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A very brave lady, Mrs Baxter is deciding to “baldly go” where no-supporter of Llandudno Youth for Christ has gone before!

On Friday 14th August, Mrs Hayley Baxter raised money for the work of LLYFC by having a sponsored head shave. It was a great evening, with many of our young people supporting Hayley in her brave endeavour. Her husband was also there to give her morale support.

As part of the conditions of her raising the money, she said that she would keep her head shaven for a whole month after the event.

Thank you Hayley, for your bravery and support of the work of LLYFC.

If you have any great ideas like Hayley did, for raising both fund for and awareness of the work of LLYFC, then please don’t hesitate to contact us, or if you want to get involved with the work we do, again, please drop us a line, or check out our website.

Over the past 12 months we have had so many people support us financially, so first off a massive ‘THANK YOU!’

As we move into the year ahead and beyond and seek to increase our impact on the lives of young people around us, we will still need ongoing financial support for the work that we do.

One of the best ways you can support us is with a regular monthly donation (if you feel God is leading you to do this, please see the Support Form included).

Other ways you can help us raise funds is by being a representative in your church encouraging others to give to this ministry.

You could maybe hold a cake sale, a car wash (like some of our young people did), a sponsored event, a car boot/bring & buy sale,… the possibilities are many and varied.

In all this great, creative fundraising, remember to have fun and enjoy it, for

God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor 9:6-8

Last October a group of our young people got together to hold a car wash on the grass verge outside Llandudno Baptist Church on the West Shore.

A lot of fun was had and funds were raised for the work of Llandudno Youth For Christ totaling £70.00.

It’s great to see the young people investing time and effort to support the ministry that supports and encourages them in their Christian walk.

If you’d like to help support the work of LLYFC, then please see the Fundraising ideas on P4 of the newsletter, or you can fill in the support form. Thank you.

It’s been a cracking term for Llandudno YFC!

We’ve stacked up some good memories, welcomed new volunteers, made many messes and settled in well with our new trustee board.

We’ve just had our best term working in Ysgol John Bright. We’ve run 2 regular, well-attended lunchtime clubs and 3 RE days, taught 15 lessons, had teachers and classes using Reverb and shared assemblies with Roughshod Theatre Company.

In no small way linked to this we’ve been privileged to see young people making significant steps in their faith. Many have grown as Christ-followers and some have come into a new relationship with Him.

I’m struck by the responsibilities God has laid on this mission, however to sustain what we do and to go further we really need more people to partner with.

Please, please consider whether you could be part of this mission to see the good news of Jesus Christ taken relevantly to every young person in Llandudno and beyond!

Tim: Hello Paul, as Chair of Llandudno YFC, what do you do?

Paul: As the chair of the trustee committee, I feel that my main role is to hold people to time and try to move tasks forward; to help move the vision forward: taking the gospel relevantly to young people in North Wales, in particular, Llandudno.

Tim: Why did you get involved with Youth For Christ in particular.

Paul: Because I heard about what the vision was, and what the idea of YFC is and I thought, this is exactly what we should be doing, as churches, as Christians; supporting this work.

Tim: You have some previous experience working with young people?

Paul: Yeah, I’ve done a lot of youth work. In my professional role, I’m a trained, qualified teacher; though I no-longer do that. I do a lot of work in the special needs area of education. That’s the place where I have a real heart to work in.

Tim: When you’re not being a ‘shepherd’ and looking after me and the other trustees, what sort of things do you enjoy doing?

Paul: Mostly spending time with my family, playing with my kids. We have just recently come back form a trip to France, going climbing. It’s one of the things we enjoy doing as a family: going out and enjoying the mountains, enjoying God’s creation.

Tim: What are the key areas where people can get involved and help with the work at Llandudno YFC?

Paul: There are an awful lot of opportunities where people can help here at YFC. I think one of the biggest areas is prayer. We constantly need prayer, to ensure we are staying in line with God’s will. To ensure that the vision of YFC keeps moving forward. We need prayer for the right people to come forward. Prayer particularly for people who have face to face contact with the youth. Prayer for the young people that come here; for protection, for safety, that the Holy Spirit would open their hearts to know more about Jesus. We also need financial support.

Tim: Bottom line, what for you would be success; a few years into your role as a trustee? What would be a success story?

Paul: That 1 soul would be saved. Yes, I think for me, I think all this is worth it for 1. The more people we can reach, the more joy, the more success we will see; but we do lift this all up to God. We ask Him for His support. It’s His work, we’re just being servants of it, custodians of this great youth work.