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DATE |
Christmas Presence
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Andy reminds us of the amazing truth of "God with us". |
Andy Read
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20 Dec |
Advent - the season to be merry
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Colin explains why we should (and how we can) be filled with joy in this season of advent. |
Colin Barnes
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13 Dec |
Advent - Heaven Invading Earth
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Colin examines how we can re-live Advent now: like Mary let's have humble hearts, embrace the word of God and be prepared to have our lives "messed up" - then who knows what could happen! |
Colin Barnes
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06 Dec |
Dispelling the darkness
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Guest speaker Jeannine explains what she sees God doing at this time through the Church as we learn that what we have should be taken out on the streets. But it's not a question of what we "ought" to be doing, but something that will flow naturally from an intimate relationship with Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The words given by Jeannine's husband Ian at the end can be found by logged in River members in the Marlow blog |
Jeannine Rodriguez-Everard
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29 Nov |
21st Century Disciples Part 3: Promises
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Colin argues that discipleship in the 21C is the same as it always was; it's about running to win the prize and endeavouring to enter into all God's promises |
Colin Barnes
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22 Nov |
21st Century Disciples Part 2: Forgiveness
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John speaks about the importance of forgiveness as we journey as disciples of Jesus.
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John Richards
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18 Oct |
Practising the Peace of God
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Guest speaker Dag - a Norwegian who ministers in Albania - encourages us to pursue rest and peace in God's presence (Dag has been host for a number of trips by River peope including last year's 'Ignite' mission trip, and is on the YWAM board there). |
Dag Rane Schjelderup
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04 Oct |
Called to courage
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When was the last time you had to be brave? When you got out of your comfort zone and into the presence of God, in the pursuit of bringing heaven down to earth? What does it mean to be a 'holy troublemaker'? In this rousing talk Miriam challenges us to 'mess up the status quo' of the world.
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Miriam Swaffield
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27 Sep |
21st Century Disciples Part 1
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Dave kicks off this new series by looking at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in the 21st century, and encourages us to get out of the goldfish bowl or off the couch.
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Dave Jones
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20 Sep |
River Marlow - vision for 15/16
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Dave outlines his vision for River Marlow for the next 12 months, which is based around the themes of Look Love Live. |
Dave Jones
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06 Sep |
Arise, shine, for your light has come
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Ian reminds us that God made us to be a light to everyone around, made possible because He has made His glory to appear over us. |
Ian Moody
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30 Aug |
Journeying with God
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Nigel shares some thoughts about journeying with God based on his own story. |
Nigel Stock
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16 Aug |
Transformed lives in Mozambique
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Jonny tells us about her project to create a banner to give to a church in Mozambique, and how this project came about. |
Jonny Ruffell
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09 Aug |
Agape Love
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Colin encourages us to seek always to love others in an "agape" way. |
Colin Barnes
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26 Jul |
Strength through Struggle
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Dave shares from his own experience of struggling to know God's presence in his daily life, reminding us that some things can only be learnt through difficult times. It seems crazy but the bible actually encourages us to rejoice in suffering. |
Dave Jones
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19 Jul |
Walking into revival
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Colin asserts that we can choose to experience revival by individually and collectively always looking on the face of Christ, loving everyone we meet and living like heaven is near. |
Colin Barnes
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05 Jul |
Created with a purpose
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Guest speaker Mark (who is the main leader for 'Ignite' across the Pioneer network) reminds us of the importance of knowing God rather than just knowing about Him, and of the need to discover what we were made for. |
Mark Simpson
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28 Jun |
Heartlife - Part 4: Where do you stand?
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Colin asks where we choose to ‘stand’ in the four quadrants of the Heartlife Indicator in real life. Will we respond out of Humility, Love, Pride or Fear? What will that look like? |
Colin Barnes
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21 Jun |
Heartlife - Part 3: Why We Do The Things We Do
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Dave explains how our behaviour is influenced by our past experiences, but that by changing our thinking we can avoid 'below the line' results. |
Dave Jones
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07 Jun |
Heartlife - Part 2: Living above and below the line
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In the second of the series Andy looks at what it means to be living above the line rather below it. He explains what that line is, and how we can choose to live in humility and love rather than pride and fear. |
Andy Read
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31 May |
Heartlife - Part 1: The Journey of the Heart
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Our 4 week series on HeartLife is kicked off in style by Stephen Klem. It aims to teach us how to live life out of God's heart with a renewed mind and mature character. |
Stephen Klemich
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24 May |
Being salt in our community
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Dave encourages us as a body to get involved in the community, in initiatives such as Street Associations and the Love Marlow festival. |
Dave Jones
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03 May |
Radical Settlers
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Dave talks about the need to be radical in the way we live, following the example of Jesus, and gives some illustrations of what this might mean in practice. |
Dave Jones
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19 Apr |
Generosity
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Keith outlines four ways in which we can be generous: having generous spirits, being generous with our time, through our words and with our possessions. He then invites us all to start a "generosity relay" see www.passmeon.org. |
Keith Grafham
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12 Apr |
Love so amazing....
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Jill takes a fresh look at the Easter story through the eyes of Mary Magdalene. 'Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all'. |
Jill Stonehill
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05 Apr |
What is the Bible? Part 3 - Revelation
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Colin concludes the current series on the Bible looking at how wrestling with it can bring revelation and grow our understanding of our faith, who we are in Christ and the nature of God. |
Colin Barnes
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29 Mar |
What is the Bible? Part 2 - Inspiration
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Colin explains what it means that the Bible was 'God breathed', and how it helps us hear His voice and be inspired; it calls us towards our destiny both individually and as a race. |
Colin Barnes
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15 Mar |
What is the Bible? Part 1 - Authority
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Colin continues his speaking tour on The Bible with Part 1 in Marlow, looking at its Authority, and challenges us with the question - when did we last let the Bible significantly shape our lives? |
Colin Barnes
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08 Mar |
Hearing God
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Guest speaker Roger (Revelation Chichester and member of National Team of the Pioneer Network) speaks about hearing God - through the Bible, through the Spirit and through other people. |
Roger Ellis
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01 Mar |
The Holy Spirit (part 3)
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Continuing our current teaching series, Nigel challenges us to get to know the Holy Spirit better.and reminds us of various aspects of His role and character; He is a person, He knows what He is doing, and He loves us. He helps us to love God, love each other and to love the world. |
Nigel Stock
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15 Feb |
The Holy Spirit (part 2) - His work in healing
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Guest speaker Roger from Henley Baptist Church speaks about the work of the Holy Spirit in healing in the local church, with many faithbuilding stories drawn from his own experience. |
Roger Cole
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08 Feb |
The Holy Spirit (part 1)
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Dave kicks off a 4 part series describing his own journey which over the years has led him to a much better understanding of the work and person of the Holy Spirit. |
Dave Jones
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01 Feb |
Windows of Opportunity
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Suzanne talks about prayer, in something of a taster for the seven Monday evenings prayer course due to launch soon. She covers intimacy with God, cooperating with Him by knowing what He wants to do, the power of blessing, and much more. |
Suzanne Ferrett
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25 Jan |
Gentleness Required
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Colin talks about godly gentleness and humility in the context of the dedication of Levi L (done during the meeting). |
Colin Barnes
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18 Jan |
Let's have fun together in 2015!
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Dave brings a new year message where he outlines some of the focus areas for River Marlow in 2015 - one of which is to make sure we have lots of fun as family together. |
Dave Jones
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04 Jan |