SUNDAY, 22nd JUNE 2008

On Sunday during our morning celebration meeting we enrolled five more new Junior Soldiers, Captain Susan Woodgate introduced the children and asked them a few simple questions about themselves. The most popular answer to "What do you like to do the most" was "Not a lot"
Captain Ian Woodgate assisted the children to make their Junior Soldier promise. Our 6 older junior soldiers renewed their promises on sunday too, Clare Hayward, Children's Ministries Officer introduced the new and old Junior Soldiers to their prayer partners. The 11 children and their prayer partners knelt to sign their certificates and to pray. The leaders of the church prayed over all the Junior Soldiers.

During the meeting, Captain Ian preached his last sermon at Ashford, and spoke on the Peace of God - encouraging all to know that, experience that, and live in His Peace now and into the future. Taking as his text, Philippians 2, he explored how to know Peace with God we need to have a trust in God (and therefore not worry), we need to have a relationship with God, we need Holy Fire and Passion, and we need to be Living by Faith. Several people responded to the opportunity for prayer after he had spoken, and as we sang It is well with my Soul. We concluded with singing, May the words of my mouth.