Last night I had the pleasure of attending the commissioning of the new team at Oxygen in New Malden.

The great thing about this job is that I get to see some exciting things – and at this event the enthusiasm, the potential and the sheer excitement over what God has done and is going to do what just excellent to see. Richard, the director, is wonderfully creative and his belief in people coupled with his eye for potential and a desire to see others succeed rather than grab the limelight for himself has meant that this centre has developed organically and really scratches where the community is itching.

Last night I saw people that had given up jobs, taken gap years, moved from Korea, Ireland, Romania and other places in the UK to allow God to use them on the Oxygen team in Kingston. More than this – I saw a whole diverse team of people, diverse in nationality, culture, age, understanding all united under one banner, and all united under one cause – to see Jesus presented relevantly in a variety of contexts.

This was not just a commissioning – this was a time where I believe God was looking in and pointing to each individual person and saying ‘Hey … that’s my girl, that’s my boy … do you seem them? Of them I am well proud!’

You can find more about Oxygen here as well.