God is really good in giving us opportunities to go into schools to serve them. We run a weekly lunch club in a local secondary school. We play some games with the kids, do a short thought to help them think about who they are, what the world is all about and the possibility that God is interested in them. Its not uncommon for us to attract kids that, well, might not otherwise be popping down the shops to buy the teacher an apple.

We have stalled in our work of getting a new minibus. This is partly due to us having a baby, and partly due to us being disorganised. Please pray we will get this sorted out soon so that the new bus can start being used as soon as possible.

For those that haven't heard the news through other means, Chris and Becky have a lovely little daughter with an aweful sense of timing - lunch time on Christmas day. Very useful visual aid for the Christmas story though. She's called Mae by the way.

Becky goes on maternity leave from 1 December. Please pray for a safe delivery of the baby (due at the end of the year) and that he/she will grow up to follow Jesus.

There's a few people in the city who would love to see some form of 24/7 prayer going on involving people from any (and hopefully every) congregation across Southampton. The idea ultimately is to find a space that we can use to have a prayer room that is open to everyone. At the moment, interested people are meeting to pray. If you'd like to join in, get in touch and we'll let you know the details.

The original StreetLight minibus was finally laid to rest this week after very worthy service. However, some StreetLight teams would still like a bus to use on their projects so we are on the look out. Please pray that God would provide us with one - and if you know of anything suitable, please let us know.

Meeting the SCN tomorrow. I wrote about this meeting a few weeks ago. Please pray for this meeting. I want God to use Hope 08 in Southampton for his reasons, however mine come into play quite often too.

Well, the trip to the forest with the Bellemoor guys was excellent. There have been some tensions in the group recently with 2 factions developing. But this week, before we'd even set off, one of the boys involved in the friction went to the shop and bought everyone an ice pop!

We are taking a group of lads from Bellemoor school who come to our Wednesday afternoon youth club on a trip this Wednesday to have a BBQ and some games in the forrest. This is the first time we have done this with this group, so it would be excellent if it goes well. Please pray for good weather, good behaviour and fun for the boys, that they would remember to come and that we all get to know each other better through it.

The Christian Union at Cantell School is an exciting place to be. There are so many young people who don't know Jesus as their personal Saviour but really want to find out about Him. There are a couple of Christians who come too, and want to know God better.

Each week we answer their questions, such as:

Does God like cake?

If God made cannabis then is it OK to use it?

Is God a person or a big ball of energy?

Why did God make the world?

This week it was:

Didn't Jesus go up into the clouds - if so, why can't we see Him?