During the first week of the October holidays we hosted a GO Team who came to help us run a 3-day Holiday Bible Club and give out leaflets for a special ‘Hope for Stranraer’ meeting.
Team members were: William (Enniskillen), Elena (Glasgow), Jacob (Airdrie), Hannah and Shannon (North Edinburgh). We were also thankful to have the help of Brian & Shelley Bond from Lisbon RP Church in New York, who are with us for two months.
After a church lunch on the Lord’s Day, the team headed into the town centre to do some open air psalm singing.
Monday was set-up day for the club, before things began in earnest on Tuesday morning. We were thankful to have about 30 different kids present over the 3 days, with around 22 there each day. Our children were enthusiastic about being able to invite their friends, and excited to see some of them come.
In the afternoons, the team gave out around 4,000, inviting people to our special meeting. At the meeting, Stephen preached from Ruth chapter 1, about two women who came to God — one after years away from him, and one for the very first time.
Following the meeting there was a final chance for the team to spend time with the congregation before they departed the next morning.
We are grateful to all who helped out during the week and pray for fruit, particularly in the lives of the children and their families.
