Ali visiting Philippines and Dubai

One of our elders, Ali Scott, flies out to the Philippines today (Friday 26th October) to connect with four Regions Beyond churches there, with the aim of developing an ongoing relationship with Emmanuel.

In addition to spending informal time getting to know the churches and their leaders, Ali will be preaching on the two Sundays in three of the churches, speaking at midweek life groups, teaching four sessions to a group of leaders on the Holy Spirit, and doing some sight-seeing/relationship building with some of the ministry trainees.

On the way back, Ali will be attending a gathering in Dubai called 'Gospel Advance' with Fusi Mokoena and City Hill Church. There will be around 60 people from across the nations in attendance, all of whom are connected relationally with Fusi and City Hill.

The goal is to grow relationships, and learn from one another in different cultures. As part of this, papers will be presented and discussed on different topics. Ali will be speaking on church planting. Ali will then be preaching at City Hill's Friday service before flying back to the UK on Saturday 10th November.

Ali would appreciate your prayer as he steps out into the unknown and trusts God to do all that he wants to do through this trip.

Hub Conference 2017 Report

Thirteen people from Emmanuel recently attended this year's Regions Beyond Hub conference in Dubai. Three morning prayer meetings led into two full days of vibrant multi-cultural worship, prayer & teaching. The Hub gathered people from all across the globe, and it was a powerful time of connecting with others and being stirred up with our apostolic mandate.

Here is what some of those who went had to say:

- Richard & Babara Davies said, "It was great to visit The Hub this year. The genuine warmth of the welcome from the local churches was amazing, their willingness to serve was outstanding; helping to set the scene and prepare the way for awesome times of praise and worship which easily lead us into the presence of God from the very first moment, which was intensified by the multicultural flavour and blend within the worship times, making them truly inspirational. All of this give an increased depth of understanding of our vision and about our family of churches, Regions Beyond. We are truly living up to our name. The early morning prayer meetings were inspiring as we prayed, worshipped God together and listened to different testimonies of God’s faithfulness. To be at The Hub was an amazing privilege, meeting new people from around the world and all part of the same family. Another evident aspect was the true humility of the leaders.”

- One of the highlights for Dave & Pam Bulman was when they randomly met Edgar and Isabel from Nashik, India and felt their enthusiasm and dedication. They were also impacted by the fact that churches are involved in mission; sharing resources locally and internationally. Indeed, here at Emmanuel we were able to facilitate three people to attend the Hub that would not have been able to do so. One from Qwa-qwa, South Africa and a couple from Varanashi, India.

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As great as The Hub is, we don’t have to travel to Dubai to experience and engage with Regions Beyond however. Next year, we are holding Fusion 2018 in Norwich, UK, which is far more accessible. Early bird tickets are soon to run out so please do book promptly here.

 

If you weren't at The Hub, and want to hear some of the great teaching that took place, videos are being uploaded to this page.