NOW IS THE TIME!

 

The 25^th of April was a great day for CSCN. A very tired group met together but by the end of the meeting all felt encouraged, refreshed and envisioned.

 

 We had an excellent mix of people from a variety of schools in Croydon representing all staff levels. We worshipped our Lord and shared our own experiences. This was followed by praying in small groups for each others needs.

 

Experience tells us that even when we feel we are unable to do another thing but we drag ourselves to a place of blessing, God will lift us up and give us all we need to be more than conquerors!

 

It is the vision that keeps us going, for without a vision the people perish. We all know from where our strength comes. It comes from the Lord!

 

I WILL BE EMAILING CSCN CONTACTS A BOOKING PACK BEFORE MONDAY 12^TH MAY. IF YOU DON'T GET A PACK BY THEN,  REQUEST ONE ON blowers777@hotmail.com. IF YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE A VIDEO SHOWING HOW THE TIDE IS TURNING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THEN PLEASE ASK ME BY THE 12TH.

 

School Deadline - Middle of May

Please discuss with others, encourage & envision. Contact Nathanael Edwards on 07738010970 to book a time for the JAM Team to come in to your school and encourage the young to come along to the weekend. The JAM Team are excellent and have a lot of experience engaging with young people in Croydon schools in a wide variety of ways. The young people love them!

JAM team's address is jam_team@hotmail.com.

 

School Deadline - June

Promoting the weekend away must be in full swing. JAM Team should have visited before the end of June.

 

School Deadline - July

All booking forms plus the £55 fee must be in from the young people and given to me, Paul Blowers.

 

The first Croydon Schools Christian weekend Away will be at Ashburnham Christian Centre near Hastings from Friday 2^nd to Sunday 4^th January 2009.  It is a crazy time of year but somehow the young people love it. Each year St Andrew’s High School fill Ashburnham with over 200 of our young people.  This is a very exciting weekend where we see many saved and many more renewed and envisioned in their faith.

 

It is such a good time that we want to share it with other schools in Croydon.

 

We are advertising this early to you so that you will have the opportunity to take part before we offer the remaining places to our own young people this September.

 

The weekend will be for the current years 7 to 10. We have now booked Ashburnham for 270 places. They will be filled. To help us plan ahead, please tell me how many students and members of staff you estimate will come from your school. The Jam Team can then come to your school early in June to talk to interested pupils about the weekend.

 

We would expect firm bookings with full payment before the end of the summer term.

 

Whilst Simon Archer and I organise it and the JAM Team from New Life provide the programme content, you will be responsible for your own young people.  We work on a ratio of about 10:1 with a minimum of 1 male and 1 female leader if the group is mixed.

 

We have all of the paperwork so that part will be very easy for you.

 

I am sure you have lots of questions so please fire away. Please email me on blowers777@hotmail.com.

 

School staff across Croydon will be gathering together again on Friday 6^th June at Five for the 4th meeting of Croydon Schools Christian Network.  It will be a time to chill out, relax and share some lovely grub. The place is St Andrew’s High School near the centre of Croydon. We aim to finish at six thirty but you can stay longer if you wish.

 

To bring together a network of Christian teachers and other school staff in all Croydon Schools, enabling us to share our faith, vision and expertise with each other under one umbrella "Croydon Schools Christian Network"

Through our networking including the use of the ICTIAC website, we will be strengthened, supported and protected as we carry out our jobs in our workplaces 

 

Please let us know you are coming the next CSCN meeting  (blowers777@hotmail.com) by the end of May so that we can get the right amount of lovely food and drink. Please pass this email on to other staff.   

The address is Warrington Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 4BH. You could Google map the post code. Coming over the flyover from Fairfield Halls heading west, turn down Duppas Road, then right and right again up Warrington Road and you will see the school on your left. Park in the entrance just before you get back to the main road. Coming from the west it’s just along Epsom Road and up Warrington Road.  Plenty of parking.

See you there!

Paul Blowers 

St Andrew’s High