Have you ever considered what your name means? Nowadays people are less concerned about the meaning of a name than how it sounds, especially when coupled with a surname. But in Biblical times, the meaning of names was significant, and some people were renamed. Most notably Simon was renamed Peter by Jesus.

The person we are walking with this week was also renamed. He actually had the name Joseph, he came from Cyprus, but the Christians in the early church gave him a different name, a nickname if you will. That name was Barnabas and we are told that it means “son of encouragement”. This is almost certainly because that’s exactly what Barnabas was, an encourager.

What does it look like to be an encourager? What difference does it make to people around us? These are questions Julian considers this week. Do join us and see what conclusions he draws.

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We prepare and upload content to be premiered on our Facebook page and YouTube Channel every Sunday at 10:30 am. We also extract the audio of the message and upload to our podcast stream.

You can find links for our various channels below this week's description:

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Watch the facebook premier as it is transmitted: https://www.facebook.com/theseeduk

Watch anytime on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg0ZaX09bJ1KAN-z_slGIbg

Listen to an audio recording of the message on our podcast stream: https://www.blubrry.com/the_seed/

Check out our website: www.theseeduk.com

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The Seed Christian Fellowship is a small Christian Church in Somerset UK