Gbígbé ní Àlàáfíà Ọlọ́run 

A sọ pé a fẹ́ àlàáfíà, ṣùgbọ́n ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wa ń lépa ohun tí ó kéré gan-an. A fẹ́ kí àìsí wàhálà. A fẹ́ kí fóònù dáwọ́ dúró, kí àyẹ̀wò náà lè hàn gbangba, kí àjọṣepọ̀ tó ṣòro láti yanjú, kí owó ìdókòwò báńkì sì yanjú. Nítorí náà, a ń wo àlàáfíà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ibi tí a dé lẹ́sẹ̀kẹsẹ̀ àwọn ipò náà ń ṣiṣẹ́ pọ̀. Ìṣòro náà ni pé àwọn ipò náà kì í sábà ṣiṣẹ́ pọ̀, àti pé nígbà tí wọ́n bá ṣẹlẹ̀, ìparọ́rọ́ náà kì í pẹ́. Ìgbì omi mìíràn máa ń wà lẹ́yìn èyí tí ó ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wó lulẹ̀ lórí wa.

Àlàáfíà tí Bíbélì sọ̀rọ̀ nípa rẹ̀ yàtọ̀ pátápátá. Nígbà tí Pọ́ọ̀lù kọ̀wé sí àwọn ará Fílípì láti inú yàrá ẹ̀wọ̀n, kò ṣèlérí fún wọn pé ìgbésí ayé tí ó rọrùn yóò wà fún wọn. Ó sọ fún wọn pé, “Ẹ má ṣe àníyàn nípa ohunkóhun, ṣùgbọ́n nínú gbogbo ipò, nípa àdúrà àti ẹ̀bẹ̀, pẹ̀lú ọpẹ́, ẹ fi àwọn ìbéèrè yín hàn fún Ọlọ́run. Àlàáfíà Ọlọ́run, tí ó ju gbogbo òye lọ, yóò sì ṣọ́ ọkàn àti èrò inú yín nínú Kristi Jésù” (Fílípì 4:6 sí 7). Ṣàkíyèsí ohun tí èyí túmọ̀ sí. Àlàáfíà yìí kì í ṣe èso òye ipò yín àti ìparí rẹ̀ gbogbo yóò dára. Ó jẹ́ àlàáfíà tí ó máa ń wá ní pàtó nígbà tí o kò bá lè lóye, nígbà tí ipò náà kò bá fún ọ ní ìdí tí ó yẹ láti fi ara balẹ̀ rárá. Ó dúró lórí ọkàn àti èrò inú bí ọmọ ogun ní ẹnu ọ̀nà. Kò sinmi lórí ìjì tí ó dúró. A fún un ní àárín ìjì náà. Èyí gan-an ni Jésù fún àwọn ọmọ ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ ní alẹ́ ọjọ́ tí ó ṣáájú àgbélébùú: “Àlàáfíà ni mo fi sílẹ̀ fún yín; àlàáfíà mi ni mo fi fún yín. Èmi kò fi fún yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ayé ti ń fúnni. Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn yín dààmú, ẹ má sì bẹ̀rù” (Jòhánù 14:27).

Èyí jẹ́ nítorí pé àlàáfíà Bíbélì, àlàáfíà, kì í ṣe nípa ìmọ̀lára ní pàtàkì. Ó túmọ̀ sí pípé, pípé, bí a ṣe ṣètò àwọn nǹkan nígbà gbogbo. Láti gbé ní àlàáfíà ni láti ní ìbátan pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run ní ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́, àti láti ibẹ̀, ní ìbátan tí ó tọ́ pẹ̀lú gbogbo nǹkan mìíràn. Aísáyà sọ àṣírí rẹ̀ pé: “Ìwọ yóò pa àwọn tí ọkàn wọn dúró ṣinṣin mọ́ ní àlàáfíà pípé, nítorí wọ́n gbẹ́kẹ̀lé ọ” (Aísáyà 26:3). Nítorí náà, àìbalẹ̀ ọkàn wa kì í ṣe ìṣòro àyíká nígbẹ̀yìn gbẹ́yín. Ó jẹ́ ìṣòro ìbátan. Augustine rí èyí kedere nígbà tí ó gbàdúrà pé kí ọkàn wa má balẹ̀ títí wọn yóò fi sinmi nínú Ọlọ́run. A dá wa láti rí ààbò wa nínú ìfẹ́ Ẹlẹ́dàá wa, nígbà tí a bá sì wá ààbò náà níbikíbi, nínú àwọn àṣeyọrí wa, orúkọ rere wa, ìṣàkóso wa lórí ọjọ́ iwájú, a ń kọ́ àlàáfíà wa lórí iyanrìn.

Èyí ni ìhìnrere tí ó ń yí ohun gbogbo padà. A kì í ṣe nípa gbígbìyànjú gidigidi láti ní ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀. Àlàáfíà kì í ṣe ọ̀nà. Ó jẹ́ ènìyàn. Nígbà tí ó ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa Jésù, Pọ́ọ̀lù sọ ní kedere pé, "Nítorí òun fúnra rẹ̀ ni àlàáfíà wa" (Éfésù 2:14). Lórí àgbélébùú, Kristi gba ìkórìíra, ìdàrúdàpọ̀ jíjinlẹ̀ ti ìbátan wa pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run, ó sì bá wa rẹ́. "Nítorí náà, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí a ti dá wa láre nípasẹ̀ ìgbàgbọ́, a ní àlàáfíà pẹ̀lú Ọlọ́run nípasẹ̀ Olúwa wa Jésù Kristi" (Róòmù 5:1). Ogun náà ti parí. A kì í ṣe ọ̀tá Ọlọ́run mọ́, a ń ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú ìtara láti jèrè ojúrere rẹ̀. Àwa jẹ́ ọmọ, olùfẹ́ àti ààbò, tí ìdúró wa kò dúró lórí iṣẹ́ wa ṣùgbọ́n lórí iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó parí. Àlàáfíà tí ó ń ṣọ́ ọkàn yín kì í ṣe èrò àlá. Òtítọ́ tí a ti fi múlẹ̀ ni pé ohun tó burú jùlọ, ìyàsọ́tọ̀ rẹ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run, ni a ti ń bá yí títí láé.

Nítorí náà, báwo la ṣe lè gbé ayé àti kí a mí ẹ̀mí yìí? A mí ẹ̀mí jáde, a sì mí ẹ̀mí. A mí àníyàn wa jáde nípa sísọ ọ́ ní òótọ́ níwájú Ọlọ́run. Pọ́ọ̀lù kò sọ pé o jẹ́ ẹni tó dára. Ó sọ pé, nínú ohun gbogbo, nípa àdúrà àti ẹ̀bẹ̀, jẹ́ kí a sọ àwọn ẹ̀bẹ̀ rẹ di mímọ̀ (Fílípì 4:6). Pétérù sọ ọ́ lọ́nà pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́ pé: “Ẹ gbé gbogbo àníyàn yín lé e nítorí ó bìkítà fún yín” (1 Pétérù 5:7). Àníyàn tí a fi pamọ́ máa ń dàgbàsókè nínú òkùnkùn. Àníyàn tí a mú wá sínú ìmọ́lẹ̀, tí a fi fún Baba kan tí ó nífẹ̀ẹ́ wa, bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í tú ìdìmú rẹ̀. Lẹ́yìn náà a mí ẹ̀mí. A tún gba òtítọ́ ẹni tí Ọlọ́run jẹ́ àti ohun tí ó ti ṣe. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí Pọ́ọ̀lù ṣe kọ̀wé, a jẹ́ kí “àlàáfíà Kristi jọba nínú ọkàn wa” (Kólósè 3:15) títí ìhìn rere kì í ṣe ohun tí a gbàgbọ́ nìkan ṣùgbọ́n ohun tí a gbé ẹrù wa lé lórí.

Iṣẹ́ ojoojúmọ́ ni èyí, ó sì jẹ́ iṣẹ́ tí a kò fi ìkánjú ṣe. Àlàáfíà Ọlọ́run kì í ṣe ohun tí a ń gbóríyìn fún, ó sì dàbí kíkọ́ bí a ṣe ń mí ẹ̀mí dáadáa. O ó gbàgbé. O ó gba àníyàn rẹ padà lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run ní ọgọ́rùn-ún ìgbà kí o tó jẹun ọ̀sán. Ó dára. O kàn fi wọ́n lé e lọ́wọ́ lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i. Rántí ìkésíni Jésù pé: “Ẹ wá sọ́dọ̀ mi, gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ó ní àárẹ̀ àti ẹrù ìnira, èmi ó sì fún yín ní ìsinmi” (Mátíù 11:28). Ní ​​oṣù àti ọdún, nǹkan kan yípadà. Ìfẹ́ ọkàn a máa rọra rọ̀ díẹ̀díẹ̀. Èso Ẹ̀mí, tí ó ní àlàáfíà fúnra rẹ̀ nínú (Gálátíà 5:22), ń dàgbàsókè ní ìdákẹ́jẹ́ẹ́ nínú wa. O rí i pé ìgbì omi tó ń bọ̀ kò ṣàkóso rẹ mọ́, nítorí pé ìgbésí ayé rẹ dúró sí ohun tí ìgbì omi kò lè dé.

Ayé kò lè fúnni ní èyí, ayé kò sì lè gbà á lọ. Kì í ṣe àlàáfíà ẹni tí ìgbésí ayé rẹ̀ rọrùn. Ó jẹ́ àlàáfíà ẹni tí ó mọ̀, lábẹ́ gbogbo ìṣòro, pé wọ́n ti dì wọ́n mú. Gbígbé àti mímí àlàáfíà Ọlọ́run ni kíkọ́, èémí kan lẹ́ẹ̀kan, láti sinmi níbi tí a ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀.

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Whether this is your first time visiting a church or you’ve attended another church for years, we understand that visiting a new church can be a bit overwhelming. To help make it a bit easier, we’ve done our best to answer some questions you may have, so your first experience is a little less overwhelming.

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, Ascot, Sunbury, 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 am. You can join us on Livestream or via Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube or X.

The Sunday Venue is Coopers Hall, 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.
 

Sunday Venue at Coopers Hall, Strodes College, Strodes College Lane, Egham


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Our Sunday service starts at 11.00 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 on the first Sunday of each month and an All-Age All-Nation Service on the second. 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, or catch up with 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 for coffee and prayer.
Our Sunday Service starts at 11:00 and typically runs for about 90 minutes, normally followed by tea and coffee.
 

Driving and Car Parking

Our Sunday Venue is Coopers Hall, 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 to know us better, why not join us for 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!!

 
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Our address is Virginia Lodge, Heritage Court, Egham
Virginia Lodge Ariel
13/02/2023
 
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