23rd November 2014

Its been another brilliant week at Gunville!

At Rock Solid this week we talked about the fact that just like you cant get anything other than toothpaste out of a tube of toothpaste, only good stuff will come from God. We also played lots of games!

We learnt the same thing at Kids club, and we also talked about rules and had lots of fun with crazy dressing up relay races and other games... (and toast of course!)

Clusters was great too, we asked the girls what kind of questions they want to talk about over the coming weeks... the most popular response was "can we have a sleep over?" !!!

We didn't have Rising Tide this week because we did 'Secret Church' this Sunday morning to help us to learn about and pray for Christians who live in parts of the world where they are persecuted for following Jesus.

This week we also had Emerge at YFC which I presented with Cameron. We had a time for singing worship which was great and we heard a brilliant talk from Ian about trials and temptations.

We had our weekly YFC prayer breakfast on Monday all about being thankful even in tough situations and I've also been writing essays, attending lectures, doing lots of planning and taking part in meetings!

16th November 2014

God is growing our youth work at Gunville Methodist Church and its so exciting!

We've now been running Kids Club and Clusters for two weeks and they've both been really successful.

At Rock Solid we've been having lots of fun making pompoms and cornflake cakes and talking about how God provides for us. 

Rock Solid

At Kids club we've had lots of colour and fun with a great group of kids who we're really excited to spend more time with over the coming weeks and months. We've experimented with all kinds of combinations to spread on toast, and we've learnt about what God has created, from the stars in space, to the things we really need like food and water. We've also had lots of ideas for a name for the kids club... we'll let you know when we decide on our favorite!

Kids Club

We also launched Clusters last week for young people in years 7&8. It's been great to get to spend more time together. Among other things, we've watched a bit of one of the Narnia films and talked about how it is similar to the story of Jesus. 

I've also had lots of meetings (as usual!) and have been going to Moorlands once a week and writing essays.

On Friday 7th we ran CATALYST at YFC where we had a shoe-box wrapping challenge, saw one of the leaders get a marsbar out of green custard with his teeth(!), sang some worship to God and heard a talk about faith in action. It was a great evening and we're looking forward to the next CATALYST on 5th December and EMERGE on the 21st October.

2nd November 2014

Last week we had lots going on and next week there will be even more!

Rock Solid last week was super exciting! Not only did we play crazy games like 'jump the sock' and 'newspaper hockey', but we also had a really great time in our upstairs 'chat time' where we ended up talking about what it really means to give your life to Jesus, and some of the girls that come along decided that that was something they would like to do!

I've had lots and lots of meetings, but some of them have been exciting ones about new groups that we're about to launch. This week we'll be hosting the very first kids club at Gunville, and also the first cluster group for years 7&8!

At Moorlands we continued to learn about working with other cultures, and then about the Old Testament where we studied 'covenant texts'.

On Friday YFC ran Emerge which was a great evening of worship and the first of a series of talks about the book of James. We even got a surprise performance from Phil who decided to play a song on guitar!

I've been away visiting friends and family this week while we've had a break from clubs and activities for half term, but I was back in time for our Light Party today where we had lots of craft activities, plenty of fun games and an abundance of yummy food!