A very wise person once told me to ‘start from the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start!’
Ok, it was Maria in the sound of music, and she wasn’t really telling me, but seven strangely attentive and responsive children, but we can pretend!
Yesterday we held the first youth group of the year, and I think it was enjoyed by all. We started at the very beginning of time, and managed to fit seven days in to one hour session. We talked about creation, and they created the world. I thought you might like to see what we made… here it is…
If you are in year 6/7/8 please come along to the TLC on a Thursday evening at 6 til 7. It would be great to see you there.
Also, if you are free on a Thursday between 5.45 and 7.15 and would like to help out please let me know!
Bec.
Hi Everyone! Welcome back to the Agape Website – here is some more news about 418.
As I hope you are aware, next weekend we are embarking on a (mostly) new venture for Agape.
We have nearly 40 volunteers giving a total of 320 hours to serve our community. We have around 12 projects proposed so far, and are still accepting more to give us all something to do on Sunday afternoon.
The BBQ and band evening are all set to feed and impress… We will be joined by ‘Evaburn’ and a jazz band called ‘Close Quarters’ for an evening of band swapping entertainment. The BBQ is free to all residents and volunteers so please bring people along. There will be games and crafts for the children as well as a potential face painter – watch this space for more details!
The event is really gaining steam now as we enter into the last week of preparation.
Please pray for good weather – most (almost all) of the projects require at least dry weather, and we haven’t been seeing much of that recently. God is able!!
Also continue to pray for the residents and their acceptance and understanding of what we are doing. Our main aim is to show the awesome love of God to the community. Pray that they will have open hearts for what we are doing, and what we have to say.
Pray for the safety of the volunteers – some will be up ladders, others walking precariously close to the canal to pick up that little bit of rubbish that’s actually out of their reach! Pray for God’s protection on the volunteers as they serve, but also on the residents as they join with us to regenerate the community!
Please pray for me, Bec, that I can be more than sufficiently organised for this event – I don’t want to forget anything.
Please do remember that God is in complete control of this event, and that we want his will to be done.
In the awesome name that is above all names…
Amen.
See you Friday!!!!
Hi Everyone, just wanted to write a quick note to let you know where we’re up to with the planning for 418.
The short promo video went live on ‘Youtube’today, with links direct to it from the 418 pages on the agape website.
We’ve had nearly 20 volunteer forms back – but we still need more!
Please don’t take your involvement for granted – we want you to be invoved, but we do need a completed form form you!
We have also had a number of projects proposed, mainly garden based, but also cleaning windows etc.
All the planning and preparation is going well at the moment, we’re in the final stages of getting everything ready for the fast approaching big weekend!
There is a joint cell group on Wednesday to pray for the weekend, we would be really happy if you could come!
If you have any ideas or thoughts regarding the weekend of 418 let us know by leaving a comment.
Thanks everyone for your help so far!!!
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From 18th – 20th July 2008 Ty-Sign estate will be transformed.
Tell, friends, family, churches, youth groups… in fact anyone you can think of to come and join in this social-action event.
For more information, details on how to take part or volunteer projects and booking forms see the 418 pages on the web site.
The Sparx children contributed to Agape’s Easter Service by performing an Easter shadow play and singing a song for us. Here are some photos from the play.
Their involvement was a resounding success and we’d like to thank them all for their hard work and also the Sparx workers for their efforts and the Sparx parents for their support.
Have a Happy Easter.
Lent is here and we all know that giving up chocolate is a real sacrifice for many but you have to admit that it’s got a little old now. So if you’re looking for a new idea, Anne Thomas’ cell group is doing a Carbon Fast for lent.
The idea is to find a new way to reduce your carbon usage for every day of lent. If you’d like to join with the group in doing this you can find out more information on the Tearfund website. Check out http://www.tearfund.org/Churches/Carbon+fast+new/ for ideas and information.
If you do decide to give it a go then please let us know how you are getting along.
Hi everyone!
Firstly can I say thank you for the money you have given me towards my trip. It was perfect timing as the night after you had the church meeting my car got stolen so it was very good to have some encouragement!
I was also excited to see how interested everyone was in the work going on in Haiti. As you may have noticed before Christmas, I didn’t know too much about what I was getting into so a lot of what you were hearing from Martin and Carwyn was the first time I was hearing it too. It’s strange not being at Agape very much yet getting so much support from you – a perfect example of family and community! Thank you so much! It was great to see everyone getting behind it and I can’t wait to bore you with little stories and hopefully some photos!! (Bring some popcorn as it could be a long night!)
It’s less than a week before I go and I’m so excited!! I still have so much to do (like pack. get insurance, borrow a suitcase, buy a mosquito net etc – help! I didn’t realise I had that much left to do!)
Just to put some prayer points down for you to keep in kind and occasionally utter to the Big Man:
And for the not so self-centred prayer requests:
Well, I’m off to do all the stuff I have to do so that I won’t be panicked and can just be excited!
Love to you all,
cej
p.s. I have a new mobile number and a home number (like a real adult) Hannah or Mum/Dad should be able to pass them on. It will cost a lot to text while I’m away but before the 4th and from the 18th I’d love to hear from you!
xx