I have just over a week left in Peterborough before an extended summer break and this weekend is a youth residential which I’m really looking forward to, the following sunday I’m preaching in the morning service at Park Road which’ll be a first for me…another first is that I’ve been given a specific topic.

The topic is ‘The ascension’ as Tim has been working through the apostles creed in the morning services that last few months so the given title is ‘I believe in the ascension’ and the part of the creed it comes from is ‘He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father’.

This afternoon I headed out to Ferry Meadows with my bike…I haven’t biked in over two years so having managed about 6/7 miles with a break I’m feeling quite sore…however sat by the beautiful surroundings (see photo) I began to write my sermon and I’m loving the challenge of having a set topic at the same time as hating it, I think I’m starting by asking myself the questions people in the congregation would ask themselves if they took the time to think about the creed and slowly I seem to be forming a sermon!

This next week is going to be a little crazy but a lot of fun, the youth weekend is near Cromer so a weekend of sun (I hope), sea and sand will be awesome and the young people from Park Road are brilliant….I then have a few bits and pieces/lose ends to next week alongside planning a session on ‘Sex and Relationships’ titled ‘The Urge to Merge’ for Doodles which’ll be my last bit of youth work until september…although I might do some in Great Yarmouth.

The last couple of weeks I’ve been feeling a little sad that I’m not going to a Christian festival like Soul Survivor this year and although I did Springy back in April it’s not the same…I’m gonna try and do Soul Survivor of Momentium next year!

Anyway ramble over…hope you like the photos!