Kerith Encounter Podcast

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. See additional notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/...

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 beg...

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 f...

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...

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 b...

This week at Encounter we watched the 4th video in Paul Manwaring's series called "We Are". He speaks on the subject "We Are Empowered; We Have What It Takes" and his talk covers the following points. We are empowered through: - our Identity - Romans 8:18 (Joint Heirs) - Jesus - Acts 1:8 (Receive Power), Galatians 5:1 (It was for Freedom) - our Assignment - 2 Corinthians 5:20 (We are Ambassadors f...

This week at Encounter we watched the 3rd video in Paul Manwaring's series called "We Are". Although the title of the video was "We are Big People - You Are Significant", Paul drifts a bit from this theme so we could have given his talk the title "We Are A ....... Generation" since he covered the following 4 areas: - An Identity Generation - John 1:12 (Inner Healing, Father Heart) - A Heaven On Ea...

Today we watched the 2nd video by Paul Manwaring in the "We Are" series. He speaks on the subject "We Are Family: You Belong". At the beginning of the meeting we listened to I Belong To God by Big Daddy Weave, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/s6_byuQz7Ck and at the end of the meeting we listened to What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship, which can be found on YouTube at https:/...

This term we are going to be watching a 6 week series of videos by Paul Manwaring called "We Are". This week we started with "We Are Apostolic: You Are Sent". At the beginning and end of the meeting we listened to What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-ak0OoFBw3c See additional notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/per...

At our Easter Encounter meeting Esther spoke on the subject "Jesus - Crucified, Buried & Resurrected". During the meeting we had readings from Tony Fulford & Phil Osgood, and we also played the following YouTube videos: - 'Our Easter Story" YouTube video - https://youtu.be/LgFZDCguR8E - "Glorious Day" live version, Casting Crowns - https://youtu.be/KqrqPGt11bA - "The Cross", Passion City Church yo...

Our guest speaker today is Krystyna Lysakowska, who is one of our Encounter members. She tells a story of the man who loved her, Jesus. At the beginning of the meeting we played How Deep The Father's Love by Jessica Musselman, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DDHEbzMmNuk See additional notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/...

Our guest speaker today is Simon Lace from Easthampstead Baptist Church. He speaks on the subject of Wrestling with God and asks 2 questions: "What are you wrestling with God about?" and "When God gives you answers to those questions, will you believe Him?". At the beginning of the meeting we played We Believe, which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on Youtube at https://www.youtub...

This week Esther concludes our Philippians series looking at chapter 4 verse 9 to 22. She looks at the subject of giving (not just financially) & of God supplying our needs as we give to others, and then at the secret to being content whatever the circumstances. At the beginning of the meeting we played It Is Well With my Soul by Caleb & Kelsey Grimm, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu...

Our guest speaker today is Simon Benham, our senior pastor. He continues our Philippians series by speaking from Chapter 4 verses 2 to 9 and provides us with a Pandemic Survival Guide courtesy of the apostle Paul. At the beginning of the meeting we played Nothing Else, which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW4MFJn9zwTzj...

This week Esther continues our Philippians series looking at chapter 3 verse 17 to chapter 4 verse 1. She talks about the example of Paul and asks whether our example is worth following & inspires people. She also talks about us living a life worth of being citizens of Heaven. At the beginning and end of the meeting we played Fight My Battles by Bethel Music, which can be found on YouTube at https...

Our guest speaker today is Chris Barber who continues our Philippians series by speaking from Chapter 3 verses 12 to 16. She shares things that she has heard from God during lockdown (particularly the 1st one) including how we can grow old wisely. At the beginning of the meeting we played I Stand Amazed by Chris Tomlin, which can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ue8ZCAc9xQ8 and at the end o...

Esther continues our series on the book of Philippians by returning to the passage in chapter 3 verses 1-11 that she spoke about 2 weeks ago since she felt that she had not completed talking about it. She concentrates on verses 8-11 including about the importance of developing a deeper relationship with Christ, knowing Him rather than just knowing about Him. At the beginning of the meeting we play...

At our Encounter Meeting today we listened to a DVD by Louie Giglio called Seven Supernatural Thoughts. When you are fighting the battle of your mind, how do you take captive your thoughts? What do you say to yourself each morning, and how do you go about your day? In this message from Pastor Louie Giglio, we learn about seven supernatural thoughts that lead us to win the battle of our minds. At t...

This week Esther returns to the Philippians series that we were studying before pausing for the Christmas period and restarts at chapter 3. She talks about the people who claimed that the new believers needed to be circumcised and she warns us of the dangers of trying to add anything to the finished work that Jesus has accomplished on the cross, providing us with 3 reasons why this should be avoid...

At our Encounter meeting today Jenny & Michael Bentley both shared their life story. At the beginning of the meeting we played There's Nothing That Our God Can't Do and at the end we played Goodness of God both of which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6aDT8QMpW4MFJn9zwTzjBsEOGhhxYR7 and were taken from our services on 4th Octo...

For the first Encounter meeting of 2021 Esther was planning to talk about new beginnings. However, the current Covid-19 situation caused her to speak about hope instead using a passage in the Lamentations 3:21-26. She gave us 2 actions for the new year: firstly calling to mind who God is, and what He has done for us & promised us; and secondly to wait quietly for God to come through. At the beginn...

This week we held our Christmas Encounter meeting, which was our last official meeting of 2020. We had several songs, readings and carols, plus Esther spoke about Jesus being the hope of Christmas and gave us 3 reasons why Jesus came that can give us hope for today. Here is the outline of the meeting: - Welcome - “Christmas According to Children” video ( https://youtu.be/suowe2czxcA) - First Carol...

Our guest speaker this week was Geri Jones. She spoke from John 1:1-14 about Jesus being the light of Christmas and every day. At the beginning of the meeting we played My Lighthouse, 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 19th April and at the end of the meeti...

Esther finishes chapter 2 of our series on Philippians by looking at verses 25 to 30 as Paul talks about Epaphroditus who came to help him and is now returning to Philippi. We will resume with chapter 3 in January. At the beginning of the meeting we played Cornerstone and at the end we played O Come To The Altar, both of which can be found in the Kerith Worship Sets playlist on Youtube at https://...

Our guest speaker this week was Ben Davies, who was senior pastor for over 40 years before retiring and moving back to Wales with his wife Barbara. He shares some things about his current time in Wales and then continues our series on Philippians by looking at verses 19 to 24 of chapter 2. At the beginning of the meeting we played a beautiful version of Amazing Grace which can be found on YouTube...