street pastors is an initiative of ascension trust: street pastor sunday thank you for listening!...
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
Street Pastor Sunday
Thank you for listening!Normally that’s what we
do….
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
Our volunteers offer….
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
We are on duty…
…Either as a street pastor or prayer pastor…Once a month (weekly if at a school)…Once we have done some training…In a team…Covered by prayer…with a vision to see our city loved, safe and ‘a good place to grow up in and a good place to grow old in’ – Zech 8:4,5 (The Message)…knowing 11,000 other street pastors are also making a difference!
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
When are we out and praying?
• City centre night time – weekends 10pm-4am
• City centre early evening – Sat 6pm-10pm• Southampton University – monthly events • Schools – some mornings, afternoon, events
– usually 2.30pm – 4pm term time
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
What have we done?
Since 2009 at night-time• Given over 17,000 volunteer hours• 3,283 pairs of flip-flops given out• Helped & cared for 1,125 drunk people• Calmed 413 aggressive situations• Taken 434 official requests for help• Collected 15,850 broken bottles and
swept up broken glass 1,591 times
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
What have we done?
Since February 2012 in youth & community (schools & early evening) :• Over 1,100 volunteer hours• Over 800 conversations with young
people• Been a positive presence over 145 times• Over 88 road safety concerns at schools
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
Latest patrols
• St Mary St / Hoglands Park• The universities
We are helping to bring calm to St Mary Street…
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
What do we want to do?Our city is in trouble…
• Cuts in services, e.g. youth services• School attendance is a big issue• Fostering places needed – see Families
for Forty www.families440.org.uk• Drinking / drug problems on the rise• Welfare reforms - debt and hardship• Housing issues• Break down in communities…isolation...
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
How can we as church respond?
• We want to respond and be part of a solution
• What if we all gave a few hours a month to volunteer and/or pray? Just imagine…
• We can show the love of Jesus by practically caring and being present in our communities
• Together we can make a difference
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
How can we as church respond?
Together we can make a difference…we all have a part to play…
There are many city wide projects helping, loving and caring for our communities. (More info coming soon!)
Street Pastors is one way – if it’s not for you perhaps think of supporting in a different way?
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
Our city needs our help – Street Pastors’ response…
Millbrook last weekend
Street pastors are planning to put out a new patrol in October into Millbrook.
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
We need your help…
…We need 32 people to pray and patrol once a month Fri or Sat 6-10pm
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
Our city has called the church…
• We have 3 schools on the waiting list wanting street pastors
• We have 2 new areas needing night time patrols
• We have 3 new areas needing youth & community patrols early evening
• Our current patrols need more people• The police and council have asked for
us!
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust: www.ascensiontrust.org.uk
What can you do?
• Rev Les Isaac, founder of street pastors has a vision that every Christian in the country will sign up at some time and give 2 years to street pastors!
• Volunteer as a street pastor• Volunteer as a prayer pastor• Be 1 of 100 / support us financially in any way• Pray for us• Support us in any way you can think of!
Training starts in Sept! Come and join in…