amazing how quick a year goes.....

march 2012 - 15 months later i have realised i dont do blogs!!!!

blogging.

As we start 2011, i realised that in not the best one to blog....

so i want to start by doing it weekly not daily as i planned. i feel its a bit more realistic.

Good to say about the thing that we have started in 2010 that finishes in june this year.

"We are not going to buy anything new for 1 year other than consumables" started june 2010.

ill recap some of the stories over the next few weeks. especially the toaster and kettle.....

welcome 2011

We start the year full of expectations.......

lets see where life takes us.

Im want to have more time with God and my family and find a hobby.

Gina's looking out to hanging out more with her friends.

Josh has a year of GCSE's and then chilling for 4 months.

Genesia is looking forward to going away with a friend and enjoy being in the community play.

where have i been.....

As i look forward to the beer and hymns i thought WOW where has the year gone. my last post was the reflection of the last one a year ago.

i will endeavor to post things that are happening in our life and my ministry.

i will also blog on the few things that happend in 2010 like:

Looking after a friends dog DES for 3 months,

Not buying anything new for 1 year which started in June 2010

Greenbelt....

Have a fantastic christmas and an exciting new year.

Beer and Hymns at The local Pub

This year Beer and carols took place on christmas eve in 09 and it was a joint venture with St Stephen's. it had a totally different atmosphere, as it was full of locals, as the trams and buses were not working. the first session was over an hour with lots of requests. the 2nd was only half hour,as the pub had thinned out.
we then went to st bart's to set up for midnight communion.

New year - new way of life.

After a busy 6 months, i start 2010 with the following thoughts:
What are my priorities
What should i stop doing
What activity has come to its end.
More family time
More time with God
Read more.
stop and listen to God more.
Words - Action - do i have the right balance.
Reflect on my ministry

Wow: What a year.

Since June it just reflects how our lives have been...reflected in our newsletter style. Snakes and Ladders.

The summer was a great time of rest in wales camping with friends and enjoyng Green belt festival. Gina getting ordained and stating ministry at St Stephen's.

Then Gina;s mum took a turn for the worst and sadly passed away. The funeral was very moving with Gina taking some of the service. Then in November Gina's Dad, John had a major stoke. A very hard time, and many more trips to london. He has recovered miracuously well, just needing time to recapture his great memory. In all of this, Dolly John's wife's mum passed away and yet another funeral down south.

St Bart's church and St Stephens church are working together to see if they can joing together and become 1 area.

Trying to continue ministry in this time has been hard but has happened.

Both youth clubs going well, with 2 big christmas bashes

christmas services were in the theme of "TOP GEAR" - more info and pics to follow
Carol singing in the pubs and streets.

finish the year with "BEER AND CAROLS" in the hillsborough hotel on christmas eve. followed by midnight mass.

The future of the Kalsi family and Church.

The last few God has shown the path that we will be on for the next few years.

Gina gets ordained this July at Sheffield Cathedral and starts her curacy at St Stephens, the church next door, a place where She did a placement.

This means that the Kids can sty in the same schools.

I was then able to apply for funding and now have it. My new role will be community evangelist for the next 4 years.

We are also discussing the possibility of the 2 churches, us and St Stephens working together in a more formal way.

God is good. We can now build on the links we have made and even better with the 2 churches working together.

Cafe Church - Pentecost

Its the fifth Sunday again. Spent the morning with a Pentecost Quiz, Meditative reading on the reading and space for the Holy Spirit to work. People then visited the 5 prayer stations. People singing, Bubbles outside, sending prayers up to God, Christian Aid, the oratory for silence and prayer ribbons representing the wind that came on that day.

Pentecost - 50 days after Jesus's crucifiction, 1o days after His assention. goes back to the jewish rituals.

"Spirit of the living God fall afresh on me."