Placement churches

I’ve been made to feel so welcome in New Life. Everyone is very encouraging and people’s passion for God here really is inspiring. It’s not a very big church but it has so much going on and they are keen to be growing in numbers. I’ve been involved with the parents and toddlers group called little sparks that runs on a Wednesday morning, its hard work but fantastic. I’ve also been going into 2 schools with the Youth Worker, to help with the lunch time clubs and an afterschool club. This involves playing games; eating yummy food and a discussion, for example one week it was ‘Do miracles still happen?’ Really cool to see them all thinking about stuff for themselves and being interested in it. Some of us in the church also pray in the town centre every Thursday, this has been challenging but I’m so glad that I’m working with people who are bold and prepared to be actively showing their love for Jesus. There is also a ‘young peoples’ cell group that I’m part of. It’s a social time where we join together to worship and study the bible. I have also helped with a service at a home for the mentally ill, it was so touching to see people praise God in some really tough situations. I’m also part of a ministry called ‘third choice’ where we just want to bless the community, last week we went and handed out coffees to taxi drivers and prayed for one man, the response has been great. Also helped with car washing on a Saturday morning, in another attempt to just love people. As a church we decided we wanted to do something alternative around the time of Halloween so we had a Caribbean party! It’s so much fun being in a church made up of people from different cultures!

 

I feel really content in where I’ve been placed and I’m so excited for my year ahead. There’s alot I’m involved with and it’s hard work but the church is so supportive. New Life Church is an exciting place to be!