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Alpha Course coming soon

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:08:23 +0000

Join us from 7.30pm on 14th Sept and for the following 10 weeks at our Church Building (Riverway Christian Fellowship, 86 Grange Rd, West Kirby, Wirral, CH48 4EQ)

As a course, Alpha attracts a diverse range of guests of different ages and backgrounds, holding many different viewpoints. Over 15 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course, an opportunity to explore the meaning of life, running in tens of thousands of churches of all denominations across the world. Over 7,000 churches are currently running the Alpha course across the UK in rural and urban settings, including every major UK city.

Alpha is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith in a relaxed setting over ten thought-provoking weekly sessions. Guests do Alpha for a wide variety of reasons – some want to investigate whether God exists; others are concerned about what happens after death. Some people have particular questions that they would like to discuss; others want to understand what the purpose of life is. Many guests have never been to church, others may have attended church occasionally but feel they have never really understood the basics of the Christian faith.

Each course lasts approx 1 hour and over ten weeks the Alpha course covers the following subjects. Week 1 Who is Jesus? Week 2 Why did Jesus Die? Week 3 How can we have Faith? Week 4 Why and how do I Pray? Week 5 Why and how should I read the Bible? Week 6 How does God Guide us? Week 7 How can I Resist Evil? Week 8 Why and how should I tell Others? Week 9 Does God Heal Today? Week 10 What about the Church?

We would love to see you and I believe that you would enjoy this series.

A week of fun and ministry

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:17:54 +0000

This week (10th – 14th Aug) was an opportunity to work with ‘churches together’ to bless our town of West Kirby. Although the weather and tides did not allow us to work on the beach as in previous years, we were however able to use various venues in our town to minister to all ages and needs. This is a work that has been built up over a number of years and has been a great way of building a working unity between the Churches of West Kirby. It was also a great blessing to have made many new contacts, prayed for the sick and lead people to making a decision for Jesus. This mission culminated in a ‘Fun Day’ held at the Coronation Gardens on Saturday. Here Churches Together provided bouncy castles, various games, ministry tent, puppet ministry, cakes stall and BBQ all of which were given for free which drew many people! This lead many people to ask why? which gave us the opportunity to explain that it is like the free gift of Life given to us in Jesus!

Ruth’s report from Ghana ministry trip

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:23:53 +0000

I have just returned from a wonderful mission trip to Ghana, 5^th -13^th April 2010.

Christine Perkins a clergy wife from Battersea London, Jo Wylie and I were invited to minister at a six day Anglican clergy wives conference in Accra. The ladies traveled from as far as six hours away. As we ministered the Lord touched their hearts in an amazing way and many were baptised in the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues.

The theme for the conference was “There must be more than this.” And the morning sessions were based on the life of Gideon. Some of the other topics were Marriage, Hearing God’s Voice, and soaking in God’s presence. On the Sunday we traveled to two tribal areas north of Accra where new works had been opened. To start a work they began a school to bless the village and then proceed to do outreach from there.

I came away blessed and encouraged knowing the ladies would share what they had received with the congregations in their care. Ruth