How are we as ministers fed........

It hit me hard that if we as ministers of the Gospel are to keep worship and disipleship alive we need to ensure that we are also fed. The only problem i found was that all the services round here are on Sunday Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So when our neighboring parish changed its service to 4pm as a one off, we all went along as a family , and as i thought, i worship Jesus and got fed.

This brought up 2 issues

Is Church for Christians only!!! as if services were at a different time would all churches be full of the same people?

Would more churches be full if they were at a different time as we would promote them as they would not be in competition!!

i now seek another place to be fed.

The bread of life......

Martin was struck down with a bug and i was asked to lead the service. It was communion, and i cannot do that.........
I must have phoned loads of people to help me do agape without breaking the rules, with no avail.
It was Rob my vicar from down south that i got hold of who gave me a framework that i could use.
The service was fantastic, as we in the congregation all took part. As i read John 6 to remember Jesus as the bread of life. Debbie broke bread and we all took bread from the bowl, handed out by the children , held it up and said "bread of life"

"I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35

St Bart's the next step for Martin

What a fantastic evening, Martin our Baptist pastor, is now an Anglican Deacon. Bishop Cyril made it a special evening. It was also his 7 year anniversary of becoming a Bishop. The sermon was spot on. At one point Martin was asked to lay prostate on the floor - i was thinking "come on this is the 21st centruary" but WOW it came alive as Cyril talked about vunerability, as MArtin lay there.
Seeing Matin in a dog collar for the first time was unusual but he definatly looked the part.

We see now how the community react with Martin in a collar and where it takes the church.

We pray for Martin , during this he had mild pneumonia, that he comes back to full health.

The fight is on ...its me against Gina

The reason has finally arrived to get fit. Beat the wife in weight loss.

i had a fantastic 2 weeks , then it went pairshaped. WHere as gina has had a steady loss. I tried to get extra boost by getting a chlosterol, diabetes and blood pressure check. Blow me down with a feather but the doctor told me that they are spot on.. i secretly hoped the docor would scare me to get fit. So now it definatly down to will power and beating the wife as my motivation.

so far i have lost 3 kg , 32 kg to go!!!!

Networking its worth it...

Joshua back in October recieved an ethnic minority award for recieving high grades in his Sats. It was during this meeting that i met the head, and deputy head of His school. i never thought i could work there as it totally out of my parish. But looking at selling the CHILL valentine party to the school, led to a link with the deputy head. She is now looking at building links with us in regards to extended eduction and the peer mentor schem we offer through CHILL - our youth drop in.
We wait in anticipation......................