What's a reson8r?

Who Are We?

[last updated 12 February 2009]

Resonate is the tertiary student/young workers (approx 18-25) ministry at the Invercargill Christian Centre. We are full of crazy, off the wall but totally cool people on fire for Jesus, wanting to serve the young adults in our city and ignite a generation for Christ.

We have a number of life groups that meet in homes & flats around our city, as well as outreaches into the S.I.T.

If you are new to Invercargill, the Christian Centre or searching to find out more about God, then we are here for YOU!!! Just leave a message and we will be in touch!

Where Are We?

The Christian Centre is located @ 165 Leet Street, Invercargill. Here's a map if you were wanting to find us:

We have a number of cell groups running each week. They are:

Ray and Shannon's
Tuesday 7.30pm
1 Lowe Street
Invercargill
Home: (03) 214 1344
Shannon: (021) 130 1177
Ray: (021) 284 6149

Hannah Robb and Kate Cochrane
Wednesday 7.30 from Tuesday 24 February 09
45 Venus Street
Invercargill
Home: (03) 216 2561
Hannah: (027) 412 8686
Kate: (027) 479 9865


Contact Us!

There are a number of ways to get a hold of us.

Email Ray
Resonate on Bebo

Phone us @ church : 03 214 4562
Youth Cell Phones:
Telecom -027 710 8274
Vodafone -021 0225 7145

Address:
165 Leet Street
P O Box 713
Invercargill
New Zealand

Ahoy, me heartys!!

Yarr, that's right me heartys, it be international talk like a pirate day... It be a proud tradition started in '95 by a couple of scurvy dogs who go by the name of Cap'n Slappy an' Ol' Chumbucket. So shiver me timbers, hoist the mainsail, and watch out for ninjas...

10 Keys to Servanthood

Key Number 4: Servants carry the vision and give a good report

To carry the vision of your leader requires more then just following it. At some point the vision has to become apart of you to the point where it doesn’t matter what the external circumstances are, you will not put the vision down.

If you were to look at the 12 people Moses sent to spy out the Promised Land you can see that only two of them actually carried the vision, the others were just following the vision until it became too hard and then their vision turned to themselves and all they could see was what they imagined they looked like in their enemies eyes (Num 13:33). Talk about perspective!!

Instead of carrying the vision of the leader the spies began to carry the vision of the enemy.

“Oh, it’ll be too hard” or “that will never work”, “we never have enough help”, “I’m not too sure”, we don’t have enough resource”, “look, I’m just stating the obvious”, are all words that come from an inverted and small vision.

The vision of the enemy always begins with an unfaithful moan

If you look at anything through the eyes of the enemy then the vision that you are carrying (that has now become apart of you) is not Godly.

In fact, the bible calls that kind of vision evil (Num 14:27-29 KJV) and what you see is what you will get.

There is nothing more damaging to the momentum of a ministry then when people begin to drop the vision

To carry the vision means that, at least in part, you actually begin to “see” (direction, end result, etc) and the best way to get to that position is to simply invest and then spread a good report, “we can do it”, “he that is in you is greater then he that is in the world”, “nothing is impossible for God”, “we can push through this”.

“We will never give up, give in or let up, because we are standing on the immoveable, unshakable, indestructible ROCK that is JESUS CHRIST.”

Let’s “go all in” I say!

Student Meal V2.0

Ninjas 4 The Dave

Here you go Dave. Just for you buddy. I hope you're happy...

Official Ninja Webpage

Ninja wear

For those of you, who don't understand. That's OK. I'm just making Dave happy. Normal services will resume shortly.

Oh, and it's talk like a pirate day on Sept 19 (oh, whoops Dave, I did it again!).

Note to self: Prayer

Ok, so the purpose of the post it notes aren't to inflame, I'm actually just wanting to open a dialogue on what you think about the topic. This week's topic is basically a query into why we seem to talk all the time when we pray (at least, I seem to sometimes...). Is it because I'm not expecting an answer from God? I don't think so... Maybe I use prayer as a voicemail message. "God's not here at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep, and he'll get back to you..."

What do you think?

From Shane

Hi.
As you may have heard by now, my dad past away 7pm Thursday night. It
was much sooner than expected as I thought I may have been able with
him but it wasn`t to be. I almost missed my flight back home and only
made the plane from Lismore to Sydney by 3 mins. God brought me home
in time to see my dad.

I spent most of Dad's last hours with him only
leaving for toilet breaks. Dad deteriorated quite rapidly on Thursday
when the whole family had finally arrived. My in-laws led Dad to
Christ just before I got to spend time with him as I had to talk with
the lawyer when he arrived. This has been an answer to prayer so
thank you to all that have been praying for this to happen as Dad died
peacefully. Even though it is sad to lose him I know that I will see
him again. The grieving process has begun and emotionally it is a
roller coaster ride as those of you who have loved ones know. I will
be home Saturday afternoon and in church Sunday but I will have to
head back up here Sunday night. My time in Invercargill is now short
as I now have to move back to Timaru to look after my Mum. I know
that God has everything under control as much as I feel that my world
has been turned upside down and hadn`t planned on coming back up here
so soon and will miss Invercargill greatly and the church family
there. The last three years have been great and the church there has
become apart of me so I write this with great saddness. I also have a
call to go back to Byron Bay to minister over there but all this is
in God's timing, so at the moment it is just one day at a time as it
is going to take awhile to get through all this.

Parting though for today:
I was regreting my past and fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was
speaking. "My name is I am" He paused I waited, He continued. "When
you live in the past with all its mistakes and regrets. It is hard, I
am not there my name is not I Was. When you live ion the future with
all its problems and fears. It is hard I am not there. My name is not
I Will Be. When you live in this moment. It is not hard I am here. My
name is I Am". (Helen Machicoat)
See you all soon and thanks again for your support and friendship.

God bless,
Shane

Science OR Religion vs. Science AND Religion?

Just a quick link to an interview with Dr. Francis Collins, who is the director of the National Institutes of Health Human Genome Project. As you probably know, the mapping of the full human genome was probably one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the last century, and one in which we are only just beginning to reap the benefits of. In response to the question "You have said that DNA is 'God's language...', Collins replies with the following:

I believe that the universe was created by God with the specific intention of giving rise to intelligent life. Given that we observe DNA to be the information molecule of all living things, one can regard therefore it as the “Logos” that God has used to speak life into being.

It's well worth a read. Go check it out.

Starbucks or Waffle House Church?

Hey,

Just come across a cool article from Relevant Magazine entitled Starbucks or Waffle House. Original link from the Searching for Christianity blog.

I actually loved the following quote, which really sums up how our local church (as in the church we choose to go to) is TAILOR-MADE for our spiritual needs.

I know that God has no preference as long as we are concentrating on Him. We are all His children. I know that the delivery of Gospel has evolved for the upcoming generation, and I believe that's necessary.

It's still coffee. It's still fresh. It's just packaged differently.

It's OK for there to be 100 different types of churches in the world (or 1 000 or 1 000 000). Just like how there are people who have different preferences for coffee, and even some people who like chai lattes (which isn't even a coffee come to think about it...). I think we limit God sometimes in our minds by thinking that his spirit can only operate in a certain optimal environment. He CREATED the universe - that it is the optimal environment for Him to work in. Who are we to argue?

One of the main functions of the church is to be a connection point for the presence of God, just like one of the main functions of coffee is to provide an access point for caffeine (God as caffeine - surely there's a youth message in that...).

Pray for Shane

Hey Reson8rs,

I recieved this email from our friend Shane Stewart who's been over in Byron Bay completing his sound engineering course. I was a wee bit reluctant to post it on the blog, but I really feel that Shane and his family need our prayers at this time. Please pray! I've posted a copy of the email that Shane sent me below.

I just pray that in this difficult time God will be all over this situation, and that Shane's family will be covered in God's peace and love.

Hi Ray.
How are you?
Just a short note to let you know if you haven’t already heard is that I’m coming home earlier than expected as my Dad is dying of cancer. I'm heading back to Timaru on the next flight that I can get, not the best news to get while over here and have been looking forward to coming home back to Invercargill to catch up with everyone especially Cherie. Plans have now changed but I should be in church on Sunday before I head back to Timaru.

My dad is not saved and this is the sad thing for me as he only has a short time left but I know that God has everything under control, I have seen some of my relatives lose the cancer battle and I was hoping that it would not affect my immediate family and this is too close and at the moment this is one thing that I can’t handle. Dad almost lost the fight 18 months ago and now it has come up again. He died on the operating table last time and I thought that I would never see him again now it has gone full circle and I'm about to face it again.

Please pray for me that I would be able to witness to dad again and get him to change his mind before it is to late just like one of the thieves on the cross when Christ was crucified change his mind before it was too late, and also that I would stand strong at this time. I have seen to people lose family members to cancer here and I now know what they were going through before and what they are still going through now.

Better sign off now as I have only a limited time here at the cafe.

See you soon.
Shane

PS. This can be posted on webpage.

10 Keys to Servanthood

Key number 3: Servants support their leaders

There is a great example in the bible of what and how something is achieved when servants support their leaders. Read Ex 17:8-16. Aaron and Hur supported Moses and without them the battle would be lost.

Moses, the leader, had the vantage point (the vision) and could see what was going on; he was working hard to serve the entire nation but became tired.

The future of the nation depended on the support for the leader.

I often talk about the weight of leadership; it’s the leader that frets about the smallest details, it’s the leader that has invested hours of prayer and tears, and it’s the leaders mind that is focused 24/7. It is no wonder that it gets tiring!

The capacity of any leader to continue on and to continue to grow is due to his or her support.

Here’s a thought to spare for your leaders: the battle was being fought by Joshua at one level (where the physical work is done) and the leadership was being given by Moses at another, both felt the pressure of battle in different ways but when the battle is over Moses cannot afford to stop and rest like the rest of the army,

His mind is already on the next battle,

And how is he going to feed his army,

And how is he going to judge the internal affairs,

And where to from here,

And in amongst all of that he has got the in-laws coming to visit!

Back to the point; when you support your leaders, not only do you become an integral part of the ministry and its capacity but you get to share in the victory also!

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