27th April 2014

An insight into what I get up to as the YTP student in Gunville

At Gunville Methodist Church:

• Rock Solid:
  Rock Solid was brilliant this week, we had lots of fun with parachute games, human play-doh and crazy relay races involving bed sheets(!), and everyone got so engaged in a discussion about identity that we didn't even have time for our last activity!

• The Space:
  Unfortunately it was raining during The Space this week so we didn't have any takers for cake and hot chocolate because everyone wanted to get home and change out of their wet school uniform.

• Rising Tide:
  In Rising Tide this week we'll be thinking about the responisibility and mission that we have as Christians.

Moorlands:
I've almost finished my current essay for Moorlands which is due to be handed in on Tuesday. We had lectures this week on Hermeneutics and on the Old Testament.

With Youth For Christ

• Team Meeting
  Because we didn't have a meeting on Monday, we met on Thursday to plan Rock Solid Weekend Away.
• Lunch Club
  We went into Christ the King on Friday for lunch club. As it was raining we couldn't run any games so we just spent some time chatting to young people whilst they were eating their lunch.

• Emerge
  Emerge is our most 'in depth' youth event. We moved it into a different room this week which is much smaller than usual which gave it a very different feel. We shared in some sung worship together and Simon gave a talk on freedom.

Duke of Edinburgh:

Before Easter we took the young people from DofE on their first day walk, so this week we reviewed how it went and put a programme together for this term - everyone agreed that we need to do a lot more work on navigation and map and compass skills!

WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:

• We need another leader to join Gunville Rock Solid on the 10th May at RS Quest at the Westbrook Centre in Ryde.

• If you'd like to be involved in baking or providing cakes for The Space please let me know or sign up on the sign up sheet in the church.
• If you'd like to be involved in helping at Rock Solid, Rising Tide or The Space, or if you have another idea, please contact me.

Things to pray for:

• Thank God for all of the girls at Rock Solid and pray that they will continue to learn and grow.
• Pray for The Space and for guidance on how best to move forwards.

Lorna Randall
07582778489
lornarandall812@hotmail.com
www.lornarandall.blogspot.com

13th April 2014

Its the Easter Holidays! 
...So everything is a little different at the moment.

I've taken a few days holiday to visit home and friends over the Easter break whilst we don't have our usual term time activities (And to write an essay!). 
But before I left, the girls from Rock Solid spent a couple of hours washing cars at the church on Tuesday afternoon in aid of Smile Charity Uganda. We had a brilliant afternoon and raised an impressive total of £50! Well done to all the girls, and thank you very much to everyone who brought their cars along and helped out!

Rising Tide, The Space and Rock Solid will resume after the Easter Holiday.

5th April 2014

An insight into what I get up to as the YTP student in Gunville

At Gunville Methodist Church this week:

• Rock Solid:

We're now up to 4 times the numbers that we started with at Rock Solid! Last week Kristy and Paul did an amazing job running Rock Solid whilst I was away, with a theme around Mother's Day. This week we looked at Easter and we even had an egg hunt!

• The Space:

A small miracle happened at The Space this week when we welcomed 8 new people into the cafe for cake, hot chocolate and card games!

• Rising Tide:

This morning in Rising Tide we're studying the story of Jesus healing Baritmaeus' sight and we're talking about Jesus' authority in different situations.

Moorlands:

You may have noticed that I wasn't around last week - this is because I had a 'block week' at Moorlands. We spent the whole week covering World Religions and Church history, including field trips to a Synagogue and Christchurch Priory, and a day of assessed group presentations.

Moorlands have now broken up for Easter so I will go back on the 29th.

With Youth for Christ this week:

• AOK

AOK stands for Acts of Kindness - we go into Carisbrooke College to hand out free juice to the students at lunch time.

• Team meeting and Prayer Breakfast

The YFC team met up on Monday and split into groups to do a bit of prayer walking around Newport before out weekly meeting.

• Vibe

Vibe is our most 'open' youth event. We aim to make it an event that is easy to bring non christian friends to, so it has a few games, a cafe bar serving milkshakes and other treats and a relaxed atmosphere with a very simple message. This term's Vibe was themed around Easter.

Duke of Edinburgh:

The young people at DofE practiced their camp craft this week with a 'camp cooking competition'. This afternoon (Sunday) we'll be taking the out for their first day walk.

WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:

• Car Wash
  Come along on Tuesday between 4pm-6pm to have your car washed by young people from Rock Solid in aid of Smile Uganda Charity, or come and lend a hand doing the washing!
• RS Quest
  We need another leader to join Gunville Rock Solid on the 10th May at RS Quest at the Westbrook Centre in Ryde and will possibly be needing some transport.
• The Space
  The Space will be back after Easter on the 23rd April and we will be needing some cakes, cookies, brownies or any other baked treats.

Things to pray for:

- Thank God for continued growth at Rock Solid, and for such a breakthrough at The Space.

- Pray for all the young people over the next couple of weeks as usual activities are not running over Easter.

- Pray for the Car Wash on Tuesday - that it goes really well and raises lots of money.

- Pray for me as I travel home for Easter.

Lorna Randall

07582778489

lornarandall812@hotmail.com
www.lornarandall.blogspot.com