#RedeemerRecommends - The Singlehood Sessions
This week #RedeemerRecommends - The Singlehood Sessions! A vlog which was started this week by Pamela, who is part of our Redeemer family! Check it out!
This week #RedeemerRecommends a series on YouTube from a member of the Redeemer family - Pamela Masha.
Some of you will know our friend Pamela (you can see her recent blog for Redeemer here), she regularly posts videos and vlogs on her YouTube channel ‘Wokemanity & Me’ to encourage and challenge us.
And she’s just started a new series on singleness.
You can catch up with The Singlehood Sessions here!
In part 1 Pamela addresses the perceived shame, woes and taboos attached to being single and 30+. And whether you are married or single this is something we recommend you hear.
Please subscribe and have a listen.
If you’d like to hear more about what scripture has to say on the subject of singleness and marriage, we also recommend delving into the back catalogue of Sunday talks (you can have a rummage here). In August Rich spoke about what Proverbs has to say on the subject.
Thank you, Pamela and thank you Rich.
We've Moved! - Purpose & Promises
We’ve Moved! Find out just some of the reasons we’re excited about our new season at UWL….
We’ve Moved!
This Sunday saw us worshipping together at the University of West London for the first time! What a great time it was, the venue may have changed, but our God hasn’t! He loves to meet with us wherever we are!
There are obviously practical reasons why we have moved from the Town Hall, but we also firmly believe as a church that God is leading us into a new season which will be full of excitement, and that we can expect him to move powerfully amongst us and in our community as a result of our new Sunday venue!
As part of his preach on Sunday, Rich talked about the potential impact we can have as a church on our local community, and below are just some of the ways in which we are praying God will use us as we meet at the university.
We are believing that being in such an influential space for the student population in Ealing will allow us to see the gospel made known amongst students and young adults in the local area more than we have before!
Our new refreshments and welcome area is a fantastic space for conversation and fellowship, both for Redeemer family members and for guests. We are praying that God uses this extra space to continue to welcome more people into our family, and create genuine friendships in which we build one another up and encourage each other to walk in the plans God has for us!
With refreshments and welcome happening in a separate location, there is greater opportunity to respond and receive prayer after the services. We are praying that God speaks to people through our preaching and during the worship times and that we are able to follow up by continuing to pray with individuals after the meeting. We are expecting God to use this extra time and space to transform hearts and lives!
We now have more seats in the room on a Sunday morning than we ever have before! We are praying that God continues to bring new people to us at Redeemer that we might be able to bless and share the love of Jesus with! We believe that God will fill the empty seats with new Redeemer family members!
These are just a few of the ways that we are praying God will move in and through us in this next season at Redeemer. We have received prophetic words recently about stepping up, graduating, and experiencing new things in God and there is a sense of excitement stirring amongst us! If you haven’t already, why not join us in the next few weeks as we take the next steps on this journey as a church!
Pause to ask "why?"
Rich Smith encourages us to take some time to pray and wait on God this Christmas.
A one word question can have a big impact.
Recently at work I've been learning the importance of pausing to ask the simple question "why?".
Having people around who prompt you to consider a fresh perspective can be a real gift. When we’re blinkered and focusing on the “when” or “how of a project, "why" can sometimes bleed into the background.
Christmas and New Years busyness requires some moments of pausing to asking “why”. With most of my daily and weekly routine missing, the absence of standard times and places can leave me struggling to find space to pause, including moments to pray and listen to God. Space to just focus and reflect on God has the power to thread Jesus and his good news throughout the season rather than push it entirely to the periphery.
So, one way to “keep the main thing the main thing” over the next few weeks is fighting to keep time for prayer and waiting on God. Taking opportunities to pray helps with the “why” of the season and feeds to soul.
There’s still time to sign up for 24 hours of prayer (Friday 6pm - Saturday 6pm) and start as you mean to go on.