1 / 13

Street Pastors

Street Pastors. Thank you for listening! Normally that’s what we do!. Our volunteers offer…. Questions for you…. Have you ever wished there was someone looking out for your family and friends on the street and in the community ?

garren
Télécharger la présentation

Street Pastors

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Street Pastors Thank you for listening! Normally that’s what we do!

  2. Our volunteers offer….

  3. Questions for you… • Have you ever wished there was someone looking out for your family and friends on the street and in the community? 2. Would you like our city to be a safe place to grow up in and a safe place to grow old in and a place where the vulnerable are protected and where God is visible on the streets ?

  4. 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 12,000 other street pastors are also making a difference!

  5. When are we out and praying? • Night time – weekends 10pm-4am • Early evening – Sat 6pm-10pm • Day - Schools – some mornings, afternoon, events – usually 2.30pm – 4pm term time

  6. So what have we achieved? • Contact with 11,000 people - 5% Soton population • Completed 1000 patrols – 29, 500 vol hours • Cared for on average 42 people a week • Travelled over 22,000 miles- Sydney Australia and back! (av speed 0.7mph!) • Saved lives and made a real difference

  7. Proud of the church Congratulations on reaching your 1000th patrol, Southampton Street Pastors!  As Police and Crime Commissioner, I am proud to be able to fund your vital work keeping people across Southampton safe.  It's wonderful that such support and care is given by volunteers."   Simon Hayes, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

  8. What do the Council say? Congratulations, I am so proud of your achievements. You have my complete admiration, you all do a fantastic job and so many people are very grateful…. Well done. Phil Bates Licensing Manager

  9. Our city is calling us, the church… • With 24 people, Millbrook could have their own community patrol • With 8 people, the city centre could have a community patrol every week • With 8 people a new school could have a patrol • With 4 people existing gaps in night time patrols could be filled • With 6 people, the university could have a new patrol

  10. How can we as church respond? The city is proud of street pastors and the church has been asked by the city to help in Millbrook with our community patrols to heal relationships. • 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

  11. What the police say "Many congratulations to all of the Southampton Street Pastors who this weekend broke the highly impressive record of 1000 patrols.Each time your teams are out and about in our communities they feel safer and the support you offer everyone, both visitors and residents, is first class.It is not just the pubs and clubs but wider into the heart our city; being there to offer a listening ear or wise words of advice.The work of Mandy and the team is one of the best examples of working together to make our communities safer and protect the vulnerable. Thank you for myself and all of the officers and PCSOs across Southampton.It is great working with you all." All the very best. Supt James FULTON

  12. What can you do? If you would you like to be part of making a difference with Street Pastors please come and join our growing team where you will be trained, equipped, supported and prayed for.

  13. What can you do? • 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 (3 weekends) starts 12 Sept! Come and join in…

More Related