Hello from New Wine! The photo above is of my desk for the week. It’s especially messing because I’ve been sharing the table with the 3 other Team Pastors who are all very busy! This week was much better than the week before, so I’m giving it an 8/10. The reason it’s not getting full [...]
Tag: Children’s Ministry
Half Way Through New Wine
Hello! For anyone who doesn't know, I'm currently away with church at a Christian conference called New Wine. There are something like 8000 people on site, 450 of whom are aged 8-9. They come along to the Rock Solid venue, and they are looked after by a team of 90. I help look after those 90 people [...]
New Wine 2018: one year on
Twelve months ago I came home from a week long Christian conference feeling tired, excited, inspired, damp and muddy. Having got back from the same conference a fortnight ago, I am just as tired, excited and enthused (slightly less damp and muddy due to the mostly glorious weather we've been having) but also struck by [...]
New Wine: Team, Tears and Triumphs
So I've done a bit of reflecting about the children who were present at Rock Solid last week, but what about the Team? The Team who led the 650 kids consisted of 125 people, youngest aged 15, with an average age of 17. They did jobs ranging from gunge tank fillers, to small group leaders, [...]