Dreaming the Impossible!

About ten years ago, my wife’s job was at risk of redundancy. We saw it coming and began to furiously save up to have some backup funds. We prayed and felt at peace about it, knowing that God would direct our paths. She went through a long process which saw many people in her team lose their jobs but against the odds, she retained hers. It was a wonderful moment for us, not only did she still have her job but we also now had a pot of money saved up – something very rare for us! We decided to celebrate and after some excited discussions took our kids to Euro Disney! It was an amazing holiday and definitely one for the memory books. Of course, if you had asked us a few months earlier if we would have been going there for a holiday, I would have scoffed in disbelief. Most of our holidays are cheap camping trips, there was no way we could afford that one!

In this month’s Evangelical Alliance magazine, Gavin Calver offers his reflections on Acts 12 when the church prayed for Peter to be released from prison. When this prayer is answered and Peter is released, the church do not actually believe it is him when he knocks on the door. Gavin writes “Just because something might seem impossible to us, doesn’t mean we should stop praying in faith and believing for it. The Lord reminds us often that he truly is the God of the impossible.”

Amilcar will be stepping down at the end of August, leaving us without a paid youthworker. We have no office location and much of our equipment has nowhere to be stored. The finances have definitely seen better days and may restrict our options going forward. And yet I am excited about the ministry of East Norfolk Youth for Christ!

Excited because another unchurched young person asked us recently about how he could attend a church. Excited because we are taking young people away to a Christian summer camp in August. Excited because the youth cafe has been growing with new relationships being formed. Excited because I know that God is still at work and that he can do the impossible!

So I would love to invite you to join us for our Showcase as we celebrate what God has done over the last few years, have a chance to say thank you to Amilcar for all his hard work and look at the vision for the future. The Showcase will take place on Friday 15th July at 7.30pm at Park Baptist Church and some young people will also be taking part.

So please come along and encourage others to come as well. You can RSVP by just replying to this email or by visiting our facebook page here and click ‘going’. I guarantee you will be uplifted as a result and it will be a worthwhile use of your time as we dream (and pray) for the impossible!

Speaking of praying, our next prayer meeting will be held on the 7th July at 11am at The Hub, 86 Middle Market Road, Great Yarmouth NR30 2DT.

Thanks again for all your support.

In Christ

Nick

Nick Blanch, Director

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