Tuesday 30 January 2007

Tuesday 30th-Friday 2nd February 07

Hello.
I hope you have had a good weekend. This week is looking busy as term is well underway so here's how this week is looking for your prayers.

Wednesday: I have my weekly mentoring session at Chalkstone Middle which is followed by a Youth Services meeting to see how this work is going and how we can improve it.

Thursday: I'm in Clare for the Churches Together meeting in the evening.

Friday: I'm starting the morning off with an assembly on Commitment (yes more baked beans and jelly) with the whole school at Castle Manor followed by a year 10 RE lesson on 'Prejudice' which is the first of five lessons in Castle Manor. These are the first lessons and the first assembly I have taken at Castle Manor so please pray that it is received well and opens up great discussions.

I hope you have a good week.

Friday 19 January 2007

Monday 22-Friday 26th January '07

Hello.

Hope you have had a good week so far. Just a quick update and to give you a few things to be praying about for next week.

It's been a bit of a slow week but I had a great time at Chalkstone Middle on Monday and have started to mentor a student there which is a great opportunity, please be praying for this work as it is so important.

I have also been to a meeting about Haverhill Methodist Church's holiday club 'Going Banana's' which is taking place in half term which I'm getting involved in.

With it being a little quiet at the moment it has given me a great opportunity to reflect on what I gained from the conference and to look forward to this term. Already I have been in conversation with Samuel Ward about setting up an after school Christian Union this term, hopefully we can set up something more definite next week...so keep that in your prayers.

I have also been looking into how I can set up a Rock Solid club at Parkway Middle, this will be a fun club run at lunch times, which again will hopefully start after half term, however I am praying that someone may be able to volunteer their help to assist me with this one lunch time a week...any ideas please please let me know.

I'm really excited about these opportunities, it will deepen the work so that relationships can be built outside of the classroom environment so that the youth can really explore what it is to be a Christian! With all this I still have a lesson to plan and an assembly for Castle Manor and I am hoping to organise a fund raising quiz night...so watch this space.

Next week will be more of the planning of these developments as well as more of the mentoring, I won't be around on the Friday 26th and Monday 29th as I'm taking time out after last week.

Please keep praying for the young people and the schools, prayer is more powerful than we can understand! Have a great weekend.

Sunday 14 January 2007

Youth For Christ Staff Conference

Hello, and a slightly belated New Year!

I just came back from North Wales on Friday after having spent a week in a Castle for the Youth For Christ Staff conference. It was amazing week....the food was great, plenty of it! I got loads out of the week too, there were some great seminars with lots of information for me to take away and think about what more we can do in Haverhill and Clare to move HSI on! It was great to link with other people in similar situations, especially other new staff and others working on their own.

Hopefully 2007 will be a great year for HSI and we can move the work on and reach more children and young people making a real impact on their lives!!

This term is starting slightly slowly, I have a meeting at Chalkstone this Monday morning about some mentoring, so praying that will go well.

Hope you have all had a great Christmas and New Year and are feeling well in the swing of things now!