At Easter I had the huge privilege of preaching John 20:1-18 — Mary’s encounter with Christ. Even as Mary showed up at Easter, Easter had not yet shown up in Mary. She had to be driven to the end of herself, to face the facts, and then—wonderfully—to hear her name. Watch my sermon for St Andrew’s the Great, Cambridge.

 

Authored to Die

This Easter we also released a new spoken word by Ben Holmes, one of our 6 interns. “Authored to Die” is a powerful meditation on Isaiah 53:

 

Easter Means Hope

We continued to push our Easter outreach, Easter Means Hope, which was taken up on social media, on our new website, through videos, and in countless front windows across the nation and across the world. So far we have sent 72 “Love Story”s to interested enquirers and pray on for the fruit.

 

 

Adjusting to the New Normal

Following the success of our evangelistic webinars this week (Adjusting to the New Normal) — gaining 10,000 views on Facebook — we have now released them on YouTube. We hope they become even more shareable in this format. Please do share with friends (see the whole playlist here):

 

Life According to Jesus

Very soon we will run Life According To Jesus — when we have in place just the right hosts, publicity and technology.

Following the 321 outline, we will explore Jesus’ vision of God, the world and you. We would love to see you there for these sessions and do please be praying for this outreach and considering who to invite. Find us here.

Podcasts Released This Week

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Lost and Found on Easter Morning — A Sermon on John 20:1-18

 

Home Schooling — The Why and the How (with Brooke Newman and Garry Williams)

 

When the World is Locking Down, We are Reaching Out

As you can see Speak Life is not slowing down at this time, we’re just getting started. If you are able to support us in this vital outreach, we would be so grateful. One-off gifts are wonderful but monthly commitments help even more. Could you prayerfully consider partnering with us at this time. We are not taking a backwards step during this crisis and we’d love to step forward with you! Please go to speaklife.org.uk/give.

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Every blessing in Jesus,

Glen Scrivener and the Speak Life Team.