Kerith Encounter Podcast

Our guest speaker today was Geri Jones. She speaks from Mark 15:33-38 about the act of holy vandalism, the tearing of the veil between us & God, opened the way for us to come into God's presence and know his forgiveness. During her preach she would normally have played a song, Take Heart, from https://youtu.be/nR42uAKijI8 but people were encouraged to listen to it themselves.

This week the Encounter meeting was held using the Zoom application. This allowed everyone to see each other rather than simply watching Esther talking on FaceBook. Several people shared testimonies of why they were grateful to God & what He was doing in their lives. Then we prayed about these situations and other general issues before celebrating communion together.

Esther starts a new series "It Is Finished" looking at what has changed as a result of Jesus dying on the cross. Today she talks about the light of the world and highlights 4 truths: - We ARE the light of the world - We have a choice to shine brightly - All light, no matter how small, produces the desired effect - The light shines brightest where the darkness is greatest

This was originally going to be our Easter Encounter guest meeting. Instead Esther uses the opportunity to talk to us about the Easter story. She speaks about the dark time that Jesus endured on the cross being isolated from His Father and the isolation His disciples must have felt after His death and burial. With hindsight we know that Friday was not the end, that Sunday was just around the corne...

Since our regular Encounter meetings have been forced to temporarily closedown as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have been unable to meet together in person. Therefore Esther decided that she would try doing a live FaceBook video in order to communicate with as many members as possible. She looks back at what we learnt from some of the characters that we have looked at in our Insights Fr...

Our guest speaker this week was Krystyna Lysakowska who continues our series, Insights From Bible Characters, by looking at the story of the woman at the well who met Jesus. Her life, and the lives of many people in her village, was transformed by the encounter. See associated notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/Ec-cujINKZNEkTaoNGW4kYMBdu...

Our guest speaker today is Simon Benham, who continues our Insights From Bible Characters series by speaking about Solomon. Although he was known as a man of great wisdom and did many good things, Simon looks at some of the bad things that he did and what we can learn from them. See associated notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/EWH6V4Fez...

Esther continues our series, Insights From Bible Characters, by using the story of Joseph in Genesis 37-41 to talk about the Dark Room Experience - how God use various events in order to mature us and prepare us to be able to fulfill the purpose that he has for us. She asks 2 questions: - Do you know that you have a purpose? - Are you willing to go through the Dark Room? See associated notes at ht...

At the last meeting before half-term, Esther show a video called The Father's Love Letter (see https://youtu.be/zJvqmhGs1Y8) then talks about the love of God before we share communion together. See associated notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/encounter_kerith_church/EZA7f_hms31MuUFJuc0EnjQBWZ62jtK2AyC0PfvLpPod0Q?e=TYCAka

Esther continues our series, Insights From Bible Characters, by talking about the boy who gave his lunch in Mark 6:30-44 to enable Jesus to feed the 5000 men plus women & children. Esther asks 5 questions: - Do you come and go, or do you stay? - Are you connecting with Jesus regularly? - Are you driven by compassion or duty? - Do you feel that your offering is too small? - Is your offering your se...

Our guest speaker this week was Catrina Benham who continues our series, Insights From Bible Characters, by looking at the story of Lydia's conversion in the book of Acts. As Paul spoke to the women by the river God opened a door of faith for her. Catrina encourages us to keep coming to the river and to continue to show hospitality to others. See additional notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-m...

Since Esther was unable to speak today, so we showed a video of Louis Giglio speaking on the subject "God of the Breakthrough". If you prefer to watch it you can find it here on YouTube at https://youtu.be/0AlS8qGts7g

Our guest speaker this week was Krystyna Lysakowska who continues our series, Insights From Bible Characters, by looking at the story of Nehemiah who went back to Jerusalem to oversee the rebuilding of the walls. Nehemiah was a man of God who knew the call of God on his life, which was underpinned by prayer, and Krystyna encouraged us to be a people of prayer. See associated notes at https://kerit...

Starting the new year, Esther has decided to continue our series, Insights From Bible Characters, for this term. She talks about Abraham and the journey that God called him to take to an unknown destination. She encourages us to listen to God & to follow Him on whatever journey that He is calling us to take. See additional notes at https://kerithcommunitychurch-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/enc...