Terry and jill eckersley summer 2013

Summer 2013 Sunny, Smiling Update!


Hi, our dear friends,

We have had a really fruitful, fun and effective Summer! With a couple of challenges that we overcame with faith, friendship and prayer, our trusted car, got sick and died!

It was missing on one cylinder for you who are mechanically minded, this seemed minor but after going through changing plugs, spark ones! Leads, jump not dog ones and coils, it wouldn't get better, so we had to let it die, we didn't want to & couldn't anyway through good money at an uncertainty, but..........Thanks be to God, the finance came in to buy Jill's favourite car a more modest yet funky street KA, 1.6 injection, so we can get around the UK doing what Gods called us to do. Sharing the simple, yet powerful Gospel message, coupled with my testimony & humour. Jill and I often travel together and Jill often does musical items, worship songs, from her self titled Secret Place debut album. We have been seeing an incredible response. I would not be alive without this same message and life of Gods grace, healing power and love.

Prisons

We have had a fruitful time in three prisons, Thorncross, Nottingham and Feltham.

Thorncross was on the back of a taskjesus outreach we did, where 12 of my old school friends came to hear my testimony and respond to The Gospel, this was very moving, amazing and a real blessing. Others also responded to the Gospel and we prayed for the sick.
The Prison event was open air, many came and heard my story and responded to the altar call, a worship band was Compassion from Manchester also in with us, who helped with praying with us and the Chaplaincy team under the leadership of Anglican Chaplain Shawn  who is doing an amazing job.

Nottingham Prison, again, I shared my testimony and many prisoners responded fervently to the invitation for Salvation, really hungry, and God moved and met many men and the  officers, where also encouraged and really responsive!

We had a great time in Feltham YOI, Youth Offenders Institute, the largest in Europe. I spoke at both Sunday services and we saw 24 young men respond to Salvation, many lung fatherless, gang members, looking for love and affirmation, as I was, who could relate to my story and a loving God, who saves, heals and provides. We then went on to do some " True Apprenticeship" coaching, discipleship, many more came back and brought there friends, to become disciples, leaders and followers of Christ. Please continue to pray for these men and the Chaplain Matt Boyes, and his team who are doing an outstanding job.

This has inspired us to do a very simple training DVD pack for Chaplains and Prisoners FREE! We can get the Gospel and discipleship message  told in a user friendly way, by me, who has proved that trusting and following Jesus works. We have done this with many other friends and partners and look forward to releasing this soon. It has themes such as new beginnings, true apprenticeship, career, calling, destiny, new family, friends and partners, etc, basically all people need for a new start in Christ. We also share other organisations, Churches and ministries that can help support Prisoners upon release. If you want to help with the cost of producing and distributing this, you can do this easily via the website. We really appreciate any financial support you can give to this. We will also give a gift of this to anyone who is excited with us and wants to get on board with this amazing initiative.

Jill and I have also just returned from Calvary Church with our friends and AOG  Pastors  Richard and Joyce Hill.  We did three meetings over the weekend, an outreach on the Friday followed by a men's lunch and a Sunday morning celebration. This was truly inspiring, a woman was healed of deafness in one ear, who was translated to by The Pastors wife! God really moved and blessed His people. This was as Jill was singing an item at the altar call, it was in the moment, powerful, wonderful and the Church went wild!


We are now Born Ready for a weekend of meetings with our friends from The Arena Church a vibrant, growing amazing Church at Derby and Ilkerston, who have just bought a cinema to convert to a Church and community centre. We are honoured and excited to be with our friends Pastors Kristian Thorpe, his wife and team.

We also have many other out reaches to look forward to all documented on our website;

Norwich
Southampton
Stoke, please come and visit if you are local!

We are also looking forward to the UCB leaders day 18th September with my colleague, whom I'm an Assocaite with Canon JJohn, who's coaching and friendship I have enjoyed and been honoured and grateful for, the day after my 52nd Birthday! I know, I don't look it!
Well I was pickled for years on hard drugs and The Lord has renewed my mind and youth!

We are then of to a dark island off the coast of Africa with our friends Pastors Bill and Roz Jeffrey's, for a break and doing some speaking! It Tenerife but that doesn't sound as spiritual!

Please pray for us and we pray for you, we really appreciate ALL you ARE and DO.

Much love,

Terry and Jill Eckersley