You can find the presentation she used on the day here.

Most of Mariette presentation on the day was verses, but you may still find them inspiring, so here's a copy for you.

You can find the presentation he used on the day here.

A copy of his presentation for the day is here.

1 Peter 2:11 - 3:7

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

18 Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

22 “He committed no sin,     and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[e]

23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[f] but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

3 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

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1 Peter 2:1-10 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”

7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,

“The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

8 and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

A copy of his presentation for the day is here.

We had Mark with a wonderful prayer of intercession, followed bt a Poem ready by Simon Taylor and finally Mark brought a word for the Christmas time of year.

Note from the TEch Team, for some reason, Mark prayer was the only thing that recorded really well the poem and message, both were disrupted somehow, hope you can still hear it ok.

Mark our Associate Pastor led the way through the verses.

David encourages us that at its core the book is about maintaining a faith of truth by setting boundaries.

We had some issues with Tech on this recording and Phil had a habit of walking away from behind the microphone and so goes a little quieter in places.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Graham joined the College in September 2015. Prior to joining the College, Graham was located in Manchester, firstly working with the youth mission charity, ‘The Message Trust’, before studying a MA in Theology (Nazarene Theological College – Manchester). He was Associate Pastor for a church plant (Didsbury Community Church) for 2 years and was a licensed District Pastor in the Church of the Nazarene for 4 years. Most recently Graham worked as PR & Recruitment Strategist at Nazarene Theological College.

Graham completed his PhD studies in the area of Ecclesiology and Trinitarian Theology (University of Manchester). Graham also holds a LLB (Hons) with Philosophy (University of Glasgow) and a MSc in Marketing (University of Strathclyde). Most recently he has completed his Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority and a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice through the University of the West of Scotland.

For a copy of the presentation Mariette used on the day especially references to some Sabbath enriching content, link here.

For a copy of the presentation Mark used on the day, link here.

Although the technology was not on our side this week there are related links James was wanting to use set out below.

The first is the Open Doors World Watch 2025 Top Ten: The Open Doors World Watch List 2025 Top 10 on Vimeo

The second is Joo Min chose to return to North Korea on Vimeo

Arise Africa: Pastor Barnabas calls for help from Worldwide Christians

Emmanuel was born in a refugee camp in Burundi to Rwandan parents who had fled their home due to the violent conflict there in the 1960s. They had lost all their material possessions, but kept their deep Christian faith.

My name is Emmanuel. It means ‘God is with us’. And God has been with me.

Rachel leads the national team and work of 24-7 Prayer Scotland. 

She lives in Newton Mearns and has a heart to see prayer and justice flow throughout Scotland. 

In 2010, Rachel was given a copy of Red Moon Rising and God on Mute to read by her youth leader in response to her persistent questions about prayer and where God was in the silence. In 2017, Rachel first connected with the 24-7 Scotland Team after God set her heart on fire while in a prayer room in Austria to see unity in the church in Scotland! 

Rachel is married to Lal and when she isn’t caring for wee Micah, she can be found playing music or watching Ice Hockey.

Charles was appointed chief executive in 2019 after a career as a Commercial Property Surveyor having first studied Land Economics. He also has experience in hospitality and full time Christian ministry. A preacher in the Baptist Union he is as at home in the scriptures as he is on his motorbike – the Rev rev!

If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media.

Have a great rest of your day! Your friends, Connect Church

If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media.

Have a great rest of your day! Your friends, Connect Church

Join Innes, Roslyn & John as they explore the meaning of adoration and what it looks like to adore God in our everyday lives. Chapters/Questions 00:00 - Connect Intro 00:20 – John’s prayer 00:40 – What is adoration? 01:37 - The history of the word ‘adore’ 04:30 – How do you experience adoration? 07:30 – Is adoration a feeling? 11:35 – The difference between idols and God 16:08 – How we try to contain God 17:00 – How do we mature in adoration? 21:13 – Vehicles of adoration 30:07 – Closing prayer Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Innes, Roslyn & John. We hope this video was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself.

If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively, please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk

Have a great rest of your day! Your friends, Connect Church

Chapters/Questions 00:00 - Connect Intro 00:39 - Callum Intro 01:42 - Zac’s Story 03:34 - The Journey Of Leadership 08:48 - Being A Young Leader 11:58 - The Culture Of Scotland 14:28 - How Connect Does Church 20:10 - Leadership Challenges

Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Zac and Callum. We hope this podcast was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk Have a great rest of your day! Your friends, Connect Church

Chapters/Questions 04:12 - Spirit Of Excellence 10:16 - Mediocrity 13:34 - How To Pursue Excellence Well 18:35 - How Covid Has Changed Leadership 20:17 - Prayer

Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Zac and Callum. We hope this podcast was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk Have a great rest of your day! Your friends, Connect Church

Chapters/Questions

00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Prayer 01:15 - Who is the best person you have worked with? 05:10 - Who from the Bible have you learned from? 10:14 - A tough lesson you had to learn in leadership 14:16 - Why do we see so many Christian leaders fail? 21:59 - As imperfect Christians, how do we avoid falling into pride? 27:10 - Outro

Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Zac, John, Geeves & Innes.

We hope this video was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk

Have a great rest of your day!

Your friends, Innes, John, Geeves and Zac + Connect Church

Chapters/Questions 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - What are some misconceptions of prayer? 04:51 - Styles/misconceptions of prayer 08:30 - Avoiding 'shopping list' prayers 14:50 - God's will and our free will 17:08 - When God doesn't answer

Chapters/Questions 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - The rhythm of prayer 03:53 - Maturing in prayer 05:59 - How sin affects your prayer life 10:50 - Psalm 32 12:40 - The need for confession 13:53 - Prayers that are bigger than us 24:20 - Outro 25:16 - Geeves prayer

This podcast is going to build off the series for this month and is based around the struggles and chaos of life, how we can navigate community and find a safe space to open up with trustworthy friends/professionals. We hope you enjoy it!

Chapters/Questions

00:00 - Intro

02:06 - What is your journey of pain/chaos?

06:30 - The value of community

10:00 - How do we bring our chaos into a safe space (church)?

12:02 - What's the purpose of church?

17:00 - How do you go deeper in community?

22:00 - What are you looking for in someone you can confide in?

27:15 - Prayer Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Zac, John & Innes.

We hope this podcast was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media.

Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk Have a great rest of your day!

Your friends, Innes, John, Zac + Connect Church

Chapters/Questions

00:00 - Intro

01:42 - How do you discern truth? Give an example of a time that you made a decision by discerning truth

05:00 - How do I know if it’s God’s voice, mine, or spiritual warfare?

12:22 - What's been your journey? Which seasons have you felt dialled into God and what were the ingredients?

16:20 - Is being busy a tension-point for not hearing clearly from God?

20:00 - How do we discern which decisions and feedback from others are good?

25:00 - What involvement can Satan have in decision making?

31:15 - How has your practice of listening to God, grown over the years (devotions etc)?

38:10 - What are some things that have helped you get back into intimacy with God?

Our heart for this resource is to spark an open and honest conversation about hot topics, while providing helpful insight into the Christian life and the combined life experience of Zac, John & Innes.

We hope this video was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk

Have a great rest of your day!

Your friends, Innes, John, and Zac + Connect Church

We’ve added some questions for you to process and we’d love to hear your thoughts!

1. Who is someone in your childhood that had a positive impact on your life? We’d encourage you to reach out to them this week and let them know.

2. How has parenting changed from when you were a kid to today, what were the pros/cons from both generations?

3. When it comes to parenting where does your foundation for “how to approach discipline” stem from (your upbringing, scripture - and if so where, your views on God, other?)

4. How might you inspire someone you influence this week? (could be your kids, a friend, spouse, etc.,)

Join us in August as we dive into the subject of “is truth subjective and how we navigate that”

We hope you enjoyed this first Podcast Episode.

The purpose of these videos is quite simple - Real guys sharing how the amazing stuff in scripture works out in their everyday lives. These videos will often fall in line with what Connect Church is working through.

That being said, these videos will typically be released 1x a month and will regularly be posted starting in August 2022. If you’re looking for a more in depths dig in this video’s subject our Equip videos will typically be the place you’ll want to go to. (josh can you add the link to the Equip Playlist here so people can act right here).

We hope this video was a blessing for you and hopefully even gave you some questions to start processing yourself. If you’d like to process with someone or you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or contact us over social media. Alternatively please feel free to email Zac directly at - zac@connect-church.co.uk

You can jump to the sections here:

00:00 - Intro

05:00 - Question 1

10:00 - Question 2

15:00 - Question 3

Have a great rest of your day!

Your friends, Innes, John, and Zac + Connect Church