School holidays are always strange times at Oxygen; many projects shift gear and end up working with young people in different ways and through different events. This spring break is no different; the team are running film, football and evening projects that engage with the same young people but in different contexts.  As they do they are seeking ways to continue to reveal God’s serving, relational love to young people through both their words and actions. Please pray for them this week as they do this.

Whilst the team are involved in frontline youthwork, much of my time has been spent on an area of work that is important, but far less enjoyable. I have just spent the last 7 days taking time out of the office completing grant applications in support of our work. I have blogged about this before, but this is work that I feel that I can only do if I put my heart and soul into it, telling potential funders that the young people we work with really need their support. How depressing it is then to get a simply standard letter of rejection, or even worse no answer at all.

• Please do pray for the grant applications that were submitted last week in support of Rm1, Urban Nites and Oxygen’s work experience programme.
• Pray for the ongoing work in putting in place the finances needed to keep Oxygen going into the future as we continue to give young people the opportunity to discover and follow Jesus

Whilst we are looking for the funding to carry on our work, things are developing at pace on the ground. So below you will see prayer requests for a new St Peters Youthworker, who will work for the church in partnership Oxygen, you will also read about the impact of family time at Rm1 as well as some forthcoming events you may be interested in.

Thanks

Richard

VACANCY: Working alongside Oxygen

St Peter’s Norbiton in partnership with Oxygen, Kingston YFC are looking for a  Mission Shaped “External Youthworker”. In an exciting new pioneering partnership with Oxygen, St Peters Norbiton are looking for an external youthworker (or youthwork trainee) to establish an emerging church community amongst non churched urban young people that have been contacted by the church & Oxygen’s Rock Solid Club.  

• Please pray for the right person to be found and appointed
• Pray for the young people who will be reached through this work and the lives that will be changed

For more information including job description and application pack visit

http://stpetersnorbiton.typepad.com/stpetersnorbiton/2008/04/vancancy-extern.html
 

Tea and Cakes @ Rm1

Old fashioned family time has become one of the highlights of Oxygen's all new Rm1 project at Coombe Boys School in recent months. Each week those young people who are coming gather in the room straight after school and takes their first 1/2 hour to run off their energy, as they play pool, computer games or simply RELAX on the Rm1 sofa.

• Please pray for the work of Rm1 and its leader Kate Davies
• Pray for the expansion of Rm1 into Hollyfield and other potential schools in years to come

Read the rest of this story

http://wantachurch.typepad.com/oxygennews/2008/04/tea-and-cakes-r.html

Facebook Oxygen

Oxygen is now on Facebook. Here we have posted the pictures from thevent as well as news of forthcoming events. Become our friend by clicking here:  

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1212395613&k=Z3F532V4T3YM511EU1YUVU&r&v=2

Powerhouse of Prayer Returns

Last year prayer was at the centre of all that took place as right in the middle of the year, during the month of May a non stop prayer room, called POWERHOUSE was opened at the prayer chapel in the YMCA in Victoria Road, Surbiton. The results of that week or prayer were obvious for all who took part, with lots of brilliant stories, times of blessing and some wonderful unity. This year the room opens at 6pm on the 18th May and finishes at 6pm on Sunday 25th May. The Green Fair is on 26th May during which people will be invited to come and join the prayer team.

You can find out more about Powerhouse here :
http://wantachurch.typepad.com/infusenews/2008/03/the-powerhouse.html

The Artists Way

Sacred Space recommend The Artists Way workshops, more at

http://wantachurch.typepad.com/churches/2008/04/artistic-worksh.html

Living as an ordinary radical: A dialogue with Shane Claiborne

Faithworks, Livability Community Mission and Tearfund are hosting a free discussion evening with Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution and founder of The Simple Way community in Philadelphia. Find out more

http://wantachurch.typepad.com/infusenews/2008/04/living-as-an-or.html

the after college drop in cafe in Kingston is set to open again this week with a new team of workers from Oxygen and the same friendly faces from K URC

This Thursday 18th we say Goodbye! to the first of the Oxygen Gap Year workers to be involved in the Room.

Andy leaves the Room on Thursday and Oxygen on Friday in order to prepare for his wedding and then a new job in Taunton.

It's Pancake Day - AKA Shrove Tuesday, Feb 28th 2006.  Emily Young, our Youth Worker, has organised the ingredients, and friends from the Room (open 3.45 - 6.00pm every Tuesday and Thursday

This is our first week back at the Room after Christmas as the YFC team have been to a conference.

We were joined on Tuesday by a new member of the Oxygen team Nadine, which was great, particularly for me, as it meant that there was another woman in amongst all the men!