God, Goats & Games

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Hi all, on Sunday 30th July we will have held our first ‘God, Goats & Games’ night of the summer.

This is an event in the summer that we home that combines the best elements of our ‘Redefine‘ Bible study from Sunday nights, with our ‘Reverb‘ Thursday after school drop-in youth club.

We hold these throughout the summer; every Sunday at 6pm to 8pm at Ty Llywelyn Community Centre, Ffordd Yr Orsedd, Llandudno, LL30 1LA.

It’s a great opportunity to meet up with your friends & have great fun with games, food and talks.

We will be having different special events for each night. On our first night we will be having a ‘Box Fort’ ?event. What is that?!?! Come along & find out. On Sunday 6th August we will be hosting a Disney ?sing along! ? 13th August will be a Nerf battle ?to end all Nerf battles (Goats v Geese), on the 20th we will be watching a movie ? together, and on our last night the 27th of August we will be hosting a ‘Ninja Warrior’ night! Hiya! ???

We hope you can come along & enjoy these fun nights together.

Be blessed!

The Golden Spoon Awards

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Last night we put out the red carpet and welcomed some celebs to our black tie event; the ‘Golden Spoons‘ award ceremony.

It was a really fun night and the perfect way to finish off our last ‘Redefine‘ Bible study before the summer break.

All the young people that come to our events and the leaders got dressed up in their best clothes and were greeted at the door to Ty Llywelyn Community Centre with a red carpet and Sparkling Grape juice in champagne flutes.

It really was a great evening.

We had a plethora of awards to hand out. Awards that celebrated the uniqueness of each attendee of ‘Redefine’, both from the young people to the leaders. There were many laughs to be had, especially when our very own LLYFC administrator Todd Warden-Owen did a bit of interpretive dancing to a comedy song played and sung by our director Tim Gough. It was a hilarious moment.

The room was all decorated with glitter and gold and there were mountains of Ferrero Rocher chocolates covering the tables that each of the young people were sitting at. Lights were strewn throughout, festooning the ceilings and walls. We had gold and glamour everywhere you looked.

It was great being able to honour and celebrate the young people that come to ‘Redefine’. To really honour the person that God has made them to be and the ways in which his nature and character shines through them.

All too often in today’s world; people are so quick to tear each other down, to point out each others shortcomings, flaws and faults. It was great to come against that spirit of the age with the heart of the Father and the spirit of His kingdom. To speak life; to show love and to build one another up.

“For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” – 1 Thess 5:9-11

“Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.” – 2 Corinthians 13:11 Read more →

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

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Drum-roll please!

In 8 days time Tim Gough, our centre director will be leaping into the air from a 400ft high platform to raise much needed funds for the work of Llandudno Youth for Christ.

8 days!

400ft!

Pheweee!

Hence the title of this blog post.

“Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!”

Because I hope that the jump is a fun and exhilarating time for Tim, but also because although Tim is the only one doing the jump; so many people are supporting and encouraging him in this amazing feat. So it is a ‘we’ endeavour.

It is something for all the young people that come to our youth drop-ins, Bible studies, special events & other projects to support. It is an opportunity for churches and parents that have been blessed by the work that we are doing to get involved with supporting the work that we do. It is a time for us all to be praying for Tim as he makes the leap.

We are all involved in the jump in some way or shape and we will all benefit from the jump as people continue to sponsor Tim. We still have 8 days left to raise more money for this great cause.

Also, the money that is raised will be put back into all of the work that we do, and so many more young lives will be positively impacted by the good news of Jesus. Which in turn will have  positive affect upon their families, friends, neighbours and communities. Indeed it is a ripple effect that will effect the whole of North Wales and beyond. That is why it is so important for us to get behind Tim and be there supporting him in his Big Jump.

In effect on a certain level we will all be jumping with Tim. For we will all have a vested interest in him having a fun and successful jump.

This makes me think of how the apostle Paul gets us to think about how all believers; all followers of Jesus; were involved and part of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

“If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do. Our firm decision is to work from this focused centre: One man died for everyone. That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a far better life than people ever lived on their own.” – 2 Corinthians 5:13-15 (The Message)

“If we are ‘out of our mind,’ as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” – 2 Corinthians 5:13-15 (NIV)

He puts it another way in the book of Romans in chapter 6; where “all of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death” and “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” And in Colossians Paul says of Jesus’ death on the cross “For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God.” – Colossians 1:19-21

We were all included. Wow!

Let’s all get behind Tim as he jumps. Let us all support him, in prayer and with our finances.

And all this so that we can let others know of the great message of how God has opened the way for us all to live a new life at peace with himself through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.

Be blessed!

Suits you sir!

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This coming Sunday the 23rd of July, we have our last ‘Redefine‘ Sunday evening Bible study for this academic year!

To celebrate the evening we are having an awards ceremony with food, lights, fun, food, suits, dresses, food & of course awards! A mini Oscars or Bafta type night to celebrate the end of the year and launch us into the Summer.

Then in less than a week later our director Mr Tim Gough will be jumping from an insanely high platform attached to a bungee rope. He will be jumping 400ft and reach a maximum travelling speed of 90mph and the whole jump will only take him just over 5 seconds to do this! Though I’m sure it will seem a lot longer to Tim as he plummets headlong to the ground!

Why on earth is he doing this?

He is doing it to raise some much needed funds for the work of Llandudno Youth for Christ. In fact he is aiming to raise £5,000 in total with his jump. If you want to sponsor him in this, then donate here.

Let’s jump back to our awards evening now.

The night will be for us an opportunity to celebrate with each other, but also to celebrate each other. To give awards that recognise the contributions that each volunteer and young person that attends ‘Redefine‘ has brought to make our Sunday evening bible Study such a fun place to be.

It will also be a chance for us all to dress up; sort of like an end of school prom and also a chance for us to start the Summer holidays with a bang.

At LLYFC we love being able to bless the young people that come to the events that we do. We also love being able to honour them and also the volunteers that work so hard to see lives changed by the good news of Jesus.

“Love each other with genuine affection,and take delight in honouring each other.” – Romans 12:10

“For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.” – Romans 1:16

So this coming Sunday’s awards ceremony is a great opportunity for us to bless and honour the young people that come to ‘Redefine‘.

We will also be able to let them know about the plethora of great events we have planned for over the Summer.

(Check out our LLYFC Summer Events Flyer 2017  for more information.)

So there is a lot going on here at Llandudno Youth for Christ; please be praying for us and the work that we do. Pray that God would use everything that we do to change lives and share His love. Also pray that God would send more workers to help us in the work that we do; or if you are one of those who would like to get involved, please contact us.

Have a great week and a great Summer.

Be blessed!

We’d ‘heart’ for you to be part of the team!

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Here at Llandudno Youth for Christ we have a fantastic bunch of volunteers that support all of the work that we do with young people in Llandudno and beyond.

Some of them work in our projects that directly impact the young people, such as ‘Reverb Youth Space‘ our Thursdays after-school drop-in, ‘Recess‘ our Thursday’s lunchtime schools club & ‘Redefine‘ our Sunday evening youth Bible Study; others work in our ‘Reverb Saturday Cafe @ St John’s‘ on Mostyn Street, where they lovingly make sweet and savoury crepes, pour teas & coffees, serve customers and wash-up amongst other tasks.

The Saturday cafe volunteering helps serve the wider Llandudno community with a safe haven to sit, relax & chat amidst the hustle and bustle of a busy Saturday on Llandudno’s high street. This is not so-much of a direct face to face working with young people aspect of the work we do, but it does help people learn more about the work of LLYFC; it blesses the local community, it helps to raise much needed funds for the work of LLYFC and it also gives many of our young people opportunities to serve others and grow in confidence as they help out.

We also have others that commit to pray regularly for the work that we do; meeting on the 4th Sunday of each month at Ty Llywelyn Community Centre to pray for everything that we do.

We have church leaders, teachers, parents and other youth workers that continue to support all of the work we do and are extremely grateful for all of their support.

If, in any way, shape or form you have helped, or do continue to help the work of LLYFC in reaching out to young people in Llandudno and beyond with the good news of Jesus, then we would love to say to you: ‘THANK YOU‘. Keep on doing what you are doing.

Also, if you have never before thought about volunteering with us, then please do prayerfully consider this. As we head into summer and then in September to a brand new school year; we are always looking for more volunteers. More people to help us reach more young people with the love of God.

If you feel that God is directing you to help us out, whether directly or indirectly, we’d ‘heart‘ (love) to hear from you, and we’d ‘heart‘ (love) for you to join us in seeing more young people reached with the gospel.

Please do contact us by phone: 07517429763, email: llandudnoyfc@gmail.com, or letter: Llandudno Youth for Christ, c/o Ty Llywelyn Community Centre, Ffordd Yr Orsedd, Llandudno, LL30 1LA.

Be blessed!

Waiting for the summer…

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Hi all, some of you might recognise the lyric & title to a less well known Delirious? song. I thought it linked well into the fact that in less than 12 days time the schools will close for the summer!

Until then, there are so many young people simply ‘waiting for the summer’.

At Llandudno Youth for Christ, we also have a whole host of fun events that are going to be held during the summer school break.

Just one week after schools close our very own director, Mr Tim Gough, will be finally taking the plunge with Tim’s Big Jump! We are so excited for him in doing this! He will be jumping over 400ft from the highest bungee jump in the UK and is aiming to raise £5,000 for the work of LLYFC. Please support him, especially as we draw closer to the jump day of the 28th of July.

In August we have some more fun days to look forward to.

On Tuesday 1st of August we will be holding our overnight youth event at Gloddaeth Church: ‘The Lock-In‘; this is a fun evening for all the young people, with games, a movie, Bible studies and times of prayer and worship together.

Then on Thursday 3rd August we will be holding a picnic and water fight on the green outside the Lighthouse Church on the West Shore of Llandudno.

Finally we a capping off the summer with our great mini-conference ‘Refresh‘ at St. David’s College in Llandudno.

We are looking forward to hosting these great events for the young people in Llandudno and beyond.

Please be praying for all of these events. Praying for the volunteers and young people involved. Praying that God would change lives at each event.

Also, please consider sponsoring Tim as he jumps over 400ft on the 28th July.

Be blessed!

5,4,3,2,1..Thunder-Tim is go!!!!!

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In just over 3 weeks, our very own centre director Mr Tim Gough will be jumping over 400ft out of a crane attached to a bungee cord and will travel at speeds up to 90mph as he rushes headlong towards the ground. The whole jump will take only 5 seconds to complete from launch to the full extension of the bungee cord.

So, 400ft, 90mph, 5seconds!

Wow!

Why is he doing such an insane thing? Listen to him explain it here.

He is doing it all to raise money for the work of Llandudno Youth for Christ and all the great work we do at sharing the good news of Jesus relevantly with the young people in North Wales.

So on the 28th of July Tim will be taking the big plunge.

Tim is planning by this endeavour to raise over £5,000 for the work of Llandudno Youth for Christ. So far we have raised over £2,000; so we have 3 weeks to raise over half the amount, but I believe we can do it.

Let your friends and family know about this insane but worthwhile feat that Tim is doing. Get them to sponsor him.

If you or someone you know has been blessed by the work of LLYFC. If you’ve been to a ‘Spark‘ event, come to ‘Recess‘, ‘Reverb‘ or ‘Redefine‘. If you’ve attended one of our ‘Monthly Meet‘ training evenings, or enjoy our ‘Reverb Saturday Cafe @ St John’s‘ then please do sponsor Tim and encourage your friends to do so too.

I’m sure if everyone that has ever been impacted by the work that we do in and around Llandudno and beyond gave just £1 to this, then we would easily raise the remainder of the money and reach our goal of £5,000.

Please share this and let’s support Tim as he takes a big leap for a big ministry that serves a big God.

Be blessed!

 

I am loved more than I can ever know!

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This blog’s title is a personalisation of the lyrics to the song ‘Light‘ by the band Sleeping At Last. In the chorus of the song it says ‘you are more loved than you can ever know’.

Which is so true.

I don’t think we can ever fully understand or appreciate how much God loves us. How much we are loved.

“Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” – Jeremiah 31:3.

“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” – 1 John 4:10

“See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are!” – 1 John 3:1

At last night’s ‘Redefine‘ we looked at the Father heart of God; how He loves us so much.

I used to struggle with the thought that God loved me, unconditionally. I thought that His love for me was conditional. That it depended upon my performance.

Over the past several years God has taken me on a journey to reveal just how much He loves me. How He is a good Father, and not the fractured and imperfect image of a father that we see in the world around us, but the perfect Father that we are looking for.

Becoming a dad myself has really helped me grasp more fully how much He truly does love us.

I love my children, because of who they are, my children, not because of what they do. The moment I first saw them my heart filled with so much love. More than I thought possible. This little bundle of arms & legs, totally dependant on me and my wife.

My love is imperfect and flawed.

How much more does God who is the perfect Father love us!?

“When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” – Romans 5:6-8.

It was so great to have the opportunity to share this life changing truth, that God really does love us, with so many young people: For them to hear this truth at such a young age.

‘Redefine‘ is a great ministry that seeks to help disciple young people and see them grow and develop in their faith. To find and discover a true and deeply rooted relationship with Jesus and grow in that relationship.

We seek to put the tools in their hands that will help them throughout their lives. Help them to read the Bible for all it’s worth. To live a life full of prayer and praise. To learn to serve and support each other. To reach out to those around them with the love of God that they have discovered to be so true.

Please continue to pray for the young people that come to ‘Redefine‘. Also pray that God would add to their number and that we would see many more young people be reached with the life changing gospel of Jesus.

Be blessed and know that you are loved!