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M.A.S.H. is held on the first and third Sunday of the month. It is an inter-church event for young people aged 16 and over.
M.A.S.H. is a mixture of activities that includes, food, ice-breaker games, DVD’s, group discussion, socials and a short talk.
All start at 8:00pm and finish at 9:30pm. Please Contact Us for dates, venue & directions.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us last night for our Camp prayer & plan get together!

Praise God that Good News Camp 2016 is almost full!
We only have 1 boys place and 3 girls places available!

But we do need a few more leaders – please pray for:
1 Sports officer (& assistant).
2 Female Hut/Tent assistants.
1 male Hut/Tent assistant.
1 assistant to help with medicine administration.
1 Female Duties Officer.

Bible them: Mark’s Gospel.
Fun Theme: Space.

Please pray as we finalise the Camp programme and try to sort out ‘who’ is in which huts/tent etc.
Quite Time booklets and Camp Handbook will be emailed/posted out as soon as we fill those missing vacancies.

Venue: Lockerley Water Farm Hampshire
Dates: Sunday August 21st to Friday August 26th 2016

Over 400 children from 12 different schools came and experienced the Exhibition.

Several schools have emailed through their thanks.

Comments included:

· Great organization and hospitality.

· Nice, short concise presentations. They all seemed engaged and enthusiastic. A great way to spread the word.

· High quality resources, good briefings, clear message. Excellent!

· All staff were accommodating, friendly and good with children.

· This was an amazing experience for our children. The staff were so kind and really were at the children’s level. Short, sharp, sweet but lessons that will go deeper than you can imagine!

Training evening for Life Expo workers – this venue we have ‘The Grey-Haired Brigade’ – great to work alongside these enthusiastic volunteers!

The LIFE Exhibition is a multi-media experience which focuses on the life of Jesus, and aims to:

Help visitors understand what Christians believe about Jesus.
Enable questioning and exploration of the life of Jesus.
Encourage visitors to consider his impact in today’s world.
Allow visitors to think for themselves about the teachings of Jesus.
Build on existing links between schools and local churches.

Key to Life Promo

Fantastic resource – looking forward to seeing it in action, in a few schools in Hampshire.

Good News Camp 2016 is fast approaching and we appreciate your prayers and support for this years Good News Camp!
Dates for Camp: Sunday August 21st to Friday August 26th 2016 – book online: https://www.gcurley.info/camps-and-houseparties.php
View the Camp DVD Promo: https://vimeo.com/153671875
Camp prayer & plan evening (for those who can make it): 12th July 2016 @ 23 Abshot Road 8.00pm.

Praise for:

A good number of Campers already booked in! (The number of campers we can take depends ENTIRELY on the number of leaders we have!)
Quite a few Campers who will be with us for the first time.
A great Camp site – each year Lockerley Water Farm gets better & better!
News continues to be received concerning how God impacted lives on last years Camp – (Mark 4:26-27).

Please pray for:

For the right people to join the team and fill the various roles (if you are planning to come please book in – until you book in, we have to assume you are not coming!)
The leadership team as we plan out this years Camp.
Health & safety – accidents do happen – pray with us that any accident/health issue will be insignificant!
Unity & balancing the team – we have a variety of helpers – pray that we will al compliment each other in our various roles.
For Gordon as he prepares talks for this years Camp.
For a good spiritual time – that the week will be marked with conversions and spiritual growth.

Day 4 – Final day at the Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre (CYESC) at Chidham, Chichester, West Sussex.
No sailing for me today, but the 20 or so campers enjoyed almost perfect conditions for their final day out on the water!

Final talk of the week, and it has been great to teach John chapter 1 each day to this young (8-12yrs) enthusiastic group, and spend today explaining how Jesus is ” The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world”.

Wettest day so far at the Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre (CYESC) at Chidham, Chichester, West Sussex. and it did NOT even rain today! But the strong winds and choppy water meant a lot of capsizes and a lot of extra wet people!

The young people listened really well to an explanation of ‘Jesus the Lamb of God’ – great to be able to explain why Jesus Died! Looking forward to our final session tomorrow – keep praying!