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Advent - waiting for and hoping on Jesus
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Tom uses the example of Nicodemus to reflect on how we can respond to Jesus. |
Tom Button
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14 Dec |
Amazing Faith 7 - The Journey of Faith
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Guest speaker Jeannine speaks about her own journey of growing in faith, and reflects on faith being the intersection of hope and expectation.
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Jeannine Rodriguez
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04 Dec |
Amazing Faith 6 - Showing God's Kindness
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In a searingly honest, riveting and inspiring talk Baz and Linda Gacoyne, leaders of the Eccles church in Sheffield (member of the Pioneer network), share how God has worked through them to touch the lives of people who wouldn't come anywhere near a traditional church. Video1 Video2
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Baz & Linda Gascoyne
27 Nov
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What Is the Gospel? Part 3 - Good News for Today
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In the final part of this series Colin asks us to consider the cross where we see the Father, Son & Spirit working together to clean up our mess, free us from sin, deliver us from death and draw us back to Himself. As a result we can walk in love and be filled with hope. |
Colin Barnes
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06 Nov |
What Is the Gospel? Part 2 - The Faithfulness of God
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Colin summarises the good news in 4 statements: God is good; He is for us; He is involved; and He is faithful to His promises to bless the whole world. |
Colin Barnes
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30 Oct |
What is the Gospel? Part 1 - Fifty Shades of Grace
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In part 1 of this 3 part mini-series Colin explains how the traditional gospel message is too black and white, and misses out so much, so can give the wrong impression. |
Colin Barnes
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23 Oct |
Amazing Faith 5 - Talking Jesus #
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Laurence calls for a change in the way we 'do' evangelism; we should adapt our language, along with our tone, and a new approach and rhythm to evangelism are also needed.
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Laurence Singlehurst
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16 Oct |
Amazing Faith 4: Faith in the workplace
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Zoe Dacre interviews Cathy Stewart and Al Bullen about their experience of sharing their faith in their respective workplaces. Owing to the personal information shared, this talk is only available for River Church members logged in to the website. Apologies for any inconvenience. |
Zoe Dacre
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09 Oct |
Amazing Faith 3: Hope in the Valleys
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Jan speaks from Psalm 23 about Hope, in an uplifting talk that is part teaching and part testimony. |
Jan Vickers
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02 Oct |
Amazing Faith 2: A new hope for evangelism
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Dave explains why he is so encouraged about evangelism at the moment, even though he feels he is so bad at it! |
Dave Jones
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25 Sep |
Amazing Faith 1: Sharing our faith
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Colin kicks off our new teaching series 'Amazing Faith' asserting that we can be very confident when talking to those who hold any other world views (Islam, Science, Atheism etc) because our message - the good news of Jesus - is so amazing! |
Colin Barnes
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11 Sep |
Blessed to be a blessing
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Lindsey, Dessie and Karen share how the Ignite course has helped to develop them as Christians and each gives an example of something God has spoken to them about recently. |
Ignite students & Di Chapman
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24 Jul |
GOLD Part 3 - Powerful People
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Sorry, this talk wasnt recorded. However Colin gave a very similar version of the message to The Journey church earlier this year: Listen Download
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Colin Barnes
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17 Jul |
GOLD PART 2 - Compelling Love
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Colin brings part 2 of his mini-series on our GOLD values with a look at Love. The more we realise we are so loved, the more we must love. |
Colin Barnes
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10 Jul |
GOLD part 1 - Glorious Freedom
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Colin kicks off a new 3 part teaching series about River's GOLD values with a look at how the O - the 'Openness' of God - affects everything. He addresses the key question 'If God is so good, then why is the world so full of pain?' |
Colin Barnes
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03 Jul |
RiverFest 16 recordings
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24-26 Jun |
Fathers' Day
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Gill brings a message about God as our perfect father, based on 3 encounters she has had recently. God wants to heal any wounds inside us that are the result of areas of fatherlessness, and to restore what should have been. |
Gill Stott
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19 Jun |
The Servant Queen and the King She Serves
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Krish speaks at the Love Marlow / Churches Together Joint Open Air service in Higginson Park on this weekend when the country celebrates the Queen's officlal 90th birthday. |
Krish Kandiah
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12 Jun |
Being Church in the 21 Century - The Church As The Temple
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Dave speaks about us being individually and collectively the Temple of God. What is holding you back from fulfilling your potential as a living stone? |
Dave Jones
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05 Jun |
Being Church in the 21 Century - Worship
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Eyes to Heaven, Feet on the Ground: Andy looks at three important aspects of worship: Singing, Sacrifice and Spirit and Truth. |
Andy Read
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29 May |
Heaven is just a breath away
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Guest speaker Allan (and his wife Liz) from Billy Kennedy's church in Southampton explains what is means to live like we really believe heaven is near, and explains how his recent near-death experience has affected his own thinking and behaviour. |
Allan Cox
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22 May |
Being Church in the 21 Century - Devoted
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Ceri ascribes the success of the 1st Century church to the level of their devotion, and asserts that this is still a vital ingredient for the Church now. Where would you put yourself on a devotion scale of 1 to 10? |
Ceri Davies
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08 May |
Being Church in the 21 Century - What makes us different
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Diana considers the ways in which the church differs from every other club and group in the world, and reminds us that we are the fragrance of Jesus to all those we meet. |
Diana Chapman
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24 Apr |
Visits to Delhi & Afghanistan
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Andrew & Linda have recently visited slums in Delhi, where the charity Asha they have been supporting for many years has had a huge impact, and John has been in Afghanistan. In this talk they describe what they did and saw, how it affected them, and gave invitations to go on short term Mission trips next year.
Asha video Delhi photos Afghanistan photos |
The Southwoods & John Richards
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17 Apr
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Being Church in the 21 Century - the Church as a Family
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In this first of our new series based 'Being Church in the 21 Century' Dave asks some questions and shares his thoughts about the implications and challenges of the church being a family and body. |
Dave Jones
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10 Apr |
Easter Sunday
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Dave shares some thoughts about Easter Sunday and its infinite and eternal significance.
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Dave Jones
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27 Mar |
Living The Supernatural Lifestyle part 5: Miracles - a journey of desire
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Colin brings a challenge as to whether we have the hunger to press on to possess all that God has for us Let's be adventurous together! |
Colin Barnes
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13 Mar |
Outreach and Evangelism
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John outlines our vision and plans for outreach and evangelism with particular focus on River Life (Beryl and team) and the Youth Centre (Dan). |
John Richards
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06 Mar |
Living The Supernatural Lifestyle part 4: Healing
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Nigel brings some thoughts about healing, and argues that we cannot pass on something we haven't got in the first place.... listen to find out more! |
Nigel Stock
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28 Feb |
Faith in the Marketplace
Apologies - Gill's talk wasn't recorded :-( |
Gill Stott
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21 Feb |
Living The Supernatural Lifestyle part 3: Prayer
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Dave talks about persistence and intimacy in prayer with the help of (his wife) Chloe and Roger Flavell. |
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14 Feb |
Living The Supernatural Lifestyle part 2: Champions of Hope
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Paul and Grace from Elim City Church, Bristol and Champions of Hope UK encourage us in stepping out in the prophetic, with particular emphasis on bringing hope. |
Paul & Grace Golf
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07 Feb |
Living The Supernatural Lifestyle part 1
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With some exciting stories and looking at 1 Corinthians 12, Colin introduces our new teaching series by encouraging us to be open to the supernatural. |
Colin Barnes
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31 Jan |
Crossing Borders
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On our first Sunday at our new home of Great Marlow School Dave speaks about moving from one situation to another using the example of the Israelite's return from Egypt to their Canaan. |
Dave Jones
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24 Jan |
Wholeheartedness
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Dave talks about being a wholehearted people: which requires us to have the courage to be imperfect; to be kind both to ourselves and to others; and understanding the power of being vulnerable. |
Dave Jones
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03 Jan |