Together At Westpoint

What’s the difference between Together At Westpoint and other Christian Conferences?

No it’s not the camping! It’s an Apostle – namely Guy Miller and the growing team that he is developing around him. What’s so important about Apostles? Maybe telling you about a recent experience from my trip to Kenya might help to answer that question.

About a month ago I found myself sitting through the longest church meeting I have ever been in – our 2 hours on a Sunday was nothing compared to this 5 hour marathon and there wasn’t a coffee break in sight! The meeting was a celebration of the last 3 years for Newfrontiers in Kenya (known as the Kerith movement of churches, apostolically led by Edward Buria). It is a period they have referred to as “The New Season”, based on a prophetic word that came to them in 2008 that just the people of Israel entering the promised land under Joshua’s leadership, this was their “New Season”. During this mammoth meeting I had the privilege of hearing about churches planted, leaders trained and released, people lifted out of poverty through job creation, schools set up and feeding programmes established across Kenya.

It was breathtaking! But then towards the end of the meeting, accompanied by vuvuzela blasts (!!), banners were unfurled from the ceiling outlining “Kerith Vision 2030.” If the “New Season” vision was ambitious, the “Kerith Vision 2030” is out of this world ...

· To reach 300,000 new disciples for Jesus

· To see 500 churches planted across the nation

· To see 60 new schools / colleges and a Kerith University started in Kenya

· To train and release 14,000 new leaders

· To see our movement having a great influence on the governance of our nation

· To come up with more development programmes

· To see God’s community empowered economically and socially

· Making Jesus more famous in our nation

And it is this pioneering faith which is at the heart of the apostolic gift. Where you and I might just see problems and difficulties, apostles just see opportunities! Where you and I might be happy to rest on our laurels, apostles press on to even greater exploits of faith!

We are so thrilled to be part of an apostolic movement of churches. Historically Newfrontiers has grown under the apostolic leadership of Terry Virgo and his team, but in recent years new apostolic men are emerging, Joshua’s taking on batons from their Moses, leading Newfrontiers into our “New Season.”

And this is why we want to encourage you to do everything you can to attend Together At Westpoint this summer. It might seem like just another Christian Conference, but I can assure you this is a very different beast. This is all about a family of churches who are caught up on the apostolic adventures of Guy Miller and his team, going to the ends of the earth with the Gospel. Please don’t miss out!

With love,

Chris

PS Don’t forget to book in before 19^th Mar to get the discounted rates!

More Information & Practical Details

What is Together At Westpoint?

TAW is a fantastic summer event for churches within the Newfrontiers family, particularly those that are following Guy Miller’s apostolic leadership.

When is Together At Westpoint?

It takes place over the August bank holiday weekend, starting and finishing with an evening celebrations on Thu 23^rd Aug and Sun 25^th respectively, with people departing on the Monday morning.

Where is Together At Westpoint?

TAW is held at the Westpoint showground just off the M5 near Exeter (about 90mins from Bristol).

What does the programme look like?

There will be morning and evening celebration meetings with dynamic worship and challenging preaching from international speakers such as PJ Smyth (GodFirst Church, South Africa) and (Vinu Paul – Living Hope Church, India). During the afternoons there will be various seminars and other fun activities.

Are there any activities for kids & young people?

During the main morning sessions there will be a full programme for preschoolers, primary age kids and teenagers. For under 3’s there will be a play zone available for parents to use with a live video feed.

What sort of accommodation is available?

Two types of ticket are available. The camping ticket includes onsite camping at Westpoint (you’ll need to provide your own tent / caravan). The non-camping ticket is available for those who want to travel up as day visitors or stay in hotel / B&B accommodation off site (at additional cost).

How much does it cost?

We have special discounted rates available to us, up until the 19^th Mar – see below (NB these discounted rates will only be shown on the last stage when booking online).

Camper

Non-Camper

Adults

£85

£65

Concessions

£55

£50

18 & under

£5

£5

I’d love to come but I’m not sure I can afford it?

We really don’t want money to be a reason for anyone not coming to TAW. If finance is an issue please do speak to your community group leader or one of the leadership teams – we would love to help!

How do I book in?

It is very easy to book online – just visit www.togetheratwestpoint.org. If you don’t have easy internet access, please contact Naomi in the church office who will be able to help.

Where can I find out more information?

For more information check on the TAW website or contact Chris in the church office.

Newday Feedback

Newday was an amazing experience and I’m wondering why I’ve not gone until now! Seeing 7,000 young people passionately worshipping God and praying for one another throughout the week (and not just in the meetings!) was so encouraging. We had beautiful sunshine at the beginning of the week resulting in many water fights breaking out all over the campsite but were faced with a heavy downpour of rain on the Wednesday night, thankfully none of our tents were flooded but we did all get very very wet! – Apparently it’s not officially newday until the rain starts!

On the Thursday night we saw 309 healings, including testimonies of a girl who was deaf in one ear since birth now able to hear, a leg growing 2 inches, eyes seeing clearly which haven’t even after numerous operations, and bones and injuries mending there and then, asthma disappearing...and more! 365 young people also gave their lives to Jesus for the first time that night, as well as over 300 people recommitting to God – this doesn’t include the many more who have since tweeted or updated their facebook profiles to say they also gave their lives to God after that night!!

You can see the daily video diaries here and listen to the main meeting and seminar messages here. I’m definitely looking to go again next year! You can also download a free MP3 and sheet music of one of the songs we sung at newday here.

Also, Newday was featured on the BBC news website this year, articles showing the beginning and the end of the camp, you can see the last article here.

Naomi Pocock, 11/08/2011

“Together on a Mission” Conference Messages

TOAM 2011 combined

You may have already begun to hear a few stories from the “Together On A Mission” Conference last week. 32 people from our 2 congregations made it down to Brighton for the week and had a fantastic time together.

The conference was excellent and many of the messages are already online and available from the Newfrontiers website. All the main sessions and I’m sure every seminar is well worth listening to. In particular I would highly recommend Terry Virgo’s 2 sessions on Heb 12 and PJ’s session entitled “Suffering, Sickness & Healing”.

Terry Virgo – Main Session 2 – looking at the things that would entangle us and stop us running our race
Terry Virgo – Main Session 4 – outstanding teaching on how God uses difficulties and hardships to discipline those he loves
PJ Smyth – Main Session 5 (Suffering, Sickness & Healing) – bold teaching on faith for healing and faith to walk through trials, arising out of PJ’s recent experience of cancer

The changes that are taking place within Newfrontiers were a constant backdrop to the conference, with a number of sessions particularly addressing this subject. Dave Stroud’s session and Dave Holden’s closing message were particularly helpful.

Dave Stroud – Leadership Session 1 – addressing the future of Newfrontiers in the UK & 5 challenges for courageous leadership
Dave Holden – Main Session 7 – looking at the DNA of Newfrontiers which is the connection between our past & our future

Newfrontiers Together on a Mission - Main Session Messages

Newfrontiers Together on a Mission - Training Track Messages

Naomi Pocock, 28/07/2011

“Milestones"

New Preaching Starting This Sunday

On one of our flights during my sabbatical I was reading through my daily Bible reading which happened to be an account of the wanderings of the Israelites through the wilderness after escaping from Egypt. Looking up I caught sight of the in flight location map and realised that in the minutes that I had been reading, we had literally flown over the same wilderness that had taken the Israelites 40 years to travel through.

I mention that incident because sometimes we can treat the Bible the same way. The wilderness wanderings are only one small but important part of the Old Testament story, and yet this story is one we can all too easily fly over, focusing our attentions on the New Testament.

If we are to truly understand the New Testament, it needs to be read in the context of the Old Testament story. Which is why we are launching a new Sunday morning teaching series which will focus on the “milestones” of this Old Testament story.

Our aim with this series is to help all of us read the Old Testament with faith and expectation that we will receive greater revelation of God as we read.

Chris Rowell, 21/07/2011