Viz-A-Viz Ministries Latest News

So the final Leading Edge has drawn to a close and this will sadly leave a big hole in the calendar for the Check it Out team. For many years now this event has been a highlight of the year for the team as they get to spend a week worshiping with and ministering to many young people and seeing God move in incredible ways in their lives. It’s also been a great time for previous Optimum volunteers to come back and serve God with the team each year.

Andy and Joy have been busy collating all of their … Continue Reading

On a recent trip to the U.S., Dennis Pethers was interviewed by LifeWay for their ‘Facts & Trends’ magazine in which he shares his fears over the decline in Christianity in western countries and how the More to Life approach ‘decodes Christianity by helping people relate to Scripture through the remarkable, true stories found in the Bible’. Click here to read the full article online.

For more information about More to Life, click here.

Around 40 young people, 20 young leaders and another 10 mature leaders make up Livit camp, with the Check it Out team helping with leading this worship, teaching and activities week.

The kids were pretty diverse with a whole group of them from Zacs, a youth group where they are pretty much unchurched with little involvement in worship—but having youth leaders who are totally committed to them, loving them, mentoring them and nurturing them.  For this group of young people, when they come to Livit it is their only opportunity to experience sung worship and teaching and so it is always … Continue Reading

Our latest prayer diary is now available to read online and download:

Click here: www.vizaviz.org/prayerdiary.htm

Please join with us in prayer as we seek to proclaim the Gospel and help you to do the same.

Thank you – the Viz-A-Viz Ministries Team.

The ‘Journey to the Centre of the Christmas Pudding‘ resource was launched this weekend at the Girls’ Brigade Council meeting and was received amazingly well—so well in fact it sold out and has left people waiting for their copies!  A bigger print run is already needed—praise God!

Click here for more information about this great new resource that will help your church to reach out to children in your community this Christmas.

Apologies for not posting anything here for a short while—it’s certainly not because not much is happening, much the opposite in fact!  Below is an update from around the ministry and a link to our latest prayer diary.

Arise Ministries

Fresh off the press is the brand new resource, ‘Journey to the Centre of the Christmas Pudding’!

This Teaching Guide is a an event guide designed to enable you to communicate the Christmas story in an engaging and exciting way to children aged 7-11.  Its aim is … Continue Reading

Check it Out have just had an incredible time in Germany which included many young people learning more about our incredible God, and a gig in a multi-storey car park! Watch this video to hear more from Andy and Joy:

For more information check out Andy and Joy’s blog page: www.andyjoy.wordpress.com

Latest news from Arise Ministries:

On Saturday May 15th, I was in Guildford, taking part in the Diocese of Guildford’s Annual Training Day for Children’s workers, entitled ‘Creating Sparks’!  We were based in a Church of England Primary School for the day, which consisted of an opening talk and then workshops throughout the day.  My role was in leading a workshop I’d entitled ‘Catching the Vision’.  There were 160 attending the day and 60 had chosen my workshop.

The workshop initially sought to look again at the opportunity … Continue Reading

Fresh from the Baptist Assembly, Ed Jones, Director of Arise Ministries, tells of how this weekend the Arise team took off on an amazing Journey with 100 children helping them to discover Jesus and share Him with their friends and family. Watch the video for more…

www.ariseministries.org.uk
(Arise Ministries is an exciting initiative of Viz-A-Viz Ministries and The Girls’ Brigade England & Wales that will help you to pioneer new outreach to children in your community.)

Our Check it Out and Arise Ministries teams are running the youth and children’s venues at this weekend’s Baptist Assembly in Plymouth.  Please be praying for them as they arrive and set up their venues and that God will use them in amazing ways this weekend!

Click here for more info about what Check it Out are up to at the Baptist Assembly.

Click here for more info about what Arise Ministries are up to at the Baptist Assembly.

Don’t forget to check back next week for news of how it all went!