Community Projects
June Project 2007
June 2007
4 days, 80 delegates, 1600 hours invested in the community!
Each day we started with prayer and worship, with inspiring teaching from James Treasure, Melody Briggs and Caz Weir. Fully equipped we then launched out into the glorious sunshine for our outreach programme! ...or, alternatively, the gloomy drizzle.
Yes, the weather wasn't quite as planned. That was the only major setback for the Project and I'm encouraged to report that the whole team handled it with extraordinary grace. We relocated some of the activities indoors and were still able to go ahead with most of the rest.
The 80 delegates were organised in 10 groups, each following different programmes of outreach activities. All the teams were involved with first contact evangelism, prayer support, inviting people to events and the many garden projects.
We also had teams specialising in other activities, including street performance, circus skills, face-painting, a barbershop quartet, running a children's sports programme and organising the Friday Night youth event.
In the evenings and on Saturday we ran invitational events. On Thursday evening we held a Car Wash and kids sports event at the Pelaw View Centre. Despite the rain several people brought their cars to be washed!
Friday evening we ran a youth night at Durham City Baptist Church. DJ Ja$e and local band The Virals played to a packed hall of June Project delegates and about 60 guests.
Saturday morning we relocated the Peskies Park fun day to the Gates shopping centre (on account of Peskies Park more accurately being described as Peskies Lake after the rain). Our clowns, face-painters and drama team entertained the crowds and we were joined by the Mayor.
We finished the June Project with a community BBQ at Durham City Baptist Church on Saturday evening with about 100 guests from every decade between 0s and 80s.
The whole team worked incredibly hard and the Project was a fantastic event even taking the weather into account. If the Project was this good even in the rain, it's amazing to imagine what future events in good weather might be like...