Otu esi eguzo - Nọgidesie ike 

Ịnọgidesi ike n'okwukwe abụghị naanị maka ijidesi ike mgbe oge siri ike; ọ bụ maka ịmụta ịhụ aka Chineke n'oge ndị yiri ka ọ zoro ezo. Okwukwe, n'isi ya, bụ mmekọrịta—ọ bụghị ikwere n'echiche nkịtị, kama ọ bụ ntụkwasị obi n'Onye dị ndụ nke kwuworo okwu, mee ihe, ma kwe nkwa. Ma a na-anwale ntụkwasị obi a nke ọma n'ichere, ịgbachi nkịtị, na mgba. Akwụkwọ Nsọ na-agwa anyị na okwukwe bụ "nkwenye nke ihe ndị a na-atụ anya ha, nkwenye nke ihe ndị a na-ahụghị anya," mana ha na-egosikwa na nkwa a bụ nke e mepụtara, ọ bụghị nke e mere ka ọ dị njikere. Abraham chere ọtụtụ afọ maka nwa nwoke. Josef nọrọ ọtụtụ afọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ tupu nkwa Chineke apụta. Ndị ọbụ abụ tiri mkpu, sị, "Ruo ole mgbe, Onyenwe anyị?" ugboro ugboro. Mgbe ahụ, ntachi obi n'okwukwe abụghị enweghị ajụjụ, kama ọ bụ ịjụ ịkwụsị ịtụkwasị Onye nwere azịza obi.

E nwere ihe dị umeala n'obi nke ukwuu gbasara ezigbo okwukwe. Ọ bụghị ngosipụta nke ike ime ma ọ bụ ihe dị mma, ọ bụghịkwa olileanya nzuzu na ihe niile ga-emezu. Kama nke ahụ, okwukwe na-anọgidesi ike na-ekweta adịghị ike, egwu, na ejighị n'aka—ma ka na-atụgharị gaa n'ebe Chineke nọ. Dịka Timothy Keller na-ekwukarị, "Okwukwe abụghị ike nke okwukwe gị, kama ọ bụ ihe nkwenye gị." Okwukwe na-adịghị ike na Onye Nzọpụta siri ike dị mma karịa okwukwe siri ike na arụsị na-adịghị ike. Isi ihe dị na ntachi obi dị n'ịlaghachikwute Kraịst ugboro ugboro, ọbụlagodi mgbe obi anyị na-ajụ oyi ma ekpere anyị yiri ka ọ na-alaghachi azụ na-anụghị ya. Onyenwe anyị na-asọpụrụ ndị, dị ka nna nke nwa nwoke ahụ e ji n'aka n'Oziọma Mak, na-eti mkpu n'eziokwu, sị, "Ekwere m; nyere m aka n'ekweghị ekwe m!" Ekpere ndị dị otú ahụ bụ ume ntachi obi.

Ihe ịma aka nye ọtụtụ ndị kwere ekwe bụ na anyị na-atụkarị anya na okwukwe ga-adị mfe. Anyị na-eche na ọ bụrụ na anyị na Chineke na-eje ije nke ọma, ụzọ anyị ga-adị mfe, a ga-aza ekpere anyị ngwa ngwa, nzube anyị ga-adịkwa ọcha. Ma akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Chọọchị na ihe akaebe nke Akwụkwọ Nsọ na-egosi ihe dị iche. Chineke na-ekwe ka okwukwe anyị gbasaa ka e wee sie ike. Dị ka akwara, okwukwe na-eto n'okpuru iguzogide. Jemes dere, sị, “Gụọnụ ya dị ka ọṅụ zuru oke, ụmụnna m nwoke na nwanyị, mgbe ọ bụla unu na-eche ule dị iche iche ihu, n'ihi na unu maara na nnwale nke okwukwe unu na-arụpụta ntachi obi. Ka ntachi obi rụchaa ọrụ ya ka unu wee tozuo okè ma zuo oke, ghara inwe ihe ọ bụla na-enweghị” (Jemes 1:2–4). Mgbe anyị na-aghọtaghị ihe Chineke na-eme, a na-akpọ anyị òkù ka anyị tụkwasị onye Ọ bụ obi. Ọ bụkwa n'ịtụkwasị obi ahụ—mgbe anyị na-enweghị ike ịhụ ihe ga-esi na ya pụta—ka mgbọrọgwụ anyị si amụba, ntụkwasị obi anyị na-eto, nghọta anyị banyere amara Ya na-etolitekwa.

N'ahụmịhe nke m, ma eleghị anya n'ime nke unu kwa, ntachi obi na-amalitekarị site n'icheta. Icheta onye Chineke bụ. Icheta ihe O mere. Icheta otú O si kwesị ntụkwasị obi n'oge gara aga. Onye ọbụ abụ na-emegharị ihe Chineke mere ọ bụghị iji gwa Chineke ihe Ọ maara, kama iji chetara mkpụrụ obi ya na Onyenwe anyị emebeghị ndị Ya ihere. Mgbe anyị na-emegharị ịdị mma nke Chineke, anyị na-azụ obi anyị ịhụ ihe karịrị ozugbo ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Anyị na-echetara onwe anyị na igbu oge abụghị ịgọnarị, nakwa na oge Chineke—ọ bụ ezie na ọ naghị adị anyị—zuru oke mgbe niile. Okwukwe siri ike na-esi n'icheta ihe, na-agba ya mmiri site n'ekpere, ma na-eme ka ọ sie ike n'obodo.

E nwekwara ike dị jụụ n'ime mkpakọrịta nke ndị kwere ekwe ma a bịa n'ịtachi obi. Okwukwe abụghị ihe a ga-ebi n'ime onwe ya. Mgbe otu onye nọ n'ime ha na-ata ahụhụ, ndị ọzọ na-ebuli ha elu; mgbe otu onye dara mbà, onye ọzọ na-enye ike. Chọọchị mbụ ahụ toro nke ọma n'okpuru mkpagbu ọ bụghị n'ihi na ha bụ ndị pụrụ iche, kama n'ihi na ha bụ obodo jupụtara na Mmụọ Nsọ nke na-etinye aka na Kraịst ma raara onwe ha nye ibe ha. A na-akwado ntachi obi n'okwukwe mgbe anyị na-ekwe ka ndị ọzọ hụ mgba anyị ma soro anyị jee ije site na ha. Atụmatụ onye iro anọwo mgbe niile ịnọpụ iche, ime ka anyị nwee mmetụta ịnọ naanị anyị n'adịghị ike anyị. N'aka nke ọzọ, atụmatụ Chineke bụ ijikọta anyị ọnụ n'ịhụnanya ka e wee mee ka ike Ya zuo oke n'adịghị ike anyị na-ekerịta.

Ọ dịkwa mkpa icheta na ntachi obi abụghị ntachi obi dị egwu kama ọ bụ ichere olileanya. Okwu Agba Ọhụrụ a na-asụgharịkarị dị ka "ndidi" nwere mmetụta nke ntachi obi siri ike n'okpuru ule, mana o nwekwara isi olileanya. Anyị na-anọgidesi ike ọ bụghị n'ihi na anyị bụ ndị na-eguzosi ike n'ihe, kama n'ihi na anyị kwenyere na e nwere mbilite n'ọnwụ na njedebe nke obe ọ bụla. Kraịst diri obe "n'ihi ọṅụ dị n'ihu Ya"—ọṅụ nke ịgbapụta ndị Ya na iweghachi ihe e kere eke. Ntachi obi anyị, kwa, dabere n'ọṅụ. Ọ na-atụ anya ụbọchị okwukwe ga-aghọ ihe a na-ahụ anya, mgbe a ga-ehichapụ anya mmiri niile, na mgbe anyị ga-ahụ Onye anyị tụkwasịrị obi ihu na ihu. Olileanya ọdịnihu ahụ na-enye ike ugbu a. Dịka Aịsaịa si kwuo, "Ndị nwere olileanya n'Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka ike ha dị ọhụrụ. Ha ga-efeli elu n'elu nku dị ka ugo; ha ga-agba ọsọ, ike agaghị agwụ ha, ha ga-eje ije, ha agaghị ada mbà" (Aịsaịa 40:31).

Maka ọtụtụ n'ime anyị, ule nke ntachi obi na-abịa ọ bụghị n'oge nsogbu kama nrubeisi ogologo nke ụbọchị nkịtị. Mgbe ndụ dị ka a ga-asị na a na-aza ekpere, ekpere yiri ka a na-azaghị ya, uto ime mmụọ na-adịkwa nwayọ, ọ dị mfe ịda mbà n'obi. Ma ọ dị kpọmkwem ebe ahụ—n'ikwesị ntụkwasị obi kwa ụbọchị, n'omume ntụkwasị obi na nrubeisi a na-adịghị ahụ anya—ka Mmụọ Nsọ na-arụ ọrụ mgbanwe Ya dị jụụ. Chineke na-akpụ n'ime anyị okwukwe nke na-adịgide, àgwà nke na-adịgide, na olileanya nke a na-apụghị ịma jijiji. Oku ịnọgidesi ike abụghị arịrịọ ime ihe karịrị ihe kama ọkpụkpọ òkù ịnọgide—ịnọgide na Kraịst, na-adọta ndụ site n'ọnụnọ Ya, na ịtụkwasị obi na Onye malitere ọrụ ọma n'ime anyị ga-eme ya ruo mmezu.

Ya mere, ịnọgidesi ike n'okwukwe bụ n'ikpeazụ omume ịhụnanya. Ọ bụ nhọrọ siri ike ịnọgide na-ahụ Chineke n'anya ọbụlagodi mgbe anyị na-aghọtaghị Ya, ịnọgide na-atụkwasị obi mgbe anyị na-enweghị ike ịhụ anya, na ịnọgide na-eje ije mgbe ụzọ dị ogologo. Ọ bụ okwukwe nke na-arapara n'obe ma na-ele anya karịa ya na okpueze. Ka anyị na-anọgidesi ike, anyị na-achọpụta ugboro ugboro na Onye ahụ nke na-akpọ anyị kwesịrị ntụkwasị obi, Ọ ga-emekwa ya.

Planning your Visit

Welcome to Runnymede Christian Fellowship, an Egham Church


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Runnymede Christian Fellowship is a church based in Egham but serving a much larger geographical area. Those who call us home come from EghamVirginia Water, Staines, Englefield Green, Egham Hythe, Pooley Green, Maidenhead, Heathrow, Slough, Ashford, Thorpe, Windsor, Woking and beyond.

Our church is a community of believers who gather regularly to share life and demonstrate God's love. We do this by encouraging and serving each other and the community. We believe in the power of prayer and are always happy to pray for you.
 

Church - What to expect

Our Sunday service is available to stream online at 11:00 a.m. You can join us on Livestream or via Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube or X (Twitter).

The Sunday Service is now held at Strodes College, Strodes College Lane in Egham open to all, so if you would like to join us, please feel free to do so. If you have any questions, please call us on 01784 637010.

We run a physical Sunday School most weeks. If you would like your children to receive a weekly Sunday School teaching pack that you can do from home, please email us at admin@e-runnymede.co.uk so that we can send you the materials.
 

Church on Sunday at Strodes College, Egham


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Our Sunday service starts at 11:00 a.m. and typically lasts about 90 minutes.

We begin each service with lively worship, featuring songs from around the world, followed by inspiring, Bible-based teaching. All our sermons are recorded and are available as a podcast after the service.

We have a monthly cycle of Sunday services, with our Communion Service being on the first Sunday of each month and an All-Age All-Nation Service on the second Sunday of each month. Our other Sunday services include Spirit-focused and teaching services.

We have consciously adopted being a blended church, that is, both online and face-to-face. You are welcome to join us on Livestream or via Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, or X (Twitter), or you can catch up and watch the recordings later.
 

Joining us in person

Visiting a new and unfamiliar church for the first time can be intimidating, but we want to ensure you feel welcome and enjoy your time with us. A friendly face will be waiting to meet you at the entrance and welcome you. 

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. for coffee and prayer. Our Sunday Service starts at 11:00 a.m. and typically runs for about 90 minutes, normally followed by tea and coffee.
 

Driving and Car Parking

Our Sunday Morning Service is now held at Strodes College, Strodes College Lane, Egham, TW20 9DR, which has ample parking. Click on the link for directions to RCF.

We have plenty of parking spaces right outside the building. Spaces are reserved near the entrance for anyone with mobility issues (those with a blue badge). Please let us know if you need to use one of these spaces, have any special needs, or require any assistance.

The car parking area is a public area, so please ensure that your children are under your control and that, for their safety, they do not run around in the car park.
 

Visiting with children?

Everyone is welcome at RCF. We encourage everyone, regardless of age, to join the service. We offer Sunday School, which begins after worship and runs concurrently with the sermon for 30 to 40 minutes, serving children aged 4 to 12. On the second Sunday of each month, we have a shorter All-Aged All Nations Service, where the children stay for the worship and the sermon.
 

After Church

We chat over coffee and biscuits after church on the first, third, fourth and fifth Sundays. If you want to get more acquainted, why not join us for a Sunday lunch with some of our members? The first meal is on us (Voucher provided).  Please contact us and let us know. We would love to share a meal and get to know you better!

Fellowship Feast  
 

Want to connect?

If you're interested in connecting with us, whether to join our online community or attend our Sunday gatherings, please use our connect card.
 

Any Questions?

If you have any questions, please review our FAQ page. Here, you’ll find answers to many common questions. If you still have questions or concerns, please contact us; we’d love to hear from you.
 

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO RCF!!

 
To contact us or see a map, click here.

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