Good afternoon,

I hope you have had a good week so far and that you have learnt to accept people around you for you they are......( and also accept Jan Leeming...although she seems like she is changing daily for the better)

Well, it is all work over here, but Christmas is almost here! Praise God!
I have already put up some lights on my windows and will be decorating the Christmas tree this weekend.

Tonight we are going to have a Christmas Baazar at college. I wasn't planning to go there...(opting for cinema instead), but somehow I am now officially 'Santa's little helper'.....Help!!!!!!!

I hope it will be fun, but will report once it is over.

I blame one of the other evangelists for what is happening.....and she is in so much trouble!

Joking apart though, it is a very special time of the year as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Sometimes we get too focused on presents and forget the greatest present of all times.

I am preparing a sermon for Sunday and I am thinking of hope, the hope that we find in Jesus because he came on this earth for us....and the hope of living everyday to the full with Christ, in a way that pleases him.

So, any of you out there doing something strange and wild during this season?

We usually have a Christmas Cabaret and we are thinking of maybe playing some of the characters of Little Britain (if we have time to prepare).....ssshhhh...we don't want the students to know, hahaha

May God's hope and peace be with you all this Christmas season!

Get me out of here??!

Hello!!

How’s everyone doing? My life right now revolves around work (some boring, some less boring, and some really exciting!) and telly! I’m well into X Factor – come on Ben!!! And I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here - how annoying is Jan Leeming?!!

The thing that I’m reminded of when I watch I’m a Celebrity is that God has called us to live on this earth with a variety of people. Some we love, some we just cope with and some we flippin well can’t stand! Some people absolutely drive me crazy! But God says to us, ‘Love them all!’ Show patience to those who are irritating; show gentleness to those who are angry; show love to those who are far from lovely.

It’s a challenge isn’t it? Humanly speaking we can’t do any of these things very easily. It’s natural to fight back, to want revenge. With the Holy Spirit working through us though, and with a determination to live as Jesus wants us to, it IS possible!

As I’m writing all this, I’m realising that Jan on I’m a Celebrity might actually be a really great person, if people would just stop and get to know her!

What do you think about all this?

God bless and have a great day!

Hello from the Cliff Evangelists

Dear all,

First of all, a huge congratulations to Matt and Yaz! It has been great having them for the past festivals and we are going to miss them this year. The good news is they can stay connected to all of us through this blog (if and when they find time when the baby goes to sleep...etc...etc).

We wish you all the best guys!

Well, this is the first time that we (evangelists) will be writing on this blog.....Well, do you know us? It will be good for you to get to know us, as we will be writing quite a bit on this blog....give you extra info about the coming Festival, talk about the weather, about the films, 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here'....a random day at the office...etc..etc..

We would love to hear from you and find out what you think of different issues.

At the last year's festival there were three evangelists, but two more student evangelists are part of our team now.

We are posting pictures of all of us....(strange, we know!)

You need to guess who is who....(even if it is random guessing...it will be a laugh!)



God bless, have fun and be good!

news, news, news

Hello there everyone!

First of all... Sorry the blog's been a bit quiet recently. Yaz, who does most of the blogging, has been really ill for 3 months. But she's getting better now and has contacted Cliff to try to get some more people blogging for you!

We’ve got a bit of festival youthwork gossip for you… The good news is Matt and Yaz are having a baby! Woohoo! But the bad news is that it means they wont be leading the youthteam at next year’s festival :-( We’re not sure what’s happening yet, but will keep you posted.

The other bit of news is that the evangelists at Cliff are going to be doing a bit of blogging themselves to keep the blog going and updated more often. It will also mean that you’ll hear a bit more about Cliff life through the year.

Hope you are all doing ok!