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Inverclyde Intercessors January 2010 meeting is on Saturday 9th of January
The next meeting of Inverclyde Intercessors will take place on Saturday 9th January in Barnard’s Court Mission, East Hamilton Street, Greenock at 9.30am.
The meeting is usually on the first Saturday of each month (and will revert to that from February onwards) but because of the New Year holidays we felt it wise to delay this one until the second Saturday, the 9th.
The meeting is open to all those seeking Christian renewal and revivial in Inverclyde and we hope to see you on the 9th as we go forward expectantly and excitedly into 2010 and into all that God will do in Inverclyde in the months to come. Already there is news in principle of a number of smaller Times Square church teams making further visits to Inverclyde in the coming year to encourage our outreaches into specific areas including businessmen, prisons and youth. Please visit us on this site for updates.
May God bless you and your work with Him in 2010.
Street Pastors – now is the time to sign up!
Following an open meeting in September, forms are available for individuals to apply to become Street Pastors and completed forms should be submitted to the Initiative by the 15th of December. Thereafter the first four training sessions will be taken together in January 2010 after which Inverclyde Street Pastors will be out on the streets, initially at the weekend arouf the club strip in Dalrymple Street in Greenock and also possible in the centre of Gourock. Discussions are ongoing with Strathclyde Police and Inverclyde Council.
Street Pastors are from 18 to over 80 and the majority are women. This could be you!
For more information on Street Pastors go to www.streetpastors.org.uk Telephone the Initiative on 01475 783000 or email us for an application form.
Carter Conlon Outreach feedback
The Times Square church visit to Inverclyde was an outstanding success. Virtually a full house with over 500 people attending the final outreach meeting in Port Glasgow Town Hall brought the week long outreach visit of over 230 members of Times Square church in New York to a close.
The visit was organised by a steering group with representatives from Inverclyde Christian Initiative involving people from every Christian denomination represented in Inverclyde, Teen Challenge and the Haven. Chris Jewell of the Initiative said, ‘At every level this outreach has been an outstanding success. Members of the New York team visited several prisons, virtually all the local nursing and care homes, helped in the Healing Rooms in the Mall and visited several schools both within Inverclyde and beyond. They also took part in the Teen Challenge bus ministry across the West of Scotland and at the Haven drug rehabilitation centre on the upper Kilmacolm to Greenock road. The Times Square church choir enthused listeners as they performed in the Gamble Halls in Gourock and the McLean Museum in Greenock as well in the Oak Mall shopping centre and nightly in the Greenock and Port Glasgow Town Halls, including a special youth event attended by some 500 young people.
‘We have been so impressed by the vitality and engaging nature of the Times Square church members, their desire to help, their love for the people here and the quality of all they have done. We have received many comments from the local people they came in contact with as to their impeccable conduct and helpfulness. They are a shining example of the Christian faith in action.
‘This outreach has been full of ‘nevers’ …
- I understand that never before has the Port Glasgow Town Hall been as full as it was for a Christian gathering
- Never before has some 300 people been actively engaged in Christian outreach in Inverclyde over a week long period.
- Never before has every household in Inverclyde received some Christian literature through their doors.
- Never before in Inverclyde has such a financial boost, we reckon some £200,000, been received in this way in terms of hotel accommodation, meals, the hire of local buses and minibuses and promotional costs, as well as other items purchased by our friends from New York.
- Never before have so many people visited our healing rooms in the course of a week seeking prayer for physical healing as well as other needs.
The steering group is committed to maintaining and developing the considerable momentum caused by this special outreach and are looking at developing regular youth outreaches and gatherings as many young people have shown an eagerness to hear the gospel and have responded to it and young people are the key to the future. In addition the group is running an Inverclyde wide Alpha course each Wednesday at 7pm in the Port Glasgow Town Hall which answers many of the basic questions of Christianity in an informal way, plus they are examining ways of continuing and enhancing work in the many of the areas which the Times Square church team were involved with including the prison and care home work, young people and the business community so affected by the worldwide economic downturn.
‘We cannot thank the Times Square church enough for coming and serving with us’, added Chris, ‘and we are also so very grateful to the number of local Christians who put themselves out and about to ensure the smooth running of all the activities and the considerable prayer support behind it. I believe we have a number of the seeds of Christian revival in Inverclyde already with us. We would encourage every Inverclyde church to get behind and involved in the future activities and discussions.’
More detailed accounts of the various events as well as videos of the evening outreaches can be viewed on the Times Square website www.tscnyc.org