GoApe!

Just near to where we live there's a new high rope's course in Mallard Pike, and of course we've tried it out already ;-) If you don't know what I am going on about have a look at the pictures, basically you are about 30 feet in the air and have a harness to protect you while trying to tackle various obstacles including tarzan jumps and loads of zip wire where you pick up a lot of speed. Local people could get in for free in the first few weeks, so we took advantage of it, I went 3 times......!

This is me on the last zip wire, where as you can see is quite long, I managed to land most of them except for the last one I did, which isn't the one in picture ;-)

This is the professional Speni, who says he can do anything, including remembering to put hooks on the ladders ;-)

This is me again high in the air, attempting one of the easier obstacles! Isn't it great Spring, finally there's green on all the trees....... I even managed to sunbathe the other day... ;-)

This is pro again ;-) Look at the concentration in Speni's eyes. Tom's just smiling in the distance.... in case the pro makes a mistake ;-) But of course that would never happen!

Anyway this was from a few weeks back but I thought I'd share them, as they were fun. If you ever come to visit us or if you live in the Forest GoApe is great, and I'd go again as long as they still do a deal ;-)

Happy Easter everyone!!

Hey, I hope you all have a great day! Don't eat too much chocolate ;-) I've eaten a lot already, but that's mainly because I gave it up, I just hope I don't feel sick!

At Church today there was a youth band, and I played in it! I know I've never shown much interest in instuments in the past, but recently I've started to play the drums, mainly thanks to my very good drum player of a brother Tom! Anyway Tom played on his electric guitar and I played the drums, while Lewis added the triangle in now and again ;-)

I love Easter time, and the services are so good! I hope the people who go to Church at only this time of year and at Christmas, felt that there is someone very special in their lives, and He is Jesus, and I hope they decide to come back! It's a time of celebration as our God has risen, and how many people can you say have defied death? None bar Jesus, EXACTLY ;-) But thanks to this we can now share eternal life with God how cool is that ;-)

When I woke up this morning and watched TV, firstly I saw Hillsong play a few songs which are always great, but this is on Sky so now many people can watch it. But then I turned onto BBC 1 and I saw Tim Hughes on!! He was playing at the Spring Harvest, but for BBC to play this, how great is that! I hope they decide to play more as the youth of our country would love it!

Anyway I hope everyone is okay. may you all be blessed! I can't wait to hear from you all! How's your holidays going? Speak to you all soon!
Luke

Thank you Jesus

Thank you Jesus for your love. The Bible tells us that "God demonstrates His own love for us in this...that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." -- Romans 5:8. Jesus dying on the cross means that we can now share eternal life with God, what a friend is Jesus. His death on the cross a selfless sacrifice for our sins. This Easter weekend, we need to remember that sacrifice!

Devoted - Abundant Life

Hey everyone!! Just got back from Cornwall, and had to show you some of my pictures from Devoted, as this was such an awesome conference!!!! I'd never been to Abundant Life before, but had always been interested in it because of the t.v, my Mum also had one of their old albums, but I didn't expect it to be this good! I went with my friend Stuart's youth group, so we took the mini bus up to Bradford and stayed in a near by hotel. There was so much packed into the 2 days, and so much worship all to God! There were thousands of people there, it was so cool! Anyway I will talk you through the pictures....

This is RPM!! They are the Abundant Life's youth band, and they are so cool. I'd never really heard them before, but if you've ever listened to Hillsong United, then they are similar to them, but a bit louder! They put so much into everything, and you couldn't help but go a bit crazy for God with some of these songs, like Live God Loud ;-) I liked them so much that I had to buy their album and have listened to it loads.......;-) It's called I surrender All and I recommend it to anyone!

This is some of the youth group, with Stephen, Stuart, Penny and Stuart's parents. There was also Beth, and Becky, but they were sat somewhere else.

This is Replenish, who did a rock concert in the evening, and again they were very good! They were different to everyone else, as their music was loud, but I like most music, and this was no exception. They were even staying in our hotel...!

This is Tim Hughes, who was one of the guests of the conference! He was such a great speaker, and his songs are so inspiring. This picture was of one of his seminars about song writing, and he was showing everyone, how he changed a song a lot using Giver of Life as an example. I can't wait for Soul Survivor now in the Summer as he leads that too....;-)

Had to get one of me at Abundant Life ;-)

This is outside the church, and you have to admit it has a pretty cool entrance! The church is almost in the city centre, and looks sort of out of place, but it's doing so much for Bradford. On the site they have two massive building, one for the services and conferences and the other for the youth. They are also building a Champions Centre in the city, so that they can reach more and more people, this project is huge and the costs are very high, but how much is this church making a difference?!!!

Anyway this was a long post, but I wanted to give a good idea of the whole church. I really want to go to Rock Nations this summer, this is their youth event, where RPM record their album....and many other youth/rock bands go to. Last year Hillsong United went! I'm also considering joining them on a year basis through an internship, as I spoke to some people who are doing this already and it sounds such an awesome experience. I can't do it jsut yet because of University, which is a bit annoying as I'd have considered a gap year for this......but after University watch this space ;-) Hope everyone is having a great holiday, and please do ask questions about Abundant Life, and I'd love to reply! It would be really cool to hear from some of you ;-) Speak to you soon!