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I’m Ready

by 2011/11/22 » Add the first comment.
Matt-Bodinham
“Ready? OKAY!” These are the immortal words that initiate all cheers led by cheerleaders in America; or so my girlfriend faithfully informs me. When asked if I was “ready” to take the reins of Reign Ministries’ (pun intended) youth ministry back in June, I feel like my “OKAY”, was a lot more cheerful than the [...] Read more »
 

Welcoming Matt to ICY-UK

by 2011/09/28 » Add the first comment.
Matt-Bodinham
This September I began my ICY—UK degree for the BA in Theology, and with this, my placement is Crowded House and Reign Ministries. Reign Ministries is the organisation in which people passionate about advancing the Kingdom work in UK, primarily with youth. Crowded House is the home church some of the Reign Ministries team set up in Bicester, which is Read more »
 

A Big Thanks to the American Team!

by Heidi Goossen 2011/07/08 » Add the first comment.
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We  had to say goodbye to the team from Wisconsin, but it was an amazing week! God exceeded our prayers and expectations. Each person on the team from Spring Creek Church worked so hard to serve, build relationships and share their faith. This is what happened during their time here: About 150 bacon sandwiches were [...] Read more »
 

Crowded Costa

by Alysen Merrill » Add the first comment.
Christoph Heubeck
Bicester, Sheep Street, Tuesday, 6.45 pm. All the shops are closed. All the shops? No, one shop just started to become alive! It’s the Costa Coffee shop. Up to 40 teenagers aged 15+ show up every week to hang out, to talk and to have fun, but also to think about God, His love and [...] Read more »
 

Discipleship Journeys

by 2011/05/03 » Add the first comment.
Matt-Bodinham
Back in September, Darin and I started walking the journey of discipleship with two teenagers from the Crowded Costa community.  At the start of this journey we presented them with the illustration that God was a plate of nachos and we are the individual nachos. We presented the challenge to them that they put their [...] Read more »
 

Greenhouse Story

by 2011/04/25 » Add the first comment.
Ashley
We would like to introduce you to one of our Greenhouse students, Ashley.  She writes a blog about her experiences transitioning to England, and this is a post about what exactly they do in Greenhouse.  Enjoy!! The Greenhouse students and I are starting to get into the swing of the schedule here, so I thought [...] Read more »
 

God Starts a Fire

by 2011/01/19 » Add more comments.
Bob
About two years ago a young person Bill turned up at Crowded Costa. Bill was a ‘normal’ (I use this term loosely) young person. However in coming to Costa he started to hear about God. Bill had been to some other church groups in the past and learned a bit about God. He continued to [...] Read more »
 

Crowded Costa’s Joy

by 2010/11/19 » Add the first comment.
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You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.  —Psalm 16:11 (ESV) What was the best moment of your life? This was the question I was asking at Crowded Costa this week.  I’ve been pondering on what is happiness and what is [...] Read more »
 

Mission Team

by Kyle McKinnon 2010/07/07 » Add the second comment.
For the last week we have had a team from Ohio joining us here in Bicester. As you can see we have had a lot of fun but some really good things have happened as well. A number of nights we met teenagers from all over Bicester and had a lot of fun and were [...] Read more »
 

The Crowded House

by Joy Stevens 2010/03/29 » Add more comments.
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Foundations for The Crowded House in Bicester started early in 2008 as a few youth ministers started to meet with a couple families and a small group of teenagers asking ‘How can we help teenagers in Bicester practically and spiritually?’ God has been working and we currently meet at the Costa Coffee in the centre [...] Read more »
 
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