Supporting & Encouraging Children, Young People & Young Families Nera Tee rll Youth Ministry Update [iegess people are negative ee Schools Work Developments people in the UK liv We have a great relationship the Lord answered quickly like to help support the chil- Sha) with Leon School & Sports (praise God!). We've had a dren during the activities, Ud College with a weekly lunch- number of independent con- please put the following ime group and fortnightly tacts with Drayton Park Pri- dates in your diary and let prayer meeting with the mary School in particular. Ricky or Chris know which teaching staf, and are in- They have booked in to visit sessions you're available to volved in regular work with the Church Centre next _ help with. ew the Primary Schools with the month, and there are two eh rad annual Christmas & Easter other areas we're working on Tues. 29th March- AM / PM Cracked activities. But want together. Please keep praying Wed. 30th March—AM / PM those relationships to de- for the other schools too. Tues. Sth April- AM / PM velop further. ‘Wed. Gth April- AM / PM Oy ee ec homes TOOT od eer Easter Cracked In the weeks before Easter we'll be inviting seven Pri- ‘Ata recent Church meeting | ey asked you to pray for greater ‘opportunities to work with ‘Morning sessions run from 930-1230 and afternoon sessions run from 12:30-2:30 eros Pee ary with the schools in our local ary Schools into the Church (45 70)" ee Community. It appears that {2 core tre meaning of eet iy appease and why a Tee you prayed (thank you!) an celebration for us. If you'd ore Cd New Work: Oakhill Secure Training Centre jeopardy ‘The Oakhill STC is an institu- number of young ‘When! was naked a Voluntary Chap- ‘or neglected during tion which provides and edu- people come to yoy gaye me lain. This will i Ca cation & training for young faith and be bap- : volve regular visits men fiom 12-17 years who tized in the cen- “othes; when! was 1. "the “centre to Bud are serving a custodial sen- tre. What a wit- MUNgry you fed me, meet with the staff an ‘tence for serious or persis- ness to God's &when/wasin & trainees of two A tent offences. Last year we forgiving nature prison you visited units, sharing a were approached by their & transforma" mo’ Josys meal with them and PR ny part time Chaplain, Rev. An- tional power . In providing a listening ee drew Gale, asking us to sup- addition, a mem- ear & pastoral sup- eg port his work there by occa- ber of staff who has been port. It is hoped that this also sionally leading worship at accompanying the trainees to allow opportunities to help their weekly chapel services. the Chapel Services (as part disciple the new Christians. So far we've been twice (back of her role, not through again next month!) and have choice) has also made a com- See Ricky's website for a re- seen a marked change in the mitment to the Lord! port of our last visit to atmosphere & young People 4.5 work ToDo, Oakhill: wemet a ww weasyrew.com/oakhill Andrew is doing some great A¥ter a long vetting process " See the newsletter for an ‘work at the centre which is Ricky has been approved by opportunity to join us in being blessed by te Lord. He the Youth Justice Team, the SPROTRUY, has been in post for a short Home Office and G4S and has time but has already seen a joined the team at Oakhill as fee ecu!Future Project: Detached Work? Much of the children’s & youth work we're involved in ‘at the moment takes place at the Church Centre or in ‘Schools. But there are young people who are no longer attend school and would never dream of coming into the Church building. In order to build relationships with them we need to go to them, which means leaving behind the comfort of the Church about organized institutions in general, and the Church in particular) is a very lengthy process. It requires a long- ‘erm commitment from indi- viduals and will often seem like a thankless task with little fruit being seen in the early months & even years. But | believe the investment in these relationships will bear great fruit in the years to come - probably not spe- a OTIS @ Spurgeons more than simply provide a good role model, but to ac- tively challenge unhealthy attitudes (about themselves & others), to support them through the challenges they St face & by exploring spiritual. MN Muley curs ity together. As we seek to develop this project please MEMUuIunuRis ny pray for direction, resources |MNEna ce scue? (human & financial) and ap- Decency propriate partners. er est Centre and heading to the cifically for our Church, but in a ‘there are 700,000 places where they hang out, the lives of the individuals TOS cess and spending time with (and therefore the commu- acd them. nity). By investing time in feotat a their personal, social & spiri- TREES buling sans with tual development we. have Positive stats there wl Ptical the opportunity to do far Peer across any, please eas How To Support Youth Ministry at Spurgeons cl) Your continued support is as. Prayer: Volunteering: vital to Youth Ministry asit is - new & existing projects - Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade to every area of ministry - discerning direction - Junior Church the Church. You can support seizing new opportunities. Friday Club us in a number of ways; - increase in volunteers - Schools Work - sustainability of projects - admin & organisation Financial: - see below for how to give How To Give Regular Giving: You can setup a Standing Order to give every week or month (whichever you pre- fer). Contact our Treasure, Dee Stevens, for details. If you already give regularly and ‘would like to increase your giving to support the Youth Ministry, please speak to Dee One Off Gift: ply place your gift in an envelope marked ‘Youth Min- istry’ and drop it into the offering bags on a Sunday morning or hand it to a Dea- con. Gift Aid: IF you are a UK taxpayer, you can ‘Gift Aid’ your giving to the Church which means that for every £10 you give we can claim an additional £250 at no cost to you (because it ‘comes out of tax you've al- ready paid). All you need to do is fill in a short form and hand it to Dee. Surprisingly there are lots of people who faithfully give to the Church but have not reg- istered for Gift Aid (many of ‘whom are UK taxpayers). Revealing God's love eeu y Resource Sponsorship: IF you would like to provide something more practical, Contact Detail: you might want to consider sponsoring a Youth Ministry resource. This might include: ‘sa Bible for a young person ‘Bible reading notes for a young person for a year ‘ea DVD resource for use with ‘Young People ‘sbooks/resources to encour- Spurgeon Baptist Church ‘age young people in wor- Drayton Road ship Bletchley IF you're interested, please (MK2 3RR speak to Ricky.