City of Joy would like to thank City Church for their generous gift of £10,000 to us for our new venue. We are so thankful for this Kingdom act, and the significance it has spiritually and physically in Aberdeen. We appreciate your faithfulness and continue to pray that you get a new venue that you so need as you continue to out grow your current place. To all at City Church, Thank you!
City of Joy would also like to thank The Junction Church who just a month later (and without any knowlege of the above), feeling led by the Holy Spirit in their morning meeting, took an impromptu offering to the amount of £2500. Thank you so much. May God bless you exceedingly abundantly and continue to increase you in everything you do. To all the Junction: Thank you!
DECEMBER 2011
The most amazing Sunday so far...
Keir and Callie Tayler from Capital City Church International, Pretoria, South Africa were with us from the 1st to the 6th of December. We had an amazing time being taught about Revival and Awakening. Most of City of Joy were stirred to 'move out' in God.
Keir baptising Akram in the North Sea last time he was with us. Akram was so radically healed prior to an operation that the specialist cancelled the operation and the surgeon involved invited the leadership to her house to explain to her and her husband how Jesus can do things like this!!
AN AMAZING SUNDAY WITH GOD
Sunday the 4th was Amazing - truly amazing. The presence of God was so tangible; it was an experience being in the meeting. Anyone that hadn’t committed their lives to Christ would not be able to resist the overwhelming presence of God. Only two people were unsaved in that meeting. With many tears, they gave their lives to Christ. Musicians were crying, the preacher was crying, the Church was crying....the front was full of people wanting to respond in some way or another to His presence. There were bodies everywhere! Some knelt, others sat with tears rolling down their faces. It was, without any doubt, the most amazing meeting many of us have ever been in.... and yet, just for the record: there was no feathers, gold dust, oil or glory clouds.....Just God on this occasion :)
NOVEMBER 2011
November saw Frontedge11 come and go with out too much to report in City of Joy. However, many of our relating churches, Dundee and Edinburgh to name but two experienced great shifts in attendance and salvations. It was great to have Hilton and Tanya through from South Africa who were used mightily in the prophetic. Around a third of the church reported that they had been touched by God and inspired and prompted to respond in their lifestyle.
On the 20th we saw Mark and Jeaneave Lambson renew their vows after an eventful first year of marriage. Jeaneave became a Christian just before they were married and Mark became a Christian two weeks after this event when Keir and Callie Tayler were with us.
Sunday the 27th saw Abigail Brooks (yes, thats Rick & Amy's youngest) give her life to Christ, an event that she had been 'chomping at the bit' to see happen for around 6 months.
OCTOBER 2011 - APPOINTING ELDERS
A special weekend with Tony & Kay Smith, who will be setting 2 new eldership couples in place. Join us on Sunday evening, 30th October @ 6:00 pm down at our new building - The Hub @ Union Square.
SEPTEMBER 2011 - BAPTISIMS
APRIL - MAY - JUNE 2011 - Salvations Continue
A steady stream of people have responded to the Gospel over the last April May and June.
It was wonderful to see Jen - who was brought to CoJ by Phil - make a response and sign-up to the Lifestyle discipleship course. Carena made a response in Lifegroup in May. She was originally brought along by her bank work friend Chi Chi. Gregor followed a week later in our Sunday meeting.Then in June Donna and Dennis - after working on the new venue - responded in one of our evening prayer meetings.
Lots of people on holiday - Apols, we have been a bit late publishing these snippets of news from the last 3 months :)
March 2011 - ANOTHER GIFT
WE have received a bank transfer of £5000 from a Church we've never visited and a leadership team who have never been to us! After seeking the Spirits leading on where to give, Ryan and his team at Kingsgate (an NCMI relating Church) in Kingston, London were led to make this donation. We cannot begin to portray in words how timely and what an aswer to prayer this really is. A Big thank you to God and his Church in Kingston.....it really is fantastically encouraging to be recipients of the leading of the Spirit.
FEBRUARY 2011 - An 'Out of the box' gift from God
A one off donation of just under £20,000 was received from a couple who have never been to City of Joy but are an eldership couple in another church in the Shire. Simply stated "to be used to resolve the roof issue at the new venue". How awesome is that? What a great God we have, and what a generous andkingdom minded couple this is! Totally out of the box Lord!
Sunday 2nd January 2011
THREE RECOMMITMENTS
Three recommitments, two of which were from visitors, was the cherry on top of the cake!
Testimonies of angels, feathers dropping form the ceiling, prophesies, ministry and a sermon
from 5 prophetic words given in 2010 made this a magnificent start to 2011. Magnificent
because the King was magnified.
Saturday 25th December 2010
SALVATION ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Christmas day service see's one young woman saved. Angela, who saw
a crowd outside the venue and joined it, came in and gave her life. She
received the best gift available this Christmas.
Sunday 19th December 2010
SUNDAY OFFERING BLOWS THE LID ON GIVING
As it was a time when we are looking to give gifts to each other, what better
time than for us to bring our gifts to God. Having raised £400,000 in 28 days
in May, We raised a further £89,000 through the generous giving of God's
people. Gift Sunday reduced our building deficit to a very reachable £86,000
for Phase 1 of our warehouse redevelopment. We praise God to be
partnering with such faithful people and look forward to the enormous
privilege of journeying together on into the promises of God for our City
and our Nation.
Above - Picture of Hall before Refurbishment
Above: Artist impression of finished ground floor 400-seater hall
Sunday 31st October 2010
HEALING EVANGELIST MIKE SPRINGER COMING.
The last time he was in Aberdeen, 6 people responded to the Gospel , including
Nina (baptised on the 12th Sept); Rob radically healed of stomach cramps; leg,
arm, and back problems sorted in Jesus name.
We look forward to putting more testimonies here...maybe it will be you!
Sunday 26th September 2010
DAVID RESPONDS TO THE GOSPEL
David, one of 90+ folk there on Sunday, responded to the message and
committed his life following the meeting. We pray that this will give David a real
awareness of his adoption as a son into God's incredible family.
Sunday 12th September 2010
NINA BAPTISED IN THE NORTH SEA
Medical student Nina, originally from Germany after giving her life
to Christ decided to be baptised.
Sunday 8th August 2010
STEWART BAPTISED
Stewart Bovis, after finishing a Lifestyle discipleship course decided to get
Sunday 20 June 2010
MATT & SARAH GET BAPTISED
Matt Chown was baptised by Rick and his father (Phil). He then braved the North
Sea waters a second time to baptise his other new-found love, Sarah Harrison.
Check out their video here
Sunday 20 June 2010
KRIS VALENTINE GETS BAPTISED
Kris Valentine post baptism - The Geordie 'ard man feeling the cold of the North
Sea. See his video here
SUNDAY 20 June 2010
SALVATION IS HERE...
Joanna Reynolds makes a new commitment to Christ after experiencing a
'drawing near' during the preach on Sunday morning. New start, Fresh Start,
Great start! Praise God!!
PRESS RELEASES
City of Joys New building in Union Square
(Wednesday 19th May 2010)
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