INTRODUCING OUR NEW SENIOR LEADERS

To All at Ashford
Salvation Army Christian Centre,

At this time of change for us all we wanted to first introduce ourselves a little and share with you a few thoughts.

We have been married for nearly six years and for most of this time lived in Ipswich in Suffolk. We both enjoy being with people and this was reflected in our previous jobs, Emma working for a music organisation running community projects and Mark as a Youth Worker. Emma loves dancing and having coffee with friends and Mark loves sport, especially football, and watching films.

We are very excited about moving to Ashford and getting to know you all and we trust in God’s hand believing He has a purpose for us all as God’s people in His wider mission. We know Ian, Sue, Grace, Adam and Hope have been very special to you and that you have journeyed as a family in God’s purposes for Ashford. We pray that we will come and join that journey, sharing in all the highs and lows that a family goes through.

Isaiah 61:1-3 talks about the year of the Lord’s favour otherwise known as the year of jubilee. This was a time when the Israelites were asked by God to free their slaves, return property to the rightful owner and rebuild their cities. Verse 3 says at this time they will be called “…oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendour.” Our prayer is that as a community of his people we will be agents of God’s Kingdom here on earth, that we will be oaks of righteousness in our community and that we will be a planting of the Lord, displaying all his splendour and majesty through the love we give God and each other.

Over the next five months we will be holding you all in prayer and look forward to being able to spend time with you. Thank you for the prayers we know you are saying and we’ll see you soon!

Much love in Christ
Mark and Emma