Yesterday I was able to meet with some great people in Ealing. Initially I met with Dan Haigh and Tim Sweeting from the West London YMCA and then after that grabbed a coffee with Ali Campbell who is the youth worker at St Paul’s Ealing.

After my Premier Online interview I had 4 emails the very next day regarding youth evangelism and youth work. Amazingly they were all from 4 individuals who all live in Ealing. So … I thought I ought to visit.

It was great to meet with people who so obviously knew and loved their area.

It’s always exciting to meet up with new people and learn of what they are doing and what their dreams are. In Ealing there is loads of exciting stuff going on with young people which is great to see. I hope that we can develop some sort of YFC partnership here (I’m paid to say that!) so I am watching and waiting with interest to see what happens next. I think there is loads of potential for us to work together in outreach to young people, and the possibilities of a great partnership with evangelism feeding into the already good youth work set-ups excites me.

As I was on the tube traveling to and from Ealing I thought to myself if I had been organized I could have seen if Jonny was around and drink his coffee – so if you are reading this sorry for not having the type of organised brain I need to think ahead! A YFC centre in Mr Baker’s back garden … now there’s a thought!