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A good evening at ‘The Net’ an event for men! Although I only managed to attend the last part due to running the LIFE Expo, it was good to see a full room (thirty men) and hear the ‘buzz’ of conversation.
Thanks Andy Robinson for sharing your dramatic story!

If you missed it then:
Read: Andy’s interview with Christian.co.uk

Listen: Interview – Transworld Radio
(Scroll to the middle and type ‘Andy Robinson’ in search box).

Day one of the LIFE Expo!
Great to have pupils from Park Gate Primary School filling the venue this morning and some evening visitors, who as you can see are concentrating hard!

Limited photos this week due to schools photo policies and of course, we are conscience that the general public don’t like ‘media intrusion’.

The exhibition is open to the General Public each evening: November 9th-13th (7.00pm to 9.00pm).
It is hosted by St. John’s Church, Locks Heath, Southampton, Hants. It is an inter-Church project run by the Western Wards Church Network

Thanks team for all your hard work setting up the Expo – looking forward to a great week ahead!

The LIFE Exhibition is an educational experience with active learning opportunities. Using ipod tablet technology, with text, graphics, DVD and sound, the exhibition is a ‘hands on’ interactive learning experience.

We anticipate that children from six local schools will be attending the Expo during the week;

Monday 9th Nov.- Park Gate Primary School.
Tuesday 10th Nov – Whiteley Primary School and St John the Baptist C of E School
Wednesday 11th Nov – Titchfield Primary School and St John the Baptist C of E School
Thursday 12th Nov – Hook with Warsash C of E School
Friday 13th Nov – Sarisbury Junior School.

The exhibition will be open to the General Public each evening: November 9th-13th (7.00pm to 9.00pm).
It will be hosted by St. John’s Church, Locks Heath, Southampton, Hants. It will be an inter-Church project run by the Western Wards Church Network

Welcome Sam to DRC!
Having finished stage 1 of his FirstServe programme at Tilsley College, Sam Downs along with the other FirstServe participants are about to go on stage 2 and work alongside a local UK Church, before experiencing stage 3 which is their overseas placement.
Sam 6 week UK Church placement based at DRC!

FirstServe is a unique discipleship and missions programme, primarily for 18-25 year-olds on a gap year, or those with a shorter time available.

Gordon is part of the FistServe Steering Group.

Great time at the Living the Passion Conference 2015 – good to meet up with colleagues and friends and some mind stretching info from Professor John Lennox.

John Lennox is a Northern Irish mathematician, philosopher of science, Christian apologist, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford – he also has a good sense of humour and worth checking out on YouTube)

Good to join up with 600 people at the “Living the Passion” conference in Leicestershire. I am especially looking forward to hearing guest speaker John Lennox over the weekend.

Having finished stage 1 of their FirstServe programme at Tilsley College, the FirstServe participants are about to go on stage 2 and work alongside a local UK Church, before experiencing stage 3 which is their their overseas placemement.

• Jayne Boyd – UK church placement based at Bethany City Church,
Sunderland, commencing tomorrow.
In January she will depart to Algeciras, Spain and will remain there for five
months.

• Samuel Downs – UK Church placement based at Duncan Road Church,
Fareham, working with Gordon & Pennt Curley commencing 2nd November.
In January he will depart to GLO Alive, Zambia and will remain there for three
months.

• Loretta Hirons – UK church placement based at Scrabo Hall, Belfast,
commencing Monday.
In January she will depart to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and will remain there
for three months.

• Ella Maffey – UK church placement based at Glebe Chapel, Newent,
commencing 17th October.
In January he will depart to GLO Alive, Zambia and will remain there for three
months.

• April Summers – UK church placement based at Greenview Church,
Glasgow, commencing tomorrow.
In December she will depart to Trujillo, Peru and will remain there for three
months.

In February 2016 two more FirstServe participants will start the programme:

• Emily Bartlett – UK church placement based at Regent Chapel, Newcastle.
Overseas placement confirmed for Karumandorai, India.

• Kirsty Lavelle – Confirmed placement on the programme. Interested in
overseas placement at Chengelo School, Zambia.

FirstServe is a unique discipleship and missions programme, primarily for 18-25 year-olds on a gap year, or those with a shorter time available.

Gordon is part of the FistServe Steering Group.

Six schools are booked in to visit the LIFE Expo at St John’s Church. Locks Heath.
They are Park Gate Primary School. Tichfield Primary School. Whitley Primary School. Hook with Warsash COE Primary School, St John the Baptist COF Primary School & Sarisbury Junior School.

A team of volunteer helpers are slowly coming together (room for more!) and we are anticipating a number of local groups i.e. sea Scoutts to visit in the evenings.
A busy week ahead as hundreds of children and adults visit this great resource!
Please pray for Gordon as he organises this event.

Life continues to be on hold at the moment as Gordon’s mother is still very ill. This means a reduction in meetings and activities and a lot of travelling and time spent at mums (Lillian Curley) bedside in the hospice. She has recently had two strokes and last week her health deteriorated badly, it is now just a matter of time. Your prayers are appreciated for the family at this time.

A few days in Bristol:
Saturday & Monday – Evangelists Conference – Ebenezer Evangelical Church.

Sunday preaching at:
Morning – Southfield Church. Nailsea.
Afternoon: Avonmouth Chapel. Bristol.
Evening: Unity Chapel. Bristol.

Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues!