tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91000688870535035702024-03-14T05:37:57.414+00:00Outside Light WokingOutside Light is a grass-roots collection of Christians who spread the Gospel. Any ordinary Christian can pitch what's on their heart to the OL team. If we feel we can help, we'll provide support to make it happen.Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-15257273719493995842012-09-16T22:21:00.002+01:002012-09-16T22:22:00.840+01:00Amazing Healing<span class="userContent">I had been feeling somewhat discouraged over recent weeks, mainly because I haven't seen many specific answers to prayer nor any obvious supernatural healings, but Friday evening Town Centre outreach changed that.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">We had an amazing evening on Friday in the town centre. We spoke to lots of people and prayed for several. Towards the end of the evening two young men came up to the table to find out what we were doing.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I explained what Outside Light was and that we were there to share God's love with people. We had a general chat and I shared the Gospel with them. They said that they didn't believe but that they were open to other people's ideas.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">One of the two young men, Sean, then very abruptly said: "Sorry, we've got to go." and started walking off. As he walked away he slowed down and then leant over by a raised flowerbed, looking unwell. I went over to where he was and asked him what was wrong. He explained that he had just suddenly started feeling very unwell with severe stomach pain and sickness. He said that he thought he might need to call an ambulance.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I offered to pray for Sean and he accepted so I asked God to bring His Kingdom to us and commanded the sickness out of Sean's body in Jesus' name. Sean said that he did feel a bit better, which I took as an encouragement.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I asked Sean if I could pray for him again and he agreed. I verbally broke the power of the enemy over Sean's life and commanded all pain and sickness out if his body. At this point Sean stood up with a huge smile on his face.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">I asked him if he felt better and he said; "I don't just feel better, I feel great! What did you do?"</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">Sean and his friend then came back to the table and I was able to explain the power of God for them both. Sean acknowledged that God had touched him and said that he woud definitely look more into the Christian faith. They both took a Mark's Gospel with them.</span><span class="userContent"><br /> </span><br />
<span class="userContent">We had a great sense of God being with us. Well done to the team for coming out and thank you to those who have been praying for us!<br /> </span><br />
<span class="userContent">A great evening all round and certainly helped me to dismiss some of those doubts in God's love and power that had crept in.</span>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-11110856017004197322012-06-16T13:58:00.001+01:002012-06-16T13:58:42.401+01:00God is amazing!What an amazing night we had last night! We spoke to lots of people, quite a lot of light banter, but also some who had some more questions. The highlight of the evening was when a young lady (We'll call her G for the sake of confidentiality), who we had seen and prayed for before, came up to the table with a friend of her's. G's friend was a new believer having been to a pentecostal church in Bradford where she had been living until recently and had experienced the power of God for herself. G asked me if God could forgive her for anything she had done and confessed some past sins which she still felt were hanging over her. I told her that God had already forgiven her no matter what she had done. We prayed for G and she asked Jesus to come into her life for the first time!<br />
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As we prayed for G, both her friend and I had an enormous sense of the presence and kingdom of God with us right there. G was clearly quite moved and felt thrilled that she had been able to pray herself. G and her friend have agreed to come to church with me tomorrow morning so please pray for her as she is still an extremely young believer.<br />
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It is such a privelage to be part of what God is doing in Woking. We've really seen an increase in His presence and power with us on Friday evenings - exciting times!Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-63235709075355409062012-04-29T13:49:00.001+01:002012-04-29T13:49:12.285+01:00Saturday Morning Outreach<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We had a great team at the recent outreach with 9 people coming along and a real sense that God wants us to be doing this outreach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The prayer time was awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Just a few main points)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) Re outreach</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. realised the need to be out there, be a presence, and see the Holy Spirit's leading in 1 to 1 conversations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Praying for more younger people to join with this outreach.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) Prayed a lot for Woking and the churches</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. For the leaders to be released to take bold steps for God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. For the congregations to be released into their areas of gifting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. We prayed for renewed vision for the leaders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. For unity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Anyway, so much....just pleading with God in His mercy to move mightily amongst us once again.</span></div>
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Thanks John, and Tim!</div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-65320280505997344932012-04-11T22:27:00.000+01:002012-04-11T22:27:35.948+01:00Friday night updateThis is just a general post to let you know about some of the exciting things that have been happening with the Friday night outreach in Woking Town Centre.<br />
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We had something of a relaunch back in February, not just because we got new firemen style jackets, but because we got a new vision from God. The vision for Friday nights is that not only will we share the Gospel of the Kingdom of God with many and see the power of God released through a supernatural ministry to those in need of healing and freedom, but that within the team, God would work to develop, particularly new Christians, into effective evangelists through training and the work of His Holy Spirit.<br />
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No sooner had we decided on this vision than new members started coming to the team, and we have been really blessed to work with at least three new team members over the last few months. Not only have we seen the team grow, we have seen some great things on the streets themselves. We have prayed for people for healing and release from dark spriritual opression, we have seen individuals respond to The Gospel and even start coming to Church.<br />
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My only prayer is that we would see more of God at work in this ministry, more of God's power, more of his great love and grace for the lost and broken hearted, and more people come to know Him for themselves.Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-47967678126984903042012-01-14T23:24:00.000+00:002012-01-14T23:24:57.183+00:00A new startHello all and welcome to the first post of 2012. We went out on the streets last night for our first Friday night town centre outreach. We had a team of six, including one brand new member, which was great. We also had some new Outside Light coats:<br />
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We had a very interesting night. It was freezing cold (actually the nightime low was -5 degrees!) and it seemed that most of Woking had spent January's money over Christmas! In short, the town was pretty quiet, but we did meet several people, many of whom received a hot drink and a smile, some of whom we talked to about what we believe and others who we gave gospel literature to and one person received prayer.<br />
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Overall we were received really well by all who spoke to us and finished the evening with a great sense of satisfaction. I think that our break over Christmas had perhaps done us some good! I am often reminded that we simply don't know what God is going to do with what we offer him, and the feeding of the five thousand, turning a packed lunch into a massive feast, is a good example of that.<br />
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I am convinced that God will bless all those whom we spoke to and prayed for.<br />
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Finally, I saw this post by Pastor Mark Driscol in Seattle, USA and thought I would take the opportunity to share it with you:<br />
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God bless<br />
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Andrew (Friday night team)Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-36246786079086179402011-11-25T17:01:00.000+00:002011-11-25T17:02:08.427+00:00Faith the size of mustard seedWe had a strange night last Friday. We met and prayed together after considering the redemption Jesus offered the “sinful woman” by allowing her to anoint Him with expensive perfume (quite possibly an essential tool of her trade!) and wash his feet with her hair in response to his love and acceptance of her (Luke 7:36-50). I am sure that many of the people we have got to know through Outside Light on Fridays would have been viewed in a similar way to this woman.<br /><br />Anyway, we went out and set up as usual at 10:00pm but for some reason it was pretty quiet until fairly late on in our time at the table. We did speak to some people and gave some literature away but there simply weren’t that many people around.<br /><br />Then, about 11:45pm we were approached by two young men who just seem so interested and open to The Gospel and had so many genuine questions. I found myself talking to one of them until about 12:20am, with the table and all the kit having been packed down and taken away. At the end of our conversation I was able to really naturally share John 3:16 & 17 with him, give him a John’s Gospel and bless him before heading off to join the team back at the Y-Pod.<br /><br />I always worry a bit if we will attract people to the table but whenever I have a conversation like that, it reminds me that, even if we only share the Gospel with one person, the whole evening is worth it because we simply don’t know what God can do through one person. Somebody shared the Gospel with Billy Graham and look what happened there!Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287627135284267065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-25697521615947695572011-10-13T22:34:00.000+01:002011-10-13T22:34:15.361+01:00Just when you think nothing is going to happen...Hi all<br />
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I want to share what happened last Friday evening with Outside Light in Woking Town Centre. We had a very small team of three and wondered at one point if we could really have a lot of impact. The evening had generally gone quite well but the town centre was fairly quiet compared to usual.<br />
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Towards the end of the evening a couple approached us and started to talk. While he was really interested in debating the arguements for and against biblical truth and church practice, his girlfriend struck up a conversation about healing at which point she made an emotional plea for us to pray for her grandmother who was unwell.<br />
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We prayed for the couple and the young lady's grandmonther and it was quite an emotinal experience for all of us.<br />
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It reminded me that its just when you think nothing of any real significance is going to happen and that you may be wasting your time, you're probably just on the brink of seeing God do something wonderful.<br />
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Many people have given up just before the miracle happens, but as it says in 1 Corinthians 13:7 & 8a:<br />
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"It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<br />
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Love never fails."<br />
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Let's keep going till we see the miracle.Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-74895230151989774162011-10-06T23:45:00.000+01:002011-10-06T23:45:40.533+01:00Amazing time on Friday nightHi all<br />
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I just wanted to put a quick post up about last Friday night outreach in the town centre. We met at 9:30pm (the usual time) at the Y-Pod and went out on the streets, under the station canopy from 10:00pm to 12:00 midnight.<br />
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We had a team of six which is a great number, and we spoke to several people over the evening. We prayed for one person generally, who had stopped for prayer before and who seemed to be impacted by that. I had the privelage of praying for somebody who was supernaturally healed. A young man approached the table and started talking and asking questions. Quickly he told me that some of his family were Greek Orthodox Christians and that he had thought about matters of faith but remained an unbeliever.<br />
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I shared my testimony about being healed from a disease (Trigeminal Neuralgia) and he said that didn't believe and he explained that he would want to see scientific proof that God exists, or that people are healed through prayer. I asked him if he would believe if he saw a healing himself, and he said he probably would. I then asked him "Is there anything you would like me to pray for you, for healing" at which point he shared that he had a neurological condition himself that caused his left hand to move in mirror image to his right, which was involuntary, and that he had Attention Deficit Disorder.<br />
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I prayed for the young man, both for his ADD and his hand problem and after that he said he thought that there was a definite improvement in his hand. So, I asked him if I could pray again, and he agreed, after which he said his hand seemed even better. I offered to pray for him a third time and after this his hand was almost completely better.<br />
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I asked him if it had ever been as good has it then was on its own and he said that it had always been the same and nothing previously had made it any better. I asked him if he believed "now" and he said that he was more likely to!<br />
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This is just an example but we are speaking to people, praying for people and giving out christian literature most Friday evenings. I really feel like God is starting to do something amazing through what we are doing.<br />
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Praise the Lord!Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-66278182195300811012011-09-28T14:48:00.002+01:002011-09-28T15:05:57.597+01:00A snapshot of some of the work of Outside Light....<OBJECT id=BLOG_video-3ee8e4d5aab7e116 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="3ee8e4d5aab7e116"></OBJECT><br /><br />We would love more people to join us, to spread the fragrance of Christ's love in our communities - email us at......info@outsidelight.orgGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287627135284267065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-2675151876408231302011-09-27T15:41:00.002+01:002011-09-27T15:44:19.588+01:00Open doors on a Friday....The last outing on a Friday night was amazing, we were down to 4 people and felt somewhat depleted but have found time and time again that when we feel weakest is when God shines all the more! <br />There were so many open doors, we shared Christ with many people, somebody wanted to pray to get back right with God, he had met Christ in prison but wondering away, two other lads want to come to church and we exchanged numbers. There were conversations for each of us through the whole evening, some very drunk girls helped to get on their way, some others helped with food and friendship. It is amazing to be out and trying to help and show people who Christ is.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287627135284267065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-25534992983519805442011-08-31T18:16:00.002+01:002011-08-31T18:22:40.043+01:00Outside Light prayerWe are meeting for prayer on the 15th September and will be meeting one Friday every month from 7.30pm at the Ypod in WOking.
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<br />do send us an email at info@outsidelight.org for more details...Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287627135284267065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-52421544143923525422011-07-21T09:28:00.001+01:002011-07-21T09:30:04.836+01:00Saturday Morning....Hi,<br /><br />A quick reminder; we will be going out this coming again Saturday<br />morning meeting at 10:30 am at Christ Church.<br /><br />Please let me know if you can make it.<br /><br />I look forward to seeing you there.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Richard<br />richardahilluk@yahoo.co.ukGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287627135284267065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-36845713529460634752011-07-20T22:08:00.002+01:002011-07-20T22:38:22.947+01:00see you in September!!Last night was a great way to end the 2010/11 season! Lots of kids, lots of volunteers, and lots of burgers! The fact that we had over ten regular volunteers around yesterday and that the sense of camaraderie and "in it together"was so strong is testament I believe to how far we've come in ten months.<br /><br />I really want to thank everyone who has contributed to the work in Old Woking over the past year (and in previous years), it is very much appreciated. We don't win these battles in isolation but as a united front!!<br /><br />This year has seen many more helpers assimilated into the team. Its seen the deepening of friendships with the children. Its seen the beginning of "interrogate". It has witnessed the sharing of the Gospel and regular prayer with some of the kids.<br /><br />I believe this is just the beginning. God has enabled us (and others) to prepare the ground over these past years. The future I believe is potentially so exciting as we witness God gather in His harvest, as we see lives transformed and Gods blessing poured out. Have a great summer everybody, we look forward to partnering once again in this mission come September.<br /><br />God bless you, Paul.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126205582700119835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-15339446561481814252011-07-20T22:06:00.001+01:002011-07-20T22:07:56.889+01:00many, many thanks.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126205582700119835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-67746667076866962422011-07-20T22:06:00.000+01:002011-07-20T22:07:55.726+01:00many, many thanks.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126205582700119835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-17917660847215068612011-07-20T21:49:00.000+01:002011-07-20T21:50:00.081+01:00TestPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126205582700119835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-34549409555469064632011-07-14T15:01:00.000+01:002011-07-14T15:01:03.774+01:00Gotta Roll With the Punches<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Difficult evening people! A lot of kids, just a couple of volunteers....snatches of conversation in amongst the noise, the flying beanbags (think we need to suspend the beanbags!!), and the high spirits! A visit from the old bill at the bidding of a local resident brings on an array of discrete hand gestures!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Called time on the whole thing early! Are we downcast? Maybe a little, but Christ reigns above all! Are we beaten!? Not at all, we simply dig in, persevere in prayer and faith, put on the full armour of God and eagerly await the next bout!!! Sometimes, for the love of Jesus and the extension of His Kingdom, I guess you've gotta roll with the punches.....bring it on.....</span>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-11417293001850829162011-07-12T08:16:00.000+01:002011-07-12T08:16:02.034+01:00Old Woking - Relationships Growing<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wow what a night, who would have thought that we'd get so much breakthrough in one evening (and without Silver fox and Paul)~!!!</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Averagely there were 24 young people around, but there were about 40 in total, lots of new older youngsters.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There was a definite tangible presence of God on the rec, the young people could actually listen to what we were saying and were able to talk about things calmly. The football was a pleasure to watch as there seemed to be no division between the Outside Light team members and the young people. There were conversations held by the girls and a number of the lads about a social action project over the summer and Soul Survivor. There was only one lone voice who had something negative to say about God/Jesus, the rest just accepted us the way we accept them. In fact i'd say there was a lot of Godly attributes being reflected, mostly by the young people who were not even aware of how they were behaving. One of the mum's also visited to find out more about who we are and what we were doing. She stayed till the end and said she'll come to the BBQ we invited her to next week.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">All in all it was one of the nicest evenings i've ever had with them and it flew by.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Esther</div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-71696665403074809812011-07-01T09:05:00.000+01:002011-07-01T09:06:21.426+01:00Outside Light - Saturday Morning - Town Centre Outreach<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PTv6znVqjs0mvVPLj7Iso0ilGvEKWGpOzYJ8t7vLp7O-PmIzUWeXcCbBJY2RcZ4J9cTqHeQgU64kho_rlPOyljcAI2QZUfS375CNOIUjucFv19erQiZtKPZo5DJHEERrYiiKZqEEN87n/s1600/photo-781427.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9PTv6znVqjs0mvVPLj7Iso0ilGvEKWGpOzYJ8t7vLp7O-PmIzUWeXcCbBJY2RcZ4J9cTqHeQgU64kho_rlPOyljcAI2QZUfS375CNOIUjucFv19erQiZtKPZo5DJHEERrYiiKZqEEN87n/s320/photo-781427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624292239177561538" /></a></p><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Hi,<br><br>Thanks again for today, what a team.<br><br>Glory to God.<br><br>Here is the photo as promised.<br><br>Next date is planned for Saturday 23rd July, please put in your diary or let me know<br>if you can't make it.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br><br>Richard<span style='color:#1F497D'> Hill</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Calvary Church)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-65235986524643241832011-06-17T12:28:00.001+01:002011-06-17T12:28:59.331+01:00Interrogate update<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear all,<br><br>Thankyou again for commiting to pray and support what God is most definitely doing in Kingfield on a Monday and Tuesday evening.<br><br>Monday night was good fun, Esther in particular had a good conversations with the girls in the playground.<br><br>We had about 10 boys and 2 girls on Tuesday, with volunteers in the old post office and Elaine and Adi literally praying right behind us in the prayer room!<br><br>We talked around "heaven" for some time and what we all thought heaven might be like! We have one girl (B) who is ready to make a commitment to follow Jesus and has gone away this week to pray and think about what that means. Please pray that God would "seal" everything that Jo and Bex talked over with her.<br><br>Another lad (O) told me five minutes before the end that "he believed all this stuff, thought of himself as a Christian, but couldn't much see the point to life".<br><br>We were privilegedto be able to pray with him after we had dismissed everybody else. Please pray that Jesuswould give him a sense of hope/optimism, and that he would want to really commit his whole life to the Lord.<br><br>Please also keep praying for "R" who we didn't see this week.<br><br>Another great two days, seeing God move powerfully!! The Holy Spirit is at work!! Praise Him!!<br><br>Paul.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-61853920915990701372011-06-03T09:56:00.001+01:002011-06-03T09:56:16.585+01:00Interrogate update<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Thank you for your continued prayers and participation in this exciting move of God! Last night was a great night!!<span style='color:#1F497D'> Our Tuesday night group is beginning to see real moves….</span><br><br>We had really good conversations about whether Jesus was who he said h was and lots and lots of good participation from the children. <br><br>Please pray for B who is just so hungry to know more about Jesus and took away a youth Bible, and also R who we have had a lot of involvement with and were able to pray privately for afterwards. Great beginnings of what I believe is Gods Great Move....<br><br>All Glory to Him<br><br>Paul<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-73095982143689617892011-03-18T17:09:00.000+00:002011-03-18T17:09:11.156+00:00Thursdays - All Quiet on the MUGA-front<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just Eric and I went out last night- please pray for Sassi and Clive who did not feel up to going out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We headed to the Vyne Field- in the MUGA ( Multi-use games Area) a large group of boys and young men were playing, on one of the benches sat 2 young people. We headed to the two young people, not wanting to disturb those playing in the Muga but as we walked past one of the youngsters in the Muga asked if we had biscuits. You can imagine what happened- before we the hot water had hit the chocolate powder a packet of biscuits had been consumed. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Conversations were had with a few of the young people and it was good to hear one (Luke) was holding down a job and seemingly enjoying it/ the money from it. Another – via I believe a God directed conversation- has come across the Woking Outside Light team and I was able to tell him that we are out on the street because we and God think they are important. He said his name was Tony but I’m not sure if that is his true name.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">On Waterer’s Park there was a couple but we felt it was inappropriate to approach them. Otherwise we saw no young people in the village centre and at the Corrisbrook way playground.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mary</div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-16084135680734826452011-03-17T11:21:00.001+00:002011-03-17T11:21:28.361+00:00<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>“Running the race” – Believe it or not I used to quite like running at one point, the feeling of increased fitness, the chance to sweat a little and the feeling you get when you know there is only a few yards left! What was weird was I used to like running up hill too, the challenge but also the joy when you get to the top and the accompanying feeling of accomplishment, ahh the days! The reason I mention all this is because we are running a race in Outside Light, a marathon, not a sprint, not a 100 metre dash, a long and rewarding marathon. It feels somewhat like we have just got to the top of the hill, it has been a hard slog these last few months, obstacles being faced, wind blowing, rain pouring up hill battle, but friends let yourselves hear us say this it is marvellous now at the top. We don’t kid ourselves that we have no more hills or even that running down them is easy but we want to look on and press on toward that prize. Can we encourage you to join us in pressing on, pressing in and seeking Christ, sweat on your brow keep running! <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have met recently as a team to bring clarity to our aims, to discuss pressing on, to strap up the trainers and to encourage each other to keep going. We are all so encouraged to be united in our aims as a team and an organisation and to remind ourselves of the vision we have. We broke it down as the following in order to help us remember it and pass it on to the teams and volunteers; LIGHT = L – Love in action, I – Inspiring churches, G – Gospel proclamation, H – Healing, T – Teamwork. Each member of the team is a light and that is what we would encourage all of us to represent, those 5 things when we are serving OL, this works out in outreach to the homeless, marginalised, youth, lost and many more!<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Love in action is seeing us not just talk about our faith but putting it into action and showing people what Christ’s love is all about, we don’t want to be merley hearers of the word and so deceive ourselves we want to do something. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Inspiring churches is about seeing churches catch the vision to be going out into their communities, to be going to the lost rather than asking them to come, to be encouraging those people within church who want to do something but don’t know how. We want to inspire them as to the possibilities we have with God on our side!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gospel proclaimation is about telling people about who Jesus is and why he came, telling people the good news that they can be rescued, we don’t want to be an organisation that is merely doing good things alone we want to be telling people why, we are not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for salvation! We believe seeing God’s word demonstrated in word and deed is the perfect recipe. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Healing is about seeing God’s power working in peoples lives, seeing a demonstration of God’s power through prayer, this is our fuel, we want to be people who believe God for miracles, who seek him and point others to him. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Team work is about deep fellowship where we care about the people on our teams as well as those we meet, we believe we are in a battle together and we want to do all we can to support and encourage one another to reach our full potential for the glory of Christ. We love our volunteers, they are the real workers and we praise God for them! <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So when we go OUTSIDE that is the LIGHT. We want to encourage all our groups to remind each other of these aims each time we go out on the street, open a drop in, work with the homeless, hold a barbecue….<o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We don’t pretend to have attained all this but we press on toward the prize for which Christ has already worked and attained. Thank you for your continued support, prayer and encouragement we so value it. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-40463813991595518452011-03-14T08:34:00.001+00:002011-03-14T08:34:28.053+00:00Friday night outreach - Woking Town Centre<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I assume that Outreach by its nature is always challenging for believers. Over the last couple of months we have struggled with low numbers for the Friday outreach and yet still God had used the people able to be there. Last two weeks have seen a good turnout and please pray that this trend will continue. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems as though God has crossed our paths with quite a few people from completely different backgrounds and with different values who simply want to talk in depth about what is on their minds. The time we are living in seems to be one of great confusion, with so many contradictory ideas about right and wrong, and we need God’s truth and revelation through His word to be able to cut to heart of matters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of the people we’ve spoken with such as Paul; a guy with a great generosity of spirit, but very troubled about injustice. Why are people who do wrong getting away with it, was his main question. Why is there so much injustice and trouble for ‘good’ people? It’s a big question and we know that one day God will judge all things, but what about now? These are the kinds of questions people have & if we’re honest we certainly don’t always have the answers. But we can know that God does and sometimes even just pointing a person to Him is a seed well sown.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What’s the difference between a Christian and a Roman Catholic? That question has been broached in at least three recent conversations. Our answer has generally been, I think, that we’re all Christians, but that different denominations are different expressions of the same thing ultimately. We are united by what we believe about Jesus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the lighter side of things, it’s amazing how many people do not understand the idea of giving something away for free? Why not take a collection and then donate it to good causes we are asked? But of course we know that the Gospel is about more than just free tea, coffee and sweets. It’s great though that something as simple as that can peek so much curiosity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is just scratching the surface by way of update, but if you are curious enough to help with dishing out sweets, hot drinks and of course Gospel Tracts when the 11.30 rush hits with teenagers & young adults piling off the Guildford train, you would be most welcome. God Bless you & see you soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday nights – meet at the YMCA Chobham Road (near BHS) at 9.30pm and the Outreach is between 10pm & 12.00am each Friday night under the cover town-side next to Woking Station.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100068887053503570.post-49593948217107424642011-02-05T19:17:00.001+00:002011-02-05T19:17:56.616+00:00Miracles are happening in Woking!<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>We had a great time again last night at the town centre outreach. We had a small team of five but had a significant presence and impact in Woking Town Centre nonetheless. At one point a guy called Josh came up and asked for a cup of coffee. I recognised him from a time he had come to the table just before Christmas. When we saw Josh then, he was in a fairly desperate state because his young daughter was seriously ill with Cancer. He described how her illness had dominated his family’s life for some time and how he was really struggling to cope with things now that the illness had become “really serious”. Josh explained that he usually wouldn’t normally go out into Woking of a Friday evening but that he had simply needed to get away from everything. At that time we prayed for Josh and entrusted him and his family to God.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>When Josh came last night he was a different person. He shared with us that since that time of prayer his daughter’s health had improved and that the doctors had just put her into “maintenance”, which apparently means that there is no more Cancer in her body. What a great testimony! Let’s pray that God will continue to use these events to speak to Josh and his family for some time to come.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>We also spoke to others struggling with illness, homelessness, relationship breakdown, injustice and of course those who simply don’t believe. As always God was with us and gave us several opportunities to talk to people and pray with others.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>Outside Light Wokinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12296874152680574757noreply@blogger.com0