Bai yu lusim bot bilong yu? 

"Jisas i tokim ol disaipel long kalap long bot na i go pas long em long hapsait bilong raunwara, na em i tokim ol manmeri i go bek" (Matyu 14:22). Man i raitim Gutnius i putim dispela samting long tingting tasol. Ol disaipel i lukim wanpela mirakel tasol – em i givim kaikai long 5,000 manmeri – tasol Jisas i salim ol i go na em i surik i go bek long beten. Nait i pundaun. Wanpela bikpela win na ren i stat. Bot i stap namel long raunwara, "ol weiv i paitim em bikos win i sakim em" (v.24). Ol dispela em ol saveman bilong kisim pis tasol ol i hatwok long 'row'. Envairomen bilong ol, ol skil bilong ol, bot bilong ol – olgeta samting ol i save long en – i no inap wantu tasol. Long dispela taim bilong les na hevi, "paslain long moningtaim Jisas i wokabaut antap long raunwara na i go long ol" (v.25). Man husat i bin blesim bret na pis nau i wokabaut i go abrusim bikpela win na ren olsem em i wanpela banis we ol i bin wokim long ston.
Tasol ol disaipel i no luksave long em. Pret i save paulim tingting bilong ol. "Em i wanpela tewel," ol i krai, pret nogut tru (v.26). Paslain long ol i mekim sampela samting moa, Jisas i toktok. Tok bilong em i kamap long ol weiv: "Yupela i mas strongim bel, em mi. Noken pret" (v.27). Long tok Grik bilong pastaim, "Em i mi" ol i ken tanim tu olsem "Mi yet" - em i wanpela 'echo' bilong God i bin tokaut long em yet long Moses. Jisas i no strongim bel bilong ol tasol; em i wok long soim em yet.

Long dispela taim Pita, i no tingting planti na i gat bikpela laik, i tok wanpela samting we i mekim ol man i kirap nogut: "Bikpela, sapos em yu, tokim mi long kam long yu antap long wara" (v.28). Dispela i no pasin bilong strongim bel. Em i wanpela bel we i luksave long nek bilong Bikpela bilong em na i laik bekim. Bekim bilong Jisas em i wanpela tok tasol: "Yu kam" (v.29). Peter i step i go long sait. Em i no sanap moa antap long diwai tasol antap long wara, em i no sanap moa long wanem samting em i save long en tasol long singaut bilong Krais. Long sampela step em i painimaut olsem pasin bilong bihainim tok i gat strong bilong en yet.

Orait trupela samting i kamap gen. "Taim em i lukim win, em i pret na em i stat long sink na em i singaut olsem, 'Bikpela, sevim mi!'" (v.30). Teks i tok Jisas i "wantu" putim han bilong em na holim em (v.31). Bilip bilong Pita i pundaun, tasol strong bilong Jisas i no pundaun. Taim ol i kalap i go bek long bot, win i dai. Ol disaipel i lotu long em na i tok, "Tru tumas yu Pikinini bilong God" (v.33). Olgeta samting i kamap em i no wanpela mirakel tasol; em i wanpela revelesen bilong Jisas em i husat na hau em i bungim yumi long ol bikpela hevi bilong yumi.
Dispela i min wanem long mi? Namba wan, em i kirapim tingting bilong mi olsem ol bikpela win na ren i no mak bilong God i no stap. Ol disaipel i stap stret long hap we Jisas i bin salim ol i go long en. Pasin bilong bihainim tok i no inap long pasim yumi long ol hevi; sampela taim em i save putim yumi stret insait long ol. Tasol em i insait long bikpela win na ren we Jisas i kam. Em i no save singaut long ol toksave long nambis; em i wokabaut i kam bungim mipela. Insait long lidasip na wok laip bilong mi yet, mi painimaut olsem ol salens i save kamap olsem as bilong bungim Krais. Taim ol sistem i feil na ol kompetensi i pundaun, sans bilong tras i kamap klia moa.

Em i lainim mi olsem bilip i stat wantaim luksave long stap bilong em. Ol disaipel i lukim wanpela tewel; Pita i harim wanpela Bikpela. Tingting bilong mi long Jisas i stiaim bekim bilong mi. Long taim bilong no klia mi inap long tanim ol samting i kamap long rot bilong pret o long rot bilong bilip. "Yupela i mas strongim bel, em mi yet. Yupela i no ken pret" em i no wanpela sentens tasol bilong ol disaipel long taim bilong ol aposel; em i wanpela laip toktok bilong yumi. Krais i no promis olsem win bai i no stap, tasol em i tok tru olsem em yet i stap namel long win.

Pasin bilong Pita i soim mi olsem bilip em i no wanpela samting we i no klia tumas tasol em i wanpela samting yu mas mekim long bekim tok bilong Krais. Em i no bin kam aut long laik bilong em yet; em i kam aut long invitesen bilong Jisas. Long laip bilong mi dispela inap min olsem mi mas kirapim wanpela nupela wok, toktok long wanpela miting, prea long wanpela wanwok, o bihainim wanpela wok we mi pilim olsem mi no inap long mekim. Bot i makim samting we mi save long en, samting mi inap long bosim, na "wanem samting mi inap long bosim." Bilip i save stat taim mi putim hevi bilong mi long wanpela samting we i no inap holim mi – sapos Jisas i no stap.
Namba foa, dispela stori i tokim mi olsem sapos mi feil dispela i no inap long rausim mi. Pita i stat long sink, tasol em i wokabaut tu. Planti bilong yumi i lukluk long tupela tingting bilong em, tasol wanpela disaipel tasol i lusim bot. Na taim em i sink, em i save long husat em i mas singaut: "Bikpela, sevim mi!" Dispela krai em yet i wanpela pasin bilong bilip. Bekim bilong Jisas em i hariap na em i bilong em yet. Long ol rong na tupela tingting bilong mi yet mi inap yet long holim han bilong em, na em bai holim mi yet.

Risal bilong dispela episod em i lotu. Ol disaipel i tokaut olsem, "Tru tumas yu Pikinini bilong God." Ol strongpela win na ol step bilong bilip i save lidim yumi long kisim moa save long husat em i Jisas. As tingting i no long pefomens bilong mi tasol em i stap bilong em. Taim mi go aut na painim strong bilong em long lukautim mi, save bilong mi long em i go bikpela. Bikpela win na ren i kamap olsem wanpela klasrum bilong lotu.
Olsem na askim i stap yet long mi yet: bai mi lusim bot bilong mi? Bai yu? Wanwan bilong yumi i gat wanpela bot – wanpela wok, wanpela wok insait long ministri, wanpela gutpela ples, wanpela pasin bilong dipen long yumi yet. Ol dispela i no rong tru. Ol i ken i stap olsem ol presen tu. Tasol ol i ken kamap olsem banis sapos ol i pasim yumi long bekim tok bilong Jisas olsem "Kam." Invitesen i go het yet. Insait long maket, long lidasip, long famili laip, long spiritual gro, Krais i singautim yumi i go aut long wanem samting yumi inap save long en na i go insait long wanpela dip dipens long em.

Mirakel i no stap long strongpela bel bilong mi tasol long stap bilong em. Em i wokabaut yet antap long ol weiv. Em i save ring yet. Em i save holim yet. Taim yumi gat strongpela bel long lusim dispela hap, maski yumi no tingting planti, yumi painim tok tru we i stap aninit long dispela tok: Jisas em i Bikpela bilong bikpela win na ren na Bikpela bilong solwara, na em i stap gut long bungim yumi long hap yumi stap long en. "Strongim bel! Em mi. Noken pret." Dispela em i tok bilong yumi tude.

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!!

 
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