It has been the most amazing week this week – not only for us at The Living Room, members of Silencio Church and supporters from STCF and other churches but for all of our supporters in prayer and finance. Church in a Bar has been DONE!

It was so amazing and consumed all of our thoughts, conversations and prayers last week! Me and Lee spent the week on the streets handing out flyers. It provoked some interesting responses! Some scoffed, some completely got it and why we would do it (one comment was “yeah you're taking church to the people instead of the people to church” ) others were confused and some were really interested. Our main prayer was that some would come, have a positive experience of church and go back and tell others. We prayed that it would be the talk of the town, generating interest and spreading curiosity so that people would be drawn to come next month.

The whole day including all the packing up, setting up, packing down, setting down and technicalities all went really well....so smoothly not at all stressful and without a hitch! What an answer to prayer! And the service itself was amazing – we just did church, like we always do church......but at The Mett Bar!

There were about 80 people all crammed in, some standing at the back, some squashed around poledancer poles and some sat along the edge of the bar on bar stools! We counted about 15 people from this community who were there who don't normally come along to church. I was so excited as the band started to play their first song – I just couldn't believe it was actually happening! The music and the worship were good, Scott's testimony was brilliant, telling all about his life on a downward spiral of homelessness, heroin addictions and drink and drugs... he even pr'd on Veronicas for a while...and then his upward journey of Jesus setting him free and seeing his life transform to being a secure, married, employed man with a bright future!

Then Lee preached on Jeremiah 29 v 11 and God's heart for his children and how he wants to see them do well and see them restored to their original condition. It was great! Afterwards we all went over to the Living Room for Tea and Coffee and more good conversations followed there too. It was fantastic and probably one of the most exciting things I have ever been involved with.

Thank you so much for all your prayers. IT was AWESOME! And we are believing it to build and grow for next time. The Mett Bar have said that we can use the bar whenever we like to do another one as we didn't cause them any hassle whatsoever and their staff are happy to help us set up again whenever that is. Bring on Feb 27th!!

Please pray for us this week on the streets!