The Zeal Outreach Ministries team have been involved supporting regular events locally.
The Soul Food Bookstall operates in Brentwood High Street opposite the Iceland store, the stall offer a new and a selection of new and secondhand books. We hand our Gospel tracts and pray for people on the street.
Our team work in the On the Move outreach, this year members of team have joined the ministry in Brentwood, Harold Hill and Ingatestone. Some are part of the cooking team, others operate the sound system, others invites, serve the food and share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Lighting Up Brentwood is a community event were thousands of people come into the town of Brentwood. We work under the banner of Churches working together in Brentwood. The Soul Food Bookstall operates, Trinity Church serve Hot Fruit Drinks and mince pies from the Chapel Ruins, invitations are given out for Christmas Carol services. Choirs sing and people look on and are given invitations and tracts.
I was invited to speak at my home church Trinity in Brentwood. I prayed to be led by God and the Holy Spirit and a scripture came to me.
Joshua 24:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
“15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
I began to pray from this scripture, this developed from a dream into this message. Three chairs were placed on the platform as props as an example of the three sets of people sat in church and in the world we live in today. This was used throughout the sermon moving from chair to chair as people challenged to think about what chair they are sitting in. Click the play button bellow to hear the full sermon.
God has not called me to merely equal or to exceed the accomplishments of this or that brother. He called me to do my best and to plan for a finished work in whatever part of the field I was placed. It has been a privilege to work alongside my friend Pastor Niyi Ayandokun organising outreach events, and ‘holding the fort” during his vacation. Pastor Niyi gave me a blank canvas to preach on whatever the Holy Spirit laid on my heart. God called me to be a soul winner to the best of my talents. He called me to the ministry to “do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”
My message on Sunday 21st June.
“Our relationship – depends upon “Love” – our need to be loved,
My theme scripture – Father’s love using Romans 5:8
Paul writes these beautiful profound words “But God demonstrates His own love towards us while we were yet sinners. Christ died for us – His love is unconditional!
I shared a video on the screen entitled “Father’s love letter” so much of this very visual presentation was so summarise the word that I preached.
I had never met the worship leader prior to preaching but the songs and words fitted like a glove once more emphasising the message, and Holy Spirit was leading the service.
I looked up to see a man who I had prayed for in a shopping centre who was in a lot of pain some three weeks before when doing street outreach together with Pastor Niyi. He was smiling at me he was a Sikh, I asked him, “how is the pain in your knee” he replied “much better”.
As an evangelist you don’t always see the people anymore when you minister on the street. It just so happened I was to be at the church this Sunday, we all need encouraging even experienced evangelist.
I pointed to the cross above my head and shared how Jesus had died for us all for our sins and had taken our sickness and diseases into His own body for each one of us here. (John3:16). People responded for salvation and healing. It was good to hear Gloria giving her testimony’s of her healing, and the Sikh man asking, “can I comeback next week, my leg is felling better? “ It was such an encouraging morning for us all. Each person left with a copy of “Father’s love letter”
Sunday 28th June – God’s Ambassador back NTCG Harold Hill.
We began with a time of prayer and worship it was nice to see some new faces again.
The message was centred around I AM how God revealed himself to Moses as “I AM” in Exodus 3:14. I went through each I AM in John’s Gospel how each metaphor elevates Jesus to the level of creator, saviour, redeemer, Lord of all that can only be claimed by a sovereign God.
My message came from John 15 “I AM THE VINE” I wanted to share how God is the vinedresser (gardener). Jesus said I am the vine, you are the branches. Again I used a visual presentation to tell the story of the importance of branches being fruitful – Jesus said, “Abide in Me” and I in you. The fruitful branches, remain and abide in the vine and branches are my disciples, the unfruitful branches are cut off. Sometimes we need to be pruned to become fruitful again.
This was to illustrate the importance of the church and us all to be “attached” to God, through Jesus and to do HIS will and to be fruitful servants by sharing the love of God. (Relationship with God)
I drew a picture of a tree with trunk and branches, asking everyone “what can’t you see” – explaining the tree depended on the roots to give life! We all need to be Rooted in Faith. 2 Colossians 6:7.
Once more, we concluded the service with a time of ministry and people gave testimonies of their healing. It was so encouraging to see the people who God had touched the previous week bring family and friends. (Mark 16:20)
GoodNews Centre Briar Rd, Harold Hill
Hosting the “On the Move” team
The NTCG Church is on the corner of Briar Road, it has recently been refurbished. It was an ideal time for Pastor Niyi to reach-out into the community. Opposite was a new development of houses and apartments invitations were given out through door to door invites.
The car park soon looked very different tables and chairs, gazebo’s, balloons hanging from the railings. The BBQ’s were alight the smell of onions was wafting around the neighbourhood the sausages and burgers were sizzling. People began to arrive as ECHO a live band arrived to bring their very distinct brand of Gospel music with Soul snd Motown flavour.
It was a time to sit around and chat tell people about the Good News of the Gospel. It was nice to hear two people make a commitment in their life to follow Jesus.
When you have Good News to share its good to share it. We had an iMove training programme in Brussels were we taught street evangelism techniques. We had a team of experience evangelist from four different nations. Then we took teams out to put it into action during the Tour de France. The delegates“did so well”. We preached on the street and in Churches in Brussels and in Antwerp in a Russian speaking church. I was blessed to link up and be with Tent 100 team once more and see my interpreter Cynthia become a bold street preacher!
When you have Good News to share its good to share it. We had an iMove training programme in Brussels were we taught street evangelism techniques. We had a team of experience evangelist from four different nations. Then we took teams out to put it into action during the Tour de France. The delegates“did so well”. We preached on the street and in Churches in Brussels and in Antwerp in a Russian speaking church. I was blessed to link up and be with Tent 100 team once more and see my interpreter Cynthia become a bold street preacher! 