Church At River Dee: Recent Episodes
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As Pastor Steve and Jane move into retirement, Steve reflects on their more than 30 years of ministry, testify's to God's faithfulness and provision in their lives, and gives encouragement for the Church as embark on a new chapter together.
By the miracle of technology, our Sunday message was brought to us by Joel, from all the way in Cornwall.
Joel explores his experience of journeying through the ups and downs of life, while still finding reasons to celebrate.
Among the stuff that life throws at us, how can it be possible for us to celebrate? That's exactly how Ben begins this message.
Casey, one of the Texas team rounds off their week of mission with us by sharing something of his faith journey.
Back after his holiday, Pastor Steve gives us a whistle stop tour of the First Book of TImothy, unfolding all the practical help and wisdom it holds to help us live a life of faith.
To close off our series on Everyday Faith, Emma explores how we share and live out our faith amongst our Friends and Colleagues.
Stephen explores the practical book of James to consider how we persevere when our Faith is Under Fire.
Pastor Steve continues our theme of every day faith, and the importance of being a leader of our own faith to stay on a journey facing Jesus.
As we launch into a new series all about our "Everyday faith", Ben brings to life his experience of how our perspective on what God has done in our lives, can impact our ongoing faith journey.
The week following Easter Sunday, Pastor Steve explores what might come next in ones journey of Salvation.
Its Easter Sunday! The day when everything falls into place. Ben explores the story of Easter from the perspective of the crowd, the cross and the empty tomb. Today's message was given in three parts, but edited into one for you here. Apologies for poor sound quality, we were getting an inexplicable buzz all morning!
Elisabeth opens the word and testifies to the faithfulness of Jesus in her life, and how we can learn to live expectant of the faithfulness of Jesus.
In the run up to Easter, Pastor Steve delves into the character of Judas and his ultimate betrayal of Jesus.
For the next few weeks we'll be looking at different Disciples - this week, Emma looks at John, author of the fourth Gospel.
Through the letter to the Church of Philadelphia, found in Revelation, Andy opens the door on our openness to literally open the doors God presents us through our faith and obedience.
Stephen opens up the story of Elijah to understand his Faith in God's power, and to understand how our faith and collective efforts make for a Powerful Church
Ben explores what it means to be "An attractive Church" - not in the way we look, but to be Spiritually attractive.
Our youth pastor, Joel, brings the word, and the importance on being prepared for mission to bring the gospel message into our communities.
Following the conclusion of Carol Service nativity production, Ben bring to life the real, tangible love that can be found when you put your faith in Jesus.
Through all the activities and frivolities of Christmas, Ben takes a step back to consider who Jesus is. The child born in a manger, who goes on to die on the cross, to offer salvation for all.
As we approach Christmas, Emma explores the theological rabbit hole that is the incarnation of God on earth! Jesus - fully man, yet fully God? If you want to know more, take a listen!
Ben continues our series on Secrets in the Psalms, focusing on Psalm 74 and what it means for those pressured moments of our lives when we're often more likely to turn to God.
Pastor Steve kicks off a new series entitled 'Secrets from the Psalms' - looking across a number of Psalms it is clear that David was very aware of his own sin, and his Psalms of repentance may give us inspiration as we commune with God in our own spiritual journeys.
Andy opens up the letter to the Romans, bringing to life Paul's write which illustrate how committed to the gospel he really was.
Stephen explores the letter Paul sent to the Galatians - looking at how he goes from calling them foolish Galatians, to encouraging them to evidence the fruits of the spirit in their lives.
The song listened to, and edited out for copyright reasons, can be found here; Casting Crowns - 2nd Opinions (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube
The Kids took over Church!! They decided the pre-service drinks and snacks, they came up with fun craft ideas, chose the songs, they prayed, sang and above all, worshipped. This podcast starts with a snippet of the day with some prayers and bible verses from a few of the children. Ben explored the word, and what it means to lean on God through all times of our lives.
When looking at the letters of to the Church, its important to consider that each of us are individuals. Ben brings to life the letter to Philemon and how we can take encouragement from its message.
Following the dedication of Eli, Steve unpacks the word dedication and how this applies to our personal spiritual journey.
Today, we honoured all in our Church community who volunteer in all our activities and in service to both Church and Community. Ben unpacks this in our word, and Kathy gives a little insight into her motivation for why she volunteers in the kids activities.
After a warm and long summer holiday, we took a dive into Baptism. Emma talks through the how and why, exploring the biblical underpinnings of the symbolic act of baptism, in preparation for some upcoming baptisms in the Church.
If you're intrigued by baptism, and want to know more, or are considering it as part of your faith journey, get in touch Pastor Steve or Pastor Ben, and they'd love to talk to you some more about it!
Andy brings us a word of encouragement, focussing on the value of Relationship and Fellowship, with both God and each other within the Church.
This week Ben follows up last weeks message by delving into Ruth's story, seeing how her experiences can influence our relationship with Jesus.
This week we welcomed our friends from the USA, from Wedgwood Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. In our podcast, Rob (the person responsible for coordinating the partnership of 7 churches in Wales, with 7 churches in USA) interviews Jeff Laster, who is the Associate Pastor for Administration and Missions at Wedgwood.
Please be aware, that Jeff talks of his experience during a mass shooting back in 1999. While this was a tragic story, Jeff tells us about where God could be seen through this experience.
This week we welcomed our friend and guest Francis, all the way from India, who shared stories of their work in the Tenderheart Foundation. Francis also brought us this word, looking at Psalm 23, and how we can consider God as Shepherd and Father.
This week Stephen talks on the individuals that make up the team, and how we are all uniquely gifted, and that God brings us all together in the body of Christ.
The video referred to can be watched here; Team Players | The IT Crowd - YouTube
Our next installment of the Building Team series looks at a shared vision, giving us overarching team goals.
We have begun our series, considering what it means to build a team. Teams to serve, nurture and evangelise. Pastor Steve brought our first word on how Jesus is our coach, the team leader.
This week, Emma brings a message on The Adulterous Woman and her encounter with Jesus, delving into what it means to live with shame in our lives.
Andy brings our message on the transformation seen in Saul when he met Jesus, and he became Paul.
This week we start a new series on the 'People who met Jesus' - Pastor Steve speaks about the Apostle, Philip.
Stephen brings the message during our Easter Sunday Celebration, focussing on the light found in the Risen King!
This week Ben brings us the word and asks us that question, "Do you want to know God more?"
As we approach the Easter weekend, we reflect on communion and what it can mean in our own lives and our relationship with Jesus.
This Sunday we celebrated the induction of Ben as Associate Pastor, as the Church begins is transition phase of a leadership handover from Pastor Steve to Ben.
Our word was brought by Pastor Simon Curgenven, Teaching Pastor from Hope Church in Newton, and is the area leader for Assemblies of God, in North Wales.
Our final installment on Why? Emma talks us through the importance of why we should observe Sabbath in our lives, in light of all that's going on in the world, and in the hustle and bustle of our lives!
Ben brings us the next installment from our 'Why?' series, focussing on that question of 'Why me?'
This week Andy delves into the question of 'Why did Jesus have to die?'
Unfortunately our recording had a fault this week so it has been edited to ensure listening comfort, but it may sound as though Andy is in a tunnel. This same fault prevented last weeks podcast being published. All being well, normally service will resume next week!
Pastor Steve kicks off our series entitled "Why?" - looking at some of life's big questions in light of our biblical knowledge, and our experience of God's spirit in out lives.
Ben Betts brings our third week on the theme of Breakthrough, and Breakthrough means in our own spiritual journey.