting we played No Longer Slaves
from https://youtu.be/f8TkUMJtK5k and at the end we played Reckless Love
from https://youtu.be/Sc6SSHuZvQE.

See associated notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/EfSAivaBAGRDkz1DbHm88zoBN7NKhKJp283afR8GR-NxaA?e=MONyJe