IGNITEHOPE 2010 SOUTH WALES

Hello everybody,

This is prayer update number 6! IgniteHope is now over, it was incredible - we thank God for all He did over the weekend. Thank you for standing with us in prayer.

Hundreds of young people came together to deliver over 7000 hours of community kindness, carrying out a huge range of projects from running fun day's to painting someones garden fence - doing it all to be good news in communities across South Wales, radically demonstrating the love of Jesus, it was awesome.

In total we saw over 60 churches come together and we saw enough delegates book in to carry out projects in 27 areas across South Wales, working with Cardiff Council, RCT Council, Vale of Glamorgan Council, South Wales Police, and other community groups.

By the Friday of IgniteHope we still needed over £20,000, since then we have seen this number going down and down - it has been amazing how God has provided, please continue to pray that all the finance will come in!

God provided more than enough adult volunteers, it was amazing to see everyone come together to serve and see Christ glorified.

On all 4 evenings we saw young people introduced to Jesus Christ for the first time! On top of this God opened up so many opportunities and conversations during the projects, we are still hearing good news stories!

Even though is was due to rain quite a lot, God held the rain off (it belted down Sunday night - but that's OK!) so projects were all able to go ahead!

Again, thank you for standing with in prayer to see God's kingdom built here on earth. Greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to be done - we believe that IgniteHope 2010 had a significant impact in the local communities across South Wales. If the passion we saw over this one weekend continues; we should eagerly expect the social landscape to change and communities transformed by young people committing to follow Jesus' example of word and action.

We are excited for what God has in store..

God Bless,

The IgniteHope team.

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THE LAST BAR OF CHOCOLATE

Pastor Ian O'Herlihy, of Belmont Baptist church, is forced to hand over the last of his Caramel bars to wife Rachel. Never mind you never know what you may find when you go litter picking.

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NICE HAT JACK


Jack gives a big thumbs up to the Free Car wash outside Belmont Baptist Church, Tremorfa during the Ignite Hope 2010 weekend.

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WATCH OUT FOR THE PAINTBRUSH

Leigh-Anne shares her testimony with two local men as the team paint the old library at Caerau, Ely during the Ignite Hope weekend.

He had better pay attention, it looks like Leigh-Anne has already caught him twice with her paint brush. Doesn't he know its three stripes and out.

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ON TOP OF THE WORLD MA.

Bob Davies from Bethesda Chapel & Sarah Lee hold on tight as they paint the high bits at the church hall at Manor Way Ely. Bob wants to make a start on the ceiling mural.

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Even Michelle has to stretch, as the team paint the walls in the church Hall at Manor Way, Ely on the Saturday afternoon. Still smiling though.

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Peter Dewey, helped by Wendy from Tremorfa gives the elder's car a good rinse down.

WATCH OUT WENDY the water is coming your way. Ooops another accident.

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A BREAK FROM LITTER PICKING
Sarah enjoys her "Peters" sausage roll alongside Pastor Ian outside Belmont Baptist church, Tremorfa, Cardiff.


During the Bank Holiday weekend Friday 30th April and Monday 3rd May, more than 20 of our young people (and not so young)were part of approximately 500 delegates at the "Ignite Hope 2010" event. The event which was based at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff sought to serve Christ in the community alongside churches all over South Wales.

One team, led by Jon and Deborah Davis spent the weekend working alongside Belmont Baptist church, Tremorfa. Whilst another team led by Jon & Hannah Davies (notice the different spelling)were active with a church in Ely. Two others from DPBC (Jane & Jade) were part of a team coming alongside and showing Jesus' love to Muslims in the Cardiff Bay area.

All the delegates were involved in a variety of different activities which included, car washing, litter picking, gardening, painting, running children clubs, Fun day events, showing God's love in both the practical and the spiritual (words & deeds).

During each of the evenings there were worship celebration events held back at Sophia Gardens. One of the highlights for our group was to see Alana's boyfriend Dafydd Griffiths respond to the message that Mike Pilavachi brought and go forward with about 20 others to receive Christ. That was on the Saturday evening and anyone who was in church at St. Cyres the following morning would have heard Daffydd share his testimony of Salvation with the church family there.

God was not finished with members of the DPBC group and the following evening Sammi Dean also responded to the message and went forward to give her heart to Jesus.

As well as the delegates there were many others from DPBC involved as helpers during the weekend, serving as drivers, stewards, catering, base helpers & organisers. Everyone finished the weekend on their knees physically but floating spiritually at what God had done during the weekend.

Praise God for those who responded to the message during the weekend but please remember to keep praying that the seed sown across South Wales will bear fruit at the right time as God's Spirit moves in the lives of those that they teams came into contact with.

I have added some more pictures on the next page to show of the things delegates got up to during the weekend.