YOUTH MINISTRIES DEVELOPMENT

What an exciting week for our youth!


Reflections, a group for young adults, met on Friday at our house to discuss what we want to do together on a regular basis. After pizza, a chat and a little football, a consensus was made that we’d like to start a musical group and combine this with a cell group, learning more about the bible and prayer. So our plan is that from the first Friday in July we will meet every Friday. On the 1st and 3rd of the month we’ll have our meetings at the hall and we’ll start with 20 minutes bible study and prayer then we’ll start our musical ‘jam’. Practice and Worship linked together in an informal Praise for 40 minutes. We intend to play contemporary Christian music and hope to share this with you all on Sundays as soon as we’re good enough! On the 2nd and 4th Friday we’ll meet elsewhere to join together in fellowship either going out – cinema, bowling, playing games in the park or at our house to do a film night. If you FEEL like a young adult (regardless of how old you are!!) please come along and join us on July 2nd at 7.45 for 8.00 and, if you can, bring an instrument to join our playing if not we need singers too!

On Sunday after the meeting you may have noticed Kate stealing away all the older children and shutting them into the coffee lounge! This is our new youth group “Youth Matters”. We will meet together on Sundays after the meeting to study the bible and learn about being a Christian in what can be very testing times for our young people. We plan to have fun whilst learning!

Please support our youth, we’ve been there and know how hard it can be! Ask them how their group is going, what they’ve been learning! They all love to share and as we all talk together we’ll get to know and support each other in the love of Jesus.

God Bless

Kate and Scott Gregory

YOUTH MATTERS

A group for tweenagers has started at our centre from 12noon in our coffee lounge. The group is led by our new youth officers, Scott and Kate Gregory. Everyone is very welcome to attend

THE UPPER NORWOOD BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY led Sunday Worship on 20th June, in a hall that was packed full of people, including more new faces. Various people took responsibility for the Sunday morning meeting, before the band enjoyed a meal prepared by June Belcher. During the afternoon the band shared music on the bandstand in Horsham Park, which attracted a good number, and an opportunity for community hymn singing was also enjoyed. As always thank you those who have been a part of this day, and to our corps sergeant major Trevor, for arranging this.

The Friendship Club enjoyed a strawberry tea as part of their programme on Friday afternoons.

On Saturday 13th June some of our church enjoyed a day out in Eastbourne, and then in the evening attended the Divisional Prayer Wave event at the corps in Eastbourne.

Sunday 13th June

Captain Susan led a very powerful time of worship this morning, using songs including For the beauty of the earth; He is the Lord and He reigns on High; Over all the earth; Send a New Touch of Power; Great is the Darkness; Blessed Lamb of Calvary.

Captain Ian spoke on Acts 1: 8 - AND YOU SHALL HAVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES ON YOU - and we explored how we needed the Power of God within us to be the people God has called us to be.