Monday 15-Friday 19 September 08

Hello.

I am just about finishing at Cliff College for the week, we have been studying Mission and Evangelism with a focus on the Kingdom of God. It has been a fascinating week, being able to theologise what it means to be working in and for the Kingdom of God, what it means to reflect that in my life and work. It has been a good week to start a new term of work!

Considering this has been topic of thought, I have found these song lyrics by Tim Hughes from the album 'Holding Nothing Back', I would like to encourage you to read these words and use them as your prayer, and as the prayer for HSI;

What good is it to gain the whole world, but lose your soul?
What good is it to make a sweet sound, but remain proud?
In view of God’s mercy, I offer my all

And take my life, let it be everything, all of me
Here I am, use me for Your glory
In everything I say and do, let my life honor You
Here I am living for Your glory

The road I’m on that leads nowhere without You
And the life I live that finds meaning and surrender
In view of God’s mercy, I offer my all

Seeking first the Kingdom
Seeking first the Kingdom of my Lord

With that as our prayer this week here is our what I will be doing, please pray as I return to 'normality' of work and seek to contact schools.

Monday: Exec Meeting

Wednesday: Council of reference Meeting

Thursday: Hope Prayer Meeting
Rock Solid, Parkway Middle

Friday: Rock Solid, Parkway Middle
Mudflaps, Kedington

Have a great week.

September 08-New term

Hello,

And welcome back after a long, wet Summer holidays. Schools are back now in full flow and I have returned also, though this week I am doing a week study towards my Ma at Cliff College on Mission and Evangelism.

The summer has proved to be an interesting time to rest and reflect on the work I have been doing with HSI and how this new school year may bring new challenges and opportunity. With more work happening there are more opportunities to volunteer with us, we have many opportunities from day time in schools or to reaching out to the young people on the fringes of church.

We have now moved offices; we thank Samuel Ward for their kindness but thank Haverhill Methodist Church for providing us with office space in ‘Next Door’ where you will now find us.

This term has many of the usual things in store for us, Rock Solid at Parkway, Breakout (31st October), Café Vibe and we are soon to launch Rock Solid on Monday evening’s in the Chalkstone Community Centre. This will be similar to the RS group in Parkway but bigger, it will run for longer giving space to build relationships as we have a tuck shop and computer games before group discussion, talks and group games. This will be for Middle school age and be free of charge, more information to follow. If you want more information or would like to go on the rota to help please e-mail or phone us.

Please pray for the young people as they settle back in to school, for some a new school, pray also for the teachers for energy and enthusiasm. Also pray for us at HSI that we may be a fundamental part in the schools of Haverhill and Clare to be a witness of Christ’s love.

Big Day Out

Well we have just finished at the Big Day Out on Haverhill Rec, a free event for organisations to promote themselves and with lots of free activities for children and young people. It's been a great day in the sun and a good opportunity for us.

Thank you to all those who organised the event, we hope everyone enjoyed it!

Monday 14-Sunday 20 July 08

Hello.

I hope you have had a good week and not got too wet!

Congratulations to Diana, our part time worker, who had her baby last week, Zachariah Rees Andre, both are doing well!

Sadly our lesson at Parkway got cancelled this week but we have had a great week at Rock Solid looking at worry...quite a big thing for those changing classes or even school.

We have Cafe Vibe tonight which will hopefully be great fun, we have a new banner so if you go past Next Door you won't miss us!

Next week looks to be busy...

Monday- Meeting with Rob Ryan
-HSI exec

Thursday-Lesson on Christian faith at Castle hill Middle, yr5's
-Rock Solid, Parkway Middle

Friday-Rock Solid, Parkway Middle
-Mudflaps

Sunday-HSI Celebration Service, celebrating 13 years of HSI in Haverhill and Clare. Service starts at 6.30pm at Haverhill Methodist Church, Camps Road.
It is an opportunity to thank God, hear about the vision for HSI and to hear from Faith Forster our guest speaker.
We hope to see you there.

Have a great weekend.

Friday 11 July

7.30-10pm

Next Door, Camps Road

13-18 yrs

Monday 7-11 July 08

Hello,

Sorry I didn't write last week, after a week of activities in Parkway I was exhausted. It was a great week and having the opportunity to chat with both staff and students was great...as well as all the adventures of kayaking, cycling, cooking and much more! The conversations that came out of the week gave me food for thought of some of the challenges our young people face. Hope 08 is about sharing Hope with all people and it came very clear that some young people experience very little hope in their lives.

Lets pray that the message of hope will reach all people, and especially our young people who face many issues.

A big thank you to all who helped and came along to the Hope Fun Day. We had beautiful weather and a great day meeting lots of new people. We hope you enjoyed the day!

So, this coming week...

Tuesday: Parkway Middle RE lesson on Confirmation and Baptism

Thursday: Rock Solid

Friday: Rock Solid

Cafe Vibe: Another night for those 13-18, 7.30-10pm held in the new look Next Door, Camps Road. Play Stations, Cafe, music and more. Please advertise this to anyone you know who may be interested.

Have a great weekend.