This year the Youth Conference Reunion was held at Ely. The actual journey to get there was 4 hours but upon arriving there, it always seems to make me smile. It was good to see some old faces as well as some new. On the Friday it was just a catch up time for all of us.
After a few hours sleep, Saturday arrived, and we had a big day ahead of us. The preacher, Dan, was talking to us about the Power of Christ, and the activities we did in the afternoon certainly showed us this. The three activities were litter picking, giving out chocolates on the streets and doing a treasure hunt. The group I was in was the treasure hunt. What happens is that you pray to God to give you specific words or phrases and see if they match to any of the columns you have. The columns were place, name, appearance, illness and other. They you go out to these places and try to find these people. We found five people on the street and we prayed for them. It really opened my eyes to how God works through people.
On the Sunday,the inevitable happened - it snowed. We had to walk from the church where we were staying to the school where the service was held. After the service we had lunch with the members of the church. After this we returned to the Church and we parted our ways back across the country. It was truly a memorable Youth Conference. Thanks to all the committee that helped to make this conference fantastic.
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Busy Week
We have had a busy few days this week. On Wednesday we had the final Prayer meeting before Alpha starts next week and discussed practical arrangements. It sounds as if there may be several outside people coming along which would be wonderful.
On Thursday we had a much delayed Church Meeting, although there were only about nine of us there. We covered all the usual business but, during Any Other Business someone came up with the brilliant idea of starting a Cafe Church during the morning services in an attempt to encourage others to come along. We are aiming to have a trial session on Easter Sunday morning which is really exiting. Anyone is welcome to come along so if you are reading this - that means you!
On Friday we held a Craft Evening lead by Kate Foster who showed everyone how to decorate flower pots - very enjoyable! A good night was had by all 13 adults and 12 children who came along.
On Thursday we had a much delayed Church Meeting, although there were only about nine of us there. We covered all the usual business but, during Any Other Business someone came up with the brilliant idea of starting a Cafe Church during the morning services in an attempt to encourage others to come along. We are aiming to have a trial session on Easter Sunday morning which is really exiting. Anyone is welcome to come along so if you are reading this - that means you!
On Friday we held a Craft Evening lead by Kate Foster who showed everyone how to decorate flower pots - very enjoyable! A good night was had by all 13 adults and 12 children who came along.
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Starting to Blog
Hi everyone, thought it would be good for Ebley Chapel to have it's own Blog so we can let folk know what we are doing in a slightly more informal way than the main website so here goes!
We a
re all really excited at the moment as we are about to start on a series of Alpha courses with the first one starting just a couple of weeks away. We begin on Wednesday 3rd March at 7pm with an informal meal and discussion when anyone can come along and ask questions and get a 'taster' of what the course has to offer. It will last for about 12 weeks and we are using the DVD's followed by group discussions. As is usual with most Ebley events, food will be on the agenda! Even if you don't think you can make every evening you would be most welcome to come along and join us whenever you can.
At last we have almost finished the building work and renovations that started over a year ago. We have just had the electricty upgrated and all that remains is to plaster and decorate the old kitchen, soon to be office/vestry/quiet room, and touch up on paintwork around the large halls. So much has been achieved that anyone who has not visited for a while may not recognise us. We now have a lovely building and fantastic kitchen (food again!) to enable us to reach out to the local community and invite them home.
Our aim this spring and summer is to keep on top of the maintenance of the graveyard, replace the main doors and either repair or replace some of the windows. The car park may need to be resurfaced and the outside wall repointing so there is plenty to be done.
We a
re all really excited at the moment as we are about to start on a series of Alpha courses with the first one starting just a couple of weeks away. We begin on Wednesday 3rd March at 7pm with an informal meal and discussion when anyone can come along and ask questions and get a 'taster' of what the course has to offer. It will last for about 12 weeks and we are using the DVD's followed by group discussions. As is usual with most Ebley events, food will be on the agenda! Even if you don't think you can make every evening you would be most welcome to come along and join us whenever you can.At last we have almost finished the building work and renovations that started over a year ago. We have just had the electricty upgrated and all that remains is to plaster and decorate the old kitchen, soon to be office/vestry/quiet room, and touch up on paintwork around the large halls. So much has been achieved that anyone who has not visited for a while may not recognise us. We now have a lovely building and fantastic kitchen (food again!) to enable us to reach out to the local community and invite them home.
Our aim this spring and summer is to keep on top of the maintenance of the graveyard, replace the main doors and either repair or replace some of the windows. The car park may need to be resurfaced and the outside wall repointing so there is plenty to be done.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)