Hello!

Happy New Year to you all. I hope this newsletter finds well, particularly

after the extremely busy Christmas period.

Last term was an incredibly busy, and exciting term. As in previous

years the big highlight of the term was Hill End—more in that inside.

There was also a gig jointly organised with the Parish church, just the

start of an increase in ecumenical events—again more inside.

I also had 2 weeks paternity leave following the birth of Thomas who

arrived the Monday after Hill End finished, talk about well timed! A big

thank you to all those who covered the work during my time off.

Read on, and as always, let me know what you think!

Nick Francis

Youth Minister

SPRING TERM 2012

Hill End 2011

Last Term

A little bit on some of the more memorable events of last term:

Hill End—whilst Hill End this year was a slightly quieter affair that

doesn’t mean that we had no less fun! We spent the weekend

exploring the cross and it’s impact on our lives with fantastic talks,

group Bible studies & theological workshops. There was the usual

elements of fun with a Saturday fun-day complete with 60ft

inflatable assault course! The weekend was a great success &

thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Sounds of Salvation—through working with the Parish church

we organised a concert for the young people of Buckingham.

Sounds of Salvation are a Christian Ska band who have played at

the likes of Greenbelt and have a very unique sound. The gig was

a great success—if want you want to check the band out, you can

find them on Facebook.

Assemblies & RLS CU—schools work was a real blessing this

term. We gave assemblies to every year at the Royal Latin

(except upper sixth due to Remembrance Day) and the topics

they gave us were fantastic opportunities to share our faith, and

according to inside sources, very well received. Myself & Dave

Criddle from the Parish also took on responsibility for supporting

the CU. We are working with them to make them more integral,

visible and attractive to the school.

NEWS...

Candles made by boys housegroup

COMING UP...

Here is an overview of what is

coming up this term at Well

Street:

2nd Sunday This term well_street@six will be

joining with the Parish church

every 2nd Sunday of the month

(from February). Myself & Dave

Criddle thought this would be a

really good opportunity to do

some joint youth work. So, every

2nd Sunday we will be having a

joint event involving games,

food, discussion and more. More

details to follow soon.

Trip Out At the end of the term, near the

start of the Easter hols we will be

doing a trip out. Currently

gathering ideas from the youth

so more details to follow soon.

Hill End changes Unfortunately Hill End have

changed the way they charge

groups. As a result it is looking

increasing difficult to stay there

without raising our costs

exorbitantly. As a result we are in

the process of looking at new

venues, and also possibly

moving the date to early July—

this would open it up more to the

Year 7’s and also enable those

in upper sixth to help out as

leaders. We would appreciate your

views & thoughts on this. RLS CU Event We’re trying to open up CU to a

wider range of people in the RLS.

There are quite a few Christians in

the school who do not attend for

many reasons. We will be holding a

‘grill a Christian’ event towards the

end of term which we hope will raise

the profile of the CU and gain

interest and support from other

Christians in the school.

What are we learning? A brief paragraph on what groups are studying this term:

React are getting to know some of

the characters in the Bible.

Chill’n’Chat and React are both

exploring the fruits of the spirit. The

aim is to do more than just read, but

also act and get creative with what

we are studying.

Proteens are spending the term

studying the Lord’s prayer line by

line.

Housegroups are mostly exploring

topics with the aid of the book of

Proverbs. The older girls house

group are also running a prayer

evening.

EVENTS Whilst the information of our regular events is on the calendar (see next column) and also in the magazine it can be easy to lose track of what is happening when, and for who. So, I thought I would briefly outline the major regular youth work events below (in no particular order): React When: Saturdays, 7:30-9pm Where: Well Street United Church Who for: Anyone in year 7+ Proteens When: During 9:30 & 6pm services Where: Well Street United Church Who for: Anyone in year 7+ Chill’n’Chat When: After 6pm service, 7:30-9pm Where: Well Street United Church Who for: Anyone in year 10+ Boys school year 8-10 Housegroup When: Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 Where: Well Street United Church Leaders: Nick Francis Girls school year 9-11 Housegroup When: Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 Where: 47 Overn Crescent Leaders: Liz Francis & Emma Podmore Girls school year 7-8 Housegroup When: Thursdays, 7:15-8:45 Where: 4 Lincoln Leaders: Sharon Tayfield & Clare Ashurst This is only top-line information. More info on these groups can be found on the website (or speak to me!)

For more information on the details of

the youth work please look at the web-

site, or see the notice board in the Low-

er Hall. If you would like to contact Nick

you can do so via e-mail or phone. His

details are below.

This newsletter can also be viewed on-

line – go to:

www.wellstreetchurch.org.uk/youth

and click on the Newsletter link.

Mobile: 07735 427811

E-mail: youth@wellstreetchurch.org.uk

How Can You Help? There are always opportunities to

get involved with the youth work.

For more information or details

please speak to Nick.

Calendar Dates It can be tricky to try to keep track

of all the dates. To make life easier

there is a calendar on the website

which has all the youth events on.

To find it just go to:

http://www.wellstreetchurch.org.uk/

youth/calendar.php

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