Dayspring - a church in Wiltshire: Recent Episodes
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A long first look at the power gifts including a testimony of workplace healing from Sarah KUses a framework of Motivational Gifts; Spiritual Gifts; Office Gifts; Diverse Gifts
The videos can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCFV6Zm6fOGUhsOh-q9adY0me2n0usJgAClips used in this talk are Episode 1. 01:17-03:02; Episode 2. 02:45-05:20; 05:20 >
Quite a lot of feedback didn't get picked up so thats been edited out. Apologies. Also we were talking about life in the Dayspring community so the sections with names of individuals have been removed too.There are a whole lot of Bible references to church as body below which were only mentioned in passing.
Here’s the video clip from this morning. https://youtu.be/bRwIrUTT3Rg and the beauty for ashes song that I tried to excavate this morning.https://youtu.be/iv4N0ZxrFgk.
As an introduction we played a recent version of Heart of Worship https://youtu.be/gljs4N7ZoD4You can find notes on soaking prayer on the Dayspring App.Joyce Huggett's book is called 'Listening to God' and you can get Kindle and second hand copies on AmazonFrank Laubach's approach to practising the presence is explained here. https://bit.ly/3IRHuGrYou can read about Brother Lawrence here. https://bit.ly/3WThNuL Updated versions are available on Amazon
Rosie, Marion and David introduce our series on Spiritual Pathways and the ways we find it easier to draw closer to God.Hat Tip - Thank you to timot3o at Wallpapers.com for the Pathways Picture.Thank you to Lumo Bible Project for the bible video reading https://youtu.be/asCkkmaoZbA
This year we want to focus our prayer on those who are not looking for God. This provides some context for that.
Unfortunately we didn't capture the first session by Carole and in this session we were unable to show visuals. Not a great start!
Looking at receiving help from the throne of grace for ourselves and for one another.The output from our conversation about things we have found helpful is attached.
Session 2 of this series is missing. The Bible references were shared on WhatsApp in the following week and are included below for completeness
Carole recommends the Bible Project on Daniel https://youtu.be/9cSC9uobtPMand tells the story of God's builder http://bit.ly/3GLS9QY
On the festival of Christ the King Carole asks whether he is Lord in every sphere. Two flip charts are attached: Small group feedback [12:00] and 'Is Christ the King? [17:00]
This recording has a small background echo.
We have included a link to the song Steve plays at the end
Steve reflects on his recent Bible reading and life experience around the fruit of the Spirit.
Carole introduces her talk with an account of a dream she had that relates to the difficulty the current moment. There's also a link to a song.
David poses some questions: When was the last time you feel you planted seed or watered seed planted? How do we plant seed? How do we water seed planted? (Rachel's story has been cut from the recording but you can always ask her to recount it to you.)
This is the final session in this series. A link to the song Jesus is King is attached.
The Bible readings are from the Good News Bible. Talk includes a brief clip of the Bible Projects Leviticus Overview (Link included)
The first of a four part series focusing on Jesus. Includes links to two short videos providing Bible background.
Dave reviews the previous sessions in the series and David explores the Changing Church research on sharing faith. There's also a pdf of the slides and flipchart.
Due to tech issues, David has rerecorded his talk. We have attached a pdf which includes feedback from the breakout on barriers to faith sharing.
Marion talks about possessions and Carole turns our attention to finances with a statement about Dayspring's current situation.
Dave considers the Biblical material and Carole leads a reflection and breakout groups on the EA Report 'Changing Church'. The slides we used are attached.
Wendy reads the Bible passage. Rosie talks about maintaining the habit of being together. Dave reviews one of the questions from the EA research. We chat about the implications.
David looks at how we spur one another to love and good works and Carole introduces a report from the Evangelical Alliance on whats been happening during lockdown.
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Steve reflects on the fact that in an age of fake news we engage with the Bible itself. (Apologies for the recording quality)
Dave tells how a pastor's dream in the foothills of the Himalayas helped clarify his plans for medical treatment.
We deconstruct a single verse to find how faith is connected to hope. (After the talk Rolf told us about a recent release from Lou Fellingham which seemed to fit so well. https://youtu.be/XvNfjLmlviI)
The first of two short reflections on the importance of faith in the developing new normal—with breakout groups