WOL Community Connect

WHY?

At word of life we believe in reaching out to make a difference in the lives of the people who live in our community.


HOW?

Our Elderly Outreach Team goes into some of the residential homes in our area, where we talk with the residents and invite them to join with us in hymn singing (many of them know these by heart) and share something of our belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ. We do this in many different ways, using singing, dance, and a short talk, and by telling them how Jesus has worked in our lives.


WHO?

Many of these people have little or no contact with the wider community and only see the different staff members that work with them each day and who do an excellent job. Their families are often living a distance away and are not able to visit regularly.


WHAT HAPPENS?

We are warmly welcomed and the residents seem to enjoy our visit as much as we enjoy being with them. For some, the knowledge that they are nearing the end of their lives brings fear, and to hear that they can have a relationship with Jesus Christ gives them peace and a measure of joy...


OUR VISION:

Our vision is for growth and enlargement in this Ministry, so that we may be able to give a hope and a future in Jesus to many more people who are loved by Him but who are often either forgotten or overlooked by us in the rush of 21st Century living.

UPDATE - CHRISTMAS 2009

In this year's outreach we utilised the relationships some of our members have in their area of work - Teresa and Lillian Mungai both work in residential homes in Lewisham and they arranged for a group of Word Of Life Members to go on the 12th December to visit the Residents and join with them in a Carol Service. We arrived and were warmly welcomed by the staff and we introduced ourselves to the group of residents who were waiting for us, we chatted together for a few minutes then we sang some Carols and Read the Christmas story to them, then shared the Word, again we talked with the Residents and then prepared to go to the second residential Home. We were welcomed, this time by the Matron; she explained that the building was on three floors with a sitting room on each floor and asked that we sing Carols on each floor and spend some time with the elderly residents. The residents seemed to enjoy the time we spent with them and sang along with us, many of them knew the words and when we spoke to them about The birth of Jesus and the reasons why he came to earth many of them seemed to understand about giving their lives to Him and remembered Church and Sunday School teaching from when they were children. When we had visited all three floors, we were invited into the dining room where we were given drinks and mince pies and invited back to visit again. We also received a thank you card from them. Many thanks to the members of WOL who came, sang, and shared about Jesus. We would like to do this again in the near future. Having made a connection with them we would like to build on this, and encourage you to join with us, pray for us and consider coming with us!

Marrion Collins, Team Coordinator and Ministry Leader

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