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Life Club

Geoff and Jean Sole

Life Club is now in its seventh year. The Club meets every so often in Watford, Leeds, Edinburgh, Great Baddow and occasionally in other parts of the country as well. There are also Clubs in France, the Netherlands and Nigeria. Dr Joseph Tkach attended the first meeting

Life Club is a Christian public speaking Club which strives to assist the Church. It provides many benefits including an opportunity for members to introduce their friends into a Christian environment. So far over 500 speeches have been given by about 200 people

The goals of the Club are to encourage: Speech and Communication Training; Education; Christian Work, Service and Training; Networking; Spiritual Growth; Personal and Professional Development, Character Building; Friendship and Fellowship; Life Skills Development; Integrity; Confidence Building and Enjoyment

Would you like to come along? If so please contact: Geoff or Jean Sole: email: jean_sole@wcg.org.uk. Clubs are always enjoyable and profitable

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The Life Activity Weekend held at the beautiful Lendrick Muir activity centre, Scotland, from the 4th - 6th June was a great success. Over 30 people attended and enjoyed trail biking, rope courses, archery, pitch and putt, disc golf, badminton, beach volleyball and a ceilidh. The Life Club was held in a wood; despite some bird heckling the best speaker cup was awarded by the Chairperson Robert Jones to Glen Thompson (below holding an apple pie) who spoke about mathematical pi.

The last meeting of Life Club’s seventh year takes place on the 3rd July. It is planned the Chairperson will be Chiemeka Ozumba, the Topicsleader Jennifer Ozumba and the speakers Sam Moore, Antoinne Lightbourne, Amie Nichols, John Forster and one to be confirmed. Mr James Henderson will be the Director. The meeting starts at 6.00 and will be held at Abbey Primary School, Grove Road, St Albans, Herts, AL1 1DQ. A meal will be provided (cost £3.00). The Church service at St Peters, Watford, begins at 2.00.

The next Life Club hosted by the Leeds/Bradford congregation will be on the 17th July. It is planned the Chairperson will be Jonathan Hayes, the Topicsleader Janet Hayes and the speakers Matt Hudson, Helen Melman, Tracey Hanley, Teresa O’Keefe and Geoff Sole. More details from Steve Hudson: hudwills@aol.com.

For SEP enquiries please contact admin@sepuk.org.

There will be an outing to Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, Beds, LU6 2LF on Sunday 22nd August, for more details please contact myself.

The Polokwane Life Club, South Africa, celebrated its first anniversary with a braai (barbeque) on the 10th April. On average 21 members attend. The Director is Mr Alpheus Mashego and the secretary Mrs Naomi Makhela-Manamela.

If you know anyone who would like to come to Life Club please bring them along.

Geoff Sole

The third Life Activity Weekend at Well End took place the 19th – 21st February. In Tabletopics Jonathan Carion asked: ‘What one thing would we change in the world? Answers included a ‘sound education system’, the ‘restoration of dignity’, a ‘better moral compass’, ‘more opportunities to develop spiritually’ and ‘recapture true values’. Sinead Henderson (a nurse) won the best speaker cup by encouraging perseverance when nursing others. Fraser Murdoch gave the acronym CRAFT to help remember how to prepare a good speech. ‘Collect and Categorise’, ‘Research and Reflect’, ‘Apply and Arrange’, ‘Fashion and Flavour’ and ‘Trim back and Tie it all Together’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first London Life Club took place on the 27th February. John Forster opened the Club with Colossians 4:6 ‘Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.’ Sophie Turfus gave a speech about finding parts of the Genesis story in some pictographic Chinese letters. After suffering a fire in her own home Annabelle Woolford gave a talk entitled: ‘How not to burn your home down’. Antoine Lightbourne (who won the best speaker cup) spoke about achieving goals and Comet Chukwurah spoke about fashion. Sophie Turfus won the best achievement cup for recently gaining a Ph D. in Forensic Science.

This picture is of the Club held before the Church service on the 20th March in Zwolle, the Netherlands. Maaike Mantel explained what her job (social worker) involved and how God plays a big part in her life. The other two speakers were David Otten and Koos Kemna. The next Club will be on the 15th May.

On the 29th May starting at 1pm there will be a Young Adults Service in Great Baddow followed by a picnic (weather permitting). The worship leader will be Seb Woolford, announcements by Jonathan Luxton, sermonette by James Esom, special music by Jenn Thompson and the sermon by Len Maylin which will be aimed at young people. Those attending are requested to bring along picnic food and chairs/blankets. For more information email sebwoolford@gmail.com.

The first Scotland-wide Life Activity Weekend takes place from 4th – 6th June. Held at the beautiful Lendrick Muir activity centre near Kinross, the weekend will feature a host of indoor and outdoor activities, including trail biking, ropes courses, archery, disc golf, tennis, basketball, five-a-side football, badminton, beach volleyball, fussball, table tennis, pool, lively worship services, a Life Club and a ceilidh. All activities and meals are included within the price of the weekend, unbeatable value at just £40 per person. There are still places left, so please get your applications in pronto! Forms can be downloaded from the WCG UK website (www.wcg.org.uk) or email Peter Mill (peter@60w.co.uk) for further details.

The next Life Club hosted by the Leeds/Bradford congregation will be on the 12th June. It is planned the Chairperson will be Nathaniel Melman, the Topicsleader Ayelet Melman and the speakers Matt Hudson, Helen Melman, Tracy Hanley and Theresa O'Keefe (all to be confirmed). More details from Steve Hudson email: hudwills@aol.com.

There will be a Young Adults Service at St Peter’s Church, Watford on the 19th June beginning at 11.00. It is planned the speakers will be David Brace, James Esom and Marcus Mac. Worship will be led by Tim and Kath Sole and the lunch coordinated by John and Jess Forster. Ricky Fowler is organising the choir, if you would like to take part in the choir please contact Ricky. All welcome to Geoff and Jean Sole’s late afternoon for a barbeque and croquet (weather permitting).

The last meeting of Life Club’s seventh year is planned for the 3rd July, at Abbey Primary School, St Albans, AL1 1DQ. Please arrive about 6.00. A meal will be available (cost £3.00). If you would like to do tabletopics or give a speech at this Club please let me know.

SEP is from the 25th July – 7th August. Gordon Wilson writes: ‘SEP is definitely going ahead! Ignore any rumours you may have heard – we already have almost 80 campers confirmed and plans are progressing well. Posters and leaflets are available to promote SEP. We would still like more applications from both staff and campers so please apply soon. If you want to “step out of your comfort zone” this summer please email admin@sepuk.org.’ More details also from www.sepuk.org.

‘In him was life, and that life was the light of men’ John 1:4.

If you know anyone who would like to come to Life Club please bring them along.

Geoff Sole

 Last updated: 21 June 2010

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