BerryBunch Family @Berrybunchfamily@dingdash.com

The BerryBunch is at Cliff College (seminary) in the beautiful county of Derbyshire for the weekend at their annual festival - they've been doing these for a century!!

Just Nathan and me today, but we'll all be here across the weekend in our first, ever, BerryBunch exhibition stand.

God opened a door, so we walked through it.

Andy B

#TestimonyTuesday: A Prayer Answered Before It Was Prayed

Every day is a learning day, and every day God is still very much at work.

Read our latest testimony of God at work today!

It's often been said that when we pray we get one of three answers: Yes, No or Wait. I wonder where this one fits in with those three usual response.

A Prayer Answered Before It Was Prayed

We've been praying about how to fund replacement microphones for the ones we've been using to create https://buff.ly/3FF9kUE Video Resources: we wanted some Lavalier Microphones (miniature lapel placed microphones) because the ones we had been using sounded amazing, but were large and not helpful for the aesthetics of our video ie great for radio and podcasting, but not so great for video!

There was one major issue - we couldn't afford to buy the new microphones!...]READ MORE]...

Andy B

For the rest --> https://www.berrybunch.org/Articles/663155/_TestimonyTuesday_A.aspx

#TestimonyTuesday: Panic, Peace and Perfect Timing

Every day is a learning day, and every day God is still very much at work.

Read our latest testimony of God at work today!

Our car broke down. We’ve got a pretty good bus network and timetable. But, daily life – for us – and with no money for repairs, were left stranded for, potentially, several months.

God had other plans!...[READ MORE]...

For the Rest --> https://www.berrybunch.org/Articles/662706/_TestimonyTuesday_Panic.aspx

I have a happy spot I can cycle to from our home. It faces the North Sea (UK) so the weather can vary quite a bit!

It's a regular chatting-with-God-place for me.

Today, it was bright and sunny through overcast clouds, with a gentle, warm breeze.

The sea was out today at the beach, but I stand on a small cliff - the sound of the waves crashing on the sand was idyllic.

Blessings y'all

Andy B

(The photo is an old one to show what I can see)

Hey up DingDashers

How's people doing today? What you up to? And where in the world (roughly) are you doing it (I totally get security!)?

I'm in the North East of the UK, and catching up on some literature [hand outs] and mail from the past few weeks, and a week a a big Christian convention

My older two boys are at a bible study (called the Alpha Course - originally from the UK and a great way to grasp the basics of the Christian faith, or revisit those basic tenets of our faith, which is why my boys are involved)

My little son is mastering a rubicks cube!

Andy B

PS The photo is an old one from a our last holiday, as I can't find anything current ones on my computer!

#TestimonyTuesday: Testimony from the4points.com

To read the whole post --> https://buff.ly/3L4Z2ir

Every day is a learning day, and every day God is still very much at work.

Read our latest testimony of God at work today!

This one comes from Dave from the4points.com

Each week I go round lots of different homes in Toxteth to pray for local families. Last week one lady who was visiting a friend said, “I don’t know if I’m a Christian.”

So I asked her, do you believe that God loves you? She said yes.

Then I asked her, have you ever done anything wrong, the Bible calls this sin. Yes of course, she replied.

Do you believe that Jesus died and rose again, to take away your sin and give you eternal life? Again she replied yes.

Then God prompted me to read, Romans 10:9
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

I explained that she...[READ MORE]...

Praise God!

God bless, dave@the4points.com

#TestimonyTuesday: Keep. On. Praying.

Every day is a learning day, and every day God is still very much at work.

Read our latest testimony of God at work today!

Today's Testimony Tuesday post is a recent one for the BerryBunch, and is a reminder for us to all keep on praying.

Keep. On. Praying.

We'd been praying for a good number of years to be able to get our older two boys to some Christian Festivals. All to no avail, however, as we never had the money needed.

Until we did!...[READ MORE]...

For the rest --> https://www.berrybunch.org/Articles/662086/_TestimonyTuesday_Keep.aspx

Tomorrow the BerryBunch turns 3 years old

We've got a few things to celebrate this little milestone and an announcement about a Brand New Project we'll be starting up soon...

Andy B and the BerryBunch

We're at Spring Harvest in Minehead this week, supporting Konnect Radio.

Andy B, Steven and Nathan

Another post from Andy B's personal website.

"Frying Pan Faith and Cleaning"

This post has got very little to do with frying pans or cooking because it’s all about how much effort we want to go through effecting change in our lives...[READ MORE]...

https://andyberry.co.uk/2023/04/03/frying-pan-cleaning-and-faith/

It's me - Andy B - and Peter keeping you company for Saturday breakfast tomorrow morning.

9 til 12pm (UK).

Only on Konnect Radio - listen on the Konnect Radio app, on your computer, on your smart speaker

Holidays and Faith don’t equal Holidays from Faith

I was once talking with someone about their faith. They told me how their faith naturally developed over time. And, yet, their faith seemed more like that of a first time visitor to a church, amazed by the stained glassed windows and high ceilings, over Jesus having died on a cross for the sin in their life.

Faith has to be actively nurtured and tested, and tested means refined and I’ve never found a refinery which has great parking, and is secreted with lounger chairs and barista quality coffee.

Yes, our relationship with Jesus will grow over time; the Fruit of the Spirit does grow ‘spontaneously’ and without any direct effort on our part – at one level. But it certainly does grow as a direct consequence of our active, and ongoing, relationship with Jesus Christ...[READ MORE]...

Andy B

Read the Rest --> https://andyberry.co.uk/2023/03/20/holidays-and-faith-dont-equal-holidays-from-faith/

While we were away on holiday for 3 weeks (yes it was awesome having so much time off in one go) we had some inspiration during the first week. Two of those things are longer term projects I won't be sharing about yet (but am super excited about!) but one I can tell you is already live, and that is a website, just for me.

I love making video resources, but I do miss writing posts too, so this is an outlet for that, as well as being a place that lets me be creative in ways not connected with the BerryBunch.

I'm excited about it, and I haven't done much other than to make it go live!

So, go check it out, sign up to the blog, and you'll be able to know what I'm up to, especially those longer posts I'm aiming to start putting out once a week.

Andy B

https://andyberry.co.uk/

After a 3 week holiday the BerryBunch is back at it.

We may have been resting, but God sure doesn't, and for that I'm very glad!

Here's another of our Testimony Tuesday posts, of God's goodness - and how He is very much alive and at work today

Andy B

https://berrybunchfamily.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/testimonytuesday-the-power-of-prayer/

This was a gift from my youngest son, after our road trip yesterday to an aquarium.

He knows I love penguins and he had decided to find me a penguin 'something' and found this in a gift shop, buying it with his pocket money.

He bought one too - for himself - so we can be penguin buddies 😊

So meet Dave the Penguin...

At least I think he is a Dave. But, whatever name I settle on, he'll live on my desk - next to my computer monitors - to brighten my view 🙂

Andy B

#penguin #gift #son #special #precious #penguinbuddies

Some BerryBunch News and a non video blog post...

This is something of an FYI (For Your Information) really: as I’m typing this I currently have no voice and my brain is slightly foggy so I’m not at most efficient either!

There’s also a few prayer requests at the bottom.

If there was a relevant message for us all here, it’s simply that Jesus withdrew in order to rest, and this is something we need to regularly do too.

If Jesus did it, we really need to do the same.

Andy B

For the rest -->https://wp.me/pbUICj-77U

S02E005, Snakes and Sticks - Dave Unleashed

Once again Dave the Dog is unleashed and, once again, he gets up to his usual funny antics, even though Peter is on hand trying to keep him on track.

In Dave Unleashed you are treated to a Dave the Dog Story Time and Art Time with JoJo. And Dave encourages us to watch the art time again and get our “Art on!”

The BerryBunch

Watch Dave Unleashed --> https://www.berrybunch.org/Articles/655006/S03E003_Why_the.aspx

#TestimonyTuesday – A Recent Healing Miracle

I’ve been struggling with Atrial Fibrillation for a while. I wont’ bore you with the details, but it isn’t much fun. At the heart of the matter is, well the heart! And, in the most general terms there is atrial fibrillation, and there is mild atrial fibrillation.

When the heart goes into A Fib, it simply doesn’t beat in a regular rhythm. Severe means your heart may be beating at 220 beats per minute and you need a hospital, rapidly! And I’ve had that severe kind, twice – last time in November 2021: I was in the inner part of A & E (ER) for more than 15 hours, hooked up to many machines just in case.

When you’re surrounded by multiple doctors (and barely a nurse in sight) you know it’s not great! It should be said, however, that while it is bad, it is not quite ‘that’ bad – as you’re likely to feel awful, but you’re not likely to die from it – not at my age anyway…[READ THE REST AT OUR WEBSITE]

For More --> https://berrybunchfamily.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/testimonytuesday-recent-miracle/

A Brief Pause with Andy B, 07.02.23

Jesus stopped.
We should too!

It’s good to take a regular pause through the day to hush and pause – and to check in with God. What might God say to us if we let Him?

Andy B

For More --> https://berrybunchfamily.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/a-brief-pause-with-andy-b-07-02-23/

S05E053, Best Laid Plans, Andy B 2 Minute Video

There’s a rather crude phrase in the UK about how P&*$ Poor Planning Produce P*£% Poor Performance. (You can interpret those symbols for whatever works best for your innocence!)

The basic point is simply that if we don’t put in the effort to plan something, it’s likely to go wrong. And planning poorly usually results in poor outcome.

As humans, as parents, as friends, as children, as employers and employees we’re regularly planning something. Even if it’s our next break for a cup of tea!

Meanwhile, never planning for anything is a very bad idea on a number of levels. But, it is also a bad idea not to plan so much you’ve sorted the next thirty years of your life, without considering how you’re gonna do it.

We can dream that dream house. But if it’s on the other side of a ravine, we need to build a bridge first before fitting our bespoke kitchen units an...[READ MORE] ...

Watch the Video on our website: https://www.berrybunch.org/Articles/655376/S05E053_Best_Laid.aspx