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At the heart of Metanoia Project are the people, the team, who work together to help bring about the Kingdom of God. We'd love for you to get to know these lovely people...
"Hi everyone. My name is Anthony and I am known to everyone as Tony.
I help out mainly with the homeless drop-in on a Wednesday evening but also help out when I am needed, whether it be driving to pick up or drop off donations.
I have also helped out by driving the minibus to transport people to venues. I also help the team with stewarding when Metanoia have venues on at the Church.
I also am part of the team of seven who write the Sunday Gospel reflections which are shared on the Metanoia Gospel reflection Whatsapp group, and the 'God Who Speaks' Facebook group.
I am 60yrs old and work part time as a gardener in the Preston area.
The Gospel reading that has meaning to me at the moment is Matthew 25:14-30 (the Parable of the Talents), and the verses that stand out most to me is 24 to 27:
'Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, "Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours." But his master replied, "You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest."'
We are called to use our talents to lead people to Jesus and not slack in our duties to God."
Hi Tony
We've had such a great response to this beautiful short documentary that was made about Metanoia Project. Here it is again just in case you missed it when we shared it a couple of weeks ago...
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Love this Joe and Ruth, well done. Hope all's ok with you both. Xx
Fabulous. Well done
Really beautiful video and a true witness to the Gospel message, ‘whatsoever you do unto your brother, that you do unto me’. Now more than ever we are called to be Christ’s hands and feet ❤️
Thanks to God for calling you and to you for your response! Blessed be God forever and you to be a bridge to Him for us... I hope you both to be always His servants, beloved children and fulfill your lives adhering to His will
WORSHIP WEDNESDAY
For this weeks Wednesday worship I'd like to share 'Graves into Gardens' by elevation worship, just because there is nothing better than God!
How many times do we hear of the amazing things that God does, and say 'yeah okay' and totally just accept that it's normal? We've heard about it forever so maybe sometimes we don't give it the amazement it deserves. I know I do anyway.
The song lists some things that God does,
'You turn mourning to dancing
You give beauty for ashes
You turn shame into glory
You turn graves into gardens
You turn bones into armies
You turn seas into highways'
And then 'You're the only one who can'
Our God is AMAZING and he does amazing things.
Enjoy listening and remembering just how fantastic God is. 'There is no one better'
Thanks Nora ! I love this one too ! - Lord , There’s nothing better than you .
Great choice Nora! This is one of my absolute favourites. God is so good!
Hello everyone! Here is our second Seekers Online video for this half term. We hope you are enjoying making your story boards, remember to send us pictures!
This week we are looking at Mark 1:14-20
enjoy 😀
At the heart of Metanoia Project are the people, the team, who work together to help bring about the Kingdom of God. We'd love for you to get to know these lovely people...
"My name is Sandra, I went to chapel as a child but lost my faith in my teenage years. Living without Christ is like living without sunlight, it gets very dark, and you can get very withdrawn. Jesus lights up our lives. He teaches us how to love and reach out to others.
I work full time at the University in administration. I am married with one daughter.
I grew up in Liverpool surrounded by a loving family, I’m very lucky. My Grandma has probably been the biggest influence in my converting to Catholicism in 2013, it felt like coming home.
I met Joe and Ruth in 2018. I had been praying that God would show me a way to help the increasing numbers of homeless on the streets of Preston and my prayers were answered when I was introduced to Metanoia.
Since going back to church in 2013 I have felt Christ active in my life, answering prayers and guiding me. Finding Metanoia is a prime example of how God works; this wonderful group has enriched my faith and helped me to grow closer to Jesus.
One of the verses that really resonated with me back then is Matthew 7:7:
'Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.'
Recently this verse has really spoken to me again as prayers have been answered and doors opened.
God never ceases to amaze me and when I doubt Him, which I have frequently over these past 9 months, He hears me asking, sees me seeking and opens the door I am knocking on.
Metanoia has played a big part in sustaining my faith. I feel privileged to be part of such a great project."
🍾🎈🎉10 Days Celebrating 10 Years🎉🎈🍾
Day 10 - Looking Forward
We hope you have enjoyed our posts and videos over the past 10 days and now feel more connected to Metanoia Project.
All the recent restrictions and lockdowns have been difficult in so many ways especially as we have been unable to meet in person with all our wonderful groups for so long now – we miss you all so much! But God has not been quiet or absent during this time. In fact, we’ve been able to take more time to listen and plan and we are so excited about what the next stage of Metanoia Project will look like.
So, make sure you look out for exciting announcements coming very soon! We can’t wait for the next adventure that God has in store!
PLEASE PRAY FOR US - WE ALWAYS NEED YOUR PRAYERS!
Praise and Adoration
Thank you Ruth & Joe for inviting me to share such a beautiful time of praise and adoration to our King and God of Glory .... Amazing Grace indeed Amen🙏❣️
Blessed be His Holy name
Let everything that has breath Praise the Lord
Lovely voice to go with a lovely song
Happy anniversary.
Brilliant to share praise and worship of our King with you all 🙏❤️🔥
Thank you for filling my home with praise
Pat Mcneil is watching
For you alone are the Holy One You alone are the Lord
Praise Him for the gift of faith
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Yes
Still interface, crackly noise
Microphone has gone
Love this. Thank You 🙂
Yes thanks,👍
Thanks Joe, Ruth and Nora
This is anew song for me:love it!Thank you!
Prayers please that my niece can visit her father who is very poorly with Covid and suffering from dementia xx
The next song is 'Sing His Praise' (oh my soul) by Bethel Church
Our opening praise and worship song will be ' Blessed be your Name' by Matt Redman
We will now have the Procession of the Word. The Gospel Reading: Luke 17:11-19
Thank you joe for such an eye opening talk. I have learn so much! We will now have Adoration and Worship. Our first song will be 'Be Enthroned' by Jeremy Riddle
Joe will now present an amazing talk about celebrating 10 years of the Metanoia Project
Our final praise and worship song is 'This is amazing Grace' by Phil Wickham
Really looking forward to this tomorrow night! Come and join us in St Wilfrid's or online. This week's theme of 'Thanksgiving' will make a lovely end to our '10 Days Celebrating 10 Years' commemorations
🍾🎈🎉10 days Celebrating 10 years🎉🎈🍾
Day 9
You've heard quite a bit from us over the last few days so here is the chance to hear from some other fantastic people about their experiences of being involved with Metanoia Project.
So lovely to see these people ! What a beautiful community Metanoia is x
Happy 10th birthday Matanoia!
🍾🎈🎉10 days Celebrating 10 years🎉🎈🍾
Day 8 - Wednesday Worship
As you may know, every Wednesday one of our team share a worship song that they love or is particularly relevant at that moment. This week, as part of our 10 years celebrations we have recorded our own version of the song 'Faithfulness' by Matt Maher and Steffany Gretzinger. Ideally, it would have included more members of our worship band but, with the current restrictions, it ended up being just me!
I chose this song because truly God is faithful! If I had to choose the most important thing that I have learnt over the last 10 years (and there have been many, many things) God's unbelievable faithfulness would be that one thing. He has never let us down even though we have let Him down over and over again. He has never given up on us even though we have wanted to give up many times. He has never changed His mind about loving and trusting us even though we must have tried His patience every day. What an awesome God we have who is faithful always and forever!
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Ruth , I can honestly say when I think of you and all the conversations we’ve had , you always point out and remind what a faithful God we have . Thanks for reminding me again tonight in such a beautiful way .
This is so beautiful Ruth 😍