Hope & Youth

Young people from St John's Seven Kings led an innovative Deanery Youth Service on Sunday with the theme of 'Hope'.

The service was in a 'cafe' style with people sitting around tables sharing food, drink and conversation. Clips from the film Freedom Writers led into discussion about what brings hope to hopeless people and ways in which churches can be signs of hope in their communities. People made and flew paper aeroplanes to symbolise the way in which hope enables people to rise above their circumstances. Information was shared about Hope 2008, a year of prayer and activities communicating the Christian Gospel through words and actions which aims to create a lasting legacy of both physical and spiritual change in the lives of communities and individuals.

Young people in the Deanery and at St John's are an inspiration to us in the way that they lead us into new styles of worship and challenge us to share our faith in words and actions in our community. This service gave us a vision of how our churches can bless our local communities through acts of kindness and witness.

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Delirious? - Did You Hear The Mountains Tremble?