Creative for Christ

Last night I attended church in Chorleywood - mainly because I wanted to show Laura around so she could see where I would be living and worshipping for the next year. It is very much the holiday time at the church - the Vicar is away and most of the youth have been taken off on their annual trip (New Wine this year) with some of the other youth leaders etc. I was told to expect a much smaller turn out than the last time I was there. (However, their small turn out was still three times the size of the congregation in Granborough - such is the difference of a Urban and Rurual church)

All is in place now to start the internship in September. The current gappers are busy packing up the house ready for us to take over and the full team of three has now been selected. I am being joined by another chap and a young lady. Jon and Fiona. Together, already, I can feel that we are going to be a great team.

Jon is a musician, his speciality is Jazz music and he studied at Trinity Music College (I think!) before doing a year at the London Bible College. Fiona is an artist, with a speciality in sculpture, and has just finished working as an artist in residence at a girls school in the area. Then there is me, a performer with a speciality in magic. Three creative sorts. Fiona said yesterday there had to be a reason why the three of us have been put in place at Chorleywood. God clearly has a plan to use our different and yet linked gifts to promote Christian life to the youth of the area. Hopefully the common ground of our creative backgrounds will help us to bond - it is always great to have something else in common apart from Christ and if we can use those abilities for the good of the Church as a unit and individually then I believe the impact will be positive.

So, August has approached and I am slowly going about my last few contracts as a full time entertainer before I pack myself up and head down the road to Chorleywood for the exciting adventures that await me. I ask you please to pray for fellowship, for faith, for staving off fatigue and also for finances. The next year is going to be tough in all of those areas and a good, strong network of support and prayers would be much appreciated.

There is not much more for me to update at the moment, until September rolls around I am going to be doing the boring admin work related to my taxes and such, I will spare you the details of that.

God Bless
Sam