THANK YOU
ANGELA













Angela is found relaxing in her garden, holding a bouquet of flowers, a gift from all at GY2K.

A big THANK YOU to Angela, from everyone at GY2K, for all her hard work over the past 3yrs as coordinator for the Sunday morning children's groups. Angela was most touched by the messages contained in the card, which was signed by all the teachers and helpers from the various groups.

Angela will not be able to sit still enjoying the sunshine for too long as she will be continuing as an infant group leader in September and has also volunteered to help with one of the summer group sessions during the August holiday club.

DPBC Caption Competition for July.

We have a new caption competition for you.

The photograph above was taken at the recent Soul in Dinas "Thank you meal" for teachers and school staff from the three local primary schools.

This picture shows our wonderful Chef, David Humphries in a possible conversation with his assistant for the evening, Jonathan (Jono) Davies. You may want to enlarge the picture by clicking upon it just to see the expression on Jono's face.

Blogger says : Jono looks a bit bemused as Chef David says to him "So what does Delia say we should do next with these potatoes", OR, can you come up with something better and funnier.

Entries should be by e-mail to dpbcsec@tiscali.co.uk and should be marked "July Caption competition". The closing date for entries is Sunday 8th August.

There will be a prize for the funniest entry chosen by blogger.

DPBC Caption Competition

Last month we invited entries for a caption competition around a photograph taken at the "Guide to the Gospels" evening at Hebron Hall. The picture shows Karen & Mark talking during the evening and captions were invited concerning what was being said.

The winner is Paul West who thought that Karen has just said to Mark "Would you help organise the Ghana Fun Day again next year". Mark then looks into the distance with a quiet smile of contemplation.

Our winning entry was supplied by Paul West who is pictured receiving his prize, a box of Roses chocolates. As you can see from the photograph there is a new competition emerging as Rebecca and Moses compete to try and relieve dad of his prize.

Blogger has just received the letter printed below from one of the Street Pastor Team regarding an incident that occurred recently in Cardiff.


Hi there!!

I'm a Street Pastor in Newport, we often get told by people that
they have met the team out in Cardiff and how great they were, but i was specifically asked by someone on Saturday night to pass on their thanks to the Cardiff guys!!

We were seeked out by a girl who said that your team had really helped her boyfriend the previous week as he was in a very bad way and thought to have been spiked/date raped, you guys took him back to the church and then ensured he got home OK. The girl and her boyfriend were very very appreciative of everything that was done for them and wanted us to pass this on to those who had helped!!

So please if you could can you let this be known to those who were about that night!

Thanks and God Bless

Please pray :-
(1) Pray for the Street Pastors as they walk the streets of Cardiff each Friday and Saturday night.

(2)Praise God for the contacts they are making with people on those streets and for the responses that are taking place.

(3) Pray for those from our fellowship that are involved in this team (see previous blog entry on "Cardiff Street Pastors" for details).

(4) Pray that as the teams come alongside those in need the love of God will be evident to all (Matthew 5:14-16).

I have just received a letter from Maurice Jones (co-founder of Victory Outreach UK alongside his sister Dinah). Maurice has worked faithfully within Victory Outreach since it started and has brought young men to visit us one many occasions. The letter is an open letter to all those who support Victory Outreach, it is extremely moving and challenging. Please read, it moved me to tears of gratitude for the Love of God that just pours from the words.

Dear Friends,

This is one of the saddest letters that I have ever had to write. For over 40 years it has been my privilege to do the administration for David & Dinah in the call that God gave them, back in the 1960's to help the lost and the homeless and provide Christian "family" homes for them. Then, when Victory Outreach UK was founded 26 years ago I became the treasurer too, and more recently it has been my pleasure to help Pastor Richard and his wife Jill as they have taken over as Directors and expanded further the work on the Ministry.

But now, at almost 80 and not keeping well, the time has come when I must step down from any official position. I don't like the words "retire" and "resign" but I am sorry I have to resign because I cannot go on doing what I was doing and I must pass the baton on.

However the work in the Ministry will continue, the needs in the prisons, the daily requests for help, lost souls needing Jesus. The call is greater & more urgent than it ever was. Please I want you to stand behind Pastor Richard and Jill and every member of the wonderful Victory Outreach UK staff.

Over the past years thousands have responded to the call, but there are many thousands more in need today. I want to thank you personally, these have been the happiest years of my life, difficult often, but so rewarding and I believe that the best is yet to come.

Please continue to support this Ministry. You are such an important part of the body of it all - young men and young ladies in prison cells will hear about Jesus and find true salvation because of your faithfulness. I want to say a huge thank you to You for all that You have done for Victory Outreach UK and I want to genuinely thank you for all that you have done for me personally. Please don't change anything because of my being unable to do what I did do. General Booth of the Salvation Army in the last ever speech said "While there is still a lad in a prison cell, while there is still a homeless girl on the streets I'll fight on...." let us echo these words and say "We will fight on.........." Pastor Richard's motto is "Making a difference, one life at a time".

If you wish to contact Pastor Richard, or send any gifts, or application forms, please contact the office at Abertillery. All Bankers orders and gift aid forms already done for Victory Outreach UK remain unchanged and need no alteration.

In closing may I say this is not "Goodbye" this is the opening of a different, but tremendously important and challenging new chapter. Words seem so inadequate to express my heart to you and to thank you for all that you have been to me over the years, to thank David & Dinah for answering the call of God, to thank Pastor Richard and Jill for "taking up the baton" and going ever forward. Finally, over and above all, I want to thank God for everything that HE has done for me personally, and for all that HE is doing for this - HIS Ministry - Victory Outreach UK. I could never count the many, many times when we have had to pray and HE has ALWAYS been there to hear our cry. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!! What a privilege to know that HE cares and HE will never forsake us - no not ever. Thank you in Jesus' name.

I will be praying for you.

God bless you all.

Maurice.

(We thank God for Maurice. He is an amazing servant of God and has served so faithfully for so many years, a wonderful example to us all. Please do pray for Maurice that he will have many years of good health and continue to serve God in various ways, which it is his desire to be able to do).

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK - 6th JULY 2010


'Forbidden fruit creates many jams.',


Lust: desiring something in our hearts that we cannot have.

We can have desires for many things but when that desire is for something or someone forbidden it is lust.

Our hearts can lead us astray. Yes it’s true;

Proverbs 28:26 says “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool”

Jeremiah 7:23-24 says: “But this is what I commanded them saying ‘Obey My voice and I shall be your God and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear but followed the counsels and dictates of their evil hearts and went backward and not forward”

We are new creations in Christ Jesus but this example from Jeremiah is good for us to learn from.

God’s guidance is for our good, v23“... that it may be well with you”

Lust is very dangerous. Firstly, in our hearts and thoughts, and sometimes results in dominating our behaviour. Then if desire is worked out in our life through our choices it will destroy and steal from us and others. Families and relationships can be destroyed, people crushed, trust lost, our own bodies damaged, hurt deep down within us, our witness voided and the hurt that comes from knowing we messed up and sinned against God.

John 10:10, Jesus says: “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.”

Ask the lord to help you know truth in your inward parts (Psalm 51:6).

Ask Him for the truth of the situation you find yourself in. Our desires can fog the truth.

Think about what you are thinking about. (Proverbs 23:7)

Be very careful your thoughts do not lead you astray but take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ(2 Corinthians 3:5).
Composed by : Jade Jordan