Women's Drop-In

Preparing dessert for the Women's Drop-In - always a favourite moment! We run the group from 11am to 1pm on Thursdays. It's a place where women can come for friendship, support, creative activities, eating together, chatting through issues of life and receiving prayer. The women who come are developing strong relationships with each other, as well as with members of the team who run the group. For many it is the highlight of their week - they know they can come and be themselves.

The Team

A recent photo of some of the team... Samy (ECCP Director) is sporting the new moustache he received for his birthday, after many prayers for God to increase his hair!

Back: Janelyse, Lindsey, Michael, Jen, Trudie, Margie, Nick

Front: Me, Samy, Joy

Prayer @ Christmas

This picture is one of the beautiful posters (created by Jen) that we had up during the Christmas Outreach.


We prayed for approximately 70 of our regular contacts before the outreach, asking the Lord for His words of encouragement for each individual. We wrote these out in cards, along with a Christmas message from the ECCP Team.


We invited people to come up for their card and also receive a prayer of blessing. Although some preferred just to be given their card, 7 to 10 people on each of the five days of the outreach came forward to receive prayer.


We were amazed by some of the responses to what had been written - God knew exactly what He wanted them to hear! Walls in people's lives are being broken down as they begin to hear God's heart for them. Some of our guests who are normally very antagonistic towards spiritual things actually allowed team members to pray with them! We are excited to see how God leads on from here...

Spring 2008 Newsletter

Easter Greetings to you! I am writing this while spending a few days' break visiting family and friends in Telford, after running our Easter Outreach last Wednesday at the ECCP. To share some highlights from Easter and also from the Christmas Outreach... the event includes a two-course meal, clothing store, food distribution, and a programme of entertainment with testimonies, drama, songs and a talk. Lots more visitors than expected came and we were definitely battling with having enough space for everyone! We also offered prayer ministry, with several people coming forward for prayer, and two guys giving their lives to Jesus! It was a blessing to be joined by different members of local churches who have involved with us for these days.

Part of my role this year is to oversee how we are developing the prayer ministry alongside the existing outreach here at the Earls Court Community Project. There are several people with whom we have regular contact who are opening up to God. We want to provide the support they need and make this a place that facilitates them meeting with Him and knowing they are welcomed and loved. We are also praying into how we can bring more discipleship-focused times into the week.

I want to share a testimony about one of the ladies who comes to the Women’s Drop-In that we run every Thursday. She has been visiting the ECCP for many years, struggles with mental illness and for a long time has found it difficult to relate with other women. Over the last year or two and particularly in the last few months we have seen God bring changes into her life. She now comes to the Women’s Drop-In on a regular basis. When we gave all the ladies blessing cards with encouragement about how God sees each of them as individuals, she was overwhelmed with what was written inside - she had never had words like that spoken to her before.

We are able to keep on sharing Jesus with this lady, praying for her to know Him as a good God who wants to bless her and bring her to a place of experiencing fullness of life. Part of our ministry at the ECCP is to be speaking words of truth over the people we are working with, reflecting the heart of Jesus towards them.

Another recent development has been the starting up of a support group for addicts, run by Samy (Project Director) and some other members of staff. We are hoping to have people from within the Coffee Bar that we already have relationship with come to the group. The aim is that this group will allow them to move to the next level of support and begin working through the root issues behind their addictions.

I am excited to have heard that I have been accepted onto a Leadership Development Course. It will run for six weeks from the 20th April until the 30th May, and will be held in YWAM Scotland at their base in Ayrshire. The course will be led by the YWAM European Pastoral Co-ordinator and the Western European Director, plus other staff. Here is a quick overview:

‘Through the course you will be helped to develop your own potential as well as to develop the potential of those you lead. It is designed to be an interactive learning experience with a focus on mentoring and people oriented leadership. You will discover how God has shaped you as a leader and how he wants to develop you in the future. Through the assignments and projects you will develop tools to give you a clearer perspective of your future ministry as well as tools to help you develop the people you are called to lead’.

I am really looking forward to a time of receiving input and wisdom from experienced leaders that will challenge me and help me to grow in character and skills. I hope that as I return to the ECCP in June I will have some fresh vision and inspiration!

The youthwork with the 10 to 13 year olds at ChristChurch Fulham continues to grow. We took them on a weekend away in February which was great fun – teaching, small groups, activities, campfires etc! I love seeing each of the young people growing in their faith and stepping out in their giftings.

Thank you for all your support and prayer. I am privileged to have such an amazing group of friends standing with me!

Love and blessings,

Rebecca