Tonight in church we prayed for Love Gillingham.

Tomorrow morning it starts with a team leaders meeting at 930, and then a time of worship at 10.30 before team meetings at 11.30, lunch at 12 and starting on the first of our projects at 1pm.

I must admit to feeling daunted at the sheer size of the tasks ahead of us. My team has a lot of land to clear away; we do have a big team but that is not always a help.

I am apprehensive as to how we will be received. I hope team members, Christians, will be able to ‘shine Jesus’ as we work in the community. I will be stressing that we see the work as worship but also secondary to serving the community and speaking to individuals. I pray that team members will not just see people as pew fodder, but will love them, treat them with integrity and expect nothing in return.

I biggest prayer is that as get to connect closer to God, to ourselves,and each other that people whom we meet are really struck by how we act and show our love and care and that they find this love attractive to themselves.

I am under no illusions that this week will be hard. My intention is to share here both what happens and my thoughts and feelings, both good and bad, for comment.