There was a lady in Bristol. Who decided that she was going to move into one of the most deprived areas and find the most difficult people to work with to share the fact that God loves all people. She moved into a place called Knowle West and it didn't take long for her to find the most difficult people.
At the end of the street...
There was a gang that gathered at the end of her street. This gang caused people who lived in that area to be afraid to go and do thier shopping. This particular lady began thinking about how she could connect with these young people. So she began baking cakes and she took them out to this group and asked them if they would try them to see whether they were any good. She baked a lot of cakes and gradually that group began knocking on her door and asking for cake. Gradually that lady was able to help those people. She helped many back into work and into education. The police knocked on her one day and asked if she was the cake lady. She answered "well yes, I guess I might be, I bake a lot of cakes". They told her that since she had arrived the crime rate in that area had dropped by 70%. Her desire to share her faith and to love and bles others had changed that place massively.
Adopt a street
In June, Newall Green Baptist Church that I am part of, is going to be 'Adopting a street' for six months. This is us going out to serve our community to try and build community togetherness through serving and praying for the people on that street. We will keep that street clean and also do “acts of service” like a street BBQ, planting daffodil bulbs and more.
If you would like to get involved whether of Christian faith or not, visit the website (Click here) and use the 'contact' link to get in touch.
Where will this lead?
How fantastic would it be if each street in Newall Green was adopted, each street had someone praying for it and serving it. As a church we are going to begin with one street and see where God takes us!
