Street Pastors is an interdenominational Church response to neighbourhood problems; engaging with people on the streets and in night-time venues to care, listen, talk and offer practical help. Ingrid and I have volunteered for the Street Pastors initiative in Inverness. We are currently undergoing training and hope to be out on the streets in Inverness in November. In reality, this will mean going out in teams of 4 one Friday per month from 10pm till 4am.
We are both very excited at being given the opportunity to GO with the Good News expressed through love as Jesus commanded us. Street Pastors is only one way of doing this.
Our first training day was last Saturday. A husband and wife team from Brixton undertook the whole day's training. They have been Street Pastors for five years in a very tough city centre and their stories were an amazing testimony to God's faithfulness. Listening to their stories was amazing, but THEN they landed us in real-life scenarios through role-play. Very testing! Training is imperative and that is a good thing. Altogether there are 12 training sessions. Some of these sessions will be undertaken by the police and some by social services.
If you want to find out more speak to Ingrid or myself or see the web:
www.streetpastors.org.uk
www.underthecanopy.net
We would appreciate your prayers for us as individuals and for the initiative as a whole
We shall keep you posted.
Doda
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