Unite Southampton

Christians in Freemantle
4 July 2009
4-6pm Afternoon Tea at Philippa and Ken's
92 Richmond Road (023 8033 3999)
A chance for Christians in the area to meet each other.
Everyone's welcome - we hope to see you there.

Steve tells me that Freecycle celebrates its 5th birthday today. If you aren't part of it, you should be. From their website:

Our goal is to keep usable items out of landfills. By using what we already have on this earth, we reduce consumerism, manufacture fewer goods, and lessen the impact on the earth. Another benefit of using Freecycle is that it encourages us to get rid of junk that we no longer need and promote community involvement in the process.Read more

On Saturday evening just gone, we spent a great evening with the 5 teenagers who are part of Freemantle Baptist Church. I reckon I'm still the best at ten pin bowling on the Wii, but I had to concede my performance on the dance mat could possibly do with a little work.

We are really hoping that this can be the start of working with teenagers in our area. It would be great to be able to link up with some of the other churches in the area and see what can happen.

Freemantle Baptist Church have a student placed with them from Moorlands College and we met her today. We are all very excited about the possibility of working with the youth in the area and are praying together to see what we could do. We are trying to make contact with other Christians nearby and planning to visit the other local churches to see what their thoughts are. Please pray for God to provide people with a heart to reach out to young people, and that we'd figure out what to do. A StreetLight team is a possibility if more people emerge...but why stop there?!Read more