Dear JohnPaul Family Moving towards Christmas It has been a while since I have written as I seem to have been dealing with quite a few difficult issues in the life of the church. These have taken up an excessive amount of time and I am sorry that I might not have been as visible recently.  If you ever need to catch up with me, do email or text me as I love to meet up for a brew! Remembrance Day Last weekend we remembered those who fought and died for us in war and conflict.  I was asked to…
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Dear Friends Summer seems to have gone so fast, in fact, I am not even sure it even arrived! Rich and I returned at the end of August from 10 days of torrential rain in Keswick.  We were working with 14 young people all wanting to become young Christian leaders.  Rich helped them to understand their personality and I helped them to lead services.  We both cooked up a storm each day and we were so blessed to spend time with such amazing young folk. The first week of school was quiet as my schools geared up to being back…
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Dear JohnPaul Church Family!   As many of you go on holiday, Rich and I are preparing to help lead a Christian camp for young leaders in Keswick called Base Camp.  We are the cooks and Rich is providing some leadership training and I am doing some preaching and teaching.  We love seeing young people come to faith for the first time and others grow in their faith. One young man had been coming to our charity’s Kart Camp for years, but only decided to follow Jesus at Base camp last year. His family are not believers, so it was…
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