Its been a while
Well, its been a while since I have had enough time to sit at the computer and contemplate blogging. Since last I wrote my little (6ft) brother with his small van arrived and helped me move back to Reading for the Summer. It had to be one of the hottest weekends so far!
I started to work for Christian Community Action (CCA) the following day. For an archive info blast about CCA go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/faith/06/cca.shtml its about 2 years old, but still...
My week is split between being a volunteer co-ordinator and being the temporary manager for the shop in Whitley. As volunteer co-ordinator I get to work in the main office. Currently I am writing a 'Volunteer Manual (for volunteers)' and 'Expectations of a Volunteer'. Monday I start the first draft of the 'Volunteer Manual (for paid staff)'.
When working in the shop its the usual sorting and selling donations. The best part of being in the shop is working alongside committed volunteers and getting to know the local customers.
There is a telephone box outside the shop which rings during the day. Apparently its all to do with drugs, and the police have tapped the phones at times. Having been at Oak Hill for 9 months it is easy to forget what life is like for those caught in webs of addiction.
Please pray for a 21 year old male, lets call him Steve, who has been made homeless in the last 10 days. The council have told him he needs to find a bedsit. There are none currently available that he can afford on his benefit cheque. So he is sleeping rough. His Aunt is doing all she can to try and help him, but her family is complicated and so she is unable to have him stay with her.
This situation is just one of many that I've come across in the last 2 weeks.
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of going to visit family in Witney and join them as my youngest first cusion, Joel (age 12) was Baptised in the local River along with 5 of his peers.
This Sunday I will finally make it to Kennet Valley Free Church, after the service there will be a picnic where myself and a couple who have been studying Music & Theology at LST (LBC) will have opportunity to share about life at Bible College and mingle with particularly new members of the congregation. The church has grown well over the past year.
Will blog about that soon, and about the imminent return of my parents from Canada
I started to work for Christian Community Action (CCA) the following day. For an archive info blast about CCA go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/faith/06/cca.shtml its about 2 years old, but still...
My week is split between being a volunteer co-ordinator and being the temporary manager for the shop in Whitley. As volunteer co-ordinator I get to work in the main office. Currently I am writing a 'Volunteer Manual (for volunteers)' and 'Expectations of a Volunteer'. Monday I start the first draft of the 'Volunteer Manual (for paid staff)'.
When working in the shop its the usual sorting and selling donations. The best part of being in the shop is working alongside committed volunteers and getting to know the local customers.
There is a telephone box outside the shop which rings during the day. Apparently its all to do with drugs, and the police have tapped the phones at times. Having been at Oak Hill for 9 months it is easy to forget what life is like for those caught in webs of addiction.
Please pray for a 21 year old male, lets call him Steve, who has been made homeless in the last 10 days. The council have told him he needs to find a bedsit. There are none currently available that he can afford on his benefit cheque. So he is sleeping rough. His Aunt is doing all she can to try and help him, but her family is complicated and so she is unable to have him stay with her.
This situation is just one of many that I've come across in the last 2 weeks.
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of going to visit family in Witney and join them as my youngest first cusion, Joel (age 12) was Baptised in the local River along with 5 of his peers.
This Sunday I will finally make it to Kennet Valley Free Church, after the service there will be a picnic where myself and a couple who have been studying Music & Theology at LST (LBC) will have opportunity to share about life at Bible College and mingle with particularly new members of the congregation. The church has grown well over the past year.
Will blog about that soon, and about the imminent return of my parents from Canada
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