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We are incredibly blessed to have multiple links to the nations, both through the diversity of our church community here in Durham and the friends that God has blessed us with around the world.
On Sunday 8th May we celebrated our International Sunday, and everyone was invited to attend in national dress. Our roving photographer captured some great shots!
Hear George’s talk on God’s mission for the nations here.
Our International Sunday last week was a wonderful time of connecting with God and being propelled forward into the future.
Many of us donned national dress, we welcomed our great friend Finny to speak and we all visited the building that will become The Emmanuel Centre, where we launched a special gift day to fund this exciting project.
Finny spoke powerfully from the book of Zechariah.
Zechariah was destined to be a Priest, with regular day by day activities; but rather being called as a Prophet, putting on prophetic robes, for “this appointed time” to show that “Then you will know the Almighty has sent me”.
The five visions he had set out in Ch 1-4, are so apt for us today:
God is setting peace in our midst
He will de-horn any enemy that may come against us
Expanding our capacity, rather than using a measuring line to build walls, he will become a wall of fire to protect us
Leaders, at all levels, will have a new authority as they have new ventures, inviting neighbours to sit under vines
Olive trees will fill the reservoirs of the Golden lamp-stand - don’t despise small beginnings.
Please do listen again to his sermon available here.
Alan then reminded us of a prophetic word from 2017 regarding three vats that would cover the building and would contain grain for the feeding of the nations. This prophetic picture was then actualised as mixing vats were taken out of the building by transporter (see below).
We then walked across to The Emmanuel Centre where we launched our crucial Gift Day. We are just lacking cash to see the building developed, and we were asked to pledge an amount that could be given before or after the end of the tax year.
For more information on how to give financially, click here. For pledges related to The Emmanuel Centre, please include ‘TEC Pledge’ and your surname.
During the month of February we have pushed into God as we explored the richness of communion, and in the evenings as we prayed for the development of The Emmanuel Centre. During those times we saw many prayers answered, including the adequate provision of electricity in to the building, and much lower costings than was first anticipated.
Our vision is outlined here.
So as we are experiencing growing momentum and growth in our community, come before God and ask what he wants you to give into His Kingdom.
We had a wonderful time celebrating the diversity that God has brought among us as we held our annual International Sunday on Sunday 4th March.
Many people donned their national dress, our worship team was joined by brothers from Ghana and we heard updates from and prayed for churches we are linked to in India.
We also took up a special offering - partly a thanksgiving offering for having been granted planning permission for The Emmanuel Centre, and partly to help a church in India.
We then heard from Fusi Mokoena, leader of City Hill Church, Dubai. To hear his talk on Gospel partnership, click here.
