{"id":22077,"date":"2026-03-10T22:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/?p=22077"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:56:08","slug":"the-net-steve-cowles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/03\/the-net-steve-cowles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Net: Steve Cowles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very different night at The Net (events for men) with a very different guest!<br \/>\nSteve Cowles shared about his life &#038; faith.<br \/>\nHe grew grew up in the Arizona desert USA. He spent time in Guatemala, Central America, where he did construction work and for the last 19 years has been the volunteer lead chaplain with Lancashire\u2019s Constabulary.  A man who enjoys the outdoors, a deer manager who enjoys hiking, camping, shooting, and bushcraft.<br \/>\nSteve also shared about the traps of life and the addictions that men so often battle with. A fascinating and challenging evening for all those who attended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/03\/the-net-steve-cowles\/1-41\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/03\/the-net-steve-cowles\/pizza-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pizza-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pizza-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pizza-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pizza-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pizza.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/03\/the-net-steve-cowles\/sc1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sc1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sc1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sc1-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sc1-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sc1.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/2026\/03\/the-net-steve-cowles\/7-20\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gcurley.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEXT EVENT: Face to Face with Joseph Michael<\/p>\n<p>Date: Tuesday April 14th 2026<br \/>\nVenue:\u00a0Locks Heath Working Men\u2019s Club Duncan Road, Park Gate, SO31 1BD (Parking opposite at Duncan Road Church)<br \/>\nTime: 8.00pm to 10.00pm<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Michael &#8211; The Londoner<br \/>\nJoseph grew up in London. His mum was from Scotland, his dad from Egypt. In his teenage years Joseph had many unhelpful influences including the gang culture of London. He managed to hide it from his parents and outwardly lived a reasonably respectable life and managed to do reasonably well at school.<br \/>\nHe headed off to university and met two people who were to challenge him and change his life. One was a Muslim girl, the other someone with a similar background to his who\u2019s life had been changed through an encounter with Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very different night at The Net (events for men) with a very different guest! Steve Cowles shared about his life &#038; faith. He grew grew up in the Arizona desert USA. 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