On Sunday morning of the 26th, 
we had a 'focus on Children' service. Visiting us was a team from AOG that just do children's work. They entertained the kids and the adults alike and brought an important message about following Christ! The previous day they held a workshop for 4 hours about children's work which was very helpful to our kids work team members.
Then...on Sunday evening, the Brazilian Church that has 
been meeting in our venue for 10 years, moved out to the their brand new venue!
been meeting in our venue for 10 years, moved out to the their brand new venue!What an amazing celebration we had as we thanked God for what He has done with that Church!
We started out by marching from WCC down Hinton Road, accross Old Christchurch road and up to the Church. They have leased an ex-nightclub and have renovated it to make it a great venue to meet as a Church. As we arrived, Pastor Renato asked Pastor Brian & Jose to be the first to cross the threshold. Climbing the stairs we entered at the top to find a fantastic venue just waiting to be filled with the praises of God, and it was! Since leaving WCC on Hinton road, the whole church was led by a procession of dancers and singers!
Pastor Renato then said some very complimentary words about Pastor Brian and asked him to pray a prayer of dedication over the building and the church body. The volume in that place was amazing as with one heart we joined together and called upon God to fill that place!
It was a great, great
experience which we will not soon forget. We pray God's blessing on the Brazilian people as they start down this road of a new faith venture! Watch this church folks and see what will happen through them in this town.
And finally...
concerning our vision for St.Peter's hall (you can read about this in previous blogs if you don't know about it already)...firstly, I would like to answer a valid question posed by an 
anonymous visitor. He/she asked, "why do you need to buy St.Peter's hall when you have such a big venue at the top of the road?"..Well the answer to that is both simple and complex..but in a nut shell - first of all, one important word:- 'VISION'. This church has been claiming back that building for the kingdom of God for some 15 years and we have been praying against some of the things that have gone on there over the years. Not one night club has succeeded there in more than 20 years! (even during the boom period!). We believe it's God's land and God's building. It was consecrated to Him when it was built. It still IS His!. But that aside, when it comes to vision, it comes down to this:- The building we have at the top of the hill is simply not big enough and will not be able to accommodate the plans we have for St.Peter's hall. The 2 venues are completely different. St.Peter's could host 3 children's and young people's groups simultaneously, Run a coffee shop, old folks group and kids play group in the day, run a Christian 'Night club' (for want of a better term) every friday and saturday with facility for 30- 400 kids. It has twice the office space of wcc and can function as all of the above without hardly changing a thing around between events....something WCC can never do. WCC is primarily a Church, with, in one case, fixed seating and the venue we have downstairs will only host around 150 people at its max! On top of all of this, we want to turn it into an evangelistic centre and for that, a change of venue and its position is crucial. To sum up on that score, there is literally 50 times the pedestrian traffic at the bottom of Hinton road as at the top (even in the middle of the day...never mind friday night) and approx 15 times the vehicle traffic too. This says a great deal. Finally, in answer to the question posed...I say this....why? because God told us to!
anonymous visitor. He/she asked, "why do you need to buy St.Peter's hall when you have such a big venue at the top of the road?"..Well the answer to that is both simple and complex..but in a nut shell - first of all, one important word:- 'VISION'. This church has been claiming back that building for the kingdom of God for some 15 years and we have been praying against some of the things that have gone on there over the years. Not one night club has succeeded there in more than 20 years! (even during the boom period!). We believe it's God's land and God's building. It was consecrated to Him when it was built. It still IS His!. But that aside, when it comes to vision, it comes down to this:- The building we have at the top of the hill is simply not big enough and will not be able to accommodate the plans we have for St.Peter's hall. The 2 venues are completely different. St.Peter's could host 3 children's and young people's groups simultaneously, Run a coffee shop, old folks group and kids play group in the day, run a Christian 'Night club' (for want of a better term) every friday and saturday with facility for 30- 400 kids. It has twice the office space of wcc and can function as all of the above without hardly changing a thing around between events....something WCC can never do. WCC is primarily a Church, with, in one case, fixed seating and the venue we have downstairs will only host around 150 people at its max! On top of all of this, we want to turn it into an evangelistic centre and for that, a change of venue and its position is crucial. To sum up on that score, there is literally 50 times the pedestrian traffic at the bottom of Hinton road as at the top (even in the middle of the day...never mind friday night) and approx 15 times the vehicle traffic too. This says a great deal. Finally, in answer to the question posed...I say this....why? because God told us to!Now then, the main reason for writing again about St.Peter's today was to inform you if you didn't already know, that we have now made a formal offer on St.Peter's Hall on Friday the 24th of last month. We will see where it takes us but we truly believe after seeking God about this for a month, that this is His plan. Where's the money coming from? well certainly not the lottery, but rather, we are waiting for a miracle, yes! But we are also giving ourselves! This Sunday, £8,000 came in for the VISION and we will wait for the rest as God challenges and provides.
Thank you for your continued prayer and support.
Julian and Team WCC. 
