SEPTEMBER 2018
ISSUE 28
K I NGFI S H E R FAMILY Launching a new ministry season What a summer! The past couple with Jesus and grow radically in of months have been actiontheir faith. packed here at Kingfisher. Whilst the various groups such as Tuesday Coffee Morning, Seniors, TSPA and so on have had a summer break, there has been so much else happening. Treasure Seekers had their most successful open day - SummerFest - ever, with hundreds of people visiting the various buildings, taking part in a treasure hunt, face painting, karaoke, craft activities, a cream tea… and various Disney characters making an appearance. In Westgate Street there was a Juggling skills act and live music in the Cavern. This year’s Holiday Club - Lego Adventure - was a great success. 160 children booked up for a week of fun, games, competitions, and learning about how brilliant Jesus is, all within the context of the Lego movies. At the end of the week, as well as having had an amazing time, 29 children made a commitment to follow Jesus Christ!
This is a significant year for us at Kingfisher, both here in the UK and as we continue to spread and grow around the world
How are you going to end this year? What would it mean to end this year well? Do you have faith that the next four months are going to see breakthroughs and steps of faith that you have not yet seen? We started this year - our Silver Jubilee year - with God directing us to three challenges in terms of growth: •
Authority (knowing who we are in Christ)
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Jubilee (experiencing a release from bondage; restoration to a previous state; rejoicing in our newfound freedom)
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Spiritual Warfare (putting our spiritual authority into action, understanding what Jesus meant when he taught us to pray: “Let your Kingdom come; let your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)
Let’s make the last four months of 2018 some of the most significant in terms of growth, especially int these areas, so that we can proclaim at the end of this year, Our teenagers set off to the lastAs we move into the Autumn, but-one Soul Survivor for a time of there is a sense of new beginnings, ‘The end of the matter really was better than the beginning!’ This is a camping and growing in their with ministries and groups starting significant year for us at Christian faith alongside 10,000 up and - dare I say it - Christmas other teenagers. The organisers of on the horizon. This brings to mind Kingfisher, both here in the UK and as we continue to spread and Soul have decided that 2019 will a verse in the Bible: grow around the world. With just be the last ever Soul Survivor, “The end of the matter is better than four months to go, will you pray which will be the end of an that these months will be the most the beginning and patience is better incredible era that has seen significant yet? hundreds of our teenagers have a than pride.” (Ecclesiastes 7:8) fresh (or first time) encounter