Our speaker last Sunday was
Mads Morgan, the Diocesan youth adviser. She reminded us how Christ had told us
to proclaim the news of His Love to the whole world – and as a result mission
workers had gone out to the remotest tribes on earth. But she showed us how
youth today are just like those tribes – they have their own culture – they
speak their own language – they dress in different ways – they do not behave
like "us." And there are multiple different sub-tribes – Goths,
footie fans, rockers, techies, nerds etc, each with a different culture and
different language. The Christian youth worker needs to get to know them in
detail in order to be able to share Christ's love – and it will take time.
Let's pray for our youth workers
and for all the young people with whom they come into contact.
St Paul's is a vibrant church in the open-evangelical tradition. It is part of the Church of England and its Parish serves Oadby, east of the A6. It is also part of a larger group of parishes, called a "Benefice," which includes St Peter's Oadby, Great Glen and Burton Overy with Carlton Curlieu. We seek to be a church for all ages, backgrounds, cultures and nationalities, that is growing and following Jesus. We have a congregation of about one hundred at our main Sunday service and are always pleased to welcome enquirers and visitors.
St Pauls Oadby is part of a group of churches known as a benefice — the Benefice of Oadby - Great Glen. It is led by a ministry team, headed by the rector, Revd Steve Bailey, and including Revd Kim Ford (based at Great Glen), currently a vacancy (based at St Peters Oadby), Revd Sarah Collins (curate) together with Lay Ministers (Readers and Pastoral Assistants). The other churches are:- Oadby St Peter's http://stpetersoadby.org.uk/ Great Glen St Cuthbert's https://stcuthbertschurchgreatglen.blogspot.com/ Burton Overy St Andrews https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/4702/