On Sunday, we leave for Oswestry to set up Coventry Youth Camp! Over 100 teens from all over Coventry will join us on Monday. Dré is serving on the Core Team this year, which has taken a whole lot of planning!! Whist on camp, she'll be leading a small group, co-coordinating the afternoon activities and presenting and coordinating the after hours activities, and being First Aider on call. Josh will also be leading a small group, and will be co-presenting the morning sessions (in front of all of camp!), and will put his drumming skills to use by helping to teach a Junk Band funshop!
We're really excited about camp! This year's theme is Tranformers - Romans 12:1-8. Have a read and please pray for us this coming week!
(and please be patient with us if we seem asleep for the couple weeks after that - it might take us awhile to recover from our summer!)
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Monday, 18 August 2008
This Summer So Far...
So what have we really been up to this summer? Here's a quick rundown of the highlights...
CY Residential:
Josh led the 11-14s in a great residential - look in our past posts for more details!
Hillfields Mission:
Keith Parr and his youth team at the Cathedral worked to do a mission in Hillfields with Hope Church, and it was a great success! They cleared gardens, hosted a Tea Dance for the older folk (we were very impressed with Keith and his team's dancing skills!), hosted kid's club evenings, and hosted a BBQ with inflatables, among other things. We don't claim to have done any of the hard work, we just showed up and said "Well done!" to the great team of adults and teens that shared the love of Jesus in Hillfields.
Spark in the Park:
Take a look below for some details on such an amazing week!
New Wine:
We spent a week with others from the church in rainy rainy Shepton Mallet, and it was great! It was fantastic to spend time with the families, and great to soak in some really inspirational teaching and get some sweet new ideas for youth and children's ideas!
Just one more week of summer left, we wonder what else we can find to do...
CY Residential:
Josh led the 11-14s in a great residential - look in our past posts for more details!
Hillfields Mission:
Keith Parr and his youth team at the Cathedral worked to do a mission in Hillfields with Hope Church, and it was a great success! They cleared gardens, hosted a Tea Dance for the older folk (we were very impressed with Keith and his team's dancing skills!), hosted kid's club evenings, and hosted a BBQ with inflatables, among other things. We don't claim to have done any of the hard work, we just showed up and said "Well done!" to the great team of adults and teens that shared the love of Jesus in Hillfields.
Spark in the Park:
Take a look below for some details on such an amazing week!
New Wine:
We spent a week with others from the church in rainy rainy Shepton Mallet, and it was great! It was fantastic to spend time with the families, and great to soak in some really inspirational teaching and get some sweet new ideas for youth and children's ideas!
Just one more week of summer left, we wonder what else we can find to do...
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Hmmm...
So what do Dré and Josh do all summer? Try to learn things like this...
As always, check with your parents before you venture into the world of YouTube.
As always, check with your parents before you venture into the world of YouTube.
Sunday, 3 August 2008
let's all go to New Wine!
This week we're off to New Wine! For those that haven't been before, New Wine is a fantastic Christian holiday conference, with great teaching for adults, teens and kids. With seminars, massive big top worship and teaching times, cool cafes and tons of people staying in tents, it's a great week away. We're looking forward to joining the crew from Holy Trinity this week!
For more information about New Wine, check out www.new-wine.org :)
For more information about New Wine, check out www.new-wine.org :)
Friday, 1 August 2008
Spark in the Park success!!!
Hey all! This past week we were a part of Spark in the Park; Memorial Park to be exact! Over 100 volunteers from churches such as Holy Trinity (woop woop!), Christian Life Ministries, Queen's Road Baptist Church, Bethel and Elim, came together to provide crafts, games, sports, facepainting, songs and stories each day this past week.
From 1:3o-4pm, we gathered near the Park and Ride with a few marquees and inflatables and had an amazing time! Over 300 kids and their families joined us each day! There's a 'Spiritual Surge' time each afternoon where the children and parents learned about someone in the Bible who'd gone through a tough time and had cried out "I'm a believer, get me out of here!", which was the week's theme. We were reminded that God has a plan for us, and He loves us, even when the going gets tough. And during one such Spiritual Surge, Josh was 'gunged' - pictures to follow soon!
On Wednesday night, your very own Dré and Josh lead the Family Fun Night, which included relays, team games and quiz rounds. On Thursday evening there was a football tournament, and on Friday night, Dré and Sarah Harrison, assistant minister at Queen's Road Baptist Church, co-hosted the Spark Factor Talent Show!
It was a great opportunity to share our lives with families from all walks of life, and we are so grateful we've been able to serve on the Executive Committee for such an amazing feat. We really look forward to next year's Spark, and hope to get many more of you involved!
From 1:3o-4pm, we gathered near the Park and Ride with a few marquees and inflatables and had an amazing time! Over 300 kids and their families joined us each day! There's a 'Spiritual Surge' time each afternoon where the children and parents learned about someone in the Bible who'd gone through a tough time and had cried out "I'm a believer, get me out of here!", which was the week's theme. We were reminded that God has a plan for us, and He loves us, even when the going gets tough. And during one such Spiritual Surge, Josh was 'gunged' - pictures to follow soon!
On Wednesday night, your very own Dré and Josh lead the Family Fun Night, which included relays, team games and quiz rounds. On Thursday evening there was a football tournament, and on Friday night, Dré and Sarah Harrison, assistant minister at Queen's Road Baptist Church, co-hosted the Spark Factor Talent Show!
It was a great opportunity to share our lives with families from all walks of life, and we are so grateful we've been able to serve on the Executive Committee for such an amazing feat. We really look forward to next year's Spark, and hope to get many more of you involved!
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