I’ve had a really amazing first week in my new role as Methodist Youth President. It’s been a week that has already challenged me, made me think, taught me things, helped me meet new people and most of all brought me a lot of fun. I’ve been doing various things this week but I just want to share with you some particular moments that have stayed with me.

On Friday I had the privilege of meeting the 8 new One Programme Participants and the 2 new interns of Swanbank Methodist. Something that really hit me about the weekend was the excitement: the excitement for these young people starting a new role and taking a next step towards their future. Now, we all know that the future can be a very exciting place; however it can also be a little uncertain and can, at times, seem a little scary. Sometimes, the future even seems too big for us to handle or too impossible to see.

For me, this theme seemed to follow my weekend. As I moved on to Bolton and Rochdale for their district youth event I found that we began to talk about stepping out of the boat. During Read the full article on the Methodist Website

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