The Jeremiah Tree is the name given to the informal
fellowship that meets at our house. We never planned to begin a
house group. It really came about due to a spontaneous gathering of
friends during 2010.
Previous to this, Mandy and I pioneered and ran a free church called
'Church on the Hill' in south Birmingham. At the end of 2009, after
10½ years, we relinquished this over to another ministry and for a
time, we visited many fellowship but did not attend any on a regular
basis. In September 2010 we dedicated our two adjoining houses to
the Lord and our informal group became known as The Jeremiah Tree.
We had actually begun meeting together some months earlier and if
you are wondering where the name came from, it's the title of one of
my songs on the ‘Call’ CD.
Wall-to-Wall Goodness
Mandy and I have come into a knowledge of the wall-to-wall goodness
of God and we know that we are called to proclaim the this to
people. We do it mainly through the witness of our own testimony.
The prophet Hosea wrote that 'My people perish though lack of
knowledge' and for a long time, Mandy and I lived below the
privileges of God because we could not take on board the sheer
vastness of His favour to his children.
Our
story is one of the audacious and unqualified blessing of the Lord
and because of it we feel positioned and equipped to bring encouragement and
inspiration to the body of Christ.
The Jeremiah Tree has been
active in distributing finances to Pakistan, the
Philippines and Romania as well as looking to meet local needs. This practical
side is really a continuation of the gifting that
used to operate at Church on the Hill.
When we are not ministering, Mandy works as a trainer for the
Birmingham Drug & Alcohol
Action Team and I work part time as a
Flight Instructor and software writer.
All God's Blessings
Dave Scott-Morgan