What's Laura Up To - Newsletter October 2012

love and attention!

My sister is doing

really well and

adjusting to the new

routine and chaos of 4

children!

The second piece of

exciting news

deserves it’s own

section so see

below!!

Things are very busy

at the moment which

is good fun. Looking

forward to getting

away for a few days

with Andy and

my sister and co

down to

Weymouth in

half term. A

chance to catch

up with my

brother and

family too!

Please do get in

touch, I’d love to

hear from you.

Welcome to the latest

edition of my

newsletter— I hope

you like the redesign!

It’s now 4 years since

I joined Viz-A-Viz,

and I never thought I

would be doing what

I’m doing now, then!

I’ve been with Arise

nearly 2 years now

and I love it! Lots

going on which I

hope you will enjoy

reading about in this

issue!

Two massively

exciting pieces

of news to tell

you since my

last newsletter.

Firstly the birth

of my littlest

niece Lola Rose

McKee on 21st

September,

weighing 9lb

11oz! It was a

bit of a

traumatic time for my

sister, having to have

an emergency

cesarean, but Lola is

a very healthy happy

baby! She’s

gorgeous, the

spitting image of

Maddie when she

was born! She’s very

good, currently

sleeps a lot (even at

night time!!) and has

2 doting sisters and 1

excited brother who

give her constant

I’m engaged!!

So on Saturday 13th

October, Andy

proposed and I said

yes! We were in

Southend for the

evening for Fish and

Chips and he sprung

it on me! I was very

surprised and VERY

Lola Rose McKee

Hello!

Prayer Points

Wedding

preparations!

My dad who is not

very well

Lola Rose

My personal

finances

My sister and family

who are trying to

sell their house

Preparations for

Christmas Events

Opportunities to

work with churches

in their ministry

amongst children.

What’s Laura UpTo? Year 4, Issue 1

October 2012

Junior Solid 2

Holiday Clubs 2

Wallingford 2

Just a ‘child’? 3

Christmas 3

General Updates 3

Upcoming Dates 4

Inside this issue:

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excited! He did

everything properly,

asked my Dad and

chose the ring

himself—and it fits!

We are hoping to get

married next

Summer, in Essex.

Way back in July

Arise were involved

in Junior Solid, an an-

nual day event for

children age 7-11.

Over the day we

spent time with 400

children thinking

about who Jesus is

and the awesome

opportunity we

have to follow him.

The children en-

gaged through a

variety of activities

and discussions

and it was great to

hear them talking

about how they can

respond when they

get back to their

home churches. One

of my favourite an-

swers to the question

on the

wall

(What

words

come

to mind

when

you

think

of

Jesus?) which we

encouraged them

to answer as they

came in was Epic!

using the help

of our

superhero, Al.

We had an

awesome

team of Arise

Volunteers

who helped

us over an

intense, fun-filled

weekend! We are

At the end of

September Ed and I

travelled to

Wallingford in

Oxfordshire to work

with the children for

the Baptist Church’s

weekend ‘at home’.

The theme was

radical discipleship

which we unpacked

working with

Wallingford

Baptist Church

again in

December to

run ‘Journey to

the Centre of the

Christmas

Pudding: The

Event’ with them.

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Holiday Clubs

Junior Solid

Wallingford

at the Holiday Club at

the church I am part

of—Sawyers in

Brentwood. This was

a very different

experience—being a

‘mere helper’ and not

involved in the

planning! An

awesome week

entitled ‘Hearts of

Gold’ with lots of

thought provoking

activities and a gunge

filled Gladiator

Olympic Challenge!

Over the summer I

was involved in the

Holiday Club at

Kingswood Baptist

Church, Basildon with

Arise—a superhero

theme looking at the

story of Moses and

how God can use

anyone. I also helped

The Big Top at this year’s

Junior Solid

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Caption describing

picture or graphic.

So far in 2012

At least

653 Children Reached

On Saturday 13th

October we had a

‘Children, led with

purpose and part of

the team’ equipping

event at Kingswood

Baptist Church. This

begins our series of

‘Day 2’ events. We

had a great time with

20 children’s workers

thinking about how

children can be ‘part

of the time’ - what

their giftings are. We

are launching a

further 5 Just a

‘child’? Equipping

Events in 2013 which

is really exciting—

and venturing up

north!

2013 Dates

9 Feb: Merseyside

16 Feb: Preston

9 Mar: London

School of Theology

16 Mar:

Cambridgeshire

23 Mar: Darlington

18 May: Plymouth

15 June:

Southampton

22 June: Newbury

29 June:

Hertfordshire

28 Sep: Bedfordshire

30 Nov:

Gloucestershire

Arise Ministries have

some new trustees

which we are very

excited about. They

meet for the first time

on 30th

November—

please pray

for that time

that they will

capture the

vision.

You may remember

from my previous

newsletter that we

were looking for

funding for a van...we

have bought one! We

don’t have it yet, so

I’ll put a picture in my

next newsletter.

Thank you God for

your provision!

You may have heard

that Jon Stannard is

moving on from Viz-A

-Viz Ministries to be a

local pastor. He will

still be

involved in

some events,

watch this

space for

what’s next for

Viz-A-Viz!

Journey to the Centre of the Christmas

Pudding: The Event

Just a ‘child’?

General Updates

exciting games,

activities,

quizzes and

discussions to

share the story

of Jesus' birth.

Perfect for reaching

out into the

community and for

children to invite

their

friends

along to.

For more

details

contact

Arise on the details

overleaf.

Dates available

2nd-22nd December.

We are excited to be

launching brand new

for this year ‘Journey

to the Centre of the

Christmas Pudding:

The Event’. We are

available to run the

event with a church—

3hrs packed with

packed full of

Year 4, Issue 1 Page 3

So far in 2012

Over

115 Leader’s Equipped

About Arise Ministries

Arise Ministries wants to work with churches to pioneer new

outreach to children in your community. Working on a local,

regional and national level, Arise Ministries seeks to help

the Church reach the children with the gospel, so that they

have an opportunity to discover Jesus and become his

followers.

There are four key areas of ministry:

1. Equipping and Support

2. Events

3. Resources

4. ALF Clubs

Our vision is ‘Equipping the church to reach a generation’.

We believe children can become, be and make disciples of

Jesus, whilst children. We want to work in, through and with

the church to see this become a reality.

Phoenix Court

Christopher Martin Road

Basildon

Essex

SS14 3EZ

Laura Bayliss

Arise Ministries

01268 530531

[email protected]

www.ariseministries.org.uk

November

3rd

Just a ‘child’? In

Streatham

10th

Just a ‘child’? In

Sevenoaks

11th

Children's Sessions

at a Church

Anniversary in

Stowmarket

23rd-24th

‘Unlock The Power

of the Church’

Conference in

Manchester

October

13th

Just a ‘child’?

Basildon

26th-31st

Holiday in

Weymouth

December

1st

‘Journey to the

Centre of the

Christmas Pudding:

The Event’ in

Wallingford

15th

‘Journey to the

Centre of the

Christmas Pudding:

The Event’ in

Newbury

Upcoming Events

The dates above don’t take into account planning and preparation for

events and many of the meetings we have! If you would like more details

on any of the events, or what’s coming up in 2013, please do get in touch!

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