Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Wyde Detached Team has Been Out and About

Over the last term the Wyde Detached team has once again been hitting the Streets. Helen (All Saints Church Youthworker), Paul (Youth for Christ Youthworker) and Matt (Union Baptist Church Youthworker) have been in the town centre on Tuesday afternoons.

Its been great to meet different young people hanging around at the new skate park, or just around the Town Centre. Over the past couple of weeks we have been handing out sweets and Happy Christmas wishes. Its been great to see the reaction of the young people and has enabled us to get to meet a lot more.



We are hoping that in the New Year we will be able to get to know some of the young people who we are starting to see regularly and even try and do some kind of project work with them.

If you see us around do come and say "hello!"

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Christmas Cross-Section

A small group of us met at the Salvation Army Hall in Frogmore last night to celebrate Christmas and really get to grips with the story. The young people were invited to journey through the story and putting themselves in the shoes of Zachariah, Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds and the Wise Men by inteacting with various Angels, the Inn Keeper and King Herod.

It was really interesting to be able to walk our way through the story and try to imagine what it must have been like to be these character that we know so well. The story really came alive and we were able to think all about the positions that each character found themselves in.

We concluded the evening with Carols, led by the worship group from Paul's church in Slough, and a retelling of the story - basically an unconventional lessons and carols combination!