Slough teaching Archive (Oct 08 - Jul 11)

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Philippians, a letter to friends     Listen     Download     View Slides

Tom Curtis's last preach as leader of the congregation skips through some amusing slides and draws out some practical but very spiritual advice for the future. Apologies for the very poor quality of the recording, but the slides say it all...!

Accessing Heaven's Resources     Listen     Download

Florence explains how we can access Heaven's resources by pursuing God's presence, taking steps of obedience, opening the prophetic gates of the city and fighting for our inheritance.

Seasons     Listen     Download

Di comments on the changing seasons in our life and in our congregation, and encourages us to believe God's word - a new joy is coming.

Authentic Fellowship/Cultivating Community     Listen     Download

Knowing our identity in God enables us to be transparent and take risks in our relationships, and enables us to reflect more of the love of Jesus into our community.

Knowledge of the love of God     Listen     Download

Dave Jones speaks from Ephesians 3 about walking and living in a knowledge of the love of God.

Why Not Here?     Listen     Download

Di asks if we know what day we are living in and encourages us to live in revival mode; drinking the new wine and having our eyes and ears open to all that God is doing today.

Leadership changes in Slough     Listen     Download

Tom & Annette are returning to Marlow, and Kerry Forster is taking River Slough into the new season. Apologies that Colin's introduction is missing, but there's still lots to listen to.

Slough Testimonies     Listen     Download     View slides

Di Chapman gives a report on the 2011 Big Year Mission to Nepal and a plug for the 2011/2 Big Year plus testimonies from members of the Slough Congregation, Patricia Elliott; Tom Curtis; Flavia Ghouri; Florine Ghouri; Elizabeth Chudley and Mary Porter.

Christ in you, The Hope of Glory     Listen     Download

Christen explores how we release the Image of God in us, by co-operating with the Holy Spirit to reclaim our history as testimony.

Keys to Revival     Listen     Download

Kelly  tells us the time is near and gives some helpful pointers to our stepping into our inheritance in Slough.

Water from the ancient well     Listen     Download

It's Resurrection Day     Listen     Download

Christen shares some prophetic seeds at River Slough's Easter meeting with the Every Nation and Peace for all Nations churches.

Touching and being touched by Jesus     Listen     Download

Dianne speaks from her own testimony about Shame, Joy, Complaining and Marriage....and sits on a few people's laps!

Intimacy With God     Listen     Download

Dave speaks about having  Intimacy with God.

Following the River     Listen     Download

Dr. Francis talks about the difference between the supernatural and the natural realm and the importance of listening to Jesus and being R.E.A.L

What to do when the earth shakes     Listen     Download

Terry looks at how believers need to respond to current world events and the call that we have to be God's Universal Search & Rescue Team.  ( Hebrews 12:25-29 )  

God's DNA in us     Listen     Download       You Tube clip

Andy speaks about God's DNA in us.

Money, Wealth & Possessions     Listen     Download

Feasting on the goodness of God     Listen     Download

Vicky encourages us from Psalm 103 to reflect on who God is, and to feast on his goodness.

Slough Testimonies     Listen     Download

NOTE this recording available only logged-in River church members

Personal testimonies and news updates from Malcolm Forster, Annette Curtis, Patricia Elliott, Terry Murphy, Di Chapman, Elizabeth Chudley and Mandy Stevens.

Going For Gold     Listen     Download     View slides

Colin Barnes talks about the River Church values: Goodness, Openness, Love and Dynamic power.

Let My People Go     Listen     Download     View slides

Preach The Gospel     Listen     Download

As God works in people we need to carry and spread the Gospel. (Apologies that the first 6 minutes of the talk were not recorded)

The New Testament priest     Listen     Download

Dave speaks about the New Testament Priest and how this relates to Jesus in our lives.

We are the Salt of this world     Listen     Download     View slides

Noelia speaks on "We are the Salt of this world" and how it relates to God in our lives.

Testimonies     Listen     Download

Follow up to the Prayer of Jabez (see recording Tom Curtis, 31 Oct 10) with brief testimonies from Tom Curtis, Mary Porter, Kerry Forster, Florence Peters, Elizabeth Chudley, Olivia Hodgekins followed by a prayer request from Mike Francis on behalf of Henry Skelley.

Harvest Now     Listen     Download 

Vicky encourages us that God is at work and now is the time of harvest – and not just in Slough. Pray for workers, prophesy to the dry bones and let’s get the harvest in.

An Affair Of The Heart     Listen     Download

Mandy takes a fresh and creative look at God's heart of love and what it has cost Him to welcome us to His world.

Prayer of Jabez     Listen     Download

Tom speaks about such a simple prayer - bless me, increase my territory, may your hand be upon me and keep me free from temptation - but it’s a prayer that God loves to answer.

Wells of Life     Listen     Download

Drawing on her job and personal testimony, Kerry tells us that we can be a well that people in our own communities can draw on.

Forward by Faith     Listen     Download

Christen brings a word to encourage the Slough Congregation as a group and as individuals to step forward into the word of God over us; to seek the Father for a Word in every situation, and release heaven by leaning into it.

The Anointing     Listen     Download

Mary Porter takes an in-depth look at the anointing - what it is and why we need it.

Fix your eyes upon Jesus     Listen     Download

Andy speaks on fix your eyes upon Jesus - running the race and finishing well.

Entering into the glorious freedom     Listen     Download

Colin speaks on entering into 'the glorious freedom of the sons of God'.

Slough Vision     Listen     Download

Tom considers the six aspects of the Slough vision statement - relational, multi-cultural, united, presence of God and transformation (both personal and community) - and how we can cooperate with God to build His church.

The Kairos Course      Listen     Download

Diana introduces The Kairos Course, an interactive course on world Christian mission. See also www.kairoscourse.org.

Encouragement     Listen     Download

Do not be anxious! Christen speaks out of his recent testimony and encourages us to break out of a victim mentality, reach out to God and to bless others.

A Can Do, Will Do Church     Listen     Download

Florence speaks on the four C's of Compassion, Concern, Confession and Courage

Mission is not Optional     Listen     Download

Speaking from 1Jn1:6 Evangelist and Slough Church Leader Godly John encourages us to consider why God has called us and how we are responding to the responsibility that He has given us in these last days.

Keeping it Simple     Listen     Download

Susan brings an encouraging word from the scriptures and from personal testimony about how God has given us everything and how we can step into our inheritance by ‘Keeping it simple’.

Missions Mozambique 2010     Listen     Download     View slides

An update from Julian & Annie about Mozambique.

 Watch 'Island Flame' video (River members only)

The Holy Spirit     Listen     Download

Dave speaks on The Holy Spirit.

Missions Slough 2010     Listen     Download     View  slides

Flavia Ghouri shares about her time in Sierra Leone on the BIG Year Mission trip.

Fruitfulness     Listen     Download

We are destined for fruitfulness, but it's not always easy! Judith gives us some spiritual pointers that she draws from the very practical skills of vineculture.

If the Son sets you free...     Listen     Download

Colin reviews the world's view of freedom and contrasts it to the true freedom that Jesus won for us.

Four things the Spirit is saying to the church     Listen     Download

In this joint meeting of the Maidenhead and Slough congregations Jim speaks of four key things that the Spirit is saying to our church (interspersed with prophetic ministry to various people). 

Click Jim's picture for a mini-bio.

Who & what do we allow to influence us?     Listen     Download

Ernie Catalano, speaking from Acts 4:13, challenges us about who and what we allow to influence our lives.

China Mission Report     Listen     Download     View slides

Report and slide show on Tom's visit with Bob Bain to see Susan Exelby in HK, then preaching and teaching in Beijing, Tianjin and Shenyang.

Presence, People and Programmes     Listen     Download

Speaking from Act 1:1-8 Andy encourages us with the two promises from verse 8: We shall receive power and we shall be witnesses.

BIG Year presentations     Listen     Download

Patricia , Kerry and Flavia each give their first student presentation from the BIG Year      View Flavia's slides

 
Click here for more info on the BIG Year training programme

Kerry Forster

Flavia Ghouri

Words of grace     Listen     download    

Christen talks on growing faith.

Link to photos of Terry's sky dive

The Dawn of a New Creation     Listen     Download

Andrew reviews the evidence and effects of Jesus death and resurrection and concludes that we are to welcome in the Dawn and work as long as we are in the daytime.

Apologies for the quality of this recording.

Grace     Listen     Download

A student at Bethel's School of Supernatural Ministry and part of the team visiting River Church, John explains how God's unmerited favour frees us from sin, transforms our lives and gifts us to serve in a new Kingdom.

Faith that breaks the box     Listen     Download

Vicky brings an encouraging word from Hebrews 11 and 12 about trusting God, taking a risk and giving God a chance to shake things up.

Loving God, loving people     Listen     Download

Faith, love & obedience are related, and it's not burdensome. Tom Curtis speaks from 1 John 5:1-5 and asks us to live as Jesus lived and do good to everyone.

Love is offensive     Listen     Download

Colin Barnes preaches the full gospel – God is love – but don’t be surprised when religious people get upset at this message, they did the same with Jesus.

Sacrifice     Listen     Download

Starting in Romans 12 Mary teaches about the root and meaning of sacrifice and asks what is our acceptable form of sacrifice, pleasing to God, and what might get in the way of that.

Demolishing Strongholds     Listen     Download

Living the Jesus Life     Listen     Download

Judith speaks from John 15 and considers Jesus' relationship with His Father as a model for our lives.

Dying for Freedom        Listen     Download

(Sorry - River members only)
Kate  uses a wonderful visual aid to help remind us that as we embrace Jesus death on the cross we come into freedom and a new fruitfulness. Harvest now!

Communion with God     Listen     Download     View slides

Elaine considers the significance of the trees in Judges 9 and leads us into a creative experience of communion with God. Plus contributions from Chris Jones and prophetic artists Aileen Lewis, Richard Whiffen and Wisdom Da Costa.

Thailand visit report     Listen     Download     View slides    

A report on Tom and Annette's visit to River Church Slough's Missionaries Andy and Val Simcock in Chiang Rai.

Grace and Truth     Listen     Download

Andy explains that despite his rejection by man God doesn't bring retribution but mounts a rescue mission. Jesus came in grace and truth and to understand both these aspects of God we need to look at what Jesus taught and did.

Watch out there's a thief about     Listen     Download

Understanding our identity enables us to see victory in our lives. Florence explains how hunger and humility attracts Jesus and now is the time for us to encounter Him.

Sow where you want to go     Listen     Download

Where do you want to go? Andy Read speaks about a God given principle that will help us to flow in a stream of blessing - sowing where we want to go.

Called to be Overcomers     Listen     Download

Christen tells us that the Holy Spirit who lives in us is a winner in every situation, but we have to break off any agreements with the lies that the enemy has sown in each of us.

Our Revival Identity     Listen     Download

Speaking from the the story of Gideon, Vicky tells us that revival comes out of our identity as sons and daughters of God.

Victory in You     Listen     Download

Christen explains how the Holy Spirit in us enables us to be the people God created us to be, and to live in Victory.

Shaped by the Spirit     Listen     Download

Let's not settle for less than the Holy Spirit wants for us. We are more defined by the future we have in Jesus than what we were in the flesh, so let's not be defensive against the conviction of the Spirit.

The Living Room     Listen     Download
 
John and Mandy tell us about their work with an organisation called Grassroots who run 'The Living Room', a place for people with drug and drink problems in Tenerife. (Mandy works at Yeldall Manor)

7 min video about The Living Room
 

A Heart that is Free to Give     Listen     Download

Christen Forster talks about our heart response to money and encourages us not to live in fear. Giving is an expression of faith and part of our testimony that overcomes the enemy.

Goldrush in Slough     Listen     Download

Embrace the difficulties and gather the gold at the well that God is building through us in Slough. Includes an encouraging prophetic word for Andy & Val Simcock, and Henry Skelley.

Remember, and Win     Listen     Download

Starting with a prophetic picture, Judith draws some lessons from David & Goliath and encourages us to remember our past victories in order to win the battles we are facing.

Only Believe     Listen     Download     View slides

Continuing our occasional series from Mark, Wisdom encourages us to create, build, and fan our faith into action and let's do the works of God. Mary Porter also adds a word on 'Love is offensive' regarding God's outrageous grace.

Thailand Report     Listen     Download

Andy & Val Simcock, Slough's missionaries to Thailand, describe the work that God has called them to in Chiang Rai. Andy also reviews how Jesus broke cultural and religious attitudes to give respect to every person and discusses how God is using them to bring the Kingdom of God into the Land of Smiles. 

By Faith We Understand...     Listen     Download

Christen explains how God takes our seeds of faith and then takes over and accomplishes His purposes.

The Lord's Prayer     Listen     Download

Mary Porter sets the scene for the Lord's Prayer and discusses the amazing call and privileges we have as disciples of Jesus.

(Apologes for the poor quality in the first 4 minutes)

Jesus, the fixer     Listen     Download

Andy continues our series from the end of Mark 4 and launching Chapter 5 with the healing of the demoniac. Jesus values the whole person, and that includes....you and me.

God desires our passion     Listen     Download

Vicky, speaking from Psalm 63, tells us that God is a passionate lover who uses the language of love to encourage our passionate response.

Bitter Words     Listen     Download

Words can be deadly arrows used against us, but we can stand on the word of God and choose instead to speak the truth over ourselves and see victory in our lives.

Letting our light shine     Listen     Download

Tom reviews Mark 4 and discusses how we can let our light shine in the world around us.

To see the slides that accompany this talk, click here

Becoming experienced in our experiences     Listen     Download

It's OK to ask for more, but let our experiences change us and enable us to show His presence in unusual places...

Trusting in God's economy     Listen     Download

Understanding God and his promises enables us by faith to have everything we need and to be generous.

Mother's Day     Listen     Download

Motherhood is an expression of the heart of God and is wonderfully realised in Mary, the Mother of Jesus. What does this mean to us and how do we respond?

Conversations with God     Listen     Download

Meditation on Psalm 27. David's struggle was not dissimilar to the ones we face, but as we gaze on the beauty of the Lord so we too will find our security.

The Word of Power and Power of the Word     Listen     Download

Called, commissioned and empowered        Listen        Download

Tom continues his occasional series in Mark 3, encouraging us all to use the authority delegated by Jesus to bring forgiveness, healing and deliverance to everyone we meet.

Living in the Son-shine        Listen        Download

Fed up with the bad news? Colin Barnes reminds us of God's promise to bless us, and encourages us to let the difference of our lives impact everyone we meet. 

He's already done it        Listen        Download

Susan testifies how renewing her mind enabled her to overcome depression and to use what God has given her to serve as a misisonary in Hong Kong.

Living in the land     Listen       Download

It's good to travel hopefully, but even better to arrive! Andy teaches from Deuteronomy the three things we need to remember when we get there!

Be with Jesus, and avoid religion     Listen     Download

Nigel & Jean Stock prophecy that religion is crouching at Slough's door, and the key to avoiding it is given in Mark 3 - be with Jesus. And never say 'never' to the things that we see God doing.

Human, divine and planning a wedding     Listen     Download

Continuing his occasional series from Mark, Tom discusses the 'Son of Man' and how with His help we can prepare for the greatest wedding celebration ever seen!

Click here for wedding pictures to accompany talk.

How do you follow the Christmas story?     Listen     Download

....with more Holy Spirit and angelic ministry, hungry disciples and healing. Tom talks briefly from Mark 1, and challenges us all to seek more of the miraculous in 2009.

More Than Conquerors     Listen     Download

Neil gives 4 pointers to help us live as 'More than conquerors' and incorporates some testimonies from >The Sowers Ministry mission work in Asia.

Hospitality     Listen     Download

Continuing his occasional series on what it means to be a community, Tom looks at the Biblical encouragement to be a hospitable people.

Growing in God's Generousity     Listen     Download

Jackie discusses the extraordinary abundance of our God who provides everything necessary for us to grow in His example.....but how?