With Churches now beginning to open their doors again to us itinerant ministries (Praise God) I have something a little different to offer. As well as still wanting to visit your Church and do…1) All Age Sunday Celebrations, 2) When the road is rough and steep testimony concerts.3) And of course, the All-Age Praise PartyI now want to offer a special Praise Party that is more suitable for, how can I put it politely, a more ‘senior’ audience… you know, people my age! I feel not many Church events (involving fun) are geared to that age group, but hey, why should just the younger ones have all the fun? Admittedly…

Praise God…at last I feel my time of being dormant is coming to an end as I am slowly getting invites to get me back to doing what God has called me to do…and yes, I am starting to get excited again. Do feel free to come and join me in any of the following and YES I am definitely getting ‘back on the road’ so please let your Church leader know about this. E mail me (ishmael@ishmael.org.uk) for more info of what I feel I can bring to your church… apart from some lively praise, simple teaching for all ages and…a lot of smiles. January 29th Saturday. ‘Sojourn’ at…

So yet another ‘strange’ year comes to an end. A year when many have experienced frustration, depression, anxiety and yes, great sadness. Although I can relate to most of the above I thank God that there has also been a few gems of good times.Over the year I’ve only be able to visit and minister in a tiny number of Churches compared to a normal year but I did get to South Bersted (a few times), Headcorn, Kettering, the One Event in Lincoln, Wolverhampton, Wrington, Birchington, Newport, and Witney. May I add ALL these visits really were highlights of my year! I also was able to write the songs for…

I must admit that when I was first invited to take a childrens Praise Party at the Kings School in Witney whilst the adults from different link churches were going to be meeting in another hall… I was a little apprehensive. Why? Well, a couple of times in the past I have been asked to do this and it wasn’t until I’d arrived that I discovered that the main Church leaders did not want someone to come and minister to the children, they just wanted someone from outside of their congregation to be there to babysit, so that the maximum number of the adults, including their childrens workers, could enjoy…

I must admit I was a little apprehensive about leading this mornings service at South Bersted. Why? Well, never before have I attempted to sing and teach 11 brand new songs in a 1 hour service. What made me even more apprehensive was I have never really sung or played hardly any of these songs ‘live’ before. But I needn’t have worried because the reasonably full church immediately started singing them like they were old favourites! This is just what I hoped would happen when I wrote the songs. They are all very simple and do have very (dare I say) annoyingly catchy and unforgettable tunes. Matthew 1 verse 21…