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Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a
lovely Christmas
and New Year. We
had a really great
break and enjoyed
our first Christmas
as Mr and Mrs! It
was lots of fun
buying decorations
and deciding where
the Christmas tree
should go! We were
able to spend time
with both our
parents on
Christmas Day, and
then wider families
in the days before
and after.
We’re settling into
our lovely flat in
Brentwood and
adjusting to the
routine of being
married. As my
current commute to
work is 2 hours
each way, Andy is
being amazing by
making sure dinner
is ready for me
when I get home!!
We’re enjoying
having a space to
invite people to
and especially
having our niblings
over to play!
Andy is mourning
the fact his drum kit
has to be packed
away in the spare
room - so he enjoys
getting to play at
church when he
can!
Thanks for reading,
please do get in
touch, I would love
to hear from you!
Finances I am salaried for one
day a week by Arise
Ministries and the
rest of my income is
from generous
supporters - thank
you if you are one of
them! Recently my
financial support has
decreased and so if
you would be able to
Hello!
Prayer Points Andy and I as we
approach 6
months of
marriage, that we
continue to
discover the best
ways to
communicate.
My dad’s health
Personal Finances
Upcoming events
New opportunities
for Arise Ministries
to work with
churches.
Arise as a team
that we continue to
work well together.
What’s Laura UpTo? Year 5 Issue 2
January 2014
Redhill Weekend 2
Limitless 2
Christmas 2
CGC Basildon 3
Just a ‘child’? 3
Viz-A-Viz 3
Upcoming Dates 4
Inside this issue:
What’s Laura UpTo?
consider supporting
Andy and I with a one
off gift or a regular
standing order then
please see the
reverse of this
newsletter for details.
Thank you!
Page 1
Sam’s 12th Birthday
When Lola came to play
Our 1st Christmas Tree!
Page 2 What’s Laura UpTo?
It’s been great to welcome
Naomi onto the team and
see her develop in her role.
One of her first events was
Redhill Baptist’s church
weekend away at
Ashburnham Place where
we worked with the 5-11s
and led a couple of All-Age
Services. The contact came
through our friends Emily
(youth pastor) and Paul. It
was a great weekend -
Naomi headed up the
programme and did a great
job! Andy came along with
us to help Paul with tech in
the main venue, so it was
nice to be
working with
him!! We
hope to
continue the
relationship
with Redhill in
the future!
Limitless
Redhill Baptist’s Church Weekend Away
‘Shine’ with Taste at
Billericay Baptist Church
and at Kingswood Baptist
Church. This event looked
at Jesus being the light of
the world and how we are
called to shine for Him. It
was great to be working
We ran two different types
of events over Christmas -
firstly the Journey to the
Centre of the Christmas
Pudding. We ran this twice
on Saturday 14th
December in Ashburnham,
welcoming children from
the local community. Then
on the Sunday was the first
ever Christmas Pudding
Drive (like a beetle drive
but festive!) - a great
community event which
enabled a family who were
not connected to church to
meet people from the local
churches.
We also ran an event called
with Taste and to share with
over 80 children the
meaning of Christmas.
Christmas
was a brilliant weekend -
you can read Naomi’s
reflections on the Latest
News page of our website -
but here’s a quote of what
impacted her:
“It was run with adults and
children which was a powerful
tool. The adults did the same
activities as the children, it may
seem silly but it meant that the
children saw it was a journey
that we are all on. As adults we
can often idealise faith to try and
make it seem attractive, but
what happens when things go
wrong? LIMITLESS showed we
are all on a journey, even adults
make mistakes and find things
hard but that’s ok, we are all
discovering, together, what it is
to
be disciples of
Jesus and be
close to Him in
this life.”
At the beginning of
November we ran a
weekend with Scripture
Union to encourage
children in sharing their
faith with their friends. The
programme was run with a
small group of adults and
children from a local
church with the idea of
launching it as something
other churches can run. It
Year 5 Issue 2 Page 3
We are doing some work with
a church in Basildon, helping
them to launch an outreach
event in their community. This
is a model we hope to echo
with other churches - it
involves support in setting up
the group, practical help in
running the events and
regular review meetings. The
first event will be at Easter
and then monthly after that.
It’s exciting to work with a
church that has a passion for
reaching out into their
community and wanting to be
as relevant as they can!
Just a ‘child’?
CGC Basildon
started in January as a
technician. The team are
getting on really well and
The brand new Rooftop
UK website launched at
the end of 2014 - go and
have a look!
www.therooftop.org.uk
Viz-A-Viz will be
celebrating its 21st
birthday in June - more
details of how they will
be celebrating soon!
Taste are currently in
tour in Scotland (North
Berwick - at a school we
visited 4 years ago!) and
welcomed a new member
of the team - Elliemae - who
fitting in well with the rest
of the Viz-A-Viz Family!
Regional day conferences
Special events
Local Church based morning/day
conferences
Seminars
Preaching
single evening events or mini courses over a
series of weeks
Weekend events
Looking at issues such as:
Reaching children with
the
gospel.
Mobilising children to
share their
faith.
Valuing children, who they are and what they
have to say and offer.
Releasing children to play their part within
church today.
Unpacking what it means for church to be
intergenerational.
We have been doing some
work on what Just a ‘child’?
is and what the various
expressions of it look like.
We are not going to be
running the day events in
the same way we have
done, instead we are
launching a 3-day course
over a year, along with
many other options to fit in
with what works best for
the individual church.
These include:
Viz-A-Viz Ministries
Support Me As you may or may not know, my full time role with Arise is
only salaried for one day a week. I am very grateful to all
those individuals who support me in the ministry I do with
either monthly or one off gifts.
If you feel you would be able to support me financially, then
please do get in touch with me or visit
www.ariseministries.org.uk/supportus.htm
Phoenix Court
Christopher Martin Road
Basildon
Essex
SS14 3EZ
Laura Keel
Arise Ministries
01268 530531 or 07768364410
www.ariseministries.org.uk
Page 4 What’s Laura UpTo?
Upcoming Events
The dates above don’t take into account planning and preparation for events and many of
the meetings we have! If you would like more details on any of the events, or what’s coming
up in 2014, please do get in touch!
If you are interested in Arise Ministries visiting your church then please let
me know.
January 15th-17th: Induction
for new Girls Brigade Ministries Staff at Cliff College.
18th-19th: Worship Rally at Trinity Baptist Church, West Norwood.
31st-2nd: Children and Family Ministries Conference in Eastbourne.
March 14th-16th: Just a
‘child’? event in Huddersfield.
21st-23rd: Weekend Family event in Darlington
February 5th: Arise Trustees
meeting.
8th: Meeting with team at CGC Basildon.
19th-23rd: Holiday