A Preview of the IGNITE Cymru Team
Hi
guys! My name is Elen
Griffith, I’m 18 years old, and I come from Llanfair PG
(Yes, that is the place with the really long name and a train station!)
on Anglesey. I’ve been
working with IGNITE as a member of their new schools evangelism team, IGNITE
Cymru, for three weeks now. For those of you
who don’t know what IGNITE is about, here’s a quick overview…
IGNITE was set up in 2000 by Nigel James and Gary
Smith. It is a six part
declaration, each part beginning with a letter forming the word IGNITE, which
aims to challenge and encourage young people to discover God’s purpose for their life, to be a disciple and to transform their
generation. Although the
initiative is aimed at young people, anyone is welcome to sign up.
In
signing up, you commit to:
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I |
Include
Jesus in my moral life, my thoughts, words, actions and relationships |
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G |
Grow
closer to Jesus through studying the Bible, praying and allowing the Holy
Spirit to lead me each day |
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N |
Network
with other Christians in my city, my country and throughout the world |
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I |
Involve
myself in the local Church and respect its leadership |
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T |
Take
the message of Jesus into my school, college or my place of work and the
world by praying, living and witnessing so that everyone may have the
opportunity to know Jesus |
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E |
Explore God’s will for myself and my generation
and seek to follow it. . |
Since
the year 2000, 3,118 people have
signed up to IGNITE, and that number is still growing.
In
2003, Nigel and Gary had a vision
to set up a schools evangelism team, committed to serving Wales
― the IGNITE Cymru team.
We are a group of young people working under the leadership of Big Ideas.
The
team’s mission statement is to “share and take the message of Jesus to teenagers
all over Wales.”
It’s
a good job we have a car!
He’s a Ford Mondeo called Melfyn, and is consequently the fifth member
of the IGNITE Cymru Team!
So
anyway, let me introduce the rest of the team!
Maaike
van den Broek is the team leader and comes from Holland.
She’s getting married in May (awww) to the wonderful Wouter (Who makes
a cracking Apple Sauce) and her favourite colour is blue.
Rachel
comes from Mynytho. She’s recently been involved with the Youth Church in
her area and her favourite food is Prawn Crackers.
Andrew
Budd is a local lad (a Cardiffian to us Gogs!!)
He loves chips, hates fish and is a fab Chris Tarrant impersonator (all
will be revealed if you invite us to your schools…)
And
then there’s little me… well what can I say?
I’m from Anglesey, my favourite food is Ice Cream with Chocolate sauce
(like any other girl) and my favourite colour is pink.
Rach,
Maaike and I live in Hebron Hall in Dinas Powys, while Andrew lives at home in
Cardiff. We’ve settled in and had the house
warming! We’ve been
training in the offices for three
weeks now, and it’s hard work, but great fun.
So
that’s us Please keep
praying for us as a team. Here are a few prayer points:
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Thanks for the 3000 sign-ups to the IGNITE declaration
•
Pray that the people who have signed up remain on fire for Jesus.
•
Pray for the IGNITE Cymru as we train for the year ahead
• Pray that everyone who hears the gospel in the coming year will hear it in a way that is true and relevant to their hearts.
•
Pray that churches all over Wales will invite us to their local schools and that
their relationship will be strengthened.
We
are really excited about what God is and will be doing in Wales through the
young people. Thank you for
your encouragement and prayers.
To get in touch with the team:
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Phone:
(029) 2051 2247 Fax:
(029) 2051 1183 E-mail:
cymru@igniteme.org |
Post:
PO Box 39,
Dinas Powys,
South Wales,
CF64 4ZX |