Long summer days seem a distant memory, but picture the scene when you are sat in a pub garden and the bees buzz around a pint of cider - or leave a pot of honey in the garden and watch them swarm.
It was a bit like that last night at Outside Light, really, we opened the door and it was like a very loud swarm of bees, young people creating a buzz in the air.
Someone had a snooker cue in one hand and a much larger young person's head in his sight within about 5 minutes; this sort of frenzied start usually means we are in for a good night spiritually.
Everyone was playing their roles brilliantly last night, we really want people to understand the team-work involved in something like Outside Light, if people aren't working together it simply wouldn't work. You have team members running the kitchen producing food, others policing, others engaging in conversation, others listening, others setting equipment, it goes on.
Much like a body, if one of those parts is not functioning then the whole body suffers and doesn't work. Some team members had to suffer last night in order to support the rest of the body, a bit like the foot has to take all our weight in order for the body to move about, that poor foot gets the brunt of everything, but take the foot away and you fall over!
We had the chance to share a simple presentation of the Gospel last night to a group of young people who really wanted to understand what Christianity was all about. We didn't force them to be there, they came along because they were invited to.
Although there were distractions some went away really wanting to get right with God and begin a relationship with him, we can't ask for more. In fact all we can do is share the news; really it isn't up to us how people react. So often I think people presume we are selling something, but the reality is that we are just news readers announcing something that has happened in history. It was an awesome honour to do that last night.
We are also seeing young people now join the Outside Light team and begging to help with policing and running the group; another young girl wanted to be prayed for as she had her first job interview today; a talent contest is also brewing for a few weeks time, so lots to give thanks for. Please give a special thanks to the foot last night too...
We are also now live with our new website, there is more to go up but please have a look around and let us know what you think -www.outsidelight.org
Much love
George
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