Published on August 31, 2025 by Mark Porthouse
Song: This is Amazing Grace (Who breaks the power)
Welcome: to Encounter. My name’s Mark and I’m a member of the St Mary’s Encounter Planning Team.
Anyone new?
Don’t forget we have testimonies of your life with God over the last week coming up, please remember to keep them to less than a minute.
Feel free to dance or wave flags during the songs.
Ann is going to talk to us later. The talk title is
‘We are never a mistake, We are who God wants us to be’.
Notices: 5th October is Harvest, so there is no Encounter, but there is a harvest service at 10:30am followed by a bring and share lunch. But coffee is from 9:45am before the service, so do come early and leave late.
There is a quiz here on SAT 27 SEPTEMBER 6.30 PM
Please join us for a quiz set by our very own quiz master, John Henderson!
Teams of up to 6 people.
Tea, coffee and snacks are provided, bring other drinks if you want them. Entry is £5 per person.
Please sign up on the list in church, or let the office know by Monday 22 September, as numbers will be limited due to space.
CAP
Prayer: Father, You are always with us, including right now. Help us to be a group, where we are united in your Spirit and in your truth and experiencing your blessing. Help us to express and understand your simple good news so that we can say amen together in agreement every step of the way. in Jesus name. Amen
Intercessory Prayer: Sheila
Testimonies: My disease situation.
Song: The following song has significance for Ann’s talk today. It’s about our identity. Let’s sing: Who You Say I Am
Reading:
Song: Yet not I but Through Christ in me
Talk: Ann
Response Song: The Power of His Love
Prayer:
Ann will be at the exit to chat with you about her talk.
Prayer is from this point in the service, over there in St Peter’s chapel. So please feel free to head on over during our closing song or after the service.
Song: Let’s sing together about the day that Jesus died for our sins, which is a day that we are still living in right now, it’s like every day is Easter Sunday! Happy Day
Prayer and Blessing: Robin