May

Well, May is upon us. Summer has nearly arrived! I like that a lot! First week back in Oxford has been really good! I co-lead worship at Hungry on wednesday with Rich, which was really good! Always a bit of an odd one, not really knowing where the evenings going, no idea what songs will be sung! But i really enjoyed it. Rich has written a new song too which we have started doing, which is just amazing! It’s called ‘He Lives’ So the clue about what it is about in the name!

Thursday i lead worship at ACT, was a really good evening there actually, good conversation and bible study and stuff with Pete and one of the guys from ACT, looking at Genesis 1, always a good one.

So Friday was bank holiday! Here in Oxford they celebrate this in quite some style! Its tradition for all the students to stay up all night, all the bars and stuff open all night, and then in the morning everyone gathers in the centre, and at 6am a choir sings from the top of one of the colleges, and a short blessing is given over the city etc! So i decided i am only in Oxford for a year, i may as well give it a go! So 4.45am my alarm goes off, unsure if this is still a good idea! But got into town just gone half 5 and thousands and thousands of people we’re there it was amazing! An old tradition is also that people used to jump off the big bridge just next to where the choir were! So obviously now a days the police put half of the british police force on the bridge from 4:30 till about 7 to stop this happening! Obviously the people who still wanted to do it, just did it after 7, so the police just caused a mere inconvienience to the timing of their day really.

We did however go for a full english breakfast after though, so it was definatly worth getting up for!

Last night we celebrated Lizzies birthday, had a chineese, then went out to the pub where quite a number of other guys from Church joined us. Was a really pleasant evening.

I am leading worship at Reality tonight, so best go finish planning! And Children’s Church tomorrow morning, should be good!

Its the May ball this thursday too, can’t wait for that! Its a caley (How do you spell that? Like a country dance/barn dance thing!)

So yeh, God bless