New term, new diary

Let me fill you in on the new term and the new diary here at mbc.All 3 youth groups are kicking off this term with a weekend or over night away locally. These times are just great for building relationships within groups between children and young people with one another and with the leaders also. They are also great for increasing even darker shade of brown circle around leaders? eyes! One group had a great time away already and the others are waiting for February (which is actually only a day and a half away now!) We have also had meetings to plan and talk through, the next romance academy, detached youthwork, football coaching, youth cafe, cafe church, working with other churches to plan some girls work and boys work, to put some sessions together to prepare some of our year 13's for life at uni or away from home at least... and I feel tried just reading that list! We are all 3 really excited about the term ahead, for all that has been and all that is to come. I was reminded recently at a church leaders conference recently that our work is about the 'steadily' - working in the day in day out, but always looking out for the extraordinary in the ordinary, and to allow the 'suddenly's', the moments where the hours and ups and downs come together and you say 'that's why we do what we do!'