8th September 2008

Hey everyone!

First of all, apologies for the lack of communication, as you’ve probably gathered, it’s been a busy time.

I read in a book (I can’t remember what one, I’ve read too many recently) somewhere that “The night is darkest just before the dawn.” Whether or not that is a scientific fact, it’s certainly been the case here over the last couple of weeks for me.

Over the last two weeks (and the last week in particular), I’ve been reminded of what I’ll be leaving behind here, be it friendships or churches. As a result of that, the truth that I’m less than five weeks away from leaving Cardiff has hit me like a brick.

Until this past weekend, I was stuggling to come to terms with that, and just a bus ride home from work through the city was enough to get my emotions running high, one particular day last week.

Things have moved on now though, and I’m feeling a lot more positive about things, and that was helped by the first message in my Church’s latest series, which is entitled You Don’t Have What It Takes.

The next couple of weeks will be really busy as I prepare for the move. Your prayers would be appreciated during this time.

Thanks for reading

T Minus 1 Month and Counting!

Hey everyone!

First of all, sorry for the lateness of this post. I’ve been struggling with illness all week, and only just feeling better now,

Anyway, last week I was at a massive conference called New Wine Wales. I was technically on the worship team, but I was putting the song words onto the screen. Below is a photo of the “on stage” worship team.

God moved powerfully throughout the week, people were being healed, and in the Youth area, people were being saved. It was awesome to be there this year, and I can’t wait to see what happens next year.

Anyway, The Open Door is less than a month away from the official launch weekend of the 13th-14th September. We’re planning a full weekend event, with MicroMissions on the Saturday, with the Launch Service on the Sunday.

The move is progressing, and there’ll be something more definite announced here on that soon.

Next week the leaders of the Open Door (Chris & Dana) are in town for a visit of Caerphilly Castle (8 miles north of Cardiff) with Chris’ parents, so I’ll be meeting up with them.

Thanks for reading.

Keith

Update

Hey everyone, Hope you’re all ok.

Just wanted to get out a bit of an update for everyone.

Work is going great at the moment, we’re about to start a new round of training in order to do a completely different task, because in doing (and completing) the first task, we created a backlog of work in the second!

Church has been awesome recently, amongst other things, I now lead a LifeGroup, and with One Prayer having started this past weekend, I now feel we’re into a momentus time. God is moving, people!

London update: I’ve been invited to lead what will become the youth program at the Network Church (AKA The Open Door). I’ve done a bit of youth leadership before, but something on this scale is completely different to anything I’ve done in the past! Prayers would be appreciated as I begin to step into this role.

Also, I’ll be heading to Hillside (the Church that is graciously allowing us to use their building for the services) in a couple of weeks to meet some of the people there, so I’m looking forward to that.

Finally, I’d love to know if there’s anything I can pray for you guys for.

Thanks for reading,

Keith

One Prayer – Update

Hey guys.

I was in LifeChurch this morning when they gave everyone an update on One Prayer (see here for more info). There is now an amazing 800+ churches signed up from across the globe, and different streams and denominations are involved.

That for me is an amazing sign of what God is doing in his church right now. People from all sorts of church backgrounds and “labels” are beginning to realise that the church is so much more than just what they’re comfortable with. God is on the move!

Thanks for reading,

Keith

12th May 2008

Hey everyone! Hope this finds you all ok.

Well, I’m still recovering a tiny bit from the madness that was the Ignite Hope weekend. I almost didn’t wake up at all on Tuesday morning for work, and I spent the rest of last week in a mad state between tiredness and having loads of energy! It was a great weekend though, and I’ve managed to pop all my photo’s from the weekend onto a Flickr account, so you can take a look at a snapshot of the weekend for yourselves, but a word of warning, the photo’s are running backwards, due to the order I uploaded them.

Work’s going ok, and the team moved into their new part of the building today, so I spent the majority of the day getting adjusted to new surroundings. One of the great things about where I’m working is the view out of the windows, as you can see a lot of South East Wales coast from there (I wish I could take some photos, but apparently, it’s not allowed, due to it being a government owned building).

Anyway, I’ve got to go. Have a good week everyone!

Thanks for reading,

Keith

Video Blog, Take 1!

Below is a video recorded as a test of my new webcam and headset.

Thanks for watching!

17th April 2008: Home-Run!

And here I am again, for the THIRD day in a row!

As I posted yesterday, I had an all-day job interview today. Things went well. So well in fact, that they’ve given me the job, pending the security checks. I’m not sure when I’ll be starting at this point, so I’ll be waiting for the checks to come through (it might take anything from 2 days to 2 weeks, they said).

God is Good!

Keith

16th April 2008

Hey everyone! (I can;t believe I’m posting two days in a row!)

Just a quick one from me to ask for your prayers, as I have a all-day job interview tomorrow.

Also, for those NFL fans (probably and hopefully) amongst you, the schedule for the forthcoming season came out overnight. Check out the NFL site (http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=REG&season=2008#Week) for all the details, but some of the prime-time games look like interesting choices (The Browns on 5 times?!). This is probably an appropriate moment to say/warn that there will a load of NFL related chatter through the summer, so if you’re not a fan, DON’T READ THE POSTS!!!

Thanks for reading

Update: 15th April 2008

Hey everyone! Hope this finds you well.

Just a quick update. Things are going okay, but it’s still quiet on the employment front atm, but hopefully that will change soon.

Also, I’ve decided to redesign the blog. What does everyone think?

ONE Prayer

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share with everyone a very exciting initiative that I’ve heard about today. Below is a quick introductory video from Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv Senior Pastor.

This looks fantastic, and I can’t wait to see what God does through it.