Core Value #6 Partnership
On Sunday Ben talked about our last core value: partnership. The bible reading was Exodus 4: 10 – 19. You can download the mp3 here or listen to the talk below.
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Core Values #5 Growth
On Sunday 21st June, Ben spoke on our 5th Value: Growth.
The reading was Matthew 13: 31-33. You can download the talk as an mp3 or listen below.
Ben talked about different seasons of pruning and fruitfulness in our lives, he prepared a handout that explores this a little more. You can find that here.
Kairos values #4 Purpose
On Sunday 17th May, Paul spoke again on our fourth value – Purpose.
The reading was 1 Corinthians 12: 4-14.
You can download the mp3 here, or listen below.
Lyrics
Jesus Name Above All Names
To the mountains that I face
There’s one name that’s higher
To the empires of our age
There’s one name that’s greater
To the giants in my way
There’s one name that’s higher
To the evil that prevails
There’s one name that’s greater
There’s one name that’s greater
Jesus You’re the name above all names
Over my fears over the storms
I’m gonna sing that Jesus is Lord
Jesus You’re the name above all names
Here in the night then at the dawn
I’m gonna sing that Jesus is Lord
To the burden of my shame
There’s one name that’s higher
To the battles that still rage
There’s one name that’s greater
To the doubts that steal my faith
There’s one name that’s higher
To the idols that enslave
There’s one name that’s greater
There’s one name that’s greater
The miracle making
City wall shaking
Prodigal chasing
Lazarus raising
Destiny waking
History changing
Powerful name of God
Tom Eccleshall
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Worthy Is The Lord
Jesus Jesus Son of God
The perfect image of the Father’s love
He suffered died and was raised to life
By the Spirit now we testify
Jesus is alive He reigns on high
Who is like our God
So merciful and good
And His love endures
Forevermore
Let the whole world see
The glory of the Lord
Let the nations sing
Worthy is the Lord
Worthy is the Lord
Holy Spirit Breath of God
Dwelling in Your daughters and Your sons
Groaning longing crying out
The Spirit interceding with the Son
Praying Father would You let Your kingdom come
Worthy is the Lord
Worthy is the Lord
Holy holy
Holy holy
Come and bow before Him
Worship and adore Him
Abba Father Faithful One
Your open arms now beckon us to come
Drawn by mercy ever close
Surrounded by the dance of perfect love
The oneness of the Father Spirit Son
We’re forever lost in wonder with our God
Caz Talbot, Joe Hardy, Rich di Castiglione
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Adoration
I fall to my knees
I lay it all down
This moment is Yours this moment is Yours
The best that I’ve got
I give it to You
All blessing is Yours
Jesus no one is more wonderful
No one is more powerful
Worthy is Your name
Jesus high and seated on the throne
All the praise is Yours alone
Worthy is Your name
Before You I stand
In worship and praise
The honour is Yours the honour is Yours
And all my days
My soul will for
The presence of God
All worship (all worship)
And honour (and honour)
Belongs to the Saviour
Forever amen
We join in (we join in)
With heaven (with heaven)
You’re worthy You’re holy
Forever amen
Jesus forever I will sing this song
All to You and You alone
Worthy is Your name
Jamie Pritchard, Joe Hardy, Jonny Bird
CCLI Song #7282065
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Forever YHWH
Adonai
Elohim
Great I Am
Lives in me
El Shaddai
Prince of Peace
Emmanuel
Here with me
Your Name is great
And greatly to be praised
Your Name is great
And greatly to be praised
Worthy You were
Worthy You are
Worthy You will be forever Yahweh
And we adore You forever Yahweh
And forever worthy of my praise
Oh You are worthy
And You are worthy of my praise
Yes You are worthy and
You always always always will be
You are worthy
You are worthy of my praise
No other name no other name
Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick
CCLI Song #7188355
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This Present Moment
This present moment is filled with God
This in between is filled with God
This silent waiting is filled with God
So trust in the slow work of God
By The Porter’s Gate & Pray As You Go ft. Dee Wilson
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Do With It What You Will
You have given all to me;
To you, O lord I return it
Everything I have is yours
Do with it what you will
I lift it up.
I lay it down.
By The Porter’s Gate & Pray As You Go ft. Hannah Boesen
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Who Else
I am an instrument of exaltation
And I was born to lift Your name above all names
You hear the melody of all creation
But there’s a song of praise that only I can bring
Who else is worthy who else is worthy
There is no one only You Jesus
Who else is worthy who else is worthy
There is no one only You Jesus
You are the infinite God of the ages
Yet You chose to make my heart Your dwelling place
You healed my brokenness showed me Your glory
So I have songs of thanks not even angels sing
Lamb of God anointed one
Who was and is and is to come
Seated on the throne above
Holy holy
Righteous One who shed His blood
You proved to us the Father’s love
Jesus Christ be lifted up
(Holy holy)
Abbie Gamboa, Josiah Funderburk, Zac Rowe
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I Speak Jesus
I just want to speak the Name of Jesus
Over every heart and every mind
‘Cause I know there is peace within Your presence
I speak Jesus
I just want to speak the Name of Jesus
‘Til every dark addiction starts to break
Declaring there is hope and there is freedom
I speak Jesus
(‘Cause) Your Name is power
Your Name is healing
Your Name is life
Break every stronghold
Shine through the shadows
Burn like a fire
I just want to speak the Name of Jesus
Over fear and all anxiety
To every soul held captive by depression
I speak Jesus
Shout Jesus from the mountains
Jesus in the streets
Jesus in the darkness over every enemy
Jesus for my fam’ly
I speak the holy Name Jesus
Abby Benton, Carlene Prince, Dustin Smith, Jesse Reeves, Kristen Dutton, Raina Pratt
CCLI Song #7136201
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Lead Me Well
I will trust You I will trust You
To lead me well
Down the mountain through the valley
Who can tell
Where the road goes
You alone know
Bid me follow Lord
I will follow
I will trust You I will trust You
To lead me well
Doug McKelvey, Jonathan Lowry
CCLI Song #7276819
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The Way of the Resurrection
Happy Easter, Christ is risen!
Last week we gave shared 9 prayer stations around Harrogate, that told the story of Jesus’ death.
Here are 3 more prayer activities: for the garden, the road and the locked room, that explore his resurrection.
The Way of the Cross in Harrogate
Back in 2021 we created an Easter Trail round Harrogate based on the stations of Stations of the Cross. This walk had 9 stops at Harrogate landmarks to help us think and pray about the events of the Easter Story, especially those of Good Friday. It was encouraging to see how many people downloaded and used the prayer trail.
5 years on we’ve updated the trail to be used again.
We’d like to invite you to go on a journey round Harrogate with Jesus.
Download The Way of the Cross in Harrogate PDF.
Alternatively, use the trail as a google map.
Find out about all our Easter gatherings at kairoschurch.net/easter.
New Teaching Series – Christian Values and Core Values
Oops, we didn’t record the sermon at our Central Gathering last Sunday so Ben recorded a short summary – its not quite as dynamic as the live recording, but its shorter!!! You can watch the video above, download the talk as an MP3 or listen on the player below.
Ben was launching a new series thinking about our core values as a church. The bible reference was Ephesians 3:14-19.
Don’t give up on justice!
On Sunday 21st September Ben spoke on Micah 6:8 and encouraged us: don’t give up on justice. You can listen here or using the player below.
You can find 3 sets of discussion notes on this topic here.
If you want to take explore Environmental Justice more then a good place to start is the excellent essay from LICC: Jesus Died to Save the Planet.
For a deeper dive into prayer of lament about the environment try this free booklet by Jon Swales, who leads Lighthouse Community in Leeds. Lament & Hope: Prayers for the Climate Crisis and Ecological Emergency.
Learning to Pray
It was great to connect with so many in the prayer room last week, and then at the Central Gathering on Sunday as we talked about living spectacularly ordinary lives for God: wherever we are and whatever we do.
One thing that those who took part in the prayer room kept saying is that they felt God’s presence in a new or deeper way as they prayed. If prayer has a goal, I think it’s that – to find a deeper and more continuous connection with God. Now that’s a big goal, and points to our eternal future: people and God together forever. But we can take lots of small steps that help develop that connection. I’ve found two things have helped me: learning to pray on my own, and learning to pray with others.
Learning to pray on my own.
Show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. Song of Songs 2: 14.
Learning that God is interested in me, God wants to be a part of my life and spend time with me has massively helped me want to develop time with God. My goal is to find as close-to-unbroken connection and conversation as I can. Sometimes that feels a long way off. But periods of silence, breathing prayer (slowly repeating a prayer or scripture with my breathing), written prayers, listening to music or getting out in nature all help.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16.
Learning that God not only listens but answers has helped too. Writing down the requests I make of God, noticing his answers, giving thanks for them. Learning to pray for healing for people, or for provision for people and acknowledging when God works. All this had grows my confidence to pray more boldly!
My current pattern is to find 3 moments of prayer in my day – morning, midday and evening. In the morning I get a bit of time to sit with God, read a part of the bible, maybe write down some thoughts or a prayer of my own. At midday I pause for a few moments, say the Lord’s prayer and let one phrase draw me to deeper prayer. At night I simply try to remember the things from the day that I’m thankful for and the things that have caused hurt, worry or fear. Then offer all to God as I go to sleep. These don’t have to be long – when I was a teacher or training I used to used my commute to pray. Sometimes my midday pause is a snatched moment in the car, or on the move.
Like lots of you I often use the Lectio 365 App to focus my prayers, which have reflections for morning, midday and evening. It’s a great place to start if you want to try a daily prayer rhythm. My advice would be don’t start with all three – pick one that most often works and then build from there.
Learning to pray with others.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42
There is something special that happens when we get together with others and worship or pray. Making some time to pray with others either with the bible, or a particular focus is a massive boost to mission.
There are lots of regular times Kairos people gather to pray. Your Kairos community might already have its own rhythm.
You are welcome to join at any of the following.
Expresso Prayers, 8am, hosted by Kindle – 10 minutes prayer on zoom, Monday to Friday.
9:30am Prayer – Half an hour every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Kairos room.
Netmakers Prayer – Prayer for the town with people from lots of different churches.
Tuesdays at 9:30am in the Kairos Room.
Prayer for young people and youth work across the town with the Netmakers team.
Second Sundays, 6pm at St Andrew’s Starbeck.
Worship and Prayer night – 6:30-8pm, 4th Sundays.
A longer bit of time to linger in God’s presence, listen to His word and pray together.
Happening next – Sunday 24th September.
Starting Soon –
Prayer for Knaresborough. Weds 24th Sept, 7-8:30 and thereafter fortnightly. Venue TBC.
Prayer for Children and Families. Sunday 28th September, 11am in the Kairos Room.
If you or your community want to learn more about praying you could try –
How to Pray, by Pete Greig. There is also a great version for younger explorers.
Beholding, by Strahan Colemen – Helen and I loved this!
What’s helped you pray? How is God taking helping you increase you connection with him?
Story – The Nest
It has been a joy over the last term to see The Nest growing and a network of parents with new babies developing.
Sarah and Kelly (a local childcare professional) are offering a welcoming and supportive space for parents to share their experiences of the first year of life with a new baby. Kelly is able to offer practical advice about all aspects of infancy and the parents are sharing their own experiences too. In addition we are inviting local professional to come in and offer professional input or taster sessions. With nearly 20 families connecting with the group over the term it has been a blessing to be a part of their journey. The group will take a break in August but will return in September with more opportunities for connection and community.
If you know someone with a non-walking baby please do invite them to come along. If you are (or know) a professional working in any infancy-related work and could offer to drop in to one of our sessions to offer advice or support in any aspect of early childhood it would be great to offer a variety of input and activities. If you think you could offer an hour of training, support, advice or fun, please e-mail Sarah at families@kairoschurch.net