At LIFE we have always worked hard to ensure that young people are actually running and leading in every area of LIFE. We have young people leading worship, young people preaching, young people organising, young people setting-up and young people leading small groups. Every area of LIFE has young people involved in it!

The aim we had when we started LIFE was that LIFE would be a youth event for young people, run by young people.

However this aim is never fully acheieved and we have to constantly and diligently work hard to ensure that young people are always involved in every area. Below you will see some areas that you can get involved in this term. We would love every single young person that attends LIFE to be involved in some way, so have a look and get involved!

Love Team with Emily O'Neil - xemilyoneilx@hotmail.co.uk
The Love team have one clear and simple job, to bless as many people at LIFE as possible. Whether that's buying individual gifts or writing everyone a note, they help make everyone feel part of the LIFE Family. Emily needs help planning and organising gifts so drop her an email if you are interested

Decoration Team with Jessica Bantleman - jess_ban@hotmail.co.uk
Jess has been given a budget and she is going crazy in IKEA to help make a great atmosphere at LIFE. She needs help with ideas and putting up these crazy decorations. Drop her an email.

Social LIFE with Mayson O'Brien - maysonglenne96@gmail.com
3 times a term we stop the LIFE big family gathering at the Kerith and spread out all over Bracknell to meet in each others homes. There are 10 homes you can go to for Social LIFE but we understand that it can be quite hard to get in contact with them. Email Mayson and she will help put you in contact with the right people and help in anyway she can.

Revolution with Dave Betts - dave.betts@kerith.co.uk
Since the start of LIFE we have had the honour of having Revolution leading us in Worship. Revolution are always looking for new members so if you play the guitar or have always wanted to use the lighting desk then drop Dave an email and he can help you out!

Hosting and Games with Josh Grimmett - joshgrimmett1994@googlemail.com
You may have seen Josh leading us in worship before and this term you are going to see him preach! But Josh is also in charge of LIFE hosts and the games. So if this interests you email Josh.

Looking forward to seeing a whole new group of younge people stepping up and helping us take LIFE to next level and reach even more young people!

Much Love

Here is a blog post with a whole bunch of info about LIFE this term so you know what is happening!

First up LIFE is starting on the 13th Sep with a crazy, full on, night of worship! We are being lead by Revolution and who knows what is going to happen! Tell all the family and let's start the term strong!

The reason we are starting with a night of worship is because we are launching a new theme this term called 'Normal?' The idea behind this is to take LIFE to a new normal and also wrestling with the questions like 'what is a normal teenager? and what is a normal youth club?'

We want it to be normal that worship is mind-blowing, we want it to be normal that miracles happen at LIFE, we want it to be normal that people are welcomed into the family every week and we want it to be normal that lives are changed at LIFE! So the all night of worship is going to help us get to the new normal of worship!

We are also going to do a night of preaching! We are going to ask a group of you to preach to LIFE on the 15th Nov. This will take us to a new normal of preaching!

We are also going to throw in some old-school events to celebrate Christmas. Which include Winter Wonderland and Chapel LIFE.

Really excited about this term got so much planned and let's push ourselves to keep inviting people so that having 300 people at LIFE becomes the new normal!

Much Love

P.S Don't worry we have invited Laurence James-Davis back!

Summer LIFE begins tomorrow!

I am presonally looking forward to just chilling out, praying and worshipping with my LIFE family! I am also a firm believer that it doesn't where you go in life but who you go with that makes the difference and I am excited to go away for a few days with some of my favourite people in the whole world!

Just thought I would write down a few reminders for you to get you prepared for Summer LIFE.

• We really want to hear from you guys so if you would like to prepare a 5 minute preach then go ahead and we will try and hear as many preaches as we can!
• Bring some clothes that you don't mind getting dirty or ruined because we will be doing a few activities throughout Summer LIFE - Don't forget to bring black clothes for the night game!
• Bring your Bibles and Notepads! - You may not be a note taker but you never what God is going to say, so have something ready to write down whatever God says

See you tomo!
Much Love
Liam

On the 14th of August we will be taking over the Wycliffe Centre in High Wycombe and we will be beginning 90 hours straight of our LIFE event.

Those 90 hours include some beach volleyball, a BBQ, chilling in the Sun, worshipping, praying and even a few hours will be dedicated to sleeping. We have also designated some time during our meetings to hear from YOU! We want the young people attending SummerLIFE to share the preaching!

We have dedicated 3 sessions throughout SummerLIFE to hear from You! If you want to join in with this then here are the 3 things you need to know!

1) Write a 5 min (no longer) preach on either your favourite Bible verse or based on something Jesus said.
2) At the start of SummerLIFE add your name to the preachers list.
3) Please understand that we may not be able to hear from everyone, but we will try.

We are really excited about hearing from as many different people as possible so we can get a good picture of what God is saying to us as a youth group.

Much Love.

1. There are three WildLIFE Missions - Rainforest Walk, Old Folks Home, IF Campaign Street Work.
2. Rainforest Walk involves - General site work, clearing up that sort of thing and spending time with residents which are teenagers who are waiting for a permanent home
3. Old Folks Home involves - Performing some music, showcasing some talent, someone sharing a testimony and then spending time with resident.
4. IF Campaign involves - Handing out leaflets in town, drama on bandstand, raising awareness of the IF Campaign
5. There will be CRB Leaders at each WildLIFE Mission
6. WildLIFE is on 25th of May (Saturday from 2pm-5pm) However they might finish earlier.
7. We will start by all meeting at Kerith - Mini buses leave at 2
8. There is no LIFE on the Friday night before (24th)
9. You will need a consent for to go on a WildLIFE Mission. You can find these on the Kerith Website.
10. If you can email liam.parker@kerith.co.uk which Mission you would like to go on then we would really appreciate it, as some Missions have limited space.

1. Kerith will not be running transport so please arrange to take and pick up your teenagers.
2. It will be at Easthampstead Park Community School in the main hall.
3. There are plenty of car park spaces at the school.
4. We will be starting at 7pm and finishing at 9pm (A bit earlier than LIFE at Kerith).
5. We will have tuck shop available.
6. We will have a DJ for the beginning of the night.
7. Liam will be preaching.
8. We will have a time of worship.
9. You can find directions for the school here: http://www.epschool.org/locationmap
10. If you want any more information please contact us or email Liam at liam.parker@kerith.co.uk

A list of the current Safehouses and also the age of the group that typically gather there, although anyone is welcome to any Safehouse. I have also put down the leaders who attend and lead each Social LIFE.

The Ranger's House  -  Years 10&11, Guys - Max and Jack Ranger
The Benham's House - Year 7-9, Girls - Alice Benham
The Boyle's House - Years 10&11, Girls - Hannah Boyle
The Powell's House - Years 11-13, Girls - Susie Powell and Demi Carlaw
The Lander's House - Year 8, Girls - Tabitha Foley and Marta Lingyte
The Line's House - Year 7 Mix - Jacob Benham, Nick Elliot, Jess Bantleman and Imogen Wilson
The Jackson's House - Year 11-13, Mix - Sam Jackson
The Findlay's House - Year12-13, Guys - Ben Weeks
The K2 House (At the Kerith Centre) - Anyone - Natalie Jones, Heidi Perring, Jamie Mckean and Harry Wade.

If you would like contact information for any of these Safehouses or have any further questions please email liam.parker@kerith.co.uk
Much Love

¹⁹ “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

There is no LIFE this week because the church is hosting a conference which means that we can't use the building. We will be back the week after and throughout the rest of October thought so dont be to upset. If you want to know what we have planned for the rest of term you can check out www.kerith.co.uk/youth and look at the "events" section, this should give you at least an idea of what we are running. You can also check this blog regularly to get some more details about the events posted.

You may have strong feelings of overwhelming sadness right now but fear not people of LIFE! because this sunday between 4:30-6 at K2, Next Steps will be running! and this week at Next Steps we have a special guest coming to speak to us. I am personally really excited about this because the special guest is my DAD! AHHHHH! buzzing! My Dad is going to speaking to us about how we can best honour our parents and gives us an opportunity to hear things from a parents point of view! Just in case your not sure about whether you should come I thought I would let you in on a little secret.... My dad is the greatest person ever to live, fact. Be there.


Feel free to contact the LIFE team at LIFEline@kerith.co.uk if you have any questions
Much Love

Couple of updates for y'all!

Awkward Turtle - So this night is a completely new night for us so I hope you enjoy it. The plan is that we create a space where people ask any questions they have about Christianity and we can all talk about them! Amen? - Also to make it fun an awkward we are going to create our own version of the game show "The Cube" by doing games inside the football cage! Its gonna be awkward, there will also be a few surprises as always!

LoT - 30th of September we are taking LIFE on Tour to Yateley again. We do have a problem this time though because we can't take as many as we did last time, in fact there are only 50 spaces on the coach so it will be first come first serve. The reason we can't take as many is because the hall that we have only holds a certain number and we want loads of Yateley guys to come. If you would like to come you need to write on LIFE's wall asking for your ticket or you can organise a lift to actually take you to the school in Yateley. Remember that if you come to LoT on the coach you NEED your parent consent form which you can download here.

Old SKool LIFE - For those who aren't able to make LoT we are still going to run LIFE however to make it fun we decided we are going to run an Old SKool (School with a "K" woop woop) LIFE in K2. This will bring back some lovely memories for all involved and for some they will be able to see how we started out. More info on this will be posted next week.




Hope this makes sense - feel free to message LIFE is not.
Much Love

I'm totally buzzing for LIFE this term, Because i feel that there is going to be a real impact on bracknell during this year. LIFE had grown from 30 youth in k2 to over 200 youth gathering regularly, this term im expecting to see LIFE grow and change, with more people being impacted by the words of god and the preaches of liam and other LIFE leaders.

This term im really excited about more people getting saved and giving their lives to Jesus, my lifegroup have helped this by inviting people from school to LIFE's second birthday. In my view LIFE is a gateway through which people can learn about god and be touched by his presence by the way that they present Gods love and messages through dramas and worship. The preaches of the LIFE leaders help to spread the message of the bible in the youth who normally wouldnt read them and can help to bring people closer to god. People who have come to life are getting baptised next week, the change in their lives from non christian background to being ready to publically declare their faith, shows the true value of LIFE. The prayer storms help people to grow in faith. people who arent christian are intrigued by what we do and it can help them get involved and want to understand what it is, i believe that this is such a good evening and it always gets such a response and people give their life to jesus.

I am really excited to see LIFE go on tour this september and november, LIFE on tour is a great way to spread what LIFE is about and how it has impacted people and watching people in yately and other places realise that LIFE is becoming something big and revolutionary. It was great to see new people intrested in the word of the bible at LIFE on tour, i feel that LIFE is going to bring something amazing to LIFE on tour in september, and we're going to watch people's lives be changed.

LIFE is really good for meeting new people, finding out more about them and telling them about how god has impacted your life. Its really great when people bring friends to rave's because everyone seems to bond at raves and everyone shows who they are and its such a great time, its good that LIFE has such a fun side to it all the crazy things that happen, including all the things that have happened for project125.

Im really excited for this term and im hoping that lots of people come and are impacted and lives are saved

god bless :)

9th September - Vision Night - I think it is always best that before we start meeting as LIFE we should make sure that we are all on the same page and going the same direction, wso we are having a vision night to make sure that we all have the same... well Vision! Anyone is welcome to this event this includes: all LIFe-er's, Church members, youth pastors and most importantly your parents! we would like to see a whole bunch of parents at the LIFE Vision night. So stop reading this blog right now and go and invite them, tell them that it runs from 7-9 and will give them space to ask questions and get a feel for what LIFE is all about.

16th September - LIFE's 2nd Birthday - On the 16th we will be celebrating LIFE's 2nd year of building the kingdom of God and we have got a lot to celebrate! We now run a youth event that reaches 300 young people on a weekly basis and 1000 on a term basis. We are impacting youth groups all over the country and the leaders are speaking at all kinds of events. We are now taking LIFE on Tour and impacting local youth groups and of course we have raised over £20,000 for Project 125.....I mean come on this is fantastic! This is so fantastic that we want a whole bunch of people to celebrate with us. Any young person is welcome to this event but we would like to extend a special invite to anyone who has been to LIFE before but left for some reason. It doesn't matter whether you have only been at LIFE once or if you have been there 100 times everyone has been part of this journey and we want everyone involved in the celebration.

If we keep growing like this sooner or later we will be gathering over 1000 young people. I would prefer it to be sooner, so get inviting.

Much Love

For Mother's day this year my brother's and I brought my Mum 3 Chickens! She absolutely loves them and to be honest so do I. They are so funny to watch and they follow you around like obedient children which is cute. The Chickens, who are named: Barbie, Tikka and Nando love having people outside in the garden and get so excited when we go and say "Hi". We have now had them for a couple of months and they are starting to notice when someone inside the house is coming out to see them, the other day I just turned the key in our back door and they all went mad they started running up down the coop, clucking really loud and flapping their wings. However what was really funny to watch was how Nando got so excited that she just ran straight into the fence at full speed! Crazy chicken, I can see where the saying " run around like a headless chickens" comes from.

The reason I am writing about my favourite chicken Nando is because I would like to use her crazy, exciting life as an illustration about how we can sometimes act when we are getting all buzzed up before a big event.
Here are Nandos life lessons:

1) Let yourself get excited when you hear the key! - We should all be seriously excited because we are all going away together and we are going to spend 4 days seeking, worshipping, learning and soaking in God's presence and the idea of doing this with our friends should excite us so much that we just have to run around, scream and shout.

2) Be careful when your flapping your wings not to hurt anyone - When we get proper excited the immediate problem can be that we forget about the people around us because we are so focused on being excited. So remember to tell your parents that you love them before you leave, remember to thank the leaders that got you to RN, remember to thank anyone from ALC for hosting this fantastic event and remember to be a support for friends so that they can be excited with you - excitement isn't fun on your own.

3) Don't forget about the fence! - Nando got into a little problem when she forgot about the fence and ran into it, as she tried to regain balance and dignity she lost some of that excitement! let's make sure that we don't forget about anything, for example:

• Parental Consent forms 
• Lunch for the coach ride tomorrow
• Setting an alarm to be at Kerith for 8:30am tomorrow morning 
• Bibles, Notepads and pens - If God is gonna speak, your going to want to write it down

If you forget these types of things it will hinder the fullness of the experience you can have so don't run into the fence and don't leave anything behind.

I am so excited about Rocknations! and the main reason I am excited about RN is because we all get to spend four days together just having a laugh and falling in love with Jesus all over again. I am so looking forward to just chilling out with everyone that is going. I seriously love the Kerith Youth!

Much Love
Liam

Well the time has finally come! Life on tour starts tonight and I don't think it's a longshot to say that almost everyone in the South East region of England is excited about it! We are all expectant of what God is going to do tonight, people are going to be changed! So many people have put in such time and great effort in preperation for LOT that it's guaranteed to be a hit!
   
  This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the passion for God and determination that all the Life leaders have. Eventhough various groups of people have tried to stop what is going on here, their perseveirance and faith in God had kept Life going. Which is why this blog is being written, to give people an understanding that this couldn't just happen. Without God being involved Life wouldn't be half as good as it is, which is why it is so crucial to pray for Life and what is happening on friday nights.

  Prayer is what keeps us in such a close relationship with God and how we hear from him. I can't explain enough how excited I am for LOT to begin tonight, I can tell that God has amazing things in plan for everyone tonight, but I also can't explain how important it is to pray. To thank God for all he has blessed us with and to ask him to contiue blessing us as we try to get young people interested in Life, church and coming into a relationship with him. We have seen so many lives completely transformed already by what God has done at life and in their lives. We have had numerous people telling the leaders at Life stories of how their students behaviour has changed recently and it's all down to what God has been doing.

  However, it isn't just going to stop there! If we are planning on making this a God sized plan, we need to keep praying and keep working on having all the schools in the Southern region of England commenting on the drasctic change in behaviour that the students are showing! We need to keep praying and keep asking God to bless what we are doing, to give us patience when things get difficlut and to give us wisdom to make the right descisions! We need to pray to ask him to give us more passion, and more fire so we can keep giving such a high standard of leadership to the young people that come to Life every week! We wouldn't be anywhere if it weren't for God so we need to keep him as included as possible.

  We have a group of young people gathering together as a prayer team to pray for LOT. They gather and ask God to bless what is going on, that he would meet with he people that come and that they can feel his presense whilst they are there. They pray for salvation and healing, and they pray that they can come to Life knowing it is a safe environment for them to be themselves with no judgment

On the 15th of July LIFE will be taking the task of building God's Kingdom to a whole new level! We are going to literally move the whole of LIFE to Yateley. I can't explain my passion for LIFE on Tour, I genuinely believe that this is exactly what God wants us to do! This must mean that God is going to do something (possibly unexpected) through LIFE on Tour.

I hope that you are filled with passion for this event as well and if you are I have written down 10 things you need to know. These 10 things will help LIFE on Tour run smoothly and make sure everyone can just chill out and enjoy the experience!

1. The Coaches leave from Kerith at 6:30 sharp

2. Get there for 6:00 to make sure you are here on time 

3. You MUST have a parental consent form to get on the bus

4. The coaches leave Yateley at 9:40, we hope to be back here at Kerith at 10

5. If you go on a coach you come back on the coach! This is not a one way service

6. We are taking LIFE on Tour to impact Yateley - so mingle and meet some new people

7. Contact info for you: Kerith 01344 862699, liam.parker@kerith.co.uk, LIFE Mobile 07462411732

8. This is a free event! - although there is a tuck shop

9. We will have an army of leaders going with us who have served at LIFE

10. Once in Yateley, you are not allowed to leave the premises where we are meeting.

Hope this helps

"Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! For you will soon be bursting at the seams."       Isaiah 54:2-3

God is calling LIFE to do bigger and better things, to prepare for more and to spare no expense in reaching new people. We want to enlarge our house and enlarge our influence, to reach out to young people all over this country not just Bracknell and we have a plan to do that!..... LIFE on Tour.

We are literally planning to take the whole of LIFE on Tour, starting with the surrounding areas of Bracknell. We are going to take the bands, preachers, tech team, security team, welcome team, equipment, the tuck shop and YOU! We are planning on packing out a couple of coaches and taking young people on tour with us, after all you are LIFE.

First stop is Yateley on the 15th July. We are meeting at Yateley Secondary School from 7:00-9:30 just like LIFE. The program is made up of the Worship band (Revolution), A RAVE, Salvation, T.O.B Drama, Miracles and Preaching. We would like this to be the first of three events that we host in Yateley, so that we can take time to train up the local youth workers/ young people and help them build their own youth ministry. The people in Yateley are so excited about us coming! They have already begun advertising and loads of churches are getting involved!

I have no idea where this is going or how it will change us as a community, all I know is that God is calling us to do more with what we have been given and this is the next step. Who knows maybe there will end up being a LIFE in Yateley or maybe we will travel the country hosting LIFE events! God may even want us to take this global!

I really want as many people to be involved as possible and help us run and host this event to the best standard possible! I will be posting more info on this blog about how you can get involved, so watch this space.

Much Love
Liam