Activate Team Member

We are holding a one day conference on Sat 17th September,
10-4 at St Mary’s Church, Thame.

Its £10 a ticket which includes refreshments and lunch

We have 2 Speakers, Seminars, Worship, Craft and Quiet reflection area.

We are very excited to have Michelle Tepper and Sarah McKerney coming to speak. Sarah as you know is one of the Directors of Activate and we have Michelle who is a passionate and gifted evangelist who recently joined Ravi Zacharias International
Ministries. She has a passion for evangelism, building community and seeing lives transformed by the love of Christ.

If you live near by and interested in coming please contact:
Sarah Hyde · Barley Hill Church · Tel: 218235 · E-mail: hyde55@tiscali.co.uk

Do you know anyone who is nice all the time? This was a question asked recently on a popular mum’s message board. The poster was curious as to whether people who were genuinely nice all the time, with no other motives, actually existed. The replies started to come in, there were the replies of ‘no, no one is ever nice all the time’. Then some people began to respond with ‘yes I know someone, don’t know if this is relevant or not but they are a Christian.’ The discussion continued with a large number of posters saying that they did know genuinely ‘nice’ people, people who only had positive, kind things to say about other, people who didn’t gossip, people who could be happy for others and celebrate their success, and in all cases these people professed openly to be Christians. What struck me most was that this is Activates heart. Being salt and light to those around us, being Christ like in our words and deeds often has more of an impact on those we share our lives with then ‘preaching’ a message.

So ladies be challenged as I was, are we genuinely nice all the time so that we are salt and light to those around us? Don’t lose your saltiness (Mark 9:50).

Who’d have thought a work’s leaving do, a pair of bright pink M&S heels, and a throwaway line from a colleague’s hubby would finally spark me into writing the blog I’ve been meaning to start for ages?

Perhaps I’d better explain. It was as I walked across the car park towards the restaurant that I was spotted. I’d dressed to impress – well skinny jeans, killer heels, pink clutch bag in hand and a dash of make-up thrown on. “Who’s that?” said Viv’s hubby as he dropped her off for the party. “Oh that’s Caroline.” Viv said. “She wants to train to be a vicar.” To which he replied, “What? In those shoes?!”

When she told me, I laughed so much and said, “Yes! Absolutely! Definitely in these heels!”

Actually, it’s not quite as simple as wanting to be a vicar. To find out more, read the rest of the blog at www.inthoseshoes.wordpress.com